texts: Thunderbolt monitor Ethernet adapter causes network preferences pane to crash

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I have a 2014 Macbook Pro 15" running 10.9.3, connected via Thunderbolt to two Apple Thunderbolt monitors.  Each monitor has an Ethernet jack.

The Ethernet seems to pick up an IP address, but doesn't work unless I turn of Wi-Fi, then disconnect my VPN, then pull the Ethernet and reconnect it.

When I plug in my ethernet cable to monitor, the Network Preferences pane crashes every time I open it.

6/3/14 2:38:36.962 PM com.apple.preference.network.remoteservice[23014]: assertion failed: 13D65: liblaunch.dylib + 25164 [38D1AB2C-A476-385F-8EA8-7AB604CA1F89]: 0x25
6/3/14 2:38:36.971 PM com.apple.preference.network.remoteservice[23014]: assertion failed: 13D65: liblaunch.dylib + 25164 [38D1AB2C-A476-385F-8EA8-7AB604CA1F89]: 0x25
6/3/14 2:38:37.130 PM com.apple.preference.network.remoteservice[23014]: Bogus event received by listener connection:
<error: 0x7fff785aab50> { count = 1, contents =
    "XPCErrorDescription" => <string: 0x7fff785aae60> { length = 18, contents = "Connection invalid" }
}
6/3/14 2:38:37.235 PM com.apple.preference.network.remoteservice[23014]: Could not find image named 'InvalidDataIcon'.
6/3/14 2:38:37.318 PM com.apple.preference.network.remoteservice[23014]: -[__NSCFString count]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7fb8fb502670
6/3/14 2:38:37.319 PM com.apple.preference.network.remoteservice[23014]: An uncaught exception was raised
6/3/14 2:38:37.319 PM com.apple.preference.network.remoteservice[23014]: -[__NSCFString count]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7fb8fb502670
6/3/14 2:38:37.320 PM com.apple.preference.network.remoteservice[23014]: (
    0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8c04425c __exceptionPreprocess + 172
    1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff887dee75 objc_exception_throw + 43
    2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8c04712d -[NSObject(NSObject) doesNotRecognizeSelector:] + 205
    3   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8bfa2322 ___forwarding___ + 1010
    4   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8bfa1ea8 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 120
    5   Network                             0x00000001117ea6fd Network + 50941
    6   Network                             0x00000001117ea35d Network + 50013
    7   Network                             0x00000001117e8b6b Network + 43883
    8   Network                             0x00000001118284e7 decryptOldStylePassword + 130098
    9   Network                             0x00000001117e7549 Network + 38217
    10  CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8c012e0c __CFNOTIFICATIONCENTER_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER__ + 12
...
)
6/3/14 2:38:37.320 PM com.apple.preference.network.remoteservice[23014]: *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[__NSCFString count]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7fb8fb502670'
*** First throw call stack:
(
    0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8c04425c __exceptionPreprocess + 172
    1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff887dee75 objc_exception_throw + 43
    2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8c04712d -[NSObject(NSObject) doesNotRecognizeSelector:] + 205
    3   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8bfa2322 ___forwarding___ + 1010
    4   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8bfa1ea8 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 120
    5   Network                             0x00000001117ea6fd Network + 50941
    6   Network                             0x00000001117ea35d Network + 50013
    7   Network                             0x00000001117e8b6b Network + 43883
    8   Network                             0x00000001118284e7 decryptOldStylePassword + 130098

...    )


texts: Where are the emoji *category* icons stored on OSX?

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The emoji picker on OSX has a series of "category" icons, which emoji are grouped by:

Do you know where those can be found? I looked in the system icons directory, /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/, and couldn't find them there.

I then used Font Book to look at all of the symbols in the Apple Color Emoji font, and I couldn't find them there, either.

Are there other common places that Apple stores resources for apps? Do you know where these things are stored?

Thanks!


texts: How to increase the Apple Dictation timeout?

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When using dictation on OS X 10.8, if I speak for too long (approx 20 seconds+), the dictation times out and switches off. Worse, it loses (i.e. doesn't "type") all the things I've said so far. This is obviously irritating - I have to judge when to stop speaking, hit "Fn", let dictation type the text, and start again.

Is there a way to increase or turn off this timeout?


texts: Is there a way to remotely restart Finder (or wake-up the desktop) from SSH?

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Over the last few months I've found my MacBook Pro is getting increasingly unwilling to wake-up if it's gone to sleep of it's own accord - not when I put it to sleep deliberately, but when the machine is left for a while and it eventually goes to sleep itself.

I usually run it with the lid down, with a mini-DVI-connected 'main' monitor and then a USB-connected 'second' monitor. Sometimes no amount of keypressing, gently tapping the power button, disconnecting the external displays and lifting the laptop lid, plugging in USB devices, inserting and ejecting CDs - no amount of any tricks I've tried will 'wake up' the display even though the machine is running (shares available over the network) and I can SSH in.

I can sudo shutdown -r now on the machine, though obviously that's a bit drastic!. It got me wondering if there was any other terminal command I could use to wake-up the Finder (I guess) - it certainly seems that the desktop has gone to sleep and can't be tricked into waking up.

Can the finder be restarted remotely via SSH? If not the finder, does anyone know of any other terminal means of forcing the machine to completely wake-up and return to it's previous state?


texts: How secure is File Vault 2 on Mac, given the fact that resetting/finding out someone's login password is not impossible?

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There are ways to break File Vault 2 encryption: https://www.blackbagtech.com/blog/2017/07/13/macquisition-best-just-got-better/

Since you can reset a password when it's locked, I wonder in practice how secure is FileVault in the real world.

Furthermore, even if someone like the aforementioned Macquisition isn't used, can't someone just login to your user account?


texts: Will my apps be removed from the App Store if my developer account expires?

texts: Will my apps get taken down on the App Store if I allow my developer account to expire?


texts: Why can't I download certain tracks I purchased in iTunes?

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Some months ago, I purchased a couple of tracks from iTunes. I purchased them on my iPad. Now I would like to transfer them to my desktop computer so I can then transfer them to an mp3 player. I signed in to iTunes on my desktop and went to all my Purchased music. Most of the tracks have the Cloud icon to download them. However those other two tracks don't have it, ie the Cloud icon is just not there. I'm assuming they won't be downloaded even if I click "Download All."

What can I do? I just want to transfer these two tracks to an mp3 player and I'm not sure how to do that from my iPad where the two tracks were originally downloaded. I was able to do so with most of the other tracks, but these two won't work.


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Is it possible to run FreeDOS via Bootcamp on a Mac?

If so, what are the instructions for doing so?


texts: Before upgrading to Mac OS X Lion with a clean install, I backed up Mail app according to this article on Apple Discussions. I know have the com.apple.mail file and the Mail directory and I have no idea how to restore it. As it seems, theses paths have changed. Do you have any ideas on how to restore my emails?


texts: FAT (file allocation table) variant used when disk is formatted using OS X (macOS) disk utility

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Disk Utility on OS X (macOS) shows "MS-DOS (FAT) " as one of the format options

FAT (File Allocation Table) has many variants like FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32

My questions are mentioned below:

Which FAT variant is taken when I formate disk using "MS-DOS (FAT) format?
What is maximum size (for partition/disk) of FAT variant selected in question 1?


texts: Apple ID is signed into iCloud with old ID

texts: How can I sundown old Apple ID that is signed into App Store and new ID is signed into everything else? Old IPhone was stolen along with the old ID by stalker.


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Since I've left Chrome as my main browser, every time I use it as secondary browser, Chrome enters in an eternal loop requesting my password to access each keychain bundle of my system. No matter how many times I click "cancel" it just keeps asking access to my passwords.

Is it possible to just make Google Chrome stop asking for my keychain? Once this start, browsing is not possible. The whole window is blocked with the repeated pop ups.


texts: Location icon randomly appearing in status bar every hour

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Since updating to 10.12.4, an icon has started appearing in my status bar 1-3 times every hour:

It looks like something's requesting access to my MacBook's location, but there's nothing in the privacy preferences that would indicate what:

I don't know what would be requesting my location: both Weather and Siri are disabled, and I have all "fancy" features turned off. The "Setting Time Zone" part is especially confusing, because I upgraded Sierra the same night daylight savings ended.

Seeing this pop up while programming is starting to get really distracting. Is there a way to hide it? Preferably by fixing whatever keeps causing it to appear.


texts: How to remove synced iPhone data in iTunes 11?

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I didn't have a free outlet to plug my iPhone charger into, so I plugged it into the USB port of my work computer (Macbook Pro) to charge.  Anyway, iTunes 11 and iPhoto opened up!  I forgot that iPhones automatically sync with iTunes (as I never sync with anything -- I don't back anything up -- my contacts and calendar are synced to Google, and that's all I really care about on my phone).  I was able to disable iPhoto from opening, but I can't do that with iTunes.  I did click on the Preference to "Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically" but this was after I think some syncing took place.  How can remove whatever data was synced?  I think it was just the apps that got synced, but how can I be sure?  Is there some folder hidden somewhere in the system that I can check?  And if it is only the apps, how do I remove that information?

This is my work computer, and I don't want any information from my personal phone to end up on it.

I learned my lesson -- don't plug anything personal into a work computer.


texts: How to define a (ideally: global) keyboard shortcut for a particular letter plus diacritic?

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Is there a way to define (OSX natively, or alternatively: through some program) a global keyboard shortcut for a single letter plus diacritic, say: ctrl+alt+A gives "ä", ideally globally?

Note: I am aware of various ways to access diacritics faster (e.g. the "key repeat" diacritics menu), but I'd like to know if there's some way to get the exact behavior described above.

Does anyone knows if this is possible in OSX, and if so, how?

(EDIT) Thanks to a comment, I realize I should clarify my question.

I don't really care which modifier key I have to press, but what I want to do is:

[some modifier, e.g. alt or ctrl, or if necessary: two of them]

+

[some letter]

=> [a single letter with diacritic]

Now, I know that "alt-u plus letter" produces the corresponding "Umlaut" letter, but it's not exactly the same as the shortcut I ask about above. Ideally I would have the above version of a shortcut, because it is slightly unintuitive to me, and therefore a bit slower, to press a different vowel first, "u",  when I really want to produce another vowel afterwards, say, an "a" with diacritic, i.e. "ä".

So I am really just wondering: can I bind a shortcut as described above producing a single (Umlaut) letter of my choice.


texts: Can't remove "Install macOS High Sierra.app"

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I had to make a bootable macOS High siera install, everyhing went well and it worked. I'm trying to remove the app that I used to install it and trash won't let me. Everytime I try I get an

The operation can’t be completed because the item
“Install macOS High Sierra.app” is in use.

error. I tried to circumvent this by option+click and selecting "Delete immediately" but that just gives me an

“InstallESD.dmg” can’t be modified or deleted because it’s required by macOS.

error. Any help for getting this thing off my computer will be greatly appreciated.


texts: 'Build' is not displayed in iTunes Connect using Xcode 8

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I also get the same problem while uploading my build to the app store via Xcode 8. After uploading successfully from Xcode, I login to iTunes connect and see that it shows as Processing. After a little while it disappears. I've tried multiple times but have never been able to make it visible.

I emailed Apple Support and they only say that my build contains an error and they ask me to check my build settings again. But, If there is any error there, shouldn't it at least be showing something for me to know?

How have others resolved this issue?


texts: How to find "intersection" of two strings?

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Simple question for all you experts:

String A: "I like cherries, apples, berries"
String B: "I like cherries, apples, berries, cookies"

I would like to find the text in string B but not String A(the odd one out)

I am trying to find-> ", cookies"

Is there an AppleScript that can solve this for me?


texts: How do I find the key that looks like ^ with _ on top of it?

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The keyboard shortcut for sending an email in Thunderbird looks like this:

I know that the first symbol is the Command key, but I can't figure out the second symbol.

I have looked at the Apple support article about menu symbols, but it doesn't have this symbol!


texts: Know of any features or tips and tricks in OS X 10.7 (Lion)?

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Kind of like this: Please share your hidden macOS features or tips and tricks but specific to OS X Lion 10.7.x ONLY

Do you know any hidden or little-known nice feature of OS X 10.7 (Lion)? It doesn't matter what it is—maybe just a short terminal command. Share your experiences on hidden OS X features here.

Please post one tip per answer. Please also check to see if your answer has already been posted - duplicate answers will be deleted. To search the answers of this question you can use inquestion:18677 (or inquestion:this, directly from the question page) in addition to your search terms in the search box in the upper right hand corner of this page.

Also provide details on how to achieve that feature, and if possible, include a relevant image too!


texts: Automatically toggle iPhone Low Power Mode on set schedule

texts: Is there a way built-in, using Shortcuts app or other to schedule toggling of  Low Power Mode on an iPhone?


texts: How to restore individual files from TM backup after clean install?

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My teenage daughter's Mac Mini (running OSX 10.8) was cluttered with all sorts of stuff, even unwanted and inappropriate popup windows when using Safari, and more. So I made a final TM backup. Then I did a clean install of Mavericks.

Now, I wanted to bring back individual files and folders from that TM backup, BUT...

going to Migration Assistant, I realized that it would overwrite the clean install and bring back the clutter. This is no option.
going to TM, I realized I wasn't able to select any of the snapshots from the timeline
going to the external drive containing the TM backup with Finder, all folders within her "old" user-folder showed a small red stop-sign, which I learned is an issue with permissions. I wasn't able to restore manually.

What to do now?

I know I could restore the cluttered state and copy folders and files manually to an external drive, make another clean install of Mavericks, then copy manually from that external drive. This seems a lot of time and work to me.

Is there an easier way?


texts: How to prevent text replacement from being triggered by alphanumeric characters?

texts: I have some text replacement shortcuts configured in my keyboard settings, such as for example ur -> you are. They generally work fine, but in some cases they are not triggered only by spaces or punctuation, but also by alphanumeric characters. When I write in Romanian, for example, the plural of foreign words is formed by adding -uri (e.g. "1 like" -> "2 like-uri"). When I'm using Messenger on Chrome, this triggers text replacement and becomes "2 like-you arei". This doesn't happen on StackExchange, but it does happen on Messenger. Is there anything I can do to make this stop? Or could it be a bug? It's really annoying and it makes it hard to write in Romanian.


texts: What is the difference between various VM solutions?

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I'm new to the Mac platform and need to figure out which virtualization platform is best for me.

Is there a comparison list of features (and missing features) for each of the major virtualization platforms?  (VirtualBox, VMware Fusion, Parallels Desktop, Microsoft VirtualPC, or VMware ESX?

I have a license for each and am running on a retina MacBook Pro with 16 GB of RAM.  I need to run a number of Microsoft operating systems in 64-bit mode.


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Been using Mac now for about a month and still looking for 2 basic shortcuts.

Windows equivalent for "Delete" - where it deletes the character in front of the cursor.
Currently, "delete" on my mac acts more as "backspace". Tried ⌘ CommandDbut that just creates bookmark on chrome.
Word processing text navigation - windows equivalent of ^ Control  + Arrow keys to jump between words, separated by spaces.
I'd like to be able to combine this with ^ Control ⇧ Shift  + Arrow to select multiple words.

On the Mac, using ^ Control  or ⌘ Commandmove entire lines, and ⌘ Command Backspace deletes full lines/sentences.


texts: 10.7.3 - Screensaver turns on while I'm in the middle of typing/mouse activity

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Has anyone seen this?  Let's say I set my screen saver to activate after 5 minutes.  Well I can be typing and using the mouse almost continuously for a period of time (5 minutes?  I'm not exactly sure) and all of the sudden the screen saver turns on.  If I'm in the middle of typing the screen saver then goes away almost instantly but I lose a few key strokes.

Is there an option I need to set to say don't turn on the screen saver until 5 minutes of inactivity?  Or is this a bug?


texts: Problems installing Lion onto a USB drive

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I'm having problems installing Lion onto a USB drive.

On a Lion MacBook Pro I saved the 'Install Mac OS X Lion.app' application, ran it and selected the USB drive as the destination of the install.

A few minutes into the process the machine reboots and comes up with a 'No Entry' sign.

All I can do after that point is a NVRAM reset and then boot back into the OS of the machine. When I look on the USB drive there is a 'Mac OS X Install Data' folder with about half a dozen files.

The USB drive is formatted as 1 partition, Mac OS X Extended (Journaled), GUID Partition Table. Under Get Info -> Sharing & Permissions, Ignore Ownership on this volume is un-checked. I have tried two different brand of drives: an Integral 16G and a Kingston Data Traveller 16G.

I guessing that what I'm trying to do should work - do people agree? Any ideas on where I might be going wrong?

(just to clarify, I'm not trying to create an USB install disk, I want to actually run OSX from the USB disk)


texts: Large difference between free space reported by disk utility and Apple

texts: I tried deleting tm snapshots already. I had five of them. Three deleted and I cannot seem to delete the remaining two. Terminal tells me they are deleted, but I still see them when I list.


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I'm trying to setup my tax information on itunes connect as a New Zealand citizen.

I imagine I should leave fields 5,6,7 and 8 blank as I do not have business, employee, benefits or TAX number in the US.

I guess I should also leave field 9 & 10 blank as I do not have any tax benefits within New Zealand.

Can anyone with with similar experience please advise?


texts: Why does Back Up Now work from Time Machine Preferences but not from the status bar?

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I am backing up to a Western Digital network drive (via Ethernet LAN), but my Time Machine won't run automatically. Whenever I run it manually from the status bar, selecting Back Up Now it fails with the following error message:

  Time Machine couldn't complete the backup to "DeviceName".
  The backup disk is not available.

However, if I open Time Machine Preferences, right click on the disk and select Back Up Now, the backup runs just fine.

I tried removing / adding the drive, ⌥ alt/option + ⌃ ctrl + Click on the drive and Verify Backups but I still get this error, and I don't understand why Back Up Now behaves differently depending on how it was executed?

Edit following @AllInOne comment: when I backup from the status bar, I get the following messages in the console:

  10/1/13 9:23:04.857 AM com.apple.backupd[36835]: Starting manual backup
  10/1/13 9:23:05.275 AM com.apple.backupd[36835]: Backup failed with error: 19

Backing up from Time Machine Preferences first mounts the disk:

  10/1/13 9:34:39.473 AM com.apple.backupd[36844]: Starting manual backup
  10/1/13 9:34:39.523 AM com.apple.backupd[36844]: Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://wd_backup@DeviceName.local/WD_Backup
  10/1/13 9:34:45.000 AM kernel[0]: ASP_TCP CheckReqQueueSize: increasing req queue from 32 to 128 entries. so 0xffffff804ab26b80
  10/1/13 9:35:02.486 AM com.apple.backupd[36844]: Mounted network destination at mount point: /Volumes/WD_Backup using URL: afp://wd_backup@DeviceName.local/WD_Backup
  10/1/13 9:35:02.000 AM kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_mount: /Volumes/WD_Backup, pid 37105
  10/1/13 9:35:02.000 AM kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_mount : succeeded on volume 0xffffff8271491008 /Volumes/WD_Backup (error = 0, retval = 0)
  10/1/13 9:35:45.297 AM com.apple.backupd[36844]: Disk image /Volumes/WD_Backup/lindinglab_XR_iMac.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups 1
  10/1/13 9:35:45.308 AM com.apple.backupd[36844]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups 1/Backups.backupdb

However even if I mount the disk beforehand (for instance from the Finder, Go, Connect to server and enter its address), Back Up Now in the status bar still fails with the same message (including in the console).


texts: What should I know about replacing my computer's battery?

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My early 2011 13" MBP has been telling me to "Replace Soon" the battery, and today it's finally getting its wish. I know the hardware procedure, courtesy of iFixit, but is there anything else I should know about it?

Specifically, I'm wondering: Will everything still be on the computer after I boot up again (I know my files will still be there, I'm just wondering about stuff like saved application states), and is there a specific charging procedure I should follow to "properly" break in the battery?


texts: Is there a limit to how many iOS devices I can synch with iTunes?

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I've heard about the 5 computer limit.
I'm wondering if iOS devices are included in that or not.


texts: So I have a setup as shown on the image, the top screen being a monitor (with a powered USB-C cable if that makes any difference), and the bottom is  a MacBook. As shown, top display is my primary display. However, when I mess up and move the mouse to the bottom of the MacBook screen, the dock goes there and doesn't wanna go back no matter what I do. Reboot will fix it. If I change the dock position to left/right, it'll go to top screen. If I move the bottom screen to NOT be under the top screen, dock goes back to top screen (bottom position). Does anyone know any way to fix this? If it makes a difference, I'm running 2019 13'' MacBook Pro with the latest Catalina update (10.15.2 (19C57))


texts: Unfortunately, Valgrind does not support OS X 10.8 yet. After some Googling, I came across some forum posts where people were able to get it to compile and "almost" link. Does anyone know of any good alternatives to Valgrind for memory leak detection?


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I used to use kextload and kextunload to unlock/lock my keyboard. However, the actual kernel extension changes between MacBook  models, and that can have unexpected results.

For example, if the kext is AppleUSBTCKeyboard, both unloading and loading work fine. However, if the kext is AppleHIDKeyboard (e.g. MacBook Air), unloading works but loading again does not. This means kextunload -bundle-id com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard will disable the keyboard, but then it cannot be reenabled with kextload and the machine has to be rebooted.

There are some apps that are still able to do it, like KeyboardCleanTool. I’d prefer a CLI way of doing it, though. If possible (but won’t be picky) using only tools that come with macOS, or an open-source one.

Bonus points if there’s also a way to lock the trackpad, but that is less important.


texts: Logging wrong password attempts even with right one

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Found this answer for logging wrong password attempts, and it works kind of. This is what I get from one correct attempt:
log stream --predicate '(eventMessage CONTAINS "Authentication failed")' --style syslog

Filtering the log data using "composedMessage CONTAINS "Authentication failed""
Timestamp                       (process)[PID]
2020-05-29 03:36:49.207485+0300  localhost opendirectoryd[76]: (PlistFile) [com.apple.opendirectoryd:auth] Authentication failed for admin with ODErrorCredentialsInvalid
2020-05-29 03:36:52.677774+0300  localhost opendirectoryd[76]: (PlistFile) [com.apple.opendirectoryd:auth] Authentication failed for admin with ODErrorCredentialsInvalid

I thought it will not log anything in this scenario. And why there is to of the items?
With one wrong, one right I get three items.
Using macOS Mojave 10.14.6


texts: OS X 10.6: Applications crash when sounds play

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Most of my applications crash whenever a sound is played -- but not if the machine has been recently rebooted.

For example, Mail.app crashes when I send email, because of the whoosh sending sound. Safari/Chrome/Firefox will crash when Flash plays sounds, e.g. with YouTube, but does not crash for silent Flash apps. iChat will crash if I get a video chat request. iTunes will not start at all.

All display the same symptom -- freeze with spinning beach ball. All can be force-quit without issue, and without affecting other applications.

If I start an app right after a reboot, it generally will run just fine. If I open Safari after a fresh reboot, I can watch Flash video for an hour or two without issue, but the next morning, it will crash again.

If I open Skype after a fresh reboot, it will remain open and working, sometimes for days. But if I close it, it will not open again until I reboot.

I've go through flashing PRAM and repair permissions with the Apple techs, and it doesn't seem to help. Any idea what I might be able to to do to get sound working again? I've been told to reinstall, but I primarily use the machine for work, and I can't take a week to get everything configured again just so I can use iTunes and YouTube.

What is particularly annoying is having to quit Mail.app and restart after each sent email. If there were a way to disable the sent email sound that would be great too.

Thanks!

Cross-posted: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=12791456


texts: OWC aftermarket 1TB disk missing in Mac Pro after erase process; not found in diskutil, startup list, or install-to list

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I am selling a Mac Pro Late 2013. In anticipation of the sale, I erased the disk. The disk is a 1TB built-in SSD from OWC (Aura). After I erased the disk (there were 2 partitions, I erased both including the 'data' disk which is probably why this happened). I assumed after erasing, I would just be able to boot into recovery mode and re-install the OS. Problem is after getting into internet recovery mode, the disk is completely missing.

Diskutil list shows the boot disk but the 1tb drive is nowhere to be seen:

and no CoreStorage disks found.

Any ideas what to do appreciated.


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Even on an iMac Pro, it still takes some time (maybe 15 minutes) to upgrade the OS (after everything is downloaded). During this time, I can't use the computer.

Why is that? What is it actually doing? Why is this process not a simple reboot?

Please note I'm not asking why a reboot is required. As a software developer, I'm fully aware of why a reboot is required.

Also note A clear reason why an upgrade could take a while is a filesystem migration (such as the HFS+ → APFS migration). Apple did some test migrations, even, before rolling out the final thing. However, most OS upgrades don't involve changes to the filesystem AFAIK.

This is a question is similar to Why does the OS X Software Update check take so long? about another upgrade process taking a while. There are specifics of macOS and iOS that are worth considering in answering this question. For example: both ship with drivers necessary for all supported systems.


texts: vi shortcuts on bash on mac not working e.g. CTRL + E, CTRL + A

texts: I have used vi as my main text editor for years now on Linux (and a few years back Mac too) and on my brand new Mac (running 10.8.4) I find when trying to edit a file using vi in Terminal I can not use the standard vi shortcuts e.g. using 'CTRL + E' to navigate to the end of a line. Instead the shortcut is set to the vim shortcut which is '$' to navigate to the end of a line. I a using bash. How can I get the standard vi shortcuts?


texts:
There are two problems with VMware installing Windows in ~/Documents:

Multiple OS X users cannot use the same Windows installation.
Even one inadvertent omission to exclude ~/Documents from the Time Machine backup means that a heavy penalty will be paid on the TM disk.

How does one install Windows through VMware in a more neutral fashion, perhaps in a separate partition, to make windows accessible by all OS X accounts?

At the risk of getting the two-question police after me, I will venture with a sequel: can one move one's ~/Documents/Virtual Machine.localized/ to a new partition or is it necessary to restart the installation of windows?


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I'm unable to activate Apple Music on iTunes 12.7

When I go to Preferences -> General There is no Show Apple Music option.
Apple music works fine on my iPhone.

How do I enable Apple Music on iTunes?


texts: Terminal on Mac won't launch a shell - stuck on login: incorrect

texts:
I've been having this issue for a while where I come to open the Terminal and I'm met with this:

Login incorrect
login: _

I've already deleted the com.apple.terminal.plist to no avail. The really interesting thing is that sometimes it works, maybe 1 in 50 times. I literally have no idea what might be causing it and after searching the web for the better part of half a day it seems everyone else's issues are fixed when they delete the plist file.

How do I sort this out? I've tried running different shells (bash and zsh), but I still get this log in screen.

Also when I use Activity Monitor, I can see there is no shell running just the login.


texts: New SSD Fitted but Disk Utility Still Showing Old Disk

texts:
My 2013 Mac Mini with 1 TB Fusion drive was starting to run really slowly.  I got a brand new 1 TB SSD fitted and am trying to restore from Time Machine, now.  The restore can see the Time Machine drive no problem, but when it goes forward to choose a destination disk, there is no disk indicated.

So I restart the restore process, and this time go into disk utility.  What's strange is that I can see the Samsung SSD, but also the original Macintosh HD.  I know that it's not there, as I have it sitting next to me (and besides.. can Minis have more than one internal drive?).

So I guess what I need to do is to remove the "ghost" disk from Disk Utility and then prepare the SSD as "Macintosh HD" to accept my restore.

Can someone tell me how I do this?


texts: Finder shows incorrect application icon for VMware Fusion

texts:
The VMware Fusion app (via Finder) is showing the wrong (After Effects) icon in the Application list.

See the selected line in my list of applications below:

I’m on macOS Mojave 10.14.

How can I correct this so that the correct icon is shown for the VMware Fusion app?


texts:
My Mac Book Pro 2011 17" recently started to endlessly boot, gets about 2/3s the way into booting then shuts down and starts booting again.
Will not accept the original disks. Will not restart in safe mode? Does this mean I need a new HD or something else?


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I can't figure this out. How can I use mdfind on OS X to find all photos with creation date between say March 10th, 2008 and March 15th, 2008?

using mdfind 'kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2008-03-10 12:30:56 +1100' is too specific and I don't know how to simplify and broaden the search.


texts: How does Apple calculate the energy consumption of a process in OS X Mavericks

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In OS X Mavericks you can monitor the energy consumption of different processes in Activity Monitor.
Here we can see 'Energy Impact' and Avg Energy Impact' and that the values can exceed 100.

Also there will be a menu bar icon which lists the most energy consuming applications running right now.

Is there any documentation how apple calculates the current energy consumption? Is there a mapping between CPU utilization and energy consumption?

Hopefully there are some experts here who can give me a hint.


texts: Can't get inheriting TM to work (Big Sur)

texts:
I have a similar problem as described in
Inheriting Time Machine and merging old history
and after cross-checking the tmutil man page and other posts on the issue I am pretty sure that this solution should work for me as well.
My mount point on the old computer was 'Macintosh HD', the mount point on the new one is also 'Macintosh HD' but time machine created the new name 'Macintosh HD Data' for the snapshot volumes. Thus the old snapshots all have snapshot volumes 'Macintosh HD' and the new ones have snapshot volumes 'Macintosh HD Data' and an additional directory 'Macintosh HD' which has
the time stamp of the latest snapshop before changing to the new computer and is just carried forward from snapshot to snapshot.
I tried
sudo tmutil associatedisk -a "/Volumes/Macintosh HD" "/Volumes/Time Machine Backup/Backups.backupdb/Christian Fischer’s iMac/Latest/Macintosh HD"

and variations like
sudo tmutil associatedisk -a "/Volumes/Macintosh\ HD" "/Volumes/Time\ Machine\ Backup/Backups.backupdb/Christian\ Fischer’s\ iMac/Latest/Macintosh\ HD"

including pasting the paths from Finder - without success.
I keep getting the error message
Usage: tmutil associatedisk [-a] mount_point volume_backup_directory
A local volume mount point and a snapshot volume path are required.

Am I doing sth stupid ? Or did the syntax change (I am using Big Sur 11.01 and read elsewhere that there were some syntax changes in tmutil delete...) ?


texts: prevent preview.app from automatically starting slideshow when switching to fullscreen view

texts:
I read a lot of PDF files in preview. Whenever I open a file, switch to fullscreen to have a view in which I can focus on reading the PDF without being distracted, after 5 seconds, preview.app goes to the second page. I understand that this is great for photos. At the same time, it's really stupid for PDF files with lots of text. So this function should either be file format sensitive or if that is too much to ask for apple to implement, there should be an option to disable auto-play for fullscreen view.

I was unable to find such an option in the preferences for preview.app. Am I the only one reading PDFs in fullscreen and annoyed by this behavior? Or did I miss a setting?


texts: How to disable the deadzone for scrolling on MacOS?

texts: I'm on Sierra, using a regular mouse with a scroll wheel that "ticks" when scrolling. I want to be able to scroll a single "tick" and have that actually do something, right now I have to scroll a few "ticks" at once before it picks up that I scrolled at all. This is really annoying because scrolling becomes something that's way out of control, I either don't scroll as much as I intended or too much. How do I set it to pick up that I scroll even when it's only a single "tick"?


texts: What iOS version comes preinstalled on the iPhone 7?

texts: I know that if you "Restore from iCloud backup" from a backup made with iOS 10.0.1, the iPhone 7 makes you install the update first, so it must come with a version before 10.0.1. Do you know which version this is?


texts: Config Profile ~/.bash and ~/.bash_profile Default & Preferred Permissions?

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On MacOS, what are the default and preferred permissions for ~/.bash and ~/.bash_profile config profiles?
This guide shows 700 as preferred.
To view permission for a file: private stat -f "%Lp %N" ~/.bashrc
Permissions guide.


texts: HiDPI Mode not respected by iOS Simulator

texts:
I turned on HiDPI mode in my OS X El Capitan and now facing the issue: iOS Simulator screen shows only part of its contents. Please see the picture below.

If I turn HiDPI mode off then everything gets back to normal.

What can I do to have both HiDPI mode on and proper iOS Simulator screen?

I am using Xcode 7.3.1 and iOS 9.3 simulator.


texts: Changing airport connection preference algorithm

texts:
Airport connects to the network in order of preference that I have set. Is there a way to make it connect to the network that I was last connected to, instead of the one higher in the list.

For eg. I have 3 networks, in order, Wifi0, Wifi1 & Wifi2. If I am connected to Wifi1 and close the lid, open it back, it will connect to Wifi0. I want it to connect to Wifi1.


texts: Yahoo Mail on iPhone won't let me delete email

texts: Suddenly, my yahoo on iPhone won't let me respond to or delete any email?  What have I done?


texts:
I recently got a Macbook pro 13 inch and I bought this docking station for all the ports I need. The issue is that my university network requires registration of mac id to use internet in campus and it's a cumbersome process. I already have a windows laptop that is registered so I wanted to change the mac id to start using my macbook. I followed this article to change my mac id, but I noticed two interfaces en1 and bridge0 have the same mac id, and I can only change mac id for bridge0 interface. Although changing mac id of bridge0 interface changes the mac id displayed in the advanced properties of Thunderbolt Bridge service in Network Preferences I still can't access internet. I am quite new to Mac OS and changing these stuff were quite simple in Windows, is there any way I can achieve what I want??
Update 1
I had a portable Windows installation lying around and I used it to boot into Windows on my macbook and I can change mac id and access internet perfectly on Windows, so it can't be related to any faulty hardware.
Update 2
After again booting into mac os now the interface in properly recognized in Network Preference as USB 10/100/1000 LAN and new interface name en7. I guess I only had to reboot after intallation of drivers but mac os didn't prompt me to do so. I followed the same article I linked before and trying to change mac id results in an error with message:
ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): Operation not supported on socket

Also, using spoofmac as suggested results in same error as spoof-mac uses the same method to change mac id.


texts:
While using the application CodeRunner with C#, whenever I try to "run" the program it gives me this error:

bash: Run Command: No such file or directory.

How can I resolve this?


texts: Will updating OS X Server over VNC kill my VNC connection?

texts:
I have a Mac Mini sitting in a remote location (another country).  To administer it, I use the screen sharing application.

There is an update for Server, which I would like to install.  However, when I click install, it warns:

  Updating will stop any Server services that are running. Relaunch Server after the update completes to re-enable services.

The issue with that is that VNC is one of the services that Server is providing. My concern is that if Server stops, will I lose my VNC connection, and then be unable to relaunch Server?

How can I "safely" update Server using remote access tools?

(The "it's in a different country" aspect precludes me from being adventurous and just trying it out).


texts: Start or Stop Apache without having to give a password?

texts:
On Ubuntu you can do something like this:

sudo adduser {username} www-data

That doesn't work on OS X, and may not be the best approach anyway.  On OS X, how can you make Apache start or stop without having to enter a password?


texts: Why won't my website favicon show up in Safari favorites bar automatically?

texts:
My website was not displaying the Favicon in the menu bar as in this question. See the copied image below but in this case we would be Google and trying to get that icon to populate without user intervention.

I am aware that locally, these favicon files re stored in ~/Library/Safari/Touch Icons Cache/Images/ however I was trying to figure out where Safari pulls the .png file from to cache initially.
As noted in one of the answers to the referenced question, it is not practical to ask a site to fix this, therefore I wanted to know how to fix the issue as the website publisher.


texts: How to increase size of mouse pointer for presentations?

texts:
How to make the mouse pointer appear larger in size? Makes it easier to notice, and is handy during presentations or when working over darkly colored content.

I have done this in the past but forgot how. I vaguely recall it being an Accessibility feature, but cannot find any options in the System Preferences > Accessibility.


texts: Visor is a plugin for Terminal.app that allows usage of quake-console-style terminal access. Are there any alternatives to this Terminal.app plugin?


texts: My iPhone sets alarms for me without my permission

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I'm having a strange problem, and it's been happening for many months, from iOS 8 to 10.1, much more recently in iOS 10 however.

Here are the issues that I have been having:

I set an alarm (say, 7:00am) my iPhone goes off at that time, all well and good. However, when I snooze the alarm, get up, turn off the alarm (with the switch in the Clock app) it will still go off as if I didn't switch it off.
If I delete an alarm, it will magically ring a few days later even though it is not shown in the Clock app (today I got up at 8:00am, to find out that the alarm wasn't even there!)
On rare occasions, I will set alarms and they don't go off
When I ask siri to "delete all alarms" it says "Do you want to delete all alarms?" I tried saying "yes" "confirm", "ok" and tried clicking on the confirm button but siri says "Nothing to confirm"

Things I have tried:

deleting all alarms
reinstalling iOS 10 (complete reformat and restore from iCloud)
force quitting the clock app and reopening it
rebooting several times
set it into silent mode (doesn't seem to change anything)

I have some alarms on a schedule, but since then I have deleted those ones and the issues still persist.

I noticed that the changelog for iOS 10.2 says that some users were having problems with alarms not ringing, which might have caused my alarms to ring too often.

What can I do to fix this?


texts:
I'm looking to get a USB-C Hub like the one in the image, there are several of those.

What I understand is that all of these hubs, no matter the brand, they take out 2 USB-C in exchange for 2 USB Type-C and several USB Type-A and SD Card slots, etc.

The little Lightning icon means that it is the port used to charge the MacBook... but my question is this:

Can the other USB-C (not the one with the lightning icon) be used to send video to an external display? Example: With a USB-C to DisplayPort cable (not 4K)


texts: I live in Europe, and here I have to pay 850 Euros for a new iPhone 6s with 64GB of memory. I've checked that on German Amazon the very same model price is 700 Euros. The only concern I have is that previously I have only bought Apple products from Apple Stores, and I wonder whether it is safe to purchase iPhone from Amazon (or let's say, as safe as any other product sold on Amazon), or is it a 100% no?


texts: How can I remap enter key on MacOS big sur?

texts: my enter key broke and doesn't work, can I rebind the Enter key to work with RSHIFT instead of enter?


texts: Apple Mail 8: How to display mails in plain text?

texts: Is there an option in Apple Mail 8 to have mails displayed in plain text format? I cannot find a setting for it and the classic way to disable it does not seem to work anymore.


texts:
Previously, one could see an icon of the document in the title bar of any open window. For instance, In Pages there would be a small Pages icon to the left of the title of the document. I used these to save the document to new locations when I didn't know the original, for instance, when I opend it from Mail.
This does not appear to exist in Big Sur. I am missing it. Is there a way to get it back?


texts:
I am running High Sierra and am trying to use an Antelope Orion 32+ with this system through Thunderbolt. The device gets picked up in my system info and the port is in use.

It is impossible for this device to make a connection with the supplied software of the manufacturer of the device. I've had contact with their support and they told me it is an issue of the 2011 iMac12,2 Thunderbolt firmware. Everything seems to be up to date.

Thunderbolt firmware version 25.1
Port micro firmwareversion 2.1.3

Since this iMac from 2011 is using Thunderbolt v1 but also revisions of this Thunderbolt v1 have been used in newer Macs, only the 2011 Macs have this problem. I don't know where to look anymore.

Did I maybe skip some Thunderbolt firmware updates in the past? Could this explain why it is not working?


texts: Crop fails to work as expected on iOS8 Photos app

texts:
I'm struggling to do a simple edit on a photo in the standard Photos app on the new iOS8.

Basically, I can select a crop area, but the resulting saved photo doesn't match the area that I chose.  Here is a walk through example using screenshots of the steps I took:

First, a photo I just took as seen in the Photos app :

Now, I have clicked the Edit button from the previous photo, and applied a crop mask to trim the photo to the selected area. I've centred this on my nose :

I click Done in the previous picture, and the resulting saved image doesn't match what I just did, and is now centred on my left eye :

Any clues?  I note it only seems to happen on photos taken with the front facing camera, worked fine on a portion of screen shot, and also on a rear facing photo...

Can anyone reproduce? (If so, can you state what you used, e.g. the same iPad 3, or Mini or whatever)


texts: Logic Pro hangs forever, when deleting a region in a project managed with iCloud

texts:
In Logic Pro, if I delete a region and I select to also delete the internal aif file, Logic Pro hangs forever.
I noticed this only happens if the project is saved in a folder managed by iCloud.
This also doesn't happens if I select not to remove the internal aif file.
It sounds like some sort of deadlock to me, considered my Mac is also trying to read the file to upload it to iCloud, as it detect changes.
Does anyone know how I can fix that? I would really like to save all my project on the desktop.
EDIT
If I wait until timeout, this is the error message I get:
The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error -120.)

Result code = -120
File = /Users/divi/Desktop/Project.logicx/Media/Audio.
Files/Project_1#02.aif


texts: I would like to update to iOS 9.2.1 on my iPhone 4, which is currently running iOS 7.1.2. Is this possible?


texts:
After upgrading to 10.10.3 X11 applications are not opening anymore from the terminal.

The X11 symlink in /usr is correct

$ ls -l /usr/X11
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  8 Aug  7  2014 /usr/X11 -> /opt/X11

I reinstalled XQuartz (2.7.7)

$DISPLAY is set

$ echo $DISPLAY
/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.mXmpHGFD7q/org.macports:0

Opening applications from the X11 menu (e.g. Applications -> Terminal) works.

Opening them from the Terminal app does nothing. Applications (e.g. xterm, emacs, ...) are stuck

What could I try?

Update

If I disconnect an external display then even the application opened via X11 menu are not working anymore. I have to close X11 and reopen it.


texts:
Recently, my headphone jack on my macbook pro has been very loose. I could easily just tap the wire and the headphone jack would disconnect the wire. So what I did was put some aluminum foil inside the jack. stupid me. Because I stuck too much in there, and I stuck it in real deep, and a pin or a needle can barely even reach it.

Any suggestions? Thanks.

Update:

I got it out! Yay. However now, here are two problems I am having:

1) My speakers don't work and the adjust volume option is greyed out, went to system preferences but nothing in output

2) Works with earphones/external speakers but only the left ear works (for both my external speakers and earphones)

3) Occasionally there is a red light in the headphone jack when nothing is inserted in it

4) Its also worth mentioning that these three keys: p, caps lock and mute do not function and are not recognized on my computer and have not been working for a while.

Is there is something wrong with my logic board?


texts: How can I create an alias/shorcut to sudo/root an app permanently?

texts:
I would like to have an alias to run an app as root always. I am trying to save time and not go through the terminal commands.

Thanks!


texts: Opening and cleaning a MacBook Pro (retina 2012)

texts:
I have had my MacBook Pro retina for more than 2 years, without cleaning the insides yet

I have used it extensively, many hours every day, and heavy tobacco smoking for a year or so (the fan outlet grills are yellowish)

Should I just order a screwdriver set (pentalobe?), open it and clean the fans etc.?

I assume warranty is already expired (no apple care here).. But will opening and cleaning it be complicated or risky business? I'm good with electronics, but Apple uses tiny delicate screws/parts etc.

Should I use a swab, compressed air container, or will a vacuum cleaner do? (metal/plastic head; static electricity)


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I just restarted my mac "OSX El Capitan v10.11.1" and I'm seeing a weird User in my login screen called "puppet":

I have not created this User and I don't know how to log on it.

The most concerning part is that I'm not able to delete it because I can't find it in the System Preferences > Users & Groups:

Neither in the /Users folder:

$ ls -l /Users/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x+ 11 Guest     _guest   374 Nov 23  2013 Guest
drwxrwxrwt   6 root      wheel    204 Oct 20 12:00 Shared
drwxr-xr-x+ 80 myuser    staff   2720 Dec  7 09:40 myuser

One explanation I can imagine is that the automatization systems management tool I'm using (puppet) has created this weird User.. but the other explanation I can imagine concerns me more: I've been hacked :/

Nothing in /etc/passwd:

$ cat /etc/passwd | grep puppet # -> nothing

This file has been just created, looks like with my last restart:

$ sudo ls -l /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/puppet.plist
-rw-------  1 root  wheel  2775 Dec  7 09:38 /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/puppet.plist

Have someone an explanation for this? How can I delete that User?


texts:
In order to save energy I consider pulling the power cord out of the wall after my Mac has been recharges.

Does a power cord use energy when it is not pugged into a Mac?


texts: My 2011 Macbook Pro won't start - folder with blinking '?'

texts:
My Mac will not start up. I went to recovery mode and made a backup of everything on an external drive. Now the Mac only starts up from the external drive.

I have OS X 10.10, Yosemite. I tried to backup and restore but it failed.

Most of the time my internal hard disk is not mounted. I ran Disk Utility today and got the following message for my HD Error: Partition Map check failed because no slices were found

How can I fix my Mac and make it start without the external drive?


texts: Preferences changes using "defaults" not applied

texts:
I'm a CLI enthusiast and, as such, I've been a extensive user of brew, cask, m, mas, softwareupdate and so on. I've even written some tutorials about them (check here and there).

Right now, I'm diving into defaults to alter my settings.

My problem is that some defaults set in CLI don't appear in GUI. For instance, I try to deactivate "three fingers lookup & data detectors" in System Preferences > Trackpad

Using diff and defaults read, I found that the settings is "TrackpadThreeFingerTapGesture" in "com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad".

When the checkbox is checked, "defaults read com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad TrackpadThreeFingerTapGesture" returns 2. That's the default value.
When it's no checked, it returns 0. That's what I want.

To test this out, I checked the setting in the GUI, then used these commands:

killall 'System Preferences'
defaults write com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad TrackpadThreeFingerTapGesture -int 0
defaults read com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad TrackpadThreeFingerTapGesture

The last commands returns 0, which is ok. But when I open the GUI, the checkbox is still checked! Reading the value again still gives me 0...

I even tried logging out after altering the value, the problem remains.

Can someone help?


texts: What's the sampling frequency of Apple Watch's heart rate monitor?

texts:
Apparently those green LEDs on the back of an Apple Watch flash very quickly to get samples for heart rate calculations. But how fast do they blink?

What is the sampling frequency for the heart rate monitor on an Apple Watch?


texts:
I sent a text message from my iPhone 7 Plus this morning and in the green bubble it only shows a portion of the message and then has a forward arrow (>). If I click on the message, it takes me to a white screen with the full message.

Would this be because the message was quite long??


texts: macOS does not browse folder on SMB share (folder displayed as light-blue folder)

texts:
macOS does not browse a folder on SMB share. The folder displayed as light blue folder. The folder was copied onto this share exactly from the same Mac with the same user. Permissions are 100% okay on the server.
I can happily create a new folder without problems next to it (Co...shows the folder that does not work):

Here is the output when I switch to the share in Terminal and use ls -@ -la:
Mac:share user$ ls -@ -a -l
total 153
drwx------  1 user      staff  16384 Dec 22 20:09 .
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root      wheel    224 Dec 22 20:08 ..
    com.apple.FinderInfo      32
-rw-r--r--@ 1 user      staff  10244 Dec 22 20:09 .DS_Store
    com.apple.FinderInfo      32
drwxrwxrwx  1 user      staff  16384 Dec 13 23:58 .zfs
drwxr-xr-x@ 1 user      staff  16384 Dec 22 12:55 Co......
    com.apple.finder.copy.source.inode#N        8
    com.apple.finder.copy.source.volumeuuid#N     36
drwxr-xr-x  1 user      staff  16384 Dec 22 20:08 test

In the samba logs I can see that the Mac accesses all files but they still don't show up.
Also, the directory can be traversed and written to without any issues in Terminal!
Other shares on the same server work well.


texts: Exporting Favorites from Character Viewer

texts:
I would like to export the list of Favorites in Character Viewer (which can be launched by selecting "Show Emoji & Symbols" in the menu bar icon for the input source) and import it into a different Mac.  Where is this list of Favorites stored?

I am using macOS Mojave 10.14.2.


texts: I refer to How to rotate screens separately, and it is not working for me. When I clicked Displays with the other two keys on the keyboard, nothing happened. So I wonder how to rotate the screen on my Macbook Air.


texts:
I'd like to automate the invoices I receive from a particular company. Unfortunately they name the files very strangely and the filename is not at all related to invoice number, or date. So I'm trying to find something to extract information from inside the PDF. I would look for particular strings and numbers. I can think of Spotlight that would be able to do that, but I don't think that's the best way. Suggestions and solutions to this particular problem are welcome.

Thank you!


texts: How can I change the settings for OS X Lion so that the combination of Shift+End results in the selection of text from the current cursor position to the end of the current line?  Specifically, I would like to be able to do this in Firefox, but if there is a general method that works for most/all applications, that would be ideal.


texts: Which Macbook Pro USB port should I use to charge an iPad?

texts:
I heard that one of the two USB ports provides more power, decreasing the charging time.

Still, I forgot which one is the powerful one. I would be nice to give a hint that's easy to rememeber ;)

It is does matter, this is a MBP from Early 2011, not one of the new 2012 series which has a very powerful charging port.

Update! I checked using System Report (you need to restart it after you plug/unplug iPad as it does not refresh itself).

So far there is no difference on my MBP, it it provides is 500 mA which is quite low.

Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA):  500
Extra Operating Current (mA):   1600


texts: VMware Fusion taking too long to expand disk?

texts:
I'm running Windows 10 Home in a VM under VMware Fusion 8.5.3 on macOS Sierra 10.12.2. Machine is MacBook Pro (15", Late 2016).

I shut down the Windows guest, and through its settings, attempted to expand the disk from 60GB to 150GB. I have 300GB+ available on the host.

So far, this is what I've been looking at for about 20 minutes:

How much longer should I wait before giving up? And, if I must give up, what can I do to have the best possible chance that my guest vm isn't totally hosed?


texts: How to run an automator app which launches an X11 app via shell script multiple times

texts:
So I have an Applescript to launch xemacs, but I thought it would be nice to have something I could drop files onto (and have an app to choose from contextual menus in the "open with" submenu), so I tried making an Automator app.

I called the app "XEmacs Opener.app" and it works... once.  But it will not launch new XEmacs windows (unless I just click the run button from automator itself) until the first one is closed.

I tried running the shell script with nohup, used the '&' to put it in the background, and called exit afterwards, but this does not solve the problem:

nohup /sw/bin/xemacs "$@" &
exit

Here's a screen-shot in case I didn't fully explain how it's set up:

I also tried calling xemacs without any arguments too.  So how can I get this to open up multiple instances of xemacs - or is that not possible?


texts: Can't find network files over SMB protocol using the Spotlight in Lion

texts:
I tried to find some files in a network volume mounted in OS X Lion over SMB using Spotlight. Didn't work.

But, when I tried the same search from OS X Snow Leopard it worked perfectly.

What do I need to perform this kind of search? Something to be enabled with the "defaults" command in the CLI?


texts: TextEdit refuses to modify a file in /Users/Shared owned by another user despite mode 666

texts:
I have a text file in /Users/Shared that I would like to be editable by all users on my Mac. The Get Info window shows that everyone has read and write access, and when I open the file with TextEdit on a non-owner account, the title bar does not state that the file is locked. Yet when I attempt to save my edits, I'm faced with the "The document could not be [saved / autosaved]. You don't have permission" popups.

I've tried adding the non-owner user to the permissions list in the Get Info window. No dice.

Outputs from ls (with names edited):

$ ls -l /Users/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x+ 14 Guest        _guest   476  7 Apr 11:14 Guest
drwxrwxrwt  45 root         wheel   1530 12 Apr 17:40 Shared
drwxr-xr-x+ 15 fileowner    staff    510 22 Feb 12:49 fileowner
drwxr-xr-x+ 17 admin        staff    578 21 Dec 10:55 admin
$ ls -l /Users/Shared/Links.txt
-rw-rw-rw-@ 1 fileowner  wheel  619 25 Feb 19:44 /Users/Shared/Links.txt

I can reproduce this behavior on two separate machines, one running 10.8 and the other 10.9, but not on the one running 10.6.


texts: What's the best way to display (and print) rtf files

texts: My son gets his homework assignments online as rtf files. On his Macbook, they are automatically opened with textedit which won't display graphics and other elements correctly or at all. So, he will need to convert to pdf (or open with another app). What's the best and most MACcy way to do that?


texts: Can you sync an iPhone to the new MacBooks wirelessly?

texts: I recently bought a new MacBook and it doesn't have a usb port (I knew this when I bought it) I assumed there was a way to sync my iPhone to it wirelessly but I'm not sure if you can, Im just wondering if I'm going to have to buy the extension for the usb?


texts: Stuck at OS X Utilities while clean installing Yosemite

texts:
I decided to do a clean Yosemite install on my Macbook Pro 13 inch Mid-2012 . So I made a boot able USB from terminal. Then I booted from it and went into disk utility and erased my current Disk which was Macintosh HD. Then I closed disk utility and clicked install OS X. As soon as I double clicked it the continue button grayed out and nothing is happening. I can move around the cursor which means it hasn't hung. I rebooted to the boot able USB and again clicked it and again the button grayed out. I have been waiting now for about 10 to 15 minutes and nothing has happened yet. What should I do?

This is where I am stuck.


texts:
I have an iMac 9,1 running Mavericks.  I recently tried to take a photo using the built in iSight camera, but it seemingly cannot initiate the device.

Using Photo Booth just presents me with a spinner icon until it shows me this eventually:

Checking in System Report shows the following information (Note the spinner again when checking the Camera section:

I last used the camera less than a week ago, and had no issues.  I don't even think it's been rebooted since I used it last (although I have rebooted to see if it makes a difference).

Lastly, I get the following lines constantly repeated in the console twice a second, which may be related:

19/03/2014 20:32:50.772 com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.cmio.VDCAssistant[4913]) Job appears to have crashed: Abort trap: 6
19/03/2014 20:32:50.798 VDCAssistant[4914]: AVF warning: failed to get a service for display id: 4128828
19/03/2014 20:32:50.799 VDCAssistant[4914]: AVF warning: failed to get a service for display id: 4128829
19/03/2014 20:32:50.799 VDCAssistant[4914]: AVF warning: failed to get a service for display id: 4128830
19/03/2014 20:32:50.799 VDCAssistant[4914]: AVF warning: failed to get a service for display id: 4128831
19/03/2014 20:32:50.811 VDCAssistant[4914]: CGSDisplayID: App trying to enumerate [0 to CGSGetNumberOfDisplays()] instead of using CGSGetDisplayList().  Compensating...
19/03/2014 20:32:50.811 VDCAssistant[4914]: Client is attempting to access a display by index (4) instead of display ID.
19/03/2014 20:32:50.860 ReportCrash[4861]: Saved crash report for VDCAssistant[4913] version 4561 to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/VDCAssistant_2014-03-19-203250-1_StuffeMac.crash

How can I get to the bottom of this and fix my camera?


texts: Trouble re-downloading paid Apple apps bundled for free with new Mac

texts:
I recently bought a 13" retina MacBook Pro. I set it up with my Apple ID. I subsequently changed my Apple ID password on my iPhone. When I came back to log into the MacBook, it wouldn't let me with my new password. So I tired my old password which didn't work as well. I performed a factory restore on it and that seemed to work. But I then noticed that it deleted certain apps that where already installed on the computer such as iMovie. When I go to the Mac App Store to re-download them, they are shown as paid apps.

How do I download them again for free?


texts: Can't open VCD Video on iMac (OX 10.10.4)

texts:
Soooo, we have a couple educational VCDs from Taiwan.  Upon insertion, they mount as 2 volumes, Audio CD and VIDEODISC.  A quick Google said to browse to VIDEODISC/MPEGAV and play the DAT files there, which were essentially MPG files with extra (unspecified) data.  But, on both discs every .DAT file has an i/o error.  It's disc/OS interaction level - Finder won't copy the files, and a Disk Image creation failed (Error message: Invalid Argument), and Disk Utility kind of hangs at exit.

I don't know well the discs were taken care of, so I could see maybe one or two files that would have corruption, but not issues with every .DAT file (70+ files across 2 discs). They're Windows formatted volumes (the VIDEODISC volume has a Windows VCD player executable) but that never was an issue before.  The fact that Disk Utility not only decides not to copy, but seems very confused in general.

Any tips?


texts: MacBook Pro doesn't charge reliably, when being powered by USB-C monitor

texts:
I have a Lenovo ThinkVision p27h-20, which is a USB-C display, that can provide power and process video-/audio-signals all on the same cable.
When I plug in the monitor, the MacBook almost always notices the charging-cable being plugged in, and system_profiler SPPowerDataType shows
    AC Charger Information:

      Connected: Yes
      Wattage (W): 65
      Charging: Yes

So the charging wattage should be sufficient. However, when the MacBook goes to sleep after being idle for some time, the charging just stops, and system_profiler SPPowerDataType shows
    AC Charger Information:

      Connected: Yes
      Wattage (W): 65
      Charging: No

Sometimes it also doesn't charge, when I wake the MacBook up and re-plug the USB-C cable. I effectively run watch -n 5 system_profiler SPPowerDataType and check the charging state multiple times every hour, which is not ideal.
I tested the charging with an Arch Linux-Laptop and everything worked as expected.
How can I fix this issue? Is it even fixable? If not, is there something else I can do, other than buying a new monitor?


texts: Why does my Asus PB277Q screen keep waking up while the Mac it is connected to is sleeping?

texts:
Whenever I put my Macbook Pro running High Sierra to sleep my Asus PB277Q keeps waking up displaying a blue screen saying 'HDMI no signal' every few seconds, forever. Some other times it sleeps normally, and I can't tell what is causing the behavior.

From what I can tell the Mac itself is asleep. It makes no sound, Bluetooth is off, Wake for network access is off, sharing (internet for example) is off, removing USB devices changes nothing. The screen is connected to a Displayport to HDMI/DVI/VGA adapter, which in turn is connected to the screen over an HDMI cable.

Any ideas what else I can try?


texts:
I'm not able to clear off the backups on my iCloud account. I had deleted icloud sync from my old iPhone and iPad. It's no longer shows in the iCloud section on both the devices regarding any backup.

Is there any way to delete it off ?

I checked it out on iCloud.com and It only says backup.


texts: Error with App Store Update on iPhone 6 and iPad Pro

texts:
I have never heard of or installed this Numbo Call Blocker app, but my Update screen wants to update it anyway. It fails when it tries. I searched on the App store and did not find it. It looks suspicious to me.
Is there a way I can delete it from the update list?


texts: Is it possible to sync messages from Mac to iPhone?

texts: I accidentally deleted a conversation on my iPhone but the conversation is still there on my Mac. Is there anyway to sync the two so it reappears on my iPhone?


texts: security command gives out passwords without prompting for the keychain password

texts:
When I try to access a keychain password using the keychain access GUI, I always get a dialog box for inputting the current keychain (login) password.

However, when I try the same thing from the command line using commands like the following

security find-generic-password -gs site_name

there is no such dialog for password input and the password is just given without any form of validation.

Is there any way to change this?


texts: Mountain Lion OSX Server One IP Virtual Sites www resolving to wrong Site

texts:
I am trying to get 2 domains working properly with one static IP on ML OSX Server.

When I set a domain = www.domain2.com- it resolves to domain1.com.
I have dns set for domain 2 at godaddy, where www.domain2.com and domain2.com both resolve to the IP.

I set an additional domain for domain2 in the server control panel as www.domain2.com. Both sites listen on the same IP.

Domain1 has a nameserver setup for the domain on a co-located mac mini.

============================================================================

I have two sites and one ip .I would like for the www subdomain to work for www.mysecondsite.com. after adding the subdomain www.mysecondsite.com in the control panel for osx server-- when I type www.mysecondsite.com the browser loads  www.firstsite.com.

I do not have enough points to post in the comments. All I did was setup the server. left the default site as is . added firstsite. added secondsite. added www.secondsite.com in the subdomain portion of secondsite's preference box.

This is a new install. am i missing something?


texts: Move Purchased App from Windows Phone to iPhone

texts:
My Windows Phone got stolen and I decided to get an iPhone 4s as a replacement.
I bought the Threema-App for WP 8.1.
Is there any possibility to get Threema for iOS 9.2.1 without having to buy it again?


texts: How do you connect the new MacBook Air to the Cinema Display?

texts: The MacBook Air has the magsafe and a USB port on one side of the chassis and the mini display and another USB port on the other side of the chassis.  Does the 3-port cable for the Cinema Display work, seeing as how the magsafe and the mini display are on opposite sides instead of all lined up like on the MacBook Pro?  If so, is it graceful or ungainly?


texts:
I've looked on other questions and from those answers I have tried SDFormatter and it produced this error:

[ERROR] Invalid end of sector signature: 0x4536
[ERROR] exfat_check_validate_boot_sector returned error: 22 (Invalid argument)
[ERROR] Initializing cached values failed: 22 (Invalid argument)
[ERROR] Generated invalid volume. exfat_volume_create returned: 22 (Invalid argument)

Any ideas?


texts: Delete all backups of specific file/folder with tmutil

texts:
I'm trying to delete all backups of specific items through the command line. I can accomplish this using the GUI through the following steps:

Enter Time Machine
Navigate to the file to be deleted
Right click (or click the gear icon in the finder) and choose
"Delete all backups of ..."

How can I replicate this on the command line using tmutil? Especially, when using Backup Loupe to detect large files it'd be easier to use the Terminal (since I don't have to enter TimeMachine at all each time I want to delete a particular file and can navigate to it using the Finder, and then drop it onto Terminal for a command to delete it).

I was hoping I could use something like this:

sudo tmutil delete /path/to/file

however it gives me the error:

  "Invalid deletion target (error 22)"`

This works fine:

sudo tmutil delete /Volume/Backups.backupdb/<machinename>

and this too:

sudo tmutil delete /Volume/Backups.backupdb/<machinename>/<specificbackup>

According to man tmutil the delete command should also be able to delete specific items.  However, I've been out of luck so far. While there are numerous answers on this site (and elsewhere) to delete specific backups with tmutil and to delete specific backup items through the GUI (using the method described above) I was unable to find any non-GUI way to delete specific backup items.


texts: Applescript Service fails because of missing constraints

texts:
I wrote an Automator Service which executes a small applescript to set the volume and play a sound.

To activate the service, I copied it into /Library/Services and did a chmod +x.
To register a keyboard shortcut for the service, I ran defaults write -g NSUserKeyEquivalents '{"HelloWorld" = "$@~1";}' where HelloWorld is the name of the service as seen in the Services menu and $@~1 my shortcut (which resolves to ⌘+⌥+⇧+1)

After a reboot I can see the service in the menu with the shortcut next to it. When I press the desired key combination, an alert pops telling me that the script encountered an error. There also appears an error in the log:

  Detected missing constraints for .  It cannot be placed because there are not enough constraints to fully define the size and origin. Add the missing constraints, or set translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints=YES and constraints will be generated for you. If this view is laid out manually on macOS 10.12 and later, you may choose to not call [super layout] from your override. Set a breakpoint on DETECTED_MISSING_CONSTRAINTS to debug. This error will only be logged once.

This suggests an error with some view that is not initialized correctly, but I'm not using any views.

Here's the content of the Automator Workflow:

on run

    if (get output volume of (get volume settings)) < 50 then
        set volume output volume 50
    end if

    do shell script "afplay /Library/Application\ Support/HelloWorld/hello.mp3"

    return
end run


texts: Site doesn't work on Safari but loads fine on Chrome/Firefox

texts:
I'm trying to load www.zhongwen.com on Safari on the iPad on iOS 14 (but I encounter the same issue on Safari for Mac). The site loads fine, but clicking on any Chinese character doesn't load the correct elements for that character (it appears as a broken image). You can compare the results on Chrome/Firefox and notice that Safari doesn't load properly.
Interestingly, the site loads fine on Safari for iPad on iOS 6. I'm not sure what's different between Safari on iOS 6 and iOS 14, but hopefully that helps someone diagnose the issue. I noticed that there are Experimental settings for Safari but not sure what any mean and afraid to change anything.
If anyone can help I would greatly appreciate it!


texts: iCloud Photo- How to save to the cloud but not share photos between devices

texts: I have 6 phones under the same Apple id.  I would like the photos on all phones to backup to the cloud, but not be shared between all devices.  How do I do that?


texts: iPhone dock connector problems, with and without accessories

texts:
I started to experience problems with my iPhone that seem to be related to the dock connector.

Upon plugging my iPhone into my (officially supported) car stereo, I started to get the message  "This accessory is not supported by iPhone" on the screen.  Didn't think much of it as I only use it for charging purposes, and that still worked so I ignored it.  Then I bought a small ANT+ dongle, which is a little accessory you plug into the dock connector to allow your phone to receive data from various health/fitness devices like heart rate monitor, and cycle sensors etc.  It produces the same error message every time I plug it in, and the apps that use the dongle will not recognise it.

The dongle does officially support my hardware and OS level. I've checked that it is not broken by plugging it into an iPhone 5, an iPad 3 and an iPod of some description, none of which showed the error.  The supported apps find the device on the iPad, the iPhone 5 does not have the apps installed but offers to do so as soon as I plug it in, so I know the dongle is working correctly.

In addition to the above, when nothing is plugged into the dock connector, it still occassionally thinks that something is, resulting in a muted phone.  When it's in this state I am not able to hear anything or change any volume settings (music playback or ringer volume) with the physical keys. Going into the Music app shows that it thinks it's outputting the music to the dock connector.

Why is this accessory not working on my iPhone, and how can I get it working?  What causes my iPhone to think that it's docked when it isn't?


texts: How can I reconfigure the RAID settings on a Maxtor OneTouch III?

texts:
I have a 1TB Maxtor OneTouch III. This is the drive that comes with two 500GB disks and software to configure RAID 0 (mirroring) with 500GB of storage, or full use of both disks for 1TB of storage. Way back when I set it up with RAID 0, and now I want to switch it back to no RAID.

Alas, Maxtor/Seagate do not make the software to do this available for download anymore. Naturally I don't have the DVD it came with (if there even was one!). Can anyone tell me where I can find a Mountain Lion or Lion utility to change the RAID configuration on this drive?


texts: Mail signature doesn't get added above quoted text

texts:
I don't use my .signature by default, but often add it to a message after generating the reply. In these cases, is there any way to get the signature to appear above the quoted text? I have the option selected in Mail preferences, but it still always puts it at the bottom of the message anyway.

I am running Mavericks now, but it has always [mis]behaved this way.


texts: This window keeps showing every time I login

texts:
Every time I login to my Mac (Lion OS X) I keep getting this windows shown, even when I shut down without the option of reopening the windows when I log back in from here:

This is the window that keeps showing:

How on earth do I stop this for appearing all the time when I login?


texts: DNS resolves incorrectly, even after purge

texts:
After changing a CNAME record on my DNS server, I am seeing issues with the DNS on my Macbook Air running OS X 10.10. Other computers on the same network resolves to the correct, new IP.

$ host beta.stoffiplayer.com
beta.stoffiplayer.com is an alias for polar-meadow-2518.herokuapp.com.
polar-meadow-2518.herokuapp.com is an alias for us-east-1-a.route.herokuapp.com.
us-east-1-a.route.herokuapp.com has address 54.243.37.192

This is correct, it is an alias for a Heroku app.

But when I try Chrome, Safari or even curl I get a different IP:

$ curl -vI http://beta.stoffiplayer.com/ 2>&1 | grep Connected
* Connected to beta.stoffiplayer.com (52.16.117.175) port 80 (#0)

This IP does not belong to heroku.com but Amazon AWS:

$ host 52.16.117.175
175.117.16.52.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer ec2-52-16-117-175.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com.

I tried to purge the DNS cache but it doesn't make a difference:

$ sudo discoveryutil mdnsflushcache
$ sudo discoveryutil udnsflushcaches
$ curl -vI http://beta.stoffiplayer.com/ 2>&1 | grep Connected
* Connected to beta.stoffiplayer.com (52.16.117.175) port 80 (#0)

I have even rebooted the computer, but still same result.


texts: Sending messages to an iPhone without iMessage

texts:
I need to send texts to my kids while they are away from Wi-Fi. I pay for a text message service through my carrier, but can't force my phone to send a text message instead of an iMessage with iOS 10.

So are all our iPhones incapable of sending text messages to people without data plans now?


texts:
I have many recordings where I want English subtitles.
However, those subtitles do not exist.
So it would be great to have some application which could pick up some words and make a raw subtitle.

Is there any good software to make subtitles from recordings in OSX?


texts:
When I close my MacBook - my Ultrafine 4K display stays on (I want everything to sleep). It's connected via USB-C.

I can find nothing about this on Google - in fact I found articles telling people what to do to make an external display stay on (like it goes off by default).

Mine stays on by default - when I have stopped using the MacBook and want to step away from my machine - I just want to close it, have the machine sleep & monitor go off and be done. How can I do this?


texts: I backed up my Android device and I want to restore it on my iphone 5!

texts:
Can anybody please help me?!
I want to restore a non apple device back up to my iphone 5 and I can't so please anybody's help would be great! I have a Samsung galaxy S7 edge and I got a iPhone 6s.


texts: Bought an iPod Touch for my son which I then discovered is a 2nd gen which doesn't support lots of apps and games. Currently I either have to try downloading a game to see if it fails or read the blurb for each one, which is a complete pain in the ass. Is there any way to sort or filter iTunes so that the only results I see are the ones which will actually work on 4.2.1?


texts: Can't see other output options in Sound Preferences

texts:
I cannot see or change the selection for the sound output device, neither in the system preferences nor in the menu bar. However when I connect my bluetooth headphone, it automatically becomes the preferred one, so I can say my mac has no trouble seeing it as a headphone.
Some more details:
I can see the devices in input section. Also I can see them in sound effects section.
I can change the preferred output to Internal speakers but then I cannot change it back.
I can select other devices for sound output from other applications such as Zoom and Messenger.
Also I have been using these devices for months and my mac did not have such problems until recently.
(Sorry for my English)


texts: Can I access internal microphone input level via Terminal?

texts:
I am interested in using my old MacBook as an audio baby monitor. My imagined workflow is to set a noise threshold for the internal microphone in the MacBook when baby is stirring or whining and to use Messages to text me or my wife when the threshold is reached.

When I'm looking in System Preferences, I can see the Input level for the microphone is picking up noise, but how can I get a quantifiable number in Terminal?

I've seen online about osascript -e "get volume settings" to access a numeric value for how sensitive the microphone should be set, but I can't find a way to access how loud of an input is coming in at any given time.

Any ideas out there?


texts: What do I do if the disk image data is corrupted?

texts: I am trying to install Sims 3, but it opens a window saying that "The following disk images couldn't be opened because the image data was corrupted." What can I do to resolve this issue?


texts: How do I automate a key press in AppleScript?

texts:
Is it possible to automate the key press of a key (such as "a" or "<") in Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari (in this order)?
I'd like to automate the key press of "a" for example in Mozilla Firefox for 100 times every x seconds. With x being a value between 1 second and 10 seconds chosen randomly at every key press. What Applescript could make the trick?

Also, where can I find a list of all codes for each key of the keyboard?


texts: How to browse the iBook store without owning an iPad?

texts: I am considering purchasing an iPad and one of the uses would be to read books. But I can't find a way to browse the iBook store and see what books they have available without actually owning an iPad. Is it accessible via iTunes?


texts: How can I disable/hide this automatic volume level pop over that appears when changing the sound level. Is there switch or secret flag to not show this when I change the volume using the volume keys on the keyboard (Macbook)?


texts: iPhone SE gets quite hot after replacing the protector casing

texts:
I recently bought a new iPhone SE case, a silicone one in book style from B2CTelecom. The particular one I bought in case it matters is https://www.bol.com/nl/p/iphone-se-5s-5-standcase-hoesje-design-stars/9200000104229975/

I've found that while watching online videos like Youtube and Twitch, it gets quite hot after about half an hour to an hour. is this because of the new case acting too much as an insulator? Could this end up damaging my iPhone? The iPhone was bought new in 2016, and the battery max capacity right now is at 91% according to the settings app.


texts: Bengali font not rendering correctly in terminal

texts:
Expected rendering of bengali text:
আমদানির শুল্ক কমানোর ঘোষণার প্রভাব নেই চালের দামে। উল্টো বেড়েছে। তবে ভারত রপ্তানি খুলে দেওয়ার খবরে প্রতিদিন কমছে পেঁয়াজের দাম।

I use Terminal.app and zsh
In another app like note, browser, textedit bengali font render correctly


texts: In-app purchase or third party payment vendor for app subscription model for a physical device?

texts:
We are developing an application which allows user to synchronize fitness band data, such as step count and sleep tracker with mobile device. we give the hardware (fitness band) free to users with premium subscriptions.

We also have several other premium features such as expert consultation, goals tracker etc. all this feature are available with premium subscription. We also have plans to sell few fitness products in the future.

My question is, whether apple allows us to integrate third party payment vendor or It is mandatory to stick with In-app purchase. I went through App Store Review Guidelines. and It does not seem clear enough on the policy with respect to our model.

https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#payments

Thank you.


texts: How can I get the resources under Mac OSX like windows?

texts:
In windows I can get the resources by using the below method:

How can I get the resources under Mac OSX ?


texts: Can dock items be added for multiple OS users?

texts:
Hi can anyone give me a simple step by step procedure for me to be able to use the same dock for two separate users.

I basically have me as two companies and have set up two users to keep everything separate.

But I would like to be able to add icons for  word, photoshop, and illustrator in both user accounts.


texts: Mail: Separate unread counts (badges) on dock icon for different accounts

texts:
I have multiple accounts configured in Mail and I would like to see the separate unread counts in the dock icon.

I was looking at dockstar. When I google I see that another plugin Mailbadger is also available (the homepage is down for quite sometime now, and the download available via macupdate and others seem to be outdated)

Is there another/better app/plugin for customizing Mail's dock icons?


texts: Re-Installing GarageBand from iLife '11 DVD (Guitar Tracks Issue)

texts:
Due to an issue regarding the creation of Guitar Tracks in GarageBand '11, and that none of the reported fixes (here and here) have worked, I am looking to re-install.  However, I don't appear to be able to re-install just GarageBand '11 from my iLife DVD.  I have navigated to the 'Customize' part of the installer, however it greys out the tick boxes for iLife Support, iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD (both skipped by default), and GarageBand.

I don't want to re-install iPhoto, nor anything else other than GarageBand and because I have bought a retail version of iLife '11 I don't think I can download from the App Store.  Given that an App Store download was one of the known causes, then this wouldn't be appropriate anyway.

Of course, if someone has a proven fix for my problem other than those mentioned then I would also find that acceptable :-)

Thanks


texts:
I found some questions like that here but it doesn't help me.  I use Paragon hard disk manager & disk utility to resize it and have screenshot like below.

But I can't add free space to main osx partition. I found that I have to move free space section to near main partition so I can able to resize it.

So how do I do that?

Thank you


texts: How can I adjust the amount of emails showed in Notification center?

texts:
In iOS9's Notification Center, I have hundreds and hundreds of emails listed all the way back to 3 days ago.

I tried to find a limitation in the "Notifications" Settings page, Ideally to restrict the emails to either the last 2 days or to the last 15 or 20 emails received, but couldn't find a solution for this there...


texts: OSX Utilities downloads installer then goes back to start

texts:
Yesterday I had what seems to have been some hard drive malfunction. The disk cannot be verified or repaired and suggests that I reinstall OS X.

I've backed up my files and in the recovery utilities I select "Reinstall OS X", It then spends around 3 hours downloading Mavericks, when it's completed it doesn't provide me with any prompt, it just takes me back to the main OS X Utilities screen. At first I assumed that maybe I have to click Reinstall OS X again, this just downloaded the installer all over again.

Any ideas on what this could be and how to fix it? Short of sending this back to an Apple dealer.

I'm a Windows/Debian user. I only use my Mac at work for iOS Dev so I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing.


texts:
There's a thread about the 2011 model, but it doesn't have an answer and that was a lot of technology ago.

A lot of people have said that the macbook will handle it's own cooling process, but mine is new and will get pretty hot within half an hour of watching movies or mid-level processing.  I think I'd like something if only to provide a layer of ventilation and buffer between myself and the computer.

Does anyone have any experience actually getting a cooling pad for their mac?
Is it really not worth it to spend twenty bucks to provide better ventilation?
If you think it's worth it, any specific recommendations on products?


texts: How to get Lion a working auto_home client with NIS and NFS Server

texts:
I have a working NIS/NFS server environment here, with multiple servers. One is the NIS server, that works just fine with Lion. But I can't figure out how to get the auto home mounting working.

Do you guys have any hints, make this working?


texts: Do iOS apps crash regularly? Is this normal?

texts:
I've been having some trouble with one of the third-party apps on my iPod Touch 4gen, and realized that a lot of apps I use (which isn't many) have been spontaneously exiting, recently.  Safari and Youtube both did this a few times today.

Is this normal?  iOS apps tend to go back to what they were doing, so it's not that big a deal, but perhaps it's indicative of some hardware or software issue.

I'm using iOS 4.2.1.  I don't remember it being quite this bad on 4.1, but that could well just be my imagination.

I looked for crash logs on my computer, but there's been no crash logs created in over a week, even for apps which I know have crashed many times since then.  I don't know what that means, if anything.

Should I be concerned?  Is there anything I can do?  Is there some kind of "is my iPod completely &#@!ed?" diagnostic I should run?  I realize this is kind of a vague question.


texts: Where are the config files for Pidgin via Homebrew?

texts:
I installed Pidgin via Homebrew. I'm looking for config files such as accounts.xml and prefs.xml.

On Linux, I believe they're located in are in ~/.pidgin, and %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Pidgin on Windows.

I would expect them to be somewhere in /usr/local/Cellar/pidgin, but they're not, as far as I can tell.


texts: Mac doesn't show right information in Storage

texts: For some reason my Mac doesn't show a space taken by iCloud. I have 0.8 of 5.0 gb available on it, but it doesn't show a blue section. I used to have it. What can I do to return it?


texts: Is there a definitive reference or introspection capability for Applescript?

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Is there some canonical place I can find a reference for the scripting capabilities various things have in AppleScript?

For instance, I'd like to automate iTunes a little bit. Looking around on the web I see iTunes supports get album of current track and current track has several properties: name, artist, etc. But nowhere can I find a reference for all of iTunes' properties, or capabilities other than current track. That info may be on Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes somewhere, but then that's iTunes specific, I want a general reference for all apps.

Similarly, Google Chrome has some scriptability. How can I discover what it can do? It's a third party product and Google has written some of their own docs, but they seem incomplete.

A website AppleScript reference would be great. Even better would be if AppleScript has some introspection abilities so I can just ask iTunes itself what it supports with AppleScript code. (Honestly I hate the language, but it seems to be the only way to access a lot of neat things in MacOS apps.)


texts: Why are some images more than 56 GB in the Photos app?

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Earlier I came across the total file size of my Photos app library while sorting and completing some missing metadata in my files. I was stunned when I saw the value of 4.25 TB. My computer only has 500 GB of storage and my total storage on iCloud is 2 TB of which I use less than 200 GB (I use iCould Photos).
I created smart albums for each year in order to narrow down what files in my library were taking so much space and I was able to find photos with an unusually high size of about 56 GB (per photo) throughout the years 2018 and 2019.
When performing a drag and drop from my Photos library to any particular location on my drive, desktop for exemple, the file size dropped to only a few MB (less than 5 MB). The filename of the corrupted files always resemble a hash such as: 56781252093__8ECA427D-D127-4B9E-9241-F6E6D39C55E6.
The images would open with apps like Preview and image editing apps, could be sent by mail or messages, but when I tried to drag it back to the Photos app, I would get an error message telling me that "the items can not be added to my library" and that "it might be due to an unrecognizable file format or the the file may not contain valid data".
Is there an explanation for what happened? And most importantly: is there a way to restore the corrupted images and to add them back to the Photos app library?.


texts: Once I disconnect from the mains, can I leave the charger cable in the Mac?

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I use my MacBook Pro on battery as much as possible, recharging when needed and once a month running it down to recalibrate etc.

However, when the battery is charged to 100% I unplug the charger from the electricity supply and the MacBook from the charger, but I wonder is the latter precaution necessary?

Is there any power exchange between MacBook and charger when the latter is unplugged?

It's not too important but would save me some scrambling around under my desk.


texts: Are copies using rsync faster than using Finder?

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So - I have a question about using rsync in Terminal. I need to move a Time Machine backup off of an external drive in order to reformat it. The 'backups' folder is nearly 300 GB. At first I tried to use CarbonCopyCloner to create a sparseimage on the disk I am moving the data to. That didn't work because, according to Bombich, TM backups are treated differently and can't be processed by CCC.

Then I decided to use Disk Utility to create a new 300GB SparseImage on the destination and use rsync to copy the backup folder to the new SparseImage. I used the rsync command sudo rsync -va --progress and dragged the source and destination paths into the Terminal window. After I authenticated, Terminal started creating a list of files to deal with - but this listing task went on for hours, which seems to completely defeat the idea of creating an efficient transfer. What did I do wrong? Should I not have asked for verbose responses - or did I make some other error.

Eventually the task completed, but it took over two days using a USB 2 wired connection. Would this have taken the same amount of time if I had just dragged the folder across using Finder?

Obviously - I am a noob with Terminal, so any help will be much appreciated.


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How do you open UDP ports in a range on MacOS 10.15.7 Catalina. For example, I'm trying to open these ports for Unity iOS debugging on device...

nc -vnzu 225.0.0.2222 55000-555111
nc: port range not valid


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A question that has occupied me for a long time and I still haven't got the answer. It's about Apple's Internet Recovery.
When I read through quite a few pages from Apple, I saw that a signed .dmg was loaded into the recovery partition in order to protect against manipulated software, the same applies to Internet recovery.
Let's get to my question.

When the Mac loads the signed dmg file from the partition, it must say somewhere that the Mac should only take the dmg where the checksum is correct. Where is that listed? Has it been specially built into the hardware so that manipulation of the software, for example when system integration protection is deactivated, does not interest the Mac or is it a software issue? I ask myself the same question about Internet recovery.

Where is the software installation saved from the Internet?

Does the signing only apply using the methods mentioned above, or also with a boot stick?


texts: Any way to batch open all open tabs from Safari on iOS Safari on Mac?

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I have iCloud Sync setup for Safari both on my macOS and iOS devices.

I know how to and can successfully see the open tabs in Safari on iOS in my Mac's Safari. I know both ways (via either the "show all tabs" & "show iCloud tabs" options) and often open a single tab from one place to another.

My iOS device has amassed way too many open tabs. I would like to have a quick way to open all the open tabs (or a large chunk at once) from Safari for iOS in Safari on my Mac.

Is it possible to do so?


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I recently tried out CrashPlan on my Macbook, but I decided not to go through with that.  However, now that I'm not going to be using CrashPlan after all, I can't figure out how to remove their app from my Mac.

I've tried simply opening up Finder and moving it to Trash but I get the following error when I try that:

I've also tried deleting it from the command-line using rm -rf CrashPlan.app; even when I run this as root, I still get:

rm: CrashPlan.app/Contents: Operation not permitted
rm: CrashPlan.app: Operation not permitted

I also tried doing this with the GNU version of rm, but I still get an error:

grm: cannot remove ‘CrashPlan.app/Contents’: Operation not permitted

I ran, get info on the CrashPlan app in Finder, and I noticed this:

However, when I uncheck the locked field and then try to move it to Trash, I still get the same error that I got the first time.

Any ideas?