texts: Is it Possible to Delete Songs from iCloud without iTunes Match?

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Edit in response to this question being a duplicate. This is not a duplicate as I am asking how to delete any song from any artist off of cloud storage, not just U2's Songs of Innocence. The link given that provides the supposed answer will only delete the U2 album, Songs of Innocence from the cloud storage. Yes, Songs of Innocence prompted me to try and delete songs from the cloud storage, but I have additional songs I want deleted. I have already detailed in my question how that link does not help me, nor solve this question, as it only works for the one U2 album.

I recently used iPad to listen to some music only to find out I had U2's Songs of Innocence album. I wasn't too bothered until one of their songs started playing. I decided I would like to delete their album from both the iPad and the iCloud. Also there were a few other songs I had purchased prior that I wanted to delete from both my iPad and the iCloud. Here is the list of things I tired to accomplish this feat.

1. I went online to see how to delete the album and was redirected here:

itunes.com/soi-remove

But, there are other songs in on my iCloud that I have purchased and I would like to delete. Which leads to number two.

2. I searched the web and found this:

How do you delete songs from Icloud on Iphone

Ultimately, the accepted answer in that thread was to do this:

Go to Settings > iTunes & App Stone and shut off Music under the SHOW ALL category.
and
Go to Settings > Music and shut off Show All Music.

That will hide the songs from your iPad (or other apple device) but it will not actually delete the songs from the iCloud. If I turn those settings back on, I will see those songs again.

3. I found this:

Delete songs and music videos from your iTunes library with an iTunes Match subscription

It details how to delete songs from the iCloud, but it requires iTunes Match and iTunes Match costs $24.99 a year. I'm not about to spend money to delete songs from iCloud that I purchased.

4. I tried 3rd party software.

I searched around the internet some more and ended up downloading the app Document 5 on my iPad, but that app was unable to even see the song files on iCloud (although the app can view and delete other types of files stored on iCloud).

5. I tried deleting the songs through my iCloud account.

I tried signing into iCloud.com from my computer and yet again, there is no way to view songs on your iCloud through your iCloud.com account. I can view other files, like documents and photos, and I can delete them, but I can't view or delete song files.

6. I searched apple.stackexchange.com and www.reddit.com/r/apple.

Basically, this leads to the same answers. I need iTunes Match and that costs money.

I want to not only delete the U2 album, but also other songs on my iCloud. Yes, I will most likely use the link to delete the U2 album, but am I really expected to pay money or use a special service when I want to delete other songs from iCloud?

I would like to be able to have control over the music I purchase and there are some songs that I would like to delete for good and not just hide them from view, knowing that I can just re-download them off the cloud at a later date. However, it seems Apple has made it so I cannot view or modify my song files on iCloud without either purchasing an iTunes Match subscription or using the U2 album removal link (which will only work for that album). So, I ask:

Is there any way to delete songs from iCloud without an iTunes Match subscription?


texts: How to make a jailbroken iPhone appear un-jailbroken to network provider?

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I'd like to jailbreak my iPhone but have it appear to my network provider as if it isn't jailbroken. This should be do-able, but what do I need to do to make this happen?

I have an iPhone 4 currently running iOS 4.2.

EDIT:  Canadian politics is tricky.  Part of the potential new copyright law would make defeating any sort of weak sauce encryption illegal. Essentially, the copyright holder would have it's rights fully supported, and as for the user, well they get what's left. This is going on at the same time as our bandwidth cap issues. I just want to be proactive, for when the "unforseen QoS problems" begin to arise here. So, not a neutral ISP situation.


texts: How often does the Recovery Volume mount itself?

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From my understanding about the new APFS System for macOS High Sierra, the Recovery partition disk1s3 will shortly mount and unmount itself to check for updates in the background. Ive noticed from console logs that it checks for updates about every day, depending how long my macbook is active.

My main question is what triggers the Recovery partition to mount for updates and how often does it mount(i believe its a 24-hour period)? Any insight would be appreciated.


texts: Can I have a stable IP address for a virtual machine under VMWare?

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I'm using VMWare to emulate Ubuntu on my Leopard Mac OS X.

The IP address changes everytime I put the Mac to sleep.

I was wondering if I can avoid that.


texts: How can I speed up the way OS X takes a window into full screen

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I click the green circle at the top left of my screen so my window can go into full-screen mode.

Then I have to wait while my Mac performs some unnecessary animation to show me that I'm going into full-screen mode.

Can I eliminate that animation and go into full-screen instantly?


texts:
I am using Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8. I tried changing a folder's icon using this well known method. I used a png image as my target icon. The icon does get changed, but not to the picture itself, but the icon of a png file.

The Icon I want to be there:

What I get:

You see? That is not the png itself, but the icon of a png file.

I want the png to be the icon. Am I missing something?

(If it is important, "Show Icon Preview" is turned on in Finder view options. This folder was read-only for everyone but after seeing Problems changing drive icon I changed it to Read Write for everyone)


texts: Erased /usr/local/bin directory by mistake

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I am a somewhat newbie to Unix.  I recently started a bash tutorial where I created a hello world bash script like this:

#!/bin/bash
echo 'Hello World!'

then, I moved it into /usr/local/bin using this command:

sudo mv hello.sh /usr/local/bin

now /bin under /usr/local is no longer a directory, but a file, and when using ls -l on it, I get this output:

MacBook-Pro-de-Omar:local omarnavarro$ ls
bin
MacBook-Pro-de-Omar:local omarnavarro$ ls -l
total 8
-rwxr-xr-x  1 omarnavarro  staff  32 Apr 11 19:27 bin
MacBook-Pro-de-Omar:local omarnavarro$ cat bin
#!/bin/bash
echo 'Hello world!'

I understand that /usr/local/bin is part of the $PATH, and so I believe there must have been lots of commands in there.  Will this affect me much?  how can I restore the commands that previously lived in /usr/local/bin when it was a directory.  I can't believe I screwed up so badly!


texts: How to start Apple Hardware Test without Apple Software Disk (MBP13 mid-2010)?

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My question is very simple. I have some trouble on my MBP13 mid-2010 (MC375LL/A) and I want to diagnose it using the Apple Hardware Test.

I try to hold the D key down during restart of the MBP but nothing happens. I think it is due to the fact that I need to use the DVD 2 coming with the MBP. Unfortunately I don't have the DVD currently.

I try to use Internet Recovery (by holding "Option+D") but it seems that Apple Hardware Test does not support my MBP...

So I am looking for a solution to achieve this diagnostic without the original DVD.

Edit: My MBP is currently running on OSX Maverick (10.9.1).


texts: How do I permanently stop iPhone text messages from appearing on my iMac. I don't want to send/receive/view messages on my computer. I only want to use my phone for sending/receiving/viewing messages. Also, I'm hoping the fix doesn't require constant maintenance. I've gotten advice for this before, but the fix has to be repeated every time I restart my computer.


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When you enabled Find My Mac on Lion or ML, it creates a guest account for you.
In Lion clicking on the guest account would restart the computer into a Safari only mode.
In Mountain Lion the guest account is traditional account except the user's data is deleted when they log out.

What was the point in the Lion guest account, I heard something to do with helping to locate the Mac if you lose it, but I don't understand how having a guest account enabled and not normally in use helps? If someone finds a Mac, and happens not to steal it, how would logging into the guest account help? It seems like this is a very small use case, and not really enough to warrant having the feature, so I'm sure I'm missing something?

Why is Mountain Lion's guest account enabled when you enable iCloud/Find My Mac? What is the connection between them?

I can't see any reason to keep the guest account enabled on Mountain Lion?


texts: Is there any way to quick pair my bluetooth headphone?

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To disconnect my bluetooth headset is easy and just turn off my bluetooth. But I need to switch 3 pages in 4 steps to pair my bluetooth headset.

Unlock my iPhone
Click Setting Icon
Click Bluetooth Option
Click My Headset device shown in the list.

Is there any way to quick pairing my bluetooth device in one or two step?
Is it possible to add a specific device pairing shortcut on the springboard?

Thanks.


texts: I bought a brand new MacBook Air from the apple store in Sydney last week, but no matter where I go to connect to a wifi source, it never connects. Wherever I try an exclamation mark shows up and I don't know why this is. I've tried a few things in the system preferences but still unsure. Can someone please help me??


texts: Quickest way to launch Wallet when phone is unlocked?

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The quickest way I know of to launch the wallet app in "tap-to-pay" mode is to:

lock the phone,
double-tap the home button,
activate Touch ID

Is there a way to do this without locking the phone first, to make it quicker?

Double-tap when the phone is unlocked will bring up the app switcher.

Note: This question is for phones with Touch ID, e.g. iPhone 6, iPhone 7


texts: MacBook Pro crashes and panic after Yosemite


texts: Failing to restore my iPhone 4S from iCloud backup over wifi

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I have been trying to restore my iPhone 4S over iCloud since yesterday. Invariably, it will fail with the message that the iPhone is no longer connected to the internet.

The wifi over which my iPhone is connected is also being used by four other computers that have no problems maintaining their connection with the internet.

Currently, the estimated time remaining for the restore is 11 hours. It has come down from 52 hours. This over a broadband connection of 120Mb/sec down and 9 Mb/sec up.

The size of the  backup on iCloud from which I am trying to restore my iPhone is 8GB.

Please advise.

Edit - to clarify: the problem is that iCloud restore fails.
Also, I tried turning off my Airport Extreme router for about five minutes earlier today. No luck: restore from iCloud failed after an hour and a half with the message that the iPhone was not connected to the internet. I also tried to connect the ADSL modem directly to my MacBook Air, sharing its internet connection over wifi my my iPhone 4S with the exact same result.

Edit 2 - I can start the restore, but it finishes after an hour or so with the dialog box that the iPhone is not connected to the internet.


texts: How do I stop a particular service from running?

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I had previously installed an app for syncing my Android phone with my Mac. I deleted the application, however, today when I checked the system logs, I found out that its running every 10 seconds. How can I stop this?

Here's the system log:

Feb  8 17:05:15 Sanjeet-Suhags-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.wondershare.mobilegodaemon): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
Feb  8 17:05:25 Sanjeet-Suhags-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.wondershare.mobilegodaemon[15509]): Service could not initialize: 14C109: xpcproxy + 14045 [1344][63706214-56DC-3155-B46F-D4F21C9B1C0B]: 0xd
Feb  8 17:05:25 Sanjeet-Suhags-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.wondershare.mobilegodaemon): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
Feb  8 17:05:35 Sanjeet-Suhags-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.wondershare.mobilegodaemon[15510]): Service could not initialize: 14C109: xpcproxy + 14045 [1344][63706214-56DC-3155-B46F-D4F21C9B1C0B]: 0xd
Feb  8 17:05:35 Sanjeet-Suhags-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.wondershare.mobilegodaemon): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
Feb  8 17:05:45 Sanjeet-Suhags-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.wondershare.mobilegodaemon[15511]): Service could not initialize: 14C109: xpcproxy + 14045 [1344][63706214-56DC-3155-B46F-D4F21C9B1C0B]: 0xd
Feb  8 17:05:45 Sanjeet-Suhags-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.wondershare.mobilegodaemon): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
Feb  8 17:05:55 Sanjeet-Suhags-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.wondershare.mobilegodaemon[15512]): Service could not initialize: 14C109: xpcproxy + 14045 [1344][63706214-56DC-3155-B46F-D4F21C9B1C0B]: 0xd
Feb  8 17:05:55 Sanjeet-Suhags-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.wondershare.mobilegodaemon): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
Feb  8 17:06:05 Sanjeet-Suhags-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.wondershare.mobilegodaemon[15513]): Service could not initialize: 14C109: xpcproxy + 14045 [1344][63706214-56DC-3155-B46F-D4F21C9B1C0B]: 0xd
Feb  8 17:06:05 Sanjeet-Suhags-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.wondershare.mobilegodaemon): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
Feb  8 17:06:15 Sanjeet-Suhags-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.wondershare.mobilegodaemon[15514]): Service could not initialize: 14C109: xpcproxy + 14045 [1344][63706214-56DC-3155-B46F-D4F21C9B1C0B]: 0xd
Feb  8 17:06:15 Sanjeet-Suhags-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.wondershare.mobilegodaemon): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
Feb  8 17:06:25 Sanjeet-Suhags-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.wondershare.mobilegodaemon[15515]): Service could not initialize: 14C109: xpcproxy + 14045 [1344][63706214-56DC-3155-B46F-D4F21C9B1C0B]: 0xd
Feb  8 17:06:25 Sanjeet-Suhags-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.wondershare.mobilegodaemon): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
Feb  8 17:06:35 Sanjeet-Suhags-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.wondershare.mobilegodaemon[15517]): Service could not initialize: 14C109: xpcproxy + 14045 [1344][63706214-56DC-3155-B46F-D4F21C9B1C0B]: 0xd
Feb  8 17:06:35 Sanjeet-Suhags-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.wondershare.mobilegodaemon): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.


texts: Gmail Draft emails do not sync properly between Apple Mail.app (on Mac) and iPad

texts: My Gmail drafts are not syncing properly between Apple's Mail.app (on the Mac) and the Mail app on the iPad. What is the proper way to set up drafts so that they sync properly?


texts: TeamViewer QuickSupport - Scam Damage Assessment

texts: I'm a freelance IT support tech. One of my customers was trying to install Amazon Music on his new TV, googled how to do it, found an 800 number and called it. Sure enough, a very helpful professional was glad to help him set it up. He was asked to install TeamViewer on his Iphone. He did and shared his ID, then clicked on "Allow". He relays that was as far as he got because the allow button did not seem to work, even though he tried it twice. The helpful operator then asked him to share the last two deposits made to his checking account so they could "confirm his account". Once the words checking accounts came up the spell was broken and he realized he had called a scam call center. My question is, the call lasted 11 minutes. Is it possible they copied content from his iphone without him seeing it? In other words, once connected into the iphone, can the scammer run an app in the background that the victim does not see on the screen? It is my understanding that IOS does not work like that (as you could on a PC). For example, could they have hoovered up his Onedrive docs? Or installed spyware?


texts:
Would it work if I run Siri on OS X El Capitan by copying Siri.app from macOS Sierra to the OS X El Capitan?

Just want to find out what exactly would happen even though OS X El Capitan doesn't support Siri.


texts: How to remove boring message from itunes

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I try to remove from itunes this boring message window that appears periodically :

I have never had this message before and I don't know how to desactive it.
I have unchecked the following options into "itunes > preferences" :

Any help is welcome


texts: What is the architecture CAD app that was shown in the iPad Pro video

texts:
In the video for the iPad Pro, there was an architecture app that was shown several times. I assume this is some CAD or floor plan tool available for the new iPad. When I checked on the experience page, it didn't show any CAD tool that was specifically used for architectural drawings.

The best I can guess, it may be AutoCAD 360, something from Morpholio, or uMake. None of those look exactly like the demo so I'm a bit stumped.

Does anyone know for certain what app that was in the video?


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I want to write code on my iPad, with the possibility to do it offline and to download the files later on my computer (MacBook Pro), for instance via iTunes.

I am right now coding in Java.
Offline compiling is not my priority now.
Of course if there exists an app which can execute Java (or other languages, Swift, Python, Objective-C, etc.) it is a plus.

I am looking for tools that don't need jailbreak.


texts: How do I download boot camp assistant for windows 10

texts: I downloaded Windows 10 on my Mac today and now I am having some trouble with getting back to my mac software. i know a way is through boot camp but how do I download boot camp on windows 10.


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does anyone know a trick how to generate a Softlink to a Network folder (smb or nfs)

the idea is that there are some network folders i use regulary, but they usally not mounted .. the soflink i made is (of course) not avaiable because its going to /Volumes/share/... is it possible to trigger the remount via a folder action or something like this to avoid the mounting drama via finder.

currently i'm working arround this by executing a shell script that just mounts the share.


texts: Catalina: Spotlight can no longer launch many apps

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I just installed Catalina (10.15.2). I can no longer launch many apps with Spotlight: Terminal.app, Mail.app, Calendar.app, the dictionary, etc.

Some apps do launch, like Safari and Numbers.

It appears that there are now two Applications areas, and it seems that Spotlight doesn't index any that are in the /System/Applications area.

I have tried adding and removing the /System/Applications directory from the privacy settings of Spotlight (apparently supposed to cause Spotlight to re-index an area), rebooting, clearing PRAM, and the following commands:

sudo mdutil -E /
sudo mdutil -E /System
sudo mdutil -E /System/Applications

All of which has been to no avail.

I haven't been able to find similar complaints online. Is this just affecting me? Or is this a general problem with Catalina?

If just me, what else can I try to diagnose or solve this?

Edit (update):

OK, I tried the following sequence, suggested in the comments below:

sudo mdutil -i off -a
sudo mdutil -i on -a

Then I repeated it and removed a Spotlight file while it was off (still without success):

sudo mdutil -i off -a
sudo rm -fr /System/Volumes/Data/.Spotlight-V100
sudo mdutil -i on -a

Can anyone comment if Spotlight is working for them on Catalina to launch apps under /System/Applications (e.g., Terminal.app)? I still don't know if this is my problem or a general Catalina problem.


texts:
I'm having an odd problem, I have a 2017 27" iMac, it comes with a bluetooth keyboard in the box.  However, I swapped it out for a wired keyboard as I prefer Apple's older wired keyboards over the new bluetooth ones.

The issue is when the Mac boots the USB (wired) keyboard fails to work until it's booted into macOS.  Anything like entering account passwords at the initial login screen or putting the Mac into recovery mode only works with the bluetooth keyboard, it acts as though the wired keyboard isn't even there.

The caps lock key doesn't even light up, it's like the USB bus isn't getting power until after macOS boots.

Is there a solution to this?  Is there someway to set the USB keyboard to trusted or something?


texts: Is it possible to trim a workout from an Apple Watch?

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Sometimes I forget to stop my workout and end up with a long running "workout" in the health app. Some apps (i.e. Strava) have a method for trimming down a workout if you remember what time the workout ended.

Is there a way to do that from the Workout watch app? Or in the Health.app on the iPhone?


texts: Stop my iPhone from receiving screen shots and other images sent via SMS?

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I like to use SMS text messages and not iMessage, and only for text as indicated in the linked questions below.

Today I got a screenshot of a LINE message in an SMS text message and I certainly do not want to receive content in LINE messages as SMS text messages, nor any images at all.

Is there anything I can do to stop my iPhone from receiving screen shots and other images to me via SMS?

How can I ensure or force a message I'm composing to go via SMS on my iPhone 6 in iOS 12?
When does Messages message via iMessage vs. SMS?


texts: I'm running Yosemite on a Mac mini (Mid 2011) and I use Synergy in client mode on this machine.  The screensaver setting is disabled ("Start after" is set to "Never") and display is set to sleep after 1 hour.  However, after 10-15 minutes of inactivity, the screensaver comes on.  Is there some other way of disabling it?


texts: Mac OS X 10.6.8 - Can't remove SophosUpdate Packages/Folders on Desktop

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Every day a new "SophosUpdate" folder/package will appear on my desktop (see screenshot).

When I highlight it my trash can turns into an eject button.  When I drag them to the eject button nothing happens.  Also nothing happens when I right click one of them and select "eject".

The only thing that got rid of them once was starting up in safe mode but they keep coming back after that.

Does anyone know what I can do?  I'm stuck.


texts: Did anyone succeed in removing all print from an Apple keyboard? I would like to do this in a clean way, not involving stickers or paint that changes the feel of the keys. Might it perhaps be possible somehow to rub it off, using a chemical or a tool? (I want to do this primarily because it would be aesthetically pleasing; any solution less than perfect would therefore be inferior to doing nothing.)


texts: Angle brackets on Apple keyboard with Windows 10 & Bootcamp

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I have an Apple Magic keyboard with Numeric Keypad (Spanish layout) and running Windows 10 with Bootcamp. Works well except the angle brackets symbols: greater-than (>) and less-than (<) are not in the expected key on the keyboard. Instead of being left to the 'z' character, they are left to the '1' character. Other characters such as 'ñ' are correctly mapped.

Windows has Spanish language installed and set the keyboard to Spanish QWERTY.

Which keyboard configuration maps the angle brackets correctly?


texts: Why does my iPhone flash when I receive a message?

texts: After the recent iOS upgrade, my iPhone flashes every time I receive a text message, and I can't find a way to turn it off. I checked the setting but there are no options where I can disable it from flashing. It is very annoying.


texts: Where are Automator's "Watch Me Do" files saved?

texts: Where are Automator's "Watch Me Do" files being saved?


texts: How do I make a voice-reply via Apple Watch send, and not delay by a variable amount of time?

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When I send an iMessage on Apple Watch there is only a "don't send" button, but I have no confirmation if/when this message is actually sent.

Many times when I send a message, later to check the time (within 5 seconds or so), the message is still "pending"

How do I

Get a confirmation that a message was actually sent (as in UX, a whooshing sound, a tap... etc)
Get rid of the delay when sending an iMessage.  Sometimes when the message is syntactically correct, I want to just go on doing something else, like checking the HopStop's ETA to my destination.


texts: Programmer new to Apple - How to efficiently switch between files in XCode?

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I'm a programmer that's pretty much brand new to Apple software, and everthing is all weird and different and scary :P, so I'm trying to figure out some workflow stuff:

I'm used to having a Visual Studio / Notepad++ style "tab bar" that has all the open documents so that I can have a group of files open to quickly switch between. The XCode navigator works for switching, but it lists all files, which in large projects makes it difficult to quickly work on a set of related files.

I can tell that Apple eschews the "single containing window" thing, so I'm not looking for the same thing in XCode, but asking what's the Apple way of doing document switching?

I can double click to open several windows, but I can't seem to find a way to "list" all open windows, and even though I was able to discover Command-Tab (or WindowsKey-Tab on my keyboard :) it only seems to switch between applications and not files.


texts: Calendar app not able to add subscription to "on my mac"

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How do I get apple calendar to add calendar subscriptions to my greyed out "On My Mac" section?

I am not able to add calendar subscriptions to my "on my mac" subscription section, instead I am forced to put all subscriptions into the iCloud section (greyed out "On My Mac" section). Earlier I was able to do this without problems.


texts:
I share an Apple ID with my mother...I know it’s not ideal but at the time it was easiest until she learned how to use the phone, plus we live in different states so I can manage the account.

Anyway we now want to get her a separate Apple ID but I need to know if when we do this if it will make her lose all the stuff on her phone.

How do I get to her current back up if I change and then use her new Apple ID.


texts: How to disable "new network interfaces have been detected" prompt on Mac OS X Lion?

texts:
I get this uber annoying prompt every single time I plug my Macbook Air into my Thunderbolt display. Does anyone please know of a way to disable this?

Thanks a lot!


texts: Apple script Call the following handler when.... assign applescript situations

texts:
I Received Messages Text invitation. script .Is it showing me how to do something? Is it used to send messages I get someplace else or hide in some way? Is it being used to block messages?

(* INSTRUCTIONS

Messages includes the ability, within its preferences panel, to assign AppleScript scripts to a wide variety of Messages events. The following handler is called when a text invitation is received.

*)

using terms from application "Messages"

    on received text invitation this_message from this_buddy for this_chat

        (*EXAMPLE: this routine automatically accepts a text chat invitation for specified buddies

        set this_name to the name of this_buddy

        if the name of this_buddy is in {"Johnny Appleseed"} then

            set the greeting_name to the first name of this_buddy

            if the greeting_name is "" then set the greeting_name to this_name

            accept this_chat

            send "Hello " & greeting_name & "!" to this_chat

        end if

        *)

    end received text invitation

end using terms from


texts: Why is my MacBook Pro slow? (2010 model)

texts:
I have a 2010 MacBook pro 2.26 GHZ, 2GB Ram. Let me detail a bit of background first.

I had it running Leopard, and had the same issue with it running slow. I got annoyed with how it was running, so I wiped the HDD. I used DBAN on it, then installed Leopard from disk, then purchased Lion. I did this 2 days ago.

The only apps I have on my Mac, that I've installed, right now are:

FireFox
Logic Pro 9
Native Instruments Komplete

And that's the only applications I've installed. Currently the only apps I have running are:

Firefox
iMessage

In the activity monitor FireFox is using 560MB ram with 2 tabs open. I get the same when I use Safari, or Chrome.

When I switch applications on the Mac, or even switch tabs on FireFox, I get the spinning wheel. When I open a new application it takes a long time to open. I can't have anything else open if I'm browsing the web because it's painfully slow switching tabs, and even rending pages is slow (it's not an Internet issue).

The Mac seems to be always Indexing. When it's indexing it's not even usable.

I can't understand why this is happening. I have an older iMac that performs better than this Mac. I'm ready to sell it, I've had enough of Mac laptops, they just seem to cause constant headaches.

There is no reason why a web browser should be consuming so much RAM with two tabs open (one being bit.ly the other being Stack Exchange).

Can anyone offer some advice? If you need any information from me leave a comment and I'll update the post.


texts:
I was wondering whether there is a way to find the appleid of an iphone that is stuck in the activation screen, when connecting it to itunes on a computer that was connected in the past.

Thanks a lot for your help.


texts: Compare columns for highest value, and count result in another cell

texts:
I am looking for a formula which will compare the higher of two numbers in adjacent columns, and count the result of where in e.g. column B the value higher is than column C.

It would be really amazing if there was a way to limit the result to where an X is in column A. So, looking for, the magic formula for: X in A, whilst counting the highest numbers of B, compared between B and C.


texts: Use MacBook as a monitor and controller for iMac

texts: I have an iMac and I also happen to have a MacBook Air. What I need is this strange layout - I want to be able to control my iMac with my MacBook. I also want to be able to  share my iMaс screen to my MacBook's. So ideally I have a single machine - iMac responsible for all the hardware and the MacBook as just as an external display and a keyboard with a touchpad. How do you achieve this?


texts: Copy a portion of a Messages.app message on macOS

texts:
I am trying to select a portion of a message in Messages.app : however I get emojis when clicking inside of it:

This may be expected behavior on an iPhone but it certainly is not on macOS . Is there any way to select a portion of the message and copy it to the clipboard?


texts: My iPad is in English but apps are in Russian. Why?

texts:
My iPad 3 is set to use English as the main language for everything in the settings (International and Keyboard settings).

When I download an app, it's very often in the Russian language (when there's a translation available). And I don't know why. I don't even understand their alphabet so the apps are very unusable.

I already checked my AppStore account - but it's in Czech (that's where I live), which has got a classic alphabet.

Sorry about my English, I'm not a native speaker.


texts: Mention an outside payment system for subscription in an iOS app

texts:
According to Apple's In-App Subscription Rules,

  Apps can read or play approved content (specifically magazines, newspapers, books, audio, music, and video) that is subscribed to or purchased outside of the app, as long as there is no button or external link in the app to purchase the approved content.

The questions are:

If I don't link my webpage (where the user would be albe to subscribe without going through iTunes) directly but I just mention that it is possible to subscribe via my website (and perhaps I write my website down but I don't make it clickable), would Apple reject my app?
What if I also mention that if you subscribe via the website you'll get a free month of subscription, but again, I don't provide any automated way to go to my website?
What if I mention that if you subscribe via website the price will be lower?


texts:
I used to have a 2nd generation iPod Touch, and had it connected to my email account at work (Exchange 2003).  The iPod got push email as expected, and would often ping before Outlook (2010) would on my PC.  I have since upgraded to a Verizon iPhone 4, and it does not get push email, or anything else from Exchange.  I've deleted and re-added the account on the phone, and have verified that the delivery setting under Settings is set to Push.  If I open the Mail app, then it gets email just fine.  It won't even fetch it on its own; I have the interval set to 15 minutes, but I've never seen it receive email without the Mail app open.

Is anyone else experiencing this?  Is it a bug introduced in the Verizon iPhone's branch of iOS?

I'm currently running iOS 4.2.8 on it.

UPDATE: I got some logs off of the device, and have found this error a few times:

(date and time) unknown dataaccessd[47] : EAS|connection died with error Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1004 "Could not connect to the server." UserInfo=xxxxxx {NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://x.x.x.x/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync?User=xxxxxx&DeviceId=xxxxxxx&DeviceType=iPhone&Cmd=Ping, NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://x.x.x.x/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync?User=xxxx&DeviceId=xxxxx&DeviceType=iPhone&Cmd=Ping, NSLocalizedDescription=Could not connect to the server., NSUnderlyingError=0x2f17f80 "Could not connect to the server."} 0x2f2cf20

In the links in the answer posted by berberich, Ping is discussed as a command that the device issues to the server in the process of negotiating the push (if I understand correctly).


texts:
I bought a used Mac that only had Windows 7 installed. The seller didn't have the original OS DVD, and the hard drive only had a single NTFS partition. I downloaded Lion from a torrent, burned it to a DVD and attempted to install it. When I create a user, it errors out and continues to ask me to create a user again and again.

How do I get past the user creation step?


texts: I've been trying to download apps from the App Store since last night.  I continually get messages saying the download can't be completed.


texts: Upgrade to El Capitan has broken MySQL and Apache

texts:
Due to unforeseen circumstances, I was forced to upgrade to OS X 10.11 (El Capitan).

Here, the process I followed was to:

install Yosemite onto an external hard drive;
migrate data from MacBook Pro to external hard drive;
then re-format the MacBook Pro;
install Yosemite onto MacBook Pro;
upgrade the MacBook Pro to El Capitan;
and migrate the data from external hard drive to MacBook Pro.

During the migration, I've managed to keep the databases for MySQL, and it appears to be the same version I had with Mavericks (mysql-5.6.14-osx10.7-x86_64).

However, when I go to the Preference Pane for MySQL in the System Preferences, I'm told "The MySQL server instance is not running" and the start button is disabled.

I've done various searches and either the suggestions don't seem to match the specific problem I'm having, or I'm not confident enough to try them in case I make things worse.

I've had a look in the "my.cnf" file and the settings are commented out and have blank values (a series of placeholder dots).

Also, the alias to the MySQL folder "mysql" is gone.

In addition to this, I'm having problems with the web server itself.

I followed the advice in a StackOverflow answer, and while it stopped some of the errors, when I run "apachectl configtest" from the Terminal, I get:

AH00526: Syntax error on line 183 of /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf:
Invalid command 'Order', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration

Needless to say I'm not that proficient on the command line.

At this stage, I have zero idea what's going on.

Edit 1

I made a backup of both "httpd.conf" and "extras/httpd-mpm.conf" while following the errors reported by "apachectl configtest", in each instance commenting out the offending lines instead of deleting them.

But after I ended up with:

"AH00526: Syntax error on line 25 of /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-autoindex.conf:
Invalid command 'Order', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration"

... I gave up.


texts: Time Machine: Include files and folders from another drive

texts:
Is there a way to include folders and files to a Time Machine backup, say, because they are on another drive?

I am using Yosemite version 10.10.2.


texts: I'd like to be able to zoom in on a web page in iOS Safari the way you can in the Mac OS version using Command-+. Note that this is different than pinch/spread zooming in iOS. If I spread my fingers to zoom a page, everything is magnified but the browser window just gets wider so you can no longer see the whole thing, making side to side panning necessary. On a well-designed web page, if I use Command-+ to zoom in, everything gets larger but the margins don't change. The text gets bigger and re-flows so that it still fits in the same margins. Is there a way to do that in Safari on iOS?


texts: Can't Open google.com even though there is internet

texts:
My Macbook Pro cannot able to open up "www.google.com" or "www.facebook.com".
But I can open up bing,msn and a lot other sites.  Oh And also I am not able to Open up App store from my network.

My friend's having Macbook pro too and he can reach AppStore from the same network but not me.

My Macbook Pro is 15inch Retina Display.

Why is this happening.?

I have tried fixing it in all possible ways. I browsed up a lot to sort out this issue.But in vain. I would like to ask is it me who is facing this problem or there is anybody else ? And i do need help.

There have been queries regarding this before as you can see in the below mentioned link. but no proper solution has been mentioned.

  https://discussions.apple.com/message/9276189#9276189


texts: How to fix the App Store after upgrading to macOS Catalina?

texts:
Cannot open the App Store, after upgrading to macOS Catalina 10.15.3.

Things I have tried:

Reinstalled macOS Catalina.
Clearing cache and removing all the related folders as given at : How to fix / Reset App Store app on Mac OSX - El Capitan


texts: Having a strange issue with the mac calendar app

texts:
Sometimes when I create a calendar event and begin adding in alerts for it, the event will randomly auto-delete all of the alerts. Here is a screen recording of this happening.

https://vimeo.com/user107142004/review/382625926/e9c52eacd3

Let me know if you know why this is occurring, and if you have experienced it too.

EDIT: I go to add alerts for the event in calendar (I like to have many: 30 min before, 2 hours before, 2 days before, 5 days before, etc). Sometimes the alerts I create simply disappear, and it goes back to the default. There have even been other times where I add alerts, and they show up on the event, but when I close the app and re-open, the alerts that were previously there are now gone.


texts: What does the "cdw" do exactly in the canned Search for "Recents"?

texts:
The Finder's sidebar search for "Recents" (in High Sierra) is a raw query, which can be found here:
            /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch/Resources/search.savedSearch.

The query string goes like this:

(kMDItemLastUsedDate = "*") &amp;&amp; ((kMDItemContentTypeTree = public.content) || (kMDItemContentTypeTree = "com.microsoft.*"cdw) || (kMDItemContentTypeTree = public.archive))

This also looks for Microsoft stuff.  The relevant part of the query is:
    kMDItemContentTypeTree = "com.microsoft.*"cdw

What does the "cdw" part of this query accomplish?  And what does it stand for?

I found another mention here for mdfind usage:
https://gist.github.com/cwalston/7425465

!   -interpret        Force the provided query string to be interpreted as if the user
!                     had typed the string into the Spotlight menu.
!                     For example, the string "search" would produce the following
!                     query string:
!                     (* = search* cdw || kMDItemTextContent = search* cdw)


texts: Where can I find unsaved Preview images?

texts:
I have two unsaved images open in Preview. My Mac is on strike, no screen usable, but SSH is working fine. I really want to salvage my images.

Where can I find my images ?

At worst, I would accept memory dump as an option.


texts:
I could close specified apps like

$ killall "PDF Expert"
$ killall "Google Chrome"

The active processes could be check with command top

How could I kill all the process with codes like

for process in processes; do
       killall "$process"


texts: How do I recover my data/OS after accidentally writing over my main hard drive with an img file using dd?

texts:
I accidentally wrote over main hard drive with an img file using dd.

This thread is the similar but my case is that I accidentally wrote my main hard drive.

I have a late 2013 MBP 13" Retina 256GB SSD 8GB RAM running Yosemite so I don't have a DVD drive. Due to the incident my OS won't boot at all.

I'm kinda worried about my old photos and movies of my fiance stored on my Hard Drive which is not yet backed up on an external drive.

I converted a 900+MB xubuntu.iso to an img and used dd command to write it out to a flash disk, but accidentally type disk1 instead of disk2. I just noticed it after the dd was executed already

    # command used in mac terminal
    sudo dd if=/path/to/xubuntu.img of=/dev/rdisk1 bs=1m

EDIT: I also tried single user mode but it throws in error because the OS was already overwritten :(

EDIT2: Corrected Laptop Model and added specs


texts:
My new MacBook Pro 2018 8 core on Mojave has some issues generating a proper Spotlight database. I tried the obvious methods of excluding the drive, re-including it, and the terminal commands for rebuilding Spotlight. Additionally I ran Disk Utility First Aid twice, which automatically restarted my machine each time during process (?!)

These are the constant errors coming up in system log, they are thrown around every second.

Dec  6 23:25:46 MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.mdworker.single.0A000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
Dec  6 23:25:49 MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.mdworker.single.09000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000[4085]): Service exited due to SIGSEGV | sent by exc handler[4085]

When searching with Spotlight, the "Indexing" bar is constantly showing up, never progressing significantly. Some days later, still there.

I double clicked one of the mdworker_shared Process Names in Activity Monitor and clicked the tab "Open Files and Ports" which revealed this:

cwd
/
txt
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Metadata.framework/Versions/A/Support/mdworker_shared
txt
/Library/Preferences/Logging/.plist-cache.laC3ZYuM
txt
/usr/share/file/magic.mgc
txt
/usr/lib/dyld
txt
/private/var/folders/7l/6j3svjhs13l39y6f96hmw_j40000gq/0/com.apple.LaunchServices-231-v2.csstore
0
/dev/null
1
/dev/null
2
/dev/null
3
/Users/username/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks/Books/.DS_Store
4
/Users/username/Music/iTunes/.DS_Store
5
/Users/username/Library/Group Containers/QA2G25RMZ4.com.wunderkinder/Wunderlist/.DS_Store
6
/Users/username/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/.DS_Store
7
/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/.DS_Store
8
/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/.DS_Store

The open files remain the same even after double-clicking the mdworker_shared process again.

So apparently there is an issue indexing the .DS_Store files?

Whats the catch?


texts: Any fixes for persistent NO SOUND issue on 16" MBP (2020) OS 11.2…?

texts:
Speakers not recognized by computer. Numerous calls with Apple Support ("AS" herein) team members… Tried all manner of solutions.  After 3 months, 7 store Genius Bar visits, computer was replaced.
Worked great for 9 days, then…pffft!  No Sound.
Another 90 min phone session with AS yesterday…  Erased HD
Re-installed Big Sur…  Still no joy.
Tried several of the suggested solutions in the "Restarting Sound Service?" thread
( Restarting sound service? )
No go.
Last note:  I'm a musician.  Default DAW: Logic Pro
All software duly purchased or licensed...
3rd pty software: Native instruments Komplete 8 (use only some of it),
Sibelius
I suspect possible culprit(s) Native Instruments… ??
Any ideas where to look?
Thank you. Max


texts: Why does someone else's notifications come up on my Twitter account for iPhone?

texts: I let my friend sign into Twitter on my iPhone and we deleted her account afterwards. After that, all her notifications, such as mentions and messages still come up on my iPhone. It’s really annoying. How can I get it to stop doing that?


texts: None of my admin accounts are sudo users

texts:
I have three admin accounts on one machine running El Capitan. The machine is a few days old. Whenever I try to run a sudo command, I'm asked for my password and told

accountUsername is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported.

However, all the instructions I can find for adding a user to the sudoers file require having at least one user that has sudo privileges. I've tried

sudo visudo and sudo adduser username sudo - but obviously both of those require the user to be a sudo user.

I'm not sure how I ended up in sudo purgatory. The only thing I can think of is - my employer created two additional admin accounts and then removed admin rights from my original account.

All accounts have since been upgraded to have admin privileges and the problem still persists.


texts: How do I diagnose my Python program being killed due to an out-of-memory error?

texts:
I've been building a Neural Network that analyzes large amounts of data (40G), and my iMac kills the process after it's been running for about a day.

In the past, on Linux, I've created a large swap file to get around memory limitations.

I see:

$ python processor.py
[...maybe some std out messages, specific to what I'm doing...]
Killed.

I've come to know this as the "you've used up too much memory, good bye" message. Again, I've been able to solve it using a large swap file on linux.
How can I increase the swap limit on my mac so my processes that use large amounts of memory don't get killed?

Not sure how I could get more information about why it got killed.


texts: Samba network connection from Mac to PC only worked before restart

texts:
I've connected a Mac mini to a PC running Windows via Ethernet. Both computers have manually-configured static IP addresses. I was able to use Samba on the Mac to connect to a shared folder on the PC the first time I tried with no problem. I connected and disconnected multiple times, leaving the connection open when I restarted the Mac. After restarting, I can no longer connect via Samba. I get the generic "There was a problem connecting to the server ...." error message.

Where might I start with troubleshooting? What could be the issue?


texts: how to ignore all the node_modules folders from time machine

texts:
How to add the node_modules folder paths to time machine ignore paths.
These folders are like tmp data for backups. These are very dense folders and also slow down TM.
Is there is a txt file which can be appended?
Maybe a command line which can append to the config.


texts: Is there any thunderbolt device which supports daisy chaining and costs less than £100?

texts:
I'm trying to get two displays on my MBP 13" mid 2012, apparently it supports two daisy chained Apple TB displays, but i can't fork out £1600 for two Apple TB displays, so after a weekend of searching, here are my alternatives:

A mini dp to hdmi (first monitor) the usb to hdmi/vga/dvi (second monitor), problem here is the usb adapters for mac are just not good enough for me.
Using an adapter like the Matrox DualHead2Go Digital SE, to split the mini displayport to two outputs, problem here is the macbook sees both monitors as one big monitor, which isn't what I'm looking for.
Utilize the thunderbolt daisy chaining, using the Elgato thunderbolt dock (which has an hdmi port) connected to the MBP's TB port, you can connect an HDMI display, and then connect the Elgato Thunderbolt Dock to another Elgato Thunderbolt Dock via a Thunderbolt cable. Then, the second Elgato Thunderbolt Dock can connect to a display via Thunderbolt™, HDMI or DisplayPort. Basically using two TB Docks, so you have

MBP -> Elgato TB dock with hdmi (first monitor) -> second Elgato TB Dock with hdmi (second monitor)

The third option will do what I want, but I don't want to have to buy two docks. Hence, I've been trying to find a thunderbolt device that supports daisy chaining for a price range of less than £100, the closest I got was the Belkin thunderbolt dock but that goes for £154.

I don't really care what the device does I just want to be able to daisy chain my Thunderbolt port from my current dock and attach a second monitor to the chain, i.e. MBP -> TB Dock with hdmi (first monitor) -> a cheap daisy chainable device -> mini displayport to hdmi (second monitor).

I would also appreciate any other suggestions on achieving dual independent displays for  my MBP (just in case I've missed something).


texts: Font is installed in font book, but bold does not work

texts:
I've installed a font in the font book, but the bold format does not work. I see the bold in the font book. Also, the italic format does work.
How to fix it?
(I'm running on El Capitan).

Is there an option to reinstall the font?


texts: How do I temporarily exclude a folder from a search?

texts:
I often use spotlight to locate documents quickly. The one annoying thing is that I often email documents to share them and spotlight will find the version of the document indexed in my mailbox attachments folders. Is there any way to selectively exclude certain directories while searching? I'm thinking something along the lines of:

http://macosx.com/forums/howto-faqs/225786-advanced-spotlight-features.html

I'd love a "not:message" operator or something.

I don't want to tell spotlight not to index any of my email--it's useful and sometimes I search for "kind:message". The only way around it I see would be to drag all of the "Attachments" subfolders under all of my .imapmbox folders (I'm using gmail imap). Anyone know of an easier way to do it?

Thanks.


texts: How to Create Templates for Windows Publisher on a Mac

texts:
I have a client who works in Publisher on a PC however, I work on a Mac and use InDesign. What is the best program for me to set up Templates in InDesign so they can open them up in Publisher on their system?

Jeff


texts:
Today, due to some reasons I factory-reset my iPhone. When I’m setting up (pressing those “Get Started”), I found something fishy in the Health app.

I rarely work after 1am, and recently I did start sleeping before midnight. I found that there are some walking records, timestamped at night, around 3-6am. My immediate guess is that someone moved my phone at night during my sleep.

I’m not sure whether it is normal. For example, is iOS using location service to locate my phone’s approximate location so as to calculate how many “steps” I walked, or is it solely using the motion sensors?

I usually put my phone near my pillow. However, because the numbers of steps are not small (at least 10), it should not be caused by my movement during sleep time.

Since I’m not asking with respect to information security, I’m not looking for counter-measures. So any ideas about the causes are welcome, even if they don’t address to solutions.


texts: 2015 MacBook Pro screen flickers until HDMI plugged in

texts:
I've got a 2015 MacBook Pro with macOS High Sierra. The display flickers different colours and is basically unusable until I plug in an external monitor to the HDMI port - then both displays work perfectly.

The symptoms are pretty specific but I haven't been able to find a solution online.


texts: Is there a way to pickup iPhone calls on my Macbook Pro?

texts:
I have my iPhone headset plugged into my Macbook Pro so that I can listen to some proper music and have my Iphone 4 lying next to my MB Pro.

Now, of course, it would be really really fancy if there was a way I could proxy my incoming iPhone calls to my MB Pro via Bluetooth (essentially turning my MB Pro into a bluetooth headset) so that I can still pick up calls with my iPhone headset, even though it is plugged into my MB Pro.

Is there a way to do this?


texts: MacOS limit Spotlight results to .app files

texts:
I have already limited Spotlight search to Applications inside System Preferences > Spotlight
However, this seems to actually just limit searches to the directory /Applications.
It means there are results from application files, configuration files, etc..
Is it possible to limit Spotlight search results to the .app file extension?
Using macOS Catalina (10.15.7).
Thanks
Craig


texts: Change login password if already logged in

texts: I'm trying to reset my forgotten login password. Most of the other questions I've seen are about not even being able to login. However I setup "start without login" so I can get into the System Preferences etc. I just can't update my PW since I can't remember my old one. Is there anything I can do (other than what I'd do if I couldn't even login)?


texts:
I just sent my first email using the Mail app through a fully functional email Postfix+Dovecot server.

I am worried by the fact that it also sends my IP address and hostname along with it.

The header that is causing this is Received:

Received: from mycomp-mbp.domain_not_set.invalid (cpe-IP-HERE.dynamic.ISPHERE.net [IPHERE]) by mydomain.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 70F1D1B459 for <recipient.of.email@gmail.com>; Fri, 1 Feb 2019 11:17:45 +0100 (CET)

How can I instruct Mail app to not send this information along the way?


texts: Mac OS X Server user can't change password

texts:
I have non-admin users who need to change their password. The passwd command is apparently limited to administrators.

On the Server website, there's a change password link, but it doesn't work, and users receive an error. Internally, Mac OS X logs the following message:

Jan 21 01:56:02 domain.com collabd[247]: [CSAuthService.m:506 ab93000 +206ms] Could not change password for user 1234 with error Error Domain=com.apple.OpenDirectory Code=4001 "Operation was denied because the current credentials do not have the appropriate privileges." UserInfo=0x1234567890abc {NSLocalizedDescription=Operation was denied because the current credentials do not have the appropriate privileges., NSLocalizedFailureReason=Operation was denied because the current credentials do not have the appropriate privileges.}

I have the option in the website service checked to allow changing passwords. What would be causing this error?

EDIT: Users created with the Server app are fine, but the trouble is with users created with dscl on the command line. Here are the exact commands used to create a test user named "qwer":

sudo dscl . create /Users/qwer UniqueID 507
sudo dscl . create /Users/qwer PrimaryGroupID 20
sudo dscl . create /Users/qwer UserShell /bin/bash
sudo dscl . create /Users/qwer NFSHomeDirectory /Users/qwer
sudo mkdir /Users/qwer
sudo chown qwer:staff /Users/qwer
sudo passwd qwer

I then executed sudo dscl . read /Users/qwer and compared it with sudo dscl . read /Users/uiop for a second test user.

In the records, the following keys are unique to the user created with the Server app:

dsAttrTypeNative:_writers_hint
dsAttrTypeNative:_writers_jpegphoto
dsAttrTypeNative:_writers_passwd
dsAttrTypeNative:_writers_picture
dsAttrTypeNative:_writers_realname
dsAttrTypeNative:_writers_UserCertificate
LastName
RealName

These match:

AppleMetaNodeLocation
PasswordPolicyOptions
PrimaryGroupID
RecordType
UserShell

And these are unique to each user (or in the case of Password are obfuscated):

dsAttrTypeNative:KerberosKeys
dsAttrTypeNative:ShadowHashData
AuthenticationAuthority
GeneratedUID
GeneratedUID
NFSHomeDirectory
RecordName
UniqueID
Password

I checked AuthenticationAuthority but the only thing different is the username in the string, so that could be considered equivalent as well.

Additionally, groups qwer and groups uiop give exactly the same output.

There doesn't appear to be anything preventing "qwer" from changing their password except for the fact that their user account was created on the command line; however, the dscl method should be perfectly valid.


texts: How would Find my iPod work on a locked iPod Touch?

texts:
In order for an iPod Touch (which has Find My iPod enabled) to let Apple's servers know where it is located (e.g. via Wi-Fi positioning), I believe it needs to transmit the location over Wi-Fi.

Let's assume that the iPod is locked and someone stole it. From what I understand, the iPod will never connect to an unknown Wi-Fi network. This means, that since the person that stole the iPod cannot unlock it and initiate a connection to a Wi-Fi network, the iPod will never connect to a Wi-Fi network, and therefore will never transmit its location back to the original iPod owner.

Note: I realize that the iPod can connect to known networks automatically (i.e. those it has previously connected to), but for the purposes of this question, assume that the only Wi-Fi the iPod has connected to was at the original owner's home. And so, the person that stole it will never bring it back in range of this Wi-Fi hotspot, and thus the iPod will never connect to a Wi-Fi hotspot.

Note that this is less of an issue on an iPhone (or iPad with 3G) since the iPhone has a 3G connection which it could use to transmit its location.

Are my assumptions correct which lead to the conclusion that Find My iPod/iPhone/iPad is basically useless on any non-3G device? Am I missing something? Is there any way to increase the chances of locating your iPod touch in case it does get stolen? (Preferably one which doesn't involve connecting to a bunch of random networks (i.e. in order to have them be "known" networks) in hopes that one day the thief will travel by one with the same name and have it auto-connect to that.)


texts: Does installing Xcode and it's mobile components slow down regular iTunes with iPhone syncing and performance?

texts: I haven't personally noticed any differences, but is there a toll on normal usage of iTunes and syncing it with your iPhone if you fit a developer profile by having Xcode on your system including relevant mobile components (Mobile Device Framework) that ask to be installed? I'm curious because during installation, iTunes is asked to be closed. I'm not part of the Developer Program yet and as such my phone is not yet marked as a development device.


texts: OS X Server (Mavericks) requires wired network connection for Caching?

texts:
I recently installed OS X Server on my Mavericks machine, and want to use the server (among other things) to cache software and app updates for other devices on my network. However, when I try to turn on the Caching service, I get the following message:

Unable to start service.
Caching requires a wired network connection on portable computers. Connect to a network using a wired connection before starting the service.`

However, my Macbook Air doesn't have an ethernet port! I at one time had an ethernet adapter (using Thunderbolt) but I sold it. Any suggestions for how to get around this problem?


texts:
I tried to start up my computer and got a flashing file with a question mark.
So I held down the ⌥-key on boot and brought it into recovery-mode.

After going through the different options I went to the disk utility and all I see is the grayed out SuperDrive and below there is disk0 and Mac OS X Base system.

Leaving disk utility I went to reinstall Mac OS X. After the verification and agreeing the terms, it doesn't show my harddrive.

Did I unmount the harddrive or what could the reason it's not showing up?


texts:
I have a 1TB external drive with three partitions:

FAT32 for extra storage (~500GB)
Ubuntu (~499GB)
Linux swap space (~1GB)

I want to boot to rEFind and then to Ubuntu from any Mac; preferably without destroying my Ubuntu install. I would like to split the FAT32 partition into two partitions:

FAT32 space (500GB minus a few megabytes)
bootable partition for rEFind (the aforementioned megabytes)

How can I do this, for free, on OS X; preferably from Terminal or Disk Utility? Would making the extra storage partition bootable work?


texts: Safari Autofill is using the wrong Contacts card

texts: I am using Safari 7. The Autofill feature is using the wrong card in my Contacts list. How can I get Safari to use my Contacts card?


texts: How does macOS "detect malware downloaded with Safari"?

texts:
On Apple's website, the company makes this claim about macOS High Sierra's security features:

Can anyone give me more details on the technology that enables macOS to determine if a file downloaded with Safari is a malware ? I'm just curious to see how it compares with an antivirus (no need to start a discussion about why you need or don't need an antivirus on Mac or in general, please not for the 10000th time).


texts: 10.9 Mail "smart mailbox" doesn't filter properly

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I have a smart mailbox setup to combine the inboxes of my 3 Gmail accounts.  It worked great in 10.8.  In Mavericks, this "smart inbox" frequently shows messages which have already been archived, and do not appear in the regular Gmail inbox within Mail.app.  This screenshot shows an example.  So Mail recognizes that the two messages are archived, yet they still show up here.  These two messages do no appear in the regular Gmail inbox within Mail.

I have already tried deleting and recreating the smart mailbox.  I show its settings below.


texts:
I am trying hard to wrap my head around zsh "upgrade" from bash in macOS Catalina. Most of the things are great, actually. However, I cannot figure out why I am experiencing difficulties, like accessing Anaconda rather than built in Python despite the fact that I put the path to it:

# Anaconda3 2019.10
export PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/anaconda3/bin:$PATH"

But if I have this too, under Anaconda's path, then the system does not "see" Anaconda anymore (I've commented it out, for now):

# Local path:
# export PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH"

Also, I have some odd line added to gcc (again, I commented out the odd line):

# Setting gcc compiler
export PATH="/usr/local/gcc-9.2/bin:$PATH"
# export CC="/usr/local/gcc-9.2/bin"

With lines commented out things are working now. But can anyone explain what is wrong in them and what, specifically, export CC should to on top of the export PATH line?

Thanks!


texts: organize pictures into destination folders automatically based on date

texts:
I have a ~50000 pictures:

located in multiple folders
not organized,
there are duplicates
source contains videos, but I need only pictures

I would like to organize all of them into subfolders automatically as:

targetdirectory/YEAR/MONTH/DAY/*.jpg

either original filename or renamed something like YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.ext would be ok..

Should merge from multiple sources and should skip duplicates...

I tried iphoto and aperture but it wasn't working 100%

Thank you !


texts: I've updated my iPhone 3G to the latest version (4.1 8B117), but I'm still missing features such as the task manager, background wallpaper, etc. I've tried restoring it a couple times now, even set it up as a brand new phone, but I'm still missing these features. Can anyone shed some light on why this is?


texts: MacBook Pro sleeps unexpectedly and runs fans at high speed, even after SMC reset

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My MacBook Pro (15 in Retina, early 2013, macOS 10.14.5) sleeps unexpectedly, although there is enough charge in the battery. To wake it up, I must connect the power supply. Furthermore, the fans run at high speed every now and then, even though the MacBook isn't under heavy usage and is properly ventilated.

I reset the SMC according to these instructions: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295, but the problems went on. I checked the computer with EtreCheck (core version) and coconutBattery; both detected no issues.

What else could I try?


texts: Register a prepaid sim card to a used iphone 4

texts: Is there a way to register my prepaid sim card to the iphone 4s without using iTunes?


texts:
Ok, let me start by saying that I just started using a Mac about two months ago.

Yesterday I was doing something that kicked off about 500 emails to my email account.  When I tried to open my mail app, it pops up and then the cursor turns to a beachball that spins.  After this I have to do a force quit to get out.

I tried looking at the logs in the console, but it appears to be a giant stack trace that is pretty much meaningless to me.  Any suggestions on where to start to get this resolved?

Below is the first little chunk under "User Diagnostic Reports" (it goes on for quite a while after that):

  Process:         Mail [242] Path:
  /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail Identifier:
  com.apple.mail Version:         5.3 (1283) Build Info:
  Mail-1283000000000000~1 Code Type:       X86-64 (Native) Parent
  Process:  launchd [219]

  Date/Time:       2012-12-04 12:33:14.223 -0800 OS Version:      Mac OS
  X 10.7.5 (11G63) Report Version:  9

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

  Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV) Exception Codes:
  0x000000000000000d, 0x0000000000000000

  VM Regions Near 0:
  -->
      __TEXT                 0000000107e31000-00000001081e5000 [ 3792K] r-x/rwx SM=COW  /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail

  Application Specific Information: objc_msgSend() selector name:
  isKindOfClass: objc[242]: garbage collection is OFF

  Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread 0
  libobjc.A.dylib                   0x00007fff87ee5110 objc_msgSend_vtable4
  + 16 1   com.apple.AppKit                 0x00007fff88d94c16 -[NSView _endEditingIfFirstResponderIsASubview] + 92 2   com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff88d948aa -[NSView removeFromSuperview] + 128 3
  com.apple.mail                    0x0000000107e8a112 0x107e31000 + 364818
  4   com.apple.mail                    0x0000000107e887d1 0x107e31000 +
  358353 5   com.apple.mail                 0x0000000107eafbec
  0x107e31000 + 519148 6   com.apple.mail
    0x0000000107eafb9d 0x107e31000 + 519069 7   com.apple.mail
    0x0000000107eaf699 0x107e31000 + 517785 8   com.apple.Foundation
    0x00007fff8b560ae1 -[NSBlockOperation main] + 116 9
  com.apple.Foundation              0x00007fff8b5276b4
  -[NSOperationInternal start] + 705 10  com.apple.Foundation             0x00007fff8b53a912 __NSOQSchedule_block_invoke_2 + 124 11
  libdispatch.dylib                 0x00007fff89f26a82
  _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 18 12  libdispatch.dylib               0x00007fff89f288f2 _dispatch_main_queue_callback_4CF + 308 13
  com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x00007fff81457e7c __CFRunLoopRun +
  1724 14  com.apple.CoreFoundation         0x00007fff81457486
  CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 230 15  com.apple.HIToolbox
    0x00007fff883ff2bf RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 277 16
  com.apple.HIToolbox               0x00007fff8840656d
  ReceiveNextEventCommon + 355 17  com.apple.HIToolbox
    0x00007fff884063fa BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 62 18
  com.apple.AppKit                  0x00007fff88c82779 _DPSNextEvent + 659
  19  com.apple.AppKit                  0x00007fff88c8207d -[NSApplication
  nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 135 20
  com.apple.AppKit                  0x00007fff88c7e9b9 -[NSApplication run]
  + 470 21  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff88efaeac NSApplicationMain + 867 22  com.apple.mail
    0x0000000107f09300 0x107e31000 + 885504


texts: Can you use Catleap display with MacBook Pro?

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I've read several people doing this, but the ebay description page warns against using with a Mac.

For ex. -> http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-YAMAKASI-CATLEAP-Q270-SE-27-LED-2560X1440-WQHD-DVI-D-Dual-Computer-Monitor-/140738200221?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item20c4a6829d

It is contradictory and confusing to say the least. Have others used Catleap with success? ( any warnings ) ?


texts: Can I change the color of the folders in iOS7?

texts: I want to change the folder colors on my home screen. Can it be done?


texts:
I'm trying to run a Kibana (from Elastic) server on an old Mac Mini on my local network. The Kibana instance is running successfully and I can access the UI locally and also from another machine on the network if I disable the firewall on the Mini. But I would prefer not to disable the firewall but rather open just the one port (5601 in this case).
Normally when I run a process I get a popup asking if I want to allow incoming connections for that process but when I start Kibana no such popup appears. I have tried adding the node binary (in <kibana_root>/node/bin/node) to the firewall preferences pane to allow incoming connections but it doesn't help any.
I've also tried applying what is written here: https://blog.neilsabol.site/post/quickly-easily-adding-pf-packet-filter-firewall-rules-macos-osx/ using pfctl but that is also not helping any.
Can someone please point me in the right direction of how I could open port 5601 for the Kibana process? I'm running Catalina 10.15.7
Thanks very much.


texts: How can I login as the _teamsserver user? I have sudoed and set the passwd for teamsserver, but it does not take it when I use the login command. I need to see the output of some scripts as they are run by teamsserver, and verify that teamsserver has the correct permissions and utilities available.


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I have an Apple Airport Extreme WiFi router and three wireless clients (iPhone, MacBook Pro & iMac).

The iPhone and a MacBook Pro are connected to the WiFi network and everything works fine. As soon as I join the WiFi with the iMac, all three lose Internet connectivity and the ping times for external sites go to ~100,000ms at which point the network becomes unusable.

As soon as I shut the WiFi on the iMac off, the network returns to normal. What's interesting is that my WiFi base station has two SSIDs, one private network one guest network. It doesn't matter which network I join with the iMac, both cause the same problem.


texts: Why does iPhone "Time & Location" consume some much data?

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I've noticed an iPhone 5S consuming quite a lot of data (30-50Mb per day) - it's mostly listed under "Time & Location". I have apps running that use the location a lot (e.g. Strava, location sharing etc), but I don't understand why getting your location uses any significant amount of data at all.

I understand that A-GPS (assisted GPS) uses the mobile network to transfer some information, but from everything I can see it should be a few KB rather than 10's MB. As a comparison I tried an iPhone 5S and Galaxy S7 running the same specific location sharing apps and the usage over the same period on the android was only a few KB compared with the iPhone's 10's MB.

Please note before marking as duplicate: there are many similar questions here asking "how can I reduce this data" and the answer is always "turn off location sharing etc". I obviously do want to keep using the various location apps I'm using so turning off location isn't an option, I just don't understand what it causing ios to use so much data when using GPS (which is largely separate to the mobile network).


texts: How to drag file on OS X without having to click it twice

texts:
I'm running Mojave 10.14.6.

On previous version of OS X, I could click and drag files same as on other OSs. However, with this version, by default it had the 3-finger drag, which I disabled by un-checking Enable Dragging. Now when I try to click and drag a file, nothing happens. I need to click to select the file, at which point its highlit, and THEN I can click and drag it.

Does anyone know how I can configure my system so that I can just click and drag files without having to pre-click to select the file first?


texts: Why does the iTunes artist list jump to start when I scroll it?

texts:
I updated my iTunes yesterday, along with Lion, as did a lot of other people. Now I've been experiencing some weird behaviour.

I have my iTunes setup like above. I usually browse to artist by typing the first few letters of their name, and the list jumps down to the results. It still does that. However, when I scroll the list afterwards it jumps to the very top of the list, regardless of scroll direction.

Have anyone experience similar problems? And if so, how have you solved it?

Edit: Problem has been solved in the new iTunes 10.5.1


texts: Send notifications to users that app is being discontinued

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I'm having to get a very quick intro to iOS development to support apps for my organization. We would like to post a notification to users of one of our apps that it is being replaced by another. I suppose this would look like a banner when the app is launched.

What is the right method to make this happen? It's not a push notification (doesn't look like we are enabled for that anyway) but it sounds like it would still require an update to the app. Can anyone help?


texts:
Is it possible to find out the location of a computer similar to the "set time by location" feature via command line?

I'm working on a little script that would update my network location settings depending on whether or not I'm within a certain city or something.


texts: Sudo command takes time to run after Sierra

texts:
A few days back I updated my iMac from El Capitan to Sierra. I have then noticed that the sudo command is not working properly. When I use something like sudo -v or sudo npm install grunt -g it becomes stuck and doesn't ask for the password immediately, as it takes like 20–30 mins and then shows the password prompt.

I am not sure is it because of the Sierra update or something else, but this is really annoying me, as I can't install npm packages and other things.


texts:
I have a new iPad air to replace my old iPad 2.

I'm from a PC background but love Apple phones and tablets and have always wondered, from a performance point of view, would it be better to restore the new Air from a backup of my iPad 2 or start anew? There aren't many settings I'm bothered about keeping.

There's no way I'd every backup windows and restore it onto a PC :)

Thanks,
Chris.


texts: How to select the text in the address bar while browsing Google search results in Safari

texts:
I don't know why Safari 7 doesn't allow me to select the text in the address bar in one step while browsing google search results.

In other sites I just have to click once on the address bar and that's it, the whole text is selected.

Google search results instead makes Safari to put the caret in the address bar but won't select the text, also double-clicking (or clicking N times) won't select the text either, what I have to do is click once, wait and triple-click to select the whole text.


texts: High Siera- clicking mouse obscures Cursor tip hotspot with yellow

texts:
I have just updated to Mac High Siera.
Now, on clicking the mouse, the cursor hotspot area is temporarily obscured by non-translucent yellow. How can I change/stop this?


texts: Can a MacBook Air support 2560x1600 output via HDMI using a Mini DisplayPort/Thunderbolt to HMDI adaptor?

texts:
The HDMI 1.3 spec can carry signals with resolutions as high as 2560 x 1600 pixels. Is it possible to output this high a resolution signal from a MacBook Air using a Mini DisplayPort/Thunderbolt to HDMI adapter? If so, are there any special considerations for buying this adapter or will any adapter on the market work?

Machine is 2012 MacBook Air


texts: How to force MS SharePoint URLs to open in Safari when Chrome is set as default browser?

texts:
I like using Chrome on Mac and it is my default browser.  However, Microsoft SharePoint and Chrome don't work well together.

I am wondering if there is a place where I can specify domains to auto open in Safari? Or better yet, have an option on right click menu of URLs to open in Safari?

Any ideas how to achieve this?


texts: Why does iTunes Match match only some songs from the same album?

texts:
Throughout my library I'm seeing cases where some songs from a given album that I've imported from CD are matched by iTunes Match, while others — on the same album — are not recognized and are instead uploaded (at a lower bitrate):

What accounts for this difference in treatment of tracks from the same album? Is there anything I can do to acquire the high bitrate tracks?


texts: Why are my earbuds making dolphin noises?

texts:
What I'm hearing...

Of the three vocalizations dolphins produce, my iPhone 6 earbuds have started making two: whistles and clicks. This clip is the closest I could find to the sounds I'm hearing. Now of course, these noises only approximate dolphin-y noises. The whistle sounds more electrical, the clicks more mechanical, than the organic noises of actual mammals. But they do share many aural traits with dolphin vocalizations, so it's a quick way to explain what I'm experiencing. Some of the traits held in common are pitch, note length, and note frequency. I'll visualize their amplitude over time with some rudimentary ASCII charts.

Time →
Amplitude ↑

Whistle (pitch is high):

_--````````````------________

Clicks (pitch is Mid-range):

_- _- _- _- _- _- _- _- _- _- _- _-

What I've learned so far...

These noises are noticeable when there's no other audio. I usually hear them before I make a phone call or start listening to a podcast.
The whistles stop if I unplug my standard-issue earbuds, letting the cord dangle. The clicks pretty much stop then as well.
Jiggling the cable—whether it's plugged in to the iPhone or not—does nothing to influence the noises. I've tried jiggling the cable at all the junctures where I suspect a weak connection might form without avail.
My attempts to decipher the language of dolphins have yielded no clues into a semantic interpretation of these noises. (Okay, this last one's a joke. But my question is genuine, asked in good faith.)

What I'd like to know...

What is the explanation for this phenomenon?


texts: Why did Apple assign the wrong name to my AppleID, and how do I change it?

texts: I'm setting up an iPad for Mom's birthday. In the process, I created her an AppleID, and typed in her name. Signing into iCloud using her ID shows my name instead.  How do I fix this?


texts: My Macbook keeps two versions of iWork after updating

texts:
I have updated the iWork applications from '09 to 2013. After updating, I do not know why Apple doesn't automatically delete the old version. So now, I have two versions on my Mac.

What's the best way to uninstall or delete the old version - should I just simply move it to Trash or use some uninstall application?

Would there be any effect with my old iWork files if I delete the old iWork version?


texts: How to determine which app is running on the Touch Bar in MBP?

texts:
Every time I unlock my 2018 15" MacBook Pro, the Touch Bar displays a x button and the Esc button, irrespective of whatever the Mac is running (it is not displaying the address toolbar on Chrome for example). I must always touch the x button to remove it, and display the current content for the Touch Bar.

I checked for running applications with system monitor, and nothing was wrong.

Is there a way to know what is currently controlling the Touch bBar? I want to delete this, and I cannot find it.


texts: Why doesn't iTunes backup every time I charge my iPhone?

texts:
I read years ago when they introduced wireless syncing with iTunes, that they would backup my phone every time I would charge my phone wirelessly. I waited years and to this day this still doesn't work properly. It seems to want to backup randomly. I charge my phone every night, but my latest backup is always more than a week ago.

How do I fix this?


texts: My iPhone 4s will not let me swipe to unlock, power down or go to the next screen. I am currently accessing it through Siri... How can I fix this?


texts: Add Home Folder Hard Drive to Favorites and Desktop

texts:
I just reinstalled my Mac, thinking I'd give OS X Mountain Lion a try.

In my system, I have both a regular HDD with a partition Storage and a SSD. On the SSD, I've installed OS X, and now transfered /Users/kba (my home folder) to /Volumes/Storage, so that the Storage partition now is my home folder. For the most part, this works great.

However, after having done this, OS X now no longer recognizes Storage as a partition — it won't allow it to show up on my Desktop next to my SSD Macintosh HD. It no longer shows under Devices in the Finder sidebar either.

But worst of all, I can't seem to add it to the sidebar! When I go to /Users and drag kba to Favorites, it only stays there for a fraction of a second. Same thing happens if I check Storage (Home folder) in the Finder Preferences: Storage blinks, then disappears from the sidebar and takes the ✔ in the checkbox along as it goes.

mount output

/dev/disk0s1 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
/dev/disk1s2 on /Volumes/Storage (hfs, local, journaled)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)

ls -h@lde /Volumes/Storage output

drwxrwxr-x@ 32 kba  staff   1,1K 30 Jul 20:26 /Volumes/Storage
com.apple.FinderInfo      32B


texts: Attempt to download app, says it's already installed on my Iphone4

texts: I had the sirusxm app on my phone and everytime it would give me problems I would delete it and reinstall it.  I forgot that I had just recently changed my email password from my laptop, which is synced with my phone.  When I went to download the app after having once again delete it due to having problems, the column which you click on to download quickly changes to purchased.  The app is not on my phone.  How can I get it?


texts: My iPod has fallen out with iTunes. What's the safest way to get them back on speaking terms?

texts:
My girlfriend moved her iTunes library into Dropbox and now her iPod Touch doesn't recognise it. I moved it back to where it had been before, but this wasn't enough to get it to sync without threatening to erase everything.

I'm planning on using iTunes to back up the iPod, copying the back-up file to somewhere safe, then syncing. I hope that I can then restore any lost notes etc.

Firstly, will this work? Secondly, I think that the music she's bought recently through the device won't be backed up. How can I retrieve that?

The OS is Windows XP.


texts: Preview.app custom keyboard shortcuts broken after Yosemite upgrade

texts:
While running Mavericks, I added Control-P and Control-N as shortcuts for Preview.app.  Sort of Emacs-like page turning.  It worked fine.

After upgrading to Yosemite, these keyboard shortcuts no longer work.  Deleting them from the Shortcuts list in System Preferences and creating them again does not fix the issue.  As you can see in the second screenshot, the shortcuts ^N and ^P do not appear in Preview.app's "Go" menu.  I seem to remember that when the shortcuts did work, the "Go" menu showed them.

If there is a shortcut conflict, I haven't been able to find it.  Thanks!


texts: Why is Image Capture showing two copies of every photo in my iPhone camera roll?

texts:
I use Image Capture to import photos from my iPhone. I noticed recently that it shows two copies of every photo in the Image Capture window, both in list view and grid view.

There is only one copy of each photo in the iPhone camera roll, and when I drag them to a folder it only creates one copy of each. So it's not really causing a problem, but I'm curious why it is happening. I first noticed it in 10.10.1, and it continues in 10.10.2

See the screenshot below for an example. It is displaying two copies of IMG_6173.JPG and two copies of IMG_6172.JPG. There's only one copy of each in the camera roll. If I select all four and drag them to the desktop, it will create only one copy of each.


texts: Trying to Zoom (in Accessibility) the iPad Sidecar display gives -501 misc error

texts:
As per the title. My mac is 10.15.7 while my iPad is 13.5.1.
Details: First set up sidecar.
Then, go to System Preferences - Accessibility - Zoom - Choose Display - Choose sidecar display.
Then, error happens. I haven't seen this elsewhere. Any insights welcome. Thank you.


texts: OS X 10.9.4 - How can I limit the number of failed login attempts?

texts:
With OS X 10.9.4, how can I limit the number of failed local login attempts?

I'm looking for something similar to the Windows Account Lockout Threshold mentioned here:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh994574.aspx


texts: iPhone 4 cracked and will not slide over for password.

texts: I cracked my iPhone 4 and now it's messed up. The phone turns completely on where i can see my lock screen picture, but if trying to sliding over to unlocked it..it won't slide. The only place I can get it to slide over from it the very top, but I'm unable to type the password because nothing works beyond the top part. Is this fixable? I just want my messages and photos back.


texts: How to edit 'iTunes Movie' to be visible on iPhone's iMovie

texts:
Videos that I've shot with my iPhone and are in my videos folder show up just fine on iMovie for iPhone as "addable media".

BUT I recently had a professionally designed short "intro" video for my videos that I want to use as a lead-in to my iMovie for iPhone projects. And that intro video does NOT show up my videos folder on iPhone when I transfer it into my iPhone.

Instead, that intro video seems to be somehow classified as a "movie" in iTunes on the iPhone, which can't be imported into iMovie. Any fixes here? A way to somehow get that intro video into the videos folder on the iPhone, or be able to add media from my iTunes movie folder into iMovie for iPhone?


texts: Recently Find my iphone has been sending emails after I log in to check my kids whereabouts.  Why is this now happening? Has there been a policy change?


texts: My ipad mini shows 66% power but won't charge

texts: My iPad mini shows 66% power but will not charge.  Is there a power level it must drop to so it can charge?  This true fromAC or USB.


texts: Is there any way to get a path to a file in the GUI in Yosemite?

texts:
In Mavericks it was simple: click "Get Info" on any file and you could copy/paste the file path. This is no longer included in Yosemite.

I need to need to copy/paste paths frequently, like "/Users/Whoever/MyPath/File.app".

Is there any way to do this in Yosemite without resorting to the terminal?


texts: "Re"-download 10.8 After Purchase of a New Mac

texts: I recently purchased a new Macbook Air which obviously came with Mountain Lion. I am wondering if there is a way to download the installer for free onto another computer I have to create a re-install disk from, without having to pay the $20 to download from the Mac App Store.


texts: Is there an app I can use to vibrate my iPhone once every second continuously?


texts: Mojave disable download bouncing in dock? (no-bouncing doesn't work)

texts:
I'm trying to disable all bouncing on the dock and have used in past versions of MacOS

$ defaults write com.apple.dock no-bouncing -bool TRUE
$ killall Dock

however this is not stopping the newly downloaded icons from continuing to bounce.  I tried looking at the defaults read for com.apple.dock, with no avail.  Does anyone know what setting will completely disable all the annoying bouncing?


texts: Trying to copy files and preserve ownership

texts:
First I tried cp -Rp to preserve ownership of copies files. That changed the ownership from root:wheel to myuser:staff. So then I tried rsync and ditto. All of these are supposed to preserve the ownership, but they do not. They change it to myuser:staff. All commands used with sudo.

For example:

sudo cp -Rp /sourcefiles/ /destfiles/

What am I missing?


texts: How to change App Store Country/Region when part of Family Sharing?

texts:
The owner of my family sharing account has switched Country/Region but the App Store on my iPhone won't switch automatically.
I tried getting a free app from the current region and it didn't work.
I tried following a link for an app in the new region, and it didn't work.
Seems like I'm stuck.
Any help?


texts: How To Disable JavaScript for a Specific Website in Safari on IOS?

texts: I don't think its possible, but hoping the knowledgeable people here will tell me otherwise. Use-case: I have a website added to my home screen from safari on IOS, and I don't want that specific site to use JavaScript. Other browsers on IOS don't (or more likely aren't allowed to) have the 'add to home screen' functionality, so there ability to selectively disable JavaScript on  a per-site basis is not relevant.


texts:
I currently have a 2010 15" MacBook Pro installed with OS X Lion and wish to downgrade it to Snow Leopard.

However when trying to boot into the Snow Leopard installer for a clean install, it hangs at the grey apple screen (and no spinner appears).

The DVD drive in the MacBook is faulty so I imaged the Snow Leopard DVD onto a USB drive using Disk Utility, which boots but hangs.

I have tried going into the Recovery HD and wiping the HD and trying again but this has not helped.

Is there any other option to installing Snow Leopard on this MacBook which previously had Lion? Thank You.

Actions Taken

Reset PRAM and NVRAM
Wiped Internal Hard Drive


texts: Standard macOS Fontface floating "Fonts" palette not tracking "Recent Fonts"

texts:
The standard Font palette Apple uses in many of its own macOS applications (and others) is invoked in Mail with Format > View Fonts (or ⌘T).

For some reason when I change fonts it never registers in the Recent Fonts list, which is the main reason I pull this palette out usually.

Does anyone know how I can jig this into action?

I'm wanting to change font face of inline URLs and code snips to monospaced which I can find in the monospaced list, but to keep switching back b/w monospaced and Helvetica Neue is much easier to do if the recent fonts list is working.

Have to admit as a graphic designer with better font management options (Suitcase, Adobe CC) I've never liked the macOS Font palette used in most Apple software offerings, and a standard UI framework available in Xcode.


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This may be a silly question because I'm not fully sure how RAM works and is loaded, however I'm trying to figure out a potential configuration here.

I have two RAM sticks that are both spec matched for my MBP. One of them is a 8gb gskill  stick, and the other is a 4gb Samsung stick. I rarely use more than 8gb of RAM, however it does happen on occasion.

I would think that it would be best for me to fill the entire 8GB stick first, and then load data onto the 4GB stick if the 8 overflows. This said, I'm not sure if it's possible to load the sticks "one and then the other" like this, or if it would be beneficial.

Is the order that info is loaded into RAM determined by the slot that the stick is in? If so, which slot (top or bottom) should I stick my 8GB stick into in order to make sure that it's used before the 4gb stick?


texts: iCloud password prompt on OS X Yosemite startup

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Whenever my MacBook Air starts up from shutdown (or on restart), once the Finder has started, it prompts me for my iCloud password, like this:

As you can see there is no title or anything to identify the app or process requesting the password. However, through the use of a clever Python script (unfortunately I can't remember where I got it from) I was able to determine the process requesting the password:

UserNotificationCenter (/System/Library/CoreServices/UserNotificationCenter.app)

If I click Cancel twice (it pops up again after the 1st Cancel) it doesn't reappear and there are no apparent issues. All my iCloud services (Photos, Music, Contacts, Calendars, Keychain) seem to sync and work just fine.

I used Activity Monitor to dump the processes open files and the only file of relevance I can see is /usr/share/icu/icudt53l.dat although I have no idea what it is.

The problem only started happening about a month ago, and there's no obvious change that occurred on my machine that I can think of that might have caused this.

EDIT: obviously I tried entering my iCloud password, without success.


texts: Does the AirPods case need to be around while listening via an iOS Device?

texts: When using an iOS device with a set of AirPods that have previously been paired, is the case also required whilst wearing them or can the buds be used without it?


texts: Where are ssh login attempts logged to on jailbroken iPhone with OpenSSH?

texts: I know in Ubuntu they are in /var/log/auth.log but I can't find where they are logged on the iPhone. Ive made sure logging is enabled and have looked in /var/log and /var/logs as well as pretty much everywhere. Still cant find where the attempts are being logged.


texts: I have a Lenovo laptop with USB-C charger and an iPad Pro 2021 which I would like to connect to two Dell monitors with HDMI input. I’m looking for an adapter or docking station which is suitable for my devices. Would you be able to give us some recommendations? I’m not a graphics designer and just need some basic connection, preferring the most inexpensive solution.


texts: Embedding code snippets in iBooks Author

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I've been playing with iBooks Author all morning and I haven't had any luck embedding code snippets. Does anyone else have any ideas?

A few things I've tried:

A custom widget. This won't work, because widgets just have image previews and have to be tapped to be read. I'll use these for runnable examples of code (at least for CoffeeScript/JavaScript/ClojureScript), but not for formatting code within the flow of text
Text boxes - Getting these to appear similarly in portrait & landscape orientation has been painful so far.
A paragraph style. It looks like this is where I'm going to start next. With the inspector, "Text -> More" seems to hide what I want in terms of background shading and disabling hyphenation.

I'm copy-pasting syntax-highlighted code from textmate using the copy as RTF bundle, but iBooks Author isn't respecting the colors. Any ideas on syntax highlighting?


texts: Getting Automator to work with aliases vs. symbolic links on SMB shares

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I would like to get automator to mount a volume in a shared SMB server and get all subfolders symlinked within my Documents folder.

I thought I could do that easily by creating Finder's so called aliases but it turned out they are not symbolic links and some applications like Picasa fail to explore these subfolders.

How can I get Automator to create symbolic links instead of aliases for my folders?


texts: EvoCam (video camera software) did not capture audio for 2 weeks on Mac running Mavericks—way to find it?

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I know it's a longshot.
I have an old Mac Mini running Mavericks running EvoCam 4.2.6 (old software no longer available).
The Mac Mini is connected via WiFi to an Amcrest camera. The Mac Mini is not compatible with the built in mic on the Amcrest, so I have a USB microphone running from the Mac Mini. Video comes from the Amcrest and audio from the USB mic. It usually works fine.
It records in hour long increments and outputs to .mov files.
For some reason starting two weeks ago, the audio didn't record even though I could see the system sound setting could detect audio from the microphone. Something on the software side messed up.
The videos are there but with no audio. It took a restart to get it to record audio to the files again from the EvoCam app.
The audio is important.
I'm wondering if there are any ideas as to where the audio might have gone--again I know longshot. It records to an external drive connected to the computer. I tried looking at hidden files and I can see a .Trashes folder, but it says I don't have permission to open it.
Are there any other places scuttled audio could have gone?


texts: Yesterday I downloaded the 64 bit itunes for my PC in order to play a podcast. I am unable to hear any of the podcasts. After I click play nothing happens. No audio. nothing


texts: Displaced Xcode text on file new project

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As you can see from the image. the text is displaced. The app is running normal and no indication of any damage.
It is not affecting the functionality, but it is very annoying.
How can i fix it ?


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I've got an iMac that was set up by Apple when we bought it.  My wife and I have seperate logins. We share applications but are separate users. I have an Apple ID and use iCloud for the iMac, an iPhone and an iPad.

We're getting an additional iPhone for my wife.  Can she set up her own Apple ID and thus iCloud and have it connect to her "section" of the iMac?


texts: Can I build an iOS app which has access to Apple Mail?

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I would like to build a tool which analyses someone's emails.

Is it possible on iOS or OS X to build something which gets access to emails?


texts: 2 iPads - does that mean double storage?

texts: I'm just wondering: if I have two iPads, can I choose which apps go on each of the iPads. The memory is almost full on both. I hope I've explained this clearly.


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I'm running Catalina 10.15.7 and Microsoft Teams v1.3.00.24758
When I open Teams, I get a popup that blocks the screen, and keeps me from using the app.  It says:
We've fixed things so updating the app is easier. Please reinstall Teams.

There's a button to download and reinstall Teams.  Downloading and reinstalling Teams fixes the problem until...the computer returns from sleep or restarts.
I've tried deleting the .plist files for Teams, but that didn't help.  I've also reset my keychain.  Any ideas?


texts: Is Aperture compatible with High Sierra upgrade process?

texts: If I update the newest software version to 10.13 and apply all security patches, will it delete my Aperture program?