texts: Report a problem with an app I purchased on the Mac App Store

texts: I have purchased an app on the Mac App Store which doesn't work at all on my computer. Is there a way to contact the App Store team and report the problem and maybe get a refund?


texts: I am buying a Macbook Air and would like to know about the difference between the i5 and the i7 option. The i7 is only 100mhz faster and has 1mb of extra cache on the CPU. Does that small difference make a big difference to performance? Or is it so small that its not really worth the AU$100 extra?


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I am using the CLI version of Vim on Mac mini, with OS X Lion.

I use Vim as my main code editor, and one thing that bother me is lack of Home and End keys for moving to the Start and End of lines, respectively.
(On my laptop, the arrow keys left and right are home and end, with the Fn modifier)

I know Control + Arrows move screens, and Command + Arrows move through windows, so any way I can I can get Option or Fn + Arrows to do this?

I would really like something like this across all applications.

EDIT:

I answered this myself by basically following: theandystratton.com/2009/… I used the values supplied in the second comment too, which worked in both Vim and in general terminal too.

I wonder is there any drawbacks to using this...?


texts: Is there a way to enable Java only for specific applications?

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I know that it is possible to completely disable Java in OS X, and to disable its use from within a given browser. I use just one or two applications that require Java, and would like to enable it for them, but prevent it from running in all other cases.

Is there a way to enable Java only for certain apps that I specify?


texts: What are the dimensions of the Mac Book Air 13" screen?

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Every spec I've seen shows the diagonal measurement of 13.3". I'm interested in the actual width and height of the screen.

Thanks!


texts:
Do standard rectangle USB to Thunderbolt 2 cables exist?
I want to use my Thunderbolt 2 ports to connect a standard USB hub.
Thanks!


texts: How to change the PDF reader on Chome from Preview to Acrobat Reader on MacBook?

texts: How can I change the PDF reader on Chrome from Preview to Acrobat Reader on MacBook? The Adobe program is much more versatile and I prefer that one to Preview. In my Plug-ins in Chrome the Adobe Acrobat has the option to be de-activated as if it is the program I am using now. But my Chrome automatically opens PDFs with Preview.


texts: What is the path to the global directory for binary files in MacOS?

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What is the path to the global directory (for example: /usr/local/bin etc.) for binary files in macOS?

The problem is that I can run the command from another user. With this command I want to start the Caddy web-server: su _www -c caddy

I know where this file is located. The problem is that Caddy can only work with php socket if the Caddy process is run as user _www. But if I switch to _www user (this is not a problem), I can not start the process, because the Caddy file is in the PATH of another user.

Of course I can send the file to another user to run, but this is too long and inconvenient process. I just need to start the process from the right user. In Ubuntu, such a problem is not surprising.

OS: MacOS High Sierra 10.13.1


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I have set up shared folders on my Mac OS X Yosemite , users can connect to the folders using FTP. Is there a way to monitor which users are connected to the FTP server?

Thank you


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I'm watching a video file, and I'd like to record small snippets of audio from the video file.

Previously I have played the audio on my MacBook speakers and used the built-in microphone to record the sound.

Is there a way to route the Mac's audio output to the audio input (microphone) digitally, so I don't have to actually record the audio from the speakers, with the loss of quality this incurs?

Is there also a way to listen to the audio at the same time it's "recording"?

Ideally, the solution would be easy and light-weight and not involve heavy use of audio software, because I want to be able to do it "on the fly" as much as possible.


texts: Using Console utility to get the full logs with admin perms but as a non admin user

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I maintain at least 2 logins:

normal  is non admin permissions

admin - to do those sometimes tasks but increase my security.

[10.11.6 EL Cap, not new logger system. I hope to get to that sometime but many steps before that arrives!]

As a normal user my Console shows many fewer messages than if I am logged in with admin permission. I prefer to try and have an admin level console available to me, without user switching which is too disruptive, so in normal I run terminal (iTerm2 for me) and:

su -l admin_self

sudo /Applications/Utilities/Console.app/Contents/MacOS/Console &

This works in that I see ALL parts of system and can access older system logs etc in this console BUT... I get lots of pasteboard permissions errors in my terminal at launch:

2018-11-25 12:31:07.502 Console[71471:18037307] CFPasteboardRef    CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2018-11-25 12:31:19.472 Console[71471:18037307] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data
2018-11-25 12:31:19.474 Console[71471:18037307] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data

and I get similar in error logs when swapping from/to the app. This is annoying, but more importantly I can't copy error text in this mode. So all those long paths etc create considerable blocks for me to go digging!

Any ideas on options to allow shared pb access? I can copy and paste between different terminal logins, but the host app (iTerm2) is always in my Normal environment. Maybe some switches, permissions I can safely fix, or some sort of pipe to localhost with a modified plist for a PrivConsole copy of Console or ???

Possibly helpful, I found remote pbcopy over ssh

and a similar, and unanswered question:

How to get output from the console.app from a non-admin account?
not sure if he does the same, terminal environment, partial solution that I do...

A bit more research by me: I get similar errors if I launch Console as my normal non-admin user in terminal; ALSO I get a bigger clue in this:

Failed to connect (_consoleX) outlet from (NSApplication) to (ConsoleX): missing setter or instance variable


texts: Can you recommend a numeracy iphone application where you 'write' answers on the screen?

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I'm trying to find a numeracy/maths/times-tables application for my children in which you have to 'write' the correct answer. There are lots of multiple-choice type times-tables applications but I'm looking for the equivalent of the various "Brain Academy" type applications available on Nintendo DS.

Age from 6 to 10.

Thanks for any help.


texts: How to simulate slow internet connections on the mac

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What's a good software solution to slow down internet connections on the mac for testing and simulations?

My primary need is when testing code in the iPhone / iOS simulator, so slowing down the connection for specific applications or processes would be great.


texts: How to delete a folder, even in every backups of Time Machine?

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I just noticed that a folder containing personal documents was still on my main disk. I copied to my personal disk (password protected), but I want to also delete the copies which are stored in the multiple backups that Time Machine has made over the years.

Is this possible?


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I'm using Cydia Impactor and wish to copy an IPA file from my PC to iPhone 5 running iOS 10.3.3.

How do I do that?


texts: Catalina system and data volumes with "find"

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I sometimes find it useful to be able to search my entire hard disk with the "find" command, but I want to exclude all volumes on external drives. I have a script that I use in lieu of the "find" command to exclude external volumes.
Since Catalina, the script is still searching in some duplicate locations due to the read-only system volume and the data volume. So I have had to tweak the script to prevent this.
Ideally I would like a way to specify "exclude external volumes but include the main hard drive". This could be accomplished using the -prune subcommand, if it was allowed to afterward override it. For example something like "find \ ./Volumes -prune --overrideprune ./Volumes/Macintosh\ HD". My made up --overrideprune subcommand would mean "prune all Volumes as previously specified, but then add back the main hard drive volume directory.
Because I have not figured out how to do this, I have to explicitly prune for each external volume. And when the volume layout changes, then I have to update the script.
Here is the script:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# inspired by https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4210042/exclude-directory-from-find-command Danile C. Sobral
# using special syntax to avoid traversing.
# However, logic is refactored (will post to that page so see what the reaction is)

echo ============================
echo find - from cwd, omitting external volumes
date
echo Enter sudo password if requested
sudo find . -not \( \
-path ./System/Volumes/Data -prune -o \
-path ./Volumes/Backup1 -prune -o \
-path ./Volumes/Backup2 -prune -o \
-path ./Volumes/FLASH -prune -o \
-path ./Volumes/SuperDuper\ Catalina -prune -o \
-path ./Volumes/SuperDuper\ Catalina\ -\ Data -prune -o \
-path ./Volumes/SuperDuper\ Spare -prune -o \
-path ./Volumes/SuperDuper\ Spare\ -\ Data -prune -o \
-path ./Volumes/Time\ Machine\ 1 -prune -o \
-path ./Volumes/Time\ Machine\ 2 -prune -o \
-path ./Volumes/Time\ Machine\ MBP\ 1 -prune -o \
-path ./Volumes/Time\ Machine\ MBP\ 2 -prune -o \
-path ./Volumes/userland -prune \
\) -name "$1" -print 2>/dev/null
date
echo ============================

Please note: the above script works, but requires maintenance when volumes change and to compensate for Catalina read-only and data volumes. So I am looking for a replacement for the find command in the above that would be generic and appear something like the following:
sudo find . -not \( \
-path ./Volumes -prune -o \
-path --overrideprune ./Volumes/Macintosh\ HD \
\) -name "$1" -print 2>/dev/null

By the way, the page referenced in the second comment line of the first script above is has great discussion of the use of the prune subcommand.


texts: How do I prevent spam from appearing in Messages on iOS?

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The Messages app on iOS has a feature that seems intended to prevent spam messages from appearing in the list of messages I see by default: choosing to filter on "Known" senders only. I'd have thought that this would filter out spam messages from unknown numbers, but that's not what it does, so I constantly get such messages appearing as "Known":

What does "Known" actually mean? How do I use it or some other feature to prevent spam from unknown addresses from appearing in Messages?


texts: Why does my iPhone create contacts with a random photo?

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I have a strange issue on my iPhone 4 running 4.3.2, the device is jailbroken.

When I add a new contact, the contacts application seems to assign a random photo to newly created contacts. My phone syncs with mobile me so this is replicated across all my devices.

I create a new contact
I click done.
I view the contact and it has a random picture assigned to it.

Does anyone know what causes this?


texts: Time Machine won't backup a folder that was previously excluded

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I was troubleshooting my wifes iPhoto library and rebuilt a duplicate library.  I didn't want to fill up the 2TB external hard drive used for Time Machine, so I excluded the folder that contained only the rebuilt library.  I now have deleted the old Library and want Time Machine to backup the new, rebuilt library, but it won't.  I moved the rebuilt library to the ~/Pictures/ folder and deleted the exclusion from Time Machine, but the Library doesn't get backed up.  I deleted the com.apple.timemachine.plist, formatted the external hard drive, and started all over with a new Time Machine backup, but the iPhoto library still won't get backed up by.

What's weird is that when the first Time Machine backup begins, it says the backup size will be ~1.1TB (which is correct), but once it's complete, the backup is only ~600GB (iPhoto library is ~500GB) I know Time Machine won't backup iPhoto if iPhoto is open.  iPhoto is closed the entire time.


texts: How to download El Capitan installer from a High Sierra Mac

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My mom's iMac is having issues (it's booting to the "prohibited" circle with a slash), and needs the OS reinstalled. She'd been running El Capitan, and I'd like to reinstall the same since she has some apps that could be incompatible with a newer OS.

Her rural internet is abysmal (think dial-up speeds) and there is no way she'll finish a full download of an OS from her home, so I am intending to create a bootable install disk for her. But when I try to download the El Capitan installer it does not allow me to even begin the download since my computers are all 2018 systems running High Sierra.

Is there any way to download a copy of El Capitan from a High Sierra Mac?


texts: How to create a shortcut on mac - so that arrow keys can also be triggered by "fn" + "j"/"i"/"k"/"l"

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As title, Is there a way to create shortcut for Mac OS X, so that:
← can also be triggered by fn H
↓ can also be triggered by fn J
↑ can also be triggered by fn K
→ can also be triggered by fn L


texts: EarPods Sound Works but Remote Control Doesn't?

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I have a pair of EarPods that came with my iPhone 5s. They worked completely fine until the other day. When I plug them into my iPhone or my iPad, the sound worlds completely fine but the remote interface just doesn't work entirely. I have looked into the apple support communities but couldn't find anything. I have tried Cleaning the headphone jack on both devices and I have tried updating to iOS 7.0.6 AND iOS 7.1(I'm a developer). This issue has been bothering me and I would appreciate any help.

Thanks


texts: Recommendation for simple project/task time tracking app

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I'm looking for a very simple app to allow me to track my time on particular user-defined projects or tasks.

However, my requirement is slightly different to those in questions such as Is there a good time automatic time tracking tool for Mac OS X as I don't need something that will automatically track my time spent in particular applications such as Time Sink or Time Track Pro. Rather, what I want to be able to do in a rough "must have" to "nice to have" order is:

Add user-defined projects/tasks to a list each with its own timer
Manually start and stop project/task timers as I switch projects
Idle timer to stop recording activity if I leave the computer for a period of time
Access the app from the menubar (ability to hide dock icon would be a bonus too)
Create subtasks from the main project/task

So, apologies in advance for the following, but in my head the interface might look something like the following, but again I'm totally open to suggestions:

Project          Time
---------------------
Project X        0:32   <Start/Stop Button>
Project Y        4:00   <Start/Stop Button>
Project Z        1:25
    Subtask 1    1:00   <Start/Stop Button>
    Subtask 2    0:25   <Start/Stop Button>

For example, Harvest looks perfect for what I need, apart from the fact that there's a $12 per month cost. I'm not against paying for an application, but I'd like to avoid ongoing charges if possible.


texts: How can I permanently modify OS X's green window button?

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In older versions of Mac OS X, clicking the green button in a window title bar cause the window to grow in size, usually to grow to the full height and/or width of the screen.

In later versions, the behavior changed. Now clicking the green button causes the window to enter full-screen mode with both the menu bar and Dock hidden. Holding down the Option key while clicking the green button provides the grow-window behavior while changing the icon displayed when hovering.

I would like to revert to the old behavior where clicking the green button grows the window without going into full-screen mode.

Is there a way to permanently modify the behaviour of the green window button in OS X 10.11 (El Capitan)? Or more recent versions?

Perhaps some preference setting written with at command-line tool in Terminal.app?

Might be nice to reverse the behaviors, if possible:

Click to grow window
Option+click to enter full-screen mode.

The following approaches are not suitable solutions:

Option+click
Any app that provides a hotkey or drag options
Spectacle
BetterTouchTool
Double-click the title bar


texts: Is it possible to use a third-party unauthorized charger with an iPad running iOS 7? I have an iPad 2 with a 30 pin connector.


texts: Understanding 'sort by name' behavior in Finder

texts: I don't understand the sort behavior I'm experiencing in Finder (MacOS Sierra). Is there anyway to get the 'sort by name' to sort alphabetically such that 0 < 9, a < z, and numbers < letters?


texts: Do I need SEIKI SE39UY04 latest firmware for resolution to work on my Mac?

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I am a bit late to the party here... I procrastinated far too long in getting the firmware updates, for my 2 SE39UY04 monitors... to the point that SEIKI no longer has them available...

I find myself in a predicament, where I have a "MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)" that I am trying to have it display a 4k 30Hz image on my Seiki monitor(s)...

Symptoms:
The monitor(s) sometimes try fo generate a 2160 resolution at first when the mac login screen is displayed, monitor will show on the upper right: "3840x2160 @30HZ" and the login screen is indeed a 2160 image, but once logged in, resolution reverts 1920x108@60Hz...

I tried getting specific mini display port to HDMI cable that is speced out for a 4k signal, but to no avail...

Given that the monitor does try to generate a 2160p image, I concluded that the outdated firmware on the SEIKIs is at the heart of the matter, and not the mini display port to HDMI cable... (as described on this conversation...

All that to say and hope there is ANY chance that someone has fingerprinted this firmware or knows of another modification that can make this older device work with my Mac. I don’t want to download drivers from the internet without some idea it’s original or untampered with.

Any options to keep using my gear?


texts: Using dd to image a corrupted Windows disk?

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What is the proper way to use dd (or anything else - asr?) to create an image of a corrupted yet readable Windows disk?

If what I am using (see below) is correct, then is it possible that an image of a disk would not be mountable when the original disk is?

Background info:

The disk's file system is not readable on a Windows system: the disk shows up as "raw" in disk management. It is however readable in macOS (10.14) and I am able to copy individual files from it.

The goal however is to copy the entire disk if possible to a readable image and then work with that image (repair partition table, recover remaining files) rather than with the failing disk that I am afraid can quit at any moment.

Here is the command I've been using to image a 500GB Windows disk that came from a Dell computer and that has a number of bad blocks and apparently a corrupted partition table:

sudo dd if=/dev/rdisk3 of=/Volumes/exFAT_Vol/rdiskX.dmg bs=4M conv=noerror,sync

Copies fast (40MB/s via USB 2.0) but doesn't seem to create a correct (mountable) image: "no mountable file systems" when trying to mount it in Finder.

Some sources (e.g. Recover a dead hard drive using dd from 2005) suggest using bs=512 and it's in progress now - yet copies at around 4MB/s which will take more than a day to complete - and I am not even sure it'll work.

Some of the relevant info on the disk and its partitions:

Volume type : Physical Device
BSD device node : disk3
Connection : USB
Device tree path : IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/XHC1@14
Writable : No
Is case-sensitive : No
Volume capacity : 500,107,862,016
Available space (Purgeable + Free) : 0
Purgeable space : 0
Free space : 0
Used space : 500,107,862,016
Owners enabled : No
Is encrypted : No
Can be verified : No
Can be repaired : No
Bootable : No
Journaled : No
Disk number : 3
Media name : Generic External Media
Media type : Generic
Ejectable : Yes
Solid state : No
S.M.A.R.T. status : Not Supported

Volume type : Physical Volume
BSD device node : disk3s2
Mount point : /Volumes/Untitled
File system : Windows NT File System (NTFS)
Connection : USB
Device tree path : IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/XHC1@14
Writable : No
Is case-sensitive : No
File system UUID : AC8CB496-EAD2-47A2-BB36-2A981976BC2B
Volume capacity : 500,064,122,880
Available space (Purgeable + Free) : 373,903,597,568
Purgeable space : 0
Free space : 373,903,597,568
Used space : 126,160,525,312
File count : 176,730
Owners enabled : No
Is encrypted : No
System Integrity Protection supported : No
Can be verified : No
Can be repaired : No
Bootable : No
Journaled : No
Disk number : 3
Partition number : 2
Media name :
Media type : Generic
Ejectable : Yes
Solid state : No
S.M.A.R.T. status : Not Supported
Parent disks : disk3


texts: I have an exclamation mark showing over my messages icon on my iPhone and it wont let me access messages. Any idea how to resolve?


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I have an iphone 6 updated to ios 10.1.1 (14b100).

A short while ago, the calendar app would open on the button click, but not allow me to add anything to it. I realised it was just responding very, very slowly but it doesn't give me notifications or sync with my ical on my mac.

During this time, I got a replacement iphone as my screen was broken, saved the old data from my iphone and put it on the new iphone. This did not fix the problem. It's driving me nuts!

Also, going into settings on the phone and accessing the calendar settings is very, very slow and crashes out half the time (or kicks me back to the main iphone dashboard). I have tried looking in diagnostics&usage/data to see if there are any crashed but can't find anything useful in there to indicate that there is a dodgy event in the calendar.

After deleting all my email accounts from my phone, nothing had improved. I decided to try installing google calendar. Some progress: It loaded and then had a spinning wheel in the centre (what I presume is a loading sign) and then crashed out. I re-loaded it and clicked the plus icon to add accounts; it added my gmail account but when i tried to add my work gmail account (which is through a domain) it hung and then kicked me out.

I'm at my wits' end! Any help much appreciated.


texts: AirDrop between Mid-2013 MacBook Air and iPhone 6S not working

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I have a MacBook Air from Mid-2013 and the new iPhone 6S, both running their newest OS (Yosemite and iOS 9).
According to Apple, AirDrop only works on these machines:

Use AirDrop between iOS device and Mac: the iOS device has to be running iOS 8 and has to have a Lightning connector. the Mac needs to be running OS X Yosemite and needs to be a 2012 or newer iMac, 2012 or newer MacBook Air, 2012 or newer MacBook Pro, 2012 or newer Mac Mini or Late 2013 Mac Pro. (Source: 9to5Mac)

So technically it should be compatible, and I also met the necessary other requirements:

Once you have met compatible hardware and software requirements, the devices do have to have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth turned on, even though it works without internet access.

I even put them on the same WiFi network, with working Internet access.
I know that I have the "new" AirDrop on my MacBook Air, since it gives me the option to look for "older Macs". In fact, if I click on that option I can connect to my Late-2009 iMac without a problem, as long as both are on the same WiFi network.
I also tried activating AirDrop "for everyone" on both the MacBook Air and the iPhone but it still didn't work.
Does anyone have an idea why not, or what else I could try out?


texts: Pool Multiple Hard Drives in ONE Network Share

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I've researched for a few days now and could not get any result.
Maybe there is a good tip for Mac I have overlooked.

What I want to do (in a nutshell) is to create a Virtual Folder that contains all of my Disks.

For example I have:

/Volumes/Music (1 Hard Drive for Music)
/Volumes/Movies (1 Hard Drive for Movies)
/Volumes/Movies2 (2nd Hard Drive for Movies)
/Volumes/Data (1 hard Drive for Data)

and so on.

Now lets say I create a folder /share and start creating symlinks. Those symlinks are not working, when sharing the folder. Also, when using ZFS, I can only share a whole pool, but if a filesystem is on top of the pool, it disappears.

For example:

zpool create tank /dev/disk1 dev/disk2 #(merging Movies for example)
zfs create /tank/MoviesA
zfs create /tank/MoviesB

Sharing /tank results in an empty folder, even if MoviesA and MoviesB are filled with Movies.

I also tried to simply share the hidden folder /Volumes but as you can guess, it does not work. I know this does not work and has its reasons, but I tried it to see what is possible.

So the main idea should be clear: creating a network share that contains all drives, but keeps them independent from each other.

I could share a whole zpool, but if a disk fails, it gets lost. Also i could use something like mhddfs but in that case I have no control over the place where a file is stored.

In an ideal situation I would have one big network share called "Server"
which contains all my hard drives by their names, and lets me browse and move stuff from one to another. Simply as said above when I tried to share the folder "Volumes".

I hope there is anybody out there who can help me out with this. There has to be a simple solution...anything virtual.

What obviously is working:

Transmit -- Mount the SSH connection under /Volumes

Transmit then creates a Virtual Drive, but this is not shareable via SMB or AFP and does not show the correct size.

What I have not tried yet:
- play around with NFS
- OSXFuse and SSH (probably the same as Transmit does)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I do know that there are other options. I also thought about Spans, JBODs, RAIDz, RAID1 Mirror sets in ZFS Setups...

Some Info on the available HDDs: 2x4 TB, 3x2 TB, 1x1 TB and a 640 GB Disk.

If you have any other idea, please share. I am simply trying to have everything in a nutshell, but not like a JBOD so if one drive fails everything gets lost. And I don't need a RAID because the data is not that important and is going to be backed up on the 2x4 TB or the other way around.


texts: Organizing skype downloads in subfolders with contact names

texts:
I always wondered why skype don't put all my accepted downloads in subfolders with the name of my contacts!

If anybody have own solutions, share)


texts:
I am currently having some problems with my iPhone making it impossible to connect to it. I did perform a full backup before it died.

My question is, is it possible to simulate my iPhone using the backup? And if so, how?


texts: RAM upgrade for an iMac 27" 2017 used for video-editing, compression and audio recording

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I have a 27" iMac (2017) - 4.2 GHz Intel Core i7 - Radeon Pro 580 8 GB - 16GB DDR4 running macOS Mojave 10.14.6.

I do a lot of video editing, compression and record a lot of Live DJ Sets with a Pro DJ Suite.

At this point, the video editing and compression is going 'ok', but if it could be a little bit faster, I would not mind.

In light of this work, would upgrading the memory from 16GB to 32GB be useful?

In other words, if I add an extra 16GB to the system, will I have better results* when working on video files?

*Better results = faster completion.


texts: Mac Internet Recovery no disks detected to install or to erase with disk utility. Aftermarket SSD is fully functional running Ubuntu

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After doing a bit of messing around with Disk Utility I formatted my partition with MacOS installed. I installed Ubuntu just fine and set it to use the entire disk. Everything is working just fine on Ubuntu. I have installed a Crucial P1 SSD to get more storage but before this all happened I was running MacOS normally on the MacBook Air. When I boot holding the option key I see the option EFI Boot which boots into Ubuntu. I have Ubuntu backed up and I don't mind deleting it to reinstall MacOS.

Any help would be awesome,
Thanks!


texts:
Whenever I drag and drop an image into Pages from (for example) my browser, the image is resized to roughly 2x the original size. This causes annoying aliassing to occur; especially when taking screenshots and copy-pasting these it causes it to look blurred.

I saw the 'Original size'-button (as suggested here) but when I click it, it just takes the image back to the 2x-size it had when pasting.

Is this something I can configure somewhere? Or should I not drag-and-drop images, but go through the hassle of importing?


texts:
just installed Intel 320 instead of DVD in Macbook MC516LL.
Does old DVD place is equivalent to standard HDD place in Macbook from temperature (thermal) perspective?


texts: Quickly change the font size in Terminal

texts: I'm looking for a way to perhaps type a command and have the font change by increments of say 5 or 10. Right now Cmd-+ is taking too long if I want to go from a small font to a large font. I'm using Neovim through Terminal. Is there a way to do this? Vim plugins don't seem to work. Perhaps a terminal emulator?


texts: How can I listen to a whole album on iTunes?

texts: I can not listen to a whole album on iTunes, I have tried "ticking or checking all the songs in my library" and preferences/unchecking the list view check boxes. nothing works. Can anyone help me please?


texts: How to create duplicate pair of keyboard media keys for use with iTunes and streaming websites

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I've recently installed the Google Chrome extension Streamkeys which allows the user to use keyboard commands to perform common playback actions on popular streaming sites (Youtube, Soundcloud, and many major sites).

For macOS, Streamkeys default setting is to use the global Mac media keys (⏪ ▶/❚❚ ⏩).

Due to Chrome design, global keys cannot be rebound to use modifier keys like SHIFT + ▶/❚❚.

I like the idea of using the media keys for global Soundcloud/Youtube control, so what I'd like to do is to rebind the keyboard so that iTunes instead uses modifier keys like SHIFT + ▶/❚❚. That way, I can have the best of two worlds.

Question: How can I "duplicate" these three keys to a new location and use them to control iTunes, while still letting Chrome think that they are in their old location? In other words, I would effectively like two pairs of the same keys, only that one pair controls iTunes and one pair controls Chrome Streamkeys.

Is this even possible, and am I thinking about it the right way, when assuming that I would need "duplicates"? Just rebinding the keys would probably not work, since Chrome would still find the keys and "take them" for Streamkeys?

Note again: this is about global control. It is not the same as in-tab in Chrome or in-app in iTunes.


texts: How can I get my iTunes rented movie onto another computer?

texts: My father has rented a move on iTunes, but on his old computer (which can't cope and crashes when he tries to play it). He's now on a newer computer, and logged into iTunes with the same account, but we can't find the rented movie.


texts: Problem with Livestreamer after updating Python to 3.4

texts:
After upgrading to Python 3.4 i get this message when trying to use livestreamer:

/usr/local/bin/livestreamer: line 3: __requires__: command not found
/usr/local/bin/livestreamer: line 4: import: command not found
from: can't read /var/mail/pkg_resources
/usr/local/bin/livestreamer: line 7: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
/usr/local/bin/livestreamer: line 7: `sys.exit('

/usr/bin/livstreamer starts

#!/usr/bin/python
# EASY-INSTALL-ENTRY-SCRIPT:    'livestreamer==1.12.2','console_scripts','livestreamer'
requires = 'livestreamer==1.12.2'
import sys

Usually I would type "livestreamer [twitch.tv link] best" to run it

I can't figure out what I should do. I have googled for quite a while. I used this guide to update


texts: how can I fix disk permissions on a headless Mac that won't boot?

texts:
I've made the mistake of changing the "everyone" permissions for the root of my Mac Mini server's startup drive to "none".

(I believe) this would be fairly easy to fix with the Recovery Partition - except this is a headless server, and I can't locate my Mini-DVI adapter, so I'm monitor-less.

my question is: would it be possible for me to boot my Mini to Target Disk Mode, then connect it to my MacBook, and boot the MacBook from the Mini's recovery partition, to fix the permissions? I'm asking because I don't own the necessary FireWire cable, but I'll buy one if it can fix this issue.

or, possibly, could I repair this using Disk Utility on the MacBook's own drive?


texts: Require admin password when changing Mac Wi-Fi

texts: How can I go about requiring an admin password when changing Wi-Fi networks on Mac? The auto-connect/preferred list sometimes connects to a lower priority network without my knowledge.


texts: Mac OS X Lion Server: How to disable Sleep/Restart/Shutdown options for users?

texts:
The Apple-Menu shows Sleep, Restart..., Shut Down... elements for all users.
I would like to be able to prevent users from shutting down the system or from restarting the system. While a Restart... may not be result in only temporary downtime, a Shut Down... would lead to a downtime until someone has physical access to the machine.


texts: Can I use FileVault only for specific folders?

texts:
Can I set up FileVault to encrypt only specific folders inside of my Home folder but not the whole Home folder?

I want to do this because it's not very convenient for me to encrypt the entire Home folder because it's too large and there is no place for encrypted data, and it's also not convenient for me to keep all those files out of my Home folder.

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: if it not possible, what are the other usable ways of encryption?


texts: Should I add sudo before the fastboot command on macOS just like on Linux?

texts:
I will be using fastboot on macOS. I will be following this tutorial.

The guide only mentions Windows and Linux, and I do not wish to install those on my Mac right now, and as I think fastboot is the same on all platforms, I figure I might just use macOS.

However, the guide says:

  Linux users will need to change the extension to .sh and add sudo
  before each command or directly run it as root.

Does that apply on macOS also? Should I add sudo before each fastboot command?


texts: Is there any way to turn off the automatically opening window for a preview in Marsedit?

texts: Whenever I open a post to edit it a whole preview window opens up along with it. I find this effect disorienting. I looked in the preferences and couldn't find anything. How do I shut off the automatic opening?


texts:
My iPhone 5 that has been running iOS 7 since beta 1 suddenly wants to be activated.  When locked, it shows me my wallpaper. After sliding to unlock, it asks for my passcode. When I enter it, it takes me straight to the 'Activate iPhone' page - like it wants to be set up.

The text on the page:

  This iPhone is currently linked to an Apple ID (e**@icloud.com). Sign in with the Apple ID that was used to set up this iPhone.

After I input the correct credentials and press Next in the top right corner, the title of the page changes to 'Activating...', then changes back to how it was before.

About 15 seconds later, it transitions to a 'Could not activate iPhone' page:

  Your iPhone could not be activated because the activation server is temporarily unavailable. Try connecting your iPhone to iTunes to activate it, or try again in a couple of minutes.

  If this problem persists, contact Apple Support at apple.com/support

Has anyone encountered this problem before? Is there a solution to it?


texts:
Has anybody been able to use a VPN connection to CheckPoint from a Mac?

My test until now:

Tried the standard Html page to login, no success because the java applet cannot be loaded
Downloaded a full featured Checkpoint client, no success (connection not made)
Tried IPSecuritas, same results

Until now the most interesting result were installing the SNX client from CheckPoint and then creating a .snxrc profile, after that snx is able to connect like so

snx
Check Point's Mac SNX
build 800005012
Please enter your password:

SNX - connected.

Session parameters:
===================
Office Mode IP      : 192.168.1.173
DNS Server          : 172.16.0.190
Secondary DNS Server: 172.16.0.191
Timeout             : 12 hours

Problem is that at this point it seems to connect (because IP address are correct and also because if I provide a wrong password it give me the correct unsuccesful logon message) but if I do a ifconfig I see that the interface created from Checkpoint do not have an IP address and also if I try to add one using ifconfig I'm not able to ping any machine on the remote network

ifconfig en7
en7: flags=8862<BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1350
ether 54:55:43:44:52:00
Check Point Virtual Network Adapter

Any idea about I can assign a proper IP address to the interface so that I can use the remote network?

Regards
Massimo


texts: Driver issue with the USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter

texts:
I have a MacBook (2016) and the first time I plugged in my USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter it prompted me to install an update to the driver - I didn't complete the installation at that point.

Now the (same) driver update prompt pops up every time I plugin the adapter - even though I've installed the update (multiple times).

I suspect that the first (failed) install of the driver update have caused it to prompt on every plugin (?) - is there any way to break this "loop"?


texts: Can I re-install MacPorts but leave my Python installation, done via MacPorts, alone?

texts:
Okay, I admit it, I didn't really think it through when I clicked on the button to upgrade to Sierra. Having done that, I've of course made MacPorts lose its mind. I mostly don't notice because once I install Python and PIP, I don't do much with MacPorts -- except to install things like LaTeX or wget.

Can I re-install MacPorts without messing up my Python installation? I have a lot of packages installed -- numpy, scipy, nltk, sklearn, etc. -- that I would just as soon leave alone. Everything is working well.


texts: How can an amateur remove only the voices from a video on a Mac?

texts: I took a video in the mountains with my phone over the weekend. In the background there are others who are speaking during the video. I'd like to remove these voices but retain the sound of the wind and birdsong. Is this possible with iMovie and/or Audacity, or perhaps some other free or inexpensive app?


texts: How to create sha-512 password hashes on Mac for CentOS?

texts:
I need to generate password hashes on Mac for CentOS. I can generate sha with echo foopass | shasum -a 512, but as I've understood password hashes are more just one sha application.

I've found some one-liners, but looks like they use system crypt function (I've tried some myself), which on Mac only supports DES.

Maybe there are some already implemented on macOS this way?


texts:
I was wondering if there is a way to recover photos and things alike from a MacBook after reinstalling the OS X.

Like when you reinstall Windows there is the "Windows.old" folder and you can recover some of the data from there.


texts: Prevent application from displaying badge icon in Dock

texts:
Any Spotify desktop user has likely noticed their pervasive notifications: whenever "one of our friends" joins Spotify, there's both an in-app notification as well as a red badge that appears on Spotify's icon in the Dock.

Is there a way to disable an application's ability to show a badge on its Dock icon?

I'm using Lion (10.7.8), and therefore don't have the 'Notifications' prefpane that was introduced in Mountain Lion.

I tried digging around in the app's resources and .plist file to see if there was a setting to enable/disable this... to no avail.


texts: Exclude Time Machine backup from "Open With" menu

texts: I have an external USB drive that I use for Time Machine backups. I've noticed that when I right-click on an item the Open With menu lists not only apps in my Applications folder, but also apps in the Applications folder on the Time Machine backup. Rebuilding the Launch Service Database will help clear out the list, but then it just grows back. I attempted to exclude the external drive from Spotlight indexing, but the external drive doesn't appear in the list of drives to exclude. Below is a screenshot of my Open With folder.


texts: Backing up entire drive (10.4.11) to FAT32 external for complete wipe

texts:
I'm quite inexperienced with OS X, despite being a fairly competent Windows techie, so I definitely need some help with this ancient family computer.

It's an old Mac Mini, has a lot of photos, music, etc., but it's gotten so unbelievably slow over the years that my gut is telling me a complete wipe would be the smartest solution.

Processor 1.66GHz Intel Core Duo
Memory 512 MB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

I have a terabyte-sized FAT32 partition on this USB external hard drive, and what I want to do is back up the entire disk so I can wipe the drive and install (preferably) a more recent edition of OS X.

Disk space isn't an issue; all I need is that files can be plucked from the backup later as necessary without restoring the entire thing.

The last time I tried to make a backup with just the command line it managed to start recursively copying the backup into itself, so I really am hopeless doing this alone.

Can anyone help me out?


texts: Why does my iPhone stop playing Apple Music through my headphones in car?

texts:
My iPhone plays music through any headphones perfectly. However, when I'm in a car and the car accelerates to a certain speed, at first I hear clicks every two to three seconds and then if the car goes faster the music stops, but the clicks get louder that I have to take it off.

Why does this happen? What are the causes? Anyway to fix it?


texts:
I downloaded gofortran, it is in the library /usr/local/bin/. I would like to use gofortran with R but whenever I run anything I get the following error: make: /usr/local/gfortran: Permission denied.

Since it appears that /usr/local is locked up I moved a copy of gofortran to  the desktop and added export PATH=/Users/rehlab/Desktop/gfortran:$PATH to the first line of my PATH.

Unfortunately which gfortran and type gfortran both still return /usr/local/bin/gfortran.


texts: Macbook Pro Early 2011 15 inch, Mountain Lion Booting issue

texts:
My Macbook Pro is not booting normally. I tried many options but no success. If I try to recovery mode or try to boot from USB, a blue screen appears. So I can't do fresh install. I checked hardware test, it says ok, I used the disk in target disk mode in my another macbook pro and it runs on there. Only in this machine the problem is occurring.

Youtube Video about the problem: http://youtu.be/mBk-qcvktPs

If you know the solution help me please.

Spec:
MacBook Pro, Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2 GHz

Memory: 8GB

Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6490M
VRAM: 256 MB

Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000


texts: Can I record with 50FPS in the camera app to avoid flicker?

texts: The iPhone camera allows me to choose between 30 and 60 FPS in the settings. However I live in Europe with 50Hz mains frequency. When I am filming old CRTs, I get a bunch of flicker either way. It would be optimal to record at 50 FPS. Is there a way to enforce this? Maybe a 3rd party app? I haven't found  one yet.


texts: Using MathType on macOS High Sierra results in poor print quality

texts:
I am a MathType (6.7) user on a Mac using MS Word (14.7.2) in Office 2011.

I recently upgraded macOS to High Sierra 10.13.4, causing an unresolved problem with MathType. Namely, when an equation is edited or a new equation is created everything looks fine on the screen, but when I print that equation I get a very low quality result that is unacceptable for publication. However, previously created equations continue to print fine.

I tried upgrading MathType from 6.7e to latest 6.7h, but this had no impact on the problem.

Does anyone have any ideas on the cause and solution to this problem?

Also, is there any update past Nov 2017 on a new version of MathType for Mac Office 2016?


texts: Is bookmark sync biderectional in iCloud for Windows?

texts:
The new version of iCloud Control Panel for Windows (3.0) allows syncing bookmarks with Chrome, Firefox and IE.

I was wondering, is this syncing bidirectional? As in, if I bookmark something on Chrome on Windows, is this new bookmark going to be pushed to iCloud and Safari on iOS and OS X?


texts: can a mid 2009 macbook pro with intel chipset run windows 10? the bootcamp assistant shows that it will install windows 7

texts:
i tried making an iso usb to boot from with etcher, unetbootin, and woeusb on ubuntu.
the woeusb boot freezes the computer until i push enter, then it boots up normal into mac os.
the etcher iso usb doesn't seem to be recognized as it doesn't appear as an option in the boot menu.
unetbootin iso always stops installation at sources/install.wim

basically i want to install windows 10 onto a second partition on my mid 2009 macbook pro running version 10.6.8
thank you for your time


texts:
I sometimes encounter various tasks for com.apple.xpc.launchd in the system logs that give errors like Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds. or Service exited with abnormal code: 78, etc.

How can I find and remove these services? It seems that they are not listed by traditional tools that I've seen and used so I'm not sure where they may be enumerated to the system to try to initialize and thus how to disable them...


texts: How to disallow iPhone shutdown while in lock screen?

texts: How can I disable the ability to shut down an iPhone while the lock screen is shown?


texts: How to Run Homebrew's Caskroom/cask/pdfinfo?

texts:
I run brew install Caskroom/cask/pdfinfo but I cannot find in my commandline. My PATH is

/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/TeX/texbin

How can you run pdfinfo of Homebrew?


texts: MacBook Pro external monitors not working

texts:
So I was just using my MacBook Pro with an external display last night and it was working beautifully. For some reason, though, today it isn't working at all. I have a TB-to-HDMI cable which is hooked up to an HDMI-to-DVI adapter. I have just tried it on an HDMI tv and have gotten nothing except a "Not supported mode" and a mouse flicker. By the way, it's not just the tv and monitors not working. In the System Preferences it doesn't show any other displays or an option to extend or mirror like usual. I will be getting another cable tomorrow to see if that is the problem.

An important question that I have and what I am most concerned about is that I have gfxCardStatus installed and when I tried using my external display today I forgot to turn it off of "Integrated only". Do you think that could have broken something since external displays require the other GPU? Sometimes when I plug in the cord gfxCardStatus shows it going into the AMD GPU but then if I look under dependencies it says "None" (it usually said "Extended Display").

On very very rare occasions when I unplug the cord I will get a blue screen flash like it is changing display settings.

Some things I have tried:

Wiggling cord
Messing around with gfxCardStatus (even turning it off)
Changing settings in Energy Saver PrefPane
Clicked on "Detect Displays" many times
Resetting PRAM
Resetting SMC

Another thing is that I just recently got my logic board replaced so I wouldn't think that would be the case but unfortunately their 30-day repair warranty is up.

One more thing that I have found while scouring the internet is I came across a picture of someones System Report for Graphics and at the bottom of the read-out it says: Display Connector: Status: No Display Connected but mine doesn't say that (I don't know if it used to either).

What are some of your thoughts? I am really hoping it is just the cord.

EDIT: Just tried my Xbox into my HDMI-DVI adapter with the monitor and it worked so that rules that out. It has to either be my cord or my computer


texts:
I'm running 10.8.
Everything is updated.
Tried all the usual memory recovery stuff and resets. Disabled time machine.
When I look at at the HD folders in terminal, with show all sizes all the files only total about 110GB (including hidden files)

The only thing unusual about this computer is that it has a ton (~100) of users that are managed with parental controls. Not sure if that would affect this issue. Also, because it would take so long to manually reenter all these users I'm hesitant to wipe it and reinstall everything.

Any ideas before I wipe it and start over? Thanks.


texts: Will I still receive push notifications if I remove an app?

texts: If I download an app on my iPhone and it automatically appears on my iPad and I delete it from my iPad that means no notifications should pop up on my iPad anymore because I deleted it - even if I use it on my iPhone, correct?


texts:
I am currently unable to boot my Late 2013 MacBook Pro. When I attempt to boot, the backlight comes on, but there is no image on the screen.

When I try to boot into Safe Mode (by holding Shift), Recovery Mode (by holding Command + R), I see neither a backlight nor an image.

I have tried to use every resource available.

I have tried:

Resetting SMC.
Resetting NVRAM.
Safe mode boot (no backlight, black screen).
Recovery mode boot (no backlight, black screen).
Verbose mode (backlight, but no image).
Boot off alternative USB (backlight, but no image to choose device).
Opened the laptop hardware and checked the display cable connection

I was using my laptop one day, closed the lid, and when I opened it, this was this issue.

I do tinker with Linux on an alternate partition, but I didn’t do anything in particular prior to this issue. I thought maybe the boot loader got messed up, but I can’t even boot into recovery mode on the macOS partition.

Can anyone make a conjecture as to the cause, and/or help provide me with some debugging tips?


texts: Mac Won't Remember Hostname in Terminal After Reboot, gives 'unknown...'

texts:
I'm trying to set my hostname for my mac.  Currently it's unknown002374e31ebd.

I've tried setting it with

sudo hostname -s Steve-Mac

Which will work for all future terminal sessions.  However, if I restart, it goes back to unknown

How can I get it to keep this setting?


texts: How to remove Mail.app's constant confirmation to send mail after hitting send on Touch Bar

texts:
I've been using the Touch Bar send mail shortcut a lot for sending email and it used to work well in Sierra:

Now, after upgrading to High Sierra, when I hit send, it asks for confirmation:

The whole purpose of Touch Bar is to provide contextual shortcuts to get the job done quickly. Why on Earth does hitting send button on Touch Bar (it's not the case with regular clicking) ask for a confirmation? If it's for people accidentally hitting send instead of esc, I'm sure they can come up with a better solution as this practice kills the whole convenience of Touch Bar's usage in this sense. Is it only me who is having this issue?


texts: Is it possible to block macOS Mojave installation?

texts:
I manage a small company apple computer park and I don't want my users to update to macOS Mojave since one software package we use everyday is not yet compatible.

Is there a way to block the OS update?


texts: Some iPhone/iPad photos do not appear on the map of iPhoto

texts: It happens to me sometimes that using iPhone or iPad, I take pictures in open air environments, but later, when photos are exported to iPhoto, they do not appear on the Map. What could be the cause?


texts: How can I power off an iPhone if the screen is not working (because it's broken or not detecting touch)?

texts:
A known way to turn off in iPhone if the screen isn't detecting touch is to let go of the home and power buttons as soon as the screen goes black.
But this sometimes doesn't work, and instead the iPhone restarts.  I wonder why.


texts: Can I set Chrome to start Spotify from weblinks?

texts:
How can I set my Mac to open the Spotify application when I click on a weblink? While I have the appropriate preference set in Spotify...

... all Spotify URLs still open in the web player. (Almost always these are links friends send me over Facebook chat.)

I'm using Mavericks 10.9.2 and the most recent build of Chrome. (33.0.1750.146)


texts: Upgrading to new iPad, how can I get old settings and apps directly to new iPad?

texts:
I bought iPad 2 but it is very poor during lectures, very poor camera and storing A4 papers very imprecise. I have over 100 Apps, done all email settings and other things -- probably over 10 hours' tuning. I don't want to do it again. How can I get my settings from my old iPad to my new iPad?

I don't have yet a Mac -computer but my friends have. My friend said that it would be easy if I had a Mac -computer so I am wondering whether only easy way is to get a Mac to get things synced fast?!

P.s. I have also a license to Windows 7 Professional. If all I need is actually just iTunes, I could virtualize W7pro and install iTunes to get things configured. Does it work?


texts: Right click on title of document no longer opens finder

texts:
I seem to remember that right clicking on the title of a document in an application like TextEdit, Preview, or Pages would allow you to jump to the enclosing folder in Finder.

But this no longer works on my computer. I am afraid it is because I installed Path Finder. I uninstalled path finder Following their instructions. Does anyone no how to reset this functionality?

Odd note: Right click still works for some 3rd party apps like Text Wrangler

How can I fix all of Apple's apps to Open folders in finder again?


texts: Can I get warranty on unlocked iphone 11 in India bought in US?

texts:
Iphone 11 is much cheaper in US in compare to India. One of my friend is currently there for some business work. I am aware about Apple providing global warranty now, But still want to get sure before I make a purchase.

Thanks in Advance.


texts: With Safari, can I allow pop-ups for specific sites?

texts: I have chosen "Block popup windows" in Safari's security tab, yet there are a couple of sites for work that still use popups for login etc. Is there a way to add exceptions (in advanced settings or directly in the plist file perhaps?) Or maybe via a Safari extension?


texts:
When I get a mail notification I can hover it and I see options to "delete" and "reply" but I almost never want to do either of those.

Normally I want to ignore it, and mark it as read, or I want to open it and read it.

Opening it is currently possible.

But how can I mark it as read in Notification?


texts:
One of the Lion features I would really like to use is AirDrop. It would make transferring files so much faster than using a flash drive. Unfortunately, my Mac is a 2007 Black MacBook, and AirDrop is not supported on this hardware.

Is there a way to enable AirDrop on my MacBook? Are there any hacks or Terminal tricks to do this?


texts: Is there a way to get notified about upcoming iOS final releases, maybe a week or a few days before the actual release happens? For major releases, there seems to be a GM seed before the actual release happens, but for minor releases (like the upcoming iOS 9.3), there are just a bunch of beta builds. I'd like to skip testing my app with all of the beta builds and just focus on the most recent one, a few days before the release actually happens.


texts: How to put a tab detached from fullscreen Safari back into it

texts:
Start Safari
full-screen Safari
open at least 2 tabs
click and drag one of them away from the tab bar
release left-click
it creates a new full-screen Safari instance, with that tab as the only tab

Now, how do I take that tab, and put it back into the other Safari window?


texts: MacBook Pro touchpad not clicking? (Hardware issue?)

texts:
My hands were a little wet when I touched the touchpad on my MacBook Pro 15". I think that a little water went into the cracks, or the tiny space around touchpad. The "click" mechanism stopped working properly. Multitouch still works perfectly.

I ordered a new touchpad, but NO! Problem remained. Touchpad still only registers "clicks" from bottom left corner.

I use my comp for work (Photoshop, Illustrator).

I tried loosening, tightening the screw on touchpad. Still nada.

Please help?

Edit: I need the physical "click." I use laptop for work. The touch to click does not function well with real work in Illustrator and Photoshop. I don't want to sound like a jerk, but please don't suggest the use of a mouse or "touch to click". These are not real answers to my question.


texts: Turn off iCloud Music library on iPhone?

texts:
I have recently got rid of my Apple Music subscription (and moved to Spotify), as part of my sub I used to use iCloud Music Library. Now with Apple Music gone I want to just sync my library the old way using iTunes however I am shown this screen:

There is no option in Settings > Music to turn off my iCloud Music library on my phone. How can I resolve this?


texts: Can't download song that shows as "purchased"

texts:
I recently purchased 6 songs to round out an album. I did this purchase from my phone (iPhone 6, iOS 8.4). Now, one of those six songs is missing from my phone, and I can't figure out how to re-download it.
Exhibit A shows the song as "purchased" in the iTunes Store app.
Exhibit B shows that the track, #13, is missing from the album.
How can I get this song back on my phone?
Edit: This song is also missing from iTunes on my mac, where all the other purchases have shown up due to iTunes Match. Where did it go?
Misc:
I haven't connected to my PC or knowingly altered the music on my phone.
IIRC, the song was downloaded, I definitely listened to it a couple times.
I also have made sure that songs not-available-offline will still show up by setting the option for "Show Music Available Offline" to off.
I am a subscriber to iTunes Match.
Under Settings->Music I have "iCloud Music Library" enabled
I do not have an Apple Music subscription nor free trial.


texts: my macbook battery drains within 1 to 2 hours

texts:
i have a 17" macbook pro, purchased december 2011 — so it’s 18-months old.

OS X version 10.8.4

recently i noticed the battery doesn’t hold its charge very long. this may have been occurring for a while, but only recently did i pay close attention and actually timed it. the first thing i did is closed all my applications from adobe CS6, and with only internet browsers running (safari and chrome) the most time i get is 2 hours.

i talked with my technician and i went by his shop so he could check the battery. well, the battery is completely fine. of course, with the extra drainage, it may have aged its life cycle, but it still has more than 50% life left in it.

my technician suggested i keep an eye on the activity monitor when the fan gets going hard (which it always does) and the only thing showing high CPU usage is google chrome, which shows variable percentages from 20% to 65%, and then a whole bunch of little % — not sure if each refers to a page opened.

my technician said "get rid of chrome" but i really like using it (i used to run mostly safari until their last update but they changed some preferences and i hate what they took out so i switched to chrome).

so before i do so, is there anything else i should try?


texts:
I accidentally installed an upgrade of Adobe Acrobat Pro 7 to Adobe Acrobat Pro 11.

(I had the Adobe Pro 7 for Windows and was sold the upgrade without being told that I had to separately buy the base version for Mac)

To be clear : I don't have Adobe 7 on my Mac but ran the upgrade to Adobe Acrobat Pro 11.

I get the error

  The serial number you provided is valid, but a qualifying product could not be found on this computer.

This of course makes sense.

I then tried to install the Trial version of Mac Adobe Acrobat Pro 11, but when I go to start that program, I get the same message.

I want to remove the 'upgrade' info on the Mac so that when I run the trial version, I don't get that error message.

How do I do that?


texts: System Preferences hangs when trying to open Display settings with an external monitor connected

texts:
I've searched all over for this, with no luck. So here goes:

My 2012 MacBook Pro has always played nice with my old Samsung monitor, connected with a Mini DisplayPort > VGA adapter plugged in to the Thunderbolt port. The Samsung monitor is rotated 270 degrees, and OS X has never had a problem with it.

For the last few months, System Preferences has hung every time I try to open Display preferences. The monitor still functions normally, and this hasn't been a problem.

Now I want to rearrange my monitor setup. The vertical monitor is now to the left of my laptop, but it behaves like it's to the right - because I can't change it, because Display settings hang.

I can open the settings perfectly fine when the display isn't connected - but that's fairly useless, as the arrangement tab doesn't show up.

I've tried clearing the settings with this command:

~ » defaults -currentHost delete com.apple.windowserver
2015-01-17 11:41:12.766 defaults[946:7994]
Domain (com.apple.windowserver) not found.
Defaults have not been changed.

Upon a reboot, the problem remains.

Any ideas?


texts:
Every time I close the lid of my Macbook Air, it turns off and I have to manually start it later when I open the lid again.

It also doesn't persist some of my settings such as volume level, desktop layouts (order of screens and which applications are full screened), and command line PATH changes such nvm's currently used node version.

Kind of a "you don't know what you don't know" situation. I'm not sure what to terms to use to search for this kind of behavior.

Edit: Adding some extra information as requested. I am on the following:

13-inch Macbook Air from Early 2014
Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

In System Preferences > Energy Saver > Battery, I have "Put hard disks to sleep when possible" checked and "Enable Power Nap while on battery power" unchecked.

I've looked through other potentially relevant areas of System Preferences and haven't found anything that works. I've done some Googling, but haven't found anything that is related and I'm unsure of what other terms I could use to search.

Edit 2: The issue seems to have been resolved. There's nothing in particular that I tried that worked, but it's resolved now. Thanks for reading and responding!


texts: Replacing samba.schema (LDAP) on Mavericks Server

texts:
I have a Mavericks Server with Open Directory, where all my user information is stored.

I have an Ubuntu 14.04 server which has hitherto served up files using NFS. My Mavericks desktop is having difficulty with NFS, so - given that Apple is dropping support for NFS - it seems to be the time to move to Samba. So, I'm trying to replace NFS with a Samba server on Ubuntu 14.04.

When logging into the Samba server I would like to use the same usernames and passwords  as I use everywhere else. This means that the Samba server has to talk to LDAP on the Mavericks server, which is per se no problem.

However, Samba needs its own schema to be installed in LDAP. In Mavericks Server Apple has installed its own version of the Samba LDAP schema. The Apple Samba schema is not a subset of the Samba schema that I need to install.

Presumably there is a reason for this. Can anyone tell me what I lose if I nuke the Apple LDAP schema in Mavericks Server and replace it with the current Samba schema from samba.org?

Steve


texts:
I would really like to search based off the header List-Id but I haven't found a way to do this yet.

When I type List-Id: <blah@group.company.com> into search, I get no results


texts: problem accessing localhost on Mac OS X Mavericks...it was working fine until I rebooted today

texts:
I am perplexed about the problem I am having and would really appreciate help resolving it.

I have an iMac running Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.2

I have set up my apache to serve documents from the server root /Volume/sites/

I am using Dynamic Virtual hosts, so just by adding a directory with the *.dev suffix, it becomes a virtual host.

My hosts file is pretty basic:

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1         localhost
255.255.255.255   broadcasthost
::1               localhost
fe80::1%lo0       localhost

My httpd-vhosts.conf file is as follows:

#
# Virtual Hosts
#
# If you want to maintain multiple domains/hostnames on your
# machine you can setup VirtualHost containers for them. Most configurations
# use only name-based virtual hosts so the server doesn't need to worry about
# IP addresses. This is indicated by the asterisks in the directives below.
#
# Please see the documentation at
# <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/>
# for further details before you try to setup virtual hosts.
#
# You may use the command line option '-S' to verify your virtual host
# configuration.

#
# Use name-based virtual hosting.
#
NameVirtualHost *:80

#
# VirtualHost example:
# Almost any Apache directive may go into a VirtualHost container.
# The first VirtualHost section is used for all requests that do not
# match a ServerName or ServerAlias in any <VirtualHost> block.
#

#allow access to the Hosts directory where your sites are
<Directory "/Volumes/sites">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride All
    #you could configure the following to only allow access from localhost
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

#get the server name from the Host: header
UseCanonicalName Off
VirtualDocumentRoot /Volumes/sites/%0/

This all worked. And I have not changed anything in my httpd.conf file.

Yet I can't load localhost

I also cannot load 127.0.0.1

I ran the command sudo lsof -i :80 | egrep "PID|LISTEN" to see if any PID was listening on port 80. The results were empty.

I have tried to restart apache and also to stop and then start apache using

sudo apachectl stop
sudo apachectl start

sudo apachectl restart

Nothing works.

I checked if apache was running by issuing the command httpd -v

The return was:

Server version: Apache/2.2.26 (Unix)
Server built:   Dec 10 2013 22:09:38

I tried to connect to localhost and 127.0.0.1 via the command line with the following result:

alisamii at alisamii in ~
$ telnet localhost 80
Trying ::1...
telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused
Trying fe80::1...
telnet: connect to address fe80::1: Connection refused
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host
alisamii at alisamii in ~
$ telnet 127.0.0.1 80
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host
alisamii at alisamii in ~
$ lynx http://localhost

Looking up localhost
Making HTTP connection to localhost
Alert!: Unable to connect to remote host.

lynx: Can't access startfile http://localhost/
alisamii at alisamii in ~
$ lynx http://127.0.0.1

Looking up 127.0.0.1
Making HTTP connection to 127.0.0.1
Alert!: Unable to connect to remote host.

lynx: Can't access startfile http://127.0.0.1/
alisamii at alisamii in ~

Please help.


texts: Does an ipad (iOS) need to be restarted occasionally?

texts:
Most of our webapp users never restart their ipads. (They think they are but they are just putting them to sleep).

Does the iPad reclaim memory, storage, etc. from apps that were never closed? Would restarting it fix this?

Symptoms this might fix:

Audio is distorted
Video is partially black


texts: Is biteSMS or iRealSMS a better all-around iPhone SMS replacement app?

texts: Which one is better in terms of features, ease-of-use, and performance?


texts: In AirPort Utility, what is the menu item "Restore Default Settings"?

texts: In AirPort Utility v.6.3.2, what is the menu item "Restore Default Settings..." I see under "Base Station" and does it relate to a soft, hard, or factory default reset? Thank you.


texts: Album covers getting mixed up on phone from iTunes

texts: I had this problem earlier but then knew how to fix it, it was when I sent songs to my iphone the cover art got messed up with art from songs I already have on my phone. I fixed this by uploading the covers on iTunes again but making them album covers then sending it to the iPhone but now I have the same problem but it wont let me fix it with the album art. It gets mixed with art from songs I already have on my phone. The art is correct on iTunes on my computer, but it's messed up on my phone, this has only happened with 3 of my songs and an album with 7 songs. I want to prevent it from doing it again. I have an iPhone 5s by the way, if that's needed.


texts: Unable to delete .pkg files in /Library/Updates/

texts:
I'm doing my semi-annual look around via Disk Inventory X, and I'm seeing some .pkg files located at /Library/Updates/061-41421 with names like macOSUpd10.14.6.pkg and FullBundleUpdate.pkg weighing in at sizes like 1.7gb. They cannot be casually moved to the Trash and sudo rm macOSUpd10.14.6.pkg yields the Operation not permitted message.

Can anyone tell me what these are for? / Are they necessary to keep around? / If no, how do you remove them? And most importantly, why in the world would Apple keep these on board after the contents have been distributed via an update?

Thanks


texts: Factory reset my ipad but app store still logged into another account

texts:
I recently factory reset my ipad through my usb cable connected to my iMac via iTunes. I went through the setup tutorial and logged in using one of my apple IDs. I then went to the app store on the ipad and went to search for an app to download. However, when I was trying to download it, the apple ID that popped up was my old apple ID. Does anybody know how to get the app store to ask me to switch to a different apple ID?

I also checked under Settings. My icloud, iTunes & App Store are both logged into my correct apple ID but when I run the app, it is asking for the password to my old apple ID.

I also checked Mail, contacts, calendars and all are using my new apple ID. Same thing with messages and facetime, both using my new apple ID.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.


texts: How to purchase Windows for my planned VMWare Fusion setup -- via online download, etc

texts:
Apologies for this common question, but answers online are often patchy and a few details always elude me.

-- I plan to buy VMWare Fusion for my Mac Powerbook (core 2 duo.)  So I need to buy a copy of Windows.  I guess I'm aiming at Windows 7 Home Premium or some such thing, but please tell me a better flavor if you are passionate about it.  Or would a copy of WinXP be less of a resource hog?

-- Main Question:  Is it possible to purchase the windows copy via 100% download online, with no CDs shipped to me... I live overseas and prefer that. (I suppose I would then burn an installer CD myself to feed to VMWare?)  If yes, Please give any and all recommendations on online stores that would have a legit copy at a decent price...

-- If it's not possible to buy windows via 100% download only, please let me know your favorite online stores to buy the physical legit versions. The only one I have learned of that didn't seem incredibly sketchy is http://www.newegg.com/

-- Anything important to know about whether aiming for an "OEM" version would be smart, foolish, frugal, risky... Can they not be re-installed a second time if the computer crashes, or some other kind of risk?


texts: Missing the iPhone "Installed Apps" tab in iTunes on Mac

texts:
iTunes use to allow me to see the apps installed on my connected iPhone. I could see the screens and rearrange them. But its missing now. Where did that section go?

I am using iTunes 12.7.0.166 on my Mac running High Sierra with my iPhone running iOS 11.0.1


texts: What should the standard contents of $DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH be?

texts:
I'm trying to install CERN's root libraries on my mac os Lion.

It needs me to set $DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH, but on checking

echo $DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH

it seems to be empty (before I'm adding to it). Is this normal?

What are $DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH's default contents?


texts: How can I have one password for FileValue 2 (pre-boot password) and another for my user login?

texts:
I know this is possible.

When I first installed Mavericks, I set up a default password of "password".

I then enabled Filevault 2.

At some point I then changed my password from "password" to my actual password.

However the pre-boot password is still "password".

I like the fact that there were two different passwords, but I want to change the pre-boot password to something better than "password" (obviously!) but...

How?

On my laptop, I've done some testing and changing the user login password also updates the pre-boot password.

And if I fail the pre-boot password 3 times and use the recovery key, I can update the  password, but it only updates the user login password, which in turn automatically updates the pre-boot password.

So they are always in sync.

So how on earth did I originally have 2 different passwords, and how can I continue to have 2 different passwords?


texts: How to run Linux gui apps on macOS (e.g. via XQuartz)

texts:
I'm trying to run some Linux applications on macOS. I have installed XQuartz but if I attempt for instance to run firefox it does something - i.e. the firefox process can be seen by ps:

$ps -ef | grep firefox
  502 29337 29230   0 11:59AM ttys032    0:00.01 X /Users/steve/Downloads/firefox/firefox

.. But it does not show up as an X app:

So which additional steps are required to get Linux binaries to run?


texts: Which running/biking apps (Strava, Runtastic, Endomondo, ...) use barometer for proper elevation gain?

texts:
After having read this blog (More GPS Cycling Tests: Things are Pretty Bad and There’s Little Hope) about the inaccuracies in apps like Strava and Runtastic, I'm curious which similar apps produces reasonably accurate elevation gain/profile.

Here, Runmeter seems a good option. But which others have you found?
I would consider an app reasonably accurate if it produced results close to a Sigma bike computer with altimeter.


texts: How to get native resolution on Macbook Air external monitor?

texts: I am using an Asus external monitor with 1600 x 900 native resolution connected to my Macbook Air (Yosemite) using a mini display port to VGA adapter.  When I try to set the display resolution in System Preferences > Displays, I click "options" and "Scaled" to see a list of additional resolutions ranging from 800 x 600 through 1920 x 1080.  For some reason 1600 x 900, the native resolution of the external display is not listed.  1920 x 1080 is the closest match to the native resolution, but it looks awful.  How can I set the resolution to 1600 x 900?


texts:
My primary means of handling contacts on my iPhone is gmail sync, but somehow it appears I have added a number of contacts to my phone locally. I want just these local contacts to sync back to gmail.

I'm fine with exporting and then importing to gmail, and then deleting the local contacts off my phone. However, I can't seem to find any good way of doing this.


texts: Looking for Mac Typing software that supports Spanish keyboard layouts - Recommendations?

texts:
I've moved from Windows to the Mac a while ago, and in this "self-improvement" path, I've also realized that I need to learn to touch-type (I can do around 50-60 WPM with 3-and-a-half fingers, but I need more).

I'm a Spanish speaker so I need to learn on a Spanish keyboard. I've already seen the answer to a similar question here (Looking for a typing tutor app) but all the answers offered assume English keyboards

I'm looking for a more "guided" learning approach.


texts: macOS Terminal autocompletion suggestion

texts:
I'm looking at a video and the Terminal in WebStorm looks like this

As you can see there is an autocompletion suggestion while he's writing the command. Any clue on how to get this feature?

Here's the video: Creating Demo APIs with json-server

To clarify: You see the red part is what the user typed and the gray is the suggestion. I would like to have the suggestion.


texts: QuickLook for files with no extension or an unknown extension

texts:
I'm a programmer, and I find Mac's QuickLook a really great feature for quickly becoming familiar with a particular code base.  Basically, I open up a Finder window in the directory where my code files are, I push the spacebar (to evoke QuickLook), and then I arrow key up/down/left/right through all the files and scroll within QuickLook as needed.

The problem that I run into are files with no extension and files with unknown extension.  How can I convince the Mac to attempt to QuickLook these files as text files (which they usually are).  Also, it's really nice how QuickLook automatically colors the code based upon the type of code it thinks it is.  How can I extend the types of code files that the Mac recognizes?  For instance, I want to be able to QuickLook the code in a *.html.erb file or a *.js.erb file.


texts: How can iPhone be used when wearing gloves?

texts:
In colder weather wearing gloves is essential. Looks like iPhone 4 completely ignores touches of fingers in gloves. So I sometimes even see people controlling their iPhones by touching them with their noses.

What are the limitations of how iPhone can be controlled? How can it be used by a person wearing gloves?


texts: Printing out weird code instead of actual print jobs

texts:
I support a few macs for our staff and one of the macs in question starting having an issue where when the job would reach the printer instead of the job printing out, a bunch of jumbled code would print out instead. This has happened on multiple printers even after removing all current printers and resetting the printing system on the OS and adding the printers again fresh. I haven't been able to find anything about an issue like this on the net yet and was hoping for a solution short of wiping and re-imaging the HDD.
Both Word 2011 and webpages viewed from Safari were sent as test print jobs. The OS is 10.9.5 and both printers are Ricoh models, though different ones. I specifically downloaded the correct drivers and both were setup via LDP and IP address.
I have tried physically deleting all printer drivers from the library folder and was prompted to download and reinstall the printer drivers as I setup the printers again to test but the same issue happened again.
Here is an example of what happens.
A simple word 2011 document with only the words: test print
returns this

%!PS-Adobe-3.0

%APL_DSC_Encoding: UTF8

%APLProducer: (Version 10.9.5 (Build 13f109

14 blank pages

14 dict begin/FontName /KUFZPG+Cambria def
/PaintType 0 def

then a bunch of dup callouts and multi-line string of alphanumeric characters and the closing brackets on those opening tags.

/Encoding 256 array 0 1 255[index exch/ .notdef put}for


texts: Some PDFs do not snap to the window while using Preview

texts:
I have a ton of college textbooks in PDF form, and I use Preview hours on end, every day; so this little problem becomes quite annoying:

Some of my PDF files "snap" to the size of the window when I open them, and will stick to the size of the window as I resize it to my desired level of zoom (below, left).

However, some PDF files do not adhere to this behavior, and I will have to resort to manually adjust the zoom level. This also becomes annoying since if I manually choose a zoom level, even though the file still fits in the window, both scrollbars become active i.e. as I scroll up and down the document, my scrolling skews to the left and right constantly (above, right).

I have Acrobat Pro on my computer, and I have tried to find the right property to change, but to no avail. Does anyone have any fixes for this/ or knows what property I should be hunting for in Acrobat?


texts: How can I download iCloud photos from previous/older devices?

texts: My iCloud is full and I checked what is in it. I have my current iPhone and I have two old broken iPhones and a broken iPad in there. I'm reluctant to delete them in case they have some of my much sought after photos on them. Is there any way I can access the photos and save them to my computer?


texts: Skype with both system and microphone audio in El Capitan

texts:
I'm trying to use Skype for screen sharing with simultaneous audio from my microphone and the Mac system (for example a video or a game).

Using Soundflower, and in the Audio Midi Setup an Aggregate Device for input and a Multi-Output Device for output I've been able to get either Mac system audio or microphone (voice), but not both.

In some settings, both seem to be input, but only the system audio is output, or just a very quick bit of voice can be heard before cutting out.

I'm stumped...

Here are the Skype audio settings:

And here are the Mac settings:

First, Audio Midi Setup

And Sound from System Preferences

I have found some videos on YouTube that discuss this, like this one which I've followed, but still no luck.

Thanks. Any help is truly appreciated!


texts:
I need a way to hook up my android phone to my Mac and generate preview of the files when they reside on the device.

The Android File Transfer program lacks view by icon. That is, I cannot see thumbnails of the photos on my phone that I want to drag and drop to the Desktop for example.
Same with iTunes.

Is there a better program out there?


texts: Why can't Siri show me pictures of my mom?

texts: In the Contact card for myself, I have set up a related name for my mother to point to her Contact entry. When I ask Siri to "Call Mom", Siri correctly starts dialing her. Recently I've been tagging photos of her in the Photos app under the People album by associating pictures of her to her Contact. When I ask Siri to "Show me photos of (my Mom's name)" it works as expected, however when I ask Siri to "Show me photos of Mom" (how I would commonly say it), Siri brings back no results. Did I misconfigure something, or is that feature not implemented for Siri and Photos integration?


texts:
So we have a setup like this:

His MacBook Pro with 1TB, about 30% used.
Her MacBook Air with 256GB, about 30% used.
USB2 drive with 2 x 2TB configured as RAID-1 ('mirrored for safety'), about 80% used, contains 300GB family photos, 700GB family videos, 400GB music, 200GB document archives, etc. This is most often connected to (1) when archiving or doing family event video editing.
His and hers iPhones, we infrequently back them up to (1) and (2).
TimeCapsule 3GB, currently backs up (1) and (2) but not (3)

All seemed good.

Then, one day, the USB drive wouldn't start up.

After cold sweats of panic, we opened the USB drive. Luckily, this is a model where you can pop open the top and pull out a drive. One of the drives inside has died. Due to the RAID-1 configuration, the other drive worked just fine, so all our data is safe.

That was too close - losing all the family photos, videos, scans of important documents, etc, would be catastrophic for us.

We accept that with normal usage; the drive(s) inside the USB enclosure were going to wear out at some point, so this isn't a problem with the product - although I'd think twice about buying a passively-cooled device again as manipulating gigabytes of video files is going to keep it warm for some time and heat causes equipment like this to fail quicker.

So we'll likely replace the USB drive with something suitable in the next week o so.

...but we're now really keen to incorporate some kind of secondary backup so that we don't have this panic again.

We've looked at 'cloud drive' types of solution, but they seem to presume that the entire backup will fit onto one computer - which it won't. We also don't need all our photos, videos, etc, to be fully sync'd - just be able to retrieve it if everything goes south with the USB drive.

So, putting aside costs for the moment, what are our secondary backup options?

UPDATE

I should've been clearer - the USB RAID drive is only sometimes connected. Backing up ~2TB to the cloud will take a very long time (2TB @ 2mb/second ADSL upload = 102 days according to http://www.databarracks.com/support/bandwidth-calculator/) which would tie up his or hers laptop for that whole time.

Can we connect the USB drive to the TimeCapsule and it upload to a cloud backup provider?


texts: How to customize Touch Bar on the Macbook Pro 13" when Mathematica is on

texts:
Whenever I use Wolfram Mathematica, the Touch Bar on my Macbook Pro has a "New Document" button. My question is, how do I make sure I don't have that button when I open Mathematica?
It is annoying, as every time I reach to hit the esc key, sometimes the "New Document" button gets tapped, resulting in a new document popping up.
Thanks for any advice you have!


texts: MacOS Finder how to go to folders first then files when typing a letter

texts:
This is similar to "Quick search in folder by key press", but with a slightly different case.

When I have a Finder window open and press s on the keyboard, it selects the first file that starts with "s" however I want it to select the first folder that starts with "s".

I sort my Finder windows with folders at the top using Finder > Preferences > Advanced > Keep folder on top > checked "In windows when sorting by name".


texts: Macbook Pro Retina 2012 Headphone Jack not Responding

texts:
I have a 2012 MBP Retina and it doesnt recorgnize my headphone jack.
I have tried to plugin several earphones but nothing happens.
also i tried resetting SMC and PRAM but still the same issue.
i am using Catalina.
inside the jack is pretty clean,
please help?


texts: I restarted migration assistant, do I need to delete data from the first transfer?

texts:
I recently bought a new Mac, and was using the migration assistant to transfer all the stuff from my old Mac. I forgot to plug one of the computers in though, so the transfer got stopped (and wouldn't start again) when it died. I just set it up to restart, with both of them plugged in. It has about 9 hours remaining (out of 12).

My question is... is there going to be data on the harddrive somewhere from the first (failed) transfer? I'd hate to already be cluttering up a new computer. If the data is there somewhere, how do I go about deleting it?

Thanks!


texts: My screensaver comes on after 1 minute and I can't stop it without tapping a key or moving the mouse

texts: No matter how I change my settings, my iMac Retina's monitor switches over to the screensaver after only one minute of inactivity. Quite a bother when I'm trying to read something. This continued after I upped to OS 10.12.6. I've zapped PRAM and repaired permissions and this, that, and the other but it won't stop doing this. I've looked on the web for answers but can't find any others suffering this malady. Ideas?


texts: Is there a similarly fast alternative to Crtl + Shift + Eject for new Macbook that lack eject keys?

texts:
The new MacBook Air and Pro without optical drives lack an Eject key.

I use Ctrl + Shift + Eject a lot to put my display to sleep at the simple press of three keys. Without the Eject key being there anymore I'm wondering if there's an alternative to those very handy shortcuts which required the Eject key.

The alternatives I've found so far are not too good:

in Alfred type "lock" - too many strokes for fast computer locking
a hot corner in the bottom left to put the display to sleep - ok, but I get there by error too often and lock the computer for serious productivity bummers
close the lid of the MacBook Air - puts the Mac to sleep completely and therefore not very useful, when it should keep doing what it's doing.

Is there a similarly fast alternative to Crtl + Shift + Eject for new Macbook?


texts: Is it Possible to Mount SMB share in Internet Recovery?

texts:
I'm currently setting up a Time Machine backup on a Windows Server. The simple method is to create a sparsebundle image on the Windows Share and mount that in macOS which works fine. In the past though mostly due to meddling I have had to use Internet Recovery to restore a Time Machine backup, this has worked for USB drives but obviously this is different.
Can I mount an smb share in Internet Recovery using Terminal, then mount the sparsebundle image to restore the Time Machine backup? or as I have struggled to find a concrete answer on, is only AFP supported in Internet Recovery?


texts: How to map function key (F1-F12) to perform like they do with builtin keyboard on Macbook

texts:
I have an USB external keyboard but the Fn(1-12) keys are kinda useless. I use my macbook in clamshell mode and I want to use the regular function like expose, etc.. using function keys.

Is this possibile with os x sierra?


texts: I installed a library for programming. How do I remove it?

texts:
I installed the g2 graphical library on my mac using the terminal for a school assignment and now that I'm done with it I'd like to know how to remove it. Are there like commands I can run on the terminal? Are all the files in one folder and all I have to do is delete that folder?

I'm very picky when it comes to these things and if I can't delete it I'll probably end up reinstalling the whole OS (I know I'm crazy) so any help is appreciated.

Also if this is not the right place to post this question I'd appreciate it if you could point me in the right direction.

Thank you!

EDIT 1:
I installed the library by following these instructions:

  Extract package with gzip -dc g2-xxxx.tar.gz | tar xvf -
  Run './configure'
  Run 'make depend'
  Optionally edit src/g2_config.h to fine-tune g2 behavior (only if
  you know what are you doing)
  Run 'make'
  Run 'make install' or copy libg2.a and g2.h, g2_X11.h, g2_gd.h, and
  g2_PS.h to the default locations for library and include files.
  cd to demo directory and  run 'make demo' to compile demo
  applications
  To rebuild documentation run 'make doc' (html, PS and pdf manual
  should be already included into documentation).

EDIT 2: I ran the command suggested by @scottishwildcat in his answer below and got the following output:

  Makefile:101: warning: overriding commands for target `libg2.so'

  Makefile:98: warning: ignoring old commands for target `libg2.so'

  make: *** No rule to make target `uninstall'.  Stop.


texts: Connecting external display to Early 2015 MacBook Pro

texts:
Does Early 2015 MacBook Pro output 4K 3840 via Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort? I seem to get only HD max option on YouTube videos.

I have a Samsung U32J590U 31.5" 4K UHD monitor. If not, do I have to get a real Thunderbolt cable or is HDMI-to-HDMI the answer?


texts: Can SquashFS filesystems work with macOS El Capitan?

texts:
I am converting some .tar.gz to SquashFS (using squashfs from homebrew) using xz compression because I want to be able to mount the archives and read the content without extrating and also because the compression is about 10% better in my case.

Now I only found one implementation of SquashFS for OSXFuse here.

I am wondering what sort of driver or shim or software would be needed to let macOS work in any way (and hopefully read+write) with SquashFS?


texts:
After following the instructions in this answer (briefly: Java prefs pane → Security → disable "Enable Java content in the browser") to disable the Java plug-in globally, I'm presented with an admin password prompt dialog, followed in turn by this dialog:

How do I change this setting for all users?


texts: Sounds settings changed on own and can't be reset

texts:
A few weeks ago my sound settings changed on their own, and I cannot seem to reset them; I change it and it doesn't save once I go out of Settings.

I go into Settings > Sounds > I change Vibrate on Silent to OFF and change New Mail to NONE and go back out and they immediately revert to ON and DING.

Phone also still vibrates when the side button is on Orange (Silent).  Very annoying.  Phone is less than 2 years old.

I have tried rebooting phone and this does not work.  Does anyone have any idea what is going on and how I can get this fixed?


texts: Change Apple ID with previously used email

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I previously had 2 apple IDs using (1) Gmail and (2) my university email.

The deletion of (1) was completed, requested on Dec 9, 2019, and completed on Dec 25, 2019.

Now I would like to change the email of (2) into the email I previously used for (1). However, the website said that "This email address is not available. Choose a different address."

May I ask what's the issue of this?

Many thanks!


texts: Any way to get Time Machine to backup to Amazon Simple Storage Solution?

texts: Just curious if it is at all possible to have Time Machine backup to the 'cloud' using Amazon Simple Storage Solution. I've setup Time Machine to work over the network before to unsupported volumes (NTFS) but wasn't sure if this is possible. Anyone ever tried?


texts: How do I add the Applications folder to the terminal PATH?

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For example, I have Sublime Text that I can open from Spotlight. However, sometimes I'm navigating with the terminal and I want to do sublime source.php, but since I don't have the sublime app accesible from the Terminal, I need to do all the way from opening the app to navigating in finder to the location I already have opened in the terminal.
Is there a way to include applications installed in the Apps folder in the terminal PATH?


texts: Menu option "Select startup disk on desktop" greyed out when Finder window is active

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Previous OS X versions allowed one to select the startup disk using Cmd-Shift-Up when on the Desktop, or "from" any Finder window. In 10.9.4 this works only from the Desktop. When a Finder window is active, the menu item does appear when holding down Shift, but is greyed out.
The startup disk is visible on the Desktop, per Finder preferences.
Any ideas? I can make a workaround using Keyboard Maestro or the likes, but..


texts: How to stop Mail app from downloading mails from Trash?

texts: I have lots filters that move junk mails to trash. But Mail app is downloading all mails from trash every time and wasting my bandwidth. How can I configure it to skip trash folder?


texts: Change "Select next tab"shortcut in mac command+shift+]

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How do I change or disable the next tab shortcut in mac (command+shift+])?
it collides with other app shortcut.
It does not appear in System Preferences --> Keyboard --> Shortcuts


texts: Macbook Air no OS, no internet recovery, bootable USB not working

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I was trying to update my MacBook air to Mojave but there was some error. When I searched online, I found that a system file got deleted while updating on some systems and this had happened to me.

Troubleshooting leads to more problems and now the MacBook is not starting up and shows a question mark folder.

Now the MacBook has no Operating System.

Mac Utilities is also not working.

Internet Recovery also not working.

The last option left was a bootable USB. This USB is not being detected on the disk selection screen(after holding down the option key).

Only bootable USB with macOS is not being detected. Ubuntu, Windows and Linux bootable USBs are detected.


texts: Can I use a Verizon iPad mini with Wi-Fi only?

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A friend just gave me his Verizon LTW iPad mini. I don't have Verizon.

Do I need to remove the SIM card to use it on Wi-Fi only? What problems will I encounter not having Verizon and trying to use this device? What settings do I need to turn off to disable Verizon's service on this device? How does this SIM card get removed?


texts: What do I need to know to buy an SSD drive for a 2008 MacBook 5,1?

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I'd like to buy an SSD drive for my MacBook aluminium (MacBook5,1 from 2008). What do I need to know to buy one which will work fine with it?

I.e. years ago any IDE drive would fit any IDE slot, but I've never worked with SATA drives so I don't know if they are "just compatible" or there are some quirks, similar to what happens with RAM where you have to check the clock rate.


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I can't seem to manage to transfer voice memos from my iPhone. I've read that all I should do is to check the "Include voice memos" box in iTunes Music Sync Settings:

Of course, I've synced, re-synced, connected, re-connected, backed-up, re-backed-up my device several times, however, I don't have any "Voice memos" playlist appearing in my iTunes library:

The main reason I want to do this is because Voice Memos seem to be using a lot of space on my device:

I've also read about transferring each individual memo using Air Drop which is great, but not when you have 50+ memos :(

Anyway, got any ideas, maybe I'm doing something wrong?

My set-up is: iPhone 5s with iOS 8.3 & MacBook Pro with OS X 10.10.3 & iTunes 12.1.2.27.


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The strangest thing just happened. I accidentally moved some files around within a folder on my desktop. I pressed command Z to try and un-do the action (I may have accidentally hit some other keys in the process, I don't know,) but instantly the folder was wiped of it's contents and even the name of the folder changed to "Untiled Folder." It seems my files have just vanished into thin air and I can't get them back. They did not move to the Trash Bin.

If that isn't odd enough, the size of that folder now is 16kb and typically, the size of an empty/new folder is 0kb..? Before my content vanished, it was more than 16kb so I have no idea where that figure came from or what data it's referring to.

HELP Please, I just need my files back...

I'm on a 13" macbook pro running OSX 10.8.2