texts: I have an iPad Pro running version 12.1.1. In Settings the name shows properly as Charles's iPad but when I try to airdrop photos it shows on other devices as John iPad.  I see nowhere to change this?  Anyone have a suggestion?


texts: iPhone apps crashing randomly, no sound or mic on incoming calls

texts:
Recently my iPhone 7s started behaving weird. Apps are crashing randomly:

Gmail crashes when I hit reply on an email
WhatsApp crashes on start, before I see any of the GUI

I can't accept incoming calls - or rather - I can accept them, but I can't hear them, and they can't hear me. Also the flashlight won't start - or starts a while after I turned it on - and it takes a while to turn off.
Safari on the other hand, works fine, and plays videos etc.
I did a complete reinstall and restore from iCloud via the DFU mode on PC with Itunes as [explained on 9to5mac][1], which worked for about a month. But now the iPhone is back to its weird behavior.
Any with similar experiences as mine? Is this a hardware issue?


texts: Is there a way using iTerm2 to give the active tab more contrast compared to the rest of the tabs?


texts: How to change volume icon on Mac boot picker

texts:
I installed Windows and Linux on my Mac. The Linux (Fedora) partition gets an icon on the boot picker (hold option on power up) as shown in picture:

Just for the purpose of doing it, how can I also set an icon for the macOS and Windows partition?


texts:
I'm the only user of my MacBook Pro 5,3 (mid 2009, Core2Duo 2.66 GHz, 4 GB RAM).

Is it worthy to turn on File Vault 2?  Any performance penalties considering my hardware specification?

I'm running Lion (upgraded from Snow Leopard) and considering upgrading to Mountain Lion.

What about my Time Machine backups? Should I preconfigure any thing?


texts:
I got my MacBook Pro on October 2009  , here are the specifications:

  Processor 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
  Memory 4 GB 1067 Mhz DDR3
  Lion 10.7.3
  15-inch, Mid 2009
    Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,3

I want to add more RAM, hopefully add 4 GB more.

What are the required/recommended manufacturers?
Can I do it myself? Any proven guide/tutorial?


texts: How can I avoid repeated "Time Machine must create a new backup" errors when backing up to a third party NAS?

texts:
My backups seem to go well backing up to my NAS however randomly after a few weeks I get the following error.  Several users get this error intermittently however I have yet to find a solution. Any ideas?

  Time Machine completed a verification of your backups on “NAS”. To
  improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you.

  Click Start New Backup to create a new backup. This will remove your
  existing backup history. This could take several hours.

  Click Back Up Later to be reminded tomorrow. Time Machine won’t
  perform backups during this time.


texts: How to keep all the applications I've opened showing on my external monitor when I close laptop

texts:
I have a Macbook Pro running Mojave 10.14.4 with an external montior, I have set up mirrored display and made the external monitor my primary display.

When I close the lid the monitor goes black, as expected, when I press key to get it to light up again all the applications I opened while the lid was opened are not shown on the external monitor. If I open up the lid the monitors go black and I press a key I can see all applications on both monitors. As I hope to just come in, plug in my Macbook  and see what I'm working on in my primary monitor it would be nice if I did not have to open up my secondary monitor to do so.


texts: How to stop messages appearing on phone but still on laptop

texts:
So, I have a Macbook Air and I use it to talk to people through iMessage, but the messages appear on my iPhone 5c as well. How can I stop the messages coming through my iPhone temporarily but they can still go through my Macbook Air...
Is this possible...
Macbook Air, yes - iPhone, no please

thank you kindly :)


texts:
I am trying to install OSX El Capitan in a Mac Mini but I get the error:

  OS X could not be installed on your computer!

  A disk with a mount point is required

  Quit the installer to restart your computer and try again.

I had formated the disk trying to fix the error and I getting this:


texts: Occasionally my ex and i will have texting conversations.  I would like to be able to save these digitally for my records.  Is there a way to save these conversations as a text file?  Right now I only know how to send myself an email with a singular text.  Not useful for a 50 text back and forth conversation about our kids.  I have an iphone 6


texts: Not seeing hard disk in Disk Utility in Internet Recovery Mode

texts:
System specs: 2010 MacBook Pro Mountain Lion.

It all began with the grey screen and spinning wheel..... there were no prior symptoms indicating problems, plenty of available memory... etc.

I have fsck'd in more ways abd more times than you might be able to imagine
I have used Disk Utility from the Recovery HD in the start up manager and it reported permissions problems.... but also said the hard disk was okay.

Now there is no option to boot from any volume in the start up manager. Only Internet Recovery Mode works, which is how I am writing this.

I clicked on reinstall Mountain Lion, but it reports that it can not and that I must contact Apple Care.
There is no Apple Care where I am located, and I do not have a phone that functions here either.

I looked in Disk Utility and all I see is the greyed out superdrive and then Disk0 base system OS X.
I do not have an external hd or another Mac, and I do not have backups of my files and I would prefer to keep them.

Please let me know why OS X Mountain Lion will not install.


texts:
I'm following these instructions to install CUDA on my Mac and need some help concerning path variables.

I already installed the package but need to set up the required environment variables:

export PATH=/Developer/NVIDIA/CUDA-6.0/bin:$PATH
export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/Developer/NVIDIA/CUDA-6.0/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH

I just followed the instructions from this site to set the environment variables but seemingly it doesn't work that way.

I mean does the folder containing my environment.plist file need to be in a specific directory? I just installed it to my home directory. Also I put in my plist file in the ROOT column the name of the variable (f.ex. PATH) and in the Value column I typed in the exact string which is specified above behind the "="-sign (f.ex. /Developer/NVIDIA/CUDA-6.0/bin:$PATH).


texts: Car audio doesn't work in iOS 10 ("No song")

texts: Ever since I upgraded to iOS 10, my phone no longer works in my car (connected over Lightning to USB port). It isn't a connectivity issue (I've received "device unsupported" before with bad connections) because the dash shows "No song" rather than "No device", but Spotify and Siri no longer run through the audio and iOS 10's (revamped) audio controls do not function. Is this an iOS 10 bug?


texts: How can I remove the bluetooth setup wizard on a headless Mac Mini?

texts:
I finally moved my old Mini into the back room on a TV.  I use Air Mouse to control it from my iOS devices.

However, with no keyboard and mouse connected it seems to bring up the bluetooth setup wizard each time I wake it from sleep.  This is a 2007 (core duo 1.83) running the latest Snow Leopard.

How do I disable this behavior or utility?


texts:
I recently restarted my mac and after login i am locked in a wallpaper.

This is a picture after i logged in.

If you know how i can make it work again you would save me !


texts: Two persons independently using one MacBook Pro

texts:
Is it possible for such a setup as the following: Hooking one MacBook Pro up with two separate monitors, two separate mice, and two separate keyboards, allowing two different persons to work independently on their monitors, sharing the computer's performance?

Perhaps this is a strange request, but it would actually be useful for me in certain situations. With enough adapters, simply connecting the computer to the necessary monitors, mice, and keyboards should be possible; however, the interesting part is how to allow to share the computer's performance and sending independent data to the two monitors.


texts: Is the iOS5 GM identical to the final version?

texts: Are there any differences between the iOS 5 GM seed released to developers and the final version released to the public? If I have the GM installed, do I need to do anything?


texts: Not showing user after Migration Assistant?

texts:
I used Migration Assistant to transfer a user account from one MacBook to another.

However, the user that got migrated is not available as a login option on the new Macbook?

If I go into settings I can see the user account is there.   And if I change it to auto-login using the new migrated account that works.

But if I don't use auto-login I can't login with this migrated user.  Also, I can't do fast-user switching to this new user either.

Any ideas?


texts: Can I clean my Macbook Pro keyboard with vodka?

texts:
I don't have any cleaning product right now at home, and the only alcohol I have is vodka.

Can it be used to clean my keyboard and trackpad, or will it damage my laptop? (I think that alcohol is often used to clean computers, but I'm not sure that it's the same kind of alcohol)


texts: How to open terminal from within a folder using contextual menu?

texts: I want to create a shortcut to open a Terminal window from within a folder using contextual menu in Mavericks. What is the procedure to do so?


texts: What does “Erase all contents and settings” actually do?

texts:
I would like to ask what “Erase all contents and settings” in iOS actually does. After entering the device password and Apple ID password, the device (mine is an iPhone, but I assume that the case on iPads is the same) gets into a mode with an Apple logo and a progress bar. The first progress bar normally fills up (to 100%) in 15 seconds. Then, the screen turns black and another progress bar appears. This process is slower, taking around a minute to finish around 70-80%, then suddenly the progress bar fills up to 100%.

I’m on iOS 11.4.1. I want to know what exactly the device does during these two steps. That is, what is done when the progress bar fills up quickly during the first step, and slowly during the second step? Alternatively, has that been ever disclosed?


texts:
My question is might be related to this old question: Keystrokes getting eaten randomly

When I type on my keyboard some keys just won't appear. Different from the other issue (link above) the characters will get typed later (lagging)

Say I wanted to type:

"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"

it first appears as:

"Th quick ron fox jups ovr th lazy dog"

then the letters get typed:

"Th quick ron fox jups ovr th lazy dogebmee"

When the errors occur I might add a "backspace" and the result might look something like this:

"Th quick ron fox ps ovh lazy dobmee"

I could not find anything online and I am not entirely sure which search terms to feed google to get an answer.
It occurs at random times so it is impossible to reproduce.

This has been happening since I have this MBP (now 2 months old)

Stats:

OS X YOSEMITE  10.10.4
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
2.2 GHz Intel Core i7
16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB


texts: Does this Mini DisplayPort to HDMI connector output audio?

texts:
I'm trying to find a relatively cheap Mini DisplayPort to HDMI cable that also supports sending audio to an HDTV. Cables from Monoprice are out of the question, since they don't ship to Romania and I'd rather not spend $40 for a cable sold by an Apple authorized reseller.

I've found several cables on eBay1 that say they support "DTS/DTS-HD, Dolby Digital / Dolby TrueHD, and Linear PCM (LPCM)". All those acronyms leave me completely clueless; they all have something to do with audio, but none of them clearly state "yes, we have audio support". Would such a cable allow me to output both video and audio to a mid-2010 MacBook Pro? Has anyone actually purchased such a cable and had any problems with it?

1. I haven't linked to any of the cables I've found on eBay since I'm not here to drive traffic to their products. Also, I'm trying not to spam this site.


texts: Will a sata3 SSD work properly on a Mac mini (Mid 2010) with 2.4 GHz CPU?

texts:
I have a Mac mini (Mid 2010) with 2.4 GHz CPU and willing to upgrade its HDD to SSD.

Can I use a sata3 SSD for it?


texts: Are the keystrokes under guest Ubuntu via Virtualbox supposed to be the same in a Ubuntu?

texts:
I installed Ubuntu via virtualbox under Mac OS.

My keyboard-shortcut experiences with guest Ubuntu until recently were the same as mine with Ubuntu installed directly on a computer.
For example, text copy can be done by ctrl-C, instead of Command-C.

Yesterday, I found that right-clicking by tapping the right region of the trackpad in the guest Ubuntu doesn't work, while two-finger tapping does work like right-clicking in PC.

My solution was to change the trackpad setting under system preferences of Mac OS, from two-finger tapping to right-region single-finger tapping.
So the solution seems to tell me that right-clicking under guest Ubuntu is the same as that in host Mac OS. This is contrary with my previous impression that keyboard shortcuts in guest Ubuntu are almost the same as those in Ubuntu installed directly on a computer. So why is right clicking treated differently?

Thanks.


texts: How to erase personal data from an iPad with dead battery?

texts:
I'd like to recycle iPad 1. How do I clean all personal info?
The battery is dead, I tried to recharge it for an hour.


texts: How to add Trash folder to Finder Sidebar in Mojave?

texts:
In more recent macOS's (such as Mojave), dragging the ~/.Trash folder to the Finder Sidebar does not work properly anymore. When you do that, the sidebar text displays a ? instead of Trash.

The ? still works temporarily, but after you reboot or run killall Finder, and try to open ? in the sidebar, you get the error "?" can't be opened because the original item can't be found.

Is there a way to add the Trash folder to the Finder Sidebar anymore? This used to work perfectly in Sierra and before.

Note: This is not a duplicate of How can I add Trash icon to the sidebar in Mac OS X Lion? . That solution does not work anymore.

Related links:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8498936


texts: How do I activate the flashlight during a front-facing camera recording?

texts: How do I activate the rear-facing flashlight during a front-facing camera recording on the iPhone?


texts: How to uninstall Canon IJ Network Scanner?

texts: I got rid of a Canon all-in-one printer/scanner, but how can I get rid of the Canon IJ Network Scanner (and other Canon softwares that might have been installed) on my Mac? It is not showing in Applications.


texts:
I want to start recording professional quality screencasts on my Mac and I've narrowed it down to two apps (that I know of): Camtasia Studio and Screenflow. I considered Camstudio, but since I will be doing this professionally and frequently, I would much rather pay a premium for a well-designed and fully-featured app. Which brings me to my question:

  Is there a clear winner between
  Camtasia and Screenflow, or perhaps a
  third, better app, that I haven't
  listed?

As an additional and partly related question:

For post-production video / audio editing, an example of the editing I would be doing is: adding small tweaks and transitions, adding basic graphics like captions/dialog boxes, and possibly doing video inside a video (a scaled down video of me talking, synced with and placed somewhere on top of the screencast video). This brings me to my second question:

  Will either of the screencast apps be
  able to handle these post-production
  edits, or will I have to invest in
  additional software that specializes
  in video/audio editing like
  Soundbooth or Final Cut?


texts: Camera app gone (not deactivated in restrictions)

texts:
My camera app is missing on both my phone and my iPad and after trying all the suggested fixes found online to no avail I now feel the need to get help with my specific case.

The app is missing (can't be found in a search) and it's not deactivated in Restrictions, in fact, the camera and FaceTime options are grayed out/disabled when I go to Restrictions. - restrictions passcode not set

I have tried resetting home screen layout and then all settings when that didn't work. I had an update to install so I installed that update, to no avail.

I haven't tried resetting the entire device yet mainly due to I don't see that helping either as this is happening on multiple devices.

As my iPhone is the camera that I usually use, this is really frustrating and especially as I noticed this during my daughters very first football practice.. Does anyone have any ideas on that the problem is and how I can fix it?

Update 2013-05-31

As suggested by @bassplayer7 I reset one of my devices without restoring it from backup and that brought the camera app back. He suggested I reset it again after that and restored it from backup to se if that fixed the issue, however, I am keeping it this way. Having a freshly formatted phone was really great.

I am however going to look into the actual issue on my iPad and try to find a fix for everyone else having this issue. Resetting should not and can not be the only solution to this problem.


texts: Why can't I use iMessages using cellular data any more on my iPhone? I can use it with wifi, but when I turn on cellular, the message keeps popping out that my cellular data needs to be turned on (which it is!), or wifi in order for iMessages to work.


texts: Why does my Macbook Air automatically shut down when i connect my iPhone to it?

texts:
It doesn't happen every time. The last time I connected my iPhone to my MacBook Air was last week, and everything was fine.

Sometimes my MacBook Air shuts down when I connect my iPhone to it. What should I do about this?


texts: Retrieve formatted manual page from command line

texts:
I try to export  the manual page of grep to grep.txt

    $ man grep > ~/desktop/grep.txt

It displayed in garbled code:

            GREP(1)                   BSD General Commands Manual                  GREP(1)

            NNAAMMEE
                 ggrreepp, eeggrreepp, ffggrreepp, zzggrreepp, zzeeggrreepp, zzffggrreepp -- file pattern searcher

            SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
                 ggrreepp [--aabbccddDDEEFFGGHHhhIIiiJJLLllmmnnOOooppqqRRSSssUUVVvvwwxxZZ] [--AA _n_u_m] [--BB _n_u_m] [--CC[_n_u_m]]

How to get a formatted manual page from command line?


texts: Country/region change in App Store on iPhone

texts: I am unable to change the country in my iPhone 6s in App Store. It requires credit/debit card information which I currently don't have. I want to download a free app.


texts: How do you launch an application.app stored in nfs share from bash script?

texts:
I need to run *.app from our NFS share where the different apps and versions are stored.

I can't get it to work as part of a bash script.

For exemple, for Sublime Text, here is the command I use to launch:

elif [ `uname` == "Darwin" ]; then
    exec open -a "/path/to/nfs/"Sublime\ Text.app" "$@"
fi

When I call my script, I get the following error:

FSPathMakeRef(/path/to/nfs/Sublime Text.app) failed with error -43.

I know the path is right. Permissions are also fine.
I'm able to launch it with the full path exec open -a "/path/to/nfs/"Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/MacOS/"Sublime\ Text"" "$@" but then all the content of the .app folder isn't available.

Is there another way to launch .app from command line?


texts: iPhone 5 changes itself to a black theme with white and blue writing

texts:
My iPhone 5 keeps changing itself to a black theme with white and blue fonts but then defaults back to white. I want the black them but have no idea where that is and how to turn on as the phone just does it itself.

It's the whole OS. Not safari. I have have screen shots of my contact list, missed calls and a full contact.


texts: How to default to "Not open all the apps again" on Mac OS X Lion?

texts:
On Mac OS X Lion, whenever the computer is to be turned off or restarted, the default is that "Open all apps" again after the next start up, and the user has to "uncheck" the box so that the apps won't run automatically.

But every time, I have to uncheck that box.  Is there a way to default to not to run those apps next time?


texts: Can iCloud drive be used for sharing documents produced by third-party apps?

texts:
I have upgraded to Yosemite and iOS8.02 on all my devices, including a MacBook Pro, an iPad2, an iPad Mini, and an iPhone 5c.

I understand that one can use iCloud Drive to share documents produced by any of the iWork apps and also some third-party apps that have been specifically upgraded to use iCloud drive (such as the Readdle suite of apps and Day One).

But, what about the other third-party apps that have not been specifically upgraded? Can files from these apps also be shared on iCloud Drive?

I don't use Pages, Numbers, and Keynote all that much.  In fact, I prefer Microsoft Office for Mac.  And I have a lot of third-party apps I use a lot more often than any of the former.  And, it does not seem to me that all that many of the third-party apps have been specifically prepared to accommodate iCloud drive.

Unless I am missing something, it would seem to me that it is not necessary for me to upgrade to iCloud drive.  Do you have any advice or comments about this?  Is there anywhere where I might find a list of third-party apps now set up for iCloud Drive?


texts: Corrupted iOS backup - notes.sqlite is encrypted!

texts: Well, one of my clients made an iTunes backup of her old iPhone right before she wipe and sell it. She never expected that the backup is corrupted till she got a new iPhone and tried to restore that backup and iTunes threw an error. Anyway, her main concern about the notes. I tried to explore the backup with some third party programs but none of them could get me the Notes. We also contacted with Apple to see if they can help with fixing the backup or with anything in general but unfortunately they couldn't offer us much help. I could extract Notes app documents and database but when I try to explore it in DB SQLite Browser, it says "Encrypted database" and it needs the password in order to decrypt it. My client does know nothing about it so, what are my options here? Brute-force? or what exactly as I don't have any experience when it comes to SQL databases.


texts:
I'm fairly new to OS X and just started working on a Lion box at work.  I went ahead and purchased a new MBP with Lion, and am enjoying it immensely so far!

I have tried to transfer some files from my work desktop to my MBP using AirDrop.  This works well and quickly for normal files.  When I attempt to transfer a "dot" (in particular my .emacs) file, upon dragging the file to the AirDrop icon for my MBP there is a white circle with a line through it indicating this is not allowed.

Is this intended behavior?  Is there a workaround that allows AirDropping of "dot" files?

To enable seeing hidden files in Finder, I did the following if it makes any difference:

$ defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE


texts: Website certificate "marked as not trusted" despite being, in fact, marked as trusted

texts:
There's a particular website which I use a lot (university-related) and has given me grief with its certificate for years now. I oscillate between periods of indignation and attempts at troubleshooting it and periods of quiet resignation. I'm hoping someone here will have a solution for me.

The specific problem I have is that Safari refuses to trust the certificate. When I first visite the website, I get the standard "certificate not trusted" message and am asked whether I want to review the certificate settings or just proceed to visit the website. Clicking on the link to visit the website merely reloads the page for me.

This is what the certificate for the website in question looks like:

I don't understand how it can be "marked as not trusted" when every option is set to "Always Trust".

Oddly enough, if I open a private window and navigate to the site, clicking on the link to visit the website actually loads the website without a problem (once I enter my username and password, as it's a password-protected website). After that, I can visit the website on non-private windows, although I'll be asked for my username and password again the first time I do so (obviously, since cookies aren't shared between private and non-private windows). This lasts until I quit Safari, at which point I'm back to it not working on non-private windows.

Previous (failed) attempts at solving the problem have involved clearing the Safari cache and deleting all cookies, as well as deleting all KeyChain items related to the website in question.

Other browsers don't give me this problem; even Safari on mobile behaves properly. The problem is specific to Safari on Mac. I'm currently using Safari 13.0.1 on Mojave (macOS 10.14.6). However, the problem isn't specific to these versions of Safari and macOS/OSX; I've had it since Sierra and Safari 11.

Thanks for any help.


texts: I need administrator password for file management on external hard drive

texts: So I have an external hard drive, my passport, that used to be a Time Machine, but now I use for basic file storage. Whenever I try to add a folder, or manage files, it asks for an administrator password. I looked in the system preferences, and it said nothing about it there. Help.


texts: iPhone time sync, mobile operator vs. NTP

texts:
There is very little information how the iPhone syncs time.

From what I gather the iPhone uses the mobile operator's time through some protocol.

There is a general problem when the operator supplies the wrong time. Mine supplies 7 minutes behind.

My mac syncs using NTP and this is by default, which is far more accurate and dependable.

Unfortunately I haven't found any native way to sync the iPhone with NTP standalone. Even if there is an app, I'll have to start it and this makes it far too unusable.

Sometimes when linked to iTunes my iPhone will sync the time with my mac's time. But not always. I cannot find what is the pattern.

Solution one: disable automatic time sync. I don't like it.
Is there a solution for NTP sync? A native, easy-to-use, setup-and-forget solution?


texts: Importing a shared photo stream into iPhoto creates duplicate photos

texts:
I have a shared photo stream in iCloud with a couple thousand pictures. (This is not My Photo Stream, but a stream I created separately.) About half the pictures were shared by me and the other half were shared by my wife. I wanted to import my wife's photos into my iPhoto, so I right-clicked on the iCloud album in iPhoto and clicked "Import". This imported all the photos into a new event in iPhoto. It imported all of my wife's photos, but it also created duplicate copies of the photos that I had already shared and were still in my iPhoto library. The photos imported from the photo stream have a lower resolution and file size than the original photos in my library.

My questions are:

(1) How can I automatically get rid of these duplicate photos? I tried one tool called "Duplicate Photo Cleaner For iPhoto", but it didn't recognize them as duplicates probably because the file sizes and resolutions are different.

(2) What should I have done instead to import my wife's shared photos without duplicating my own?


texts:
The weather widget on Big Sur is a step down from the previous one, to put it lightly.
Is there any way to add multiple cities to a single widget, or to actually have the widget point to a working web page when clicking on it? On the old system I used to have one widget, and I could switch between the cities, showing both the daily and weekly weather forecast for the selected city. Now, I have to either have four huge widgets which take up way too much place, or use smaller widgets, at the cost of having no forecast. As if it weren't enough, when clicking on a widget, I am taken to a web page which simply says
"Oops! We are having trouble finding your page."
Anyway, my question is - could anyone recommend a working widget substitute for weather, preferably one that shows weekly forecast and allows multiple cities. Is it even possible to install third party widgets?


texts: How can I create a bootable USB stick with Linux and FAT32 from macOS

texts:
I want to put 2 partitions on my USB stick: first one (so Windows can see it) with FAT32 (so also macOS can write to it) and a second one, bootable with system-rescue-cd on it.

I started looking how to partition the stick and I discovered that Disk Utility will not let me create partitions on the USB stick (the button is disabled), let alone configure the partition as bootable in the MBR.

There is plenty of ways to do that on GNU/Linux, other also works on Windows but I didn't find anything for macOS. Is there any free (as a beer) way to do that?


texts:
In one of my mailboxes, I can no longer remove e-mails. Every time I want to delete a mail, it gives me the following message:

  "247263.emlx" couldn't be copied to "Messages" because an item with the same name already exists.

I have already tried to rebuild the mailbox, but without any result.

How can I fix this issue?

(MacBook Pro Retina, Mid 2012, OS X 10.11.4)


texts: Can I downgrade Catalina to El Capitan using a flash drive?

texts:
I downloaded Catalina but it broke critical applications on my computer, I need to restore it to El Capitan as it was before, can I do it safely with a bootable USB?

Thank you


texts:
I have a Mac Pro 5,1 running 10.7.5.

Do any of the USB ports support USB 3? Or do I need to buy a card?


texts: Is it possible to have two computers that save to iCloud independently with the same Apple ID?

texts:
I have a MacBook Air 8GB, 128GB and I just bought a MacBook Pro 16GB, 1TB which I have signed into with the same Apple ID.

I have Air dropped two files to the Pro but everything from the Air seems to have transferred to the Pro.

I set the Pro up as a clean start but didn't realise that they were linked until I sent things to the bin and found they disappeared from the Air too.

I wanted to keep the two desktops different. Is this possible? If so, can you please tell me what I missed when I set the Pro up as a new without backing up.


texts: leopard forgot password+launch_msg socket is not connected

texts:
I was working on increasing the speed of an ancient (6 years old) iMac running Leopard when I accidentally set the password incorrectly. I then turned to the internet to look for an answer and found:
http://www.macyourself.com/2009/08/03/how-to-reset-your-mac-os-x-password-without-an-installer-disc/
Which seemed to work fine until I reached

launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist

Which returned the error

launch_msg socket is not connected

I decided to ignore this and see where this would lead me, when I got to:

dscl . -passwd /Users/username password

It told me that I had to run:

launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServicesLocal.plist

which returned the same error.

Additionally the system is very slow despite Activity Monitor telling me no programs are using more then 2% cpu or 50 mb ram. Could this be connected?

It's also worth noting that the disc reader was damaged some time ago and is useless.

Anyone got a fix?


texts: Why is a number of notifications showing up on one of my calendars?

texts:
MacOS has just (last couple of days) started placing a red circle with a white number on the Calendar (version 8.0 (2034.9)) icon, as if there are calendar notifications sitting around, waiting to be read. It's just like the mail notification that tells you how many unread emails you have, or the App Center notification that tells you how many unapplied updates you have.

When I open up the calendar, I likewise see that number next to one of my Google calendars.

But in reality there are no notifications that need dismissal. That calendar hasn't even had any events this week. The context menu offers no clues, nor do I see anything in the Preferences that illuminates this new behavior. The Notification Center has nothing from the Calendar.

What on earth is causing this? How do I get rid of this Red Bubble of Disinformation?


texts: Varying performance with M1 MacBook Pro 512GB SSD

texts:
As I look around the web, I see the M1 MacBook Pro with 512GB SSD seems to attain 2800-2900MBps read/write speeds in BlackMagic disk speed test.
On my machine, after a number of days and trials, I only see 2350MBps for write.
TRIM is enabled, and iostat shows the machine is idle (and has been in evenings for a number of days), have run Diskutil etc.
I understand different size/model SSD will exhibit diff performance, but I'm directly wondering about why my 512GB SSD seems so far behind the pack.
Any ideas? Is this level of variance normal?
FWIW, my CPU type benchmarks are matching the pack.


texts: Why did Apple decide to lock my account and force me to change the password?

texts:
A few days ago I got a message on my Mac that my Apple account was locked and I had to change my password. I did that, but ever since then, using Apple products has become a nightmare. I have Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple TV, I'm signed in all of these devices and they are synced via iCloud.

All devices are asking for password multiple times a day, applications also synced via iCloud (for example Notability) can't sync because they detect iCloud not available. Multiple restart happened, I deleted local files, I deleted caches and still not working as it did a few days ago. Why on earth I have to enter multiple times my password on a device when I assume it should be enough (I assume an auth server should be able to serve all auth related requests centrally) only once?

Does Apple lock user accounts frequently and force users to change passwords? If not, then is possible to get some info why they did it in my case?

My account has had this password for a few months, or half a year. It is in use on daily basis for work.


texts: I have a paid app on appstore, is it possible to offer the users who bought it a different app, and pull this one from appstore?

texts:
The thing is that there are two versions of the same app... a lite and a pro version. The lite version is free but offers an in-app purchase which can unlock all the capabilities of the pro version. We want to change the app to a subscription type app, and pull the pro version from the Appstore, but we would like to offer the users who already bought the pro version an unlimited subscription.
Is there a way to do this?


texts:
I'm using Xcode 10.1 on Mac 10.13.6.
I'm trying to follow the instructions here -- https://www.macinstruct.com/node/494, for accessing the iOS simulator on my Mac.  After right clicking on Contents -> Applications, all I see is

Is there something else I need to do to get the iOS simulator installed?


texts: No way to disable Mission Control gesture?

texts:
Not sure if this is a bug or not in OS X Lion. By changing default gesture of mission control to use four fingers, which seems to me doesn't work. It doesn't disable it when I uncheck the gesture option either.

I miss the space id icon on taskbar and three fingers left swipe for backwards.


texts: Powerpc apps on a MacBook Pro with OS X 10.9

texts:
I have several Power PC apps that will no longer work with OS X 10.9.

How can I remove them from my MAC?


texts: Where can I find the source image files for the browser checkboxes in Safari?

texts:
I'm looking for the source PNG image files for the browser checkboxes used in Safari.

Specifically, these guys:

I've looked through the Contents > Resources folder in the Safari.app file, but no luck.


texts:
When we install an iOS configuration profile for Cisco IPSec "VPN on Demand" (using certificate based machine authentication), a switch appears in the Settings > VPN Settings page: "Connect On Demand ON/OFF".

We don't want to give our employees the option to turn off VPN on Demand.  Is there a way to force VPN on Demand to "ON" all the time for MDM (mobile device management) deployed configurations?

Or alternatively, is there any other way to force user traffic to a proxy under our control?

Rumour has it that iOS 6 will include Global HTTP Proxy settings.  Will enterprise IT admins be able to force this setting to "ON" all the time?


texts: El Capitan "Create NAT64 Network" - connection issues

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I am trying to test apps for IPv6 according to Apple's documentation at Supporting IPv6 DNS64/NAT64 Networks. I have difficulties connecting from the iPad to my app server.

My Network Layout:

The Fritzbox has IPv6 support turned on with 6to4 enabled, because my provider does not have IPv6. I ran a set of tests with IPv6 turned off. The result was the same (see list of test items below).

macmedia runs El Capitan and runs iTunes serving as a media server.

macsrv runs El Capitan and OS X Server 5 with DNS, DHCP, File Sharing, Web, Wiki.

My Test Process:

I can set up the NAT64 network as described in the Apple document (in "Settings" hold option key, press "Sharing", then "Internet Sharing" and release option key).

I ran some tests, one of them looked like this:

turn on NAT64 on macsrv
in iPad Air WLAN settings select NAT64 network
the blue checkmark appears in front of the network name
the blue i-icon delivers this:

IP 169.254.55.58 / mask 255.255.0.0
DNS 2001:2:0:aab1::1
all other fields empty

in Safari on iPad Air:

https://www.google.com/ -> takes a long time, eventually a message like: "Could not open the page, because the server does not respond any more."
http://macsrv:8989/ -> could not find server
http://macsrv.local:8989/ -> "It works!" (Just looked at the logs: The access in apache2 was logged with the IPv6 address of the en0 interface of macsrv)
http://192.168.1.11:8989/ -> Error like "Could not open page, because the iPad is not connected to the internet." (192.168.1.11 is macsrv)
http://[2001:2::aab1:129a:ddff:fe4f:38f8]:80 -> takes a long time, eventually a message like: "Could not open the page, because the server does not respond any more." (like google.com; the address is the IPv6 address of the en0 interface on macsrv)
http://192.168.1.115:8088/ -> Error like "Could not open page, because the iPad is not connected to the internet."
http://app.intra.admadic.com:8088/ -> could not find server (this is the same as 192.168.1.115)

Once I connected the iPad Air to the macrsv NAT64 network and it received the IP address 192.168.2.2. This happened never again.

When I start the NAT64 network on macmedia, the iPad cannot connect and the activity indicator keeps spinning forever.

NAT64 Details:

I looked for processes running when NAT64 is enabled:

/usr/libexec/InternetSharing
rtadvd -c /etc/com.apple.mis.rtadvd.conf -f -s bridge100
unbound -c /etc/com.apple.mis.unbound.conf -d

There are two config files related to com.apple.mis...:

/etc/com.apple.mis.rtadvd.conf:

bridge100:\
     nolladdr:maxinterval#135:mininterval#45:rltime#1800:addr="2001:2:0:aab1::":prefixlen#64:rdnssaddrs#1:rdnssaddr="2001:2:0:aab1::1"

/etc/com.apple.mis.unbound.conf:

server:
    chroot: ""
    pidfile: "/etc/unbound.pid"
    chroot: ""
    directory: "/etc"
    username: ""
    do-daemonize: no
    access-control: ::0/0 allow
    module-config: "dns64 iterator"
    dns64-synthall: yes
    dns64-prefix: 64:ff9b::/96
    interface: ::0
forward-zone:
    name: "."
    forward-addr: 192.168.1.11

I checked these conf files on macsrv and macmedia and they are identical in every detail.

Questions:

Q1. What could be the reason for NAT64 not working on macmedia?

Q2. Can I convince the NAT64 network to use my intranet DNS?

Q3. What could be the reason for NAT64 on macsrv to be sometimes working and sometimes not?

Q4. Why does the iPad get an 169.254.55.58 IPv4 address? (Shouldn't it only have IPv6 when connecting to NAT64?)

Q5: Do the com.apple.mis... conf files look ok? (having 192.168.1.11 as forward looks fine to me...)


texts: Mouse not working when pressing Open With on a file in Finder

texts:
I have a very weird situation. In the finder application, if I right click a file and select Open With and Other, a new finder window pops up. In this new window, my mouse does not work - I cannot click or browser this finder window using my mouse. The mouse click only works makes this new window active, that is all.

In the first screenshot, I can use the mouse just fine. However, in the second screenshot, the mouse won't work at all.
This is driving me crazy. I thought maybe some settings in my bettertouchtool app might be causing this. But the only setting that I have for finder is  3 finger click to launch preview.


texts: Why do my imessages go to all the ipads in the house

texts: Since switching to ios 7  all my imessages go to my daughters ipad and my husbands plus my name shows up as the sender from his ipad.  How do I stop this from happening.


texts:
I have a Mac OSX Lion file share over the AFP protocol in our office and users are having trouble saving to it. Here's the process:

Open an existing file on the server
Make changes
Save changes, error: "The document “X” could not be autosaved. You don’t have permission."

Additional notes:

Users cannot save new files directly to the server (same permissions error); however, they can save the file to their desktop first and then drag it to the server in the same location.

Here is a print out of the permissions for that particular directory:

The permissions appear to be wide open...right?

For what it's worth, here is a screenshot of the error:

Any ideas what I can do to resolve this issue?


texts: I was physically robbed and now can't manage my Apple ID... how can I extract my purchases?

texts:
TL;DR

Since it seems obvious that at present Apple can do nothing to help me: I need some way of getting as much of my content (music/apps/contacts/etc) out of this account... what can I do? All of my music/apps/contacts since like 2004 are in this account!

The answer which gives me the most ways of extracting my purchases will get the answer vote and bounty.

If my password is ever stolen I will not be able to change it, I would have to have the account locked and I would lose thousands of dollars worth of purchases!

Ok so I had enabled Apple's two-step authentication in order to have more security. It told me to "save the recovery key in a safe place like your wallet" so I just took that suggestion.

Now, I was robbed. My wallet AND iPhone (my authorized device) were both stolen. Now I have no way of managing my iCloud account so I cannot:

change my password
purchase anything from an iPhone

If I want to purchase new apps I have created a new account, but if there is an app already purchased on my old account I have to switch back and download it... however they changed it so now I cannot switch accounts on my iPhone for 90 days!

The only thing I can think to do, is to try and extract as much as I can from that account (contacts, music, apps) and then store them somewhere...

I am kind of sad that I have lost functionality and Apple has made there literally be NO WAY to recover without at least 2 of the recovery options (my 2 were stolen).

So this is also now LESS secure, because if my password becomes compromised I have no way of changing it (can't manage account with only password now).

Any idea what steps I should take? One I can think of is to go to all my accounts that I had used my iCloud e-mail for and change that. But as for my app purchases and music purchases, I am pretty much hosed.

Will I be able to stop using the old account entirely (I guess have them lock it) but before I do that extract out my content for use? Music I can burn to MP3, but apps... I don't think I will be able to get updates for apps purchased under that account if I lock the account.

EDIT just realized my apple developer account is bound to this login as well, FML


texts: Connecting new 2014 Mac Mini and 2009 Mac Book Pro thru one VGA display

texts: Is it possible to connect my mac Book Pro running 10.8.5 and a new Mac Mini running 10.9.2 Mavericks into one Apple VGA display, so as to be able to switch between desktops?


texts:
Wine has an option for GTK theming if you use the wine-staging version.
I've installed GTK3 on macOS through:
brew install gtk+3

However, the option remains disabled. Is there a way this can be done on macOS?


texts: Unlock iPhone via accessibility button press rather than "Slide to Unlock"?

texts:
I have an old iPhone with a shattered screen. I use it as a dedicated music player.
I can comfortably tap buttons on the screen. But sliding my finger across the screen causes irritation due to the cracked glass. I'm not really using multitouch on this device, so this is mostly fine. I can tap the buttons I need to, and scroll very carefully.
The only time when this is a problem is unlocking the phone. The phone wants me to "slide to unlock" — over the dangerous broken glass.

Is there a way to imitate a "slide to unlock" without actually sliding?
Using only on-screen buttons or hardware buttons to bring up the passcode entry.
Is there an Accessibility setting alternative to "slide to unlock"? In addition to broken-glass or broken-touch-sensor scenarios, an AssistiveTouch option might also be useful for people who have difficulties touching the screen accurately.
Using TouchID possibly solves this. But is there a solution for iPhones without TouchID enabled or without a Home button?


texts: Bluetooth Headphone constantly disconnecting

texts:
Recently I bought a new pair of headphones, a JBL Everest Elite 150nc (with noise cancelling). I know it is a little older, but the price was a bargain (like 9 times cheaper that an AirPods Pro) and my previous one, a 3 year old Beats x, died on me.
It is working perfectly on my iPhone, iPad and my wife's windows pc, but when I connected to my MacBook Pro 13-inch (2016 - MacBookPro13,2) running macOS 10.15.5 (19F101) it disconnected when I tried to play anything. It is maddening.
I've tried a bunch of solutions in AskDifferent and none worked:

Bluetooth peripherals randomly disconnecting under Mavericks
Bluetooth headphones disconnect a few seconds after connecting on macOS
Bluetooth headphones not connecting with reason 0x16

Can some help me?


texts:
I got an iPhone as a present from a family member. It was working.

Now I get "No service". I found out it was blocked by Vodafone. They won't unblock it.

Is there any way I can get it unblocked myself?


texts: Can't find 100gb of movie files on my macbook

texts:
I have a small problem with my ssd of my macbook. I have been deleting some files to make some space. If I go to 'apple' -> About this Mac -> Storage, I see I have 117 gb of video files on my macbook.

If I search my entire storage of my macbook, I can only find 15gb in my Movies map and 30gb in my downloads map. I seriously can't find the other files and my trashcan is empty.

Can somebody please help me with this?


texts: How do I block callers from leaving voicemails?

texts: A scammer has been harassing me for several days, being rude and making fraudulent claims. How can I stop them from calling me?


texts: Various iOS apps log out randomly, lose all data & settings

texts:
I've been experiencing an issue that has causing me a lot of problems, as various apps including Whatsapp, Telegram, Linkedin, Authy, Lastpass, and more will randomly log out, and reset back to their inital state as if I just installed it on a clean phone. Apps like Whatsapp and Telegram will have lost all of their chat history, even if it was backup up on iCloud.

I've talked with Apple and they're adamant the problem is not with the hardware or with iOS after restoring the phone using iTunes. Whatsapp support is just giving me the run around with canned responses, so I doubt they know anything about the problem either.

I'm at a total loss as to what might be causing this problem after restoring the phone multiple times (the last time without restoring to a backup).

My phone is an iPhone 6S 64GB running iOS 9.3.2 although this problem has existed well before iOS 9.3.2 was released.


texts: How to downgrade TexPad to version 1.4.7?

texts:
This morning I made the worst mistake ever: I upgraded TexPad app (LaTeX App) to the newest version (1.8.something).

I need to downgrade to 1.4.7 for it was the best stable and fluid latex app ever.

Is there a way? I really need it.


texts: I found an unopened .mac box. It's still in its plastic wrap, so the subscription code has not been used. Is this of any value or should it simply be thrown away?


texts: How do I keep my SSH private key passphrase away from OSX?

texts:
I recently created an SSH public/private keypair on my Mac OSX Yosemite system and for this use-case, I wanted to encrypt the private key with a passphrase.

However, the first time I attempted to use this key, I was surprised to see a GUI component overlay itself over my terminal ... that is the first time I had ever seen (or heard of) keychain.

I want nothing to do with this.  I want the passphrase to exist nowhere but my own head - not even in an encrypted or keychain-vaulted safe space.

So I learned about the ssh config option 'AskPassGUI no' and that seems to have solved my problem.  I use that ssh key and keychain seems to not be invoked and there are no GUI pop-ups, etc.

But I'm suspicious ... I never liked that little Unicode key character that the Mac terminal inserts into the passphrase dialog in the terminal - it makes me think there are processes or services overlaying the terminal.

My question:

With AskPassGUI set to no, and no sign of keychain popping up, am I saving/caching/storing either my key, or my passphrase ... or anything ... inside OSX ?

Or am I having the simple, basic, text only relationship with my terminal that I hope to be having ?

Thanks.


texts: How do I find out what frequencies an iPhone supports?

texts: How do I find out what mobile phone frequencies an iPhone supports?  My wife has an old Australian 3G iPhone and we want to use it on a trip to the US, but we're not sure what mobile phone frequencies it supports and that may affect whether or not we can use it over there.


texts: Change Folder Icon for Shared Dropbox Folder

texts:
I have several shared Dropbox folders. I would like to change the folder icon for each, to be a picture of the people with whom that folder is shared.

I know that I can change the icons for regular folders, so I tried to do that for the dropbox folders... which seemed to work at first. However, I notice that after a reboot, the folder icons reset to the default dropbox shared folder icon.

Is there a way that I can change the folder icons on a more permanent basis?


texts:
I have been using shared notes on my Mac and iOS devices for years now. Everything worked fine until iOS 13 / Catalina.

Now when I try to create a shared note it tells me either the server could not be reached or

When I go to iCloud.com I can create shared notes. Old shared notes, that I created before updating, also still work.

I tried logging out of iCloud and logging back in again, but that did not work. Are others having this problem too?

Does anyone know how I can solve this, or is this just something I have to hope get's solved in a coming update?

Thanks
- Joseph


texts: Why won't Time Machine restore my Contacts even though they're visible in a Time Machine backup?

texts:
I recently upgraded to Catalina but after a few surprises I went back to Mojave using a Time Machine backup to restore data. I use Google to sync contacts on my Mac and iOS devices, and Gmail runs fine in the Mac mail app. I've done this for several years and its worked flawlessly ... until I went back to Mojave.

I’ve had no problems with contacts in Mail but after I restored Mojave I noticed contact names in Messages on the Mac weren't showing - just phone numbers and conversations. When I checked Contacts on the Mac all of my Contacts had disappeared (they're still on my iPhone, iPad and safely at Google).

In Mojave if I open Internet Accounts in System Preference the Gmail account has Contacts ticked. I’ve ticked and unticked. No difference.

When I try to add a CardDav account in Internet Accounts Google won’t verify my username and password even though they’re correct.

Strangely, when I open Contacts, and then Enter Time Machine, I can successfully go back to an earlier time and see all the Contacts. However, when I click Restore, and watch the animation bring them all back - the animation ends with a pause and all the Contacts disappear before my eyes leaving an empty Contacts app with the words "No cards".

Any advice on how to get my Google contacts back in the Contacts app on Mac Mojave would be most appreciated.


texts: Trying to increase the size of my hard drive, Error: -69771: The target disk is too small for this operation

texts:
My MacBook keeps telling me I have to quit applications because there is not enough free memory.
I went into diskutil and this is how my hard drive(s) are broken down.

Can anyone help?
I also tried opening Terminal and using the following script
sudo diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk0s2 0

But I got the following error message:

Error: -69519: The target disk is too small for this operation, or a gap is required in your partition map which is missing or too small, which is often caused by an attempt to grow a partition beyond the beginning of another partition or beyond the end of partition map usable space


texts: Cannot download fonts on Fontbook In Catalina

texts:
I would like to download fonts on Fontbook app that is preinstalled on the system.

However, when I choose a font that is grayed-out on the list and click the download button, the download does not work. The download progress window shows up but is gone immediately, and the download always fails.

The font I want to download is 圆体-简. The Fontbook app cannot be re-installed. The download has not been working for months...

How can I make the download work properly?

I tried downloading other fonts that are not installed yet (fonts that are grayed-out), such as Gotu or Myriad Arabic. The download worked properly. Only Chinese fonts (手札体 and 圆体) fail.


texts: How can you sync videos from Youtube to your iPad for offline viewing automatically?

texts:
I'd like an application like Readability for iPad, that will download and cache videos on the iPad for offline viewing whenever it syncs with the Internet.

A qualifying application would let you do the following:

Flag a video for later viewing with a Google Chrome extension
Avoid having to use iTunes at all
Automatically download all new videos wirelessly to the iPad whenever the iPad app syncs (just like Readability)

Is there anything out there that's close?

It could be desktop software or a web application, it doesn't matter.


texts: What is the technology used to prompt for passwords on an public wifi network

texts:
When connecting to the internet via a public wifi hotspot on a mac or ipad, rather than the simple wifi password requested by a home router, a new 'sheet' or dialog is displayed to log into the network, often with some branding of the hotspot's owner. An example in the UK would be the Virgin hotspots on the London underground network.

What is the technology used to initiate and display this authentication mechanism and is there a way to have the device / desktop remember the password? A workaround is to open a browser which can remember the password but its very irritating that the password is not remembered and there is no option to remember it.


texts: How to disable thermal policy for the icloud photo process?

texts:
My Photo app has stopped updating the library for a while.
It seems to be hardware related. The temperature of the CPU is consistently around 72~73c even when there is no workload. The fan is always spinning.
This is what I see in the console log:

Here is the revelant text:
default 10:10:39.976213+1000    photolibraryd   downloadDidFinishForResourceDownloadTask: <private>, with error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=3072 "The operation was cancelled."\
default 10:10:39.976644+1000    photolibraryd   Failed to download resource [JPEGThumbnail for Ac5GUZYL1s6BtFjwSFFbjQAzeYg9#PrimarySync(1) (AUs8YCE9rVXyoHLyD/9qsCryrfRV - public.jpeg) file: <redacted>]. Error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=3072 "The operation was cancelled."\
default 10:10:42.268364+1000    photolibraryd   Enqueuing CPL background download check (reason: start prefetching) at Thu Jun 25 10:40:42 2020\
default 10:10:56.926650+1000    dasd    502:com.apple.photolibraryd.backgroundjobservice.highpriority:5020C4:[\
    \{name: ThermalPolicy, policyWeight: 5.000, response: \{Decision: Absolutely Must Not Proceed, Score: 0.00, Rationale: [\{thermalLevel >= 2\}]\}\}\
 ], FinalDecision: Absolutely Must Not Proceed\}\

It seems like, due to the thermal condition of my macbookpro, the icloud photo process has decided not to download any update.
However other icloud service seems to run fine and does not have this restriction.
Is it possible to disable this ThermalPolicy?


texts: Why would Preview save just my annotations?

texts: I was using Preview to annotate a screenshot for a question on Apple.StackExchange.com and I saved it. For some reason, it only saved my annotation. I must've spaced out and accidentally pressed something, but what might that something be?


texts: Fix Mavericks vertical scrolling lock? (jerky scrolling, accidental safari back)

texts:
After installing Mavericks over Mountain Lion, my vertical scrolling is wiggly (jerky) on rMBP.

Similar as in iOS, when scrolling with two fingers on touchpad down or up, a smooth motion "locks" the scroll to vertical scroll only. After upgrading to Mavericks, vertical scroll does not "lock" and will also wiggle horizontally.

This makes scrolling in Chrome and Safari painful because browser will make go back or forward in history when trying to scroll. Occasionally the screen will also jump a few pixels up or down because it's recovering from the horizontal shift.

Any advice ?


texts: Restore default app icons from install disc?

texts:
I (Candybar) deleted some of my app icons and they are completely gone.
Is it possible to extract the icons for the system applications (e.g. Address Book, TextEdit) from the installation disc?

Alternative can anyone upload the icns files for the following applications:

Activity Monitor*
Address Book*
Adobe Bridge CS5
Adobe Dreamweaver CS5
Adobe Flash CS5
Adobe Photoshop CS5
Calculator*
Firefox
Google chrome
iTunes
Mail*
Photo Booth*
Safari
System Preferences*
TextEdit*

where asterisk is the system applications.


texts: GarageBand Plugins won't work because developer is not certified

texts:
So I was downloading plugins for Garageband. They were Audio Units, so they work with Garageband, and I was also able to drag and drop my Component files into the Components folder, my usual process of being able to use plugins on Garageband. You know going to Macintosh HD> Library> Audio> Plug-Ins> Components. I've done this process lots of times. It works. But when I tried to use the new Plugins--Which I will say, do show up in Garageband--it says “Plugin Name.component” cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified.". When I click Cancel it says "Audio Unit plug-in can’t be used" and then just does nothing.

This has been happening with all the new plug-ins I've been adding, I haven't been able to use one. I've tried restarting multiple times and it still says the same thing.
How can I fix this?


texts: iCloud/iCal can't accept/decline invitations?

texts:
When I receive an invite I do not get an email nor does the invite appear in iCal.
If I log on to iCloud.com I do see the invite but when accepting/declining I get a message that my Calendar is not responding anymore:

The ancestor is the aggregate of the child record, but it is not in the changelog.....


texts: How to remove an application that doesn't show up in Finder, but is listed in System Information?

texts:
I want to uninstall the ConnectWiseControl Client, located in the Downloads folder, as shown by System Profiler:

This app doesn't show up in Applications, and if I try to delete the app manually, by removing it from Downloads folder, it stays listed in System Profiler.

How can I safely delete the ConnectWiseControl Client, so that all traces of it are gone?


texts: How to identify CPU and memory usage per process on iPhone?

texts:
There are many common apps available to show total system RAM usage and free.  However, my understanding is only a jailbroken phone has access to the APIs to access PER PROCESS memory usage on iOS.  How can one do this most effectively?

This link has a few example tools but they all seem outdated and no information if they work on iOS 5 & iOS 6. http://www.ifans.com/forums/threads/troubleshooting-memory-issues.142660/


texts: What macOS mail applications support a "Send Only" email account?

texts:
I'd like to revisit a question which has come up before (more on that below), but which does not, in my opinion, have a good “future-proof” solution looking forward to 2019 and beyond.

“Send Only” Email Accounts

For years I have used Mailsmith as a “send only” email app, and it works very well. The primary reason for this is that it understands the concept of a “send only” account -- an account which is specifically set-up in such a way that the app will be used to send but not receive email.

The Problem

The problem is that Mailsmith is 32-bit, and according to its own homepage “will not be upgraded for 64-bit macOS compatibility.” That means it will throw a warning in Mojave when first launched (no big deal) but will probably cease to work in the next version of OS X (big deal).

What I’m Looking For

Because I can register Mailsmith as my default mail application, it will handle mailto: links on web pages, or any actions which want to send mail through a regular Mac email app.
I can setup multiple accounts in Mailsmith (work, personal, etc) and have the correct “From:” address be used when the email is sent.
Mailsmith integrates with my Contacts.app address book, so it will auto-complete email addresses as I type them.
Mailsmith can save Drafts on the SMTP server, and properly adds sent emails to the “Sent” folder on the SMTP server.

Previous Suggestions.

As I mentioned, this question has come up before, but none of the proposed solutions address the above points.

For example:

Setup another mail account and delete all email sent to it. This answer probably comes the closest, but won't put sent messages in the proper “Sent” folder on the server, and it may not use the proper “From” address either. I have found that to be frustrating when I need to go back and refer to previous mail threads.
QuickMailer: The app hasn't been updated since 2014, and doesn't seem to support mailto: or multiple accounts.
AppleScript: This won't integrate with Contacts.app address book, and risks losing the email if something interrupts the process after starting to write it. Seems far too fragile.
QuickSilver: The app is pretty much dead, and most of the plugins haven’t been updated in years.
“Let.ter”: The app (which I owned and had high hopes for) is not only buggy, but is now abandoned and hasn’t been updated in years.

Other Native Mac Mail Applications?

I use MailMate as my regular mail application, and have tried replacing Mailsmith with Apple’s Mail.app and Mozilla’s Thunderbird. However, neither app seems to accept leaving the incoming mail server information blank. That means they will try to download my email if I enter the correct information, and if I enter incorrect information, they will continually throw error messages.

Are there other Mac email clients that I should try? It seems like most of the mail apps that I’ve heard about recently are for iOS, not Mac, but it’s entirely possible there are others out there that I have overlooked.

{I will try to update this post as I find and try other mail clients.}


texts: Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB, and video game requires an Intel HD 3000 Integrated Video Card or Better?

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I have an Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB on my MacBook Pro and a game I want to play is requiring an Intel HD 3000 Integrated Video Card or Better.

How can I tell if my graphics card is sufficient?


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After updating the password, many programs asking me to enter the new password. How can I get rid of it?

And outlook also asked to update something

After updating the password, I cannot use Apple Watch to unlock my Macbook Pro.

It is quite weird that MacOS keeps asking me to change passwords for some months and later the system seems to forget I have updated the password.


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I originally installed Xcode via Apple's developer website (not through the App Store). Later on, I installed Xcode via the App Store.

Now in Launchpad, I have two icons for each of these apps: Xcode, Instruments, Dashcode, and Quartz Composer. None of the icons have an "X" button to remove them from Launchpad.

Questions:

Does this mean that I have 2 versions of Xcode installed?
If not, how can I verify that I only have one version installed?
How can I know which file each Launchpad icon is referencing?
If it's purely a cosmetic thing, how would I get rid of the second set of icons? (And does it matter which set I get rid of?)

Update:

I see that the /Developer folder contains an Applications folder, but it also contains SDKs, Documentation, Platforms, etc.

My /Applications folder contains the folder Developer. Inside of /Applications/Developer, there are 4 aliases which link to the /Developer folder. For example, the Xcode alias (/Applications/Developer/Xcode) links to /Developer/Applications/Xcode.app.


texts: Why are these corporate certificates pre-installed and is it safe to delete/"Never Trust" most/all of them?

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I was going through this macOS Security and Privacy Guide repo, step by step, and found some good privacy tips. However, when I arrived at the Certificate Authorities section I got a little confused. I don't understand certificates that much and it was a little shocking to find Amazon and GoDaddy certs in my Keychain System Roots.

The guide recommends that I "disable certificate authorities through Keychain Access by marking them as Never Trust and closing the window." So far I followed the advice and changed the Govt. Root Cert. Authority to "Never Trust." I'm still not sure if I should do the same on the rest.

I realize asking for an explanation of what certificates are is a huge question, so I want to simplify it: Why are these corporate certificates pre-installed in macOS and is it safe to delete/"Never Trust" most/all of them?


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I have a macbookPro 15'' mid 2009 and I want know which size is my cd-rom (SATA)because I have to buy this "component"

where can I find this information ?
My Cd-Rom is 9,5mm - SATA/SATA ?


texts: How do I turn off cellular data on certain apps with an iPhone 6

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Many of my apps I barely use but still need use up some of my cellular data. I would like to turn the data of for certain apps, but as you can see in the picture it looks ,in a way, tinted. It won't let me turn off the data on the apps or turn it on for apps.

I don't know if I'm supposed to click a certain thing somewhere else in the settings.

Please Help!!


texts: Transfer speed of USB-C to Lightning on latest iPad Pro 10.5

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Has anyone experience or estimates on what transfer speeds are to expect when transferring data to/from the latest gen. iPad Pro 10.5 using a USB-C to lightning cable? Scenarios might be

creating an iTunes backup
syncing movies, music and other media via iTunes
copying photos, videos using iTunes or some photo organizer app
transferring documents to apps using the iTunes app documents feature
...

USB 2 is really ancient now, and I expect a modern device as expensive as the iPad to offer faster transfer speeds than USB 2. So it would be great to know if the USB-C to lightning cable is worth buying. Thanks!


texts: How do I turn on 3-finger drag on trackpad (Sierra)?

texts: I originally set my trackpad to drag items when tapping on them with three fingers but it no longer works? How do I turn it back on?


texts: How to know which directory contains the file that I'm editing in TextEdit?

texts:
Very basic question - I am editing a file using the basic system TextEdit app.  As I actually have the file in question in several locations, how can I tell what directory the one that I am editing is actually residing in.

In Linux and Windows I can find this out easily but this does not seem obvious on my Mac.

This is using the basic TextEdit on my Mac and my Mac is OSX Lion 10.7.5


texts: How do I change the output power on the OS X internet sharing wifi network?

texts: I'm on 10.7, and I want to alter the broadcast power (so my wifi network doesn't extend beyond 10 ft radius or so). Also, if there's a way to change the security to WPA, which windows 7 can do, I'd like to know.


texts: User profile transfer, apps which are/were not PPC show up as PowerPPC

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I have tried using the Migration Assistant, straight copy/paste using Firewire disk mode, and even a clone using Clonezilla...

Both machines are 10.8.2

The old computer in System Information under applications shows apps as either Universal or Intel.

Once migrated to the new machine (newly imaged, and re-imaged between each attempt), almost half the apps show up as PowerPC and will not run.

What's going on, any solution, anyone seen this before?


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I have a Late 2011 Mac Book Pro 15" and recently the battery has very quickly gone from several hours of battery life to all of a sudden only apparently having 5-10 minutes

and by quickly I mean over the course of just a few weeks..

What i want to know is is this the End of life for my battery or is it malfunctioning and need a battery reset

If this a battery reset issue how do I do this on a mac I used to do this in the BIOS when I owned a PC Laptop but no idea how to do this with a Mac Book since there isn't one

Is this something that can be done through AHT?

  Battery Information:

  Model Information:
  Serial Number:    D86130308TRDGDLAW
  Manufacturer: SMP
  Device Name:  bq20z451
  Pack Lot Code:    0
  PCB Lot Code: 0
  Firmware Version: 406
  Hardware Revision:    2
  Cell Revision:    158
  Charge Information:
  Charge Remaining (mAh):   156
  Fully Charged:    Yes
  Charging: No
  Full Charge Capacity (mAh):   156
  Health Information:
  Cycle Count:  358
  Condition:    Service Battery
  Battery Installed:    Yes
  Amperage (mA):    0
  Voltage (mV): 11896

System Power Settings:

  AC Power:
  System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
  Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):   10
  Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):    10
  Wake on AC Change:    No
  Wake on Clamshell Open:   Yes
  Wake on LAN:  Yes
  Current Power Source: Yes
  Display Sleep Uses Dim:   Yes
  GPUSwitch:    2
  PrioritizeNetworkReachabilityOverSleep:   0
  Standby Delay:    4200
  Standby Enabled:  0
  Battery Power:
  System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
  Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):   10
  Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):    2
  Wake on AC Change:    No
  Wake on Clamshell Open:   Yes
  Display Sleep Uses Dim:   Yes
  GPUSwitch:    2
  Reduce Brightness:    Yes
  Standby Delay:    4200
  Standby Enabled:  0

Hardware Configuration:

  UPS Installed:    No

AC Charger Information:

  Connected:    Yes
  ID:   0x0100
  Wattage (W):  85
  Revision: 0x0000
  Family:   0x0085
  Serial Number:    0x0058432a
  Charging: No


texts: ZSH prompt issue : commands shifted to the right on one hundred space characters when doing completions, i.e using TAB key

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From this post, Get Function Into PS1 (Zsh)? , it seems to be possible to execute a function inside a ZSH prompt`.

Here how to use a function into PROMPT :

setopt PROMPT_SUBST
slash_color () { dirs | awk -F "/" ' {for (i=1; i<=NF; i++) printf "\033[38;5;75m"$i"\033[38;5;206m/"} '; }

PS1='%F{13}|%F{green}%n@%F{cyan}%m%F{13}|%f%T%F{13}|$(slash_color)%F{13}|%F{7} '

Below the result :

ISSUE : But now, I am faced to another problem : when I am inside a directory, the first completion with TAB, for example "vim" ⇨Tab shift all the display to roughly one hundred of space characters to the right.

To illustrate, here is a screen capture :

As you can see, just after typing vim te and after press ⇨Tab key, the command vim te is pushed to the right: I don't understand where this shifting could come from.

I am using zsh-5.8 from MacPorts and I also could reproduce the issue by compiling the sources of zsh-5.8 on macOS Catalina.

If someone could have an explanation/suggestion/clue, this would be fine to tell it.

PS: I suspect that using a simple ZSH environment variable could fix this strange behavior.

I have done some research and find these 2 interesting links :

zsh, prompt, variable expansion, ANSI color sequences
Using ANSI escape sequences in zsh prompt

It seems the shifting that occurs in my case is caused by the interpretation of ANSI escape characters but I didn't understand all the details.

However, i tried to modify slash_color() function like this :

slash_color () {
dirs | awk -F "/" '{ blue="\e[38;5;75m"; \
                     pink="\e[38;5;206m"; \
                     for (i=1; i<NF; i++) \
                       printf blue $i pink "/"; \
                     printf blue $NF pink; \
                     printf "\n"
                   }'
}

But this doesn't work, I get the following error about awk:

awk: cmd. line:1: warning: escape sequence `\e' treated as plain `e'

In my original issue (shifting to the right), everything happens like ZSH was badly computing the length of the real visible PATH of PROMPT and overestimating it? That would explain why I am shifted to the right.

Could anyone take a look please at the two links that I gave above, it could contain the solution in my case.

UPDATE 1: @Allan, here you can see my last attempt :

# Prompt for zsh : path separated by %F{13} slash to better see where we are
setopt PROMPT_SUBST

slash_color() {
dirs | awk -F "/" '{ blue="\033[38;5;75m"; \
                     pink="\033[38;5;206m"; \
                     for (i=1; i<NF; i++) \
                      printf blue $i pink "/"; \
                     printf blue $NF pink; \
                     printf "\n";
                   }';
}

# Last method using my_precmd_hook_function
my_precmd_hook_function() {
  slash_path=$(slash_color)
}

autoload -U add-zsh-hook
add-zsh-hook precmd my_precmd_hook_function

PROMPT='%F{13}|%F{green}%n@%F{cyan}%m%F{13}|%f%T%F{13}|''$slash_path''%F{13}|%F{7} '

Rendering of PATH with pink forward slash is good but the issue of shifting to the right remains when I type cd+⇨Tab or ls+⇨Tab. The presence of printf "\n"; doesn't change anything on the result.

Below a capture illustrating this :

SOLUTION FINALLY FOUND : my perseverance has paid off, everyting is working fine, no more shifting and colorized forward slash in PATH, with :

# Prompt for zsh : path separated by %F{13} slash to better see where we are
setopt PROMPT_SUBST

# Path with colorized forward slash
slash_color() {
dirs | awk -F "/" '{ blue="%{\033[38;5;75m%}"; \
                     pink="%{\033[38;5;206m%}"; \
                     for (i=1; i<NF; i++) \
                      printf blue $i pink "/"; \
                     printf blue $NF pink; \
                   }';
}

# Prompt final
PROMPT=$'%F{13}|%F{green}%n@%F{cyan}%m%F{13}|%f%T%F{13}|$(slash_color)%F{13}|%F{7} '

# Zsh reverse auto-completion
bindkey '^[[Z' reverse-menu-complete

Thanks a lot for all your advices.


texts: How do I change the region on an Airport Express?

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I purchased two of the current model Airport Expresses while I was in the US a few months ago. Now that I'm back in Australia, the only options I have when setting the country in Wireless Options are in the Americas. How can I get the Airport Express to allow me to change the region to Asia-Pacific, which would allow me to select Australia as the Country?

Note: The reason I want to set the Country is that I've been having reception problems, so I want to be able to ensure that my WiFi setup is running on the right channels for other "Australian-configured" WiFi gear.


texts:
I bought a Mac Pro (Late 2013) about a year ago. I recently ran out of space on the built-in 250gb SSD (Windows was the culprit of that), so I bought a 1tb ssd replacement from eBay. I just installed it today, and I want to move all of my data over to the new SSD.

I've already got all of the Mac content copying over, as that is really easy, but I also want to put the Bootcamp partition back on the new SSD too. I created a 500GB partition for it, but I don't know how to move the bootable partition over there. I created a DMG from it in Disk Utility before I swapped out the SSDs, and I have that, but Disk Utility won't let me restore it to the new partition I created. It gives me an invalid argument error.

How can I migrate my bootcamp DMG to a partition on my new SSD without having to reinstall it completely?


texts: Why IOS mail app image attachments are inline?

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When I attach an image in mail app, the image always attached as inline. Same happened when I use the iCloud mail app via web(Windows). Why these kind of issues aren’t fixed yet. This doesn’t happen in Gmail app. ;(

can anyone help me how to attach an image as an attachment. Not inline.

Thanks


texts: Remove side menu(right side) from finder

texts:
When I open any Finder window it appears with options in the right side. I can hide it by dragging it to end. But if I open a new window of the finder it appears again. So, please help me to hide that options menu in Finder.

OS: Mojave 10.14.5


texts: Different AirDrop dialogs between two Macbooks sending same file to an iPhone

texts:
Have a problem which I cannot get solved actually.
It's related to sending a file (GPX) downloaded on my computer(s) via AirDrop to my iPhone 8 (iOS 14.4.2).
On one macbook (MBP 2019 BigSur) I just get a dialog to open the AppStore or to save the file in the Apple "Files" app (see image below).

On the other macbook (MBP 2015 BigSur) I get for the same file a nice dialog offering me the apps which are installed on the phone and capable for the GPX file format (see image below).

Edit:
As you see in the first image my name appears in the dialog and so it might be "someting" related to a "binding" or "trust level" between iPhone<>Laptop but actually I can confirm the phone trusts both computers and vice versa


texts: How do I sync photos from the Photos app to an iOS device using iTunes when the Photos library is on an external disk?

texts:
I have my Photos library on an external disk, not in my user account directory.

The Photos app itself works fine with this configuration.

However, when I go to iTunes after deleting the empty Photos library in my user's home directory, I no longer see an option to sync from the Photos app:

How do I keep my Photos app library on an external disk yet sync it to iOS devices via iTunes? This configuration used to work just fine with iPhoto.


texts: Mac collected from customer support, some settings have been reset

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Yesterday I collected my Macbook Pro from an authorized Apple Service Center, where they replaced some hardware components (logic board and battery-trackpad-keyboard block).

The SSD drive has not been replaced (according to the invoice), and it was encrypted with File Vault (OS X 10.9.3).

And yet, some settings have been changed. The ones I am 100% certain about are:

Accessibility settings, ignore built-in trackpad when a mouse is present.
This was definitely checked, but it has been disabled.
other trackpad settings: tap to click. This was enabled and it's now disabled.

Is it because the trackpad has been replaced?
I also did enable filevault right before bringing my mac to the service center, and I didn't really have time to notice any change then. Can these changes depend on file vault?


texts: Yosemite 10.10.4 nowhere to set three finger tap to access Dictionary

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I'm in OS X, and I bought my mac from one of my friends. He bought this April,2015.

This is my Force touch trackpad. It's come from the fifth in the first picture. I know you may not understand the language but I am sure there is
no three finger tap to look up.

I find the three finger to drag in General(the 8th in the third picture)--Mouse/Force Touch trackpad(the fourth picture), but there is no three finger tap to look up, neither.

I tried the Better Touch Tool, and it work sometime, but most of the time did not.

I can push the Force Touch trackpad harder to look up the words in Safari, but not three finger tap. And in Chrome, even the push harder not work.

Now I use Command+Control+D to look up words in Chrome, it works, but I really think it is not as easy as three finger tap(I used it in macbook air).

So can anyone tell me how to make it work? or do I need more info for you to understand my question?


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I have an early 2009 MacBook running OSX 10.9.  Last week, my hard drive crashed.  I bought another and installed OS 10.9.  Everything works.  I do not, however, see the drive's icon on my desktop.  Therefore, I can't open it.

How can I fix this?  Re-booting doesn't fix it.

Thanks!


texts: Excel for Mac 2011 calculation results equaling zero are formatting as a positive zero value instead of zero suppressed zero?

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I am having a very frustrating problem with zero values in a conditional calculation.

I have a running balance column (E) with the custom number format of #,##0.00 ; [Red]-#,##0.00 ; ;  when I use the simple calculation in the cells ie. E4 is =E3+D4, and the result is zero, the zeros are suppressed.  The problem came when I changed it to a conditional calculation to avoid any cell results in future rows.  The new formula being =if(A1>today(),,E3+D4), where A1 is every week day of the year.

The cells containing zero results prior to any values in D cells are working (not displaying zeros), but once the running balance column E was not equal to zero and then calculated back to zero, that cell and the cells after carrying a zero balance are displayed as 0.00

I have done many alterations to the format and formula to figure out why and all I can come up with is that the zero is being taken as a positive zero instead of just zero. (I formatted positives as blue and the 0.00 was blue)

When I change the formula back to straight addition (the same as in the conditional formula), the zeros are suppressed again.

Does anyone have any idea what is going in with this?


texts: Startup Items keep getting reset after a period of time?

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On my MacBook running OS X Lion 10.7.4, after a few days the startup items automatically get removed. I find this really annoying, as then I have to add them all back again.

What are the possible causes of this?


texts: iTunes sometimes doesn't recognize connected device

texts:
When I plug in my iPad or iPhone (USB), iTunes frequently recognizes its presence.  BUT, nearly as frequently, it doesn't seem to notice the device at all.  Un-plugging and re-plugging does no good.  The only thing that seems to help is quitting and then re-starting iTunes -- which I seem to need to do more and more often any more.

iPhoto, BTW, seems to always recognize that a new device is present.

Ideas?


texts: After RESTART every new Safari window no longer reflects its DEFAULT appearance. How fix this? High Sierra MBP

texts: OS X 10.13.3 Safari how set default window size & position (NOT FINDER)


texts: Multi-Monitors: Locking machine moves windows to different monitors

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I am using a macbook with two external monitors.  Frequently, I lock the computer, my windows are on a different screen then when the computer was locked.

For example:

Open PyCharm on monitor #1
Open Chrome, iTerm2, etc on monitor #2
Lock computer
(Maybe wait for a few minutes?)
Unlock computer
Windows are now randomly distributed.  This may mean any of the following:

Windows are reversed - PyCharm is now on monitor #2 and everything else is on monitor #1
All windows are on monitor #1
All windows are on monitor #2

There seem to be multiple variants of this problem.  It seems to occur both when the lid of the laptop is open and when it is closed.  I haven't used the computer with a single external monitor, so not sure if the issue occurs then.  One related issue is that sometimes it will not recognize one or both of the monitors and I need to unplug/replug the monitor to allow the computer to recognize the monitor.

Info on my system:

And monitors:

(Maybe related) Mission Control:


texts: Removed Spotlight, now there's a gap I can't get rid of

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I disabled and removed spotlight from my menubar to save performance and space. Now except for saving some space, I have a gap in my menu-bar I'd like to get rid of:

Anyone an idea how to get it away?


texts: App icon duplicated with a 'grayish' overlay on iPhone 6 with iOS 8

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I've had this iPhone 6 for a week now. Today my WhatsApp duplicated itself with a 'grayish' overlay on it. I can move it around, but when tapping it nothing happens. How does this happen and how can I get rid of this?

I guess it might have happened after an update, it's the second time this has happened. First time it happened a different app duplicated itself just like this. I've been searching the Internet, but could not find any explanation/solution.  Here's a screenshot of it:


texts: upgrading MacOS to Catalina error "opt" file cannot be copied

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Attempted upgrade from El Capitan to Catalina, upgrade stalled with error "opt" file cannot be copied. Tried restarting 3 times.

Error repeated. Booted into Recovery mode using Command R. Tried to recover from pre upgrade backup received error cannot backup from non APFS version.

Looked at disk utility have Mac HD, Mac HD Data, MacOS Base volumes all listing 10.15. now stumped at what to try next. Am IT savvy but spent much time learning enough about my Macs but still prefer them to Windows OS.

Suggestions for what to try next.

MacOS Utilities offers reinstall MacOS and I think it will just try Catalina again.

Went into terminal to try to find opt but I'm useless in terminal.
I can see -bash-3.2# prompt and Library and .forward in directory. All this trouble when I need to takean online exam and needed to upgrade to do it. Explains why I'm slow to update stuff because it never goes smooth.


texts: My friend gave me his old iPhone and reset everything so I could use it. I set up an iCloud account, but when I try to sign in, it says that my username (which is my email) is invalid. How is that possible when I can use the same email to sign into my iCloud account online? What should I do?


texts:
I have a 3rd generation   Apple TV that I'm trying to watch some YouTube tutorials on but the streaming quality is really low.
How do I select a higher definition? I can't seem to find an option or setting for it.
The clip I'm watching right now actually started at around 720p~1080p for the first ten seconds or so before reverting back to a blurry mess. It's obviously auto adjusting to the available bandwidth, just like it does in an ordinary browser, on an ordinary computer.
I don't mind if I have to wait for videos to load. I don't mind if it's not a Full HD cinematic experience. I just need it to be watchable. Surely there's something I have overlooked.


texts: Can I copy an app from an iPad to an iPad2?

texts:
I bought an iPad and bought several apps, then I bought an iPad 2.

Can I copy the apps I bought to the iPad 2 and keep them on my iPad or do I have to buy them again?


texts: Is there a way to absolutely force a Log Out, Shut Down, or Restart with open tabs and unsaved documents?

texts:
I could not find any relatively simple way to log out of a public use Mac quickly with many tabs open and unsaved document in the background without resorting to sudo shutdown -h now.

The reason I ask is that sometimes a user will have his/her account logged into the iMacs here at school and they would try to log off and then leave, thinking it has completed but the process is interrupted by Safari and Office apps, leaving their account, mounts, and websites still accessible to the next person who sits down.

Obviously a shortcut string would be nice instead of posting a note telling the person to type arcane things in a terminal. For example, just having them try to find Terminal.app is going to be a chore.

This doesn't seem to make sense because the user can just quit each app and click a few dialog boxes but unlike you and I to whom repeatedly pounding Command-Q while hitting the spacebar and D keys are probably second nature.


texts: Reset screen saver settings on timer or on load

texts:
My company changes my screensaver settings to some default they want. I want to keep my settings, so I would like to change the settings either on a timer or on login back to the settings I have chosen.

Can someone suggest the best method for doing this? Every day I come in my screen saver settings have been reset

I run OS X Yosemite.

When i set it in screensaver settings I get the following from

defaults -currentHost read com.apple.screensaver

{
    CleanExit = YES;
    PrefsVersion = 100;
    idleTime = 600;
    moduleDict =     {
        moduleName = Shell;
        path = "/System/Library/Screen Savers/Shell.qtz";
        type = 1;
    };
    moduleName = XXXXXX;
    modulePath = "/System/Library/Screen Savers/Flurry.saver";
}

I XXXXX'ed out the moduleName because it's set by the company


texts: In Catalina, how do I grant permissions to applications that haven't asked for them?

texts:
I used Fluid to create a Gmail app that would show my unread mail count in the dock.  After upgrading to Catalina, the app no longer shows a badge in the dock, and I believe this is because it doesn't have permission to do so.  But if I go into the Notification preferences, neither Fluid nor my Gmail app appear, so I can't grant them permission via the UI

I've reported this to the maintainer of Fluid, but while I wait, is there any other way for me to grant these permissions?  Perhaps there's some command I can run from the terminal, or a plist somewhere that I could edit, to grant my app permission to show badges on its icon?


texts: How can I change the data source of a chart in Numbers '09?

texts:
I have made a chart in Numbers '09 and now I want to create another very similar chart but with different data, so I have copied and pasted the chart and now I want to make it take its source data from a different table.

When I select the chart I can see a blue box with a grey header indicating the data-source in the table, but I can't drag this into another table - so how do I change it?


texts: Camera Roll vs Photos App, what name is correct?

texts:
What is the name of the default native App that stores all photos and pictures on an iOS device? Since iOS 8 it seem to be called "Photos" were before Apple used to call it Camera Roll. Or do I mix something here?

Update: what is the correct terminology for the default Photos App and for what reasons should the term "Camera Roll" be used?


texts: Script to Update/download most recent iTunes podcast WITHOUT opening iTunes at all?

texts:
I have a couple favorite podcasts that I subscribe to in iTunes.

I'm using You Control (so I don't have to open iTunes to play my music).

I'm using Keyboard Maestro.

I've made a macro that runs when logging in or on system wake. The macro should contain a script (AppleScript, Bash/Zsh/Ruby/Python, whatever) that automatically updates / downloads the most recent available podcasts in my subscriptions, in faceless mode, i.e. in the background, WITHOUT opening iTunes at all.

Is this possible and are there any scripts that does this exact thing?


texts: Pages: Different table cell padding left/right vs. top/bottom

texts:
I often need to use tables as layout helpers in Pages. Unfortunately, there's a feature which I really, really miss: Often I'd need to adjust the horizontal cell padding separately from the vertical cell padding:

Obviously, Pages seems to only have a single padding input for all sides (Format → Text → Layout → Text Inset). Is there a workaround or trick to adjust the padding in a more “expert” manner?

Edit: What seemed to work only on first sight, was to use the “border” instead and assign a X pt large white line above and below the table row as shown below. This looked good, however when exporting or printing the document, Pages obviously mis-calculates some bounding boxes and and descenders e.g. from “g” will be cut off :-(


texts: Two Macs signed into Google with same IP address

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I don't know if this goes here or somewhere else, but it's about my Mac, so I'll post it here.

I got an e-mail saying my Google account was signed into on a Mac. I looked at the location and IP of said Mac, and it matches the only Mac that I have. The strange thing is, it shows two separate devices for my Mac. The only difference between the devices is the browser: the one that it says I'm using is using Chrome 52.0, and the other one is using Chrome 35.0.

Is this a bug, or is something wrong? Is there a way to remove this "second" Mac from my devices?

Thanks in advance!


texts: External HD Accidentally pulled out of computer

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A few days ago I accidentally pulled my WD MyBook 1110 Media external HD out of the USB connection on my Macbook Pro.

I have tried to repair the HD with Disk Utility, but the 'Repair Disk' option is grayed out.

Of course I would like to recover the information on the external HD. Is there any way to do this?

When plugged in, the HD starts up perfectly fine and seems to run (I can hear it). But my computer isn't able to recognize it. The message I get is "The disk you inserted was not recognizable on your computer."

I am running Mac Yosemite 10.10 on a Macbook Pro.


texts: File Recovery when Disk Space is not Reclaimed

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I have a two disk system, Disk1 which contains OSX and Disk2 for misc files.

I deleted the .Trash folder on Disk1, which I assumed would only affect files on Disk1, but must have had an effect on Disk2.

There was about 500GB of data 'deleted' (This data was never trashed in the first place).

The free space on Disk2 has not changed.

I am running data rescue now, but I figure this might be a special case.

Is there any way to get the data back without forensic utilities?

Later:

Forensic utils didn't help.

Why is the available disk space unchanged?  Should I zero it to reclaim?


texts: Booting from SSD in optibay (MacBook Pro mid-2010)

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I'm considering putting in an SSD for extra space and faster boot times and such in my MacBook Pro Mid-2010.

Due to losing the sudden motion sensor if I move the existing mechanical HD to the optibay, I'm considering just putting the new SSD there and booting from it.

Is that possible to do? How does bootcamp handle it? And is the hibernation issue still here in Mountain Lion?


texts: iMac monitor leaves watermark-like window stamps after a while

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I'm not sure how to compile a logic title for this question, so if the title is unclear, suggest an edit. Here's a description of the problem I am experiencing:

Whenever my iMac has been on for a few hours the silhouette of the window that has been open for a while is imprinted in the screen. Moving around the window does not help, only when I turn off the monitor and let it cool down for a while the imprint is gone.

Besides a window's silhouette it also seems to imprint directory folder trees, macro, and/or icons sometimes.

I do use a screen saver, however as a developer I sometimes actively work in one window for a few hours.

Since the iMac is 'only' three years old and I haven't had this until last week, I am wondering if anybody has experienced the same issue, before taking it in a repair shop.

Kind regards


texts: List of Apple Watch Workouts and Metrics

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According to Apple, there are 12 different workouts:

The screenshot only shows 4. What are all 12 workouts?

Also, Apple says you can select up to 5 metrics.
What are all the different metrics?


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Sometimes when dragging files from folder to another, or moving a folder, the items being dragged are stuck in the dragging mode and it hangs. I can see Finder use 30-35% CPU at that moment.

Anyone facing the same problem?

I'm on 10.7.2 also using FlexiGlass for Window moving/resizing.


texts: Is there any way to select an Exchange account as the Outgoing Mail Account for a different, non-Exchange email?

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In Apple Mail you can change the default "Outgoing Mail Account" for every email account so that if you are checking multiple accounts, but you always want to respond out of a single email account you can do that.
In previous versions of Apple Mail (mail.app) you could do this with an Exchange account, i.e. select the exchange account in the Accounts-->Email Account-->Server Settings of an IMAP account and select one of the Exchange accounts you had added. It seems like in the past couple of iterations you can't do this anymore. The option simply doesn't show up. All the SMTP options show up everywhere, but the Exchange option only shows up in the exchange account.
Is there a way around this, either directly or by some manipulation of the underlying config files?


texts: mac pro G5 boot issue- Leopard and Yellow Dog 6.2 installed

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Heres a killer. My Mac Pro g5 was running Leopard, fully updated, quite fine. But, since Im an idiot tinkerer who loves linux as mich as Mac, I decided to stupidly install YDL. Now, it ran flawlessly for a few months, until I packed the machine away while I moved house. Now, YDL boots quite fine... but MacOS refuse to move anywhere past the Apple Logo. I get no spinning Wheel, just the bitten apple on a grey screen and the machine sitsthere...
So far, I reseated ram, reset NVRAM, reset PRAM, theres no password on OF, I even used the button thing on the motherboard to reset. Nothing. The drive is fine and readable... YDL And Leopard are installed on the same drive, differentpartitions. No keypress combination works since Yaboot is installed- I can only use alt to select a boot device ()this displays the YDL and Leopard disks, but when I choose the Leopard disk, I get the grey screen.

Unfortunately, I do not have access to a Leopard install fisk and have absolutely no hope of getting one.
I also have no internet access on the machine.

If ANYONE can point me in the right direction, Ill be eternally grateful!!

Txs in advance,
Brendan