texts:
I've been looking for it, but I can't seem a way to enable it. Is there a way to enable code completion in TextWrangler?

I need it for C/C++.


texts: Connecting to Bluetooth earphone disables keyboard

texts: Just bought a third party wireless Bluetooth earphones. Whenever I pair it and use with my iPhone 6, I am unable to use my keyboard for any applications. Notes, SMS, whatsapp, in game typing etc. the keyboard just doesn't appear. But does whenever I off my Bluetooth. The earphone s costs a pretty penny but not being able to type while using it is a major hindrance, please help!!!


texts: How do I reset my passcode on my iPhone?

texts: I can't remember my passcode for my iPhone 5s—can I reset the passcode?


texts: Is it safe to use the 12W iPad 4th gen power adapter for earlier iPads and iPhones?

texts:
The older iPads have 10W power adapter (charger), and the iPhones supposed use only 5W chargers.

But the iPad 4th gen, probably due to the larger power consumption, uses a 12W power adapter / charger.

Is this charger safe to use with the older iPads and iPhones.  Will it overcharge or overheat or damage the battery?  A more serious worry is that if it overheats, then can the battery explode?


texts: How do you establish an area in which to search (restaurants, for example) for Maps.app

texts:
How do you constrain a search in Maps.app that could have hits anywhere? Like 'burger restaurant'?
I live in Chapel Hill, and I want to see all burger joints in the Triangle, so I size my Maps window to enclose Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh. Then in the search box I type 'burger restaurants'. The display drops red pins around Chapel Hill, a few around Durham, and none at all around Raleigh. To see Raleigh burgers, I have to jigger the display around so Raleigh is more centered, and Chapel Hill and Durham are out of view.
Google Maps simply assumes you're interested in all locations viewable within the current window. It's such a natural way I assumed Apple would do the same thing, but apparently not.


texts: How do I make an AppleScript file into a Mac App?

texts: I have an Applescript that simply opens a Dialog Box, asks for a user input and runs a Terminal Command and spits out the answer. It works great in AppleScript Editor yet I am trying to work out how I could package this Script File along with an icon to make a Mac App for my personal use. Thoughts.


texts: authd/taskgated error -67050/-67062 on MacOS High Sierra

texts:
I am on High Sierra, and I have opened Console. I am seeing TONS of authd : MacOS error -67050 and sometimes -67062. Sometimes I see this on taskgated and also iCal.

What can I do to trace what causes this?


texts: What should I do with my original RAM after an upgrade?

texts:
I just upgraded my 13" MacBook Pro (mid-2009) from 2 GB of memory to 8 GB of RAM.  What a difference!

I'm wondering what I can/should do with the old sticks.


texts: Does the MacBook battery cycle count reset when replacing a battery

texts:
I've been reading up on battery cycle counts and checked out my current count on my MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008) - recommended maximum cycle count is 500.

I've had this laptop now for over 4 years and at the 2 year mark I had the battery replaced by AppleCare. The first time I checked out the cycle count was today and it's currently on 1004. Now my question is, is this the cycle count of the battery since I replaced it (as in, it reads the cycle count from the battery), or is it the combined cycle count (as in, it stores the count somewhere and increments occasionally)? My assumption is that it's the count of that battery but I have no idea how to verify this.

Either way, it looks like I need a new battery ;)


texts:
I want to synchronise files normally stored on a desktop Mac - which is in use by my customer's partner under his AppleID, while using my laptop, logged under my customer's AppleID, while away from home.

What is the best way to do this?


texts: How to install Windows 7 on a 2015 MacBook Pro?

texts:
The SSD on my 2014 MBP cratered the other day. While it's off at the shop, my employer bought me a new one.

The problem: I need to dual-boot into Windows 7. Boot Camp Assistant in OS X El Capitan refuses to use anything older than Windows 8.

Notes:

I'm a developer. Some of the libraries we're using will not work under anything other than Windows 7. I'd love to update them - hell, I'd rather just use OS X all the time - but that isn't going to happen.
I cannot use a VM. Really.
Because 3D acceleration under any available VM - Fusion, Parallels, VirtualBox - sucks.
Yes, I actually need 3D acceleration to do my job.

I went ahead and flashed a USB stick with the Win7 ISO and installed rEFInd. rEFInd will not, so far, acknowledge any USB drive that I have. I've tried two different USB sticks (both USB 3), nothing.

Really, don't suggest a VM. It's not going to work for my application. At all. Seriously.

All things considered, I'd rather just downgrade this thing to Mavericks. Life was easier and it didn't have this ugly flat gray dock, amongst other things.


texts:
I am watching Netflix in Safari on macOS 10.13.3.

I just tried taking a screenshot through several methods:

⌘⇧3 while Safari in full-screen mode (Netflix isn't).
⌘⇧4 and dragging while Safari in full-screen mode.
⌘⇧3 while Safari is not full-screen and not focussed.
⌘⇧4 and dragging while Safari is not full-screen and not focussed.

But none of these captured the screen, I get only black images.

How can I extract a frame from a show on Netflix?


texts: iOS 7 / iPhone 4S Headphone Jack Doesn't Work

texts:
My iPhone 4S that has iOS 7, the headphone jack won't work. In iOS 6 it did usually work but the sound was very low. After updating to iOS 7 the jack won't work at all. Can someone please help me out?

I use the original Apple iPhone Headphones I once bought from a Apple Store. I tested it on my iPhone 4 using iOS 6 and when i looked at the Headphone Jack it looked kinda damaged / had a crack! I listened to a quick song and the volume was very low!

Headphones Image


texts: Which characters can I use for complex passcodes?

texts:
I need to know which characters I can use in a (complex) passcode for iOS
I'm not 100% sure, and couldn't find much online but I'm guessing something like:

Uppercase characters of European languages (A through Z, with diacritic marks, Greek and Cyrillic characters)
Lowercase characters of European languages (a through z, sharp-s, with diacritic marks, Greek and Cyrillic characters)
Base 10 digits (0 through 9)
Nonalphanumeric characters: ~!@#$%^&*_-+=`|(){}[]:;"'<>,.?/
Any Unicode character that is categorized as an alphabetic character but is not uppercase or lowercase. This includes Unicode characters from Asian languages.


texts: How can I use FileVault encryption and still track my laptop if stolen

texts:
I've spent quite some time over the last few days trying to work out how I can combine the clear data security advantages of encrypting my machine with FileVault 2 under Lion, and the theft-recovery potential of programs like Undercover, Prey, or LoJack. The general consensus is that this is basically an either/or tradeoff, because encrypting your system is going to prevent a thief getting into it, and consequently prevent him from even running the tracking software. Under the old FileVault, you could have left a honeypot guest account unencrypted, but that came with some serious data security downsides, because it opened the route to a smart thief circumventing your encryption in single user mode. The new FileVault obviously doesn't give that option, although potentially you may get somewhere with Find My Mac on iCloud, which apparently does run under the recovery partition.

Is there are a better solution than being forced to choose between data security and tracking tools?


texts: Homebrew: Rollback from Python 3.7 to Python 3.6.5.x?

texts:
A brew upgrade upgraded my system Python to Python 3.7. Unfortunately, Python 3.7 breaks other software I need to use (including but not limited to Ansible). I imagine these problems will be worked out in the next week or so, but in the meantime, I'd like to rollback to Python 3.6.5.x

A brew info python shows that previous versions are still installed and not purged:

➜ brew info python
python: stable 3.7.0 (bottled), HEAD
Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
https://www.python.org/
/usr/local/Cellar/python/3.6.5 (4,825 files, 100.8MB)
  Poured from bottle on 2018-03-31 at 20:21:57
/usr/local/Cellar/python/3.6.5_1 (4,788 files, 99.9MB)
  Poured from bottle on 2018-06-20 at 16:00:26
/usr/local/Cellar/python/3.7.0 (4,869 files, 103.3MB)
  Poured from bottle on 2018-07-01 at 19:30:37
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/python.rb

Various brew link and brew install commands that are suggested by other sites don't seem to work:

➜ brew link python@3.6.5
Error: No such keg: /usr/local/Cellar/python@3.6.5
➜ brew link python@3.6.5_1
Error: No such keg: /usr/local/Cellar/python@3.6.5_1
➜ brew install python@3.6.5
Error: No available formula with the name "python@3.6.5"
==> Searching for a previously deleted formula (in the last month)...
Error: No previously deleted formula found.
==> Searching for similarly named formulae...
==> Searching local taps...
Error: No similarly named formulae found.
==> Searching taps...
==> Searching taps on GitHub...
Error: No formulae found in taps.


texts:
Is there a Thunderbolt 3 (female) to thunderbolt 2 (male) adapter cable?
I'd like to know if I can connect a thunderbolt 3 external SSD drive to a Macbook Pro 2012 with Thunderbolt 1 port.  Wouldn't this get me a faster startup drive than an internal SATA SSD?  I learnt that some of these external drives are faster than SATA SSDs.


texts: Can Mountain Lion's Preview.app be configured to use Lion's highlighting colours?

texts:
The highlight function in the Mountain Lion version of Preview.app is now directly accessible from the toolbar, while the other annotation functions keep their usual location. The problem is that Apple reduced the number of colours for the highlighting function. For example, red and orange are missing. The number of colours stays the same for the other annotation functions.

I work with scientific articles on a daily basis and the highlighting function is my main tool. I really need all the colours that were available since Apple introduced PDF highlighting several years ago, because I follow a colour scheme to quickly distinguish different parts of an article. I do not understand why they removed these colours, It's not like a few menu items were bloating the software. At least one other person is in my case: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1416813

I tried reverting to Lion's Preview.app, but Apple has disabled Lion's applications on ML and I get an error message when I try to open it. In the past, one could run SL's Preview.app on Lion in order to circumvent the "highlights fading bug".

Therefore, I'm looking for either one of two solutions:

getting all the colours back in the highlighting function;
or getting Lion's Preview.app to run on ML.

(Skim is not a solution because it stores the highlights in another file and I need my PDFs to be transportable.)


texts: MacBook Pro (mid 2012) does not detect internal screen

texts:
I have an old MacBook Pro 13 which does not react as it should. after a liquid damage i have changed the display. Unfortunately it only recognizes the internal display when I connect an external one.

The workflow looks like this:

boot up: black monitor
plug in an external monitor
external monitor is detected
log in to Mac OS
successfully logged in -> the internal display is re-activated and works as it should

The display is not deactivated, it is illuminated, but shows nothing
(only black)
Tried to re-connecting the battery connector from the logic-board
I resetted SMC and NVRAM several times.
Hard disk was formatted and the latest version of Catalina 10.15.1 was installed.
The internal display does not activate if I log in without an external display.
The system loses the display when I restart.

Any ideas?

--
note: before the display change everything did work as it should.


texts: How can I automate taking screenshots of 10,000+ pages?

texts: I am using mac OS X El Capitan and need to find a way to automate taking screenshots of 10,000 or more pages. The problem with all current solutions is that the webpage requires me to login using my email/password combo. The webpage is CSS/Java and the screen requires you to scroll down in order to view the entire page, all current solutions are not capable of scrolling down to view the whole page and only screenshot the visible portion. The second problem is that a certain combination of clicks needs to be pressed in order to go to the next page. I have considered using a "Cross browser testing" solution since some are capable of screenshots. The problem with that is that none are free and none are capable of entering login/password authentication. Are there any softwares/solutions that would allow me to screen capture 10,000 pages without manually doing it?


texts: Why can I only send iMessage and not SMS for some contacts?

texts:
For most contacts, if iMessage is not available (no internet, iMessage disabled in settings, etc), I am able to send a SMS txt message instead.

But I have a couple contacts that will not attempt an SMS message. The gray placeholder text in the text input box is "iMessage" instead of "Text Message" and when attempting to send the message, the arrow button is blue and not green. When pressing the button it says you need to enable iMessage.

The contacts are configured with an actual mobile phone number and sms messaging works for other contacts configured in the same way.

The contacts have sms enabled on their phones and they are not blocking me or anything like that. I have even verified the settings on one of their phones as part of trying to figure this out.

When iMessage is enabled, sending iMessages to them works fine.

Things I have tried:

Reset network settings
Delete entire message history and a contact having the problem
Disable iMessage, including disabling iMessage on both my phone and one of the contacts' phones at the same time to test if that was an issue
Turn off both wifi and mobile data
Log out of my apple id for the messages app
Reboot phone at various points in trying things, including forced restart (vol up, vol down, hold power until restarts)
Restart messages app at various points in trying things

Any ideas?


texts: Forgotten iOS Restrictions Password/Passcode

texts:
My dad put restrictions on my phone. He put it for many things that he didn't even know about. For example, downloading and deleting apps and Safari. So now that I want to do different things on my phone, I can't because my dad forgot the password.

Is there a way that I could take off the restrictions without deleting all of my things? If that isn't possible, then how can I restore my phone so the restrictions could come off? I heard that you can use find my iPhone someway so I could take off the restrictions but I'm not sure and I don't want to do the wrong thing.


texts: Why does my Macbook Pro try to shut down when I leave it unattended?

texts:
When I close the lid of my Macbook Pro (Lion), it goes to sleep, which is good: it powers down without closing my applications.

But if I just leave the computer unattended for a while without closing the lid, it attempts to shut down instead. It usually fails at this, because there's often a program such as Photoshop (which doesn't use Lion's autosave feature) blocking shutdown with a "Save as" dialog. But it does always succeed, annoyingly, in closing my browser etc. It does this even when the computer is plugged in and fully charged.

When I leave my computer unattended for 15 minutes, I want it to behave exactly as if I had closed the lid: it should go to sleep, not shut down.

How can I do this?


texts: Facetime with more than one apple device

texts:
Is it possible for four people to make a Facetime call with the following setup?

one using an iPhone 4,
one using an iPad 2 (both of which have the same email address)
another two people who have independent email addresses


texts:
If I screenshot something on my phone and scribble out the text:

Is it possible to get the text back?

Are there computer programs that can analyse that jpg to see what’s under the scribble.


texts: Why do we have multiple contacts for the same person on Mountain Lion Messages?

texts:
Me and a friend have Mountain Lion and iPhone with IOS 6. When I launch Messages on Mac, I have to select either his email or phone number to send a message. I don't get this. Why do I have to select one or another?

The worst thing is that both have different behaviors: selecting email will tend to deliver to his computer before the phone while selecting phone number will tend to deliver first on the phone and generally doesn't go to the computer.

I don't understand that if it shows him as able to iMessage on both iPhone and Mac, why do I have to select the destination source?


texts: generate Keynote presentation from text or Markdown?

texts:
Is there a way to automatically generate a Keynote presentation from a source file written in text format, Markdown format, or org-mode?

I know that Pandoc and other tools can generate HTML-based slideshows from Markdown. But Keynote allows you to put all your speaker notes to yourself in "Presenter View," which allows you to have a detailed view of your slideshow + notes on your laptop, and project a clean presentation that is not cluttered up with all your speaker notes.

(Whereas with HTML presentations, since there's only one window, you either have to put your speaker notes in the presentation slide itself, or put your speaker notes elsewhere.)

So can I generate a Keynote presentation, or at least a barebones one with slide headlines, from another source?

Example

# A headline

![some image](http://google.com/image.jpg)

Some text here.

# A headline

![some image](http://google.com/image.jpg)

- bullet point
- bullet point

# A headline

![some image](http://google.com/image.jpg)

Some text.

> Speaker notes.


texts: How could my iPod Touch 4th Generation automatically update its clock when moving between time zones and not connecting to any Wi-Fi networks?

texts:
I was just reminded of this incident, and was wondering if somebody could explain how this could be possible!

In 2012, I took a flight to America and used my iPod Touch 4th Generation throughout the trip - whilst Airplane Mode was enabled during the flight, when touching down and after collecting everything and exiting the airport terminal, I then disabled this feature so that Wi-Fi was once again enabled. It's important to note that at this point, I hadn't connected or done a search for any nearby Wi-Fi networks, and when checking the time on the iPod itself the device was still showing my local time - and not the new time of the state that I had flown to.

Several hours later, when arriving at my hotel, I once again checked my iPod and to my surprise found that whilst I still hadn't connected to any Wi-Fi networks, the iPod had updated its time to match that of my new location. How would this have been possible if no network connectivity had taken place - is this a known feature? I haven't seen this since (and I've gone to America since this particular trip took place).


texts:
With last update to MacOS 10.15 Pulse Secure VPN stopped working. I suspect this is related to the update because several applications needed rights and permissions granted immediately afterwards. iTerm2 f.x. suddenly wouldn't let me list the content of the Download folder and required full disk access rights in "Privacy & Permissions". But so far I didn't find a corresponding permission for this case and the firewall is actually switched off.

Any ideas?


texts: How to change binding in zsh? command key vs control key

texts:
I moved to Mac OS and I'm facing the control vs command key problem.
I already changed the settings for my external keyboard, so that my control key is mapped to command key and viceversa. This fixes my habits of ctrl-x,c,v,z and ctrl-t,ctrl-w for the browser and most applications.
However, when I work with Terminal and zsh, now ctrl-w, ctrl-u, ctrl-a etc... does not do what I expect, because I'm of course sending command-w etc.
How do I fix this once and for all so that I don't need to change my habits?


texts: Why does my Terminal window close automatically?

texts: I need to use my Terminal window on a MacBook Air but it closes about 10 seconds after I open it.  Is there a setting or is it possible another program is causing it to close?  If I type quickly I can run say diskutil but it closes after it runs.


texts: How can I do a "git push" to remote with the gui gitx tool?

texts:
I come from linux and gitg.  That allows me to do the git pull and git push to the remote using the graphical gitg tool with a right-click option.  However the gitx tool doesn't seem to have this functionality.  Can I pull/push using gitx or do I have to use the command tool?
I couldn't find anything on the screen:


texts: Keyboard shortcut to focus application's search bar (not Spotlight) in macOS?

texts:
If keyboard shortcuts are enabled in gmail, pressing / will focus the search bar from anywhere, so that I can simply type /stuff to search for "stuff" no matter what is currently focused.
Is there a similar keyboard shortcut to focus the search bar within applications (not spotlight)?

Note: I'm looking for an alternative to hitting tab repeatedly.


texts: How can I troubleshoot Security & Privacy issues with Mojave?

texts:
Mojave has expanded macOS's sandboxing rules for files and devices. When an application needs to use the camera or microphone, the user is supposed to get a prompt the first time to authorize it. Unfortunately, since updating my MacBook Pro to Mojave, none of my applications issue this prompt, and they can no longer use the camera nor microphone. I have found two exceptions: FaceTime and Safari + appear.in. No other browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Opera) nor video-conference services (Google Hangouts, Google Talk, zoom.us, Skype) work.

According to Apple's documentation, permissions can be reset on the command line using tccutil reset Camera and tccutil reset Microphone. These commands run without error for me, but there is no change to behavior. No prompts are ever issued from the system for any of these attempted interactions.

I have also observed multi-application interactions that no longer work. For example, the Last.fm Scrobbler is supposed to interface with iTunes to log the music being played, but this feature is now broken on my system.

In the Security & Privacy dialog in the Privacy tab, the Camera and Microphone panes are empty ("Apps that have requested access to your camera/microphone will appear here."). And the Automation pane has only a couple of items, no Last.fm or iTunes. And unlike the Accessibility pane, these panes do not have +/- buttons to manually add entries.

My question is: how can I troubleshoot this further?

Edit: It occurred to me to try disabling mySIMBL, a macOS plugin manager that purports to require System Integrity Protection (SIP) and Apple Mobile File Integrity (AMFI) both be disabled. I clicked the "Uninstall SIMBL" button in the mySIMBL preferences System Info pane, and reenabled AMFI, then rebooted. Afterward, the system started successfully prompting me for permission for camera, microphone and inter-app communication.

While I am glad to have fixed my problem, the question of how to troubleshoot macOS's Security & Privacy—how to dig deeper and understand in more detail what is happening—is still valid and unanswered here. So I will leave the question open.


texts: Encrypting a PDF during Hazel processing

texts:
I've created an Automator Workflow which can take the selected Finder item (being a PDF) and encrypt it using the Apple-provided "Encrypt PDF Documents" action. The problem with this action is it leaves the file buried deep in the /private/var folder structure.

I can add a subsequent action to move the file to a more visible location, however I want to be able to put it back wherever the original file was. Can I do this in Automator?

I tried a set then get of a variable for the filename but the final step to move the file errors with "the chosen folder was not found on this computer". It would seem that it's being given the full original path of the file, which indeed is not a folder.

The intended use of this Workflow is to be used as part of a Hazel action (by stripping off the initial Get Finder Items action). Can anyone tell me how I can solve this problem of encrypting an existing PDF in situ?

Possible options I have thought of include:
1. Figure out how to strip the file name off the variable.
2. Figure out how to encrypt the PDF using AppleScript (and thus making the variable handling much more flexible)
3. Use some other method from within Hazel than Automator/AppleScript.

Please note I am aware of the scripts out there to use PDFPen, but I do not like the fact that PDFPen has to launch just to encrypt a PDF, especially when the OS has the capability built in.

I am something of a novice with both Automator and AppleScript but am a programmer by trade, so any suggestions welcome.


texts: iPad 1 endless reboot loop with no iTunes reformat

texts:
I have an iPad 1 which is unable to reboot at all. I tried to go in DFU mode, using Home and Power buttons. It's been detected by iTunes, when I try to reinstall from iTunes, nothing works. I have an 1602 error (every time). I tried on a Mac and on a PC, and my last chance is here before I throw it to the garbage :(

All I can see is the screen flashing (but no Apple logo, or any graphic).
Do you know if there is a free software I can use to repair it or if there is anything else I can do?


texts: How to disable the SpeedStep when using MacBook Pro without a battery?

texts:
First of all, the specs:

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011)
OS X 10.9.1 (Mavericks)
2.3 GHz Intel Core i7
8 GB RAM

The Problem
Recently, my battery randomly died and I had to disconnect it, otherwise, my computer would not properly turn on (MacBook Pro was restarting itself and turning off over and over again).
Now, every time I plug-in the power cable, it starts straightaway (even without pushing the power button), turns off after a few seconds, and then starts normally. Weird.
Nevertheless, the main problem is, after some time, the laptop becomes VERY slow. By "VERY slow" I mean - games become unplayable (FPS drop from 60 to 6) and kernel_task starts using more than 500% of the CPU. Moreover, the mouse speed significantly increases.
I tried the interrock's (the 10th post) guide but it does not seem to work correctly and caused me a kernel panic related to the SleepEnabler.
P.S. I have read somewhere that Apple does this "underclocking" intentionally, for safety or marketing (to buy a new battery) reasons. Please correct me if I am wrong.

OS X will intelligently throttle CPU based on certain
conditions in an effort to a) prolong battery life and b) avoid system
damage (through excessive heat). Apple does not "sabotage" machines in
an effort to get customers to buy new batteries. –  cksum

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Solution (That Worked For Me)
https://web.archive.org/web/20190507215911/http://www.rdoxenham.com/?p=259


texts:
On my iPhone's home screen, I have two versions of Cut The Rope 2 which have identical icons and display names.

One version is the full version of Cut The Rope 2, while the other is the F2P Cut The Rope 2: Om Nom's Adventure.

Because the display names are identical, I'm not sure which version I should delete.

Is there a way to view an App's full name?


texts:
Apologies if this has been asked before, but when you trust a computer, what data is shared?

I'm on iOS 8 and have been plugging my personal phone into my work PC for charging. I click "trust" because I thought if I clicked "don't trust" it wouldn't charge.

It says data, contacts, and other things of that nature are shared when clicking "Trust." Apple seems pretty vague with "other things." My question is, is it possible that my text messages are synced to my work computer when I hit "trust"? If so, can my employer read them? I tried looking online but couldn't find anything about text data being stored on a PC computer after clicking "Trust."

I only ask because I've been considering leaving my company and texted a friend about it. Thanks!


texts: I am going out of th country in a few weeks, and I am planning on taking my Macbook. I have a power adapter for the country I'm visiting, but it was bought for a PC. Will it work on a Mac?


texts: LG 5k display as docking station for multiple MacBooks

texts:
Is it possible to connect an Apple mouse and keyboard to the LG UltraFine 5k display via Bluetooth, and then interchangeably connect separate MacBook Pro's to the display without have to reconnect the keyboard and mouse to them?

I have separate MacBook Pro's for personal and work, and I'm hoping the display itself can serve as a docking station. As soon as I connect the computer to the display via Thunderbolt, I'm hoping that the keyboard and mouse are automatically able to control the computer.


texts:
I recently imported my S/MIME certificate into iOS 7. I am able to read signed/encrypted message sent from my mac to the iPhone.

BUT

I am UNABLE to send signed / encrypted mails from the iPhone.

This is strange:

First I open the Mail app and start composing a mail. Immediately I see that the messages will be send encrypted (according hint in the app). But how can the app know, that it will send encrypted mail BEFORE I entered a recipient?
Also, as soon as I tap into one of the fields (CC, BCC, etc) the hint "encrypted" disappears
I am not able to encrypt / sign mails

Pretty complicated to describe. Any similar experiences? Buggy?


texts:
My iPhone says “since this is the first time you ...” when it ISN'T.  And then it asks security questions which are NOT the ones I set.  Did the same thing last time I tried to download a non-free item, and I had to call Apple and spend ten minutes proving my identity through an e-mail exchange.  And that won’t work right now, because I can only get that e-mail on an iPad that just died.

How can I get around this, and more importantly, make it stop happening?


texts:
Is there a way I can disable the power saving functionality of the wireless in OS-X Sierra (10.12.6)?

The issue I'm trying to address is where the wireless goes to sleep and wakes up every few hundred millisecond to check for incoming data. This is extremely annoying as I have latency sensitive applications which send data to my laptop.

I've been able to work around the issue by doing:

ping -i 0.2 192.168.0.1 # <- my router

This keeps the wireless card from going idle and into power save mode.

Also note that I am not even on battery. I'm plugged in to power.

This is the result of me pinging my laptop from another machine on the network:

64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=383 ttl=62 time=102 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=384 ttl=62 time=38.1 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=385 ttl=62 time=47.8 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=386 ttl=62 time=80.5 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=387 ttl=62 time=96.0 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=388 ttl=62 time=120 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=389 ttl=62 time=37.3 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=390 ttl=62 time=67.7 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=391 ttl=62 time=93.4 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=392 ttl=62 time=115 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=393 ttl=62 time=140 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=394 ttl=62 time=37.0 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=395 ttl=62 time=100 ms

This is the result of the same ping from another machine but with doing ping -i 0.2 192.168.0.1 from the laptop:

64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=396 ttl=62 time=42.3 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=397 ttl=62 time=37.3 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=398 ttl=62 time=38.0 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=399 ttl=62 time=37.2 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=400 ttl=62 time=37.5 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=401 ttl=62 time=37.5 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=402 ttl=62 time=37.0 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=403 ttl=62 time=37.6 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=404 ttl=62 time=36.9 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=405 ttl=62 time=37.2 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=406 ttl=62 time=39.1 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.147: icmp_seq=407 ttl=62 time=43.0 ms

Notice how low, and stable it is now?

I've been able to address this issue in other operating systems by disabling the wireless card's/driver's power save functionality. I just don't know how to do it in OS-X.

The Laptop is a 2017 MacBook Pro 13-inch
Network card is AirPort Extreme. Firmware Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0


texts: Search ﬁ (one character) as fi (two characters) in mdfind

texts:
In the pdf below, the two characters f and i is contracted into the one-character ligature ﬁ as in "significance". So that when I searched "Brown Adipose Tissue: Function and Physiological Significance" (f and i are two characters) by mdfind, I did find this pdf. Is there a way to search such PDF files with mdfind by "... Significance" where "f" and "i" do not ligature?

https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/physrev.00015.2003

$ mdfind -onlyin . "(kMDItemTextContent=='Brown Adipose Tissue: Function and Physiological Significance'c)" # two characters.
$ mdfind -onlyin . "(kMDItemTextContent=='Brown Adipose Tissue: Function and Physiological Signiﬁcance'c)" # one character
/Users/xxx/Downloads/x/physrev.00015.2003.pdf

Note that the following should not be used as it searches in kMDItemTitle as well.

$ mdfind -onlyin . 'Brown Adipose Tissue: Function and Physiological Significance' # two characters
/Users/xxx/Downloads/x/physrev.00015.2003.pdf


texts: Console on 10.2.5 not showing history before Console.app started

texts:
I know that I used to be able to start up Console to see things like what happened due to a system error: you could just fire it up and search for the most recent "boot" and look at the events before that to see what had happened.

Now, however, it seems that my scrollback in Console.app is limited to the moment I started it. That is, I would have to have it running all the time in order to see what's going on on the system, and what I described above (i.e., seeing what's going on around a boot/reboot) is impossible.

Is this now the new behaviour? I admit I hadn't looked at it for a while (probably an OS version or two).

I should mention that I had to restore my machine recently from a Time Machine backup. That's the only notable variable I can think of.


texts:
I am currently having to access the internet through a wireless dongle which is giving me a 2gb per month download allowance. I need to be really cautious about my internet usage.

Just this afternoon I ran out due to some process downloading 600mb of something. I have no idea what it was (although I suspect iTunes) or why it would need to download so much.

Is there anyway I can monitor which processes are using the network, or failing that set up a firewall that only allows the apps I choose to have access?


texts: How can I change the colour matching option in the Default Settings printer preset?

texts:
Specifically, I want to change the colour matching for my Canon Pixma G3500 from Canon Color Matching to ColorSync.
When editing using the GUI, the Default Settings, and Draft Printing on Plain Paper and Fine Printing on Plain Paper can't be saved over or deleted.
I know how to create custom settings but ideally I would like to change the defaults to avoid accidental wasted prints in future, because the custom settings appear lower down the drop-down menu so could be missed if printing in haste or when tired.
I searched plist files in /Library/Preferences/ and ~/Library/Preferences/ but drew a blank.


texts: My output sound on my Mac doesn't change at all when I have my earphones in. Not on the menu bar, not with the volume buttons, and not in the System Sounds settings with the slider. Without my earphones the slider works, but nothing else does. It's highly annoying. How can I fix it?


texts: Python 3.4 + installed, python program that requires it still not running?

texts:
I am trying to run a python program, I installed python, 3.5 but it still says.

requires Python 3.4 or newer.

When ever I try and start it, am I doing something wrong? I installed python via the package downloaded from the python website


texts: Merging two email accounts in El Capitan

texts:
After the upgrade, El Capitan duplicated my Gmail account, which is now both as POP and IMAP (that is because I set up my Google Internet account in Yosemite, but I never set up the IMAP account in Mail.  El Capitan did it without asking...).  Because POP is a terrible protocol, some of the emails that were received or sent in the POP version of the account have not made it to the GMail server, and thus are just local to my computer.  What I want is to

move all the emails in the POP 'Inbox' to the IMAP 'Inbox'
move all the emails in the POP 'Sent' to the IMAP 'Sent'

without duplication (If I drag stuff around I would duplicate thousands of emails).  Is there a smart way of doing this?  Also pretty important is that my flagged emails are kept (some, annoyingly, are still stuck in the POP account).


texts: What is the best way to recharge an iPod Touch battery?

texts: I wonder how to handle the recharging of my iPod touch ? I've heard that there are some actions to have to be done regularly or actions that arms the battery (like memory effect etc...)


texts: How do I determine and shut off an alarm that goes off?

texts:
I have an iPhone 7 Plus running 10.1.1. Everything works fine but I have a audible notice that goes off every morning at 8:00am. The problem is I don't know what it is from. I checked the clock app and I don't have any alarms set. I thought it was the Golden Days app, but even after removing it, the notice gots off. I have several items in OmniFocus that are due at 8:00am, but to my knowledge OmniFocus does not use audible notifications. I am stumped.

Any guidance on how to track down and shut off this daily notice would be appreciated.


texts: "There are stopped jobs." when exiting bash

texts:
When I'm in the terminal (either iTerm or Terminal.app) and have jobs running in the background, then typing exit or logout gives me:

There are stopped jobs.

which is fine and expected. The problem is that if I run exit or logout again (and repeatedly), I get the same thing.

isbadawi@astaire:~$ exit
logout
There are stopped jobs.
isbadawi@astaire:~$ exit
logout
There are stopped jobs.
isbadawi@astaire:~$ exit
logout
There are stopped jobs.
isbadawi@astaire:~$ exit
logout
There are stopped jobs.
isbadawi@astaire:~$ exit
logout
There are stopped jobs.
isbadawi@astaire:~$ exit
logout
There are stopped jobs.
isbadawi@astaire:~$ exit
logout
There are stopped jobs.

I've used bash on linux, and the behavior there was for the second invocation of exit or logout to go ahead and terminate the stopped jobs. Instead, I have to do this manually. Why is the behavior different, and is there a way to make it the same?


texts: Is there a way for avoiding the update to my play counts when I sync my iPod?


texts: What does the Auto Hotspot setting do on the Apple Watch?

texts: When taking a look at the Apple Support article that explains how to manually connect an Apple Watch to Wi-Fi (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209071), the page makes a mention to a setting entitled "Auto Hotspot". I haven't been able to find any other references to this setting - would somebody be able to explain what it does?


texts: How does FireWire daisy chaining work between two Macs?

texts:
After taking a look at this question Does Thunderbolt support a net topology like FireWire?

I was wondering how FireWire works when it's daisy-chained with multiple devices between a Mac on each end of the chain?

How does this work in the external drive case? For example, you have the following setup between two Macs running OS X normally. Note that the hard drive is switched off at first:

Mac 1   <-----FireWire----->  Ext HardDrive  <-----FireWire-----> Mac 2

What happens when the hard-drive is turned on in between the two Macs? Does it connect to both, race condition  to 1 of the 2, fail connect to any or does it do something else.


texts: How to keep Messages chats sorted manually

texts: It is possible to keep opened chats in Messages in order i sort it manually? Because it always resorts it chronologically, so it's changing all the time and it's kind of confusig to me.


texts: Attaching External HD to Airport - Is It Secure?

texts: I am thinking about attaching an external HD to my Airpot (ac), which I will use to back up my computer using SuperDuper on a nightly basis. However, I am concerned about security. I know that I can set a password to access the disk. But is the disk available via the internet? I'm concerned that someone outside my network might be able to access the disk.


texts: What is the reason for the large minimum brightness of MacBook Air (or other devices)?

texts:
When I use my MacBook Air in darkness for various reasons (e.g. causal stargazing or working late in close quarters) the last brightness notch before "black" is way too bright for me.

There are add-on work-arounds (see for example Macbook air screen is too bright even on the lowest setting) so I'm not asking how to get lower brightness.

I'm wondering if there are some hardware issues when operating at very low brightness that should be avoided, or if it's just a question of difficulty to assure the customer display quality at very low brightness, or something else?


texts: Time Machine cannot write to network drive under Mountain Lion

texts: I installed Mountain Lion yesterday and have only one problem. Time Machine, which worked under Lion on a WD Sharespace network drive, not gives a message that it cannot find the drive. Despite that, it can "enter" Time Machine with no problem and read all the saved backups. Time Machine itself shows the drive as available to be selected for backup. Finder also sees the drive. Lastly, the Time Machine backup volume which never had been visible on my desktop under Lion is now always there under Mountain Lion.


texts: For some reason when i do anything python3 related on my terminal it comes up with the error "Illegal Instruction". Why is this happening?

texts: When I try to run for example a simple print("Hello World") My terminal comes up with the error Illegal Instruction And it's causing issues.


texts:
I recently got a 5th generation iPod touch. I was trying to connect to a car over Bluetooth, but it won't even show up on my iPod (and yes the car's Bluetooth was on). My iPod is on iOS 7.0.4. Any ideas?

Edit: yes, My iPod's Bluetooth was on


texts:
I’m in the market for a new iPhone and based on Apple’s specs the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max have 3D Touch but the iPhone XR does not. While there is no mention whatsoever of Haptic Touch on their specs page, I have read that the iPhone XR has Haptic Touch instead of 3D Touch. Frustratingly I can’t find anything on Apple’s website about this.

Can someone explain the differences between 3D Touch and Haptic Touch?


texts:
My router IP is 10.0.4.1
Sub 255.255.255.0
so from what I understand my Network prefix length should be 24

I'm I right?

However I keep having issue when I enter this value

This might be an Apple Specific question but perhaps I can have some advice


texts: Is there a second-generation Airport Express 802.11n?

texts:
In late 2011 there were refreshes to Airport Extreme and Time Capsule. At the time there was speculation that there would be a second generation of the Airport Express 802.11n model.

I'm in the market for a new one but I can't find any solid evidence that there was actually a new model ever released. I notice when checking my current model's serial number that Apple specifies it as AirPort Express 802.11n (1st Gen), which makes me think there's a later generation, but again I have no actual info on it.

Does anyone have an answer on this?


texts: Free ways to extract files from encrypted iPhone backup

texts:
Does anyone knows any free (as in really free and not limited in any way) solution to extract files (messages, call history etc) from an encrypted iPhone backup?
I know the password, so this is not a question about decryption or brute-forcing the backup or something like that. The backup was created on my Windows 10 64-bit PC.
I do know, there are tons of apps on the internet to do this, but they all cost money or are limited in some way, and I'm not interested in any of these so-called "free" apps, where you can only extract like 3 files, and then you need to buy a license to extract the rest...
Hope anyone knows a solution. Thank you very much.
PS: There is no way for me to create an unencrypted backup, since the "Encrypt local backup" checkbox is greyed out in iTunes... :-(


texts: How do I permanently show my dashboard on a separate monitor?

texts:
I work in multi monitor setup.

I have some important information available in the dashboard and want it to be always visible on one of the monitor.

Is there a way (w/ external software or not) to do so?


texts: FaceTime & Continuity: move call started from iPhone to Mac or vice versa

texts:
I received a FaceTime video call on my iPhone 6s (iOS 10.3.1) and I wanted to continue it on my MacBook Pro (macOS Sierra 10.12.4). Both devices were in the same WLAN and with Bluetooth turned on but I couldn't fine a way to transfer the call.

I was able to exploit Continuity with other apps, such as Safari and Mail, during the call but apparently not with FaceTime.

Is there a way to do so? or should I ask Apple to insert it in the next OS release?


texts: Can iTunes change metadata on the actual CD?

texts:
I used iTunes to rip a CD of a homemade audio recording of a friend. iTunes thought it recognized the CD but was way off (it guessed a lecture series about ancient history).

However, when I looked at the actual CD's content via Finder, oddly enough, it was divided into arbitrary 5-minute tracks, and two of the tracks had names corresponding to what iTunes had guessed (about ancient history) and the others were generically named.

I have no idea if there were tracks or track titles before I imported it with iTunes. Having either of these doesn't make any sense as it's an hour-long speech without logical places for tracks let alone to name one of them "Byzantine Empire". (Also what's curious about this is that the actual speaker's first name is the same as the professor of ancient history that iTunes had guessed. I'm wondering if there was some metadata on the CD when I received it, which iTunes used to make this conclusion.)

So I have to ask: Is iTunes capable of changing the metadata on the actual CD to match what it thought it was? The CD is probably read-only (I don't have permission to change it to "Read & Write" in Get Info), but maybe iTunes has a work-around.


texts:
Yesterday suddenly the bluetooth and wifi stopped working, while iMac was on and on screen saver.
I have tried several restarts and tried to follow the bluetooth debug and reset options as well as SMC reset, but nothing worked. Also removed the bluetooth plist from Preferences.

Since I have magic keyboard and mouse with bluetooth I cannot use them and was making the restarts from anydesk using another laptop that I have.

Today after even more restarts and SMC resets the Wifi worked again, but bluetooth still nothing. I am on 10.13 osx and I cannot boot in safe mode or recovery without the keyboard and I have tried the vram boot options on terminal but I was getting that they were invalid.

Lately after the last SMC reset iMac boots on the option screen to reinstall High Sierra but I cannot make any selection even with a usb wired mouse!

any help on how to restart on normal mode or unblock the bluetooth will be highly appreciated.


texts: Changed version number on Mac Pro Yosemite and can no longer boot

texts: A friend of mine offered to download a program for me onto my Mac, but he asked to see what version I'm running beforehand. When he saw that I was running Yosemite 10.10.1 he said I would have to change some things around in terminal for the crack to work. He sent me a link to a video which told me how to change the version number in terminal to 10.5, I did so despite my lack of knowledge on terminal, stupidity at its finest. Almost immediately after, none of my applications were available, not even terminal. I tried restarting my Mac and I hadn't been able to boot since. I can't reinstall OS X because it says the item is temporarily unavailable. Nothing in Disk Utility makes a difference, at least not from what others online have said. I've tried some of the terminal instructions others have posted online, but the commands "sudo" and "nano" cannot be found and that always seems to hinder the process. I ran out of ideas as soon as reinstalling OS X didn't work out. Please, please help me.


texts:
I have been using the Notes app to take notes on my iPhone 5s for years now but recently I'd like to make those notes accessible on my iMac and Nexus 7  Tablet.

To sync them to the cloud I added Notes syncing on my phone and moved all my local notes over the iCloud account. Everything appears to work and if I login to my iCloud account through the web browser the notes appear online. But the notes will not sync to the Notes app on either my iMac or Nexus 7 (running the Notepad app).

I have attempted enabling/disabling the Notes app on iMac and Notepad app on the Nexus 7. Closing/opening the app. Restarting the both devices. Nothing seems to work.

Is there some workaround for this I'm missing or is iCloud Notes sync somehow broken.

I'm running the latest OSX (10.10.5) and lates IOS (9.0.1).

Aside: I've attempted to use Google Notes sync as an alternative but the OSX version of Notes doesn't play nice with Google's 2-factor auth.

Update: I have a note that was created before the update that did successfully sync to my iMac and Nexus 7 prior to updating Notes on my iPhone. As a test I just made a change to it on the Nexus 7 and it successfully synced the note on my iMac but didn't update the note on my iPhone.

It looks like the iPhone is successfully using the latest version that links with my iCloud account but my iMac and Nexus 7 are working with an old version that doesn't reflect on my iCloud account. WTF.


texts: Is cloud syncing possible with FileVault?

texts:
Today, on my professional computer, I wanted to open a personal document (PDF) directly from Dropbox website. However, it was impossible for Dropbox to show a preview of this PDF file (This file can’t be previewed). Actually, I couldn't preview any of the files stored on my Dropbox, and downloading them didn't help either.

My Dropbox is synchronized with a local folder on my Mac, on which FileVault is activated.

I have another folder on my Mac which is synchronized with a webserver, using Nextcloud's app (similar to Owncloud). When using the web interface of Nextcloud, I couldn't open the files either.

Is it possible that, with FileVault activated, an encrypted version of my files are stored on Dropbox and Nextcloud server?

If yes, is there a way to circumvent this issue?

I didn't have this problem in the past, but since I activated FileVault some weeks ago, I thought it could be the cause.


texts:
I just recently acquired an iMac. I'm not sure what model it is or anything but the attached pictures show it.

When it boots up there's a pixelated screen and it won't boot into the OS, and when I try to boot from a CD it says that the computer needs to restart.


texts: How can I automate "I am Groot" reply to annoying friend's texts?

texts: I kinda want to convey the point that all this individual's texts are just as meaningful as the phrase "I am Groot." Can this be done on my iPhone? That is, anytime I get a text from said individual, it will automatically reply "I am Groot."


texts:
I have few space remained on my MacBook Air. When I check Storage and click on Manage, this is what I saw:

iTunes is using up 6 GB of space and these are apps from my phone. And the worst part is there are some apps which are not used any more and uninstalled years ago. How can I get this space back?

iTunes version: 12.6.0.100

Computer's configuration: macOS Sierra 10.12.4


texts: TextEdit wants to save as RTFD because of graphics, but I have used no graphics

texts:
I have been copying and pasting lots of contact info into a Textedit file.
I have been saving as I go along and it saves as .RTF
Now suddenly it says:

  This document contains graphics and will be saved using RTFD (RTF with graphics) format. RTFD documents are not compatible with some applications. Save anyway?

I have not intentionally put graphics onto document.  How can I find the 'graphic' and delete it?


texts:
So i have a late 2009 21,5 iMac and whatever i do it's sooo hot!
Like right now just typing this or watching youtube it gets up to 50 degrees celsius... It does not get any hotter than that and i'm not running any specific programs that are big. I have SMC Fan control but just asking should it be that hot? I know the aluminum case works like a heatsink but really 50 celsius hot???


texts: Does software exist to rename songs in iTunes based on audio matching like shazam?

texts:
I am looking for program which will automaticly rename songs and albums by comparing the actual acoustics and played /perceived?

Basically, use Shazam some way?


texts: mycingular.net did not encrypt this message, message sent as email

texts:
I am receiving normal messages that should be arriving as txt instead on my personal email(gmail) messages from another Iphone User. They should be arriving as messages. He told me he sends the messages exactly the same way as if any txt to anybody else.

His phone is set as a backup for recovery of my gmail email. (only added this info in-case it is pertinent). I also own a iphone 5 with software ios at 7.0.4

For some reason eveytime he sends me a message from his iphone 6 it sends it like this. But if i initiate the message he then talks with me as if just any other txt(sms) to txt(sms) conversation.

Is there something i can suggest for him to do to change on his phone so this doesn't happen anymore?

Here is what link appeared when i click on the encryption message in the picture: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6330403?visit_id=1-636304498701265550-1987472819&p=tls&hl=en&rd=1

Edit: 5/16/17
UPDATE

Talked with my friend, we ran a few test scenario's everytime we tries to send me a direct txt to my phone line it still sends to my email. Does he have to delete my contact and re-enter it? This is really strange.


texts: Why are two identical external monitors displaying at different resolutions?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, Md 2012) running OS X El Capitan 10.11.3.

I purchased 1x DisplayPort to VGA and 1x DisplayPort to DVI.

I plugged these two into the 2x DisplayPorts on the MacBook Retina.

When I view the screens, however, one of them shows up fine but the other is at a low resolution (800x600).

I've seen some related posts, but nothing addressing this situation specifically. Most seem to be dealing with daisy chaining two external displays off of a single DisplayPort, but this MacBook Pro has two ports, so no daisy chaining.

Any thoughts on why the two different resolutions?


texts: How do I remove the strip above my menu bar?

texts: Recently a strip has appeared above the menu bar on my mac and I have no idea how to get rid of it. Any ideas? The above photograph of the problem is screen shotted.


texts:
I bought 1Blocker app for my Mac and iOS devices.

While it works on Mac and iPhone, the app is not functioning on iPad.

The developers on the app stated on their website that to get support, use Twitter.

I contacted them three times by now and they aren’t replying. I want to report those developers to Apple due their lack of support and misleading statement.

How to report them to Apple?


texts: Disable automatic switch to Bluetooth carkit on iPhone

texts:
Whenever my iPhone connects with the Bluetooth carkit that is integrated in my car audio system, the iPhone switches AirPlay to the carkit and thus sends all audio to the carkit instead of the iPhone speaker. However, when I'm listening to the radio, those sounds are essentially lost.

So, whenever I start the car, I have to manually switch AirPlay back from the carkit to the iPhone, to make sure I will hear text messages coming in, for example. That has become a lot easier with the advent of the Control Center in iOS 7, but I would like to disable the automatic AirPlay switch to the carkit. How do I do that on my non-jailbroken iPhone 4S running iOS 7?


texts: Dragging an email with attachment to another mailbox looses attachment

texts:
I was dragging an email message in Mail.app and intended to drag it to another folder.  I accidentally went too far and then I was dragging an icon around the Dashboard.  when I went back to Mail.app, the message was still there but missing the attachment.  Where did it go?

It happened to me a second time, but this time the Dashboard wasn't involved.  Is this a bug in Mail.app?  The attachments were photos that were being displayed in-line.

I am using IMAP.  So I can access the photo on my iPhone but it is not accessible on mail.app.  I guess I need to file a RDAR.


texts: Can I charge my Samsung Omnia W with MacBook Pro USB port?

texts:
Currently, I am using a Samsung Omnia W and mostly I am using my 2013 MacBook Pro's USB port for charging it.

Is it fine for charging the battery in the mobile phone? Sometimes, I have received a 'high power consumption' warning (from USB port) on laptop as warning.

What is the power output of the USB port compared to the mobile's input power for the battery?


texts: Why is "Hide Others" keyboard shortcut missing on macOS Chrome?

texts:
I've noticed within the last week that the commandoptionh keyboard shortcut to Menubar / Chrome / Hide Others has disappeared from the latest version of Google Chrome (70.0.3538.77) on macOS (10.13.6) High Sierra.

Pressing the shortcut does nothing (it hasn't been remapped to a new command) in Chrome. The shortcut still appears and works in all other Apple and third-party apps.

Running Disk Util First Aid and rebooting macOS doesn't help. I can workaround by adding a custom shortcut to System Prefs for Chrome or for all apps, by why did this happen, is there a better, more direct fix?


texts: Press enter button using Dictation on Mac

texts: Is it possible to use macOS dictation to press the enter button (I want to select an item not start a new line)? Is it possible to press the command or function buttons using dictation?


texts: Remote control and screenviewing on OS X?

texts:
So I have a company Macbook and a co-worker recently told me that it can be controlled or viewed any moment.

Not that I do something illegal on it, I value my privacy and this piqued my interest so I wanted to know if this is indeed possible and how.

What I figured so far:

Internet provider can easily see my outbound and inbound traffic so this is out of the question. As long as I'm in the office my traffic can be viewed.
There's a bunch of options in the Sharing setting in System Preferences that allows remote login, access and screen viewing.
There's an ESET Remote Administrator Agent running on my Mac.
My Firewall is currently disabled.

As far as I understand, if I disable all options in point 2, I should be fine, right? Do I need to be concerned about ESET RAA or the disabled Firewall?


texts: Is there a way to get rid of incessant password prompting for podcasts?

texts:
how would I stop that?
I don't remember te fscking password


texts: How do I change the password on an AD-bound Mac to match what's already in AD?

texts:
My Mac at work is bound to our Active Directory domain. It's managed with JAMF, and I have NoMAD installed.

The last time I came due for a password change (every sixty days), an unknown issue prevented me from executing the change from my Mac. Our IT folks couldn't figure out the issue, so I was forced to do my AD password change from a Windows PC elsewhere on the network. This left my Mac's login password, as well as my Keychain and Filevault passwords, the same as before.

As I understand it, NoMAD was supposed to detect that they were out of sync and automatically fix it for me, but that hasn't happened. I have not been able to determine why.

Our IT folks are Windows guys. One of them knows the Mac reasonably well, but he's not an expert in this area and he's stumped.

This was all 56 days ago, so I'm about due to change my password again. I tried to do it in System Preferences -> Users & Groups, which is my normal method, but it fails with the same mysterious error I got last time -- it says the server is not available.

As far as I can tell, the server is available. But this isn't the point.

When that failed, I tried changing with NoMAD, but I can't. The error message is the generic "local password doesn't meet policy requirements", and I assume it's because my local password isn't the same as the one in AD, so when it tries to confirm my old password, it can only succeed for one of the two backing systems. I've tried both old passwords; same error.

So, my question: What, if anything, can I do to update my Mac's local, keychain, and Filevault passwords that will not try to update AD?

Things I've tried:

Users & Groups sysprefpane, as described above
Changing with NoMAD, as described above
Using passwd at the terminal. Same results for both old passwords:

% ~ passwd
Changing password for jrobb.
Old Password:
New Password:
Retype New Password:
passwd: general failure

Repeat #1 while disconnected from the network. Same "server is not available" message -- and this time I believe it!
Repeat #2 while disconnected from the network. Same "local password doesn't meet policy requirements" as before.

If it matters, I'm running 10.14.6.

UPDATE: After unbinding and re-binding my Mac to the AD domain, my Mac's password was sync'd up with AD. But then I encountered the same "server is not available" error when trying to change the password from Users & Groups, forcing me to use another method to update my AD password, and now they're out of sync again.


texts: Output of "${OSTYPE:6}" on old releases of Mac OS X

texts:
I'm writing a shell script that I want to be theoretically compatible with very old versions of Mac OS X (I say "theoretically", because I lack any super-old machines to actually test with). The script uses the output of ${OSTYPE:6} to determine which release of Mac OS X it's running on.

On a machine running 10.13 High Sierra, echo ${OSTYPE:6} returns 17. On a machine running 10.10 Yosemite, it returns 14. Logic thus suggests that the command would output "15" on 10.11 and "16" on 10.12.

(This is useful, because it allows me to include lines like if [[ ${OSTYPE:6} -ge 14 ]]; then DoThing; fi to run DoThing on any system running Yosemite and newer.)

Does this pattern hold for old releases as well? For example, would the command return "4" on the original 10.0?

I ask because, well, it would be odd to start at 4, so I'm worried that somewhere in history, the number was incremented by a point update.


texts: Do I need to allow free space as an over provision on MacBook Pro's built-in SSD?

texts:
I have a 2017 15" MacBook Pro with a built-in 1TB SSD.

As I understand, with SSDs, the best practice is to leave a portion of them free as an "over provision".

Do I need to do this with the built-in SSD in the MacBook Pro? or has Apple already accounted for this in giving me 1TB of space? e.g. There is actually something like 1.1TB of space, but the firmware keeps that additional 0.1TB free as an over provision.


texts:
I have a folder (original_svg_files) with more than ten thousand .svg files in different sizes and I need to resize each one of them. The name should be the same with the original .svg file and the longest side should be 150px and I also need to keep the aspect ratio (constrain the proportions).

I tried to use Adobe Illustrator to do that but can't figure out how since it supports only transformation via a percentage. I need to automate this process by the command line or Automator since what I am doing now is really time consuming!

I am using OS X El Capitan version 10.11.1.

Any suggestions?


texts:
I use pkgbuild to create an Apple installer .pkg.

In my preinstall script, I have the following, which opens in Chrome if I invoke it myself, however when run by pkgbuild script, always opens the above link using Safari:

open "https://apple.stackexchange.com/"

I tried to force it to run as the current user:

sudo -u "$(logname || echo "$SUDO_USER")" open "https://apple.stackexchange.com/"

... but it still uses Safari.

My system default is currently Chrome.  I changed it to Firefox, and the same thing occurs.

How do I open this URL using the default browser within a pkgbuild script?


texts: How can I convert a pdf to a format that is compatible with iBooks

texts: I have a pdf file, which I would like to convert to iBook compatible format, which software can I use to do this? calibre seems to be too tough to work with


texts: How to fix paths when iTunes truncated path names after adding music to a folder

texts:
Alright, so I'm on windows 7 64 bit, but hopefully my question still applies to AskDifferent, considering it is an iTunes issue. I've built a new computer for my girlfriend, and everything went well when transferring her old library. I have one issue. She uses the Keep itunes media folder organized setting on, and it seems that a lot of songs with long names ended up being truncated.

Wouldn't be that big of a deal (despite it being really weird), but we really really want to keep the old playcounts, ratings and paths in each playlist where these songs are used.

So the old path is pointing here:

/D:/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Music/Alix Perez/U EP/1-03 Make It Worth (+ DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn).mp3

But for some reason when transferring the music over and letting iTunes take care of it, it managed to turn this file into the following:

/D:/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Music/Alix Perez/U EP/1-03 Make It Worth (+ DJ Rashad & DJ.mp3

Is there a way to fix this?


texts: Mounting an ext3/4 Linux external hard drive to OS X

texts:
I just bought two 500 GB hard drives for my Mac for the purposes of backing up ten older hard drives to it. One hard drive (200 GB, pretty much full) is from my Linux machine.

I tried installing Linux via VirtualBox, but I can't seem to mount the external to my vbox installation. In either case, I get an error that it can't read the media, where I either must eject or initialize.

In Disk Utility, I can see all the hard drive partitions but I can't mount it or do anything with it.

The machine that this hard drive came from is dead now, and I don't have access to other Linux machines.


texts: Can I repair my system disk (10.6) by booting off a 10.5 install CD?

texts:
I'm running Snow Leopard (10.6) and OnyX told me I need to boot from my install CD and use Disk Utility to repair my drive. (It wasn't any more specific as to what the actual problem was.) I can't find my Snow Leopard disc anywhere, but I've got a 10.5.8 disc here. Will it work too?

(Just to be clear, I'm talking about a filesystem repair, not a permission repair. Repairing permissions with a Disk Utility from an older version of the OS won't work.)


texts: How Finder can find this file with long name?

texts:
Macbook Air 1.3GHz Intel Core i5 8GB Memory DDR3 OSX Yosemite

This is because of the long name, I think:

  Hans-Jorg Oestern, Otmar Lorenz Trentz, Lorem Ipsum Lorem Vascular Injuries- Trauma Surgery I (European Manual of Medicine).pdf

I search unsuccessfully

Hans
Hans-Jorg
Hans pdf
Hans-Jorg pdf

No matches at all.
If I make the name shorter, there is a match.
It seems that the file is not indexed so the search is not working.

I run the command mdls [filename] and get

kMDItemAuthors                 = (
    "Hans-Jo\U0308rg Oestern, Otmar"
)
kMDItemContentCreationDate     = 2015-02-11 09:37:18 +0000
kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2015-02-18 07:29:29 +0000
kMDItemContentType             = "com.adobe.pdf"
kMDItemContentTypeTree         = (
    "com.adobe.pdf",
    "public.data",
    "public.item",
    "public.composite-content",
    "public.content"
)
kMDItemDateAdded               = 2015-03-23 05:34:10 +0000
kMDItemDescription             = "ISBN-13: 978-3540123123"
kMDItemDisplayName             = "Hans-Jorg Oestern, Otmar Lorenz Trentz, Lorem Ipsum Lorem Vascular Injuries- Trauma Surgery I (European Manual of Medicine).pdf"
kMDItemEncodingApplications    = (
    "Mac OS X 10.10.2 Quartz PDFContext"
)
kMDItemFSContentChangeDate     = 2015-02-18 07:29:29 +0000
kMDItemFSCreationDate          = 2015-02-11 09:37:18 +0000
kMDItemFSCreatorCode           = ""
kMDItemFSFinderFlags           = 0
kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon         = (null)
kMDItemFSInvisible             = 0
kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden     = 0
kMDItemFSIsStationery          = (null)
kMDItemFSLabel                 = 0
kMDItemFSName                  = "Hans-Jorg Oestern, Otmar Lorenz Trentz, Lorem Ipsum Lorem Vascular Injuries- Trauma Surgery I (European Manual of Medicine).pdf"
kMDItemFSNodeCount             = (null)
kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID          = 20
kMDItemFSOwnerUserID           = 501
kMDItemFSSize                  = 65898547
kMDItemFSTypeCode              = ""
kMDItemKeywords                = (
    "ISBN-10: 3540881212"
)
kMDItemKind                    = "Portable Document Format (PDF)"
kMDItemLogicalSize             = 65898547
kMDItemNumberOfPages           = 435
kMDItemPageHeight              = 747.84
kMDItemPageWidth               = 547.68
kMDItemPhysicalSize            = 65900544
kMDItemSecurityMethod          = "None"
kMDItemTitle                   = "Hans-Jorg Oestern, Otmar Lorenz Trentz, Lorem Ipsum Lorem Vascular Injuries- Trauma Surgery I"
kMDItemVersion                 = "1.3"
kMDItemWhereFroms              = (
    "file:///Users/masi/Downloads/Lorem.pdf",
    ""
)

Time dependency for indexing

I run the same search as above during

time when asked this question
2 weeks after asked this question

and the search did not work.

I run the same search as above about 50 days later and the search works for the file.
This proposes me that something is wrong in indexing, since same location of the file.

Some Possible Factors of causing the Bug

Quartz engine used to construct the file

Other systems where bug reproduced

some iMac (see grgarside's answer below)

How can you force indexing of such files and make faster search?


texts:
Im on macOS Sierra 10.12.5. I have customized a few things (finder window's toolbar, how to keep directories ordered by name etc) but sometimes (I think on restart, not sure) all this goes back to factory settings and I have to do it all over again. It is really annoying.

It seems people had this problem on older versions too but I prefer to ask again since it was like 4 years ago.

What can I do to prevent this? Thanks


texts: How do you lengthen the amount of time that Time Machine keeps hourly backups?

texts:
Time Machine keeps hourly backups for 24 hours by default before purging for daily backups and I'd like to extend this further (to a week of hourly backups). Is there a way to change the backup retention policy config to allow for this? There doesn't seem to be an option in the UI.

Failing this, I'll have to install something else and I'd rather stick with Time Machine because of a fairly large initial backup (millions of files, TB's of data, already under backup with Time Machine)


texts: Local name changes every 10 - 20 minutes

texts:
I have just bought a new MacBook Pro after my previous one died ( mother card seem to had been the problem). In this one like in my previous the computer's local hostname keeps telling me that the "MacBookPro-BC-617.local" is already in use on this network and changes the name of my MacBookPro-BC to 658.local.

This takes place every day and almost every 10 - 20 minutes. I'm using Mountain Lion. What could be causing this and how could I get rid of it?


texts: Find the duration of a playlist in Apple Music

texts: How can I find the duration (in hours/minutes) of a playlist in Apple Music?


texts: Can I put this RAM into my iMac 27" mid 2010? (Corsair CMSO8GX3M2A1333C9)

texts:
I have an aluminium iMac (from mid/late 2010 I believe).

I want to upgrade the memory from 4gb to 8 or 16. I'm no hardware guy, but from the info I read it would appear I can upgrade to any SO-DIMM RAM module.

So just to check before I go ahead and buy... do you guys believe that this will go in my iMac?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002YUF8ZG/ref=asc_df_B002YUF8ZG6968622?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=googlecouk06-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B002YUF8ZG

Thanks


texts: Are there any iOS SSH terminal apps that support truecolor (i.e., 24 bit color)?

texts:
There are quite a few capable SSH terminal client apps in the App Store — Termius, Blink, Prompt, etc..

Do any of them support truecolor? This is also known as 24-bit color. It represents millions of colors as opposed to 256 colors.

As far as I can tell, this gist on truecolor has the closest thing thing I can find to a current, authoritative list of which terminal clients do and don’t support truecolor. I don’t see any iOS SSH clients on that list, sadly.


texts: How to minimize all windows/applications to the dock?

texts:
⌥+⌘+M as mentioned in multiple docs only appears to minimize the current (focused) window.

I am looking for the "Show Desktop" equivalent.  If it matters I'm using 10.6.4.


texts: Keyboard and Emoji Viewer menu vs. Input menu?

texts:
I'm using macOS High Sierra (10.13.6) on a MacBook Pro 15. In the Keyboard Preferences pane, I have "Show keyboard and emoji viewers in menu bar" option in the "Keyboard" tab turned on:

Sure enough, as desired, there's a menubar icon that, when clicked shows these in a menu:

Here's the strange thing: sometimes that icon is the "window with command key icon" icon:

and sometimes it's a US flag:

When it's a flag, clicking it turns it back to the "window with command key icon" icon, and shows the previous menu.

My guess is that this is triggered by my having the "Show Input menu in menu bar" option in the Keyboard Preferences' "Input Sources" tab turned on:

If I turn "Show keyboard" off and leave "Show Input menu" on, then the icon stays a US Flag, and reliably shows an input menu:

So: any idea why these two menus can't coexist, and that the "Show viewers" option (mostly) overrides the "Input sources" optoin? Is this a macOS bug?


texts:
To serve the same basic purpose as my question about split-screen apps:

Is there an app that allows me to quickly (in one touch or zero!) bring up a notepad/text editor while I'm in another app?

This would be immensely useful for things like taking notes on a PDF that I'm viewing.
.
I realize that certain apps may include note taking functionality, but these do not suit the need for a universal way of taking notes, which TextEdit on my Mac does nicely.


texts: Facebook Messenger: Cannot restrict address book access

texts: For security reasons I had to block address book access in iOS 10 entirely. WhatsApp for example doesn't see any address book entries and gives a warning. Any other app too. But the Facebook Messenger app behaves different. You can choose any contact from address book to start a new conversation. So how can I be sure, that contacts won't be uploaded to Facebook at all?


texts: How to disable scroll acceleration in macOS Sierra?

texts:
A few releases ago OS X introduced scroll acceleration, which means if you keep scrolling in some direction, the speed of the scroll will be greater and greater. You cannot disable this from the UI. It is extremely annoying if you want to scroll through a long website or a long source code in an editor.

Until macOS Sierra you could disable this using DisableExtremeScrollAcceleration tool. But this tool is no longer working.

Is there any way to prevent the scroll acceleration?


texts: Is there a way to create a shortcut to the Settings->Music->EQ in iOS? Sometimes with my headphones I like to activate Bass Booster, but want to turn it off when listening via Bluetooth in my car...


texts: Database app, accessible from Mac, iPad and Web

texts:
I feel very out of my depth with this query, but not being able to do it isn't really an option so I am going to have to learn how one way or another.

I have been tasked with building an application /  database for a Chauffeur company. I have done similar things before in Microsoft Access for other customers, hence getting this request, but this customer wants to be able to run the app on their Mac, and not install Windows. My only real experience of coding is HTML/CSS and some VBA when using Microsoft Access. For these Access DBs I have created separate front and back end files to allow multi user access and also remote access (the back end file being kept on the company server).

So onto my query (apologies for dragging it out)...

I need to be able to build something that the single user can open and run on his Mac, so he can view, add, change jobs and their details. He also needs to have the same access on his iPad, although purely viewing would suffice.

As regards the web access, basically he wants to be able to go onto his "Booking System" application, go to "New Job" and send a link to his client, where they would click the link in a browser, fill in the details (Name, Contact Number, collection and drop off addresses, collection date and time etc...) and when they submit this form the details be updated on his booking system.

My issue is I do not really know where to start. What kind of database development environments are available on OS X (like MS Access is for Windows) which I could use as a starting point?


texts: Reinstallation OSX Mavericks on Mac Mini via WiFi Fails

texts:
Tried to upgrade to OSX Yosemite on my Mac Mini bought this year running OSX Mavericks. It failed. When I checked for issues using Disk Utility I saw:

  Disk Utility stopped repairing "Macintosh HD" Disk Utility can't repair
  this disk. Backup as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk
  and restore your backed-up files

This was due to the error unable to bootstrap transaction group 259092 invalid field value

So I erased all and tried an internet recovery with recovery partition. I made my wifi connection open to all, but I still get

  OSX cannot be reinstalled because you are not connected to the
  internet. If you connect to the internet via Wifi use the menu with
  the wifi icon to select the network. Otherwise plug in an ethernet
  cable.

I could plug into my wireless router I guess, but as I do not have a mobile screen for my Mac Mini I cannot see what I am doing.

Why does OSX not just connect to the wireless network as it is open? Any way to make it work? Is there an option to start with the basic OSX Recovery Package and activate wifi and then start the upgrade to the full package?


texts: Firefox plug-ins save into diffent folder Mac

texts:
I use "Fire fox" as my default browser. For last couple of days, I found my browser, running very slowly. As a step of speed it up, in a phase I wanted to delete all my "Fire fox" Plug-ins. In that time I found in internet that, the "Fire fox" Plug-ins should be stored in the "Hidden "Library" Folder" of Mac. But I didn't find any thing there. Then I kept searching for the Plug-ins & now I find that, they are stored in the "Unhidden or regular "Library" Folder". I am going to attach two screen shots so that you can understand the situation. Now My question is:

Why the path is changed?
Is it necessary to make it correct?
If though, how could I do it?

If any one familiar with the question please reply me back. Thanks in advance. Have a good day.

It should be like this:

But I found it like this:


texts: How can I preview an image in its original size?

texts:
I have 2 images in a directory and I see from the Get Info that one has Dimensions: 532 × 1051 and size 45KB on disk. The other based on the Get Info has Dimensions: 1440 × 2900 and size 379KB on disk.

Problem

When I open them with Preview they both show in the same size although the resolution is better in the latter, but how can I preview them and have the images open in their original size? I think the one with 532 × 1051 should be smaller when opened.

I see that there is an option in Preview -> View -> Actual Size, I selected that but the size remained the same (slightly zoomed in) and now that option is grayed out.


texts: trigger script when a launch agent/daemon is stopped

texts:
Is there a way to trigger a script when a launch agent is stopped? Similar to ExecStopPost in linux with sysmtemd.
I want to run a teardown script when a launch agent is stopped


texts:
I use Logic Pro X, and it's very particular of the naming of the directories it uses.

I'm SymLinking the Gigabytes of extra content it's downloaded from external drives. HOWEVER I wanted to ask something about the naming of the directories.

I want to name the original directories located on the external as "folderName[Sym]" so I can remember that it's being SymLinked. And then the actual SymLink on the main drive will just be "folderName".

Will Logic (or any program requiring default directories) see just the name of the SymLink file and be ok? Or will it follow the path, see the actual file is names "folderName[Sym]" and tell me I've done something wrong?


texts:
I am a mum with 2 children.  I have had an iTunes account for myself and have now attached my kids new iPods to that account as they are too young to have their own accounts/ids.  My question is;  Is there a way to have multiple users under the same account.

The problem is that unless we write down every single purchase they make, there is no way of knowing which child has spent their allocation of the gift card amounts! Also discovered that there are 'in-app' purchases which may cost 'game money' or real money and sometimes difficult for kids to tell which.  They don't need a password and they don't show on your transaction history!

It would be so much easier if you could set up 1 account - mine, so I can monitor and control what they are buying, but have multiple users so we attach a gift card (or credit card) to each user. That way they know when their own allocation has run out.  Please tell me there is a way to do this.  I am sure lots of families are in the same situation.

I am not particularly savvy in the ways of iTunes and clouds etc so would really appreciate a simple 'non-techie' answer.


texts:
On the Apple store there are EarPods.

And there are In-Ear Headphones.

But what if I want to buy the good ol' Earphones?

I find these to be the most comfortable of them all. Apple appears to still produce them, as they are mentioned on the Compare iPod Models page where they are bundled with the iPod Shuffle.

I thought maybe Amazon would work, but apparently OEM does not mean what it used to.

Where can I buy Apple Earphones?


texts: What is the new cos for `update_dyld_shared_cache`

texts: update_dyld_shared_cache is deprecated in big sur, what is the new version? I can’t seem to find it


texts: Enable autocorrect in Chrome on OSX Sierra?

texts:
OSX includes pretty decent spell checker and autocorrect. Problem is, it's not working in Chrome, and Chrome is about everything today: we spend our days browsing, lots of modern chat & mail apps are just wrappers around web apps in Chrome window or some other browser-engine.

According to some technical discussions, Chrome decided to ditch Apple's system autocorrect in favour of their own spell checker, which works fairly well, but DOES NOT autocorrect things! It just underlines typos, but won't correct them for me, making it useless in fast-typing scenarios.

I found many questions (mostly dated 2015 and earlier) on the web about this matter, yet no practical solutions for OSX, which makes me wonder -- have we given up on this? Or there's some common solution that I missed?


texts:
After installing Parallels Desktop on a system running macOS Catalina, macOS asked if the app can have access to Downloads, Desktop, and Document folders. Permissions were granted. We now want to revoke these permissions. After running the following

tccutil reset All

macOS asks again whether Parallels can have access to Desktop or Downloads folders (as expected) but it does not ask about the Documents folder and Parallels app continues having access to this folder. Uninstalling and installing again does not help either. What is the proper way of revoking this access.

Just to clarify, this question is about revoking Parallels app access permissions not how to stop sharing Documents folder in VMs.


texts: Why does 'set -x' cause the terminal to dump garbage


texts: Prevent bluetooth from auto connecting to certain devices

texts:
I use a MacBook Pro, 99 % of the time with a bluetooth Apple Magic Mouse, so I don't want to turn bluetooth off.  I have an Onkyo sound system at home, which everything goes through, and also accepts bluetooth connections, I don't want to turn that off.  I have my MBP paired with that system so that, when I want, I can send my music to my home speakers.  I don't want to unpair those.

Whenever my laptop wakes up close enough to connect to that, it connects, and my sound system switches to it, away from whatever it was, TV, game console, Netflix... doesn't matter.  Laptop connects, sound system switches.

How can I prevent the MBP from automatically connecting to the sound system?


texts: Why is the software under the Public Beta Program considered confidential?

texts:
The FAQ page for the Public Beta Program includes the following entry:

Is the public beta software confidential?
Yes, the public beta software is Apple confidential information. Don’t install the public beta software on any systems you don't directly control or that you share with others. Don’t blog, post screen shots, tweet, or publicly post information about the public beta software, and don't discuss the public beta software with or demonstrate it to others who are not in the Apple Beta Software Program. If Apple has publicly disclosed technical information about the public beta software, it is no longer considered confidential.

Why is it considered confidential if it is completely free to enrol in the beta program and anyone with an Apple ID can do it? Is there some kind of weird legal issue or is Apple just reusing some parts of their TOS from other things?


texts: How to display the VLC playlist and the main window simultaneously

texts:
How can i handle to see the VLC playlist beside my main window?

Example: I have a bunch of movies which i created a playlist for. But on my 27" iMac, i don't want to see every movie in fullscreen. For that, i want to see my playlist beside my main window.

Is there a skin or a workaround to do this?


texts:
Is it possible to dynamically rename spaces, (as if I was renaming a folder or file),
so I can write small descriptions of the ongoing project contained in each?


texts:
Today without (yet) no evident change in my working Mac running Mountain Lion (10.8.5) I saw at least 10 times an empty window pop up on top of my working environnment..

At each of these events, I noticed that the window in which I was typing lost the focus and consequently what I was typing.

After a few quick investigation I found that this empty window is a Finder window and is clearly related to error messages within:

~/Library/Logs/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent.log

as this typical one:

2014-09-25 12:16:23.302 GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent[24197/0xb0289000] [lvl=3] KSDiskImageHDIUtilRun() KSDiskImage hdiutil execution (status: 1): "/tmp/KSDownloadAction.sQtnQHG3Yu/com.google.Chrome.dmg"
        STDOUT:

        STDERR:
                hdiutil: attach failed - no mountable file systems

I don't use the Chrome web browser.
I installed it one year ago to test it from time to time.
I didn't use it recently.

What may be causing these Google Chrome empty Finder windows?
Did someone noticed the same spyware-like behaviour?
Does someone see any way to investigate this suspicious behaviour?


texts: Network Shares disappeared after adding shared volume to boot items

texts:
I wanted to add a have a network share mount on boot so I added it to the users boot items. The volume mounted successfully but other network shares are no longer visible either through the sidebar or via Finder > Go > Network.

Previously my other mac book pro, which is set up for screen sharing would be in the server list as would my NAS (Lacie Network Space), which would appear as both an afp and smb share. The NAS is now the only option available as afp or smb, it was one of the shared folders on this that I added as a boot item.

Finder > Go > Connect to Server works but I no longer have the option to browse for shares

I have removed the share from the boot items.

So far I have tried:

unchecking all options under Finder > Preferences > Sidebar > Shared, rebooting and then checking again.
Deleting all the files in Library > Preferences > SystemConfiguration and rebooting
Replacing all files in the above from a previous back up

Unfortunately I don't back up anywhere near enough so a full restore from back up is a last resort.

All shares are visible from my other macbook pro, running Leopard

The real question is how to I make the network shares visible/browsable again?


texts: Display PDF version metadata of a PDF file

texts: I am looking for a way to display a PDF file version metadata without having to open the file AcrobatPro. Example: PDF Version 1.4 : I can easily do this on PC: right click on file, properties, select PDF tab, and it is displayed along with what application and pdf library produced it. On Mac, none of this shows in "Get Info" (command + I) nor using terminal and the mdls command. Any ideals on some commands and I could write a droplet script?


texts: Cannot mount or erase or use first aid on a partition of WD hard drive

texts:
i wanted to use this partition for the Time Machine, i tried creating this partition on windows machine as it won't erase the data. using AOMEI app. it was later formated with FAT32. then i came to my macbook, time machine picked up that partition; so I clicked on it but it gave me error. (sorry for not giving a screenshot)

After googling i found some codes for mounting fat32 but that didn't work.
diskutil mount /dev/disk2s2
Volume on disk2s2 failed to mount
Perhaps the operation is not supported (kDAReturnUnsupported)
If you think the volume is supported but damaged, try the "readOnly" option

now i am left with a partition which don't mount.
here are some screenshot after running diskutil commands


texts: How to replace retina MacBook Pro rubber feet?

texts:
The rubber feet of my late 2013, 15" retina Macbook Pro are breaking and falling off. From what I’ve gathered, Apple doesn’t sell these feet and expects you to pay about $100 for a replacement of the bottom panel.

But I’ve found some feet online (last image) and was told I do not need to remove the bottom panel to replace them. I’m somewhat doubtful if this claim and want to make sure.

Is there a tutorial with video or step-by-step photos that replaces these (including documenting the removal of the old ones)?


texts: The time using 'Set date and time automatically' differs between OS X and iOS

texts:
On my OS X Mavericks my time is always a few minutes (about 4 minutes) ahead of my iOS 7.1.2 iPhone. Both devices are set to set the date and time automatically.

On my Mac I can choose from:

Apple Americas/U.S. (time.apple.com.)
Apple Asia (time.asia.apple.com.)
Apple Europe (time.euro.apple.com.)

but these do not differ more than a second or so.

On my iPhone I can only choose 'Set Automatically'.

Why is there a difference between both times? And which one is 'real'?

Screenshot taken with a few seconds in between (believe me ;)


texts: Charles not working on iPhone at Starbucks

texts: I'm using Charles to sniff out the traffic on my iPhone at Starbucks and for some reason it won't work with at&t wifi. Google Starbucks wifi does, however. I use my iPhone to connect to the same wifi network that my MacBook is connected to. Then, for the proxy settings on my phone, I enter my computer's local IP address and the port that I specified in the proxy settings on Charles. I'm aware that some wifi networks block certain ports, but even when I change the proxy settings on Charles so that it's dynamic and it finds an open port, it still doesn't work. Any ideas?


texts: Ukelele keyboard not found by System Preferences

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I'm trying to install a custom keyboard layout I made in Ukelele that makes extensive use of dead keys and Unicode special characters. Ukelele seems to work fine and installation works for test keyboard layouts that contain fancy unicode characters. (By installation I mean copying the file into /Library/Keyboard Layout/, restarting, and checking System Preferences.) But the keyboard I actually want is never appears in System Preferences. I've tried overwriting a test keyboard that was found with the .keylayout file, resulting in the found keyboard vanishing from the list of keyboards in System Preferences. I've tried opening the console log and looking for XML errors and I don't see any; similarly I've run the file through a web service to check the XML which didn't turn up any problems. My best guess is that there's some problem with the XML produced by heavy editing, but I'm not finding it. How do I fix this?

I'm running OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 and Ukelele 3.0.3.70.
Link to the problem file.


texts: Is it possible to make Keynote more accurate with autoplaying?

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I am currently preparing for an Ignite style talk (5 minutes, 20 slides, 15 seconds auto-advancing).

So, due to the talk format, I have set my slides in Keynote to autoplay (Inspector -> Document -> Self-playing, 15 seconds).

However, I've realised that after a couple of slides, the timing starts to be off - such that the entire presentation will be ~5:05 (instead of 5 minutes)

Was wondering, if anyone knows if it is possible to tweak Keynote such that the autoplay delays are more accurate?

Some details:

Using Keynote'09 v5.1.1
Tried using automatic slide transitions with 15 sec delays, same problem
Borrowed laptops from friends and it seems like Powerpoint and Mac Powerpoint seem to be spot on 15sec/slide (total 5min)

Thanks!


texts: Does anyone know how to disable unicode text input in text fields?

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I absolutely love the Cocoa text engine. A few modifications to a little xml file - ~/Library/DefaultKeyBinding.dict - and you can get just about any key sequence to work in any standard Cocoa text field in any application.

For example, I've added a bunch of emacs key bindings like CtrlA for going to the beginning of a line, ⌥F for moving forward a word, ⌥B for moving back a word, etc.

Anyhow, I've noticed that a few applications - even though they seem to use the Cocoa text engine and use standard Cocoa text field widgets - have this annoying way of subverting my emacs key bindings. In some text fields, the Option key is used to type Unicode international characters.

Is there any way of disabling this globally? I don't ever want the Option key to do this - if I want to type a Unicode character, I'll use the character viewer.

Any ideas?


texts: Multiple Desktops/Spaces: Assign specific application windows to a specific Space programmatically?

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I have seen existing questions (Assign Application Windows to Different Spaces/Desktops, Spaces in Mavericks: apps do not remember their space, How to have certain *windows* start in different spaces during start up?) related to this but I could not find a satisfactory answer:
I would like to assign a window of a specific app, say Firefox, to, for e.g., space number 2 on my Mac running Catalina.
Is there a way to achieve this programmatically, using bash or AppleScript?
For e.g., the script algorithm could be:

Access the space identifier (if it exists) and store it somewhere
Access the application window identifier and store it somewhere
If a space is logically a collection (array) of app windows, assign the
app window to the correct array related to that space.


texts: What is the MacBook trackpad input latency?

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What is the expected input latency for MacBook trackpads?

I would like to know for the 15" 2015 MacBook Pro model, and the newest MacBook models.

I have tried searching but am really struggling to find official or measured figures. I just keep coming across "help me with my trackpad lag" posts.

Have the trackpads' latencies ever been revealed officially by Apple, or been measured and released by users?


texts: OS X Messages sending to contact's email address even when I choose phone number

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I have a Mac running Mojave and an iPhone. I have a contact, Matt, who is an android user. I have both an email address and a phone number in Contacts for him.
When I use Messages to send a group text to other people and include Matt, it sometimes it goes to his email address, even when I explicitly choose his phone number in the "To:" field. The other people always receive it as a text message.
Does anyone know why this happens, and how I can prevent it?
I have circumstantial evidence that this often happens to other people too when I send group texts. It was only just brought to my attention, and Matt is the only one that I have epxlicitly tested and verified that it happens even when I'm sure I'm selecting his phone number.


texts: Pix from iPhone 6 show up on iCloud, but not on iMac's new Photos app

texts: Using latest operating systems on both iPhone and iMac. The photos taken from iPhone are not showing up on my iMac's Photos app.  I have "My Photo Stream" turned on in Photos' iCloud preferences. However, they used to show up within seconds on Aperture on iMac.


texts: How to have chrome app on my kids iPads?

texts: I downloaded chrome on my iPad from the App Store, & I would like the kids to have it on their iPad mini which is connected to my account, how can I do that?  When I go to the App Store on their iPad it won't show the "free-install" button. What can I do?