texts: Last Import stuck in iPhoto Events folder after migrating to Photos app

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I've just updated to the new Photos app on OS X and migrated my iPhoto library to the new app. While getting used to all the changes, I've noticed a problem: it seems that the Last Import album is stuck in the iPhoto Events folder for some reason. (Does the iPhoto database consider Last Import to be an "event"?)

I can tell that the lone album is Last Import because:

I've moved all other albums out of the folder, but it still says that there is one album left inside, even though the view shows that it is empty inside.
When I go back to the top-level album view, the iPhoto Events folder is shown to contain one album thumbnail unlike the inside view. The thumbnail within the folder matches the thumbnail of Last Import.
When I move photos out of Last Import and import a different set of photos, both thumbnails update.

Now here's the bigger problem: if I delete the iPhoto Events folder now, I will lose the Last Import album permanently with no apparent way to get it back through the UI or the application's preferences. (I imagine I can get it back by editing either the app's plist in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Photos/Data/Library/Preferences or one or more files in the package, but I'm not sure where to look.)

I've tried

importing new photos to see if Last Import will reappear, but it doesn't.
repairing the Photos library using the same method as iPhoto (hold Command ⌘ and Option ⌥ when opening the app), but it doesn't help.
repairing the iPhoto library before migrating to Photos, but it doesn't help either.
undoing the deletion, but it just brings back both Last Import and the iPhoto Events folder.

I have re-imported the original iPhoto library for now so that its original state is preserved. What can I do to separate Last Import from the iPhoto Events folder so I can safely remove the latter?


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As I told in another question I now have 2 MacPros, One Snow Leo/iTunes 11.4 and Yosemite / iTunes 12.3. As told in the other question, this was in response to my iPhone6 purchase. It won't talk to iTunes 11 and iTunes 12 won't run on Snow Leo.

Now, iTunes on Snow Leo is giving this message -

Constantly. Since I've never synced the phone to this computer, how do I tell it to ignore the phone? It's not one click and done, it keeps popping up. I imagine turning off WiFi on the phone anytime I'm using iTunes can work, but I'm hoping for a better, permanent solution. For many reasons, this is my preferred machine and I need to stick with Snow Leopard.

(I know life moves on. I'm just finding it a bit awful that the phone requires 10.8.5 Mountain Lion. That really caught me by surprise.)


texts: iOS Photos app displays incorrect time for imported pictures

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I have photos, that I make with my camera in travel, imported to iCloud. All the pictures have a timestamp in EXIF properties in local time of the place I took them (GMT+2). Also, they have GPS coordinates set. I live in GMT+5 time zone.

But Photos app on my iPhone shows a wrong time to all imported pictures (-3 hours) and correct time for pictures, taken on iPhone. Because of that, all the pictures are mixed.

How can I fix that? Probably, I need to set some other EXIF attribute for them?


texts: Identify which folder on mail server is currently designated by Mail.app as Drafts, Junk, Trash, Sent, Archive

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In Mail.app on El Capitan, the Mailbox menu offers the menu item Use this mailbox as. A submenu offers the items Drafts Mailbox, Sent Mailbox, Junk Mailbox, Trash Mailbox, and Archive Mailbox.

After using one of these commands, the selected folder disappears. That folder's name is masked, displayed under the Drafts, Sent, Junk, Trash, and Archive icons at the top of the sidebar as the name of the account rather than the actual folder name.

How can I tell what is the currently designated folder for each function (Drafts, Sent, Junk, Trash, and Archive)?


texts: Where should I place shared folders on an OS X Server?

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What is the appropriate/reccomended location in the drive hierarchy to place the folders shared by the users accessing the server (as fileserver) ?

Is it in /Groups /Users/Shared or ~/Documents/ ?

Or should I create a separate folder in /Users for each group ?

Is there a document/webpage that supplies instructions about that ?


texts: On Catalina, what should /private/tmp look like?

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This is my /tmp and /private:

# ls -lA /tmp /private/
lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root  admin  11 Oct 18 18:48 /tmp -> private/tmp

/private/:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  121 root  wheel  3872 Oct 21 13:27 etc
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel    64 Aug 24 19:01 tftpboot
lrwxr-xr-x@   1 root  wheel    11 Jul 26  2018 tmp -> private/tmp
drwxr-xr-x   29 root  wheel   928 Oct 21 08:08 var
#

This is on macOS 10.15.1 Catalina beta after restoring from a backup made during the early September beta of Catalina 10.15.0. The tmp file in /private appears to be a link to private/tmp, which doesn't exist. If it had a leading / it would be a circular reference to itself.

Two questions:

Should /tmp be a link to /private/tmp ?
(Assuming yes) What should /private/tmp actually be? A directory?

Thanks!


texts: Is it possible to change display resolution with a keyboard shortcut?

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I use different screen resolutions based on the activity I'm doing during the day.
For example when I'm coding I prefer to have more space available.
Is it possible to associate a keyboard shortcut to change the scaled display resolution ?
(see the attached screenshot)


texts: Connecting Logitech Gaming Mouse - Not Connected in G Hub

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I have a Logitech G600 gaming mouse which I am hoping to use on my MacBook Pro running macOS Mojave. This mouse has a lot of buttons to which I am planning to assign shortcuts.

I have installed Logitech G Hub and when I plug in the mouse it sees it, but it says "NOT CONNECTED" and it doesn't allow me to configure it at all. The basic functions of the mouse work fine even without any software.

I've also tried using Logitech Gaming Software but this doesn't detect my mouse at all.

How can I configure my Logitech gaming mouse on my MacBook?

Here's an example of the problem showing in Logitech G Hub for a G502 mouse:


texts: How do I access Find My Friends from iCloud.com?

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I have been reading that it is now possible to access Find My Friends from iCloud.com,  and I have a friend who is able to do so from their iCloud.com account: It shows up in the iCloud menu under the URL "icloud.com/#fmf".  But when I log in this URL silently chops off the "fmf" part, the "Find My Friends" app doesn't show up from the menu, and when I try to use an invite from my friend, it tells me to install the app on my iPad.

I don't have an iPad. In fact I don't have any mobile devices which are made by Apple, which is the whole point of wanting to use iCloud.com.

How do I get Find My Friends to show up on my iCloud.com account?

Update: I found that I can enable iCloud on my Mac by going to System Preferences -> iCloud and signing into with Apple Id.  After I do this, icloud.com/#fmf works to the extent that it brings up a map, but I still can't see any friends.  Then, when I try to click on the link in the invitation from my friend, I get the following message:

Find my Friends

To view <friend's name> (<friend's e-mail>) location, open your
invitation in the Mail app on your iOS device and tap View Request. If the
Find My Friends app is not installed on your device you can download it
free from the App Store.

Well.... once again I don't have an iOS device, and if I did I don't know how I would open the invitation in the Mail app, because my Apple Id is linked to a GMail account, not an iCloud account!


texts: How do I set a specific system setting using a script or a profile? System Preferences/Networks/WiFi/Require authorisation to turn wifi on/off

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I'm hoping someone can help. I work for a college, I manage about 80 Macs and we've had a problem recently where students are turning WiFi on or off on the Macs that they're logging on to. This is bad for the hard-wired Macs as they haven't been provisioned on our managed Wireless system so it either slows down their network connection or kills it entirely and it's bad for the mobile Macs as they loose their connection to the network and they start whinging that they can't get on the internet.

I found the following setting in System preferences which looks like it will solve my problem:

Does anyone know how to set this setting programmatically, using a script or a profile or whatever?

I've found the plist which contains the setting, it is /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist. However, the setting itself is buried quite deeply in the file and my attempts to toggle it using defaults write and plistbuddy have ended in horrible failure. I've also tried creating a custom profile using Profile Manager but that hasn't worked either.

All of the Macs are running Mavericks.

I don't want to have to go around to 80 Macs and set this by hand so any hints or the solution would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Ian


texts: What words trigger the screen effects in iMessage?

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The recent update iMessage on iOS causes certain words to trigger screen effects.
Also, there is a way to long-press on the send button, and bring up an interface for adding these effects.

I've found the following associations between screen effects, and the messgaes that trigger them:

confetti: "congratulations", "happy birthday"
fireworks: "happy new year"

What is the list of these?


texts: How can I find my Macbook if it was stolen and its offline?

texts: Someone stole my MacBook. How can I find it if it’s offline. I have its serial number if it helps. Please if someone knows, tell me. I have really important stuff on it and I can’t get it back. Thank you so much.


texts: Managing pictures and videos between my iPhone and iPad

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I take a lot of photos and videos with my iPhone, and like to have most of them on my iPad. However, often, I take and combine videos with iMovie eliminating the need to have 10-20+ videos of whatever that was in my Photos app. Right now I sync through iTunes into iPhoto, but that has become an immense space hog for two reasons. One is the videos, (I have the one completed video, and don't need all the clips) and two, iPhoto likes to create Photostream events that downloads all my Photostream pictures into separate Events(resulting in loads of duplicates as well). To finish the loop, I have my iPad sync the last three months of events.

Is there a better way to manage pictures and videos?

I would like to use something like a (iPhoto) Smart Album that only imports media, and then lets me delete whatever out that I want to.


texts: Older version of gfortran doesn't get installed despite removal newer version

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I installed gfortran v6.3.0 using installer, and needed to go back to 4.9.2.
I removed gfortran using sudo rm -r /usr/local/gfortran /usr/local/bin/gfortran, but when I try to install v4.9.2 using a disk image, it says a newer version already exists.

How do I resolve this issue?


texts: How to activate and run JavaScript in AppleScript?

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I'm trying to run simple script in AppleScript Editor on OS X 10.9.5, but using JavaScript, e.g.:

var SE = new Application("System Events");
SE.processes.windows.name()

However my dropdown only shows AppleScript.

How do I activate JavaScript if it isn't appearing on the list? It is also not in Preferences/General.


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Since the release of iOS 14, people have been sharing "aesthetic" iOS Home Screens.
These screenshots often feature fully custom app icons, designed and selected by the user.
How are these people changing and customizing their app icons?

Note that this is different than the app developer providing alternate app icons, which has been possible since iOS 10.3.


texts: Replacement Battery: How to evaluate quality?

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I replaced the battery on my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014), after over 2200 cycles, with a new one I bought off aliexpress. I made sure to buy the most expensive version, in order to avoid issues, I paid 75$ for a "NOHON" battery with good reviews.
While I was inside I extradited a ton of dust bunnies, with the result of the macbook now being very quite and seemingly faster. It now probably uses less electricity than before.
I checked coconut battery and it says that the battery is in good condition.
However, it seems to me, that the battery is losing a lot of charge very fast. Only minutes after unplugging with 100% the battery is already at 97%. About two hours cost me almost half the battery.
When I bought this notebook, it would basically go almost the whole day without recharge.
Since I know, that there frequently are issues with these replacement batteries, how can I check if the battery has any? Is there anything more I can do apart from checking the health, which only says "good"?
I didn't bother calibrating the battery, because from what I read, unibody batteries don't need that. I did however charge it fully and leave it plugged in for hours after it was charged.
The data I have access to now:


texts: How can I run Warcraft III (a PowerPC app) on OS X Mountain Lion?

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When I tried to install Warcraft III I got this nice message that says:

  You can’t open the application “Installer.app” because PowerPC applications are no longer supported.

So what's the best way to run Warcraft III on a Mountain Lion?

There are a few articles online regarding PowerPC apps, but I would like to have an answer here as well.


texts: Is there any way to have a badge appear on the Terminal icon in the Dock when a command completes?

texts: I currently have an AppleScript app that opens Terminal windows and completes commands. I would like an app icon badge to appear on the Terminal icon in the Dock when a command completes. I need this because I often have to restart the commands when they stop. Is this possible? Essentially my AppleScript application takes a user-provided variable and plugs it into a Terminal command. Every time I use the application it opens a new Terminal window (intended). I would like to have a badge appear when a Terminal command completes.


texts: I am really reckless and just dropped my ipod touch second time in past year and the screen is broken, I am not very keen on trying to replace it with flat fee, bacause I am sure it would happen again, what i want to ask is how resilient are the screens of iphone devices : iphone 3gs or iphone 4s, I am not sure about 3gs but it is fairly cheap where I live and 4s is too expensive howeever I already have shelved a lot of money trying to replace my ipod touch, I have a two year old wp7 device which is showing it's age so can anyone suggest a screen comparison, or buying a conver , protector is the last resort.


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I logged the AppleEvents that get sent from a Terminal window. The event that the osascript command sends to the AppleScript compiler/interpreter wasn't logged. How come?

In greater detail, the following argument consists of three hypotheses followed by their logical conclusion. However, experiment shows that the conclusion is false. Hence the argument is faulty. Unfortunately, I don't know why it is faulty. Where does it break?

Hypotheses

macOS comes with a built-in AppleScript compiler/interpreter that is installed as an OSA component.
The Terminal command osascript does not "know" AppleScript. When passed a line of AppleScript code, it passes it on to the AppleScript compiler/interpreter via the OSA architecture by sending out an AppleEvent.
The following line of code, when run in the Terminal, will cause all AppleEvents sent by commands that are executed from the same Terminal window afterwards to be printed out in the Terminal:

export AEDebugSends=1

Conclusion

After running the following two commands in a Terminal window:

export AEDebugSends=1
osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to activate'

two AppleEvents should be printed out:

One directed from osascript to the AppleScript compiler/interpreter to compile and run the command 'tell application "Finder" to activate'.
One directed from the AppleScript compiler/interpreter to Finder to activate itself.

Actual output

Only one AppleEvent gets printed out, the one sent to Finder:

  AE2000 (4085 ): Sending an event:
  ------oo start of event oo------
  aevt('misc'\'actv' transactionID=0 sourcePSN=[0x0,e00e "Finder"] timeout=7200 eventSource=3 { &'subj':null(), &'csig':magn(65536) })
  ------oo  end of event  oo------


texts:
Here's what's going on: I have a DSA ssh-key set up on my MacBook Pro, and the id_dsa.pub file has been placed in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys. Permissions are 600 for id_dsa.

I'm still being asked for my password, what do I do?

I've included output from level 1 debugging below, which I believe should have sufficient information to identify the problem. If not let me know and I will provide level 3.

Daniels-MacBook-Pro:.ssh dsmith$ ssh -v km4ayu.com
OpenSSH_7.2p2, LibreSSL 2.4.1
debug1: Reading configuration data /Users/dsmith/.ssh/config
debug1: /Users/dsmith/.ssh/config line 1: Applying options for km4ayu.com
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 20: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to km4ayu.com [104.168.167.30] port 17785.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /Users/dsmith/.ssh/id_dsa type 2
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /Users/dsmith/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.2
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_6.6.1p1
debug1: match: OpenSSH_6.6.1p1 pat OpenSSH_6.6.1* compat 0x04000000
debug1: Authenticating to km4ayu.com:17785 as 'kv4lq'
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: algorithm: curve25519-sha256@libssh.org
debug1: kex: host key algorithm: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256
debug1: kex: server->client cipher: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com MAC: <implicit> compression: none
debug1: kex: client->server cipher: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com MAC: <implicit> compression: none
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY
debug1: Server host key: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 SHA256:/214EQvH59cIt2nCaT+XhRruKws4j7Jwo3anBGMGO6g
debug1: Host '[km4ayu.com]:17785' is known and matches the ECDSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /Users/dsmith/.ssh/known_hosts:1
debug1: rekey after 134217728 blocks
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: rekey after 134217728 blocks
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: Skipping ssh-dss key /Users/dsmith/.ssh/id_dsa - not in PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: password
kv4lq@km4ayu.com's password:


texts: Is my iPhone 7 that was bought in Japan compatible with Verizon neywork and H2O wireless network?

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I would like to know if my new phone, iPhone 7 (A1779) from Japan works on Verizon and H2O wireless network. According to the spec sheet of an iPhone 7 from Apple web page, the compatible cellular bands are:

FDD-LTE（band 1、2、3、4、5、7、8、11、12、13、17、18、19、20、21、25、26、27、28、29、30）
TD-LTE（band 38、39、40、41）
TD-SCDMA 1,900（F）、2,000（A）
CDMA EV-DO Rev. A（800、1,900、2,100MHz）
UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA（850、900、1,700/2,100、1,900、2,100MHz）
GSM/EDGE（850、900、1,800、1,900MHz）

but I don't know about this kinds of stuff so well, so I want to ask you if my Japanese iPhone 7 works or not.


texts: Got app approved and "pending contract", but no buttons appear in Bank, Tax information

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The app status says that the "App approved, but one or more of your contracts is not yet in effect". So I went to the bank, tax information module: in here is a Request Contracts list, which shows one line for "Paid Apps" and one for "iAds". Next to it, my name stands as Legal Entity. There is a button "Request" on each line - but when I click it, it only shows my personal home address data in a simple form (but no bank accounts, no tax information etc.). Nothing else to click, nothing else to check, nothing else to view. Nothing. And there are no "Set Up" buttons either like shown in their video tutorial. No other buttons. I can do nothing here.

Is this just Apple doing administrative tasks on their side and I should just wait? Maybe it's because I'm fairly new as I registered this month (3 weeks ago) as an Apple developer...


texts: Photo Booth freezes for >30s whenever I open it

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I've had this problem ever since I upgraded from Mavericks. Whenever I open Photo Booth, the application seems to be stuck on startup and I have to wait for like 50 seconds for it to become useable. A few months ago, it used to be like 20 seconds but it seems like the waiting time gets higher all the time.

Im using a Macbook Pro Retina 15 inch Early 2013.


texts: Is there a way to disable file sharing via apple-id?

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In High Sierra connecting to a mac using an older OS (el capitan), I see the default connection is using the appleid for authentication (showing Connected as: com.apple.idms.appleid.prd...). Is there a way to disable this and only allow sharing with a locally generated user account password? I know I can choose to connect with my local password on a per-case basis, but I want to disable the ability to connect with appleid entirely, as I feel it is less secure to allow this.

I see there are other questions that seem somewhat related, but this is not exactly what I am asking--which is how to disable this entirely without deleting the apple id from the user account.


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Recently, lesspipe (installed through brew) stopped colorizing output. I'm not sure what changed to make it so, as the problem seems to be with the output of file, and both file and lesspipe.sh were recently updated. The current output is like this:
InFlightRequests.java: Java source, ASCII text
/usr/local/bin/lesspipe.sh: Bourne-Again shell script text executable, ASCII text, with very long lines

That ASCII text matches against *text*, which means only markdown and log files will get colorized. For lesspipe.sh itself, it matches against * script which prevents colorizing altogether.
Does anyone knows where the breaking change came from? Does anyone knows how to fix it?


texts: Siri doesn't appear to be functioning on macOS Sierra

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I can't seem to get Siri to work on my 2014 Macbook Pro. I click the icon and nothing happens.

Diagnostics and Usage data just seem to barf out a bunch of com.apple.siri attributes and ends with

Siri error = 0

The system logs have the line

Sep 21 20:44:13 baphomet com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent): Unknown key for integer: _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit

Has this been seen by anyone else? If anyone knows if these point to something funny in my setup it would be greatly appreciated.


texts: I have an iPhone 3G. Recently I am facing a problem with my phone. When I set a wall paper, it is not showing behind the icons. Of course it is showing the picture when my mobile locks. The background behind the icons is plain black. How can I change the wallpaper behind the icons?


texts: How do I rotate the pictures of my iPhone/iPad wallpaper every few minutes?

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I want the wallpaper on my iPhone/iPad to rotate/change to a new wallpaper every few minutes, so that I won't get bored seeing the same picture over and over again every time I'm on my phone.

Are there any free iPhone apps which allow me to do so?


texts: iphone 6 is broken and my screen won't work

texts: My iPhone 6 is broken and the screen won't work it just comes up with green and red and pink lines down and I can't see. I want to be able to back up all my photos. But i have a password so when i plug it onto my laptop is says I can't because my iPhone is locked.


texts: How to remove one old python installation from a system with multiple (non-system) installations of python

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Disclaimer

First, let me get the obvious out of the way: I have not touched the system-bundled Python.  I know it’s important to leave it alone.  I have, in fact, done exactly that. ☺

Background

The Python official releases for Mac have a very handy Installer.  (It’s the Installer’s brilliance that allowed me to put newer versions of Python on my system without screwing up the system-bundled version.  Thanks, Pythonistas!)

Now, my primary Python installation is 2.7.  Since it is the last 2.x release, that’s fine.

However, I was curious to learn about Python 3 as well, so I installed it.  And it plays perfectly nicely with Python 2.  In fact, Python 3 is opt-in, which is just what I wanted.  “Works as advertised.”

Now, the weird part…

I have 2 installed versions of Python 3!  The installers for Python 3.1 and Python 3.2 both installed to separate locations.  So, now I have Python 3.1 hanging around and I’m never planning to use it.  And since the installer is awesome (I’m not being sarcastic; I’m really impressed, especially since most programming languages require compilation from source), it also creates entries in /Applications with some handy utilities.

But since I have installed a newer Python 2 and two versions of Python 3, this means I now have:

/Applications/Python 2.7,
/Applications/Python 3.1, and
/Applications/Python 3.2

Help Wanted!

I just want to ditch Python 3.1.

And I want to be very thorough about it.  No forgotten directories buried under /Library/* (or whatever).

Anybody know how to do this?


texts: How can I make a folder and its contents automatically owned by two people?

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Ok, in the /Users/Shared/ folder I have my DropBox folder.

I have read/write permissions set for me and my wife (shared computer).  However, if she creates a folder/file in the DropBox folder, I can see it but I have to type in my password to delete or edit it.  And she has to do the same if I create something.

How can I make it so that if she creates a file/folder in the DropBox folder, we both automatically are the owners?  It doesn't seem to me that the Shared folder does a very good job of, well, SHARING.  Even though I have set both of our accounts as read/write on Shared and all contents.

This is driving me insane.

Thanks.


texts: How can I launch a daemon process as a specified user at boot without an interactive login?

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I'm trying to setup a TeamCity Build Agent on a Mac Mini Server running 10.7.3. I have successfully got it running and building but only if I login and launch the process manually.

We'd prefer to have the process kick off at startup which appears to be easily done by putting a plist file in the /Library/LaunchDaemon folder. Unfortunately this doesn't work for us as the process fires off as root rather than as our specified user. We really would prefer to keep things constrained to the user's folder and moreover need access to a keychain to handle the iOS code signing mechanics. Unfortunately, using ~/Library/LaunchAgents doesn't work as that seems to require someone visit the terminal and login -- this needs to kick off from boot and stay running when the user is logged out.

Is there a way to launch a process as a specified user on boot?


texts: How can I relocate an iTunes library from a Time Machine backup?

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I have used Setup Assistant from my last Time Capsule backup on my old iMac to start my new iMac. The new iMac has a 256 GB SSD and a 2 TB HDD. The old iMac had a nearly full 1 TB HDD.

This means when I used Setup Assistant I had to exclude from the list of things to copy, all of my Music and Movies folders as they wouldn't fit on the SSD.

I have now been able to pull the Music/Movies off the old Time Machine backup and put them on the HDD, and all the system/app files are on the SSD. So that's all good up to now.

BUT, all the guides I read about relocating iTunes from one HDD to another start with the library being in ~/Music and doing a 'consolidate'. In my case it isn't (and can't be due to space constraints) in ~/Music to start with. In fact, it's starting in the place I want it to be, HDD/Music

So my question is, how do I tell iTunes the library is now on the HDD, not in the default ~/Music location?

If I do the relocate in the iTunes Preferences > Advanced panel to the new location and then consolidate, I'm worried it'll overwrite the music that is already there, with the empty library in ~/Music.


texts: Can I use Applescript to go to the end of a text document?

texts:
I have a very, very basic question: I have a little Applescript file that cleans up the html tags in a Textwrangler document. At the last stop, I'd like it to go to the end of document and add a line of text within an em html tag. I don't know applscript. To get this far I simply used the record-macro button in the script editor, but now I need to do something like "Goto EOF, write XYZ.

Any help?

Thanks!


texts: I got a problem with my external Mac keyboard. This external keyboard doesn't include an Fn key. So when I switch in options to use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys, the keys don't work as additional to change volume, for example. I understand that it requires an Fn key, which is missing on my original external Mac keyboard, but when I try to use "Modifier Keys" and switch the Fn key to another one and then nothing works. By the way, I use Big Sur Mac OS. Does anybody have any solutions?


texts: How to download the .mov for later viewing?

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I would like to download the keynote speech on

http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1103pijanbdvaaj/event/index.html

so that when Apple remove the video later, I can still watch it later...
but there seems to be no easy way, except if I buy the Pro version of QuickTime?

some meta file shows these addresses, but the first one will save as a 1k file to show the second address, and the second one can't be saved because it is rstp:// not http://:

http://stream.qtv.apple.com/events/mar/1103pijanbdvaaj/1103pijnpfvrbfvijbavojh_hd_ref.mov

rtsp://a2047.v1414b.c1414.g.vq.akamaistream.net/5/2047/1414/1_h264_1000/1a1a1ae757c733980368e14fbe3297c529980f7de958b91d4bac1778e546afdd40af1c4b7cb0e115/1103pijnpfvrbfvijbavojh_1_hd.mov

Someone mentioned using Ubuntu Linux's Movie player to download it but it seems there is no save option?


texts: How to fully automate video conversion to mp4, iTunes friendly format?

texts:
I am looking to implement a fully automated solution that will pick video files from an incoming directory, process them and put the result to iTunes special "Automatically Add to iTunes" directory.

Before starting to propose different products do read the requirements:

Command line interface, so we can use it with a cron
Do Pass Thru for video and audio streams if the source is already compatible with target format
Download subtitles from an external service (optional)
Embedding existing SRT files into the output video
Fixing metadata from an external service (optional)

Initially I would say that Handbrake should be able to do this, but I discovered that handbrake will never do Pass Thru for video (that's a statement that I got from the author).


texts: Anaconda-Navigator no longer works by double clicking on icon

texts: I use an iMac running High Sierra 10.13.5. I'm use the Anaconda distribution of Python 2.7 and 3.6. I normally opened Anaconda-Navigator by double-clicking on the application in my Applications Folder. Recently this has stopped working. Nothing happens when I double click it now. However, when I type anaconda-navigator at the terminal prompt, a version of Anaconda-Navigator launches. Recently I created a conda environment for python 3.4. I already had conda environments for Python 2.7 and 3.6. Also, the application Anaconda-Navigator, in my Applications folder is an alias I found out. The actual application is now in the ~/anaconda3/envs/py34 folder. How it got there I have no idea. Clicking on the original app still does not open. Any idea how the application got moved and how to open that version? The terminal version anaconda-navigator resides in /Users/johnhanly/anaconda3/bin/. I'm totally confused.


texts: What is the native program OSX load to edit the screenshots?

texts:
When creating a screenshot with Cmd+Shift+3 or Cmd+Shift+4, a smaller version of the screenshot image appears at the corner of the screen.
When clicking the image, the full-sized screenshot image pop on the screen in an annotation kind of app.

This app allows to draw, circle or outlines and it will interpolate the drawing to the closest geometrical shape.
What is this app?
Is there any way to load any image through it instead of Preview?


texts: Numbers: Grouping daily data into weekly data

texts:
I have a spreadsheet where I am keeping track of several statistics on a daily basis.

I have another spreadsheet where I am keeping track of several statistics on a weekly basis.

I want to graph the data together. In order to do this, I want to aggregate the first (daily) set of data into weekly data. This will enable to me to get it all on the same graph so I can better visualize it.

Suggestions?

--

Apple makes searching for help hard by calling their product "Numbers".


texts:
Suddenly all the system windows have this weird font. I can't read nor understand what the system is asking me. How can I change it to normal fonts?

I'm using OS X Yosemite 10.10.3


texts: Password fields on Mac won't allow more than 3 characters

texts:
When Skype asked to enter my password it would not allow me to enter the full password.

Skype simply stopped registering the keystrokes after 3 characters. I restarted the Mac but now the same problem is happening with my login password. I can enter the first 3 characters but then it won't register the keystrokes.

Any clues?


texts:
I am working with a PDF file version 1.7 using Preview.app on my Mac. In the file there is some highlighted text that cannot be seen since the color is completely opaque. What can I do to view the text? In other files it works just fine as long as the PDF file is version 1.4.

When I open it in Adobe, I can see the text with the highlight like it should be, but I don't want to switch to Adobe. Is there a way to solve it? Or maybe a way convert the PDF file from version 1.7 to 1.4?


texts: Is it possible to delete a customer review that contains wrong information?

texts:
We have an iPad app in the app store. Someone wrote a review that contains some false information about the app.

What can I do about this? Can I flag the comment so that Apple takes a look at it?


texts:
When I try FaceTime, Zoom or whatever it does not work. When I open FT, the following message appears "FaceTime has not received any video from the connected camera. Restarting your computer may fix this issue."
I have tried basically sudo command, downgrade to Mojave from Catalina, rebooting, etc...
Something interesting I noticed is that in Activity Monitor, VDCAssistant REFUSES to die. Every time I "forcequit" or sudo kill it it just create a new PID. This is weird because I checked for Zombie processes and it does not appears there.


texts: How to back up Windows 7 on Boot Camp to a Mac-formatted external drive?

texts:
I have MacBook Pro with latest Snow Leopard on it. I just bought an Iomega eGo external HDD for Time Machine backup.

I also run Windows 7 on Boot Camp partition and I normally use Parallels 6 to run it, but I noticed that Time Machine does not backup Boot Camp partition.

I went to Windows 7 Backup and Restore tool to see if I can backup Windows separately but it didn't recognize my Iomega HDD probably because it's Mac-formatted.

I discovered MacDrive that allows Windows to work with Mac-formatted disks. I'm wondering if that will allow me to use Windows Backup and Restore tool to backup to Iomega HDD.

Will it work?

What is your Boot Camp Windows 7 on-site backup strategy? I'd like to avoid buying another external HDD for Windows...


texts:
How do I clear cookies on my iPhone 6+?
I cannot complete an assignment for business.
My company instructed me to clear cookies in order
for it to operate correctly.
So, how do I accomplish this task?


texts: Where can I find information about past versions of iOS and code-signing windows?

texts:
I have an iPad 2 that is currently running iOS 5.0.1. I'm generally happy with it but some applications require a more recent iOS version. So I started to look into upgrading it, but the only upgrade that it offers is to iOS 7.

From the look of it I don't like the new design of iOS 7 too much and also upgrading to a version this fresh doesn't appeal to me. So my question is: is there a way to upgrade to some version of iOS 5.x or iOS 6.x instead of upgrading to iOS 7?


texts: chown to remote folder: Operation not permitted

texts:
I'm making a script sync a local folder with a remote one from a NAS, the folder has been mounted into OS X with the NAS administrator name and password.

The script is:

#!/bin/bash

/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/rsync -rav --delete --exclude=".*" /path-to-origin/ /Volumes/NAS/path-to-destination/

The script must be executed by a user called Auser so I call the script from the command line this way:

sudo -u Auser script-to-rsync.sh

And the reply I get in Terminal is:

building file list ... done
./
rsync: chgrp "/Volumes/NAS/path-to-destination/." failed: Operation not permitted (1)
rsync: chgrp "/Volumes/NAS/path-to-destination/file.ext" failed: Operation not permitted (1)
rsync: chgrp "/Volumes/NAS/path-to-destination/." failed: Operation not permitted (1)

sent 311 bytes  received 62 bytes  746.00 bytes/sec
total size is 53864490174  speedup is 144408820.84
rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at /BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/rsync/rsync-47/rsync/main.c(992) [sender=2.6.9]

I'm sure it's a permissions issue, so I've tried to change the owner of the destination folder to Auser without success:

sudo chown fmserver /Volumes/NAS/path-to-destination/

And I get:

chown: /Volumes/ombacap/om15/copies/: Operation not permitted


texts:
I want to connect an iPhone 6 to my 2016 12" MacBook.

I have a USB-C to USB-A adapter. If I connect the iPhone, macOS shows a warning (translated): USB device requires power (Note: It just says power, not more power). Original text is (German): USB Zubehör benötigt Strom. The iPhone is neither recognized by iTunes, nor does it charge.

The MacBook was connected to power supply via: MacBook USB-C to USB-A to USB-C MacBook power pack to power outlet. (My USB-C to USB-A Adapter has 2 USB-A outputs, so basically one output goes to iPhone, one to power supply).

How do I resolve this issue?


texts: iPhone app or mod in cydia to remap headset inline remote buttons?

texts:
I was wondering if there's any package in Cydia or iPhone app that would allow me to change the inline remote buttons behavior. I often walk around the cydia with my headphones on and speaking the VoiceOver commands is really unconfortable.

I can normally reach my iphone from my pocket to switch up or down the volume, so I would like to use the headset buttons to skip songs.


texts:
I would like to disable  Shift+Command+Q keyboard shortcut for Log Out.

I am using Karabiner at the moment, but I only managed to disable it completely using the following xml:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
    <item>
        <name>Disable COMMAND SHIFT Q for Logout</name>
        <identifier>disable_CMD_SHIFT_Q_private</identifier>
        <autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::Q, VK_SHIFT | VK_COMMAND | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::VK_NONE</autogen>
    </item>
</root>

but I would like to have the keyboard combination available in emacs (in ESS for debugging).

Is there some way that I can effectively unmap the keyboard combination?


texts: How to open specific apps and arrange them to different desktops automatically?

texts:
I'm using my MacBook doing quite different things from time to time. For example, at home, I may want to open file1.xlsx, file2.xlsx with Excel on Desktop 2, while Chrome opened with tags of Google, Youtube on Desktop 1. While at work, I need to open code-folder1/ and code-folder2/ with Visual Studio Code on Desktop 2, and StackOverflow and Github with Chrome on Desktop 1. (In real world, I can spend 3 to 5 minutes to setup a working status).
Is there any tool, or scripts I can use to automatically close redundant applications, open specific tabs or files with desired ones, and arrange them in usual place?


texts:
I have a fresh Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) install, with every update available installed, on a iMac (2011). Safari (9.0) is acting up. Firefox is working just as it should.

I have tried the usual suspects, disk repair and deleting the cache to no avail. I have but a few apps installed, Logic X and a couple of other music apps, but the system is super fresh, it should not act up like this. Any ideas?


texts:
Just recently, I have been dealing with this frustrating problem of my apple mail not being able to authenticate my Google account. I tried different gmail accounts, removing and re-adding the accounts, rebooting my Mac etc. Still no use.

Can someone guide me through the process of getting this issue fixed? It is super frustrating for me to not be able to check my email using Apple mail.


texts:
I've bought this simple navigator that works fine on PC using the software released by the company but there is no mac version for it. Under mac the navigator was supposed to be mounted as an external drive. But this doesn't happen.

I've left a question for the company support team, but it seems to be unlikely to get a proper answer. Is there any way to force it to mount as an external drive?

I'm using macbook pro running OS X Yosemite 10.10.2. When I plug in the device on USB, I can see this controller is up 'CP2102 USB to UART Bridge Controller' in the system details, but i have no idea what to do next.


texts:
Ok, this is the weirdest thing ever.

So I have a 4s and i can't update it past 7.1.2. I tried everything but it won't work. It is said that the iphone 4s can update to ios 8 (via apple support) but it won't work. On this site it says that it can't but that's not possible cause my friend has a 4s too and she's already at like 9.3. There might be a bug in the software that causes that for me but the issue is growing so i am just puzzled and I am sad cause i want free starbucks but i can't get it. ( starbucks rewards needs 8 or higher.)


texts: MBP (Late 2013 Retina display) is shutting down randomly

texts:
I have a late 2013 15 inch MacBook Pro I bought off Amazon used. It has a core i7 2.0 Ghz processor and 16 GB of RAM. It's running Mac OS Sierra 10.12.4. The battery cycle count is 414.

The problem is that it randomly shuts down without any notice. Usually, the screen goes black but the keyboard shows light for a few seconds before it completely shuts down.

Interestingly, I have been using it in a clamshell mode quite a lot and it has never shus down in that particular mode.

Till now I have tried:

SMC reset
Reinstalling OS from scratch
PRAM Reset

Can anyone offer any other suggestions?


texts: OS X X11 applications that could be accessed from linux

texts: Besides xeyes and xcalc, is there any other X11 applications that I could launch from Linux with ssh -X ?


texts: My iPad will not send an iMessage to 3 of my contacts.  I have been iMessaging with them for years, they are family and all have iPhones and haven't changed anything with their carriers, usage, etc.  All of a sudden I got the Not Delivered Message.  Can anyone help me figure this out?


texts:
Is there an easy way to do this?

I have several folders with music files that I want to join. So it would be good if there is a batch solution to this problem.


texts: Assign a keyboard shortcut to "Add a face..." action in iPhoto?

texts: Is it possible to assign a keyboard shortcut to the "Add a face..." action in iPhoto? Preferably one that can be used outside of the Info view, so you can move quickly from viewing a photo to editing its info and adding a face?


texts: Can I use AppleScript to detect if there are any windows on screen?

texts: I have a bash script that requires to know if there are any windows on the current screen. I couldn't do it in bash so maybe there is a way. Also, if I could find if there is an active window (if there are windows on the screen) that would be great but it is not that important. Thanks


texts:
This sounds really stupid - but I bought my Mac (supposedly brand new) from a retailer friend in 2014, and I just found apps that are created in 2013 while going through Finder.

Does Date Created for apps & files in OS X can be not the exact date that it was installed on the Mac?


texts: Why do external hard drives stop working under very specific conditions?

texts:
I have a mid 2011 MacBook Pro 15" running Lion.

I have seen this behavior across 3 different external hardrives, with varying manufacturers (2x Seagate, 1 Western Digital), different file system formats and different USB ports.

If I'm using an External HDD, and for whatever reason take it out without ejecting the drive, Mac will refuse to mount it again. Some times, if I go into Disk utilities and Repair Disk it, it'll work. Other times, I have to go to a Windows machine, plug it in, eject it properly and then come back. It almost always works after this, and if not repeating this usually fixes it.

Mac will detect it, and all of the partitions on it, but it will not mount it. I can see the partitions in disk util, but mounting them always fails.

What are the possible causes for this? Is there any concrete way to prevent this from happening, besides being super careful when ejecting?

I'm pretty sure it's not because of bad blocks etc. as two of the three harddrives showed this behavior within a week of being bought.


texts:
On Linux, there is exportfs CLI tool which can be used to export NFSs without modifying /etc/exports file. However, I can't find it on OS X 10.8.

Why is it missing? Is there any way to install it or simulate its functionality: dynamically (un)export filesystems?


texts: iMessages not synced between Mavericks and Yosemite

texts:
I have two Macs, one with Mavericks and one with Yosemite. Ever since I’ve upgraded to Yosemite, iMessages are no longer in sync between the two. I use the Mavericks one as my primary machine and when I go to the other one, the only messages I see are the one pre-upgrade. I tried logging out and logging back in on both, but to no avail. How can I fix this problem?

The email address used for the account is the same in both instances and I do not use an iOS device, so there is no phone number associated with said account.


texts:
I'm unable to kill a process using any of the techniques I'm aware of ("Force Quit" in Activity Monitor, top, killall from the Terminal) and wonder if there are some additional steps I can take.

~ $ sudo killall -KILL 77439
Password:
No matching processes were found
~ $ killall -KILL 77439
No matching processes belonging to you were found
~ $ killall 77439
No matching processes belonging to you were found
~ $ killall Mathematica
No matching processes belonging to you were found

FWIW the process is "Mathematica" which I cannot relaunch, Quit, or Force Quit, or sample, either by name or PID, and it appears to have some odd side effects (screenshots don't appear, can't empty trash, and can't even shut down the system).

Are there additional steps that can be taken to really really kill a badly behaved process?


texts: My daughter accidentally turned on the Guided access, and the dilemma here is that we forgot the password, and we can't turn off the iPad to reboot, because it is stuck in app which she is using. How can I remove the Guided Access ?


texts:
MacOS asked me for update to EFI 2.7, I said ok. After rebooting I came up to the login screen. When I use my password for a moment I could see grey screen with mac's progress circle but then It returned to the login screen. In case if I use a random password, there are no this grey screen. I used disk utility to verify that the disk is ok. It had some minor problems so I used "repair". And now it says that the disk is ok.
I tried to go to the single user mode and reinstall this update

sudo /usr/sbin/bless -mount / -firmware "/System/Library/CoreServices/Firmware Updates/MacBookProEFIUpdate-2.7/MBP81_0047_27B_LOCKED.scap" --recovery --verbose

It wrotes:

bla-bla-bla
Substituting ESP disk0s1
Can't create mountpoint /Volumes/bless.ZZ2b
Executing "sbin/mount"
mount: realpath /Volumes/bless.ZZ2b: No such file or directory
Returned 256

Any ideas?


texts: How did this ominous file end up in my Application Support folder?

texts:
Deleting this file will break the whole internets, for the sake of our children don't do it!.

The above quotation is the content of a text file called STR8369805638PUB6932583035105 that I found today browsing the ~/Library/Application Support using a terminal.

I've found a thread on the Apple forums of somebody having exactly the same issue. It is also discussed on a german forum.

The file is not visible using the Finder, I discovered it because I've done an ls while in ~/Library/Application Support.

This is how the file look in a binary editor, the only odd thing may be that the file ends with a CR (0D) although it's quite recent (it's been created in October):

Does anybody have any idea where this file may come from ?


texts: How to appeal rejection by Apple for Developer Enterprise Account?

texts:
My company develops an app that needs to be deployed internally (outside the App store). To do so, we need an Apple Developer Enterprise account.

We went through the process of getting a DUNS number for our business (a registered LLC) and making sure it met Apple's requirements.

After the account sat in pending status for weeks, Apple informed me over the phone that, after internal review, our application was denied. They could not provide any additional information, nor outline the criteria for entry into the program. The stated conclusively that we would not be able to get an account, without providing a reason.

Does anyone know the best way to appeal this rejection?


texts: Reclaiming the display interface of laptop mainboard using external display

texts:
Instead of replacing a my macbook's broken display, I would like to utilize the Macbook mainboard's display interface with an external monitor.

In what ways is the Macbook's built-in display interface usable without using displays designed for this purpose?

This is a MacBook Pro (Late 2009) 15 inch.

Example: Is it possible to pin out the mainboard interface to HDMI or DVI?

Important: The motivation for this question is that I currently believe that a broken built-in display on a Macbook reduces the number of maximum supported displays by one. I am aware that the external display ports can be used even if the screen is broken, and I am using all of them. I am still at a loss for the missing display in the mean time.


texts:
I am using Mac OS X 10.12.5 with the Mac Mail client Version 10.2 (3259).   When I try to add a new rule to account in Mail, the part of the rule where the action to perform on the email is not fully expanded for some odd reason. Here is an example

As you can see, where it says Perform the following actions is just showing a horizontal line instead of the dropdown where you would normally select what action you want to have the rule perform.

I have tried to change my resolution to every setting allowed by my monitor, but it does not seem to change the rules dialog.

I just checked my existing rules that i have added to the Mail client, and all of those rules are showing up the same way :(

Any idea how I can fix this issue with the Rules dialog in the Mail client?


texts: How to get Quick Look to print PDF files double-sided?

texts:
My default printer's default settings are to print double-sided. It works well in all apps, due to system-wide preferences… with the exception of Quick Look: when I open a file with Quick Look (pressing space bar in Finder), then ask it to print (Command-P), it does not open a dialog and send it directly to the printer, one-sided.

How can I configure this behavior? Or is there another shortcut to get the behavior I want?


texts: Problem backing up my iPhone to my Mac, the iPhone icon does not appear in iTunes

texts:
I have an 2010 iMac running High Sierra. I have iTunes version 12.8.2.3 and iOS version 12.3.1.  I want to backup my iPhone to my computer using iTunes.

In the past I could connect my iPhone to my computer and when I started iTunes the iPhone icon would appear on the left side on the iTunes screen. I would select the iPhone and then back it up to either my computer or to iCloud.

Now, however, the iPhone does not appear in iTunes. How do I backup my iPhone to my computer?


texts: Do Apple brick-and-mortar stores carry the iMac with built-in VESA Mount Adapter?

texts:
If not, what does apple do to aid & prevent the pain of using their products?

from Increasing height of 27" iMac


texts: Can't print from OS X 10.7 to shared printer on OS X 10.6

texts:
I have a network with 2 Mac OS X computers in it.

When I try to print a text document from my upgraded OS X 10.7 to the shared printer on OS X 10.6, my print job gets stuck at the "job pending on server" message.

When I look at the printer spooler on the 10.6 machine, I see the job as "printing" and the message "sending data", but the printer doesn't print anything. There's no reaction at all, and yes – I checked the cables.


texts:
Lately I have problems deleting messages in Apple Mail (Mac OS 10.11).
I select one or multiple messages, hit delete key and get an error saying that these messages have already been "deleted" (moved to the trash folder in Mail): that's not true, the trash folder is empty and I'm stuck with the problem.

What should I do? I tried also to rebuilt Mail's mailbox with Onyx utility, but the problem persist.

Any idea? Thanks


texts: Added myself to /etc/sudoers but sudo still asks for password

texts:
This is my /etc/sudoers file edited with visudo, but I'm still asked to enter my password when doing sudo.

root ALL=(ALL) ALL
%admin  ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
petruza  ALL=(ALL) ALL
petruza  ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL

## Uncomment to allow members of group wheel to execute any command
%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

## Same thing without a password
%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

I had this running in previous OS installs but now it doesn't work.

My main need for this is to automatically execute xampp at startup and not having it asking me for the password.


texts: Can I make my apple store app free with ads and give previous buyers ad free add-on?

texts: I am planning to make my app free with ads but include an option to remove ads. Can I automatically give the add-on to all the previous buyers?


texts: Restore a partition on an external drive after enclosure failure

texts:
I had a very freak electrical accident with my iMac 5K a few weeks ago.
One of my external drives (my backup drive) shorted out and would no longer mount.
I decided to buy an 3.5" enclosure as I figured it was just the power supply that died.
Now, when connected I get a "This drive could not be read…"
I've run numerous terminal commands and some third party software, and as far as I can tell, the data is all intact, but but it looks like the drive configuration and headers are messed up. I see errors such as:
"Check the harddisk size: HD jumper settings, BIOS detection..."
"…no primary or secondary GPT headers, can't recover…"
"…unrecognized file system (-69846)…"

I'm talking out of my butt here, but it seems like the drive headers(?) could be reset correctly and the partition would magically show up.
Here's the results of several scans. The drive in question is disk2, and disk2s1 appears to be the partition in question:
> diskutil list

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:         TYPE NAME                    SIZE          IDENTIFIER
   0:         FDisk_partition_scheme      *4.0 TB        disk2
   1:         0xEE                         500.1 GB      disk2s1

> sudo gpt show disk2

       start             size        index  contents
           0                1         PMBR
           1       7813971632

> testdisk > analyze >

Disk /dev/rdisk2 - 4000 GB / 3725 GiB - 7813971633 sectors
Current partition structure:
     Partition                  Start        End    Size in sectors

Bad GPT partition, invalid signature.
Trying alternate GPT
Bad GPT partition, invalid signature.

Data Rescue returns what looks like a clean filesystem on its scan:


texts:
I'm listening to music on my iPhone. For some reason I need to pause it, so I press the button on my iPhone earbud thingies. Then when I start the music up again, it very often lags like crazy. The music played fine before, but after I resume, it's just impossible to listen to. Take up my phone and turn on the screen and lagging often goes away. Turn the screen off again and lagging sometimes comes back. Sometimes not.

Anyone else experienced this? Any idea what's going on? Could understand it if there was some rough process hogging resources in the back, but I mean, it plays fine until I press pause and I don't touch anything else until I resume it.

It happens with both the Music app and the Spotify app.


texts: I've been trying to get my hands on Swift, but I can't seem to find it.  Is it released yet?  If not, when will it be released?


texts: Icons not showing properly in Yosemite's Safari favourites bar

texts:
In this picture you can see that Safari recognises the correct icon for the bookmarks:

However when I look at them as part of the drop down menu in the address bar a lot of the icons are missing:

Is there a way to make the address bar refresh and load the proper icons or do I have to manually add the icons. And if so, how do I do it.

I use the address bar non-stop and it would be nice if it could do what it is supposed to do and look a bit more attractive.


texts: Best version of DOSBox for macOS (Homebrew version seems abandoned)

texts:
I've been using DOSBox through Homebrew for years, and now it won't update because of a SHA256 mismatch error. I tried all possible updates and cleanups in Homebrew to no avail. According to Homebrew, this means the brew is abandoned. DOSBox was last updated in 2010.

What is the best version of DOSBox for macOS, preferably available through Homebrew?


texts: How can I shut off the confirmation prompt when I delete conversations in Messages in OS X?

texts:
I receive a lot of messages on my MacBook Pro on a daily basis. Periodically throughout the day I need to delete multiple conversations in messages for clarity purposes. Each time I delete a conversation thread I receive the following prompt:

I have looked around in Messages preferences and I can not see any readily apparent option to disable the deletion confirmation pop-up dialog box. Is there any way to disable this dialog in Messsages or otherwise?


texts:
I took a photo using the contact app on my iPhone 5.  I would like to copy that photo, but there doesnt appear to be an easy way to get it.

I did some googling, but all the answers were several years old - and all of them said you could not do it.

There was one answer that required programming that the poster said "supposedly could do it", but I dont have the development tools (or working Mac) to even try.

Anyone know of a way to extract the contact photos?


texts: Control-Command-A (archive) not working in Mail

texts: In the past, I could archive an email by pressing control-command-A but now it doesn't work anymore. Now, with control-command-A, I go into some sort of screen selection tool that allows me to take screenshots and draw on them. I checked the keyboard shortcuts settings but couldn't find such a shortcut. Does anyone know why this is happening and how to re-enable archive?


texts: Why are executables called DMG (disk image) files?

texts:
I am not experienced with OSX but I have been using it recently.

It seems to me the equivalent of an .exe (executable) in Windows is a .dmg (disk image) in OSX.

And you don't install it, you mount it.

I am trying to wrap my head around these terms, why do they call it this?


texts: Should Safari be doing stuff during Power Nap?

texts:
When I'm not using it, my 2014 MBP sits plugged in, on my desk, where I use my Mini. Recently, I've noticed that when FaceBook makes a 'ping' notification in Safari on my Mini, I also get a ping coming out of the laptop.
The laptop is running 10.15.5. Apple's support page about Power Nap: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204032 says nothing about Safari, but does say "During Power Nap, your Mac plays no system sounds". I suppose it's arguable whether noises from Safari are 'system' sounds.
I dare say that 'this is how it is', but I'm surprised I've never noticed it before. Does this mean that any AJAX-type webpage could be set-up to run while the computer is napping?
Or is my computer not actually napping at all?


texts: What is the ApplicationsStorageExtension process on macOS?

texts:
I heard my MacBook Air's fan running loudly, so I opened Activity Monitor. I see that a process named "ApplicationsStorageExtension" has a high number for % CPU. How do I kill that process?
Duplicates:

Process group "ApplicationsStorageExtension" eating my RAM? : MacOS - Reddit
applicationstorageextension on big sur eating up memory - Apple Community


texts: would browsing in private mode skew location services data?

texts: Recently started noticing a weird location on my  husbands iPhone at odd hours--saying he was in a location across town when he was literally sitting in front of me--it is same location every time.  would switching to private or incognito browsing cause that to happen?


texts: MacBook that spontaneously restarts and often shuts down instead of sleeping

texts: My Macbook Pro has started shutting down rather than sleeping when I close it and it just decides to shut down in the middle of an operation and restart. When I ran Repair Disk Permissions on Disk Utility this is the result.  Any ideas?


texts: Is there an app/extension similar to The Great Suspender but for Safari?

texts: Safari is sucking wind lately, for me. I have a new 1TB hard drive in my system, put in Jan 2016. For Chrome I use Great Suspender extension - it halts tabs/sites after not being used for a while. Anything similar to this for Safari? Or any other suggestions to get Safari nice and zippy again? Thx.


texts: Cisco AnyConnect denies connection after failing to recognize antivirus

texts:
First I'd like to say...

I don't typically install antivirus on my computers but I had to make an exception for a client.
I've talked to their help desk about this issue and aside from providing a spreadsheet of approved antivirus apps for Mac I have had no luck getting AnyConnect to recognize that I have installed one. Tried a few actually.
They did ask some other people in company on Macs and they said they were running the AnyConnect in a windows vm and I'm guessing making windows act like a proxy for specific traffic. Not exactly sure how that is being configured, but that's my last resort.

So now the question, does anyone know what AnyConnect is checking? Is it a path? Or something else? I've been wondering if I can force it or fake it. My client doesn't want me to settle for Windows since their network people say they support it. No response from network dept on that so I'm on my own or have to hack together some obtuse solution.

So if anyone has any suggestions that would be awesome.

Thanks!


texts: How can I check whether my Mac OS El Captain network is tracked?

texts:
I want to check how (if) and what of my files and network data is logged when using my MacBook offsite. This is a work computer and I know almost all data is tracked when I am onsite. How can I check if this happens when I am offsite not using the VPN (company provided).

Can someone tell me how this is tracked by IT, is there something like syncing drives to a network drive whenever a particular person gets connected on Office network?


texts: Can a dedicated GPU use/share system RAM in addition to the VRAM included with it?

texts:
The Macbook Pro laptop, running OS X, has a AMD GPU which includes graphics memory of 256 MB. Is it possible for the machine to run an application that requires 512 MB video memory by sharing some of the system RAM?

(There is also an integrated graphics card but this has a max (shared) VRAM of around 380 MB. AFAIK it cannot go over this.)

Is there any way an application with video memory requirements of 512MB could be run on this machine?


texts:
I bought a new macbook pro (13 inch with 500GB) and it came in yesterday (April 28th, 2011).

I tried downloading Xcode and was able to download it onto my computer. However when I try to and open it, it tells me that I do not meet system requirements. I did a software update check and updated all of my software.

Why can can't I open Xcode? And what can I do to fix the problem?


texts:
Just tried Safari (got advised to save battery power over Chrome) and the "Save As" button is disabled!
Can't save a single page!

Any idea why this happens and what I can do against it?
Thanks!

EDIT. Safari version 6.1, MacOS 10.8.5


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I'm having trouble formatting this SD card. The write protect switch is off, of course. I tried using the built-in card reader on my MacBook Air and then a USB one. It won't even format on my Windows machine. It's hard to believe the card is bad as it was working just fine about a month ago when I last used it and I barely wrote data to it in its lifetime.

It doesn't mount automatically, nor does it show up in the Disk Utility GUI. However, diskutil on the command line sees it just fine.

When I try to format it through diskutil with the following command:

sudo diskutil eraseDisk FAT32 NIKON MBRFormat /dev/disk3

It does not work and I get the following error message:

I'm just perplexed as it has been in a case and like I said above, I've barely used it. It's hard to believe it died while not being in a computer, but it wouldn't be the strangest thing I've experienced in my life on the computer.

It would be much appreciated if someone can help me revive the card, if possible.


texts: mdfind query on kMDItemFSTypeCode can't find some type codes

texts:
I just upgraded to a new MacBook with Lion, and having discovered that some of my old apps can't come with, I'm scouring my files for certain types that will need to be converted to future-proof formats. A lot of these files go back to System 7 and some never had filename extensions (d'oh), so I figured the best way to find them would be to search by the old-style creator/type codes.

I've been using the mdfind command with success for most type codes, but I've discovered that its results aren't always consistent. Here's an example of what's going wrong when I try to find 3DMF files.

First I run mdls to verify the type code:

$ mdls garage.3DMF

kMDItemContentCreationDate     = 2002-06-24 02:05:20 +0000
...
kMDItemFSCreatorCode           = "OP40"
...
kMDItemFSTypeCode              = "3DMF"
kMDItemKind                    = "3dmf"
...

"Ah, so it's '3DMF'," I think. So now I run mdfind on the same directory to verify it's working:

mdfind -onlyin . "kMDItemFSTypeCode == '3DMF'"

But nothing is returned! In fact, nothing comes back when I run it over the entire drive, even though I have 3DMF files scattered all over.

Running a general query (mdfind 3DMF) seems to do the job, but it's overkill and returns a lot of false positives. Is there something obvious I'm doing wrong here?


texts: Secret way to trigger Thesaurus on Mac OS X?

texts:
Not really sure how to ask since I have no idea what just happened, but I'll try my best :-)

I just typed "I" into a textfield here on Yosemite and then tried to click on an icon in the Mac OS status bar (with the option key and some other key pressed AFAIK), but I missed and the next thing I saw was a dropdown that contained the entries "He", "She", "It", "You", "We", ...I am unable to reproduce and would like to know what this was and how to  make it happen again?


texts: Can I avoid phishing messages using sender ID to fool me?

texts:
I've just received a phishing message on my iPhone that uses a fake sender ID of "Qantas". The message appears alongside legitimate messages coming from Qantas.

The scam is described by Qantas on their website, and on this unofficial forum. The Qantas information mentions sender ID:

  Unfortunately scammers can change sender ID names which makes it confusing for the recipient to recognise when a legitimate message has been sent and when it is a scam. These messages – because of the sender ID name – can then be grouped with genuine messages with Qantas.

Is there anything I can do to minimise the risk of phishing, such as displaying the phone number the message is coming from? I tried clicking on "info", but it doesn't display any phone numbers, either for the phisher or the legitimate sender.


texts: Play sound through earpiece speaker iphone

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How can i make my iPhone 7 play all sound through the earpiece?

I want to listen to music privately without headphones thought this would be an easy way to do it, pointing bottom of phone low-volume to head is awkward and doesn't work v well.


texts: MacBook Pro 2019 with touchbar freezes chrome forms

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I have a brand new macbook (2019 with touchbar running macOS Catalina).
When I use an external keyboard all is fine.
But when using the laptop keyboard it is extremely slow/laggy on all website input fields and forms (using chrome).
After the first char it freezes and then maybe 10 seconds later the rest I typed is visible.
On safari it is working normally. I have tried disabling the touchbar, but that does not seem possible. Putting it in F1-F12 mode (not providing suggestions) does not help.
Any ideas how I can fix this issue?


texts: Wifi doesn't stay connected with 2010 MacBook Pro after upgrade to Mountain Lion

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After upgrading from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion the Wi-Fi on my 2010 MBP basically stopped working. It would stay connected for a few minutes at a time and then drop the connection, connect, drop, etc.

My Wi-Fi access point continued to work with all other devices - it just stopped working on this one machine.

It appears that this issue is also in Lion - there are many threads on discussions.apple.com with users complaining about similar issues:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4144707?start=0&tstart=0

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3191630?start=0&tstart=0

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3235078?start=0&tstart=0


texts: When I'm in the entire Calendar year and I tap on a date it doesn't open

texts: Can anyone please tell me why or what I need to do?  If I go to "Today" on calendars all is well.  It's just when I have the months all on screen and tap a date that it won't open.


texts: Pages 5.2: How to insert date field in other language than system default?

texts: My system language is American English. When I insert a date field in Pages (5.2) it follows this format, even though I've set the spelling and grammar language to Dutch. Is it possible to insert a date field in Dutch?


texts: How can I script inverting screen colors?

texts:
And, more generally, how can I change accessibility settings via the command line?

Worth pointing out that I'm pretty comfortable with bash already- coming from a systems administration / *nix background- but I just don't know which files to edit or tools to use.

To clarify, I am not asking this question, the resolution of which modifies a setting under Security and Privacy. What I want to do is change a setting directly under Accessibility. I'll grant the title of that question is misleadingly similar, but the content is entirely divorced from my intent.


texts: Why does Apple TV show screensaver when playing video?

texts:
On occasion, our 3rd Gen ATV will display the screensaver while playing video. Once it starts doing this, the only way to get it to stop is by restarting.  I love my ATV, but this is quite a distraction.

So far, I've noticed that this occurs with both Hulu and Netflix.  The reports I've seen say that a reboot solved the issue with no follow-ups.  For me, that fix is temporary.  A few days later, the problem is back again.

Has anyone else had this problem?


texts: Show battery percentage on macOS lock screen?

texts:
How can I show battery percentage on my Mac's log-in screen?
My menu bar normally shows batter percentage, I have the option enabled in System Preferences, but when I close my laptop lid and reopen it or lock my screen and have to log in again, I can't see the battery's percentage, just the icon.


texts:
I use photos from a digital camera and work with them in Photoshop/Lightroom. Today I again imported pictures from the camera into photos-app on my MacBook Pro, mid 2014, Yosemite 10.10.4/3 (I had the problem on both versions, stable and beta), and then, before I saw the export-option, copied the pictures and pasted them into Preview.

As a result, I noticed an extreme quality-loss, since the resolution always was 1024x768 by 72 pxi instead of 3072x1728 by 180 dpi (yes I know I stated different units pxi/dpi but that's the information I get from my software pix is preview, dpi is digital images, and I think there isn't much of a difference?).

I'm wondering where this comes from, also because exporting works fine, without quality-loss and I would like to know how I can see the dpi of an image with preview-app / information-option.

Thank you,

Gabriel/Gabkano


texts: How do I clear out "Recent Rooms" in Outlook 2011 when I am creating a Meeting or Appointment?

texts: How do I clear out "Recent Rooms" in Outlook 2011 for Mac when I am creating a Meeting or an Appointment? Deleting from the UI will not clear for the next time I try to schedule a meeting.


texts: Double Calendar invites from Exchange server

texts:
I am running macOS 10.13.4 and recently when I am getting calendar invites from an exchange server, the invites are doubling up. In other words, I am seeing two of everything and am forced to accept both, so I end up with double events in my iCal. If I delete either, it sends a decline.

How can I prevent double invites?


texts: Why can't I browse the internet with Safari, but Chrome is working?

texts:
I can't browse to any website using Safari; yet, Google Chrome and Firefox are working fine. The Mac App Store also reports that it cannot connect.

I am running OSX 10.7.2 on a 2011 MacBook Pro.


texts: What changed in the Yosemite SmartCard handling?

texts:
A few years ago, it was realized that using number generating RSA keyfobs for authentication into VPNs was not a completely secure mechanism. Some companies that previously relied on RSA for this have migrated to using SmartCards with PINs instead. Combining this with enterprise products such as Citrix Receiver have worked pretty well so far.

With the release of OS X Yosemite, Citrix no longer works with SmartCard authentication. Both Apple and Citrix have acknowledged this, but according to the forums on those sites, it doesn't seem like a heck of a lot is happening to resolve the situation. As a result, people who use Macs at home to remote desktop to their office are unable to upgrade to Yosemite since it means that they'd no longer be able to work from home.

I'm curious if anyone has any idea or insight as to what exactly changed with Yosemite and why would it be taking so long for either Apple or Citrix to come up with a fix? You would get the impression that either Apple has completely broken the support and just doesn't care or Citrix can't get an engineer to make some tweaks.

Any idea as to what exactly was the breaking change and perhaps why would this be such a difficult problem to fix?


texts: Accessing temporarily Another User's directories by entering his User ID and Password in Mac

texts: I've two user accounts in my mac, One for me and other for my friend. When friend is using the MacBook and he needs some file from me, for that I've to login into my account and share the file by file sharing or USB data traveller. It takes time. What I want is, when my friend needs some file from my account, I should just double click on a folder in finder within my account under Users and finder ask my login id and password and grant me access on entering right password. How can I do so?


texts: Publishing app with iAd but no completed contract

texts:
Would it be possible to submit an app with iAd in it, without having your iAd contract completed? Since it would be like 7-14 days for Apple to review the app and publish it.

Could I submit my app now, and do the iAd contract tomorrow and everything will be fine?


texts: How to test if video is local or stream?

texts: If I watch a video in QuickTime Player, how I can test in my AppleScript, if this video file is on my Mac or is it streamed live from the net?


texts: Why doesn't iBooks save my place between the iPhone and iPad?

texts:
Background: I finally bought a fiction book to read on my iOS devices. It's Redshirts by John Scalzi. I bought it from Apple. It was supposed to be DRM-free but wasn't. So the author got Macmillan to send a DRM-free version to anyone who sent a copy of their purchase confirmation. So I deleted the Apple Store version and replaced with the DRM-free epub file.

Problem: My understanding was that when I stop reading on the iPad I could later pick up the iPhone and have the book open up to the place where I stopped on the iPad. But this isn't happening. I've tried placing a bookmark when I finish reading but it doesn't change anything.

Is my original assumption incorrect?

Sync Bookmarks and Sync Collections are both on in iBooks settings on the iPad and iPhone.

I haven't migrated from MobileMe to iCloud yet (still waiting for Bare Bones to get Yojimbo to sync over iCloud). Is that a problem?

Update

I switched over to iCloud and syncing still doesn't happen. My guess is it's because I have two Apple IDs the one I use to make iTunes purchases is not the .mac Apple ID that became my iCloud account.


texts:
My spotlight index is completely broken. It can't find anything at all, every single thing I search for just returns 'no results'.
Here's what I've tried:

Re-indexing spotlight through System Preferences. I added the Applications folder to the Privacy filter and then deleted it, but it didn't seem to help. Same with other folders that I tried.
Fixing disk permissions. Permissions weren't broken, so there was nothing to fix.
Re-installing Sierra. I was ready to lose all my data, I've got it backed up, but it kept all the data I had when I re-installed the OS. And spotlight is still broken.

I'm really confused, not sure where to go from here.


texts: How can I keep notification center enabled, even when I'm in a full-screen app?

texts:
I'm running 10.9.4 on a MacBook Air, and when I enter composition mode in Scrivener (which is a full-screen mode) I find that the Mac Notification Center is completely disabled. Any alerts I receive will make no sound and I can't see the little windows. If I switch away from Scrivener to another app, then the alerts are visible, but any banners have already come and gone, so I never see them.

Is there any way to change this behavior? I would like Notification Center to stay active even when I'm in this full-screen app.

Thanks!


texts: Wi-Fi sync with iPhone and iPad fails often

texts:
When I try to sync my iPhone or iPad via Wi-Fi it happens very often that the symbol of the device disappears after iTunes is telling me that it's searching the device. After a couple of minutes the symbol re-appears. Syncing via USB works flawlessly.

This is very annoying, especially because I don't get any error message. The device's symbol simply disappears.


texts: Use another MacBook as extended display via Thunderbolt 2 cable?

texts:
I am currently using a MacBook Pro 2015 with Iris Pro 2G graphic card, which supports up to 2 extended display (I tried to setup 3 extended monitor - 2x Thunderbolt 2 + 1x HDMI, it won't work, 1 screen has to go dark). On the other hand I also have a MacBook Pro 2013 with a broken screen. Both MBPs have 2x Thunderbolt port and 1x HDMI.

MBP 2015 has a 3-screen setup:

Laptop screen
Thunderbolt 2 to DVI on FHD monitor (extended)
HDMI to DVI on FHD monitor (extended)

MBP 2013 has a single screen setup:

Laptop screen - broken
Thunderbolt 2 to DVI on FHD monitor (mirror, not extended)

My question is,

Is it possible to use a Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 2 cable connect these 2 MBP and make the 2013 MBP's FHD monitor as another extended display to make MBP 2015 to total of 4 screens?
If not, any suggestion to make the most of the MBP 2013?


texts: MacOS File Permissions Reset After Writing

texts:
I have two user accounts on my MacOS 10.12, both should be able to read and write a KeePass file saved in /Users/Shared/. I've created a user group for this called me that contains both users. In the options/info dialog of that file I added read&write permission for that group. Now both users can read it and even write to it ....... once. After the file has been written, the file permissions reset so that the other user account can't read nor write. This is very annoying.

Can I fix this somehow?


texts: How to Fix Disk Utility Getting Stuck on "Verifying storage system"

texts:
Okay, had a brief power outage today that shut down my computer and external drives, so I figured I should run a quick disk check just to be safe.

However, when I run try to verify with Disk Utility, one of the volumes (an encrypted Fusion Drive) is getting stuck on the "Verifying storage system" step. I've tried leaving it, but even after more than eight hours it wasn't showing any progress of any kind.

I've tried using both the Disk Utility app as well as the diskutil verifyVolume command line utility, but nothing happens.

I've also tried doing this with the volume not being used as the system volume, but it makes no difference; not sure if it's relevant, but even though the volume isn't the system volume, Disk Utility isn't unmounting it to verify it. It only just occurred to me now, so I'll try and remember tomorrow to keep the volume unmounted and run a check in that state to see if it makes any difference.

I'm not even sure if I remember seeing the "verifying storage system" step before, or if it does come up it must scroll away quickly normally, certainly never had it stick before.


texts: Multiple machine ssh client application for macOS

texts:
In Windows there are applications such as mobaexterm that allow the user to control multiple remote ssh clients conveniently. For example, in order to run the same command on multiple machine, or save multiple session (so that it would be easy re-connect to those sessions simultaneously in the future).

Is it possible to achieve this goal from the macOS machine? Are there any relevant applications for this?


texts:
I usually work without using the mouse too much.
In Mavericks the active button (the one that's pressed using the spacebar) had a nice blue outline. Any way to get that back?

In the screenshot below "Don't Save" is actually active and pressing space presses it. also Tab-Space presses the cancel button.

Old UI:


texts: Send file using wifi to my MacBook while connected to wi-fi

texts:
just a quick question.
I've got a MacBook Air and I'm a journalist, I need the SD Card slot.

I've to switch to the new MacBook Pro and I will lose the SD Card, so I'm trying to solve the issue.

I'm planning to use a wireless SD Card (Transcend) and a ruby script on my MacBook that looks for new files on the card and download them on a folder on my Mac.

Here is the issue: everything is ok if I connect to the wi-fi hotspot created by the transcend, but of course I must connect to the wifi of the event / venue so I cannot lose the wifi connection.

At this moment I'm using the iPhone as camera and AirDrop: I can send photos to my Mac without any issue to the wi-fi connection: my Macbook receive images while connected to the wi-fi.

Is there a way to create a virtual wi-fi interface that looks for the Transcend SSID, connect to the card and download images?

I can also use a EyeFi card that act as a server, and the server is another script that runs on my Mac. This doesn't solve the problem: is my MacBook is connected to the network I cannot use the access point mode so the EyeFi can't connect.

Any idea? AirDrop work in that wy, but I cannot understand how can I create a sort of "airdrop" tunnel to connect to my card


texts: Issues with internal flash storage drive, time machine and spotlight

texts:
Anyone experienced similar issues that my internal drive, where OS X is installed is looking like this (About This Mac --> Storage).

Also Finder can not see second partition of the drive. On top of that when opening Disk Utility it loads for really long and almost freezes. Trying to mount second partition from Disk Utility does nothing. I have run First Aid, have reset PRAM, still nothing. Additionally when this happened now the Spotlight can’t find any applications either. I followed these steps, still no luck: Applications Don't Show Up in Spotlight
Is my M2 SSD dying or what is happening. How could I verify that?

Also Time Machine fails to make any successful backups to external disk, complains that (previously was working fine):

  An error occurred while copying files. The problem may be temporary. If the problem persists, use Disk Utility to repair your backup disk.

All this started after a MacBook restart.

I have MacBook Pro 15" from 2015 and running Mac OSX version 10.14.6


texts: Is there a way to power up a Mac Mini remotely?

texts:
Is there ANY way to Power Up a Mac Mini remotely?
Just to be clear, I don´t mean wake up from sleep but boot up.


texts: Can the iCloud share app-specific data across devices?

texts:
Like many people who own both an iPhone and iPad, I like to play games on them -- preferably on the pad when I have it at hand, but on my phone when not.

One thing that always irked me was that, for games that run on both, progress on one device wasn't saved or shared to the other.

If I configure both devices to use iCloud, will they synch game data? (And if so, can I specify which version of the data takes precedence?)


texts: Attaching OneDrive File to Email in Outlook App

texts:
I'm using the Outlook mobile app for iOS as well as OneDrive. I'd like to attach files from OneDrive when I compose an email in Outlook, so I click on the paper clip, then choose Attach File, then there is a page titled "Files" and at the top are a list of cloud service providers, such as Google Drive, Box, etc. (picture at the end)

Unfortunately there is an X next to each of these, and I accidentally clicked on the X by OneDrive, assuming it was an arrow ">". Now that option has disappeared. Have I permanently lost the ability to attach files from OneDrive to my emails? How do I bring this back?

It's not clear to me if this "Files" page is just a part of Outlook, or if it's related to the Files app bundled with iOS. The whole thing is a mess.


texts: Using external NTFS drive from windows on mac with bootcamp

texts:
I am new to StackExchange so please pardon, if my request does not follow all best practices.

My dad uses Windows 10 on a MacBook pro 2015 via Bootcamp. His backup data is on an external NTFS hard drive. He is unable to access the data.

I am using NTFS with mac via paragon software. I.e. I am aware of the different file types.

What I am struggling with is that, since he is running bootcamp, he is probably not able to use a paragon NTFS driver for mac, is he?

Is this a know issue? Can somebody advise on how to approach this? Happy to buy a Software like the Paragon driver, if that solves the quest.


texts:
I have bought an unlocked iPhone 5s (I believe it's model A1530) from the Apple Store Australia, can I use any sim to activate this phone?

Could I even use my partners and then put it back in his phone once it's activated?

I only want to use the phone over wifi for now.


texts: Install Yosemite ISO on VMWare Workstation 11

texts:
I have a win 7 computer with vmware workstation 11 and I need to install Yosemite in it. I got the Yosemite OS iso after downloading the os in a mac from the appstore, as outlined in this guide (Official way to obtain an OS X ISO file). Now what I cant seem to find anywhere is how to create a vm with that iso. When I create a new vm in workstation it asks for the iso file, then I don't see the option to specify OSX as my OS in the wizard. Is there a way to create a vmx with this iso? Have any of you done this before?

Thanks


texts: Recently replaced iMac hard drive through recall program. Used Time Machine/Seagate Backup Drive. Everything seems to be restored but my Pages documents. How do I find them?


texts: Would an iPhone charging cable electrocution cause lasting damage?

texts:
Some time ago I accidentally touched the tip of a 2-meter long iPhone charging cable while the charging adapter was plugged in. It gave me a slight jump but nothing more than that. I was indoors and barefoot, and my hands were dry(I think).
I live in an area where the normal voltage for any outlet is 220V. Am I supposed to be okay?


texts: Html file became a rtf file then a txt file

texts: I have been working on a html file on my mac os 10.10 via Texedit for about a week. When I started my computer today the file appeared on my machine as an rtf, and when I opened it I saw my page as rich text with no javascript of html tags. I then tried to restore it but all the versions were rtf. I then choose to view the page a plain text and restore again and now all the versions were plain text. Again no javascript or html tags. How can I restore my file as a html file?


texts: I just got this phone yesterday and was checking my yahoo email account. I can read mail from individuals, but he reply/forward/trash buttons are missing from the page?  How can I restore them?


texts: Encrypted external drive won't mount anymore

texts:
I have a 1 TB external drive I use for Time Machine, and as manual backup external drive. It is encrypted.

I started to convert it back to normal. I was able to mount it correctly several times while the conversion was in progress, but now it is not working anymore. Can't be mounted.

diskutil corestorage list

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 390B29FA-501C-4A34-BCE9-A2249F1FA2A3
    =========================================================
    Name:         HDEXT1TB
    Status:       Online
    Size:         999860912128 B (999.9 GB)
    Free Space:   5943296 B (5.9 MB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume FB6151D3-4BEA-4C69-A744-A17B9AE18262
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk2s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     999860912128 B (999.9 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family 21CF48F7-8D6D-4990-A2E6-C21680852F03
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Type:         AES-XTS
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Conversion Status:       Converting (backward)
        Reversion State:         Decrypting
        High Level Queries:      Not Fully Secure
        |                        Has Visible Users
        |                        Has Volume Key
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 45E49F43-C577-415F-B606-3295EB25FAB3
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk3
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          999502643200 B (999.5 GB)
            Conversion Progress:   57%
            Revertible:            No
            LV Name:               HDEXT1TB
            Volume Name:           HDEXT1TB
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFSX

diskutil mount readOnly 45E49F43-C577-415F-B606-3295EB25FAB3
disk3 is a CoreStorage Logical Volume which failed to mount

diskutil corestorage decryptvolume 45E49F43-C577-415F-B606-3295EB25FAB3
Started CoreStorage operation on disk3 HDEXT1TB
Error: -69649: This Core Storage logical volume is already decrypting

Is there any way to mount it again? It seems to be still decrypting, do you think I can simply leave it attached to the Mac even if not mounted?


texts: Mac mini incompatibility with HDMI to VGA

texts:
I was reading about what is happening to me now with a Mac mini and many people report it, what I understood is that from HDMI to VGA, it does not send a signal since it is analog and it does not work.
My question is could I go from HDMI to DVI, then from DVI to VGA; would it work?
Guiding question
It should be noted that my first port which is the mini DisplayPort I am already occupying it; this would be for my second screen.


texts:
I want to get the nickname of the currently logged in OS X user via Apple Script. Currently can only retrieve the full name or the nickname of a contact, I wasn't able to combine the two scripts.

tell application "System Events"
    get full name of current user
end tell

Returns my full name.

tell application "Contacts" to get nickname of person "My Name"

Returns my nickname.

I'd like to get the nickname of the vcard of the currently logged in user.


texts: Best way to distribute script with low friction

texts:
I have helped a few friends recently with fixing a problem on OS X and I would like to turn it in to a script so I can send it to people instead of walking them through it. It consists of two steps:

delete a file
restart the computer

What is the best way to package this so people will be able to execute it with the default security settings on Mountain Lion and Mavericks? AppleScript, Automator, Shell script?


texts: How do I stop MacAppStore from showing updates for deleted apps?

texts:
I've deleted apps that were purchased through the Mac AppStore. I used "CleanApp" to delete the parts left in app support folders.

But I still see notifications of updates in the AppStore app.

I know I can hide the app name in the Purchases tab, but is there any way to remove these notifications permanently?

It is not just a cosmetic thing. If I have multiple updates and I select "Update All Apps",  the deleted apps will be reinstalled.

Please note I am asking about the Mac App Store, not the iOS Store.


texts: macOS Mail crashes when window is closed (app brought into background)

texts:
For the last year (possibly longer) the Mail app on my iMac crashes after I close the window (not quit, just close using the red X button in the top left corner, or with cmd+w). This happens 100% of the time without fail. I submit a crash report to Apple each time but it seems like this isn't addressed. Note, I only have one account connected and that is my iCloud. Things I've tried:

resetting PRAM
removed Mail preferences files
removed the entire library (can't remember how, found instructions online. but after it was finished the app asked to rebuild the mail index)
rebuilding mailboxes (https://support.apple.com/guide/mail/rebuild-mailboxes-mlhlp1227/mac)
removing and re-adding my account

I'm out of ideas besides reinstalling macOS but that's my last resort. Here's part of the crash log:

Process:               Mail [10894]
Path:                  /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail
Identifier:            com.apple.mail
Version:               11.5 (3445.9.1)
Build Info:            Mail-3445009001000000~1
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           Mail [10894]
User ID:               501

Date/Time:             2018-08-30 11:29:14.606 -0400
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.13.6 (17G65)
Report Version:        12
Anonymous UUID:        <STRIPPED>

Sleep/Wake UUID:       <STRIPPED>

Time Awake Since Boot: 45000 seconds
Time Since Wake:       6100 seconds

System Integrity Protection: disabled

Crashed Thread:        0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type:        EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes:       KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Termination Signal:    Segmentation fault: 11
Termination Reason:    Namespace SIGNAL, Code 0xb
Terminating Process:   exc handler [0]

VM Regions Near 0:
-->
    __TEXT                 000000010a623000-000000010a9e5000 [ 3848K] r-x/rwx SM=COW   [/Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail]

Edit to add detail:

When I disable my iCloud account in preferences, I can close the app without it crashing. But as soon as the account is re-enabled, it goes right back to crashing on close.

Another thing I noticed is that if I click the "Mailboxes" button to show all mailboxes (eg, Inbox, Flagged, Sent, etc). I can switch to any other mailbox and close the app without problems. It only crashes if I have the Inbox selected and close the app.

Update:

Opened Console and tracked error messages from Mail app. Here are the results, all of these errors are logged multiple times except the AEGetDescData error.

Error sending searchable item 29964 to CoreSpotlight:Error Domain=CSIndexErrorDomain Code=-1000 "(null)"

[AOSAccounts] : [ACAccount+iCloudAccount] : -[ACAccount(iCloudAccount) icaCloudKitToken] - icaCloudKitToken cannot be returned as account is still not vetted!

AEGetDescData of non-desc type 'reco' not a good idea

Update

A lot of events are logged in Console. I cleared the console before closing Mail, here's a screenshot with all the messages (my email address blurred out).


texts: Automatic WiFi sync to iTunes not working

texts:
I just upgraded to iOS 5 and am having trouble with the automatic sync to iTunes. Sync works fine if I go into Settings -> General -> iTunes Wi-Fi Sync and press "Sync Now" or trigger the sync from the Device menu in iTunes, but when I plug in my phone overnight sync doesn't happen.

Am I forgetting a setting? Or is there a known-issue that I haven't been able to uncover?

My setup:

iPhone 4 with iOS 5
iTunes 10.5 on MacBook Pro running 10.7.2
Time Capsule for Wi-Fi

EDIT: For clarification, I do have the "Sync with this iPhone over Wi-Fi" checkbox enabled in the Summary screen, and the prevent syncing box in Preferences is not checked.


texts: Are all apps compatible with the Apple TV?

texts: I can't find a list of Apple TV products anywhere. I want to use Dish Anywhere specifically on the Apple TV. I'd also like to know if I can just mirror my screen from my iPhone 6 Plus to the Apple TV.