texts: Do the iPhone 7 and 7 plus cameras use the same sensor?

texts: I am looking to upgrade to the latest iPhone mainly for the camera.  I am wondering if the iPhone 7 and 7 plus use the same camera sensor.  Specifically, will they handle the same in low light conditions.  I shoot a lot of low light photos and am curious if they will perform the same.


texts:
How could I possibly eliminate the user accounts at login to start my mac automatically?

Actually I have a couple of user accounts both admin / guest however I do not want to login by entering passwords..

How could I set it up such that it starts automatically without requiring any verification?


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I'm not sure why this is, but my Apple remote won't obey the decoupling set in System Preferences (see the pic below). This is important because I have an Apple TV 2, and there are times where my MacBook Pro is between me and the ATV2. Using the remote starts up iTunes, which means I have to manually stop iTunes and move the laptop to keep it from happening again. I do use the Apple iPhone/iPad Remote app, but there are times when I need to use the physical remote, which is when I have this problem. Anyone else observe this behavior?

Side note: I used to have the Candleair preference pane installed, but I purged the support files when I removed it. I initially thought that it might be some "stuck" leftover preference running in the background, but that's not the case.

Running 10.8.2 on a Late 2008 MBP.


texts: After Mavericks 10.9.2 Update, problems running Keepass/Mono

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I have a rMBP 13" late 2013 model and just updated Mavericks today to 10.9.2 (Software  OS X 10.9.2 (13C64))

I have been using the OSX package of keepass from here (Openix) without any issues before updating.

After updating, if I try to open keepass, the laptop hangs (i get the beachball of doom) and the mono process uses upwards of 98% of the cpu untill I kill it.

I have the mono runtime (version 3.2.7) and XQuartz 2.7.5 (xorg-server 1.14.4), installed. I am not very knowledgable as to how to troubleshoot to see if there is mono or x11 issue, I just installed them to be able to use keepass on my macbook.

IS there anyone else experiencing this same issue?

What steps could I take to begin troubleshooting this?


texts:
A few days ago, I don't know what happened, possibly nothing but my 13" MacBook Pro trackpad started acting weird. Did I spill water? Food? Shook it? Pressured it? Any of these might have happened, but nothing out of the ordinary that caught my attention.

So, the trackpad started moving around randomly by itself; sometimes clicking around. It was dangerous so I disabled the trackpad from here:

I've tried:

Mac restart
SMC reset
PRAM reset
Fontnuke
Clearing some settings and caches
Messing with the preferences

Nothing worked to fix it. Even my mouse (Logitech G500) was messed up, the left button is not clicking and movement kind of clunky.

Interestingly when I login with my guest user account, my mouse works fine until I start using the trackpad. After using trackpad my mouse gets messed up again.

Also after I disable the trackpad while mouse is was connected and after that operation I restart my Mac and do a NVRAM reset, my mouse works perfectly fine. As long as I don't disconnect my mouse accidently and do something on the trackpad.

After 2 days my trackpad still has issues but it is not as crazy as it used to be. Now, it doesn't run around randomly clicking around, but I cannot control it properly either. Trying to make a shape with the trackpad is very difficult because it starts jumping around. It's also still messing with my mouse, but this time instead of the left button it started messing up the right button of the mouse. Why?

It seems like this is a software problem and how can I fix it?


texts: Filing Sent messages in a folder other than sent messages folder

texts:
Is there a way to create a rule in Apple Mail that will copy every sent message to another folder? I want to have every sent message to be copied to the G-Mail IMAP folder so that all my sent mail is on the server. It won't do it automatically because of the way I have my return address set up in the G-Mail Account
.
I can copy them individually, but I'd like it to happen automatically.

I understand that El Capitan has fixed IMAP in Apple Mail and handles it properly, but I can't upgrade to El Capitan until all my professional applications are solid. And they are not.

MacPro 3,1

OSX 10.10.5

Thanx in advance for any help you might have!

best,

Fred


texts: Is there a way to rename a sound card in Mac OS X?

texts: I have multiple sound cards connected and would benefit from being able to rename them from their device name to something like "Headphones", "Surround system", etc. Is there a way to do this?


texts: Why won't my external display detect its native resolution?

texts:
3 days ago I bought a Dell SE2219HX display (22") and connected it to my non-retina MBP mid 2012 model. I also own a HDMI extension that is to be connected to the display port but for some reason it won't work so I have the monitor connected to VGA instead and it works fine.

Except for one thing and that is that it won't detect and work at its native resolution which is 1920 * 1080. When I first unboxed the monitor and connected it, it displayed natively. But yesterday after a fresh reboot, it didn't go beyond 1280 * 1024 and it displayed those settings as default. I had to reset the SMC and it came back again at 1920 * 1080. But today when I thought the settings would be safely saved, the display again started up at 1280 * 1024. I've set it to scaled display now by pressing the option button and selecting the actual native res but I doubt it will remember this setting upon the next boot and I cannot do a SMC reset every time. Is there a way this can be fixed, other than the alternative of using option in display settings?

EDIT: I also had an AOC 26" display connected couple of years ago with the same 1920 * 1080 res and had no such problems with it.


texts:
I'd like to have a compiler for ARM on my Mac, and I read somewhere that there is a way to run and maybe debug ARM code on Xcode.
Anyone has any hint on how I should do or if it is even possible?
Any other solution for ARM on Mac?
Thanks


texts: How can I get all of my Gmail contacts into my Mac Contacts?

texts: I was able to import all of my Gmail contacts into my iPhone but my Mac doesn't include them.  How can I get all of my Gmail contacts into my Mac contacts app?


texts: PSA: Random freezes/kernel panic on 2013-2015 retina MBP

texts: I've got a Late 2013 15" MBP (A1398) that has been experiencing random freezes/kernel panics for a while now. I was initially unable to pinpoint a cause.


texts: Where are the user applications located on iOS 10?

texts: I want to make a launch daemon that automatically launches yalu on boot, but I cannot find the app executable. Does anybody know where iOS 10 stores apps?


texts: Photos app showing every photo in "imports" section - Catalina

texts:
I am using Photos with iCloud Photo Library enabled on all my devices. After upgrading my Mac from Mojave to Catalina, I noticed that the Imports tab on my Mac shows every photo and screenshot as its own import with the import time approximately matching when the photo was taken. (The same also happened on my synced iPhone.)
IIUC the Imports section is only supposed to show photos I imported from my DSLR or received through AirDrop. It shouldn't show photos/screenshots taken on my iPhone and directly synced to iCloud. This behavior still applies to new photos I took after upgrading to Catalina, but all previous photos appear as "imports."
Has anyone else experienced this? Is the import state of the photos permanently lost?


texts: npm install -g react-native-cli does not work: EACCES: permission denied

texts:
I'm trying install react-native-cli in My MacBook. Executing this command in my terminal

npm install -g react-native-cli

Getting this error

npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! syscall access
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
npm ERR!  [Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'] {
npm ERR!   stack: "Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'",
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'access',
npm ERR!   path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
npm ERR! }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! The operation was rejected by your operating system.
npm ERR! It is likely you do not have the permissions to access this file as the current user
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the
npm ERR! permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running
npm ERR! the command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/kishore/.npm/_logs/2020-01-16T01_34_30_715Z-debug.log

in my which node

/usr/local/bin/node

My npm get prefix

/usr/local

Help me out fix the issues.


texts: Besides Skim, what OSX PDF viewers support SyncTeX?

texts:
I hope this question is not a duplicate. I use a lot of pdfLaTeX in my daily work on OSX (10.8). I've been using Skim and its SyncTeX support to preview PDFs and link forward and backward and that's fine. There are a bunch of PDF viewers on OSX and I'm wondering if others also support SyncTeX (commercial or not). I tend to prefer standalone editors and previewers instead of integrated environments such as TeXShop, but I'd like to hear about all types of PDF viewers that offer SyncTeX support. I'm not finding that this information is easily accessible on the web so answers to this question might serve as a handy reference.

For starters, it seems the standard OSX Preview doesn't support SyncTeX. Is that correct?


texts: Problem with getting attachments on apple mail

texts: I occasionally have an issue that if I open up an email on my iphone or ipad that has an attachment, when I open it up on my macbook in mail the message will appear but without the attachment.  How can I fix this?  If I forward myself the message it will appear with the attachment but I'm getting tired of doing that.


texts: How can I enter a shortcode on a 4G iPad?

texts: I'm using a prepaid wireless carrier with my iPad.  I can buy codes for the carrier that add credit to my account.  On a cell phone, I'd dial these codes using something like *101*(digits)#.  The iPad doesn't appear to have a "dialer" -- is it possible to enter this sort of code somewhere?


texts: Do all Cinema Displays emit noise at reduced/minimum brightness?

texts:
I've a 30" Apple Cinema Display (A1083 EMC2011) that makes a noise when lowering brightness (low brightness = more noise, full brightness = no noise).

Gently slamming the side of the screen usually makes the noise go away, for a while, but it always comes back sooner or later.

The phenomenon reminds me of the floor lamp in my living room, which also makes a similar (albeit somewhat louder) noise when dimming down the light.

What I'd like to know is: Is this "low brightness" noise present in all 30" Apple Cinema Displays? (In which case I can save myself the time of asking a hardware guy to dismantle it in search of a cure.)

PS! I should mention that I use the screen with a Apple Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI-adapter. I don't know if this would contribute to the problem.


texts: How to set multihoming for download from multiple Wi-Fi connections?

texts:
My problem is I want to download from my university's wireless router but it has a speed limitation and I want to bypass this limitation with adding more Wi-Fi connections by different IP address.

Therefore I need a virtual connection to receive my request and split them to multiple Wi-Fi connections and get their response and merge them. Is this possible to increase my download speed?


texts: I recorded a video and cannot find it on my iPhone 6. I know it's there because when I go to settings / general / about, I see that I have one video on my phone, but it does not show in photos. What's going on here?


texts: My WD external drive unmounted itself and now does not work

texts:
I have a strange problem. Working on an OS 10.9.5 MacBook laptop.

Last night, I was exporting a 20-something GB Aperture library from my WD 2TB drive to another hard drive. I left, and when I came back the next morning, my computer warned me that I should properly eject my hard drive. I hadn't disconnected it, and my settings are set so that the computer will NEVER go to sleep or shut down when the power supply was connected (which it was). Now, my mac won't recognize the hard drive.

Is it dead?
How can I prevent this from happening again?
How can I recover my files if I can't see the disk???

I've tried:

Powering my computer on and off
Using a different USB connector
Using a different power cord
Plugging the external drive into another mac (did not work)
Plugging the drive into a windows computer (nope)
Mounting through disk utility, or using disk utility to repair/verify the disk (got this error message: Disk utility can't repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files).
Suggestions on these sites: External drive does not mount after plug off without eject and Sometimes Mac doesn't recognise my external hard drive e.g., going through terminal to unmount OR eject OR view files in read only mode (all just say the volume timed out)
Read suggestions on this thread about drives disconnecting on their own - wasn't sure what to do, but realized the problem might have had something to do with exporting Aperture files? https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2597920?start=120&tstart=0

This is my time machine disk, and it has some other stuff on it I need. I also don't know whether to trust my machine to plug another hard drive into it. I can't update to a newer OS just yet. I'm terrified to plug in my other hard drives because what if the same thing happens to them!? Unfortunately all my Aperture libraries are stored on external disks!

Info:

Last login: Sun Mar 26 16:39:26 on ttys000
ericaneomputer2:~ erica$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *320.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            319.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS NEWTON_WD               2.0 TB     disk1s2
ericaneomputer2:~ erica$ diskutil info disk1
   Device Identifier:        disk1
   Device Node:              /dev/disk1
   Part of Whole:            disk1
   Device / Media Name:      WD My Book 1140 Media

   Volume Name:              Not applicable (no file system)

   Mounted:                  Not applicable (no file system)

   File System:              None

   Content (IOContent):      GUID_partition_scheme
   OS Can Be Installed:      No
   Media Type:               Generic
   Protocol:                 USB
   SMART Status:             Not Supported

   Total Size:               2.0 TB (2000365289472 Bytes) (exactly 3906963456 512-Byte-Units)
   Volume Free Space:        Not applicable (no file system)
   Device Block Size:        512 Bytes

   Read-Only Media:          No
   Read-Only Volume:         Not applicable (no file system)
   Ejectable:                Yes

   Whole:                    Yes
   Internal:                 No
   OS 9 Drivers:             No
   Low Level Format:         Not supported


texts: I am trying to disable Game Center on El Capitan

texts:
How do I disable, delete, or hide Game Center on El Capitan?

I have already tried Terminal deletion, but to no avail.


texts: Making room to take a photo - transfer to the cloud

texts: How do I manage my settings so that I can take a picture?  My storage says I have 11.76GB used and Available Zero KB.  I actually have 32.49 GB available in Icloud....How do I free up space and how do I take what I have and transfer to the cloud?  Thanks for your help - J


texts: Why does placing a Moto X on my Macbook turn off the screen?

texts: Whenever I place my Moto X down, face-up, so the center of it is just below and to the left of the fn key on a Macbook Pro Retina 15", the screen goes blank black. When I pick it up, I get the lock screen. I think it may be magnetic, since there are certain locations in that area in which my phone will rotate left or right by itself. Or perhaps it has to do with NFC, because it doesn't happen when I place the phone face-down, and the NFC is located in the back?


texts: I just update my Mac to 10.6.6 and Safari to 5.0.3 now almost every page I load causes Safari to crash, it does well on simple pages like Google but anything with a bunch of images or flash and it loads to about 3/4 and hangs until I force quit. Are there any known issues?


texts: How do I eliminate duplicate files and folders in iCloud?

texts: I uploaded files and folders to iCloud from several external drives that have some of the same files and folders. There are very are many duplicates in iCloud now. I need to conserve space in iCloud and make the iCloud files and folders quicker to scroll through, so I would like to know how to remove the duplicates once they are in iCloud.


texts: Renaming a populated iMac Snow Leopard external HDD a possibility?

texts: I want to place my iMac Snow Leopard Users Folder on a separate external HDD. It is already populated with data in my Documents, Downloads etc., and Media Folders. My problem is I have already named the HDD using Disk Utility. Is it possible to rename the disk without having to erase the data it contains, Just the name?


texts: How to reach websites that have failed while offline?

texts:
When I try to open a website when my connection is down or while my modem is starting up, my Mac flags this url as unreachable.

When the connection is finally open and internet available, I still can not reach this web site as if the Mac doesn't try to reach it again and still displays me the error page. Other web sites (that I didn't try to reach while offline) are reachable...

Is there a way to reset this information so that the Mac really tries to reach url ?


texts: Had to disable Spotlight indexing in Catalina to stop mds_stores using over 100% CPU. Surely there's a better way?

texts:
I have three Macs of various vintages running 10.15.7, all with the latest updates.
My 2019 MBP 16" is the only one that's suffering from mds_stores going nuts and using over 100% CPU.
As a temporary solution I've added all volumes to the Privacy tab, so Spotlight is basically useless, but it seems the only way to stop mds_stores slowing the machine right down and spinning the fans up to maximum.
There has to be a better way that lets me keep Spotlight functionality while not being held hostage to mds_stores, surely?


texts: Changed my PATH to have /usr/local/bin ahead of /usr/bin and now pip isn't found

texts:
I was following this guide to get Python 3 setup, which recommended changing the PATH variable such that "# If you still see 2.7 ensure in PATH /usr/local/bin/ takes pecedence over /usr/bin/". I put the following in my .profile:

export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"

This sets my PATH to /usr/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

This fixed my python --version issue, but now when I type pip --version I get

-bash: pip: command not found

in my terminal.

Can anyone please help?!

PS: I'm running Mac OS X High Sierra 10.13.3


texts: Trying to text someone with a Samsung Galaxy using a MacBook without an iPhone

texts: I have gotten a MacBook for my high school, and as I have no phone or other portable mobile devices, it makes it really complicated to contact my parents, when they don't have apple phones, and especially when the only way I know is email. Help and suggestions would be gratefully accepted.


texts: Is the original photo in an iPhoto library still saved if I trash the photo after dragging it to the desktop?

texts: If I move a photo from iPhoto to the desktop, and then trash, is the original still saved in the library?


texts: I want to disable automatic brightness adjusting, but where is the setting?

texts:
I'm basically trying trying to find this setting:

From this question, but can't find it on this Snow Leopard MacBook. My version of that settings window has the slider, plus a list of resolutions, but not the "auto brightness" checkbox.


texts:
My Problem

I would like to be able to run sudo commands on MacOS Sierra 10.12 without having to type a password.

What have I tried

I've read the following:

Why does sudo ask for a password in terminal?
allow sudo to another user without password
Use sudo Without a Password on Your Mac

And changed the relevant part of my /etc/sudoers file to:

root ALL=(ALL) ALL
%admin  ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
%sudo   ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
adamatan ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

My local user id (whoami) is adamatan.

I'm still being asked to type a password every few minutes when calling sudo. Any idea what's wrong?


texts: How to set a default Calendar in iCal 10.7.2

texts:
Since I activated iCloud, iCal has changed the default calendar to new events to one which I do not want to use.

How can I change the default calendar for iCal? I cannot find a setting!


texts: force sips command to write output to stdout

texts:
I wrote a script that convert a icns file to png and then encode the png with base64.
I could do it in 2 steps:

sips -s format png test.icns -o test.png
base64 -w0 test.png

But since test.png is just an intermediary file, I'd like to pipe the output of the 1st command directly to base64, how do I do that?
Note that sips doesn't seem to support /dev/stdout as the argument of -o.


texts:
After upgrading to Lion, and verifying/repairing my disk, I noticed a 3.5 GB file in /lost+found. Ran file on it and it reported it as an xar archive, so I ran xar -t on it to discover it is the Lion installer I downloaded from the App Store.

Just wondering if anyone else sees this and if it's safe to delete the file?


texts:
I've two external hard drives attached to my MBP Retina OSX Mountain Lion.

Whenever I open the Finder or switch to a Finder window, if either of the hard drives are asleep, there's a several second delay before the Finder opens while the hard drives whizz up.
This happens even if I'm not opening the hard drive folders at all. This also happens when I try to Save a file even when the default location of the Save dialog box is nowhere near the hard drive folders.

In the past few months, something similar has also started happening with Chrome. Several times, when I'm browsing, at various random points, there's a several second delay while something on the hard drives is accessed. This happens even if the drives are not asleep. When this is happening, I'm unable to use Chrome at all.
Note that unlike this thread, mdworker is not running, and Time Machine is not doing its backup.

What's going on and how can I fix these problems?

Thanks


texts: Is it possible to create a new 8gig partition as installer in lion

texts: is it possible to create, let's say 8gig partition in your HD and create an installer just like having it created in usb to dvd, so that I can do a clean re install Mac OS Lion?


texts: Can I use any Apple power adapter with my MacBook?

texts: There are 45, 60, and 85 watt power adapters for the MacBook line of portable devices (the Air, the Pro, etc.). Does the 45 watt charger which comes with the MacBook Air work with the 15" MacBook Pro for example?


texts: Why do I feel 'electricity' when bridging my macbook and a double insulated charger?

texts:
Let me set the scene:

Macbook with metal case plugged into the wall with 3 pronged plug
iPhone is plugged into an iPad charger with 2 prongs

When I touch both my iPhone and the case of my macbook I perceive a mild 'electric shock' which continues as long as I am touching both devices.

I assume that there is an air gap in the iPad charger so there should be no current flowing between the iPhone and the macbook.

I can't make any sense of what's going on and if someone could school me as to what's happening I'd be very grateful.


texts: Cannot disable three finger tap look up after migrating to a new computer

texts:
I recently moved to a new MacbookPro and migrated my old computer's files/settings over to the new one.

For some reason I am unable to disable the ability to look up the definition to a word by using a three finger tap gesture.

I have unchecked the "Look up" option in the Trackpad preference
pane.
I also disabled option to "Look Up in Dictionary" within Keyboard
preference pane > Keyboard Shortcuts > Searching > Look Up in
Dictionary.

I typically use BetterTouchTool to turn a three finger tap gesture into a middle click, I have disabled this feature for now and continue to have the issue where if I tap something with three fingers the text becomes highlighted and I am greeted with a definition to the word.  This happens in all applications.

Is there any other way to disable this feature?  Is there a terminal command I could try?


texts: Does iOS allow any app to look at the clipboard data?

texts: As far as I know, there should be a way so that the clipboard data is only provided to the app when it is user initiated. My question is: does iOS actually allow any app to look at the clipboard's data even when it is not user initiated. Is it a fact, or is it not?


texts: Magsafe adapter not "fitting" in to MacBook Pro

texts:
I have a Mid-2009 MacBook Pro, and all was well before the weekend. Now when I try to fit in the MagSafe charger to the macbook, I am unable to fit it in correctly (but as you can see, it is charging):

When I tried to see what was in the macbook side of the adapter, I see some small balls:

These are not stationary but are sticking to the magnet there. Tiny little balls like this:

The plug looks like this:

Now, I am worried whether the magsafe power adapter has somehow started "disintegrating" (touch wood) or are these some kind of debris I collected somewhere. All was fine on friday and I travelled with my macbook pro over the weekend. I did not use the charger, neither did I travel to some industrial area to collect metallic debris.

Long story short: should I remove these balls and forget all these, or is it something bigger to worry...


texts: Lost all email composed and sent while in airplane mode

texts:
I just returned from an international flight that did not feature wifi access. While my iPhone was in airplane mode, I replied to a number of email messages attached to my exchange account and sent them while offline.

Once landed and connected back to my cellular network, I realized that there was no trace of the sent messages or replies; neither in Drafts, Outbox nor the Sent Items folder.

A quick Google search indicates that this may have been an issue in the past. Are those messages simply lost at this point?


texts: Ive seen this popup a few times in my internet tracking. So, what is Apple using this url for? What happens if I block it?


texts: Aperture 3 Library from pre Mavericks to Mavericks

texts: I made a backup from all my files including my Aperture library. After moving to Mavericks (clean install), there is a new Aperture version and I am not able to import my old library getting the message: Library was made with older version of Aperture, please update to newest version and try again (loosely translated from german). How should I do this now?


texts: iPad Pro 11" keyboard case stops working when screen is laid flat against the back sleeve

texts:
i just spent an hour troubleshooting and rebooting my new iPad and then time with support online only to realize it will only work in stand up mode ?

i don't like to stand it up because the angle is way too steep for a tall person.

is there a reason why it stops working as soon the screen is flat against the back of the case ?

i tried to post this on discussions.apple.com but it kept giving me the super descriptive "You are not allowed to create or update this content" error.


texts: Employing a second medium of sound volume resistance?

texts:
I have a Macbook Pro 2012 and a pair of headphones (without their own sound volume adjuster). These headphones are awfully loud and even with quarter bar sound level, I have to turn the audio volume slider in apps all the way down to get a decent volume level. My ears aren't super sensitive or anything, I think it's just these headphones.
Is there a software that I can download which will act as a virtual cable type thing where the app will feed audio data to the virtual cable (VC), the VC will then allow me to edit the sound (in my case I want to alter volume levels) and then output to my headphones.

This isn't something that you can do in the default Mac OS (I don't think so anyhow). I'm asking if anyone has heard of something like that.


texts: OSX changing backgrounds- iphoto folder doesn't update

texts:
I have the background image on my OSX desktop set to change every x minutes- it chooses a random image within a specific iPhoto album.

However, when I remove photos from that iPhoto album, the removed pictures continue to cycle on my desktop.

How can I fix that?


texts: Viewing external video input over mini displayport

texts:
I use an iMac as a nice large external display for a laptop on occasion. However swapping between the external input and the OSX desktop view means I can't view both at the same time (Cmd+F2).

I wonder if it is possible to have that external display viewed inside an app's window (sort of picture in picture, with the normal OSX desktop displayed at the same time).

Any ideas if this is even feasible, and if so, what solutions may exist?

Late 2009 27" iMac


texts: Will updating macOS delete my kext configuration I have after disabling discrete GPU permanently from EFI?

texts:
I have followed all the instructions provided at MacBook Pro: How to disable discrete GPU permanently from EFI?

My question is:

Is it safe to update my macOS to latest High Sierra or even to Mojave (Recently I have High Sierra 10.13.1) or it will erase all my kext settings and make my broken GPU appear again? And do I have to do all the process all over again from the beginning, which I would like highly to avoid.

Sorry if this question been asked before, since i cant find this question somewhere else.


texts: Is there an app that will let me edit track information (title/artist)?

texts:
I wonder if is there any app for the iOS 5 that will let me edit the artist or title of my music?

The music is currently synced through iTunes and stored in the music app, but please let me know if there are any alternatives. I am open to jail breaking the device if there are no other alternatives.


texts: Safari won't open from one network client

texts:
I have a user who is having difficulty opening Safari on one particular client machine. They have tested it on all other client machines in the same office and it works without issue, but this one machine will not have it. It stopped working half way through the day without any changes taking place.

I initially thought this might be because all user homes are located on a network server running in Server.app, but I haven't seen any documentation suggesting that this may be the case.

Steps taken so far:

Deleting the saved state and caches.
Clearing history, lastsession, metadata cache and cookies.
Restorying the ~/Library/Safari directory from time machine.
Restorying the entire ~/Library directory from time machine.

None of these steps have made any difference, Safari just will not open on this one machine.
Sadly I haven't been able to look in person, and wouldn't know where to begin with diagnosing over the phone without the ability to just poke things. Has anybody come across anything similar to this before or know where to look to try and find the issue?


texts: Is it possible to reset launchpad layout?

texts: My launchpad has become very cluttered overtime. I'm wondering if there is a function to reset launchpad like the iOS reset home screen layout feature. Let me know in the comments if you don't understand what I'm asking.


texts: How to resolve "No 3D support is available from the host" error in VMware Fusion 11

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Immediately after I upgraded from VMware Fusion 10.x to 11.0.1, I got the following error when trying to start the VM of any "advanced" OS like Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04, which worked perfectly fine in VMware Fusion 10:

No 3D support is available from the host.
The 3D features of the virtual machine will be disabled.

After several hours of digging around and experimentation, I sorted out the answer which I'll post below.


texts: How can I reactivate the fn + arrow buttons that changed in Safari 5.1?

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Safari 5.1 (Snow Leopard) seems to have disabled the combination of fn + arrow buttons for navigation (page up, page down, top, bottom). I know the same can be achieved with option + top, down and command + top, down, respectively but I find it rather impractical to use.

Are there any tips already how to reactivate this or do I even have to fear that fn + arrow behaviour has been completely dropped in Lion?

Edit: Added Lion explicitly to the tags since they seemed to have dropped the Home and End behaviour of fn + arrow there as well in many applications.


texts: Mail.app button to explicitly move to Junk without built-in filtering

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I'd like to create a button in Mountain Lion's Mail.app to move mail to an IMAP folder called Junk, much like the Archive button moves mail to my IMAP Archive folder.  (This folder is automatically emptied on my server periodically and used to train spam filters.)

I thought perhaps I could leverage the Junk button, but that seems to require turning on the built-in filtering engine, which I do not believe I want to do.  I specifically want to just move the message myself explicitly.

I'm currently using the Favorites bar, to which I've added the requisite folder, and I can either drag messages there or use the keyboard shortcut (e.g. command-control-4, since it's the fourth folder on my bar—unfortunately, I find such a combo awkward to press), but I'd really prefer a button I could stick on the toolbar.


texts: How to run a root/admin shell in Terminal?

texts: How can I run a shell as Admin in Terminal if Im logged in as User with standard privileges? I know the passwords for user and admin account


texts: How can a new iPhone know the names of people in my photos?

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I recently got a new iPhone. As a part of setting it up I synced my photos from my PC to the new iPhone (as I did with the old device). After that, I waited for the phone to run it's face recognition. What surprised me was that some people got named correctly by the new phone (I provided the names to the old phone). I thought face recognition only runs locally. Both phones have iCloud Photos, My Photo Stream and Shared Albums disabled (the new phone had it enabled by default, but I switched it off in advance of syncing the photos).
Edit: The old phone was the first iPhone SE, the new one's the second generation. Both are running the newest iOS versions.
I was under the impression face recognition feature respect the users (and more important the users friends) privacy and is not crowd sourced and only exists on my device.
How is this possible?


texts: How to identify an iOS hotspot from the command line?

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Is it possible from the command line to identify whether the current Wi-Fi connection, or a detected SSID, is an iOS personal/instant hotspot?

I know OS X can detect this, as it shows a specific "hotspot" icon in the topbar when scanning the list of SSIDs or when being connected to an iPhone (see screenshot)

I tried using /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport -I and ifconfig but I'm not able to find information that helps me identify an iOS hotspot.


texts: How to prevent Photoshop changing the windows size if the menu bar is in auto-hide mode?

texts: Photoshop is constantly moving the window application on macOS when the menu bar overlaps it. The menu bar is set to be hidden automatically like it's shown in the image below. I'm using Photoshop CS6 (13.0.0) on macOS High Sierra (10.13.6) but I've experienced this behavior in different versions of Photoshop and macOS.


texts: Automator script runs without error but does nothing?

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I'm trying to create an automator app that will run a python script on text files that are dropped onto it.

I have the following automator app set up using the various other solutions from SO;

It runs without error, but the python script does not seem to be invoked properly, as it should be producing a text file with the analysis that my python script does. Running this directly in terminal does work as intended, so I'm not sure what's going on.

I've done a global search to see if the file is exported elsewhere, but no go; it is not generated.


texts: Terminal scrolling deletes previous output history

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On macOS Catalina, When I scroll up on a man page (or anything else that fills the screen) blank space appears instead of the text that was shown previously

How can I configure it to show the previous text instead of blankness?


texts: Adobe/mac users: what are the LS1.dmg files(can i delete them)?

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I'm using Disk Inventory X to help open up some space on my hard drive. I found some disk images in my users folder, each taking up more than a whole gb of space:

the files : http://i.imgur.com/A5K7L.png

They seem to be installation packages for Adobe Creative Suite applications. I have CS5 already installed (as of a couple years now, just noticed these files, they may or may not have been there the whole time). The are for versions I have already installed. Here's one of them mounted:

dmg mounted contents : http://i.imgur.com/emSz2.png

An extensive google search was no help, but the jargon file names seem to be familiar as they generate a lot of google results but again with no help as to whether or not they're spare trash or important.

I know disk images can be deleted after installation but I just want to make sure these aren't particularly important. What can I do to be sure it is safe to delete these without messing anything up? Why are they so huge? Thanks in advance.


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Alfred is having an issue with Finder. When I do an Alfred search for finder a window will appear provided I had previously closed it. If I have a finder window open in another desktop, Alfred will only change the top grey bar to the 'finder' version, but won't change desktop to the finder window, nor produce a new finder window.

I have tried reinstalling alfred with no luck, and this issue has survived the most recent macOS update.


texts: “ActivityWatch.app“ wants access to control “System Events.app“ dialogs

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I installed ActivityWatch on my Mac (OS version: Mojave), and every minute or so it launches a dialog saying “ActivityWatch.app“ wants access to control “System Events.app“.

How can I get rid of these dialogs?


texts: How to duplicate-check between iPhoto Library and Photos Library *and* move non-duplicates from iPhoto -> Photos?

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I'm working on merging a 11000+ image iPhoto Library with a Photos Library - with the purpose of pushing it to iCloud Photos.

I'm not exactly sure how to proceed. I know that my friend has new images on the Photos Library that aren't on the iPhoto Library - so I can't just ditch the Photos Library and do a one-way import.

Does anyone know which app would currently allow for this? I mean, I just used iPhoto Library Manager to merge three iPhoto Libraries on 3 separate machines into one, and now it seems there's only one hurdle (mash together iPhoto & Photos Libraries) before I can deliver the images to her iCloud Photos.

Is there anything you could offer as advice for accomplishing this, as it has been a very long task (took something like 6 hours to combine three iPhoto Libraries which were all on 3 different computers, to boot :) )

I'm thinking a few approaches are possible, but who here would know which one to take?

1- Convert iPhoto Library to Photos Library and find an app that can merge + de-duplicate two Photos Libraries.

2- Find an app that can merge + de-duplicate an iPhoto Library and a Photos Library into one Photos Library.

Also, once this is done, is it just a breeze to push it to iCloud Photos, or should I somehow prepare further?


texts: Running perl shell script from AppleScript on Mojave

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I have a simple AppleScript that calls a perl shell script to replace a string with another string (here one with two) in files with specified file extensions (here .txt and .xyz).

It used to work exactly as I have it below, but no longer does (possibly since updating to Mojave last year).

set CleanFiles to "
    s/one/two/g;
    "

set myFolder to choose folder with prompt "Choose a folder with files to be cleaned up:"
set theFolder to POSIX path of myFolder

do shell script "find " & theFolder & " \\( -name \\*.txt -o -name \\*.xyz \\) -print0 | xargs -0 perl -i -pe '" & CleanFiles & "'"

There is no error message, it seems to run but doesn't do anything.

What could be wrong?


texts: Is it safe to leave encrypted (FileVault) macOS as is when leaving a company?

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Last day at work.

I have a Mac Mini with Sierra on board. FileVault is turned on. Disk is fully encrypted and the OS is not linked to AppleID. Just a local user account.

Assuming that only I know the password to this account. Is it safe to leave that Mac as it is (I don't care about the content since it's already cleaned) or should I call diskutil cs delete UUID on an encrypted partition to wipe it and then do a clean installation from USB that I have?

In other words. Is it safe if I will simply shut it down for the last time without formatting?


texts: Is there a battery monitoring app that can send a notification when the battery reaches X %?

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I would especially love an app where you could customize the percentage at which point the app will send a notification (for example, 80%). I looked at some battery apps I found on AppStore, but none of them had this feature. The reason I'd like to have this feature is I want to unplug the charger before the battery hits 100%. Or at the very least, know when I have hit 100%. I don't want to have the phone plugged any more than necessary since that will cause damage to the battery.

I read that the optimal range (for the battery in the long run) would be somewhere around 70% and 80%, i.e. you would try to keep the battery percentage in that interval at all times. It would be easier to maintain this if my phone sent me a notification whenever I reached one of the two points, as I can't use all my time checking the battery.

Does such an app exist?

EDIT: I don't have a MacBook. I'm looking for an app for iPhone.


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Does anyone know if I can use the full resolution 2560x1440 of this DELL U2711
http://www.amazon.com/Dell-UltraSharp-U2711-27-inch-Widescreen/dp/B0039648BO

With MacBookAir early 2014,

using MiniDisplayPort (on MacBookAir) to DisplayPort (on monitor)

using this Kogan MiniDisplayPort to DisplayPort Male to male cable?
https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/mini-displayport-displayport-cable-male-male-12m/

According to the answer here on stackexchange, I should be able to
What's the max resolution for mini DisplayPort connected to a 2013 MacBook Air?

??

Thanks


texts: iCloud backup does not show up in restore list

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The only iCloud backups that show up in the list when choosing to restore a brand-new iPhone (4S) are ones from November last year.  However, I know that there should be much more recent backups than that.

If I look at the list of backups on an iPad that uses the same iCloud account, there are more recent backups listed (as well as the older ones that show up in the restore options).

I've tried with a different iCloud account, where the iPhone that's being backed up is still active, and says that the last backup was a few hours ago.  However, it doesn't show any backups available for restore at all.

Is there any way that I can get access to the backup that's (presumably) there?


texts: Preview looks cleaner when changing page

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I was reading a pdf document in full screen mode with preview (MBP mid-2009 with El Capitan) and I've noticed something wired : the document is prettier right when I'm scrolling pages.

Is this a bug that I need to get fixed or a feature I can understand/control so that the rendering is sharp always?


texts: How to change mouse speed of the login window?

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I prefer a fast tracking speed for mouse on my MacBook.

However, this setting is only good for the logged in user. When I logged out, the mouse is slow again.

How can I change the mouse tracking speed in the login window (i.e. when all users are logged out)?


texts: Macbook white thingy below keyboard button is broken

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I've got an early 2009 macbook pro, and I accidentally broke the white plastic mechanism underneath the S button. They are labeled 130 and 140 in the picture.

Does anyone have a clue what the white things under the key are named and where I can buy a cheap replacement?


texts: How to use voice recognition with Apple Script

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can someone help.
tell application "SpeechRecognitionServer"
    set theResponse to listen for {"open (said application)", "who are you"} with prompt "Hello... I am ready"
    if theResponse is "open" then
        tell application "Minecraft" to activate
    else
        if theResponse is "who are you" then
            say "i am Ray"
        end if  end if
end tell
end

**
i don't know how to make it so if you say open (name of application eg App Store) how can i do that rather than writing out a bunch of answers for that and also the line below that that says tell application "said application" to activate. is this possible?
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texts: How to print from Google Docs in Safari?

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For some reason when I press CMD + P or go to File>Print in Google Doc's instead of printing, the document is downloaded as a PDF. I then have to navigate to my downloads folder, open the PDF, and print it through Preview.

This only occurs in Safari. If I press CMD + P or File>Print in Chrome, the Chrome print dialog box comes up immediately and I am able to print directly from Chrome.

How can I get the print dialog to popup directly in Safari? Or if that can't be done is there a way to automatically identify that a document has been downloaded from Google Docs and print it? Maybe with an Apple Script?


texts: How to pause music while playing video in Keynote?

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I am currently using the newest version of keynote and have run into a major issue. I am playing audio throughout the entire presentation but i would like to add videos into the presentation.

When i export the videos in and play the presentation, the music plays while the video plays as well! Is there a way to pause the music on those specific slides?


texts: Problem with ssh and ARD/Screen Sharing with Big Sur on a MacMini M1

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I have a recent MacMini M1 running an up-to-date Big Sur that I am having trouble with SSH and ARD/Screen Sharing. If I restart the machine, all type of access fail until the moment I log in with my admin user. After the use logs in, there's no issue on access I see the computer as available in another Remote Desktop and ssh works fine. Access is maintained if log off from the user, but don't restart the machine.
All options under Sharing are enabled, I have used kickstart to set permissions using
sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -activate -configure -allowAccessFor -allUsers -privs -all -clientopts -setmenuextra -menuextra yes

but whenever the machine is restarted, nothing works on external access.
I have an old MacPro in the same network with identical Big Sur version and I don't have any issues logging into it remotely after restarts.
Any help appreciated


texts: Can't find Excel 2011 Auto-recovered spreadsheet

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Yesterday morning my colleagues Excel 2011 (on Mac OSX 10.8) crashed. He reopened Excel and was asked if he wanted to recover the previous document. Yes, he said and then got a document named previousfilename(version 1). To be certain that this document was saved he continously saved the (restored) document manually during the day and by the end of the day he saved it finally and went home.

Today there is NO trace of the document whatsoever.

We have looked in the original location, Trash, userfolder/Microsoft userdata/Office 2011AutoRecovery etcetera and there is no document except for the original unedited version. Spotlight doesn't find it either.

Since we have a running Time Machine backup we have lots of backups from yesterday but all the same locations are also empty.

This is a freshly installed product. If this behaviour is expected Excel then having no auto-recover function would actually be better. I hope someone out there might help out. Manually saving a document SHOULD leave a trace somewhere in the filesystem?

Info: System MacBook Pro 2012, OSX 10.8, Office 2011, Excel version 14.2.4 Swedish version.


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Scheme:

My_macbook -> INTERNET -> Linux_Proxy_Firewall-> Lion_On_The_Internal_Network

So, need set up encrypted tunnel between my macbook and Linux firewall and want connect into the internal Lion via Apple Remote Desktop.

Looking for a simple, bulletproof - verified solution (so, from someone who really use it) for using ARD via VPN (road warrior config).

Probably here is a way setup tunnels with plain ssh(1) or with SshTunnelManager, but never tried it yet - so any advice and/or real experiences is welcomed...

Asking for real experience because here Apple wrote:

  When using VPN, you may need to set your router to allow a larger MTU
  and/or to disallow fragmented packets. For details, refer to the Admin
  Guide for your version of Apple Remote Desktop.


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I just got one of the new 12-inch MacBooks and would like to wipe the storage drive. With a conventional SATA drive I'd use the "ATA Secure Erase" command which can be sent from a Linux environment using the hdparm utility.

With the new NVME drive this does not work. I found a Linux utility called nvme-cli but even with its format option it fails with an error INVALID_OPCODE(1) (looks like the NVME controller rejects the command).

I've tried multiple permutations of the command and options, including targeting the raw NVME controller /dev/nvme0 or one of its namespaces instead /dev/nvme0n1, different parameters to the -s option, etc. I also bought Parted Magic which claims to be able to secure-erase NVME drives and unfortunately that fails as well.

I'm currently just doing it the old-school way with shred which writes random data to the drive but obviously this isn't ideal as it's slow and shortens the live of the drive, so I'd love to know the proper method to use in the future.

Regards.


texts: System Preferences icons lost/gone all the same

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I have Mac mini (mid 2010) server running  Mac OS X Server Lion 10.7.3 (11D50b)

At some unspecified point in time (which could have coincided with the installation of Logitech Media Server to serve a SqueezeBox in the next room, but I can't prove that), all the icons in the System Preferences turned into the default icon of System Preferences itself.

Besides the visual change, everything else is working as expected.

Now, the primary question is - how do I get the icons back? Secondary question is, how this could have happened and what could be done to prevent that.


texts: Convert Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Time Machine contents to APFS

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Clicking on any of the dates on the right hand side, as shown in the picture, doesn't do anything. What might be the issue here?

I can access Applications perfectly fine though. The others are greyed out.
I think it's because the old computer was Mac OS Extended (Journaled) whereas the new computer is APFS. Is there a way to convert the contents of the time machine to APFS?


texts: Does the iPod Touch 5th Generation have a magnetometer sensor?

texts: The title says it all: I wonder, does the 5th iPod Touch generation have a magnetometer? There was an Availability matrix for iOS devices up to iPhone 4 / iPad 2 / iPod touch 4G — The 4G didn't have a magnetometer sensor.


texts: Did the recent Safari 5.1 upgrade break my Vienna display styles?

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I recently installed the latest round of system updates to my Snow-Leopard MacBook Pro (10.6.8), and my Vienna reader is afflicted with ugly.  Example:

And also

For reference, these are FeedLight and Bohemian Broadsheet styles.

None of the styles (all 15 installed defaults) allow changing from anything but this default HTML-from-1996 styles.  It used to use CSS, I think, to format the feeds.  Anyone else having issues like this?  Is there a simple fix?  I've obviously tried restarting the apps, both Safari and Vienna, and nothing seems to make any difference.  I'm sure it's possible some /Library file is responsible, but I don't know which one or how to determine which one.  Anyone?


texts: Is there a way to add (or even enable) a FM tuner for the iPod Touch? The only thing stopping me from getting one is the missing FM tuner. By the way, I need the FM tuner to listen to TV shows at the gym (they transmit the sound through a FM transmitter). So I cannot replace the FM tuner by Pandora.


texts: How to bypass the activation screen iPhone 5s (a1530) without sim?

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How can i bypass the activation screen of iPhone 5s (a1530) without sim card in india.
The emergency call method is not working.


texts: How to open the Preview window maximised by default?

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Does anyone know how to open Preview.app with the window maximised by default, in order to automatically fit the screen?
Right now, the Preview window opens almost half screen and I think it is quire annoying to enlarge it manually. Thanks.


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I have a 17" mid 2010 MBP with 8GB ram.

After reading up on some of the latest vulnerabilities, I did a port scan and found port 21 OPEN vs stealth for all other ports. I cannot figure out what is using port 21, but Activity Monitor shows ports 21 and 24 being used by mdflagwriter (see attached screen shot)

Why would a Spotlight indexing system be using these ports, and how do I close port 21?  The other two show as stealth, but 21 seems to be open.  Is it safe to just kill these pids?

Stealth mode is enabled in System Preferences->Security & Privacy.

Thanks for any answers.


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I just bought myself a Macbook Air and its the first time I own Mac hardware.

I have registered with My apple account and the issue I am getting is that when I boot the machine I have to login twice.

Once with the Apple ID credentials, and the second time with the Administrator account of the machine.

There is another issue. When I registered I had made a mistake typing in the Apple ID name, now this wrong name appears in the first login even though I have changed it in the apple ID webpage.


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I want to start a stopwatch to time how long something takes. There are many posts on count down timers (a.k.a egg timer) but none cover a way to start a count-up timer (a.k.a stopwatch) using Siri voice command.
I suspect not, based on all answers to this related question don’t answer the core question of automation + count up.

I prefer to not jailbreak the OS
Native solution is preferred
I’m open to third party apps if needed
I’m open to python or other scripting language or framework if that is “the only way”

Is there any way to achieve this, perhaps via scriptable?


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I'm looking for a way to always display a label on Finder tabs instead of the current folder name, to differentiate them when folder name is not relevant.

(Long story) I use tabs to switch between several projects which are in different folders. But when I'm not at the "root" folder of a project, the name of the Finder tab is not the one of the root folder project (but the subfolder name) and I can't quickly recognize where each project is.

I'd like to attach a project name on each tab of the same window (above the window, in the toolbar, under the tab, or better, instead of the tab name).

Any idea of an app that could do that ? (It has to be displayed everytime I ⌘-tab switch on the Finder, knowing that I always have windows under the Finder's one – so no, it can't be an text on the wallpaper).

Thanks!


texts: Which upgrades to my iMac 2011 will improve performance the most?

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I have started a job that will require processing of large datasets using python and ArcMap (separately and in conjunction with ArcMap).  I have a 2011 27" iMac with the 3.1 Mhz i5 (3rd generation I believe) quad core processor, 20 GB of ram, and 1TB 5400 rpm hard drive.  I believe this machine could handle the work load adequately as is, but this is a part-time gig and I want to maximize my efficiency with respect to computing power and impress my employers.  I don't want to buy a new computer right now (maybe in two years or so), for two reasons: 1) funds are currently limited, and 2) I think with the right upgrades, in the right order, with a focus on increasing speed and then storage, I could use this machine for the next 2-3 years.

Where should I focus first?  I see the options as:

Replace the pair of 2 GB ram modules with a pair of 8 GB ram modules to max out my ram at 32 GB.
Add in a secondary hard drive in the form of an SSD, to store applications and important inputs to different processing steps.
Replace the 1 TB hard drive with a faster and larger regular hard drive.  This limits the need to transfer to/from externals through the USB 2.0 ports.

Obviously all three options could be pursued, but is there some efficient order that gives me the greatest returns up front, allowing me to stop upgrading when the iMac seems solidly up to the task?


texts: Why are the network connections in the Network System Preference panel mislabeled?

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Here is a screenshot of a problem I am having. The wireless connection is mis-labled as Ethernet and my wired connection is mis-labeled as Wi-Fi.

/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist appears to have the correct labels for the correct interfaces.

Why might these interfaces be mislabeled? Could this cause problems? How can I fix it?


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How can I use a detached keyboard with my iPad Pro so I can draw and use quick keys with it flat?
I'm left handed so I'd like to put the keyboard on my right and draw with my left-hand, so attaching the keyboard isn't what I'd like at all.  Also if I could use my laptop keyboard and monitor almost like a two monitor setup but while drawing with the ipad pro...
This is probably dead simple, but I'm a newb to drawing on the ipad.


texts: Can I change the iTunes library name with AppleScript?

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I manage my iTunes library on my iMac, but I got a headless Mac mini for streaming purposes to which I regularly synchronise the iTunes library via a shell script (run on the mini):

osascript  -e "try" -e 'tell app "Finder" to mount volume "smb://imacuser@iMac.local/imacuser"' -e "end try"
osascript -e 'tell app "iTunes" to quit'
rsync -av --force --delete --size-only /Volumes/imacuser/Music/iTunes/ /Users/miniuser/Music/iTunes/
osascript -e 'tell app "iTunes" to run'
osascript -e 'display notification "Done." with title "Synchronising"'

This works well, but afterwards both libraries can be found under the same name when using "Remote", for example. So the last thing I have to do on the mini is to go to iTunes preferences and change the library name.

Can I automate this last step somehow via AppleScript?


texts: If I delete a photo from both Camera Roll and Photo Stream, is there still another copy on my Mac or elsewhere that Photo Stream placed there?


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I entered my macOS admin details (root password) into an application I think was malicious. Suspicious, I checked the keychain and my tokens had modified passwords.

What else could have this software done? Where would I look? More importantly what can I do to check / protect myself?

I deleted all keychain entries and changed all passwords...


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Given a T-mobile issued iPhone that is Wi-Fi compatible and SIM unlocked,

How can I configure wifi calling to work with a corresponding Mobile Virtual  Network Operator (MVNO) (i.e. Mint Mobile)?


texts: rbenv global version of ruby vs Sierra ruby version

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Following this OSX Sierra tutorial from the folks at gorails, I am having trouble getting rbenv global to associate the install of 2.3.0 with the ruby command and to override the default ruby version on my MacBook Air with macOS Sierra v10.12.2

$  rbenv -v
rbenv 1.1.0
$  rbenv install 2.3.0
/Users/user_name/.rbenv/versions/2.3.0 installed
$  rbenv global 2.3.0
$  ruby -v
ruby 2.0.0p648 (2015-12-16 revision 53162) [universal.x86_64-darwin16]

I tried rbenv rehash but ruby2.0.0 is still the default version. Briefly reviewing this blog about ruby and $PATH environment, I find I'm a little lost as to where the default Ruby "executable" actually lives...

gem env shows me that Ruby 2.0.0 lives here:

/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/bin/ruby

and whereis tells me something different:

$  whereis ruby
/usr/bin/ruby

The tutorial says to add rbenv to my .bash_profile

echo 'if which rbenv > /dev/null; then eval "$(rbenv init -)"; fi' >> ~/.bash_profile source ~/.bash_profile`

Do I need to set my path to ignore the default ruby?

For what it is worth:

$  rbenv exec ruby -v
ruby 2.3.0p0 (2015-12-25 revision 53290) [x86_64-darwin16]

but obviously I don't want to write out the executive command everytime I want to use ruby... Per the blog, adding eval "$(rbenv init -)" doesn't make the ruby command defer to the rbenv global version... Help.


texts: How Finder tracks location of items in the sidebar

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In Windows File Explorer if I create a shortcut to a folder on the disk and then rename/remove/move to trash the folder I will be no longer able to click and open the link.

On Mac if I drag a folder to the Finder sidebar and then do the same operations with the folder, Finder will track it somehow and let me open the folder even if I move it to the Trash.

What macOS API is responsible for this?


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After working with an external USB backup disk I want to cleanly unmount the drive. When pressing the 'eject' button Finder warns me with the message:

"The volume can't be ejected because it's currently in use."

or

"The disk "Diskname" wasn't ejected because one or more programs may be using it.".

or when trying to use the Terminal: umount /Volumes/Diskname

"umount(/Volumes/Diskname): Resource busy -- try 'diskutil unmount'"

As far as I am aware, I am not using this disk but Finder says I do, so I must be wrong. I prefer a clean unmount of the drive. As I am in the middle of doing multiple tasks, logging out and logging in is not preferred as is the installation of third party software.

Terminal command lsof might be of use here, but personally I think this is too complex for such a 'simple' problem and to be honest, I do not know how to use it properly.

My question: How do I know what program is using my drive so I can properly quit that program and eject my drive?


texts: Use AppleScript to raise and focus on window

texts:
I'm new to AppleScript. I'd like to write a piece of AppleScript that will raise and give focus to a particular Chrome window given a string that appears in the window name. After poking around a bit, I found the following:

tell application "Chrome"
    activate
    set index of first window whose name contains "mail" to 1
end tell

That makes Chrome the current application and puts the right window on top, but that window doesn't have the focus. Is there something I can add to this to direct the focus to that window (or is there a better way of doing this)?

In case it matters, I'm running Mojave.


texts: My husband has a older iPod nano.  He has music on it that he put in himself from cd's which were misplaced in a move.  He also has music from iTunes.  In addition, since I have an android phone, I have been buying music through Amazon music.  I'd love to get him a new iPod touch for Christmas to make it easier for him to add and remove music but I'm worried that his non iTunes music won't transfer over and the Amazon music won't be able to be used.  Can anyone tell me if that will be an issue? And if so, is there something specific I can do to make it all work? Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Why is Mountain Lion more security conscious?

texts:
Whenever I open an application not downloaded from the App store (or a trusted vendor) I get a warning.

The warning reminds me a bit of the awful window popup that comes up every time you want to open an executable that says something to the effect "are you really sure you want to open this?".

What else about Mountain Lion makes it more security conscious?


texts: How do I prevent iTunes from playing the next track in an album or playlist

texts:
I have a gig in about 23 days and I'm using iTunes to play the clips for each speaker.  I'm wondering if there is a sure fire way to stop iTunes from going to the next track? I tried to do my own research, however I'm kind of stumped as to what I can do as no one seems to have an answer. I don't want to use another program to do this. Of course I'll need to reverse the process after I'm done with the 3 day gig.

Thanks all.


texts: What are the advantages of the mac mini's hdmi output?

texts:
I have a late 2008 MacBook so I know that if I want to connect my laptop to a tv I need two cables: one for video and one for audio (while in newer models this issue is bypassable via appropriate adapters). So using the hdmi port of the mini would make my life easier.

Are there any other advantages?

For example when I first connected my laptop I needed to do some fiddling around with the displays settings to achieve a decent output: would that be necessary with the mini as well?

I've been using laptops for so long I forgot what it's like not having a display already embedded in your computer!


texts:
I have a 2016 Macbook Pro 15" running macOS Sierra. The left speaker sounds muffled (it isn't outputting any treble) while the right speaker sounds perfectly fine.

For some casual debugging, I've done the following:

Played with volume (no change)
Used different audio sources (no change)
Tried headphones (headphones work fine)
Used Sound settings to change balance left and right, this magically made the right side sound just as bad. (This quickly lead me to believe it's a sound card issue)
Used Applications > Utilities, Audio MIDI Setup to mute one side or the other and changed the format. This fixed the right side again confirming the sound card issue.
Killed coreaudio and let it come back up. No audio at all after this.
Reboot and reset pram, audio working as it was before (headphones good, left speaker muffled)

What else can I do to get both speakers singin' right again?


texts: Bidirectional Charging on Macbook Pro (2019)

texts:
I am using a bidirectional USB-C to Displayport cable (CableCreation PN: CD0738) to connect my 2019 Macbook Pro to a BENQ PD2700U monitor. The description stated that this would allow not only video and audio through the display up to 8K, but also would allow charging at the same time due to the bidirectional function of the cable. So far the image and audio are great and as described, but the charging is not working.
Does anyone have experience with this? Is there a way I can enable my Macbook Pro to allow the incoming charging through this? I needed a good cable anyway, so if it only does the single function that is fine, but was hoping to limit my usage of the ports and charge and display through a single connection.
Any help is appreciated!


texts: VMware fusion's Windows 7 takes long time to shut down (sometimes hang)

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I'm using Mac OS X 10.6.7 and VMware Fusion 3.1.3. I have Windows 7 on my VMware Fusion.

Sometimes it takes a very long time (30+ minutes) to shut down and sometimes forever (hang with the spinning curser saying it's shutting down..).  If I force quite VMware (and Win 7), the next time I start Windows 7 on VMware fusion it will take a very long time to start (15+ minutes), although it doesn't hang.

What is wrong? I think there's something I need to clean up but don't know where.


texts: Export mail to *doc/rtf/pdf with attachments into separate folders

texts:
I have a mailbox (gmail) with 15gb of mail (10gb attachments). Is it possible to:

Export mails into doc/rtf
Put every letter in a separate folder
Put the name of the sender in the filename (with date optionally)
Put attachment of the letter in the same folder

I tried the Mail app and it exports letters in rtf, but the filename is the subject of the letter, i can't put an attachment in the same folder, the attachment if the filename.
Thunderbird is also of no use.
Is it possible to do it (at least partially - put the attachment with the letter) maybe with another mail client? Outlook or something.
Or in linux or windows?
Maybe it is possible to do through terminal? Some script with a terminal mail client.
Or maybe with the automator?


texts: Did Sierra's latest security update brick my device?

texts:
I have an mbp mid-2012 running the latest Sierra. I installed the latest update which attempted to restart the machine. The usual progress bar was showing and then it shut off. Curiously, it didn't restart.
Now, when i press the power button, the sleep led flickers and then dies along with the machine. The screen never turns on.

Things I've tried

resetting SMC

Are these symptoms familiar to anyone?


texts: Does TimeMachine compress iPhoto library?

texts:
I'm getting TM backups whose sizes don't match the target. My 260GB content on MBA SSD may produce a 220GB backup. My ~125GB IPhoto lib may produce a 95GB backup. Yet the other 30GBs of photos in the pictures folder back up to precisely the same size as on the SSD.

I've read TM does no compression. and I've had a tech support guy tell me that much difference (~25%) in the iPhoto lib is normal. But he hasnt explained why the size of the other pix (or music or movies, for that matter) isn't reduced. I'm left worrying My iPhoto lib isn't being backed up properly.


texts: What's the difference between Minimize and Hide, between Maximize and Fullscreen, and what are all the keyboard shortcuts for these?

texts:
What’s the difference between Maximized and Fullscreen?  Minimized and Hidden?   Where did my window go?   How do I get it back?

As a newbie convert from Windows my ideas about what can happen to windows (small w) are not in sync with MacOS, and I find MacOS concepts confusing.  I would like (and created my own) “compare and contrast” guide to these things and how to use them.

Undoubtedly there are inaccuracies in my own answer to this question, that I hope will attract corrections from more knowledgeable people.


texts: Copy specific files and keep the subfolder structure

texts:
I got a folder with a large amount of files with different suffixes in several sub folders.

My automator workflow works as follows:

Ask for Finder Items
Get Folder Contents (sub folder option checked)
Filter Finder Items (for a specific file-suffix)
Copy Finder Items

This works like a charm. But all files are copied in the same root destination folder. I need to keep the the sub folder structure. For Example:

sourceFolder
    subfolderA
        fileA.jpg
        fileB.xls
        fileC.xls
    subfolderB
        fileC.jpg
        fileD.xls
        fileE.xls

Expected result (filter for file suffix .xls):

destinationFolder
    subfolderA
        fileB.xls
        fileC.xls
    subfolderB
        fileD.xls
        fileE.xls

Current result:

destinationFolder
    fileB.xls
    fileC.xls
    fileD.xls
    fileE.xls

Update

I'm a developer. So a shell or AppleScript will be also accepted. :)


texts: Macbook Pro 16 - Cinema Display 30 , which TB3 or USB-C hub works with mini-DP to dual-link DVI-D?

texts:
I just purchased the 2019 MBPro 16inch model.
Already had the Apple Cinema Display 30inch, and Apple's own mini-DP to dual-link DVI adapter.
Now looking for either a Thunderbolt 3 or USB-C hub that will work with this adapter to drive the ACD 30inch at full resolution (2560x1600).
From what I have read not all miniDP ports are equal (to put it mildly), and I would like to hear from first-hand experience what would work. (especially since some hubs are quite expensive to start with).
If there is no hub anyone can recommend, a single TB3 - female miniDP that works would be welcome as well ...
thx !


texts: How to force iOS to install iPhone Apps?

texts:
The iPad let me install iPhone Apps, which is good. However, if an App has an iPad and an iPhone version, iOS forces you to install the iPad version (the iPhone option is not available).

I want to install Google Chrome for the iPhone on my iPad, is that possible?


texts: How can I play "The Sims" without an optical drive?

texts:
I'm trying to play “The Sims 3” on my MacBook Retina which doesn't have an optical drive.

From what I understand, my options are:

Buy/Borrow an external optical drive
Use the Bonjour service on a PC (never used it)
Copy the CD to my PC as an ISO/IMG file of some kind?

What is the best way to allow my new Mac to play the Sims 3 without the power drain and physical weight of an external CD ROM?


texts: How to Exploit Accessibility for Automation

texts:
Context

I have an application (let's call it App.app) that I'd like to automate using JXA. It doesn't show up in Script Editor's Dictionary. I guess that means that it does not expose an api to osascripts.  But when I inspect App.app with Accessibility Inspector, all the UI elements that I want to manipulate by the automation are available.  I can see the hierarchy and can click on them through Accessibility Inspector.

Question(s)

How can I use JXA or AppleScript to navigate the accessibility model of App.app so that I can click on the its UI elements?  If impossible with JXA, what's the easiest way to accomplish that?  Can you recommend a good source if information about JXA and exploiting applidations' exposed accesiblitiy options?

Research

I perused through "Similar questions" just now. Some, like this one seem to offer ways to explore towards solution.  There is the Apple's description of accessibility model.  But it focuses mostly on exposing accessibility options, not exploiting them.

Specifics

The app I'm automating is RubyMine/Intellij.  Among other things, I want the automation to start a bunch of console tabs, run a certain command in each and rename each accordingluy.

Relevance

Finding the solution to this can empower anyone wanting to automate any application that exposes accessibility option


texts: Blurry/aliased text on external LCD in Lion

texts:
I have an external LCD hooked up to my MacBook Pro 5,5 running Lion. I have major aliasing on the external monitor in every application. Using the commonly recommended defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int x (with any value 0-4) has no effect on restarting applications or rebooting. The monitor is running at its native resolution, 1440x900, although I had to use SwitchResX to get OS X to recognize this resolution.

Any suggestions?


texts: With iTunes DJ gone from iTunes 11, what's a good replacement solution?

texts: With iTunes DJ gone from iTunes 11, how can I go to replace or even enhance the lost functionality?


texts: Does an iOS app with Sign In with Apple ID work on iOS 12?

texts: I want to know whether an iOS app with Sign In with Apple ID runs on iOS 12 or not.


texts: Airport command line utility only shows man page in macOS 10.12.2

texts:
In previous iterations of OSX, I've been able to use the command line utility without issue. Now, no matter what the parameter I send, it shows me the --help output:

[andrew@mba] /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport en1 sniff 1
Usage: airport <interface> <verb> <options>

    <interface>
... snip ...
                                --ssid=<arg>      Specify SSID when creating a PSK
 -h        --help               Show this help

Seems to happen with/without sudo, via zsh and bash.


texts: Filemaker server BUG: backup schedules DISAPPEAR after restart of host machine. Workarounds?

texts:
Some time ago I discovered my Filemaker backup schedules mystically disappear. After some research I find out it happens right after restart of host machine.

Eventually I found this post on official filemaker forum

  There is a major Schedules bug in FMS 12.0v3 that is happening on a brand new machine with a clean install of everything. This bug is preventing my client's databases from backing up properly (which is probably the most important requirement of all -- current backups). I don't know how to solve it, and my client is out $2,000 on a brand new machine.

  My client was having this EXACT problem on an old FileMaker Server
  machine, so he decided to spend $2,000 on a brand new iMac running
  10.8.2 to replace his old machine. We thought that throwing money at the problem would solve the problems, but it didn't work because this
  is a bug in FMS 12.0v3.

  Completely brand new machine, straight from the Apple Store. We didn't
  do ANY migrations of anything… no migration of FMS settings, no OS X
  Migration Assistant, nothing. We simply installed FileMaker Server
  12.0v1, updated to FileMaker Server 12.0v3, installed the latest Java, manually dragged his FileMaker files into the Databases folder, set
  the permissions manually, and opened them in FileMaker Server.

  So far, so good.

  The problem is with the Schedules. I created 4 Schedules to backup all
  the databases on a daily basis, and I manually tested all 4 Schedules
  by right-clicking on each one and choosing "Run Schedule". All of them
  completed perfectly fine. They all backed up the databases just fine.

  However, after I Stop FileMaker Server (using the Stop button in the
  Admin Console, with a countdown time of 0 minutes) and I restart the
  machine, one or more of the schedules WILL COMPLETELY DISAPPEAR from
  FileMaker Server!! The schedules just completely delete themselves,
  never to be found again!!

  And, for the schedules that DO somehow luckily remain in FileMaker
  Server, they no longer show a "Last Completed" date anymore. They've
  completely wiped out any history of their previous successful backups.
  I don't even know if they will run again at their scheduled time. But
  after each time I stop FileMaker Server & restart the machine,
  Schedules will start deleting themselves.

  This is hugely problematic, because backups are of mission critical
  importance. This is on a brand new machine, just a few hours old, with
  ABSOLUTELY NOTHING on the machine except for FileMaker Server and
  Java. No migration of any data from anywhere… databases &
  configuration settings were manually moved over.

  This is the cleanest & purest testing environment ever, and yet this
  serious major bug is still happening.

And I just don't know what to do in this case, how should I make automatic backups?

Should I relinquish Filemaker server's scheduling completely, and start using 3rd party automatic software (say, "Time Machine" since I have Mac).

Or maybe I should make some sort of notification for system administrator? ( Startup Banner with text: "Filemaker schedule is corrupted and needs to be restored manually" )

Did anyone face this bug, too?

UPD I reapaired disk permissions, but it didn't help.


texts: How do I set iOS 6 iCal start of week preference to Monday?

texts: Since I installed iOS 6 on my iPhone and iPad, iCal shows Sunday as the start of the week, rather than Monday. These iOS iCals are synced over iCloud with iCal on my Mac OS X desktop, which has a General Preference for "Start week on" and which I have set to Monday. How do I make a similar setting for the iOS 6 devices?


texts:
I'm not sure if this qualifies as a legit question here, but I don't know where else to ask.

I have installed the Call of Duty 2 MAC version on my iMac. My system capabilities (RAM, processor, video) are way above the recommended requirements, so I would have expected the game to run smooth.

However, in-game, doesn't matter if I am in the main menu or playing, it keeps freezing for about 2 seconds, every 10 seconds or so. I have set the quality settings to maximum and minimum, and it's the same.

Clearly it has nothing to do with in-game quality settings, as it does this even while in the main menu.

Any idea what the problem might be? I suspect my computer (1.5 years old iMac, 2.7GHz i5, 8GB@1600MHz DDR3, GeForce GT 640M 512MB) has a problem... it does boot slower than when I bought it... and overall it's not as fast.


texts: How to share/broadcast the screen of the iPad to a distant computer?

texts:
I want to write on my iPad and that a distant user (in a another city) can see (in live) what I write on my iPad. Is it possible?

I might use the app Nebo to write. So I was thinking: is it possible to broadcast the screen of my iPad? I am looking for an iOS only solution, but I can also connect the iPad to the mac...

Thanks.


texts: IMac freezing intermittently--every few minutes. How can I fix this?

texts:
A couple of days ago, I was browsing, and downloading something from Usenet, when my iMac all of a sudden froze up, grinding to an unbearable slowness.  After trying to tolerate what was happening for 5 minutes, hoping it would pass, I finally gave up, and restarted the computer manually.  To my horror, for about a day, I was plagued with the interminable locked up gray Apple startup screen, but thankfully the next morning, left it on from a  restart to find later that the computer had managed to boot up to a login screen, everything seemingly fixed.

That was background.  Now I have a different problem: My iMac is subjecting me to intermittent freezing episodes; I will be writing, or browsing in peace for a few minutes, before everything locks up, save for perhaps only the cursor.   When the hanging is finished, the computer then resumes the missed operations (typing, etc.) in a hurry, as if one were watching a fast-forwarded video.   Each hanging episode lasts from anywhere from 5 seconds to upwards of a minute; moreover, the system pops a window telling me that I don't have enough disk space for memory, though Finder consistently tells me I have upwards of 30GB worth of space (on a 250 GB HD).   There's also another curiosity: When I tried using Software Update to update everything — trying to fix this problem — upon Restart it told it couldn't install a recent Security Update because "the source media [you?] are installing from is damaged."

What's my causing my problems? How can I fix them? Unlike a previous related question, I don't think this has anything to do with Youtube or my browser; closing near every window, including Chrome, has no solved the problem, or mitigated it in any way.   I was also wondering could it perhaps do with something I downloaded -- could Trojans somehow associated with the movie I was downloading have anything to do with this problem?  I'd really appreciate some help on this; this freezing has rendered a significant part of my workflow virtually unusable, and I don't consider myself very computer savvy.


texts: How to know which program has just played sound?

texts:
At times, my computer suddenly played some annoying short sound (sounds like darrrt, seems not from the system), and it's so short that I have no idea where it comes from (and cannot capture it).

Is there any ways to find which program/process did that? (I really want to kill it!)

I am using OS X Mavericks.


texts: Mac freezes after entering login password

texts:
My Mac starts up normally, but when I enter my password on the login screen, it freezes with a spinning beachball.

I am unable to access it due to this problem. How do I resolve this issue?


texts: After updating to Lion, can't re-install Snow Leopard or Lion

texts:
Here is my situation: I have a 2010 iMac that came with a Snow Leopard disc, which I installed. Then, when Lion was released, I upgraded to it. However, yesterday, I had to erase my entire HDD (because of a permanent kernel panic due to the removal of some vital OS stuff).

The problem is that now I can't install Snow Leopard again (so that I may upgrade to Lion) or install Lion without downloading it (my connection is VERY slow, it would take over a week possibly). I tried using the Snow Leopard disc, which I confirmed to work on a Windows machine, to install it. However, it just ejects the disc on my Mac, going to the new Lion thing after boot (where you can install it by downloading from Apple's servers). It does the same with a Lion disc that I burned myself. Holding C won't help, and the discs won't appear on the option boot screen.

What should I do? Is there any way to revert the firmware back to pre-Lion, so that I may install Snow Leopard and then upgrade?

Note: I only have a Windows machine working, not another Mac.


texts: Grocery/List app for iOS with decent web application

texts:
I am looking for a descent iOS application that will allow me to sync my grocery list between my wife and I. I would like a solution that has a web application that we can use to enter all of our grocery items. I have tried many apps but there are so many out there now I may have missed some. The main features I am looking for are ...

Synchronization between devices and web app
Push notification when list updated from device or web app
Photo support (so I can get the correct item)
Ordering items on a per store basis (Walmart has items organized differently than Stop-n-Shop)
List items by category (Breads, Deli, Dairy, etc ..)
Multiple lists and stores

Here is a list of apps I have tried that may be of use to others.

Grocery Gadget - Nice UI on iOS but the web app is abysmal in speed. It takes about 10 seconds to update/delete a single item from the list. Web app freezes regularly.

Grocery IQ - No photo support; Web App looks nice though. Adds "sponsored items" to my list without asking.

Easy Shop Pro - No Web App; No Photo support

Shopping List - No Web App; No Photo support

Splash Shopper - Local WiFI sync only

Shopper Pro - Email based sync. No Push notification. Web app has major bugs.

Buy me a Pie! - Cannot categorize items in web app. Web app is very "bare bones"

I certainly don't mind paying for a good application so it does not need to be free.


texts: Prevent Address Book (Contacts) to quit when closing the window

texts: The Address Book quits when closing the window. Did anybody find a way to prevent this behavior?


texts: How to check battery capacity of a new phone (iPhone SE)?

texts:
So I just bought an iPhone SE in an unofficial store (new packaging and everything, warranty, etc.). The only problem with the phone is, the battery life seems super short to me. In settings -> battery -> battery health it says 100% capacity. But could somebody have taken out the new battery out of the phone and replaced it with an old one before packaging, and for some reason the phone still thinks the battery is at 100% health?
How can I make sure the battery is indeed old before I go to an official store and tell them to replace my phone? What ways are there to check the capacity?
P.S. a rip-off like this maybe couldn't happen in America, but I don't live in America so this is possible, in my opinion.
And yes, I have closed apps and tried different ways of minimizing battery consumption, yet the battery life still seems to me way too short for a new phone.


texts: Upgrade from Fusion Drive to SSD without breaking fusion first

texts:
I replaced my fusion drive with a 1TB SSD but didn't break the fusion first. I'm running an iMac (27-inch, Late 2013) 3.2ghz i5 w/ 8GB RAM with Catalina 10.15.3

I'm attaching a photo of my device tree in diskutil.

Is there a way to make the PCI 128GB flash house the OS and be what is usually called "Macintosh HD" and the entire 1TB SSD to be the "Macintosh HDD - Data"
Would I be manually creating a fusion drive via terminal of the two SSDs?


texts: I have a mid 2009 MacBook Pro still on its original software cant upgrade

texts:
Help me please!!! I have a mid 2009 MacBook Pro running Mac OS X   Version 10.7.5 it won’t let me update it to anything I tried El Capitan  Sierra, high Sierra and nothing I don’t have a disk slot on my computer it was taken off to put another hard drive with a lot of storage and 8gb or ram I tried everything everyone has posted on here! On YouTube. And on other forums can some one please help me
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texts: How can I get my Mac to automatically connect to a given network whenever it becomes available?

texts:
I take my Macbook out and about during the day and I'm often connected to my phone for internet access.  I'm always careful to not watch videos or start any large downloads until I get home for obvious reasons.  However, on numerous occasions I've got home, and started to use the internet freely, only to then realise I forgot to manually connect to my home (unlimited) network--that is to say I'm still connected to my mobile phone, blazing through my monthly allowance in no time.

Is there any way to get my Mac to automatically (or perhaps with a prompt) disconnect to whatever network is was connected to, and connect to the new, designated network, whenever it comes into range?


texts: exclude certain mailaccounts from sound notifications

texts:
In iOS6, on iPhone 5, how can I disable sound and vibration for a specific mail account only? I have one mail accounts that is a bit to highly frequented, which results in a lot of ringing and vibration. However all the other mail accounts behave just fine.

Unfortunately I only see one global setting for the whole mail app.


texts: Deleted everything from iCloud but storage space not freed

texts: I have deleted everything from my iCloud account storage but it still has 2.4 GB storage available and I can not free all the space.


texts: Use F1, F2 etc. keys to control built-in Mac features when using an external USB keyboard

texts:
I use a generic external USB keyboard (specifically Amazon Basics Wired Keyboard) with my MacBook Pro. The keyboard doesn't include the fn key present on MacBook's built-in keyboard.

On the external keyboard, I wish for F1, F2 etc. keys to function just like built-in keyboards default configuration, i.e. to control Mac features like adjusting brightness, Mission Control, Launchpad etc. and not work as plain function keys.

How do I configure the external keyboard to do that? I would much prefer for a solution built into macOS rather than relying on a 3rd party app.

I am using a late 2013 15" MacBook Pro running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6.


texts: How to ensure connections to certain hosts are routed via ethernet?

texts:
We have a mac that acts as a CI-server.

It needs to connect to our git-repositories which can only be connected to via ethernet.

All other servers, apple.com, github.com, etc. need to be connected via wifi, because our ethernet is running a MITM-scheme for all SSL-connections.

I thought about setting routes manually, routing certain IPs to specific gateways. However, the IPs themselves are changing, too.

So to connect to our git repo, at any time, I would have to do the following:

Turn off wireless adapter
Resolve ip of git server using nameserver in ethernet network
Turn on wireless adapter
Add static route

Is this correct?

Is there a better way to do it? Perhaps with some UI-tool?


texts: Is the 120 FPS video recording's quality 720P?

texts: Is the quality the same as taking a normal video at 30 FPS ?


texts: Is my mac being hacked by a user called Guatoan? And how can I remove this user?

texts: I recently visited a website and on pressing a link another window automatically opened saying the website had found a virus on my laptop. Obviously this was a scam so I returned to the original website and tried the link again. This time the same thing happened so I closed the scam window and tried a third time. This time however the same scam page opened only an uncontrollable and loud beeping sound accompanied the warning and many files began to quickly and automatically download from the scam website and into my downloads folder on my dock. I was with a friend and she said that it looked like loads of circular coins were being downloaded. I immediately quit safari and permanently deleted the files that had downloaded from the scan website unfortunately without looking at what type of files they were. Then after searching online to find ways to identify and remove viruses and malware I downloaded Malwarebytes and Dr. Antivirus and did full scans where no threats were found. Then I wanted to see if my mac had been hacked by someone perhaps so i found advice on here:(https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-find-out-if-your-computer-is-hacked) telling me to go into terminal and identify all the current users. All the users seem typical and normal except a user called "Guatoan" and I have no idea if this is normal or not and, if i am indeed hacked, if I can remove this user immediately? If anyone has had a similar experience or has any advice or knowledge regarding to anything I have said in this post that could help me understand better what is going on I would be extremely thankful! thank you very much


texts:
I've just been sent a replacement iPhone. I don't have a computer at the moment so I've gone to restore it during the set up. It shows the latest iPhone backup as 08:42 which is the one that I want to restore to but it won't allow me to restore to it as it says iOS 8.3 Required.

How can I update it so that I can restore it? I could set it up as a new iPhone and then update it, but when I wipe it to get back to the restore screen I'll be in the same situation surely.


texts: Add Time Machine files to an existing account with Migration Assistant

texts:
I have a Time Machine backup from Mac A (now retired), containing 4 accounts worth of data. I would like to add the data from one of these accounts to an existing account on Mac B (replacement for Mac A).

I thought this would be possible with Migration Assistant, but when I run it on Mac B, tell it to restore from the Time Machine backup and select just the account I want to migrate, it seems to want to replace all accounts on Mac B - it complains there won't be an Administrator account on the Mac after the migration. One of the existing accounts on Mac B is an Administrator.

My question is therefore:

Does anyone know how to wholesale add user data from a Time Machine backup from one Mac to an existing account on another Mac? Things like the Keychain need to be restored from Time Machine backup.

Failing which, is it possible to just replace a single account from a Time Machine backup, and how would I go about doing this?


texts: How can I identify the cause of unexpectedly large sync data requirements?

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iPhone 6, 64 GB memory, updated to iOS 12.4.5 this morning. I attempted to sync with my Mini afterwards and got an error:

"cannot be synced because there is not enough free space to hold all the selected items (additional 14.10 GB required)".

According to the summary on my desktop, my phone has 12 GB free, so it looks as if it wants to upload about 26 GB total from the desktop to the phone.

I have no idea why it should be so much. I'm on the latest OS update so it shouldn't need to copy an update across. I've checked through my sync settings and can't see anything obvious that would account for the large upload requirement - I'm not in the habit of syncing video to the phone, or anything like that, just occasional music, and I haven't added anywhere near 26 GB of music to the desktop since my last sync about a month ago. I barely have 30 GB total on the Mini and most of that is already on the phone.

Any ideas on how I can figure out what's taking so much space for this sync?


texts: Can the Google+ app be installed on an iPod Touch?

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I have a 3rd generation iPod touch with iOS upgraded to version 4.3.3. When installing the Google+ 1.0.1 app, it gives the message shown in the picture below.

Question: Is there a generation or iOS version of iPod touch that will allow the Google+ app to be installed?


texts: Should I install new drivers on Bootcamp?

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I installed Windows on my Mac and Bootcamp installed NVidia Control Panel. Today I received a notification in the Control Panel about a new driver.

Should I install it or should I wait for drivers from Apple? I mean, does it install the first basic drivers and then I'm free to install new drivers or is every new driver provided by Apple?


texts: How do I make an app go full screen to the LEFT of my desktop?

texts: I only have one desktop in spaces, and when I take an app full screen, it always goes to the right of my desktop... I know I can re-arrange by hand in mission control, but I'd like to be able to skip that and have an arbitrary app open to the left of my desktop.


texts: How to fix iPhone 5S reporting excessive space used for Photo Library?

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I have an iPhone 5S running iOS 8.1.3. I have removed all photos from the phone (i.e. the Camera Roll is empty). However, under Settings -> General -> Usage -> Manage Storage, it reports that 1.9 GB is still in use for Photos & Camera. Specifically, underneath that, it reports that 1.9 GB is being used for the Photo Library (which is ostensibly empty). This is a large chunk of the storage on my 16 GB phone!

I have tried doing a factory reset of the phone and restoring from backup, with no effect; it still reports the excessive storage usage. I've checked the following:

The Photo Library (and Recently Deleted) is empty.
Photo Stream is not enabled.
iCloud "Photos" is not enabled.
There is no photo sharing of any kind enabled.

Is there anything else that I should look at to determine why the incorrect amount of usage is being reported?