texts: Failing Superdrive(?) and Problems with Bootcamp

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I'm running a 27" iMac from 2010, and I just recently installed Mountain Lion (10.8.5). On Snow Leopard, I had a Windows 7 partition that I had installed from a burned DVD, and everything was working fine. But I had to reformat the HDD to install ML, and so now I'm looking to reinstall a Windows 7 partition.

First off, I think my Superdrive is failing. I insert the DVD I used to install windows before, and it just whirs away for a few seconds and then spits it back out. When I try and re-burn the original .ISO file to a new DVD at max speed, it gives me a "burn failed because of a medium write error". When I try and re-burn it on the slowest speed, it starts successfully, and then when "finishing" it spits the disk out (instead of mounting the image) and says "burn failed because of a medium write error" again.

However, I have an external DVD drive. So when I tried going through the Bootcamp Assistant, it recognized the disc on this drive, and everything seemed to be going fine. It got the partition set up, and restarted the computer as it should. However, when it came time to reboot, I got a black screen with "NO BOOTABLE DEVICE -- INSERT BOOT DISK AND PRESS ANY KEY". Am I right in assuming that this is because the OS doesn't know to scan my external DVD drive upon booting up?

After I manually rebooted, erased the failed Windows partition, and rejoined the empty space to my Mac partition, I tried this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmHxkahbK-g

Because I'm on Mountain Lion, there isn't any native support in Bootcamp for creating a bootable USB Windows install. So as the video suggests, I edited the .plist file, and made a USB bootstick from there. However, when Bootcamp rebooted this time, I still got the same error. Even when I manually rebooted and held down the option key, it didn't recognize my USB stick.

My question is a two-parter:

(1) How can I verify that my Superdrive is failing, and if it is indeed, can I get it replaced? Mind you this computer is almost 6 years old now.

(2) This user had the same problem, except they eventually got their Superdrive to read the disc: Unable to install Windows via Bootcamp without superdrive (mountain lion)

Can anyone else offer some alternative suggestions? I don't have much faith that I'm going to get my DVD to stay in the Superdrive. Is there some other way I can have it recognize my external DVD upon rebooting?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Remap quit app keyboard shortcut globally

texts: In Windows and Linux I can remap the Close Window key globally to something else (usually Ctrl + F4). When I tried doing the same in Mac, it seems that I would need to remap every app independently.  Am I missing something?  Does Mac not have a universal close app or close window keyboard shortcut that can be remapped?


texts: How do I customize the alert sound for an iPhone timer?

texts: When the countdown timer ends I would like to set the IPhone to play a custom music file. is that possible?


texts: Open url in new tab and paste the copied text

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I'm new to AppleScript. I want to use AppleScript with Sci-hub page. In my scenario, I highlight DOI address -> AppleScript will open "Sci-hub.tw" page in new tab on Safari -> paste DOI address to text box -> press Enter / Return.
I found in many sites and tried to code. It here but my code just open url in new tab, not paste the highligh address.

Please, help me!

Thanks and best regards!

on run {input, parameter}
   tell application "Safari"
        activate
        try
        tell window 1 to set current tab to make new tab with properties {URL:"http://www.sci-hub.tw"}
             on error
                open location theURL
        end try
        tell application "System Events"
            tell process "Safari"
                 activate
                 keystroke "v" using command down
                 delay 0.3
                 key code 36 #return
            end tell
        end tell
    end tell
end run


texts: Editing and syncing a pdf file on Mac and iPad through iBooks

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I'd like to work on a draft pdf file on both a Mac and an iPad and see
the edits syncing invisibly in the background.

I create a new directory

mkdir ~/latex

and save the following latex in ~/latex/lipsum-novel.tex

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-30]
\end{document}

then typeset it

pdflatex lipsum-novel

Now I have the pdf file ~/latex/lipsum-novel.pdf

I drag that pdf file from Finder to the iBooks window, and from this answer, we know that iBooks buries the pdf file in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks/Books

I'm guessing that I can now delete ~/latex/lipsum-novel.pdf

rm ~/latex/lipsum-novel.pdf

All good. iBook took over the draft pdf. My objective now is to modify this
draft pdf on both OS X and on an iPad (with the modifications synced
in the background).

Before I even worry about syncing to iBooks on an iPad, I start by striking through some text.

Already Preview warns me that (as with all OS X native files such as pdf files) "The original document can't be changed."

Fine. I save the modified file in ~/Documents/lipsum-novel copy.pdf.

Now already iBooks has gone out of sync with Preview. If I exit iBooks and reload, I will be looking at the pdf file buried by iBooks, not on the file I edited. If I add a new strikethrough

That hardly helps. I've just introduced yet a third pdf file.

How do I get iBooks to save my edits in its own copy (and sync it with an iPad).


texts:
The first part of the question is: where are the actual files that are displayed by apache for the default web server in Lion Server?

Specifically as simple task I would like to change the title of the default web page.
When the address is bookmarked it shows as "OS X Lion Server" and I want to change that.

I looked everywhere and I couldn't find the actual files. Obviously I don't know where to look :-)


texts: Boot to Single User Mode with Startup Manager

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I need enter safe mode on my Mac after selecting select macOS with Startup Manager (option while booting). Pressing ⌘ + S has no effect.

The Mac currently uses Bootcamp for dual boot into Windows or macOS. By default it boots into Windows. I cannot change the default boot OS. Possibly because I don't have an administrator account in macOS.

The following link is what I'm trying to accomplish using safe mode:

I don't have administrator account on my mac

TL;DR How to enter macOS safe mode after selecting macOS in Startup Manager?


texts: Can a MacBook Air use another computer's optical drive when running Windows on Boot Camp?

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I installed boot camp on a MacBook Air by following these directions. In step 2 under "Step 4:  Install the Windows Support Software", I did exactly as the guide said, and launched WindowsSupport/Boot Camp/setup.exe instead of WindowsSupport/setup.exe. I noticed that the latter has a Read Me.rtf associated with it which reads:

Double-click setup.exe, in the root level of this disc, to install the following:
•   Boot Camp drivers, which allow you to use your Mac-specific hardware with Windows, including your Apple keyboard, mouse, trackpad, and built-in iSight camera. For more information on Boot Camp, see http://www.apple.com/bootcamp.
•   Remote Install Mac OS X, which allows MacBook Air users on your local network to install Mac OS X using a Mac OS X installation disc in your computer's optical drive. For more information, refer to the MacBook Air User's Guide.
•   DVD or CD Sharing, which allows MacBook Air users on your local network to use your computer's optical drive. For more information, refer to the MacBook Air User's Guide.

I believe that by double-clicking the setup.exe in the Boot Camp directory, the first of these bullet points was installed. The second refers to something about installing Mac OS X, which isn't relevant to me. The third bullet point sounds like the exact opposite of what I'm trying to do. I'm trying to read a DVD off another computer, not have another computer read the DVD off of mine. Therefore, I don't think that it's a problem of not installing the right drivers.
Is it possible to use the optical drive of other computers on the same network in Windows as I can do in OS X?


texts: Making the macOS Special Character Popup Menu Appear Everywhere

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I find macOS' special character popup menu (the one invoked with a long press on some keys) an incredibly useful feature.

For some reason, it seems to work only in Adobe's Illustrator and Photoshop (I use the latest versions for both).

Is there any way to add this menu/functionality to other applications?

I'm using High Sierra. Thanks!


texts: How to make Mac Terminal restore working directories when restarting

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I use the Mac Terminal with a hand full of tabs each assigned to a different working directory. I have configured it to open new windows with the same working directory. Nevertheless, when I am quitting Terminal, and restart it it rebuilds all the tabs, their names, even shows me the last output in the window but stays in the user home directory and does not restore the latest working directory of each tab.

What am I doing wrong? Can this be caused by some setting in the ~/.bash_profile?


texts: Are man page sections 2 and 3 available in macOS Mojave?

texts: Are the system calls (section 2) and library class (section 3) of the man pages available in macOS Mojave? I recently upgraded from an ancient MacBook Pro running OS X El Capitan and they aren't installed with Xcode, and I haven't found anything on how to get them installed.


texts: Where to find 3.5mm (male) to 3.5mm (male) cable that can control iPhone/iPod volume

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Bonus if it has a mic and can handle iPhone calls

Basically I have a snowboarding helmet that has speakers built into it and has a 3.5mm (female) connection to the speakers.


texts: How bad is it for a Mac to forcefully restart it when it freezes?

texts: I have a 2011 27" iMac running OS X Lion. There is a known bug when iMac, after waking up from sleep mode, freezes while playing video (Flash in my case). It does not respond to any key combination and mouse clicks. I can still move mouse pointer and hear iTunes playing. It does not happen if iMac has been rebooted and was not put into sleep mode after that. So when it freezes, I have to turn it off and on again with the power button. The question is, does it affect hard drive, power supply or anything else that I need to worry about?


texts: Is the command line executable "quartzfilter" gone forever in Sierra?

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I'd like to use the pdf size reduction filters I've found, but from a script. Opening Preview and doing it manually is driving me nuts. The filters work very well, but I'd rather invoke the from the terminal.

In 2010, someone wrote a post on another site about an executable located at:

/System/Library/Printers/Libraries/quartzfilter

It is no longer at that location, or at any that I can figure out (though, I don't discount that it may be hidden in a bundle). It may be renamed.

Does anyone have any idea where to find this?

I've used "find" on the command line, with sudo... still nada.


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Maybe this isn't the right place to ask this question. If not direct me. How can I keep photos on my iphone but not in icloud? Most often the question is asked in reverse. I'm not interested in icloud for the most part and would like to free up space but still have pics on my phone. Do I need 3rd party software to do this? I'm not sure why apple makes it so hard to do stuff.
Thanks!


texts: As part of "nuking it from orbit", is it safe to reinstall the OS using Recovery?

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Context: I've erased my hard drive and had OS El Capitan reinstalled via a bootable drive from a Genius Bar many times leading up to me asking this question. After going through the process of erasing + reinstalling + setting up preferences/calendars + changing passwords etc, the day after there have always been little things that were noticeable enough to arouse suspicion regarding a RAT/trojan on my Macbook (minor changes to iCal entries I definitely didn't make etc).

Recently, I tried a different route: I erased the hard drive and reinstalled the OS via Recovery using an Apple store's wifi. But even after doing this, I noticed the day after of setting up my Macbook as new again that one of my iCal entries were edited that I didn't make...

However, I read somewhere that it's best to reinstall the OS from a non-recovery partition source because if there is/was a RAT/trojan on my Macbook, said RAT/trojan could modify some files in the recovery partition without my knowledge thus leading me to unwittingly install a backdoored OS. Does this seem plausible? Should I once again try and erase/reinstall the OS from a bootable drive at a Genius Bar?


texts: Upgrading for free Apple trialware from third party distributors?

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I upgraded to Maverics, then I read than older trialware of iWork, Aperture and possible FCP and Logic Pro are being upgraded for free to their latest versions by Apple on the App Store desktop application. All trial versions with the exception of FCP were removed from the Apple's site, but third party distributors could have those older versions still available for download.

The word free add some negative connotation to the question, like if one could be trying to steal software from Apple, but if the price tag were someting diferent from FREE, I think there would not be any problem upgrading Apple software downloaded from third party software distributors.

Would there be any legal issues installing and upgrading that trialware to the full free version in that way?


texts: Simple solution to create a zip for Windows users without __MACOSX or any other "period" hidden folders

texts:
I've seen questions:

How can I create a zip archive for Windows and Linux users?
How to remove __MACOSX folder in a list of zip files (not a single zip file)?
How can I batch zip multiple folders without _macosx files?

This question is different.

I'm asking for a way to create a zip without the .DS_Store or  __MACOSX for less sophisticated Apple computer users who have to coexist with Windows users who cannot accept a zip with the .DS_Store and __MACOSX.

I've discovered these are called Mac resource forks.

Like I said, for less sophisticated Apple users, so no command line codes please.


texts: iCloud Music Library and Apple Music subscriber - mass delete all local music files from iPhone

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I enabled iCloud Music Library and subscribed to Apple Music.

I have iPhone with 16 GB and wish to delete all local music files, to free up space for other stuff. Before iCloud Music I would "not sync" my music files and then they get deleted from iPhone.

With a search engine I found how to to delete songs in Music app. Bud sadly I need to delete every artist individually. I have about 600 different artists and albums.


texts: How to acknowledge updates count on iPhone?

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When there is a new update on the iPhone, I get a number next to Settings, emails or App Store icon.

I like to see the count when something changes but when I've checked it, I would like it to disappear.  For instance, I know there is an update for iOS 5.1.  But as my iPhone is jailbreaked, I want to wait until the jailbreak is done (which can take weeks or even month).  That said, each time I login my iPhone, the first thing I see is this red circle displaying '1' to tell me "hey check here, we have something new!".

Is there a way to acknowlegde it to stop displaying it ?


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I've had tons of scaling and performance issues in scaling of 3D applications and games under Windows on my MacBook Pro 16" 2019 (MBP 16,1) due to the extremely outdated AMD drivers Apple ships with BootCamp. Searching online, the solution appears to be installing a customized version of more modern drivers from BootCampDrivers.com, a website providing improved 3D drivers for Macs running Windows. Before putting anything valuable on my Mac, I decided to give them a try and - as expected - everything was smooth and scaling issues (making any fullscreen game unplayable) were fixed. I have since wiped Windows and was planning to reinstall it fresh now.

While the drivers work amazing, I cannot find much info on the Internet about how they are getting made. How can I ensure that they do not contain malware of some sort? I doubt someone is deploying a trojan specifically made for users of high-end MacBooks running Windows who are looking for drivers that aren't several years old, but is there a way to be a bit more sure, perhaps by actually comparing the drivers with the original ones?

It appears that the custom installer of AMD graphics drivers also installs a certificate root to enable signed BootCampDrivers.com code. Does this provide any sort of security or can anyone create such a certificate to be approved by Windows?


texts: How to delete a Catalina Beta from a disk with Dual-Boot Mojave and Catalina Beta

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I have a disk with DualBoot Mojave and Catalina Beta in a single container. Catalina Beta has two volumes: 'MacOSBeta' and 'MacOSBeta - Data'.

I want to delete the Catalina Beta os. Is it as simple as deleting the Catalina Beta volumes?


texts: What's the normal operating temperature for a unibody plastic Macbook?

texts:
My Macbook seems to be running pretty hot lately.  iStat Pro is stating that my CPU temp is nearing 180 degrees F, and that the heatsink is approaching 150.  The laptop is noticeably warmer than normal on my lap even as I type this.

The usage patterns for the laptop really haven't changed all that much, except that my wife takes it to work with her now that she's started her new job as a realtor.

Thanks for any advice.


texts: How can I play video with spacial audio stored locally on device?

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How can I locally store a video file on my iPhone and play it with spacial audio support using AirPods?
I'm ok transcoding it into a format specific for this. The audio info from mediainfo for the track I'm interested in is below.
Audio #1
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AC-3
Format/Info                              : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID                                 : A_AC3
Duration                                 : 1 h 46 min
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 640 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 6 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Delay relative to video                  : -5 ms
Stream size                              : 488 MiB (7%)
Title                                    : Surround
Language                                 : English
Service kind                             : Complete Main
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No


texts: Minimum device requirements to enroll in the Apple Developer Program as an Organisation

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What are the minimum device requirements to enroll in the Apple Developer Program as organization?
We have an iPhone 6 and a MacBook Pro (mid 2012). The iPhone 6 runs iOS 12.4.9 and the MacBook Pro runs macOS Catalina 10.15.7.
We already have DUNS number and we meet all the requirements for Apple's registration as an organisation.


texts: There are 3rd party apps but I'm not interested in those.  I'm a web developer and during testing I find myself entering login credentials over and over again.  If I could quickly "play" these keystorkes it would help my sanity.  I'm assuming Automator can do this?  I've never used Automater so a complete answer for that would be appreciated.  However I would prefer something even more native if it's possible.


texts: MacBook as audio source for iPhone USB compatible speakers

texts: Is it possible to output sound from a MacBook via USB to an iPhone/iPod compatible speaker (the speaker has an USB input that only works with iPhones), maybe making the Mac output sound through USB the way the iPhone does?


texts: Background colors in Chrome and Atom are no longer uniform

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Ever since upgrading to macOS Sierra, previously solid background colors in Atom and on certain websites in Chrome are now not uniform. It almost looks like I highlighted stuff with my cursor or something.

It only happens when I plug my mac into an external monitor. If I am working on just my macbook pro screen, everything is normal. When I plug my HDMI into an external monitor, the non-uniform backgrounds start again — including on my macbook pro screen, if mirrored. The HDMI and monitor were checked with other laptops of mine, and the problem never came up. I also tried a different HDMI with the mac, and same problem.

Certain apps like Safari, do not display this problem at all. I've included a screenshot for example:


texts: Force Mac OSX to restart instead of waking up

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Whenever I put my MacBook to sleep and then let it run out of battery, it takes a very long time (5-10 minutes) to wake up and let me log in, and then it runs slowly for 15-30 minutes after that. This is slow enough that in many cases, I would rather just restart my computer and pull up the work I was doing beforehand by myself.

When I open my laptop's lid to wake it up from sleep, is there anything I can do to interrupt the wakeup process and immediately have my computer restart instead?


texts: ping and browsers do not seem to use local DNS server? (or: mDNSResponder looses local dns server?)

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(1) Stack Info

DNS Server

CentOS 5.6 64bit running dnsmasq 2.45 on IP 10.9.8.2.
Serving as DNS-Only Server using it's local /etc/hosts. /etc/resolv.conf on this machine has

Router

Draytek Vigor 2910G configured as DHCP Server and using 10.9.8.2, 8.8.8.8 as default DNS Server
(Assigning DHCP IP range served 10.9.8.*)

Network client with Problem

iMac with OS X Lion 10.7.4 with Ethernet DNS on "autoconfig", i.e. 10.9.8.2, 8.8.8.8 are shown as grey entries in DNS

All other local machines (webservers, etc) have fixed IPs 10.9.8.xx. Unix and Windows machines do not experience the problem.

(2) config files

dnsmasq machine /etc/resolv.conf

search lan
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4

dnsmasq machine /etc/hosts  (only the entry for idevsrv)

10.9.8.2        idevsrv idevsrv.lan

OS X Lion /etc/resolv.conf

nameserver 10.9.8.2
nameserver 8.8.8.8

(3) Observations

Irregularly and currently irreproducible, name resolving for local servers (named by dnsmasq) via mDNSResponder works and then works not.

Tools using mDNSResponder, like ping, browsers, subversion cannot resolve a hostname, while dig (not using mDNSResponder) works.
Using 'dscacheutil -flushcache' gets ping working again, yet I cannot predict when it will stop working again:

$ ping idevsrv
ping: cannot resolve idevsrv: Unknown host

$ dig idevsrv

; <<>> DiG 9.7.3-P3 <<>> idevsrv
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 24510
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;idevsrv.           IN  A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
idevsrv.        0   IN  A   10.9.8.2

;; Query time: 9 msec
;; SERVER: 10.9.8.2#53(10.9.8.2)
;; WHEN: Tue Jun 19 16:33:37 2012
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 41

$ dscacheutil -flushcache
$ ping idevsrv
PING idevsrv (10.9.8.2): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 10.9.8.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.310 ms

I have several servers including servers that need constant availability of hostnames (e.g. web, subversion) so constant availability is greatly appreciated by the team:)

After searching the web for hours I still did not find any useful information that goes further than flushing the dns cache which does not suffice.

(4) Question(s)

(in order of benefit:)

How could I avoid the disconnect? (but stil use my local dnsmasq dns server:)
How might I identify the reason for the disconnection?
If you have better search terms than the usual suspects, please paste your search url :)

Many thanx in advance!

Note: this question is moved from stackoverflow to this site.


texts: in Ipod touch 4 (ios version 5.0.1), Is there a way to view volume as numbers and not as a slider?

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I have a Ipod touch 4 (ios program version 5.0.1),
 Is there a way to view volume as numbers and not as a slider? I use it while I play the drums, and using the volume control as a slider is just not accurate enough( not to say not comfortable)...


texts: Laptop shuts down instead of going to sleep when lid closed

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EDIT: Updating to Catalina 10.15.6 seems to have resolved the issue, at least so far.  Only had it installed for one evening so I'm not 100% ready to say the issues are resolved

I have a Macbook Pro 16 inch with Catalina installed.  It's recently started exhibiting the following behaviour when I try to put it to sleep:

When running on battery or standalone AC it sleeps as normal when the lid is closed or when I select sleep from the menu
When connected to an OWC dock it sleeps only if the lid is open when I select sleep from the menu
When I'm connected to the dock with the lid closed the computer shuts down instead of going to sleep when I select sleep from the menu
If I put the computer to sleep when it's docked and then close the lid, it won't wake up until I open the lid

Has anyone else encountered this?  How do you fix it?


texts: Can an HFS+ formatted drive be shared with Windows

texts:
I have a Mac Mini that I'm using as a media server. I just put together an external RAID enclosure and I'd like to format it as HFS+, primarily so I can use it for Time Machine backups. 75% of everything I do is with OS X or iOS, but I do have a Windows machine, and the majority of my friends and family use Windows. I'm not real clear on how network sharing protocols work. I know in order to share a volume with Windows (without installing some additional softare on windows) I have to set it up as an SMB share rather than AFP.

Will I be able to format the drive as HFS+ and create an SMB share for my Windows machines? Does the drive format matter in this case?

(The only reason I'm not just trying it is because the external drive is already formatted with an exFat partition and already has a fair amount of data on it. In order to reformat to HFS+ I would have to first sync all that data somewhere else, reformat, then sync it back - a task I'd rather not undertake if I won't be able to get the results I need.)


texts: What phonetic language an dictionary is supported by Siri on iOS?

texts:
I want to convince Siri to properly pronounce and recognise some of my contacts.

I know that I need to tweak the 3 fields: Phonetic First Name, Phonetic Last Name and Nickname for that.

Still, I am missing some very important information:

What phonetic language does it use as it does not seem to be IPA
Where can I find the list of possible sounds and their letters


texts: How to Disable Blur in El Capitan Launchpad?

texts: Is there a way to disable launchpad blur?


texts: How to undo the partition that was done using gdisk el captain iMac 9,1

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Long story short:
This year I decided i want to try and get Windows 10 on my iMac 2009 for some gaming as it had Windows 7. I succeed upgraded to Windows 10 but it was 32 bit, not 64 that I require, so I tried to reinstall using bootcamps and have new partition, and there was a single corrupt byte that wouldn't let me partition.
It required completed new reinstall of El Captain which was pain, but worked in the end. Bootcamp still wouldn't let me install Windows 10, so I had to install it manually. I have dome a couple of configuration along the way, as it require some disk configuration and GPT.
Window 10 didn't work as well as I hoped for, it was too laggy. So I decided this iMac no longer useful apart from internet browsing or sorting photo album. So I would like to return it to one partition using El Captain only. That require undoing the configurations I have done to the disk.

This is my gdisk output:

GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.5
Warning: Devices opened with shared lock will not have their
partition table automatically reloaded!
Partition table scan:
  MBR: protective
  BSD: not present
  APM: not present
  GPT: present

Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.

and my disk currently:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *640.1 GB   disk0
   1:                  Apple_HFS                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Tararua                 439.9 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:                  Apple_HFS EFI                     199.2 GB   disk0s4
   5:         Microsoft Reserved                         16.8 MB    disk0s5

disk0s2 is the El Captain OS Xdrive. I would like to see disk0s4, disk0s5, and disk0s1 removed and its space added to disk0s2. Disk0s4 was my attempt to have it merged with Tararua using terminal but somehow it failed, it just renamed itself and changed to OS extended from exFAT.

Given how it was painful to install El Captain, I would like to avoid having to reinstall that.

Any instructions to return to one partition using terminal please, thanks


texts: How to boost microphone input volume above 100%?

texts:
My internal microphone broke, and I have an external microphone on my webcam on an external monitor that is extremely quiet even when the volume is set to 100%.
I tried using Boom, Loopback, and SoundSource, all of them can amplify output (speaker) volumes to above 100% but not microphone volumes.

Is there a way to boost the microphone's input volume above 100%?

Edit:
I'm using it for Zoom meetings, so I need a software that modifies the volume in real-time.


texts: Which version of iOS is the May 12 security paper referring to?

texts: Apple has published a paper on security controls in iOS, which specific version is this referring to?


texts: Unusual Dock Icon Appearing in OS X 10.10 Yosemite

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Lately, I've been getting this unusual "clone" of the Chrome icon appearing at the left side of my Dock. It comes out randomly. Initially, I thought it's a new feature that binds the iPad session on Chrome to the one in Mac.

The position is very odd (left side of the Finder). And whenever I click it, it merely opens a random commercial site. That's when I felt suspicious.

Is this a new feature that simply needs to be disabled, or is this a malicious program? Any idea how to remove this?


texts: Options for signing kernel extensions for loading under Yosemite without apple-issued certificate?

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Has anyone tried to use codesign to self-sign a previously-unsigned kext for personal use under Yosemite (10.10)? Self-signing is discussed in this apple technote, but not for kernel extensions specifically.

In my case, I have an unsigned kext that I'm willing to trust, but I also like the idea of the safety net only loading signed kexts provides in the general case. I'd rather specifically allow this one that I trust rather than just turn off verification wholesale with the dev mode boot option.

ALTERNATIVELY

Does anybody know where the trusted CA certificate(s) are stored for the kernel? Creating one's own CA and installing that in the kernel's cert db would be another way to accomplish the same thing. I could then sign that kext myself.


texts: MacOS Mojave: Always indexing, the whole OS is too slow

texts:
I've upgraded my MacBook Pro (15-inch 2016 model) to Mojave two weeks ago, and since then I've noticed that the overall performance of the OS has deteriorated, most of times when I open Spotlight search I see the "Indexing" progress bar showing up.

I've switched off Siri and most of the notifications but things are not getting better.

Is there anything to do to resolve this issue?


texts: What causes AppleScript error 1721 when trying to execute Python3 file?

texts:
I'm trying to make AppleScript to execute Python 3 script:

on run {input, parameters}
    tell application "Terminal"
        do shell script "/usr/local/bin/python3 /Users/UserName/Desktop/PyHello.py $@"
    end tell
    return input
end run

but I'm still getting an error 1721. I tried different types of file as well as changing Command Line command from:

/usr/local/bin/python3 /Users/UserName/Desktop/PyHello.py $@

to

/python3 /Users/UserName/Desktop/PyHello.py $@"

Both commands:

/usr/local/bin/python3 /Users/UserName/Desktop/PyHello.py $@

and

/python3 /Users/UserName/Desktop/PyHello.py $@"

Run OK, when typed directly within the Terminal.


texts: Recovering Whatsapp messages after IPhone crashed

texts:
The following happened, I would be so grateful if you helped me:

April 29: Whatsapp last backup
May 6 evening: IPhone ICloud last backup
I don’t open Whatsapp for a whole day and most of my conversations are muted
May 7: IPhone crashes, nothing to do about it
May 8: I get a new IPhone, ICloud restores everything
I have messages from my family while the old phone was crashed. I also have texts from April 30, May 1st etc. so after the Whatsapp last backup
I have no texts between May 6 evening and May 7. So between the IPhone last backup and the crash. There is just one person who could have written me, but they were muted and I never opened. Is it possible that I lost/missed their (possible) message?


texts: I can not get my iPad mini to turn on. I have tried to press the home and power button simultaneously but that doesn't work and when it is attached to the charger I hear the charge ding sound. What went wrong. It worked the night before and I did turn it off like I do every evening.


texts: How to download Microsoft office 2016 or some equivalent?

texts:
I am rookie with mac.
I need to open Excel, Word and maybe I forgot about something else, but this two I really need.

After I look throw internet as far as I understood the most useable for this case it is Microsoft office. I found some video tutorials how to download it for free, but links that were provided by that tutorials now are disabled.

Could you please give me advice should I buy Microsoft office or maybe there are some other app?

Thanks in advance!


texts:
When submiting a app fro review I got the following message:

  Missing Push Notification Entitlement - Your app appears to include
  API used to register with the Apple Push Notification service, but the
  app signature's entitlements do not include the "aps-environment"
  entitlement. If your app uses the Apple Push Notification service,
  make sure your App ID is enabled for Push Notification in the
  Provisioning Portal, and resubmit after signing your app with a
  Distribution provisioning profile that includes the "aps-environment"
  entitlement. See "Provisioning and Development" in the Local and Push
  Notification Programming Guide for more information. If your app does
  not use the Apple Push Notification service, no action is required.
  You may remove the API from future submissions to stop this warning.
  If you use a third-party framework, you may need to contact the
  developer for information on removing the API.

But I couldn't find how to remove the Push Notification service in the link that was supplied.

How do I remove Push Notification service from my app?


texts: Set Chrome to open PDF rather than download them

texts:
I'm a student and I'm constantly hoping up PDFs for homework. I often end up downloading multiple files after clicking on a link each time I start working. Is there any way to set Chrome to only open PDFs and not download them?

THanks


texts: What exactly happened with Apple throttling iPhones?

texts:
I'm doing a business report on Apple Inc. and I'm on the legal issues section and I have to list and describe a few recent (last ~5-10 yrs) issues/lawsuits that the company faced. So far a major one appears to be them throttling old iPhones, and from what I've searched it seems that this was caused by an iOS update of some sort that slowed phones, preventing them from abruptly shutting off. So people thought their phones were defunct and bought new ones, while they didn't know they simply could've replaced the battery. Thus, lawsuits were filed. Am I right on this?
Any correction/clarification would be appreciated. Providing any other major lawsuits/cases against Apple would also be appreciated. Thanks!


texts: How do I transfer saved data to a new iPhone?

texts:
I want to upgrade to a new iPhone but have apps that store data, such as inventory, car maintenance data, etc…  I don't want to lose this information when I upgrade.

How do I transfer this saved data when I set up my new iPhone?


texts: When using an second monitor, is it possible to move the cursor off both sides of the screen?

texts: For example, I have a MBP connected to an external monitor. I use both screens but hate the fact that I have to go all the way to the left side of the external monitor (which is huge) in order to go back to my primary screen. Say that I'm on my primary screen and I move my cursor off the left side of the screen, I'd like my cursor to appear on the right side of my external monitor. Also, if I moved my mouse off the right side of my primary screen I'd like my cursor to appear on the left side of my external screen. I'm sure that functionality isn't built into OSX, but are there third party products that do this?


texts: Apple RAM for MacBook Pro vs other brands

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Apple-Certified RAM?

Apple RAM for the unibody MacBook Pro's typically has a large markup to it. I am wondering if it's different than Crucial or other brands in quality..


texts: Is it bad when my iMac is constantly on?

texts:
Is it bad if I never shutdown my computer?

I am asking solely terms of hardware so let's assume my software is stable and I reboot regularly to clean up software errors.

If running constantly is harmful, what can happen? (If not, why?)

The computer in question is an iMac (Mid 2011 - 27 inch) with a 3.4 GHz i7 processor.


texts: How can I completely erase a "read only" USB drive?

texts:
I have a USB drive that appears to be stuck as a "read-only" device.

I have tried to format it as MS-DOS (FAT) Master Boot Record using Disk Utility, but I get the following

I also have followed all of the instructions indicated in this thread to zero out the first sectors on the drive but I get the "Permission denied" error no matter what I do.

Update: I also have followed the instructions in this thread to first force unmount the drive but still get "Permission denied".

Finally, when I check for permissions, I can see that I have no "writing" permissions whatsoever on the drive:

This may explain why I cannot format it. How can I solve this? Is there something that I am missing?

Note: I have recently successfully formatted several other usb-drives using disk utility alone so I believe that the usb ports on this computer are working properly.


texts: iPhone Facebook integration overrides local contact names

texts:
IOS 6 on iPhone 4.

I enabled Facebook integration and it correctly associated many contacts in the address book with Facebook friends. There were some errors (a contact got linked to a person I don't know which not only is not on my friend list, but with which I never even exchanged a single message), but I corrected them manually.

Now, sometimes a person will not use his/her real name on Facebook, or maybe will put a nickname as middle name. Or maybe I decided to label the contact in some different way than the person's real name. Anyway, the point is: sometimes, address book names and Facebook names differs. In all these cases, when the iPhone linked a contact with a Facebook friend, or when I manually linked them, it always displayed the names from Facebook instead of the ones I had been using in the address book. I corrected this, too.

But, here's the problem: when I make such a correction, looks like it works... but then, after a while (even 1-2 days), it reverts back to using the Facebook names instead of the ones I put in.

Is there any way to permanently tell the iPhone "I want this contact to be called such-and-such and please don't mess with it"?


texts:
After having successfully compiled bash and sh for OS X Mavericks our OS X Server's System Log is flooded every 2 or 3 seconds with:

... kernel[0]: CODESIGNING: rejected new signature for architecture 16777223 of file /bin/sh
... kernel[0]: proc 59029: load code signature error 4 for file "sh"

There are no complaints about bash, only sh.

What is going on and what can I do to fix it?


texts: OS X Yosemite resolution "jump" when logging in

texts:
When I start my MacBook Pro Retina, the resolution is the non-scaled option. But on my user account, I have selected the 1680x1050 scaled option. This means that when i login the resolution "jumps/flashes" from non scaled to scaled.

Is there a way to make the login screen the same resolution or is there another solution?


texts: It's May. How do I send a calendar invite for August?

texts: The iPad calendar app only sends alerts two weeks ahead of time. I want to send an invite now for an event in August.


texts: What is the exclamation mark in the bottom right corner for in Photos for iOS?

texts: When looking at a photo in Apple's Photos.app I noticed a white  exclamation mark in the bottom right corner of a photo. What does that indicate?


texts: Moving cursor with trackpad is not working. How to fix it?

texts:
Today morning after starting my computer, I noticed very weird behavior with my trackpad cursor is on the top corner and I can't move it at all however click is working, bottom click is working. Here are some things I have already tried:

Reset the settings related to the trackpad.
Reset SMC.
Reset NVRAM/PRAM.
In the end, I reinstalled the OS as well.
Ran hardware diagnostic(with long press on D while starting up) and it showed no problems at all.

One issue I found after reinstalling the MacOS was that in the ~/Library/Preferences any plist file related to Trackpad was missing. I was expecting com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad.plist, which is not there.
This computer is 2017 version of Macbook Air.
Any help on this would be very much appreciated. Thank you very much for your time!


texts: Disable MacBook Pro discrete GPU for specific apps

texts:
Is there a way to prevent certain apps from switching the active GPU to the discrete graphics card?

I tried looking in System Preferences but there's only a setting to use the discrete GPU all the time.
MacBook Pro: How to disable discrete GPU permanently from EFI? I read this question and its answers, but it's about disabling the discrete GPU permanently and not per app.
I want GarageBand to stop using the discrete GPU on my MacBook Pro, to save battery life and reduce fan noise.


texts: 'mdls' does not display all metadata for hidden files

texts:
The short man page of 'mdls' gives every indication that it should list all metadata by default. For some reason, I'm only getting a small portion:

vima@artemis[~]: mdls .bash_history
kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2018-02-04 18:56:51 +0000
kMDItemFSCreationDate      = 2018-01-04 17:41:32 +0000
kMDItemFSCreatorCode       = ""
kMDItemFSFinderFlags       = 0
kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon     = 0
kMDItemFSInvisible         = 1
kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 0
kMDItemFSIsStationery      = 0
kMDItemFSLabel             = 0
kMDItemFSName              = ".bash_history"
kMDItemFSNodeCount         = 7376
kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID      = 20
kMDItemFSOwnerUserID       = 502
kMDItemFSSize              = 7376
kMDItemFSTypeCode          = ""

The missing metadata is still there, because I can call for it:

vima@artemis[~]: mdls -name kMDItemContentType .bash_history

kMDItemContentType = "public.data"

Any ideas why I'm not getting everything at once?

Thanks


texts: On an iPhone 6 Plus the calendar app will not allow me to add calendars nor edit calendars.  The "+" sign is grayed out!  What can be done?


texts: MacBook Pro won't put external display to sleep when idle

texts:
I have a Mid-2015 MacBook Pro running High Sierra. I mostly use it as a desktop, in clamshell mode with an external monitor and keyboard.

I just replaced the 24-inch LG monitor that was connected using a Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter with a 32-inch Acer EB321HQ-U connected using DisplayPort.

I have Energy Saver set to put the display to sleep after 5 minutes. But this is being ignored, and it's showing the screen saver instead, even though this time is set higher. I have the screen saver set to black, but the backlight is still on so there's a dim glow from the monitor.

This wasn't a problem with my previous monitor. Is there anything that can be done about it?

It is possible for the Mac to sleep the monitor. If I press Ctl-Shift-Power, the display clears, it cycles through the various inputs, then displays "No Signal" and goes black. It just doesn't do this automatically when idle.

UPDATE:

coreaudiod seems to be preventing display sleep.

imac:barmar $ pmset -g
System-wide power settings:
Currently in use:
 standbydelay         10800
 standby              1
 womp                 0
 halfdim              1
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 powernap             0
 gpuswitch            2
 networkoversleep     0
 disksleep            0
 sleep                0 (sleep prevented by coreaudiod)
 autopoweroffdelay    28800
 hibernatemode        3
 autopoweroff         1
 ttyskeepawake        1
 displaysleep         5 (display sleep prevented by coreaudiod)
 tcpkeepalive         1
 acwake               0
 lidwake              1
imac:barmar $ pmset -g assertions
2019-04-04 19:54:56 -0400
Assertion status system-wide:
   BackgroundTask                 0
   ApplePushServiceTask           0
   UserIsActive                   1
   PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep    1
   PreventSystemSleep             0
   ExternalMedia                  1
   InternalPreventDisplaySleep    1
   PreventUserIdleSystemSleep     1
   NetworkClientActive            0
Listed by owning process:
   pid 159(coreaudiod): [0x0001387d00018bb1] 00:00:00 PreventUserIdleSystemSleep named: "com.apple.audio.AppleHDAEngineOutputDP:3,0,1,0:0:{7204-0507-01010101}.context.preventuseridlesleep"
    Created for PID: 298.
   pid 159(coreaudiod): [0x0001387d00058bb2] 00:00:00 PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep named: "com.apple.audio.AppleHDAEngineOutputDP:3,0,1,0:0:{7204-0507-01010101}.context.preventuseridledisplaysleep"
    Created for PID: 298.
   pid 75(powerd): [0x0000001000088000] 22:12:57 ExternalMedia named: "com.apple.powermanagement.externalmediamounted"
   pid 75(powerd): [0x0000bb3c00108108] 00:00:00 InternalPreventDisplaySleep named: "com.apple.powermanagement.delayDisplayOff"
    Timeout will fire in 300 secs Action=TimeoutActionTurnOff
   pid 119(hidd): [0x0001338b000991a6] 00:00:00 UserIsActive named: "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle.4294968308.3"
    Timeout will fire in 300 secs Action=TimeoutActionRelease
Kernel Assertions: 0x2c=USB,BT-HID,THNDR
   id=500  level=255 0x20=THNDR mod=4/4/19, 12:53 AM description=NHI0 owner=AppleThunderboltHAL
   id=502  level=255 0x4=USB mod=12/31/69, 7:00 PM description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.14100000 owner=IOUSBHostDevice
   id=504  level=255 0x4=USB mod=12/31/69, 7:00 PM description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.14120000 owner=Back-UPS NS 700MC FW:907.W1 .D USB FW:W1
   id=505  level=255 0x4=USB mod=12/31/69, 7:00 PM description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.14140000 owner=USB Receiver
   id=506  level=255 0x8=BT-HID mod=12/31/69, 7:00 PM description=com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver owner=BNBMouseDevice
Idle sleep preventers: IODisplayWrangler

Now I just need to figure out why it's doing this.

I suspect it's because the monitor is also used for audio now. Sleeping an external monitor display is apparently done by dropping the entire signal to the monitor, so display sleep also kills audio (I just confirmed this by pressing Ctl-Shift-Power while playing something on iTunes). Although changing the default output device to Internal Speakers doesn't change the displaysleep setting.


texts:
I'm a big fan of the ANSI keyboard layout, but since I'm located in Denmark, the layout is missing the three letters 'Æ', 'Ø' and 'Å'.

I want to create three keyboard shortcuts that triggers a paste of one of these three letters into whatever text writing in.

From my research, it has to be a paste event that triggers the writing of one of the letters. Since the OS has registered an ANSI layout, it can't type 'Æ', 'Ø' and 'Å'.

I've made it 'sorta' work with Keyboard Maestro, but my trial has ended, and I've made AppleScripts in Automator, that rarely triggers. (Some issue Accessibility).

I've looked around a lot, and can't seem to find a solid and free/cheap solution. Can somebody help me out?

Thanks in advance!

Edit

The AppleScript I've tried to use with Automator.

on run {input, parameters)
    tell application "System Events"
        keystroke "Æ"
    end tell
end run

This requires me to enable it under System Preferences > Keyboard > Services and afterwards enable an application where it want to use it
 at System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Accessibility

After that's done, the script is really slow, and will often not register a tricker.

My keyboard:


texts: I have been trying to send an email with a picture attached from the Photo app on my iPhone 3GS, but every time I hit the option button for the photo the app crashes. Its been frustrating. Does anyone know what is the problem?


texts: Name of a part inside 2012 MBP 15", below RAM slots, little pins to keep bottom cover from hitting electronics

texts:
I am trying to figure out the name of a tiny black doohicky part inside my 2012 15" Macbook Pro (unibody, non-retina). It's right below the RAM slots, between the RAM and the battery when you open up the laptop. I have circled the part in this picture from the iFixit teardown of said laptop.

There are two springy pins coming out of the part. I think it is intended to keep the bottom cover from hitting the electronics when it is closed. In my laptop one of the pins is not springy anymore, so I want to try and replace it. I have no idea what the part would be called or what search term I would use though. I was hoping someone might have an idea.


texts: What process is in charge of the background image on Mac OS?

texts:
I have a problem that occurs seemingly randomly on my Macbook Pro, 13" 2010, running 10.7.  The background on the secondary screen (which is actually the laptop screen itself, the primary screen is a Cinema Display) will go gray.  I can still use the screen, it shows everything but the background image.  I can even drag desktop icons to that screen.  Changing the wallpaper does nothing.

Most of the users in this discussion seem to be having a similar issue.

I tried "killAll Finder" to see if I could get it to reset itself (it will fix itself after reboot).  Apparently, that process is not in charge of the background image, because the background stays while the desktop itself (file icons on the desktop) disappears while Finder is restarting.

So, is there a process I can try restarting that will reset the wallpaper state?


texts: Can't Add Any Card To Apple Wallet (iPhone 6s Plus)

texts:
I am unable to add any card to Apple Wallet for use with Apple Pay. When I select "Add Credit or Debit Card", a progress indicator spins for a second or two, and then the following error appears, without ever presenting the camera:

  "Could Not Add Card — Try again later or contact your card issuer for
  more information"

——

Of course, contacting the card issuer would be pointless, because the camera never had a chance to read the card I'm trying to add.

I followed all of the instructions at this Apple support article to no avail:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205630

I also tried turning Passcode Off, restarting the phone, and then reestablishing a new passcode when prompted by the Wallet app.

After that didn't work, I did a complete reset of all data and content on the iPhone, with still no luck. I can't think of anything else to try.


texts: Control iMac using Macbook Air keyboard and mouse?

texts:
I want to use my laptop keyboard and mouse as the input for both the Air and the iMac. I have tried apps that let me use the same input devices across different computers via wifi, but found them laggy.

Can I use ethernet to do this instead?

Or do I need to basically just use my iMac as a dumb monitor (with a thunderbolt cable I assume?). My iMac is really a great fast computer and didn't want to lose it and make the Air do all the heavy lifting if I can avoid it, I just prefer to have the second screen in front of me (ie laptop below and in front of iMac) and use the comfortable keyboard/trackpad setup of a laptop...


texts: How many partitions should I make and what formatting schemes should be used on those partitions?

texts:
I am thinking of buying a 2 TB WD My Passport Ultra External Hard drive and I'll be using it with both OS X and Windows. I am planning to use this drive for my Time Machine data backup after creating additional partitions in the external HD. I will also be storing a large number of files of Music, Videos, VMs(>4GB) and software setups.

I know the limitations of Fat32 that it can't be used to copy files that are greater than 4 GB and of exFAT that it is prone to data corruption and chkdsk errors. I am confused on how many partitions should I make and what should be the formatting scheme on each partition? Also I want to know how much space should I leave on external HD for Time Machine Backup? I'll be backing up data only after a month or two, and my MacBook Pro has 256 GB SSD out of which around 220 GB is in use.


texts: Make apps stop showing as mounted partitions

texts:
I am new to OS X and have been using it for 5 days.

Whenever I launch an application, it shows up as a mounted drive in finder and on the desktop. This looks useless and annoying. Is there a way to prevent apps from showing up as mounted drives?


texts:
Scenario

I need pf on a Mac to do this: redirecting any connections to localhost:8080 to a public domain.

--> localhost:8080 --> public domain

Example

The public domain is hosting a nginx server. On my laptop, if I use curl -H'Host: public.com' localhost:8080 then:

The server behind that public domain must receive a connection with correct Host header - public.com not localhost
curl returns nginx default page


texts: After restore, Photos is uploading items

texts:
Last week I backed up my phone on my local iTunes. I switched to "Optimise iPhone Storage" for Photos to keep the size of the backup small.

After I restored the phone, Photos says "Uploading 30,000 Items". There are no local photos, so I wonder what is uploaded and if this is messing up my iCloud Photo Library?


texts: APFS Volume on ext. Disk not mountable - space manager is invalid

texts:
I was using a APFS external USB Disk on a PC using a commercial driver. Suddenly it stopped being accessible..
Now I can´t mount the Volume inside the APFS container anymore, on PC but also not on a Mac! If I try diskutils - please see the log:
123$ diskutil verifyvolume disk4s1
Started file system verification on disk4s1 DISK-XYZ
Verifying file system
Volume is already unmounted
Performing fsck_apfs -n -x /dev/rdisk4s1
Checking the container superblock
Checking the space manager
error: (oid 0x400) sm: invalid o_cksum (0x74dfcb428a5691c4)
error: verification/reading of the spaceman object failed: Illegal byte sequence
Space manager is invalid
The volume /dev/rdisk4s1 could not be verified completely
File system check exit code is 8
Restoring the original state found as unmounted
Error: -69845: File system verify or repair failed
Underlying error: 8

Any idea how to fix it? As there is important stuff on the drive I currently draw an image to be held safely while testing on the drive. Or should I try the other way round?
How do you evaluate chances to fix it with fsck? Do you know of any other handy tools? Disk Warrior does not handle APFS unfortunately..
ah- btw - mounting read only does not work unfortunately.
123$ diskutil mount readOnly /dev/disk4s1
Volume on disk4s1 failed to mount; it appears to be an APFS Volume which might be locked
Try "diskutil apfs unlockVolume"

Thanks and best,
DHVD


texts: Some of my software will be loaded at login, but I don't want it to be loaded as-it-was when I closed it. How can I disable this feature?


texts: Loose light up apple logo on unibody macbook case

texts: The light-up Apple logo inset into on the back of my 13" Unibody MacBook (this thing) has come loose and is recessed into the lid. Is there a way to get inside the lid to reattach that piece? Thanks for any help!


texts: Can you use 802.11u networks to trigger isExpensive mode in iOS13?

texts:
Could someone tell me if they have been able to get an iPhone to go into the isExpensive mode when its connected to an 802.11u network?  My goal is to have a network that when a iOS13+ device connects to it the iPhone goes into a mode where background iCloud traffic is restricted.
I've connected to another iPhone in Personal Hotspot mode network and observed that both isExpensive and isConstrained are set to True and Low Data Mode is ON but the end user can still override this. I would like to find a way to get this to work for an 802.11u network where the user could not override it.


texts: How can I add a property to the window object in Chrome using Applescript?

texts:
In Chrome's JavaScript Console, I can type the following:

window.myVar = "myValue";

I can then access myVar from the window context, where it returns "myValue". Excellent.

However, if I do the following in Applescript:

tell application "Google Chrome"
    execute front window's active tab javascript "window.myVar = 'myValue';"
end tell

This execute statement appears to run when the script is called. No errors are thrown, and the Chrome window exists. But when I try to reference myVar from the window context, only undefined is ever returned. For testing purposes, I added in an alert statement after that declaration - the alert WILL fire, but myVar remains unset.

Now, in Safari, using do JavaScript with this same code works as if I'd typed the code directly into the console - myVar returns a value.

Why doesn't Chrome fire these statements when called by Applescript when it can be done manually?
(Chrome 51.0.2704.84, OS X 10.11.5)


texts: On MacOS, how do you delete history without deleting cookies and cache?

texts: I can't seem to find the option to do so. Also, I'm on Big Sur if that's relevant.


texts: Can't Import iMovie to Final Cut Pro X on Mavericks

texts:
In FCP I went to file>Import>Import iMovie Project.  However, I've searched everywhere and I can't find my iMovie project to import.  Some people suggested looking in the movies folder.  Below is a screenshot of my movies folder.

I'm using Final Cut Pro X version 10.0.8 and iMovie 10.0.4.  My OS is 10.9.4


texts: Chrome's location setting constantly disabled

texts:
Whenever I open Google Chrome (including Chromium and Canary) on my Mac the location is set to off. So I must go to Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Location Services and set Canary's location setting on.
However, I'm not sure why Chrome's location setting is set to off whenever I quit the app. How can I make the location setting permanent?
I lock the key icon on the privacy setting once I checked on the Chrome's location setting but it didn't work... I use macOS 11.0.1 (updated to 11.2 now) and found this is true on multiple macs.

UPDATE
I found out that this problem happens on all Chrome variants. Also, this even happened while I'm running the app.


texts: How would I troubleshoot generic icons for apps showing in a third party app?

texts:
I use LaunchBar and it sometimes loses the custom icon. I have asked the vendor for support and will answer should I get an answer, but I wondered if I could find a cause or fix for missing icon previews on the OS level.

What's super odd is that Finder and the macOS app switcher show the correct icons - just LaunchBar 6 Version 6.9.4 seems to be dropping the icons. I'm seeing this on 10.12.6 and 10.13.x and the issue persists after a reboot.

Is there an icon services API or subsystem that could need rebuilding or is this just a third party issue where the tool needs a fix or reset?


texts: Apps using the camera API crash after taking a picture on an iPhone 4S running iOS 7

texts: Ever since I updated to iOS 7 in June, I have been having issues using the camera on my phone in apps other than the default Camera app. Regardless of settings, using my camera in any non-Apple app (such as Instagram or Tumblr) will result in that particular app crashing immediately. I have tried everything to remedy the issue short of a full restore on my phone. I'm convinced it's some sort of low memory or high CPU utilization issue, since iOS 7 seems to be much more taxing on my phone's resources than iOS 6 was. Is there some way to fix this issue without simply buying a newer, faster iPhone?


texts: Is it unsafe to put router into "DHCP and NAT" mode?

texts:
When I was trying to get my Raspberry Pi online, in airport utility I put my router in DHCP and NAT mode and entered ports (80). Did I open up these ports to the internet? Would this be unsafe to do?

If I did not open up these ports to the internet, how can I open them up?
(just to know what I should not do).


texts: Applescript Replace sub-procedure doesn't work with '@'

texts:
I'm trying to substitute an email address for a symbolic character in a block of text.

The text block:

Dear %%FirstName%%-
...
This message was sent to %%EmailAddress%%.

The script:

...
set theBody to my replace(theBody, "%%FirstName%%", "First")
set theBody to my replace(theBody, "%%EmailAddress%%", "first.last@company.com")
...

Replace sub-procedure (AppleScript: Essential Sub-Routines):

on replace(this_text, search_string, replacement_string)

    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the search_string
    set the item_list to every text item of this_text
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the replacement_string
    set this_text to the item_list as string
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
    return this_text

end replace

The result:

Dear First-
...
This message was sent to .

If I change the script to:

...
set theBody to my replace(theBody, "%%FirstName%%", "First")
set theBody to my replace(theBody, "%%EmailAddress%%", "first.lastATcompany.com")

The result:

Dear First-
...
This message was sent to first.lastATcompany.com.

What is wrong with the replace sub-procedure?

** edit **

I'm collecting a distinct list email addresses from an Outlook Contact:

...
set theAddresses to email addresses of theContact
set addressList to {}
repeat with theAddress in the theAddresses
  if addressList does not contain (address of theAddress) then
    set addressList to addressList & (address of theAddress)
  end if
end repeat
...

Then using the list:

...
repeat with theAddress in addressList
  ...
  make new recipient at newMessage with properties {email address:{name:displayName of theContact, address:theAddress}}
  ...
end repeat
...


texts: Create symbolic links for multiple books collected from command `find`

texts:
I'd like to create symbolic links for multiple books searched from running find command.

Firstly, I collect all the JS books

find ~ -type f -iregex  '.*javascript.*\.pdf' > js_books.md 2>/dev/null

It returns 35 books

../Coding/Books/HTML_Collections/Freeman E.T., Robson E. - Head First HTML5. Programming Building Web Apps with JavaScript - 2011.pdf
../Coding/Books/HTML_Collections/Learning Web Design - A Beginner's Guide to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Web Graphics - Jennifer Niederst Robbins - 4th Edition - August 2012.pdf
..

Additionally to copy them to directory js_books

mkdir js_books
find ~ -type f -iregex  '.*javascript.*\.pdf' -print0 -exec cp '{}' js_books

It works, however, multiple copies consume lots of disk space.
So I delete the books and try to make symbolic link within.

find ~ -type f -iregex  '.*javascript.*\.pdf' -print0 -exec ln -s '{}' js_books/'{}' \;

It returns nothing in dir js_books.

How to work out such a problem?


texts: Mac Pro custom graphic black screen during boot

texts:
My 1st gen Mac Pro with a custom graphics card (ATI Radeon) does not show any boot prompt. Actually it doesn't show anything until Aqua comes up. I need boot prompts and pre-GUI screens for multiple OSs.

Also when I hit alt  during startup screen stays black.

Verbose Boot is on.

Is there any way to put that thing in always-on mode?


texts:
I'am have a Mac Mini with 2.5GHz Intel Core i5. I'am a iOS developer, while doing development my mac mini becomes very slow and hand.

How can I speed up my mac mini.

Thanks in advance


texts: Activating Show Desktop in Mission Control with a mouse button does not work

texts:
When I attempt to set the Show Desktop hotkey inside of Mission Control to a mouse button it never seems to work. My preferred mouse button would be mouse button 4 (which is a little thumb button on the side of my mouse).

This used to work brilliantly but at some point it stopped. I believe this whole thing started with Leopard, so i've been seeing this behavior for quite some time.

I can set any other Mission Control shortcut to Mouse Button 4 and it works great. The Show Desktop shortcut does not work with any mouse button. The keyboard shortcuts work for everything though.

I'm not the only person to have seen this issue either. Here are some other people who experience my problem or a suspiciously similar problem.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1369627

'Show Desktop' Mission Control/Expose Not Functioning

https://superuser.com/questions/320208/show-desktop-mission-control-expose-not-functioning-osx-10-7-lion

Someone suggested removing the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist file which did not work for me.

I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) and a Logitech G9 mouse. I would love some insight on how to fix this issue.


texts: Can't upgrade to Catalina - only Catalina Beta is available

texts:
Stupidly self-inflicted issue here.

For whatever reason, my initial upgrade to Catalina didn't go well. It could not be verified first time around. Restarted. Update not found. Restarted again and retried a number of times but still no luck.

Stupidly followed these instructions as I was getting desperate and thought they might apply to the standard Catalina installation. They did not (I should have noticed 'beta' in the URL.)

This had the effect of macOS Catalina no longer being available through Software Update. Only macOS Catalina Beta:

I ran sudo softwareupdate --clear-catalog as instructed here, which removed macOS Catalina Beta, but now I'm apparently all up-to-date on Mojave.

Even attempting to download the Catalina installer through the App Store gives me this error message through Software Update:

Is there any solution here? I'm getting the feeling my only solution here is an OS reinstall.

Thanks!


texts:
The output of groups after sudo bash lists the following groups:

wheel daemon kmem sys tty operator procview procmod everyone staff certusers localaccounts admin com.apple.sharepoint.group.2 _appstore _lpadmin _lpoperator _developer com.apple.access_screensharing com.apple.access_ssh com.apple.sharepoint.group.1

What is the wheel user group for and why is it called wheel?


texts: How can I stop or pause spoken text playback with Siri?

texts:
While listening to a book or article using the Speak Screen function, there is no handsfree way to make it stop. If you take out the AirPods, Siri keeps reading the content out loud from the phone.
Is there anything I can tell Siri to cease the spoken playback so that I am not required to dig my phone out of my pocket in order to listen to the outside world?
I've tried telling Siri things like "stop reading" and even "shut up", but right after Siri stops listening, the spoken text continues and can be distracting/disruptive when listening to the outside world matters.
My best "solution" so far is just pressing the volume button down all the way, but of course I will lose my spot in the book.


texts: Have two time capsules and use the one only as HDD and the other as router

texts:
I have two Time Capsules and I want to use both simultaneously. One as a router and the other as a HDD only.

How can I do that?


texts: on MacOS BigSur while adding iso file to Ubuntu VM in the virtualbox seeing error VM session was aborted. Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)

texts:
My System information:
Macbook Pro macOS Big Sur
VirtualBox-6.1.22 version
What I'm trying to do ?
Trying to run Ubuntu 20.04 VM on top of VirtualBox-6.1.22 and while adding the Iso Image facing this issue VM session was aborted. Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), attaching a screenshot for the same
Tried the following so far but not helpful
Checked SIP status and it is enabled
(base) C02W82S8HV2R:~ jillasaikrishna$ csrutil status
System Integrity Protection status: enabled.
(base) C02W82S8HV2R:~ jillasaikrishna$
Opened Terminal in Recovery and ran the following commands:
csrutil clear,
reboot
Then
Uninstalled and reinstalled VirtualBox.
went to System Preferences - Privacy - Allowed Oracle extension.
None of them helped, followed all the above steps as suggested here https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=98763&start=75#p488555  but I still stuck


texts:
I have an issue where Apache will not start on a restart.  I have tried commands like

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist

to allow Apache to start, but it hangs up and I am unable to reach the site.  I get the message

(48)address already in use ah00072  Unable to open logs.

which tells me that port 80 is in use.  When I look at the active processes listening to port 80 I find that it is apache (httpd) is the only process running on 80.  So I run

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist

to remove apache from the 'automatically' launching at startup, and I am able to run apachectl start without an issue.

The mac is running 10.12.5 Sierra.


texts: Is there a way to stop my MacBook Pro from shutting off completely whenever I hit the power button?

texts:
I have a mid-2014 13-inch MacBook Pro running Catalina. I have accidentally hit my power button three times in the last three days while trying to hit the backspace key. Whenever I do this, even for a moment, it puts my computer into a state of being technically on but essentially unusable without fully turning it off and on (i.e. I can't use any other keys or the track pad to restore it to full function), which is a hassle and not infrequently leads to lost work.

Is there a way to make it open a dialog box or limit it to only turning off when I hold it down for several seconds or something like that? If not, is there a way of switching the functions of my backspace and right shift keys to make things like this less frequent?


texts: What is this qemu-system-aarch64 process and why is it using almost 3 GB of RAM on my M1 Mac

texts: I am on my M1 Mac mini(Big Sur 11.3.1) and got a message that I am running out of RAM and should close some apps. I saw this process called qemu-system-aarch64 that takes up to 3GB of RAM. I don't know what it does and cannot stop it either. What is it and why does it eat up so much RAM?


texts: Need help with bash script to delete El Capitan Installer

texts:
I've been given the below plist which points to a bash script.

The script is supposed to delete the installer (El capitan.app) after it has been downloaded to prevent people from upgrading to it.

It is not working and I am not sure what needs changing/tweaking, if anything, to the script. It fails to delete the downloaded installer.

I have placed the script in the location /usr/local/bin, filename blockelcapitan.sh and can also confirm that the launch dameon (stored in /Library/LaunchDaemons) is loaded as confirmed by using the command:

sudo launchctl list | grep net.

which shows a result of:

-    78 net.ORG.blockelcapitan

I need help with the script, I have no idea if it is correct or what needs adding/removing/changing.

#!/bin/bash
Version=$(sw_vers | grep ProductVersion | tail -c 7 | cut -d . -f 2)
if [[ $Version -ge 11 ]]
then
    sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/net.ORG.blockelcapitan.plist
    sudo rm -rf /Library/LaunchDaemons/net.ORG.blockelcapitan.plist
    sudo rm -rf /var/ORG/ElCapitan/
    sudo rm -rf /var/db/receipts/net.ORG.pkg.BlockElCapitanLaunchDaemon.bom
    sudo rm -rf /var/db/receipts/net.ORG.pkg.BlockElCapitanLaunchDaemon.plist
    exit 0
fi
rm -rf /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app/
osascript -e 'display dialog "OS X El Capitan is not allowed on ORG computers at this time." with title "ORG Technology Notice" buttons {"OK"}     default button "OK" giving up after 30'

Post-flight for installer PKG (you’ll want to use something like Packages     for Mac to build a deployable .pkg):

#!/bin/bash

launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/net.ORG.blockelcapitan.plist

Version=$(sw_vers | grep ProductVersion | tail -c 7 | cut -d . -f 2)

if [[ $Version -ge 11 ]]
then
    sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/net.ORG.blockelcapitan.plist
    sudo rm -rf /Library/LaunchDaemons/net.ORG.blockelcapitan.plist
    sudo rm -rf /var/ORG/ElCapitan/
    sudo rm -rf /var/db/receipts/net.ORG.pkg.BlockElCapitanLaunchDaemon.bom
    sudo rm -rf /var/db/receipts/net.ORG.pkg.BlockElCapitanLaunchDaemon.plist
    exit 0
fi

Here is the actual launchdaemon itself:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com    /DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>net.ORG.blockelcapitan</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
    <string>/usr/local/bin/blockelcapitan.sh</string>
</array>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<dict>
    <key>PathState</key>
    <dict>
        <key>/Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app/</key>
        <true/>
    </dict>
</dict>
<key>OnDemand</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>


texts: Can I add my own commands/scripts to the mail.app toolbar?

texts: Is there a way (or an add-on) that lets me customize the Mail.app toolbar beyond "View -> Customize Toolbar"? At a minimum, I want to add buttons that do "Move to <somefolder>".


texts: Archiving Apple Mail to an External Drive

texts:
Thanks for reading - I'm not necessarily attached to using the "archive" function in Apple Mail: the important thing for me is to keep ancient emails on an external drive, so that if I want to read them back I may do so, but not take up lots of space on my main HD.

The archive function seems to compress them, but keep them "locally."

I don't want to do anything involving codes & commands: I just want to store my stuff externally, and retrievably.


texts: Macbook Pro Mid-2012 Retina Screen Flicker

texts: Basically as it says in the title, whenever I use my computer the screen flickers and it's unusable. This isn't just when I log into one account, this is on startup, login, while using the computer, and in the windows partition. Here is a video. I have tried a PRAM reset and a normal reboot but both are not working.


texts: Click on a button (that is not a button ?) with Applescript or Javascript

texts:
Okay, relative newbie here, but I have searched all the answers and tried most of the suggestions and cannot find a way to automate using Applescript or Javascript within Applescript to click a button on a specific website. I can't provide the website because it is part of a protected medical record software, but as far as I can tell the button is encoded as follows:

Add new documents for this patient

            Add Files
            <input type="file" name="files[]" multiple="">

I have tried most of the Javascript (and Applescript) solutions. I have even tried the Fake app which seems to work for every other button except this one. I have searched in vain for a button id and the above code seems to be all that refers to the button. The function of the button is to bring up a Chooser window import image files.

Using tab to get to the button doesn't work because the number of tabs varies with individual patients (dynamic website ?).

I apologize in advance if this is trivial, but it is literally the last step in a long series of steps that would save me a lot of time. I figured out everything else mainly with the help on this board.

Thanks to all of you.


texts: messages disappear after clicking in smart mailbox for unread messages

texts:
I have used the Apple Mail app for years, with a smart mailbox showing unread messages. It has worked just fine.
Over the past few weeks I have had episodes where, as soon as I click on a messages and the "unread message" button disappears, the messages completely disappears from the smart mailbox. Of course, this is one way to implement the smart mailbox BUT it makes it useless for my purposes, AND it is a change in functioning.
I am using the mail app as a front end for Gmail (actually my G Suite account).
I have tried various things: closing and reopening the app, rebooting, etc. Sometimes it seems to fix the problem but it has been coming back more and more stubbornly. At the moment, after I restart the app, it works the old way for a while but then starts disappearing the messages.
The other odd thing is that when I use the "Filtered by: Unread" feature on my inbox, only a few very recent messages show up. The messages in my smart mailbox are the correct ones, and match up with G Suite's unread messages. With  the few messages that show up in "Filtered by: Unread," if I click on them either there or in the smart mailbox, they stick around, as before & as desired. It is only the messages in the smart mailbox that are NOT in the "Filtered by: Unread" view that disappear as soon as I click on them.
Thanks!


texts: Macbook and iPhone not discoverable on bluetooth or airdrop

texts:
I am unable to use the AirDrop feature between my iPhone6s (iOS 9) and my 2014 MBP running OSX 10.11.1 (Mavericks). The jPhone won't show up in the MBP's AirDrop window (accessed from Finder>Go>AirDrop) and vice versa.

I was able to use my phone with another MBP with Mavericks flawlessly. I also tried to directly link them using Bluetooth (since AirDrop works via Bluetooth) and they were still unable to discover each other. I'm not sure whether this worked on Yosemite.

How can I fix this problem?


texts: Why do I get a '"Calendar Cache" couldn't be moved' error when launching Calendar?

texts:
After upgrading to Mountain Lion, I get the following error message when I launch Calendar.app:

"Calendar Cache couldn't be moved because you don't have permission to access "Calendars".

When I click "OK", Calendar quits.

This user is an administrator on the machine. I tried granting the user 'Read & Write' access to Calendar.app, but nothing changed.

I have another administrator account on the same machine that can launch Calendar.app without issue.


texts: Is it a bad idea to purchase older Apple routers?

texts:
I am thinking of purchasing an older Airport Extreme (A1143 model) as they are considerably cheaper than buying a new one.

Are there any serious issues with an older model as far as performance is concerned?  I am not looking for anything cutting edge, mostly just internet browsing and video (netflix) streaming.  I notice that the A1142 model is "Single 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz" rather than the newer models which are "Simultaneous 2.4 GHz and 5 GH".... what sort of difference does this make.
Are there any features available in the newer model which are not available for older models?  I have an Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, 2 Macs, use AirPlay.  Will any of these have limited functionality on an older model?
Are the older models still supported as far as firmware updates go?  Do they continue to be supported by the latest versions of OSx?


texts: Why does my macbook pro screen flash when I start it up?

texts:
I have looked at the other questions, but none of them have done me any good. I have been having an issue lately. When i start up my macbook pro (2009 or 2010 i think), it will start up nice, then it'll have a spinning thing under the apple like usual, and then the screen will literally flash. It will go white/black/white/black/white/black 3 times just as i described. It will then go to 100% brightness, and lessen itself back to what I have it set as. I've tried SMC reset, but not sure if it actually worked or not. I've read somewhere this could be some kind of video card issue, which i'm hoping it's not. Could someone please explain what is happening, and what I could do to fix this?

Any help is appreciated!


texts: How to remove 'Cycle Tracking' from my Apple watch?

texts:
I find this app 'Cycle Tracking' on my apple watch:

I don't recall installing this app at all.

But I don't need this app.

I looked into the 'Installed App' in my Watch app on my iPhone, but I can find it there.

So how can I remove this App from my Apple watch?


texts: Good resources for those transitioning to Mac OS X from Windows

texts:
I'm going to be getting a new MacBook laptop as part of the PhD programme I've just started, but have never used Macs before in my life. I'm quite an advanced computer user (running an informal computer repair business for Windows PCs), but I can see that I might just get frustrated with it at first as I don't know some of the standard OS X ways of doing things.

Does anyone have suggestions for resources that could teach me these standard ways of doing things, or any other guides to someone transitioning from Windows?


texts: How to install Windows 7 on Mac mini server?

texts:
Previously I installed Windows 7 on a Macbook Air without problems using Boot Camp Assistant and the excellent directions here.

Now I am trying to install Windows 7 on a Mac mini server and I encounter error with every approach I take. I already have a bootable USB disk with Windows 7 installer.

First I tried to install Windows 7 directly booting the installer. Installer refused to continue displaying an error mentioning something about GPT drive.

Second I tried to install using Boot Camp, but it does not exist on Mac mini servers!

So I copied the Boot Camp Assistant app from Macbook Air, and selected the option "Download the Windows Support software for this mac". It was not able to find and download anything.

I thought I could handle the driver issues later, I used Boot Camp Assistant to make the 500 GB harddisk Windows installable. Then I booted into the installer, selected BOOTCAMP partition and formatted it. Installer did not continue displaying 0x80300024        error.

I run out of ideas and am rather frustrated. Are there any simple instructions on how to install Windows 7 on Mac mini server? Or how can I solve my problem and install?


texts: Why I cannot use the expose and launchpad from the touch bar?

texts:
Here is an image of the touch bar layout

I normally connect my MBP to two external monitors. When I try to use the expose and launchpad (The third and forth icons from the left) from the touch bar, there is no reaction at all.

The behaviour does not change when I disconnect the usb-c to display port cables.

But if I use CTRL+UP, I can activate expose. I can also access launchpad via the Dock.

Did I miss any configuration?

The hardware is MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017)


texts:
After loading Mavericks it appears one of my mail folders, a key folder holding tax data has become completely borked.  As you can see from the attached image I have duplicate home folders.  I have already tried to rebuild this folder with no luck.  Any other ideas?

Posted @ Apple:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5494468


texts: iPhoto update seems to be 2G and two attempts to run it failed. It used half my monthly data

texts: My iMac is only a few weeks old.  Just after i bought it, it started to automatically run an update for iPhoto.  This went on for several hours and used 2G of data but the update failed.  It tried again with the same result.  I rang Apple and was talked through the process of selecting when I wanted to update and was told that option would show me how big the update file was.  (it doesn't  until it starts to download).  My monthly data of 8G has always been more than I needed, however because of this update failure I used half of it in one day.  Any suggestions on how I can update or why it is failing?  Thanks.


texts: How do I unset an IP address set with ifconfig?

texts:
I recently used ifconfig en1 1.2.3.4 to set the IP address of a network interface (specifically, the wireless card) on a Mac… How can I remove/unset it?

Using the graphical network configuration tool doesn't seem to change (or even be aware of) this address - when I use it to manually set an address, a second address is added to the device.

For example, right now ifconfig shows:

en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    ether 00:23:xx:xx:xx:xx
    inet 192.168.141.99 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.141.255
    inet 192.168.1.112 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
    media: autoselect
    status: active

The first address -  141.99 - is the address I manually set. The second address — 1.112 — is the address assigned by my network's DHCP server.


texts: Sync contacts between 2 Apple IDs and multiple devices

texts:
My husband and I sync contacts across iPhones, iPad, MacBook Air and iMac. The base account was his, so in my contacts/settings/default account some years ago, I entered his Apple ID. Now, whilst my cloud syncs info entered on iMac and MacBook Air to my iPhone, it no longer syncs from the iPhone.

My husband's entries, meanwhile, sync to my iMac/MacBook Air, but not to my iPhone. Entries I make on my iPhone now go nowhere other than staying on the iPhone. I have tried changing the default account in my iPhone/contacts/settings to iCloud but that doesn't help. It feels as though a previous 'fetch and push' between the two IDs no longer functions via the iPhones.

How do I setup a system that achieves the desired result?


texts: web sharing doesn't make my website live on internet?

texts:
I have enabled web sharing in System Preference. Still when I try to access my machine from outside the LAN using safari url: http://my-laptop-ip-address/ I get this - "Can open the webpage"
Why?


texts:
I have an iPad mini 3 running iOS 8.3. I'm about to upgrade the OS abut I'm wondering what I will lose. I imagine I'll have to download email and messages again, but apps? Photos? Will safari lose my passwords? Just wondering how much after care this is going to require?

Thanks!


texts: Can Numbers ’09 import an Excel XML file?

texts:
Can Numbers ’09 (part of the iWork suite) import XML files? Specifically, the format created by Excel when exporting as "XML Spreadsheet 2003."

I can't just use Excel's native format because the files are generated for our clients by a web app.

If Numbers can't handle these files, are there any other plaintext formats that could be used? I could use csv, but I would prefer to store formatting within the exported file itself.


texts: Multiple duplicate keychain DBs that don't get cleaned up

texts:
Developing with Fastlane, and as a result, I am creating fastlane.keychain keychain. Everytime it runs, it creates a new keychain with same name. OK, that's my fault.

However when I tried to delete the extra keychains, they don't go away. However the first command is successful, and subsequent commands say keychain is not found.

InterMacMini:Keychains user$ security delete-keychain fastlane.keychain-db
InterMacMini:Keychains user$ security list-keychains -d user
    "/Users/user/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db"
    "/Users/user/Library/Keychains/fastlane.keychain-db"
    "/Users/user/Library/Keychains/fastlane.keychain-db"
    "/Users/user/Library/Keychains/fastlane.keychain-db"
    "/Users/user/Library/Keychains/fastlane.keychain-db"
    "/Users/user/Library/Keychains/fastlane.keychain-db"
    "/Users/user/Library/Keychains/fastlane.keychain-db"
InterMacMini:Keychains user$ security delete-keychain fastlane.keychain-db
security: SecKeychainDelete: The specified keychain could not be found

Funny enough, Keychain Access app only shows 1 fastlane keychain


texts: launchd error "Could not find and/or execute program specified by service"

texts:
I am trying to get a script to run from launchd at regular intervals. The service loads but does not run the script.

The script itself is a very simple test script as follows:

echo "Hello World!" >> /Users/rhiannon/Library/Application\ Support/Script\ Testing/test.txt

The script is saved as /Users/rhiannon/Library/Application\ Support/Script\ Testing/test-launchd.sh (with permissions rwxr-xr-x) and happily runs from the command line.

I have a plist file as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>uk.co.myco.timedshelltests</string>
        <key>Program</key>
        <string>/Users/rhiannon/Library/Application\ Support/Script\ Testing/test-launchd.sh</string>
        <key>StartInterval</key>
        <integer>60</integer>
    </dict>
</plist>

The plist file is saved as /Users/rhiannon/Library/LaunchAgents/uk.co.myco.timedshelltests.plist with permissions rw-r--r--.

I load the service using

launchctl load uk.co.myco.timedshelltests.plist

With logging set with sudo launchctl log level debug, I see the following error in the system log:

com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (uk.co.myco.timedshelltests[13505]): Could not find and/or execute program specified by service: 2: No such file or directory: /Users/rhiannon/Library/Application\ Support/Script\ Testing/test-launchd.sh
com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (uk.co.myco.timedshelltests[13505]): Service setup event to handle failure and will not launch until it fires.
com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (uk.co.myco.timedshelltests[13505]): Service exited with abnormal code: 78

I'm pretty certain the permissions are correct, and I know the path is correct. What else could be wrong?


texts: When an imessage doesn't display delivered or not delivered beneath the message, will it update if and when the recipient is able to recieve iMessages again?


texts: What is the difference between App Store Connect and iTunes Connect app?

texts:
I have two apps installed on my iPhone:

App Store Connect

and

iTunes Connect

What is the difference between these two apps? Both provide analytics for my apps.

For some weird reason, iTunes Connect doesn't seem to be searchable in the iOS App Store.


texts: How do I add a new route to the PATH variable?

texts:
Although this question is being answered many times, I could not find any help from previous posts, so here it is again.

I have tried to add a new route to PATH variable with no success.

I have added the following command:

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/zend/share/ZendFramework/bin

to this files one at a time: ~/.profile, ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bashrc

After starting a new Terminal session I type

env

but the PATH variable never show the changes.

EDIT:

Seems that none of this files are being read when opening terminal, other routes where in this files and they are not being added either. On starting terminal I get this message "-bash: : command not found". If I execute

source ~/.profile

I get the route added to the PATH but it does not keep for the next Terminal session. How can I test what is happening on Terminal startup?

This are the contents of the files:

~/.profile

export PATH=/applications/MAMP/bin/php5.3/bin/:$PATH
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
export MANPATH=/opt/local/share/man:$MANPATH
export PATH=/usr/local/zend/share/ZendFramework/bin:$PATH

~/.bashrc

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/zend/bin
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/zend/lib

~/.bash_profile is empty

None of the routes in any of them are displayed after typing

env

in Terminal.


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   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +121.1 GB   disk1
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   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 45.5 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                510.4 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      2.1 GB     disk1s4

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
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   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *240.1 GB   disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Time Machine Encryped   239.7 GB   disk2s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk2s3

Offline
                                 Logical Volume Time Machine Encryped on disk2s2
                                 2930C7CC-4EE4-43AB-B1FB-81756A1CC0E5
                                 Locked Encrypted


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