texts: iOS App with Free trial and subscribe after that

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So we have an app under Health & Fitness category. The app is based on only one main functionality and no other sub functionalities. Now, the client would want to give users some free trial period like 7 days and if the user likes the app they can subscribe to continue using the app, if they choose not to subscribe they will not be able to use the app any further. So, I have done some research and came up with this result:
Option 1: Lite version/Paid version
Obviously I don't see any hope that this would work for us. Since we cannot split the main functionality.
Option 2: In-App Purchase
Related : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28396357/ios-trial-app-without-in-app-purchase-mechanism
From App Store Review Guidelines

11.8 Apps that use IAP to purchase access to built-in capabilities provided by iOS, watchOS, and tvOS, such as the camera or the
gyroscope, or Apple-branded peripherals, such as Apple Pencil or
Apple Keyboard, or Apple services, such as Apple Music access or
iCloud storage, will be rejected
11.9 Apps containing content or services that expire after a limited time will be rejected, except for specific approved content (e.g.
films, television programs, music, books)

As far as I understood, it states that Apps under Magazine & Newspapers category alone utilize this exception. Is that correct?
And it states we should not block the entire activity of the app instead we should limit the usage, is that correct?
Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!


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I have got this 256GB external SSD that I had divided in two partitions with 2 bootable versions of macOS: 10.11 in one partition and 10.12 in another.

Now I want to just have one APFS partition, but restoring the disk from Disk Utility did not help. I cannot get to a single APFS partition.

This is the output of diskutil list:

  /dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
     #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
     0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
     1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
     2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            121.0 GB   disk0s2
     3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk0s3

  /dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
     #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
     0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk1
     1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
     2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            999.3 GB   disk1s2
     3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s3

  /dev/disk2 (internal, virtual):
     #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
     0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +1.1 TB     disk2
                                   Logical Volume on disk0s2, disk1s2
                                   5642582C-EEF0-4BFF-AE7E-D2E4BA96E592
                                   Unencrypted Fusion Drive

  /dev/disk3 (external, physical):
     #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
     0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *250.1 GB   disk3
     1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk3s1
     2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk4         124.8 GB   disk3s2
     3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             124.3 GB   disk3s3

  /dev/disk4 (synthesized):
     #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
     0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +124.8 GB   disk4
                                   Physical Store disk3s2
     1:                APFS Volume SSD Storage             860.2 KB   disk4s1
     2:                APFS Volume Senza titolo            864.3 KB   disk4s2

I see the two partitions as separate disks in Disk Utility:


texts: iPhone 5s stuck at Apple logo and progress bar

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iPhone stuck at Apple logo, so I decided to restore it using iTunes app. After successfully restoring it (extracting software, verifying iPhone SW/FW etc.), it rebooted. As I've seen on many forums, as next step it should display the slide to setup screen. But it displays only the progress bar (again!). This time it stuck at ~ 5-10% every time I try.

I have followed all the instructions (update iTunes, drivers, I've also disabled all services except MS and APPLE). Reinstalled iTunes. Used different USB ports, tried on another PC. Sometimes it even displays a blue screen. But thats rarely. So basically, I can't access the phone.


texts: How to remove additional vertical line from dock created by Automator app

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Can you help me by telling how to remove vertical line from dock created by Automator App. As you told that we can create it by following this process but i want to know how to remove it.
Using Automator to Create an App:

Open Automator.
Select "New Document" in the lower left.
Choose a type for your document - Application.
Find "Launch Application" from the list, and drag it into - the workspace on the right.
Select the Finder app.

To do this, you have to go down to "New Variable." It will tell you to select the path. Click the dropdown, and go down to "Other." Do a search for "Finder.app" and select it.
Then click "Done."

Click "Run" in the upper right hand corner, just to make sure it launches the Finder.
Go to File > Export...

Name the file and choose a location for it. I picked my Applications folder.
Click Save.

Repeat steps 7 & 8 for as many lines you want, changing the name each time. I kept the names numerical for ease of use. line1.app, line2.app, etc.


texts: How to reset Apple ID PW without knowing original PW and answer to security question?

texts: I cannot use iCloud since I forgot the password for my MACBookPro original APPLE ID. The email address associated with this ID is no longer valid and the security question was never set up. How do i reset the password? I want to change the ID and use new PW to access icloud.


texts: weird behavior of right-shift key in combination with semicolon or quotemark key

texts: I'm having trouble with my Apple bluetooth keyboard for several days after upgrading my system to Lion.  In a weird way, neither right shift+; nor right shift+' is working.  I have no trouble with the left shift key, or the right shift key with any other keys.  Can anybody give me some suggestion to solve this?


texts: Macbook Air Fan running frequently and loudly

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Not sure if there is something running that is causing it. Here is my activity monitor.

Just wondering if there is something going on here that shouldn't. Otherwise I'll just go ahead and reset the SMC


texts: How can I pair my Magic Trackpad with multiple Macs?

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I have a Magic Trackpad that I'm using with my iMac.
Everything works great, but I would also like to use the trackpad with my MacBook.

For some reason, it seems that I can only pair the trackpad with one computer at a time.
With the iMac turned off, I turned on the MacBook and went to set up a new Bluetooth device. The trackpad was not found.
I know that nothing is wrong with my connection procedure (I pressed the power button, it was within range, etc), and that nothing is wrong with the trackpad itself (it works fine with the iMac).

I finally got the trackpad to pair with the MacBook by unpairing it with the iMac, turning the iMac off, and power cycling the trackpad.

Then, when I went to re-pair with the iMac, the device was not found (the MacBook was completely off; it was not connected to anything). Only by unpairing with the MacBook and power cycling was I able to re-pair with the iMac.

So, I think the trackpad is trying to tell me that it can only be paired with one computer at a time.

I would like to pair the trackpad with both my iMac and my MacBook not for simultaneous use, but for using with one when the other is turned off or far away.
I have other Bluetooth devices that let me do this just fine, and I can't think of a reason why it would be different for the trackpad.

How can I pair my Magic Trackpad with both my iMac and MacBook for non-simultaneous use?

Ideally without any third-party software.


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How do I fix slow wifi on an iPhone XR (iOS 13.4.1)?
The boss has an iPhone XR (iOS 13.4.1), and I have an iPhone 6 (iOS 12.4.5). The iPhone 6 gets 100% better Mbps throughput around my house. I have validated my router health and validated network setup on both phones. I have done all the reset/forget network cycling recommended by guides like this and this and this.
I measure the same performance percentage difference--iPhone 6 performs roughly 110% better--in all these tested scenarios:

802.11 b/g/n 2.4 GHz network connection on both phones, simultaneously
802.11 ac 5 GHz network connection on both phones, simultaneously (first screenshot)
Bluetooth off (second screenshot)

My test was:

hold both phones in hand
test average Mbps download speeds using Wi-Fi Sweetspots app
average over ~10 seconds
test 6 different spots around the house
record results

Here are the side-by-side results of the latter two tests; left side is iPhone XR + iOS 13.4.1, right side is iPhone 6 + iOS 12.4.5

Test with bluetooth radio off on both phones:

In both tests, "Spot 4" is standing directly next to the Wifi router.
Update:
Here are the recorded results in a Google Spreadsheet for at least 6 tests. The 5 of the top 6 results were for the iPhone 6 + iOS 12.4.5 combination.

Update 2:

both devices were tested without cases.
I have tested on four different routers: 2 models of Netgear, TPLink AV600, cheap-o ActionTek. Results were consistent across all 4 routers: iPhone 6 consistently had 100%+ better throughput.

Update 3:
My wifi was assigned to channels 7@2.4GHz and 44@5GHz, which my network analysis showed to be the only thing in the area on that channel. Also conducted a second test on alternate channels, with exclusive access; same results.
Update 4:
Both Phones were restarted occasionally, but not between every documented run. There was definitely a restart in the iPhoneX at least twice: once when the documented tests started, and once when I upgraded it from 13.3 to 13.4.1. Over the course of the few weeks that I have been observing the throughput metrics, the phones have been restarted ad-hoc and the slow relative behavior persists.
Update 5:
The following settings were in place at the time of the test:

Automatic Updates: Off
AirDrop: Receiving Off
Handoff: Off
Wi-Fi Calling: Off
iTunes Wi-Fi Sync: Off


texts: I received an email from my email address dedicated to Facebook blackmailing me. Saying that he had hacked my webcam and has videos for me. He wants 1000$ in the form of bit coins. What's your advice in such a situation? Thanks


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I'd like to create a meta-playlist that plays various playlists I created in order, with the added functionality to set limits on how many songs will play from each playlist.  Can this be done, either in iTunes or other software?

My example is the following:

I grew up listening to The Beatles albums and I'm accustomed to hearing their songs in a specific order.  For example, the album "Revolver" has 14 songs and it starts with Taxman, followed by Eleanor Rigby, followed by I'm Only Sleeping, etc.

Over the years, I've collected cover versions of Beatles songs.  Let's say I now have five cover versions of each song on Revolver.

I'd like to hear new versions of Revolver: that is, to hear a randomly selected cover version of the song Taxman, followed by a cover of Eleanor Rigby, followed by I'm Only Sleeping, etc.

Doable?


texts: iCal loads, but quits after a few seconds

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I added a calendar from my Google account in Ical and now it quit about 3 seconds after loading.

I have tried the solution described here:  https://discussions.apple.com/message/3680441#3680441
but I don't even have user's Library > Application Support > iCal

OS X 10.6.7


texts: Set size of window to exact pixels, and place via x, y coordinates

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I would like to create a tool that allows you to set windows to exact sizes on the pixel scale to be able to have more precise screen divisions.

For example, if I had four Terminal windows (and I didn't have something cool like iTerm to do this for me), I'd like to be able to set each one to 1/2 screen height and 1/2 screen width, and people to position them via x, y coordinates so that they took up the entire screen, and exactly one fourth of them individually.

Can this be done using applescript?


texts: How to identify and fix and external storage performance issues with macOS High Sierra

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I've just updated to High Sierra and immediately noticed that copying files from external storage devices is much slower than in previous versions.   While searching the web for info about what might be causing this, I noticed that every site is slow to load. So, I'm a little worried that something went awry with the clean install.

I suspect that the OS may be trying to index the external drive; however, I don't know how to verify this and regardless, it has never been this slow in previous upgrades. Another idea is that copying files from an older file system to the new file system requires some sort of translation.  Is that possible? Anyhow, it's torturing me right now. Project folders that used to take a few seconds to copy are now taking about 5 minutes.  What could cause this and can I fix it?

Oh, and I've been watching the Activity Monitor and nothing stands out.


texts: Can I use an AirPort Express to extend a wifi network that has a Cisco base station?

texts: I have a household with mostly Apple products with a Cisco base station. I was wondering if I can use an Airport Express as a range extender. If it works, it would be very attractive for me since I could also use it to play music from my iPhone through it.


texts: On iPad's iBooks, is there a way to sync and download all ebooks purchased elsewhere?

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I think on the iPad's iBooks, if we purchase an ebook, then in another iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, then that ebook is automatically downloaded into our bookshelf.

However, what if it is a .epub or .pdf purchased, say, from O'Reilly?  Sometimes the ebook is $29.99 on iBooks store but $25.99 on O'Reilly.  It seems that the book won't be automatically downloaded to the bookshelf, but we can use Dropbox or Box.net to transfer to iBooks, and all the highlighting and added notes will be there on each device (sync'ed).

But is there a way to automatically download all books to our library?  Otherwise if we have 12 books we need to manage 12 books on each of our devices.


texts: Transform ordering of photos in iPhoto to files

texts: I use iPhoto to organize my photos, especially to order them. If I copy a whole album, for example the last holiday trip, to an usb stick, all images are transfered, but not in the order I created in iPhoto (obviously ^^). Is there a way to automatically rename the files so they match the ordering I created in iPhoto?


texts: MacBook Pro 2016 15.4". Lately my speakers go from perfectly clear to a very muffled sound almost all the time. Selecting a different frequency in the Audio/MIDI configuration or killing coreaudiod solves this issue for a second or two, after which the sound goes back to muffled. I've tried the usual reboot, resetting SMC and PRAM. As the speakers CAN sound normal (even though only for a very short time) I assume this is a software issue. Any suggestion is appreciated, thanks!


texts: Adding Google Account in Internet Account on Mac Book Pro: Authentication fails

texts:
On My 2019 Mac Book Pro, under internet accounts, I want to add a google account. It prompts me with opening a browser (Safari is the default browser). After a few seconds a window opens saying "Authentication Failed, please try again later". I have a google account with 2 factor authorisation, but I don't even get to the point where I can enter a password. This is particularly annoying since I need the Google Calendar in my Mac Calendar App.
I'm running MacOs 11.1 with Safari 14.0.2. I'm using Avast and CleanMyMac, if that is of any relevance. I'm mostly interested in getting the calendar integration to work, so if there is a workaround it would be much appreciated.
This problems also occurs when booted in safe mode.


texts: Where does iTunes keep information on played podcasts?

texts:
I wanted to check the name of a podcast I listened to four months ago and that got automatically deleted. I could not find that information on the iTunes tabs: "Unplayed", "Feed", "Saved". I restored the file from a backup, imported it again in iTunes, and now I see: Played 27 May 2019 underneath it:

So iTunes stores that information somewhere. I search for part of the title with grep -r 'Stimulus' . in the iTunes directory and only matched the binary file with the podcast episode.

Where does iTunes save information on played podcasts?


texts: Trying to open a .avi; nothing can recognise it

texts:
I am trying to watch an .avi, and for some reason nothing can open it.
I've tried using DivX Player, QuickTime Player, VLC, AirParrot 2, Kodi 18.0.rc5, IINA, Elmedia player, and (converting it in) Handbrake without any sucess. I do have .z codec files, but I can't open them with DivX Player. Does anyone have any ideas on how to open this .avi, or how to install the codec?

macOS Sierra


texts: What are all these large files and can I get rid of any of them?

texts:
I constantly am told that I am running out of disk space, even though I almost have no applications (outside of the ones that come with the laptop).

I have Xcode which is about ~10GB, but that is it and it says I am running out of disk space.

I did a search on All My Files and sorted by size and I see the following...

What are all of these? Are they needed or is their a way for me to get some disk space back?


texts: Packet sniffer for MacOS Mojave and above

texts:
I'm looking for a packet sniffer app that runs on MacOS in a GUI (I know I can accomplish some functionality with native CLI utilities like tcpdump).

Previously I used Packet Peeper, however it doesn't seem to run in MacOS 10.14 Mojave (the application opens and seems to run, but no window appears).

* Other questions have also mentioned PP as the solution, but they're all fairly old.


texts: Is it possible to update an iPhone 4 to iOS 6.1.6?

texts:
I need the latest SSL security fix, as I'm running iOS 6.1.3. But, I don't have enough space to go to iOS 7 which is the only option iTunes and my phone are giving me to upgrade.

I have an 8 GB iPhone 4 with usually less than 100-200 MB free, and have deleted all apps and non-essential music/photos so I really don't have the space to go all the way to iOS 7 (I understand iOS 7 only takes a few hundred MB beyond that which iOS 6 occupies, but every little bit counts and I'm already driven crazy downloading photos of my daughter every few days because I've run out of room.)

Am I completely out of luck?


texts: Which are the default settings of the key repeat rate?

texts:
I tried adjusting my repeat rate for the keyboard, on Snow Leopard, by using the following:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 0
defaults write NSGlobalDomain InitialKeyRepeat -int 7

I wish to set the InitialKeyRepeat value to its default setting, how could I go about doing that? Could someone check and let me know the value of the InitialKeyRepeat they are using?

Thanks


texts: Can I install both High Sierra and Mavericks on my Mac?

texts:
I have a 2013 MacBook Pro with both Mavericks and El Capitan installed (each on their own partition).

I now want to use Mavericks and High Sierra, each on their own partition.

Since High Sierra uses the APFS file system, will this prove to be a problem? Will it conflict with the HFS format use in Mavericks?

If there would be a conflict, how could I use both High Sierra and Mavericks on the one MacBook?


texts: How can I use the Yosemite UI version of Helvetica Neue

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Yosemite switched the UI font to Helvetica Neue, but it's not quite the same font that you get when you select Helvetica Neue from FontBook or in any text field. There's a bit more space between characters in the UI font.

FontBook Helvetica Neue Light sample above a window title bar with the same content at the same size

I've looked around enough to find /System/Library/Fonts/HelveticaNeueDeskInterface.ttc, which is distinct from /System/Library/Fonts/HelveticaNeue.dfont, the actual HelveticaNeue that I can use. However, the DeskInterface incarnation doesn't appear to be usable by any means I can find.

I ask because there's been a growing number of applications built with web UIs (e.g. Atom, Visual Studio Code), and some (VS Code) try to match the OS by using "HelveticaNeue" as the UI font. Unfortunately, the HelveticaNeue text font is exceptionally poor on low DPI screens without the extra spacing Apple added for the UI font, which I presume is part of the reason for the custom spacing.

Is there a way to say "Not that Helvetica Neue, the other one," ideally via something like CSS?

A related question that would solve the same problem: Is there a way to specify "System UI Font" in CSS, that would match the system (HN++ on Yosemite, Lucida Grande on earlier systems)?


texts: Where do my apps go when I run out of screen space?

texts:
Didn't realize I had ran out of home screen space on my iPad and I purchased a new app. The App store shows it is installed, and if I search for it I can find it, but I cannot find it on any of my screens.

I've since deleted some other apps and consolidated some into folders, so there is space, but I still cannot find it to place it.

1st Generation iPad
iOS version 5.1.1

Suggestions?


texts: how to configure shared iPad for Apple Business Manager?

texts:
I was checking for a Shared iPad for Apple Business Manager.
I know Shared iPad working very cool for Apple School Manager.

I was Checking Apple Business Manager but there is not much information on this.

I need to share iPad means like in Apple School Manager one iPad is shared with multiple Students the same Like that I need in Apple Business Manager


texts: OS X Automator: Using custom command in AppleScript's "do shell script"

texts:
I have recently asked a question about automatically inserting a value produced by a custom executable into a prompt field. Please look over this post to know exactly what I am talking about.

The reply I got was exactly what I was looking for except for one but crucial detail.

To make things short: I am looking for a way to make do shell script to accept custom executables. Running my custom command vpnpw in terminal works perfectly fine. However, AppleScript's do shell script says it's unknown.

Does anyone know how to make these custom executables available globally?


texts: Install HP printer on 10.6.4 without Apple Update

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Can I install a HP Deskjet Printer on Snow Leopard (10.6.4) without access to 'Apple Update'?

Scenario: Have an outside worker using a Mac on our secured Samba environment. We are not adding the Mac to our network due to security concerns. The worker does not have internet access at home, yet requires a HP Deskjet (6540) installing for use in the office.

The HP website mentions:

  To install the printer driver available in Mac OS X 10.6, simply
  connect the USB cable to the printer and to the computer. The print
  queue will automatically be created.

The printer is detected and installed, yet when trying to Print the OS complains that it needs to run Apple Update (I'm assuming to download the required drivers).

I can see the HP Printer Drivers package for download from Apple Support (at 450mb it's too large for me to get easily).

Is there another way around this? (ie to only download and install the drivers required for the individual Deskjet, not hundreds of others.)


texts: Does " would like to access files in your Downloads folder" give complete access to directory, or just certain files in it?

texts:
I see the following (particularly with communications apps like slack and zoom):

If I had sensitive info in Downloads, say, client data for a project I'd been working on, could these applications like Zoom or Slack upload that file to their servers (or access it in any other way), or does this permission only give these applications the ability to do the following

save files sent through that application
upload files sent by the user through the application (for example, if I wanted to send a file from Downloads to a friend)

The notification as it stands doesn't rule out the possibility that the application will be given permission to upload anything it wants from Downloads to its servers at any time it wants. I would assume it doesn't have that permission, but we know what happens when we assume..


texts: Looking for a combined Clock/News/Weather/Calendar iPad app

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I'm looking for an app I can leave running and that shows me all necessary info at 1 glance without any need for interaction.

Ideally, it should contain

a clock
good, concise news
weather forecast
list of my next appointments
subjects of my unread emails

Other people might also like

rss feeds
twitter feed

I already searched for such an app for half an hour and found nothing. Well except for a Dashboard app that was rejected by Apple because it was expandable and looked like the os x dashboard.

There are alternative calendar apps, there are weather apps that show the time, there are twitter apps, rss readers, email apps. Surely somebody has combined all of them?

Can somebody pinpoint me to such apps, or explain why they don't exist? Thanks.


texts: How to change color of TODAY in Calendar?

texts: How can I change the color of TODAY in Calender?


texts:
I've setup an Exchange account to point to my work address and it works pretty well.  The only annoyance is that if I receive an email that has several recipients, pressing Reply All, also includes me on the To or CC list.

When I do the same operation in Outlook, I am not included in the To/CC list.

How can I get the iPhone to stop including me on the Reply All?


texts: Does serverperfmode work on Apple Silicon Macs?

texts:
Is it possible to enable serverperfmode on an Apple Silicon Mac?
I am using an M1 Mac Mini on macOS 11.2, and following Apple's instructions. I enabled serverperfmode=1 in the NVRAM boot-args, and restarted the machine. However, I'm not seeing any of the values in sysctl -a, ulimit -u, or ulimit -n change.
I have successfully done this on Intel-based Mac Minis in the past. Is it possible that serverperfmode is simply not supported on Apple Silicon Macs?
Here are some of the values I'm seeing on this machine, which seem unchanged from before enabling serverperfmode.
% nvram boot-args
boot-args   serverperfmode=1
% ulimit -n
256
% ulimit -u
2666


texts: Bluetooth audio is spontaneously switching between codecs in 10.12.2

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I use aptX capable Bluetooth headphones with a 2014 MacBook Pro. Since the Sierra 10.12.2 update, Bluetooth audio behaves in a weird way.

When the headphones connect, quality is first good.  Then in a few seconds it becomes horrendous.  After 5 seconds or so it recovers again.  After that it is fine until the next time the connection is made.

I can see the audio codec that is in use by Option-clicking the Bluetooth icon in the menu bar. I can see that it starts out with aptX, then switches to SCO, then switches back to aptX.

Did anyone encounter this problem?  Is there a fix for it?  It is not a critical problem, but it is annoying.


texts: Apple ID - Want to make my xxx@icloud.com primary Apple ID?

texts:
I recently created an @icloud.com address and now I would like to make that my default or primary address for my Apple ID instead of my current @gmail.com address.

I tried to change it through the Manage Apple ID page but it said 'Not use a domain used by Apple'.

Is it advisable to change my Apple ID from @gmail.com to @icloud.com?


texts: How can I determine the invoking user in an Apple installer postinstall script

texts:
I want to build an apple installer .pkg where I run a postinstall script after the files have been copied by the installer. The script is run and everything works perfect except that all the commands in the script are run as root.

The question is, how can I determine the id of the user who actually invoked the installer.

who -m

returns the invoking user when I run the script on the command line with sudo. But it returns root when I run it in the installer.

Is there any way to get the "actual user"?

Thanks for your help!


texts: How to confirm iOS device has uploaded/synced all photos+videos to iCloud Photo Library?

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How do I confirm an iOS device has uploaded/synced all photos+videos to iCloud Photo Library?

Details

I have yet to find a way to determine explicit status of the iCloud upload/backup/sync similarly to the 'Backup complete' explicit status that the Google Photos iOS app provides.

I can login to iCloud.com and see what photos/videos exist, and hope that, if the latest-dated photo/video on my iOS device is also found in iCloud.com, that all the photos/videos are saved in Cloud. However, this would not account for the iCloud Photo Library syncing the photo/video files "out of order" (like Google Photos seems to do, apparently syncing the largest photos/videos last).

For my immediate purposes, 'iOS device' = iPhone8 running iOS 11.1.

EDIT

I notice now at the bottom of the iOS Photos app this status:

However, the upload has seemingly been stuck on '217 Items' indefinitely, even while connected to fast Wifi (speedtest.net-tested to be 10+ Mbps upload) and while the iPhone8 is externally powered. I also power-cycled the iPhone, and no change in behavior. I added a photo, counted incremented to 218, then quickly when back down to 217... and stayed there. What gives?


texts:
I've just bought a PS/2 to USB cable to use PS/2 PC keyboard (Compaq SK-2860 and Packard Bell 6301N) in my Mac (OS X 10.8.4) because my Mac's wireless keyboard doesn't work:

…but my Mac does not identify the keyboard. I've got this window:

…but when I press the key to the right of  shift nothing happens.

The cable works in Windows XP, and Linux Ubuntu well. I've seen this similar question but please note my issue is related to a specific PC keyboard. What can I do?


texts: How do I fix an app that's stuck in application switcher?

texts:
I'm running OS X 10.7.5 "Lion". Three times now, Preview.app has gotten in a state where its icon is visible in the application switcher (⌘+Tab) but it isn't running (doesn't show up in ps ax in the Terminal) and will not start (e.g. double-clicking a PDF document).

I've tried killall Dock, killall SystemUIServer, and killall Finder and those do restart but the stuck Preview icon is still in the application switcher. I've also tried removing the saved state under Library > Containers > com.apple.Preview but that doesn't work either. The only thing that solves it is logging out and back in again.

Is there some way to get this unstuck without having to log out?


texts:
I have some user script that runs every about 10 minutes on specific page at opened tab in Safari 8.

The surprise is that safari somehow suspend javascript execution when tab is not active by user for a while.

The question is how to force javascript execution and prevent this behavior?

UPD: actually the same behavior is detected in Opera. I think the problem is  related to Yosemite release?


texts: Unknown profiles icon in System Preferences

texts:
I just noticed in System Preferences a new icon "Profiles". When I click on it, it shows  'AdminPrefs' then in red letters "unsigned"  details have a lot {, (, symbols .and 'default Search Provider lines.

What is this?


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I have a late 2013 retina macbook pro that came up with OS X mavericks.

I have tried to restore my macintosh hard drive from timemachine backup, I followed these steps: rebooted mac holding cmd+R, this shows up os x utilities, then I've chosen "restore from timemachine backup", selected the TM volume and then the date from which I wish to restore the entire mac from, after this I selected the Macintosh HD as destination and clicked on restore, a warning message appears to tell me that this would erase the whole Macintosh HD, I clicked continue. The recovery loads and "erasing destination disk" is displayed, after 20 seconds I get this message: "an error occurred while adding a recovery system to the destination disk". I clicked on restart but the mac didn't load (only the apple shows up). I held the power button and then restarted the mac holding cmd+R, internet recovery started and when it finished downloading, I had the os x utilities menu. I clicked on disk utilities and found out that Macintosh HD was completely erased. I tried to restore from timemachine backup again but still had the the same problem. I even tried the "reinstall os x" option, I waited 6 hours for the download (os x mavericks) and when it finished downloading, I got "an error occurred while preparing the install" message.

I'm totally lost and stressed out, I would really appreciate your help. Thanks a lot.

Look at what diskutil cs list and disk util list commands give me:

I don't know where the disks from disk3 ... to disk 12 are coming from.

PS: before this issue, I had os x el capitan running.


texts: Is there a way to disable sharing of Wi-Fi passwords/PSKs?

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While Apple devices call them passwords, I am going to use PSK (Pre-Shared Key) throughout this question as it is more accurate. Please feel free to substitute password for PSK as you read if it helps.

I work in several environments now where they are making use of some flavor of private/dynamic/idenity/multiple PSK when connecting to the wireless network. For those that aren't familiar with these features, it allows the organization to set unique PSKs per user/device. (While still not as secure as WPA2-Enterprise 802.1X authenticated Wi-Fi, these features provide some of the benefits of WPA2-Enterprise with the easier and wider device support of WPA2-Personal.)

The issue now is that if I have any of my Apple devices close to each other, they seem to automatically transfer the PSK to each other after successfully connecting to the wireless network. This happens even if I dismiss the "Share Your Wi-Fi" prompt on devices without tapping "Send Password". While I can understand how this behavior can be advantageous in most WPA2-Personal networks, it is creating issues in these environments.

So for instance, device #1 connects to wireless network with PSK1. I can disconnect and reconnect without problem. Now I move to device #2 and connect to wireless network with PSK2. I can now disconnect/reconnect device #2 without problem, but when I go back to device #1, on a disconnect/reconnect it now has the wrong PSK and prompts for me to re-enter the PSK. If I then connect device #3 (PSK3), both device #1 and #2 can no longer disconnect/reconnect without prompting me to re-enter the PSK. Fixing any one "breaks" the others.

I have tried to disable iCloud Sync entirely on all devices (apparently prior to iOS11, iCloud keychain sync was providing this feature) and this has no effect on the behavior at all. I also tried disabling AirDrop thinking this may be the feature transferring the PSK, but that also had no effect.

Is there any other way to disable these PSKs from being synced? Maybe something I have overlooked in settings?

(While I did find this similar question, it is older and asking specifically about iCloud keychain syncing, which does not appear to be the Apple feature performing this behavior. As I note above, this behavior is still present with iCloud syncing completely disabled.)


texts: MacBook Pro won't go to sleep when lid is closed

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I have a Late 2011 MacBook Pro and I just got it back from the repair shop (mainboard was swapped). I immediately installed OS X El Capitan (before it was Yosemite) and found that when I closed the lid, the Mac would not go to sleep anymore. Even testing in other user's accounts and after restarting, resetting NVRAM and SMC and even booting from a different hard disk (with OS X Lion installed), it won't go to sleep and also the little LED on the right will not light up, neither while booting nor when I close the lid. Running pmset -g assertions in Terminal gave this output:

Assertion status system-wide:

   BackgroundTask                 1

   ApplePushServiceTask           0

   UserIsActive                   1

   PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep    0

   PreventSystemSleep             1

   ExternalMedia                  0

   PreventUserIdleSystemSleep     0

   NetworkClientActive            0

Listed by owning process:

   pid 54(configd): [0x00000054000701d1] 00:02:13 DenySystemSleep named: "InternetSharingPreferencePlugin"
   pid 102(hidd): [0x0000001e000901ba]
00:03:07 UserIsActive named: "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle"
    Timeout will fire in 894 secs
Action=TimeoutActionRelease
   pid 44(UserEventAgent): [0x00000030000b01cd]
00:02:48 BackgroundTask named: "com.apple.mds.0"
    Created for PID: 64.
   pid 44(UserEventAgent): [0x00000006000b0137]
 00:03:30 BackgroundTask named: "com.apple.metadata.mds.power"
    Created for PID: 64.
Kernel Assertions: 0x100=MAGICWAKE
   id=501  level=255 0x100=MAGICWAKE mod=01.01.70,
07:30 description=en0 owner=en0
Idle sleep preventers: IODisplayWrangler

I have prevented bluetooth devices from waking the Mac, but otherwise I am not sure what to do. Could it be a hardware issue caused by the replacement of the motherboard?


texts: Any default microphone preference setting to change voice for anonymity?

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Is there any default microphone preference setting to change voice for anonymity?
If no what are the popular free app for Mac (Catalina)?


texts: On iPhone, Gmail "new email" notifications keep appearing in lock screen?

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On my iPhone, for the Gmail app, I sometimes get "new email" notifications on my lock screen that were from hours ago even when I cleared them (I unlocked the device after they appeared).

Even when the lock screen is clear of notifications, then one of these from Gmail appears, it will have the timestamp from a few hours ago rather than from "now".


texts: Can older iPhones receive Animojis created and sent from iPhone X?

texts: iPhone 7+ (iOS 11.1) owner here. If a friend buys an iPhone X and creates/sends me an Animoji, how will it appear on my phone (if at all)?


texts: MacBook Pro Freezes Too Long After Sleep Mode

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I am using a MacBook Pro 2019; after I close the screen, it enters the sleep mode as usual but when I reopen it freezes and doesn't respond for nearly ~30 seconds (No beachballs or anything, it just doesn't respond to keyboard and mouse).
My issue started recently (1-2 months ago). Is this a normal behavior?

OS Version: 10.14.6 (Mojave)


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Currently I have a 128GB SD for data in my macbook, but is encrypted using utility. If I format my mac, the stored key will be gone.

How can I do this safely? Is there any way to do this without losing access to my SD?

Thank you


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I use a late 2013 macbook pro 13 inch retina display.

I tried formatting my internal ssd hard drive (macintosh HD) after it started freezing forever whenever I tried to log in. I tried all the workarounds but nothing helped. I couldn't re-install  the os on the internal hard drive because of an incomplete file vault encryption that was stuck at 'paused. ' I therefore decided to erase my internal hard drive but I formatted it as an MBR instead of Guid Partition Map by mistake. Now my macbook can't read my internal ssd drive at all. It doesn't appear in disk utility and I can't install a new os on it as it doesn't appear when I run an installer from an external thumb drive.

I managed to install and run the os Sierra from an external hard drive but after I log in I immediately get the 'Macintosh HD not ejected properly' message.' When I run disk utility again  it only recognises the external hard drive Im using to run the os. Macintosh HD doesn't appear at all.

I don't think it's a hardware issue because the internal macintosh HD was working fine before I tried to format it. By fine I mean I was able to access my files in safe mode and make a time machine backup.

How can I fix my internal ssd macintosh hard drive? Unfortunately we don't have an istore or authorised service providers in my country (Botswana).


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Using the top command in Terminal, and ordering the list by state, I see a number of processes on Yosemite 10.10.1 whose state is stuck. I've looked through man ps and man top for an explanation, and done some googling, without enlightenment.

Nothing's apparently wrong with the system - in fact, coreaudiod (one of the stuck processes) is racking up CPU and merrily driving the sound system - but I'm curious what is "stuck" about them and whether this is cause for concern.

Processes: 198 total, 2 running, 5 stuck, 191 sleeping, 747 threads                                                                          21:42:18
Load Avg: 1.23, 1.21, 1.17  CPU usage: 0.72% user, 1.44% sys, 97.83% idle  SharedLibs: 15M resident, 15M data, 0B linkedit.
MemRegions: 367655 total, 2827M resident, 92M private, 294M shared. PhysMem: 7320M used (912M wired), 870M unused.
VM: 481G vsize, 1064M framework vsize, 0(0) swapins, 0(0) swapouts. Networks: packets: 41886204/42G in, 35471289/14G out.
Disks: 491864/8916M read, 1290630/36G written.

PID    COMMAND      %CPU TIME     #TH  #WQ  #PORT MEM    PURG   CMPR PGRP  PPID  STATE    BOOSTS           %CPU_ME %CPU_OTHRS UID  FAULTS    COW
261    coreaudiod   1.0  01:12.19 5    1    206   2412K  0B     0B   261   1     stuck    *0[1]            0.00000 0.00000    202  233919    198
231    accountsd    0.0  00:01.74 3    1    70    5092K  0B     0B   231   1     stuck     0[244]          0.00000 0.00000    501  11585     418
206    distnoted    0.0  00:24.10 3    1    143   4284K  0B     0B   206   1     stuck    *0[1]            0.00000 0.00000    501  70899     90
197    coresymbolic 0.0  00:00.35 3    2    23    996K   0B     0B   197   1     stuck     0[188]          0.00000 0.00000    0    57709     124
37     mds          0.0  02:54.01 4    1    802   44M    0B     0B   37    1     stuck    *0[1]            0.00000 0.00000    0    956495    1227
92425  tccd         0.0  00:00.00 2    1    26    972K   0B     0B   92425 1     sleeping  0[3]            0.00000 0.00000    235  935       124
92414  AssetCacheLo 0.0  00:00.68 4    0    74    3232K  0B     0B   92414 1     sleeping  0[22]           0.00000 0.00000    235  5147      175


texts: Why does the icon of a PC show a blue screen?

texts: So in Finder, Mac finds a Windows PC in the Network. When I right click on it and click Get Info, I see an icon that shows a computer monitor with a blue screen. By blue screen I mean a crashed PC. Why is this? Why not a normal desktop image?


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I haven't found anything yet so I was hoping maybe someone here had an idea.

I want to kick off an even based on battery on an Apple laptop reaching a certain charge level, or when the battery is fully charged.

I know I can have something run periodically, check the battery level, and decide what to do, but I prefer event driven if possible.


texts: I need to download an app from the iTunes store and have recently changed my Apple ID. I previously purchased this app with my old account and when I try to re-download it the iCloud symbol is the only option available. When I click on the iCloud icon, however, I cannot download it.


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My brand new 4th generation iPod touch doesn't have the app store on it.

I think it's because I restored all the data from my old iPod touch and stored it on my new iPod, and my old one didn't have the app store.

I downloaded a software update on itunes to try and revert the restore, but after it downloaded, it said that it can't be un-restored, and I can't sync apps from my mac to my iPod for some reason.

Can somebody please tell me how to get the app store on my iPod and how to sync my apps from my mac onto my iPod? I would really appreciate it if somebody told me.


texts: Looking for a way to mimic the battery-saving behavior of closing the lid without actually doing so

texts:
I'm looking for a way to keep the lid up, yet tell my Macbook Pro Late 2013 to do what it would do if the lid was actually closed. When I close the lid, the battery lasts for a long time, not so when the lid is open but I sleep the display.

I would like a way to tell my Macbook to sleep the display, yet if no interaction after a certain amount of time, then go into the mode comparable to closing the lid. All while keeping the lid open at all times because I have an external display and it's unnecessary having to close the lid when I'm done using it. When I'm ready to use it, I would just wake it using my bluetooth keyboard, or the power button. That would be comparable to opening the lid.

I have my hibernation setting at 3.

I'm sure there are some terminal commands to make this happen, I'm just unaware of it.


texts: macOS Quicklook in finder renders images without antialias / jagged edges

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I have a very annoying bug in finder: when i select an image, then first the quicklook image preview looks terrible, jagged edges, no antialias, but after resizing it gets smooth again. It is especially bad with higher resolution images.
I have this problem since the Yosemite update, and it never healed ever since. I am on Mojave currently.
Since i have not found any kind of options to tweak the rendering settings of the images i honestly run out of options, except of a clean install..
Do you have any tipps, how to get the quicklook image generator reset to factory settings to work properly?


texts: Dragging files onto desktop causes Finder window to unwantedly open

texts: Every time I drag a file onto my desktop, my finder folder opens. This is new to OS X 10.9 Mavericks. How do I disable this behavior?


texts:
Sometimes, I require a lot of bandwidth  but do not want to disturb other's browsing experience.
At the university I'm often connected to networks for multiple users which requires me to limit my download speed.
Question
How can I limit my download bandwith?


texts: How can I get Terminal to accept mouse clicks the way PuTTY does (eg inside elinks)?

texts:
When running ncurses-based tools like elinks, PuTTY (for Windows) allows you to click on links.

However, in Terminal, you need to navigate via keyboard.

Is there a way to get Terminal to pass-through clicks the way PuTTY does? If not, is there a terminal emulator for OS X that will do that?


texts: If one forgets their iPhone Lockscreen password, how would they go about getting it back?

texts: Someone I know forgot their iPhone lockscreen password. This goes for iPhone 4 to 5. How would they go about getting back into the phone? And if they can't, can they back up data aside from the password to refill their phone after restore? What are options here? I'm an Android user myself so looking for Apple product guidance.


texts: Display Performance with two external 4K screens

texts:
Right now I am running two external 4K Displays (Dell) on a Dell XPS 15 Notebook with an UHD-Display (Geforce GT 750 M) on Ubuntu Linux. It feels a little bit slow.

What can I expect if I switch over to a MacBook Pro Retina (15") or iMac 5k (27") with these two displays?

For example - will it be possible to watch three YouTube 4K videos (each on every screen) in full screen mode without lagging?


texts: How to recover missing notes since Mavericks update?

texts:
Very recently I've updated my computer via the Mac App Store to Mavericks. Today when I opened Notes I noticed the background had changed but even more startling was that all my notes were gone! It shows "error 43".

I have an external hard drive and backed up my computer.

Is there any way to get my notes back?


texts: Macbook Pro Battery / Discrete Graphics Card Issues in 10.8.2

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I am posting because I currently have a 15'' Macbook Pro (Early 2011 edition) and have suffered from poor battery life since upgrading from Mac OS X 10.7 to 10.8.

Before the upgrade, I could use my MBP for around 7 hours when I turned off the discrete graphics card (using gfxCardStatus), dimmed the brightness and switched off the WiFi / bluetooth adapters. Using the same settings today, I can scrape at most 3.5 hours of battery life.

Some of this is due to the fact that my battery is 2 years old and has been through 475 charge cycles. That said, the Battery Health app says that my battery should still be able to carry up to 85% of it's capacity, so I would expect around 6 hours of usage at least.

I believe that the remaining decrease in performance is just linked to software changes in Mac OS X 10.8 that automatically turn on the discrete graphics card.

Any advice that can improve my battery life would be very much appreciated. That said, my questions are:

Is there a way to permanently turn off the discrete graphics card in Mac OS X 10.8.2? I used to be able to do this using the gfxCardStatus app in Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.8. Unfortunately, however, it does not work in 10.8. This is frustrating since the discrete graphics card turns on automatically whenever I run an app like VLC which uses OpenG. I hear this is to make sure that apps which use OpenGL run smoothly... but VLC already runs smoothly on computers with only integrated graphics cards... so what the hell?
Am I right in believing that the battery life issues are related to the way that Mac OS X 10.8 handles the graphics card switch? Another culprit could be that I replaced a few of my MBP parts myself a few months ago. In particular, I upgraded the RAM on the machine from 8 GB to 16 GB, installed a 512 GB SSD (which was supposed to be more energy efficient), and also removed the CD / DVD Drive (did not install anything in its place). Is there any way to tell?


texts: How can I automatically trigger a bash script before my Mac goes to sleep?

texts:
I am aware of the options suggested in Possible to run scripts on sleep and wake?.

I am ideally looking for a native option that doesn’t require installing a third-party app or binary.

The closest I found is SleepWatcher but it requires installing a third-party binary using brew install sleepwatcher.

Thanks!


texts:
My friend recently broke his iPhone 5. He has broken just the front glass. Everything works very fine: LCD, touch screen, etc…

Is there any possibility to change only the front glass that costs, on eBay, 9.99$? Not whole digitizer with LCD? I've not found any video with this.


texts: Why an IPhone XS Max appears here? (Do not own an iphone XS max nor there is one in proximity)

texts:
This is what I see in Console app.

However I did not see this item in the morning (about two hours ago)

The MacBookPro I am working on is a second hand unit.

My question: how did it make its way to console?


texts:
I have recently dug up an old 2nd or 3rd generation iPod touch, from my childhood, which is running iOS 4. There are a few audio files on it I'd be interested in recovering, but cannot figure out how. It powers on fine, and can be connected to the computer (it starts charging), but neither the PC nor iTunes recognizes it as a device.

Any ideas?


texts: How to stop MacBook Air desktop being shown on another computer on network

texts: I have recently upgraded all computers to macOS Sierra V10.12.4 and found to my surprise that my MacBook Air's desktop files and folders are being mirrored on another, more public, computer on the network.  To avoid embarrassment I want to stop this.  I cannot find a way to do it - any help would be appreciated.


texts: Some iTunes URL generate 404 response from python but still work when you browse them from a web browser

texts:
I am using python requests to get itunes URL responses.

for some links it works and for others it doesn't, for example:

working - https://itunes.apple.com/SA/app/id944846798?ls=1&mt=8

not working - https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1029783189?mt=8
(getting a 404 error)

I noticed that the difference between the 2 links is that if i paste the working one in the browser, it opens it correctly, and if i paste the non-working one, it tries to open itunes and get stuck.

I tried few user-agents, for example:

  "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:57.0) Gecko/20100101
  Firefox/57.0"

  "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_12_6) AppleWebKit/537.36
  (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/62.0.3188.0 Safari/537.36"

Since spoofing a user agent isn't enough for my python tool to appear like a web browser, Is there something else I can try?


texts: Use One User Account for Snow Leopard and Lion (Partitioned)

texts:
I'm thinking about partitioning my MBP (late 2008) to dual boot Snow Leopard and Lion. I found an article about running both OSes, and using the SL user account for both SL and Lion.

Should I trust it? Is it safe?


texts: No audio or Bluetooth after updating to Windows 10 2004 (Boot Camp)

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I have an iMac 2017 27” and I use Windows on an external SSD and after updating to Windows 10 build 2004, no matter what I do, I can get audio or Bluetooth to work.
On the bluetooth’s case there’s no driver. The audio allows me to control volume and I can see the VU meters going up and down like it it was working, except for the fact that I can’t hear anything.
I’ve tried to change the output several times without any luck.
Anyone have any idea on how to fix this?
Thanks!


texts: Is there an iPhone timer app that works with EarPods remote controls?

texts:
I'm looking for a looping timer (e.g., 30 seconds - beep - 30 seconds - beep - ...) that can be stopped/resumed by pressing a remote control button on the EarPods.

I'd like to use this app during weightlifting, where lifting time is variable and resting time should be uniform 30 seconds. After each beep, I would stop the timer using the remote control button, do weightlifting, then start the timer using the remote control button, and rest until the next beep.

I had such an app on Android, but can't seem to find a similar one on iOS.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fi.ohra.impetus


texts: USB Keyboard on MAC: \ and < characters inverted

texts:
I have a strange behaviour with an USB keyoboard connected to a MacBook Pro laptop.
Mac OS X version: macOS Sierra 10.12.2 (16C67)

In the laptop the keys are correct, but with the external keyboard the \| keys is inverted with the <> key

How can I solve this issue?
hanks.


texts:
My university makes you download an anti-virus and something called safeconnect in order to connect to the internet (eduroam). I'm very careful and wouldn't have either on my computer if it was up to me, but unfortunately I have to adhere to their policies.

I downloaded sophos anti-virus for my 2016 tMBP and think it might be draining my battery. When I go to my activity monitor it says SophosServiceManager is using >99% of my CPU, but on the other hand it says SophosUIManager's energy impact is 0. Here's the entires I see:

CPU:

Energy:

Memory:

Does anybody know if an anti-virus is usually a power hog? Is there anything I can do about it?


texts: Can't copy files from MacOS to iCloud due to 'disk full' but iCloud has lots of free space

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I keep trying to copy the folder from the local hard drive on the iMac across to icloud in Finder and it works for a while then says the 'disk is full'. This cannot be so as in finder it tells me that I have 136gb of free space and the folder I am trying to copy is only 1gb or so.

Why is it telling me that the 'disk is full'?


texts: Pages: can I change the document font size but retain the italics?

texts: I've got a 500 page Pages ('09 v4.3 on OS X 10.12.6) document where all text is 14 point; I want to change to 12. The problem is that there are blocks of italic text throughout. Using Select all to change to 12 point of course changes all the italic text to normal. How can change the document font size to 12 but retain the italics? Could Applescript parse the document and change the font size and retain the italics?


texts:
My MacBook started making a weird sound a few weeks ago. It happens about every 10 minutes, and I don't know what is causing it. It's not the hardware. I know because if my computer is on mute, then I can't hear it. Here is a link to a video that plays the sound: https://youtu.be/nCEbk7zI3cs

I'm on a 2017 MacBook Pro running High Sierra.

How can I get this sound to go away?


texts: Can apps identify me after I reinstall an app, such as by my Apple ID?

texts:
I'm trying to make this app "forget" me and not be able to identify me when I install it again. I'm on my iPad Air 2 with iOS 10.1.1.

I read on another question that they cannot see your unique device identifier anymore. Are they able to persist data in any way (I have iCloud turned off), or can they view my Apple ID? Do I need to perform a full reset?


texts: Can multiple email addresses *with names* be pasted into Mail.app?

texts:
I read this post, but it doesn't answer my question:

How to paste multiple email addresss into iPhone mail To: field?

I have noticed that it seems to be possible to include a name along with an email address, even for names/emails that are not in my address book.  After the email is sent, looking at the header shows blue bubbles with the correct name for each email address.

However, when I try to paste multiple email addresses along with names, I can't tell what Mail.app is going to do with them.  It doesn't turn them into the blue bubbles that make it intuitive.  (It seems to only do this after the email is sent.)

Example of the format I'm talking about:

Joe Blow joe@blow.com
Jimmy Dean jimmy@dean.com
Sally May sally@may.com

By contrast, when a list formatted like the following is pasted into a recipient field, all the email addresses immediately turn into individual blue boxes that indicate how Mail.app will separate them:

joe@blow.com,jimmy@dean.com,sally@may.com

Possibly related; when I saved a draft that included multiple email addresses in the BCC field formatted like this, and opened the draft later, I found all but two emails (out of about fifteen) had disappeared from the BCC field.

Is there a correct standard format for pasting multiple names and email addresses into a recipient field?  (Not names from the address book.)

If so, what is it?


texts: Expanding OSX partition and deleting Windows paritition

texts:
I have created a Windows partition with Bootcamp. Now I would like to get rid of this partition and attach the available space back to the primary Mac OS partition.

I have found various tutorials around the net, but most of them seem to be outdated. I am wondering what would be the correct procedure for Snow Leopard?


texts: Some files from Google products (preferably Chrome browser) appearing at random places

texts:
I have Google Chrome browser installed on My MacBook Air 13". I found few files from Google products in /Library and ~/Library.

Found com.google.keystone.daemon.plist under /Library/LaunchDaemons/
Found com.google.Chrome.plist and com.google.Keystone.Agent.plist under ~/Library/Preferences/

Don't know why they are there and for what purpose it is used.

Should I delete them? If no, can you tell me reason why. Thanks.


texts: Capturing text with a bookmarklet in IOS7

texts:
Is it possible to capture text from Safari using a bookmarklet on an iPod Touch/iPhone when running iOS7?

In iOS6 I could select text, and then open a bookmarklet (like this one for example) which grabbed the text using window.getSelection().

However, it seems in iOS7, any action to invoke a bookmarklet deselects the text. Am I just missing something, or is this broken?


texts: I have a 4K monitor and before I have logged in, the mouse moves really slowly on the user login screen.  Once logged in, I have configured the Tracking speed in the Mouse System Preferences to move fast.  Since there is no known way to configure the default Tracking Speed before I've logged in, is there a way to select a login user without clicking on the user and using the keyboard to select a login?


texts:
My company bought an iMac for an employee.  After 6 years, that employee is no longer with us, so I am trying to re-install the OS.  I have done this with Windows and Ubuntu many times.

Here's the problem:  I restarted the computer per some YouTube video, holding Command+R.  This worked and I got into some admin help screen.

I clicked "Re-install OS X" which required me to connect to the internet (ok, fine).  Then I had to sign in with some Apple ID (ok, fine).  But then I kept getting an error message that "this account hasn't been used in the app store" or some kind of thing.  After a while of reading advice, I found out I had to install iTunes on my own computer, then update the billing info.

I repeated the install process.  That worked to get past the "this account hasn't been used in the app store" error.  Then a new error that there was some connection issue with the App Store for my Apple ID (ok, fine--that happens).  An hour later, it seemed to be able to connect.

A new error:  "This item is not available right now.  Please try again later."  After another forever of reading, I found out that I was supposed to set up iCloud for some reason, and this would fix the error.  It did.

I re-do the installation process for the 34293rd time and some random error I can't remember.  So I close the Re-Install OS X application and open the "Help?" one.  It says, "Hey--just re-format the disk and install."  So, I did that and now there's a blank disk, and the OS still won't install because that is "unavailable" for some reason.

I have all the original items: keyboard, mouse, OS Installation Disk, Application Installation Disk, some papers, and the original box.  There is an Apple Store 45 minutes away and this iMac is 27" so I really, really don't want to spend hours doing that.

For the love of God, what am I supposed to do to re-install the OS?

P.S.  I have tried booting from the install disk, the HDD (before it was formatted), and using recovery by booting with Command+R.

Update

So, I tried the suggestions in the (at the moment) only answer here.  They were actually pretty helpful and got me through some errors.  Nonetheless, there were another half dozen issues (eliding quite a few hours here):

At some point it stopped letting me boot into the firmware screen (seemingly randomly).
At that time, each time it powered on it defaulted to "Reinstalling over the Internet".  I let that run its course for a while --twice-- and the conclusion of that was the message, "The system cannot be restored over the internet" (or equivalent, I don't recall the exact wording at the moment). There was no apparent ability to log in with my Apple ID or anything, so that was that =)
I managed to boot from the original installation DVD.  After running through the installation process there, the conclusion was: "OS X cannot be installed on this device."
I called a friend who uses only Macs for many years and he gave me some tips.
I tried a few utilities to create a bootable USB drive, but I couldn't get the iMac to recognize the USB drive as bootable (though Disk Utility did recognize it exists on 3 out of 4 boot attempts).

Conclusion

In the end, I created an Ubuntu live cd (v16.04x64).  It took maybe 3-4 minutes to burn the DVD, booted and installed in about 5 minutes and looks & feels great on the nice screen and beautiful hardware.  C'est la vie.

Side note:  In the Linux paradigm, the OS doesn't follow the user or the machine.  Just install it whenever, wherever.


texts: Maintain business contacts database on Mac and iPhone?

texts:
My wife organises amateur and semi-pro orchestras. She has a ‘database’ of about 600 musicians which she currently keeps in an OpenOffice spreadsheet on the Mac, with each player’s name, instrument(s), contact details, some notes, and a record of which concerts they have played in. She’d now like to have this accessible on her iPhone (4S). It would be nice to be able to edit it on the iPhone, but not essential; it needs to be easy to keep the two copies in sync; it would be great if it was easy to call/SMS someone’s number from the iPhone database, but she doesn’t really want to merge the database with her iPhone address book.

I can think of a few different ways of solving this, for example:

view the spreadsheet on the iPhone using Quickoffice or Documents to Go
move the spreadsheet to Numbers on the Mac and iPhone, syncing via iCloud
use some sort of business contacts manager app, maybe adding contacts to groups to define both instrument played and concerts played in
create some sort of custom solution using Bento on the Mac and iPhone

I don’t have any of the above apps at the moment. Any advice on the ideas above, or any alternative suggestions please?


texts: Where are pages files stored after I export them to itunes?

texts: With my iPad connected to my MacBook, I exported some Pages files to iTunes in docx format. Now I'm using my laptop without the iPad, and I want to find these files. Where/how are they stored? Tks.


texts: Using a HFS+ formatted Time Machine backup in APFS Catalina

texts:
I've updated to MacOS Catalina on my MacBook Air. The system drive has been formatted as APFS now. I want to revert back to an older state of the system with an older MacOS (I believe it's Yosemite) and I have it as a Time Machine backup on an external drive, but in a HSF+ format. If I reboot the computer in recover mode (command+R) and chose "restore from Time Machine backup" the system won't let me use the backup on the external drive. The reason given is that it's not possible to recover from a HFS+ backup on an APFS system drive.

Is there any way around this? Can I reformat the internal drive as HFS+ and then use my Time Machine backup?


texts: Server certificates are not properly validated by subversion/openssl

texts:
I noticed that the svn cli fails to validate https certificates and always ask for manual validation using the certificate fingerprint:

mbp:~ user$ svn co https://svn.mysite.com/svn/testrepo
Error validating server certificate for 'https://svn.mysite.com:443':
 - The certificate is not issued by a trusted authority. Use the
   fingerprint to validate the certificate manually!
Certificate information:
 - Hostname: svn.mysite.com
 - Valid: from Fri, 21 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT until Mon, 20 Jun 2016 23:59:59 GMT
 - Issuer: ANISSUER, DE
 - Fingerprint: 37:7d:6a:a7:e9:4c:30:57:fe:45:32:ab:bb:71:6c:79:08:4d:72:0d

All the following clients were able to validate the certificate of my own svn server as well as that of an sf.net server:

svn cli on Linux
TortoiseSVN on Windows
Safari/Firefox/Chrome on OSX

The two svn cli versions which I tried on OSX (Mountain Lion) and failed to validate the certificates are:

/usr/bin/svn: 1.6.18 (r1303927) - Mountain Lion/Xcode
/opt/homebrew/bin/svn: 1.7.9 (r1462340) - Compiled using homebrew

Is there any way around this problem?


texts: Alternatives to, or benefits of, AppleCare for a MacBook Pro?

texts:
I have a 17" MacBook Pro. I bought it in November 2010, so it is still under the one-year warranty and thus I have the ability to buy AppleCare and extend the warranty. Thing is, I'm having second thoughts as to whether this is worth it, or if there are other third-party warranty services that might be just as good at parts replacement for a lower cost.

Everyone I've talked to has touted AppleCare as being great, just walk into the Apple store and they help you with anything, etc. etc. But I can say pretty confidently that I'm never going to have a software question for the people at the Apple store. So I guess the only thing I would ever use it for is if there is a hardware issue with my MacBook Pro. Is this worth buying AppleCare for?

What are my options in this regard, and what else would I get from AppleCare that I might care about?


texts: Terminal - Is the built in zip command lossy?

texts:
I'm using BASH in the terminal on Yosemite.

Is the zip command lossy?

I'm using it like this

zip -er ./output.zip ./input

-e encrypt

-r recurse

I am trying to avoid lossy compression when backing up data.

Would be super weak sauce if my backups came out corrupt :(


texts:
I have a Macbook and I have a Mac mini. Is it possible to have these two machine share the same environment, so that if I installed something in one I also have it on the other. They need to share the same folders, same files, same states.
What is the closest solution for this problem?


texts: Will enabling FileVault convert my HFS+ disk to APFS?

texts:
I have a 2017 5K iMac running Mojave 10.14.6.  It has a 2 TB Fusion drive internally formatted as HFS+.  FileVault is not enabled, but I wish to do so.  Will the disk have its format changed to APFS if I enable FileVault?
My recollection is that the disk was originally formatted as HFS+ from the factory and when I turned on FileVault, the format changed to APFS.  Granted that was over a year ago, so I could be very off-base.
I want to prevent going to APFS again.  The performance degraded to dismal levels.  Now that I have reformatted as HFS+, it is surprisingly speedy.


texts: How to fix git path after MacOS Sierra update?

texts:
I have just upgraded from OS X 10.11 "El Capitan" to 10.12 "Sierra", and when I open intellijIdea, I get the following error:

  Can't start Git: /usr/bin/git Probably the path to Git executable is not valid.


texts:
What is an easy way to move a song I bought from iPhone 3 to iPhone 4 to iPad?

Do I need to move some files such as Mvx034f.mp3 over somewhere and rename it?

I think the only other way is to let Apple know I want to download it one more time, but that is ONE TIME ONLY.

Quite often, I leave the song in my iPhone 3 or iPod, and the old computer, and 2 years later, I want to hear that song again.  With a CD, that's no problem.  With the iTunes purchase = Pay Again and I want to avoid it.


texts: External hard drive won't show up on finder (theres more to this)

texts:
So I plugged in my hard drive, and deleted a file on it, a .nfo file. I forgot I had a file in the trash and so when I ejected the disk, my mac prompted me an alert like "disk is in use" with a force eject button. I force ejected without thinking, because I really didn't think any of my files were in use (I checked the usual places like whether a video file was playing somewhere etc.) When I try to plug it back, I realise it doesn't read or appear on finder. I've restarted my computer and still nothing. Other hard drives work so its definitely an isolated problem. Any ideas?

Update: I can't do a Disk Utility repair? the option isn't even available


texts: Android Studio emulator not launching on macOS (Big Sur)

texts:
macOS Big Sur 11.1, Android Studio 4.1.2
Based on some similar issues I found online, I attempted to uninstall and reinstall Intel x86 Emulator Accelerator (HAXM installer)from Android Studio itself. But also got an error:

Installation did not complete successfully. See the IDE log for details

Where can I find the IDE log and what is the possible solution that will fix the emulator issue?


texts:
Does Apple or anyone else sell iDevice cables that are several feet or several yards long? I'm making an iPad Kiosk and need to keep it powered.

I'd be even happier if someone could point me to a "smart" charger which knows when to stop charging and when to start again.


texts: How do I drop outgoing packets to specific host/port?

texts:
I want to test something locally. For that, I'd like to be able to drop outgoing packets sent to a specific host/port. I tried messing around with pf rules using Murus (the non-free version), but have been unsuccessful.

I am comfortable in the terminal, but am unsure where to make any changes and how to apply them. I am familiar with iptables on linux.

Can I get some direction on how to achieve this?


texts: How do I disable/restrict apps from updating automatically (Chrome iOS)?

texts: I'm having an issue where an older version of Chrome iOS 43 is being updated to do Chrome iOS 50. I think iOS is doing this automatically in the middle of the night. I hadn't touch the iPhone 6 since yesterday afternoon, but this morning I noticed Chrome iOS updated to the latest version. I need to use Chrome iOS 46 or older because Chrome iOS 47 and newer changed over to some different engine. The Data Saver feature is gone and I rely on it to keep my monthly bandwidth allotment in check. There must be a way to restrict updating apps automatically?


texts: Apple Music: How to view the list of all loved items?

texts:
I'm kind of OCD and like to know what data is behind every recommendation system.

Is there a way to view all the loved (hearted) items (songs, playlists, etc.) in Apple Music?

I believe at worst case scenario one could just reset them.


texts: Does Google Photos Backup keep album structure?

texts: Will the Google Photos Backup for OS X also back up the album structure from Photos.app? That is, will albums be available as collections on Google Photos after uploading?


texts: Where does macOS save apple id associated with an app?

texts:
How can I find the apple id associated with an application that purchased from Mac App Store?

Earlier we could have find this information from .plist file that placed inside the app bundle. Now I am not able to find this piece of information there. Does macOS save apple id - application pair some where in any other form?

I am using macOS Sierra v10.12.2 (16C67).


texts:
I would like to have a total per month in second table of the first table
I would like the table to be separated and I would like the process to be automated: typing the month and year in one cell and having the spreadsheet calculate the total for that month. (it means i can keep data in a tab and just import/update it when I need without caring about which month stops where).

In my data table I have 2 columns: one is a date, the other a value

September 2014  114
September 2014  89
September 2014  109
September 2014  85
September 2014  96
September 2014  93
September 2014  96
September 2014  118
October 2014    107
October 2014    98
October 2014    79
October 2014    67
October 2014    86
October 2014    141
October 2014    92

The formula I'm using is:

=SUMIF(Date,"="&A2,Count)

Date is the date column in the first table;
in A2 i have the month and year (as mentioned above)—but this only returns the first value found for the month…
I tried using MONTH(Date) but it is not working; would you have any suggestions?

EDIT
my dates in the raw data table are formatted as follow:

01/09/2014 00:00:00

they are indeed Date, not String, so the SUMIF appears to be failing on this. How could I convert those Dates into Strings so the comparison inside SUMIF works?


texts: How do I know if I have the Lion recovery partition set up?

texts:
I am looking to swap my HDD for SSD and OWC recommended methods 2 listed in this link

Perform your drive upgrade.
Place your original drive in an external enclosure.
Boot to the recovery partition on your original drive by holding down Command-R and starting up.
Use Disk Utility to Restore to your new drive.
Restart or Boot your Mac to the new drive.

So I was wondering if my MacBook has Lion recovery partition set up properly.


texts: What Thunderbolt hard drives support daisychaining?

texts: I would like to daisychain a monitor through an external hard drive, using Thunderbolt. Are there any hard drives with an additional Thunderbolt port? Preferably compact and affordable. I would also be interested in an external HDD/SSD enclosure with the extra daisy-chaining port.


texts: Will the MacBook Pro hinge tighten over time or with use?

texts: The hinge on my 5 month old MacBook Pro is very loose. I took it to the Apple store, where I was told that it will tighten over time. Has anyone else had the same problem? Has the hinge tightened over time? This sounds suspect, due to the fact he said the spring inside gets tighter, but I was taught in school that springs lose their tension over time.


texts: Why can I not access my own website - unknown host?

texts:
I have a website - www.birupakhyadash.com - which I am not able to access. The traceroute to the address returns the error: unknown host.

I have tried to clear the dns cache and disable the adblockplus browser extension, but for some reasons I am still unable to access the site.

How can I fix the "unknown host" error?


texts: Do I need Hibernate option ON for my Retina Macbook Pro?

texts:
I have a Retina MBP and have the following settings using pmset -g

As you can see below, standby is 1 and hibernationmode is 3, meaning that I have DEEP SLEEP turned on, after 7200 seconds.

Do I need to have hibernation on ? or off ? I read somewhere the SSD don't need hibernation option, and can save memory (which is saved in /var/vm/sleepimage I'm assuming). Is this true ?

If I don't need it, how can I turn it off ? Because the settings I currently have using pmset -g is confusing, and not sure if they should look this way, can you inform me if I have weird values there ?

On power :

Active Profiles:
Battery Power       -1
AC Power        -1*
Currently in use:
 standbydelay         7200
 standby              1
 womp                 1
 halfdim              1
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 darkwakes            1
 gpuswitch            2
 networkoversleep     0
 disksleep            0
 sleep                0
 autopoweroffdelay    14400
 hibernatemode        3
 autopoweroff         1
 ttyskeepawake        1
 displaysleep         60
 acwake               0
 lidwake              1

and on battery :

Battery Power       -1*
AC Power        -1
Currently in use:
 standbydelay         7200
 standby              1
 halfdim              1
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 darkwakes            0
 gpuswitch            2
 disksleep            0
 sleep                180
 autopoweroffdelay    14400
 hibernatemode        3
 autopoweroff         1
 ttyskeepawake        1
 displaysleep         5
 acwake               0
 lidwake              1

Thanks !


texts: How can I gain the 'true' space on this micro sd?

texts:
First off I know this post is about a micro sd, but I'm on a Mac..
Anyway, I got a micro sd card with my phone. It's a Cricket phone that features their Muve Music service. (Though I rooted and removed the app for it) Though the phone came with a 4GB Micro SD card, 3GB  of it was dedicated to Muve Music; and the other 1GB was for the user.. Is there a way to use my Mac to access the full 4GB?


texts: How do I re-add "free space" partition back into a single drive?

texts:
I created a 75gb partition to run Bootcamp but don't use it. I removed the partition through directions that said it would go back to a single disk. It did not. I now have 75gb of "free space" that is inaccessible.  When looking at it in terminal it doesn't show that this free space exists. I've already tried reformatting the 'free space' as a MacOS (Journaled) but it wont stick. I Apply the changes and then try to quit disk utility and it tells me that my changes wont be saved if I leave. I apply again. same results. Terminal looks like this:

Any Help would be awesome. Thanks
I just want to play fortnite...


texts: kernel_task seem to be writing large amounts of data to the disk, but no disk space is used

texts:
According to Activity Monitor, kernel_task is writing a large amount of data to the disk. This morning Activity Monitor showed it as having written 46 GB, accounting for 2/3 of all data written. At the same time, the amount of free space did not go down. If Activity Monitor is right, it would have to be overwriting the same files over and over.

Any idea what is causing this?


texts: WDF VIOLATION Blue Screen after Upgrading Mac to Windows 10 May 2019 Update (1903) Edition

texts:
UPDATE: I have tested the Windows 10 November 2019 Update (1909) Edition and so far this problem has not occurred. Also, after installing the Window Support Software, the Apple Software Update application provided a download of a "Boot Camp Update Version 6.1.9".

I did an upgrade on my iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011) from a previous version of Windows 10 to the current version. The Windows 10 May 2019 Update (1903) Edition ISO file was downloaded from the official Microsoft website. Afterwards, the Mac would get the following "Blue Screen of Death" error message.

The Windows Support Software was downloaded by using the BootCamp Assistant. I confirmed the files are the same as the files that can be downloaded from the Apple website Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5621. I installed Windows 10 to legacy BIOS boot.

  Note: The Windows Support Software download by using the Boot Camp Assistant can vary depending on the Mac model.

Below is some information about my configuration.

iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011)
iMac12,1
High Sierra Version 10.13.6
BootCamp Version 5.1 (Build 5621)
Windows 10 May 2019 Update (1903) English Edition.
Win10_1903_V1_English_x64.iso

I also tried a clean install of Windows 10 and this made no difference. The error still occurred. How can I avoid getting this error message?

After some investigation, I found the error occurs after installing the Windows Support Software. After some trial and error experiments, I determined the offending file in Windows Support Software is named BootCamp/Drivers/Apple/BootCamp.msi.


texts: What is the correct ownership for subdirectories in /usr/local

texts:
After a few reckless uses of chomod (and some history I don't recall, apparently) I currently have the following ownership in my /usr/local:

drwxr-xr-x   13 Rax   admin   Caskroom/
drwxr-xr-x   87 Rax   admin   Cellar/
drwxr-xr-x    3 Rax   admin   Frameworks/
drwxr-xr-x   17 Rax   admin   Homebrew/
drwxr-xr-x    2 Rax   admin   Library/
drwxr-xr-x    6 root  wheel   MacGPG2/
drwxr-xr-x  654 Rax   admin   bin/
drwxrwxr-x   16 Rax   admin   etc/
drwxr-xr-x  118 Rax   admin   include/
drwxr-xr-x    4 Rax   admin   info/
drwxr-xr-x  438 Rax   admin   lib/
drwxr-xr-x    3 Rax   admin   libexec/
drwxr-xr-x    5 Rax   admin   man/
drwxr-xr-x    7 Rax   admin   mysql-utilities-1.5.3/
drwxr-xr-x  111 Rax   admin   opt/
drwxr-xr-x    3 root  wheel   remotedesktop/
drwxr-xr-x   42 Rax   admin   share/
drwxr-xr-x   10 Rax   admin   texlive/
drwxr-xr-x    6 Rax   admin   var/

Is this the correct default ownership for current (≥ 10.12.5) macOS? Should I change some of these (back) to root:wheel?


texts: How do I prevent my disk from being bloated?

texts: What is "Other" and how do I prevent it from being bloated? I'm having to back up and format my hard drive every year due this happening.  As you can see, I have very little of everything else.  I mainly use some IDE's and web browsers and that's pretty much it. I'm using Catalina at the moment.


texts: How can I search 360,000 files, about 280 GB?

texts:
I have a folder (technically in this case, a read-only mounted disk image) containing a ton of data I got by running Data Rescue (a data recovery app) on one of my large server drives. I did several different scan types and dumped all the files into one place. Data Rescue 'reconstructs' deleted files and often doesn't get it quite right. It can miscategorize the type of file it is, and it can mash separate files together.

I am seeking two specific PHP files (and maybe about 5 others if I get lucky). Most of these recovered files don't have names (0002, 0003 etc), so I have to search by content.

I've come up with 6 different strings that should be able to identify these specific files. So I need a way to search the contents of files, not in an Apple "magic search" kinda way, but in an old school "manually read through every file looking for a string-match" kinda way.

grep sounds like the obvious choice, but it's been nothing but problems. grep can search recursively, and it can decompress gzip, zip and bzip archives, which is all good. But after a few minutes of running, it starts streaming "too many open files" errors. I'm not sure why, it's as if grep doesn't close a file after it opens it to search in it. I've also had issues with grep just stopping... not quitting, not crashing, not going unresponsive, but not using any more CPU, not reading anything from the disk, just sitting idle when it should be searching. I ALSO had trouble running multiple grep searches at once. grep seems to load files line by line, so something like a disk image gets the entire thing loaded into memory before searching. But there is only one file in this whole bundle that is larger than the amount of RAM I have. So as long as I do one grep at a time, I should be fine.

This is the command I'm using (wrapped in a script that does several commands to different output files, with some status outputting):
zfgrep -l -r -a -J -i -s -U -n "#32cd32" /Volumes/\'Storage\'\ Original\ Recovery > 32cd32.txt

This will run for a while, then it will hang. I'll get some results but not a full search. If I remove the -s, I get the flood of too many open files errors. Then, at someone else's suggestion, I use find to feed files to grep one at a time, like so:

find /Volumes/\'Storage\'\ Original\ Recovery -exec zfgrep -l -r -a -J -i -s -U -n "#32cd32" {} \; -print > 32cd32.txt

But that command has the exact same problems.

So this leaves me stuck. How can I search every single file on this disk image, including the archives, for some plain text strings. Including binary data files that may have been incorrectly merged with plain text files? This doesn't seem like that tough of a task for a modern multicore computer with a current OS, lots of RAM and a SSD.

I actually would prefer a GUI option, but at this point I'll take any solution that works.

Also I originally started trying to do this using BBEdit, but it was skipping a LOT of filetypes even when you tell it to search all files. Even files that are XML based. I was very surprised by this.


texts: Busy signal always using the external speaker after upgrading to IOS 10

texts:
I have an iPhone 6s.

Since upgrading to IOS 10 (version 10.0.1), whenever I make a phone call and the destination number is busy, the busy signal comes from the external speaker (on the lower right border) instead of the phone speaker (in the middle above the screen); it's just like having speakerphone enabled, but it isn't, and this only happens for the busy signal: if the number is not busy, all audio correctly comes from the phone speaker (unless, of course, I actually enable speakerphone).

Is this a bug? Has this been noticed by anyone else? Can it be fixed?

Update:

I opened a support call with Apple, which said no one has yet reported this issue, and then suggested first a hard reboot of the phone, then to reset all settings; I tried both, and I also updated IOS to version 10.0.2.

The issue still remains.


texts: Lost the plug for my MagSafe 2 adapter, can I get it at Apple authorized repair sites?

texts: I lost the plug (duckhead) of my MagSafe 2 adapter, I know some people sell them on eBay, though I do not know if they are genuine/safe to use. Is it possible to buy them at Apple authorized repair sites?


texts: Position Dock stretched full width without increasing size proportionally

texts:
Using

defaults write com.apple.dock pinning start;killall Dock

I was able to move the position of the dock to the upper left corner below the Apple menu.

What I'd really like to do is force the dock to take up the full space available with empty space like this mock..

        ↙ Current            Wanted ↘


texts: Apps on an SD Card Using Symbolic Linking

texts: I would like to be able to store Apps on a SD card, and play with symbolic linking. I was able to make this work, however my SD card can't be unmounted, is there any good way to do this, without copying the apps?


texts:
How can I reset the iBooks app, I mean completely reset it to the version that was installed and when first opened, where the app would show "Welcome to iBooks" and "Get Started"?

I think I must remove a .plist file or something similar from Library, right?


texts:
I've decided to start using my Google Calendar through iCal on my Mac. Although I've got a question regarding an annoying issue I'm having.

When I go about adding calendars to my Google Calendar and sync it via iCal, it puts the main calendar where it's supposed to, then it puts the rest of my calendars under a heading called 'Delegates'. I don't know what it means, but is there a way to stop Google from doing this? I just want all my calendars to appear under one heading, the Google one (like the incoming payments calendar in the image below)

I'm not sharing any calendars with any friends or family and I still just can't work this out. Please help me find out where I'm going wrong.


texts: Mac App enterprise distribution outside AppStore with MapKit

texts:
Either I'm being stupid (probably true) or there is hadly any documentatio to address the question:

How can I distribute an Enterprise Mac app which uses MapKit?

Background: We have built an iOS app and server which has a Mac app to act as the admin dashboard. Obviously the client doesn't want the OSX app in the app store. It wouldn't be relavant to anyone except their admins and might even attract hostile users. I've managed to make developer signed releases for their team which work in all respects except they won't display maps.

I was hoping for something like the iOS enterprise store for Mac apps but I can't find it and it seems that MapKit is limited to AppStore releases.

Am I missing something?


texts:
Forgive me if there is a better way todo this, but I have an app that is generated without a plist, this is partly due to the build system that is cross platform. Is there a way to generate a plist from the command line? I looked at defaults but I can't seem to generate one. I need to be able to set one key CFBundleExecutable.

Thanks.


texts: set default browser (all users) from CL?

texts:
Is it possible to set the default web browser for the computer (i.e. for all users) from the command line?

If I understand correctly, individual users' browser preferences are stored in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist; is there a way of directly setting the default browser system-wide, or do I need to find a way of altering this .plist for everyone?

(Thanks in advance, any help would be appreciated!)


texts:
I'm trying to use redsocks on Mountain Lion for system wide SOCKS proxy. How can I configure the iptables on OSX to redirect tcp traffic to redsocks.

The redsocks documentation mentions the following rules -:

# Create new chain
root# iptables -t nat -N REDSOCKS

# Ignore LANs and some other reserved addresses.
# See Wikipedia and RFC5735 for full list of reserved networks.
root# iptables -t nat -A REDSOCKS -d 0.0.0.0/8 -j RETURN
root# iptables -t nat -A REDSOCKS -d 10.0.0.0/8 -j RETURN
root# iptables -t nat -A REDSOCKS -d 127.0.0.0/8 -j RETURN
root# iptables -t nat -A REDSOCKS -d 169.254.0.0/16 -j RETURN
root# iptables -t nat -A REDSOCKS -d 172.16.0.0/12 -j RETURN
root# iptables -t nat -A REDSOCKS -d 192.168.0.0/16 -j RETURN
root# iptables -t nat -A REDSOCKS -d 224.0.0.0/4 -j RETURN
root# iptables -t nat -A REDSOCKS -d 240.0.0.0/4 -j RETURN

# Anything else should be redirected to port 12345
root# iptables -t nat -A REDSOCKS -p tcp -j REDIRECT --to-ports 12345

# Any tcp connection made by `luser' should be redirected.
root# iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m owner --uid-owner luser -j REDSOCKS


texts: Settings app badge stuck at 1 after update to iOS 8.0.2

texts:
I updated from iOS 8.0 to iOS 8.0.2 on my iPhone 6 last night and noticed after the update completed that the Settings app shows a badge on my home screen even though there is no apparent update available in the app (including an iOS software update - which shows iOS 8.0.2 is installed and is the latest version).

I saw a comment elsewhere (ios 8.0.1 - download completed but unable to install) implying this was seen with iOS 8.0.1 also and wondered if there is a way to reset the settings app badge or if this may be a bug that remains in iOS 8.0.2.

UPDATE: As an additional data point the count on the settings badge inexplicably went from 1 to 5 today. I have not done a DFU restore, and may eventually resort to that, but for now would rather not go through that process and am hopeful a different fix is possible.


texts: Why does my MacBook Air occasionally become extremely dim after being idle?

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Sometimes, I leave my MacBook Air on for thirty minutes. When I return, and move my mouse around, I see the cursor on the screen moving around, but the screen is extremely dim. In fact, I could barely recognize that the computer was on. I could still click on icons and interact with windows though.

Why did that happen?


texts: Macbook started to consume battery more quickly

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This seemed to happen after I did several things at once (all of which I have since reversed in trying to track this down):

installed a (Crucial M4) SSD drive (replacing my old SATA 5400 RPM drive),
upgraded from 2GB RAM to 4GB, and
upgraded to Mountain Lion (from Snow Leopard)

For weeks I've been trying to track down what the problem could be.  I've read all sorts of things about Mountain Lion using more power and various conflicting things on the Crucial forums about whether or not their SSDs consume more or less power (SSDs are generally advertised as being less power-hungry but there are a few conflicting reports!).

Anyway, I'm now back to my old SATA drive, my original 2 GB RAM and a completely clean install of Snow Leopard.  But I still have a reduced battery life and I can't figure out why.

Where I'm at now is that the milliAmps consumed by my MacBook when it is pretty much completely idle (i.e. 1-3% CPU usage in Activity Monitor, All Processes) it is consuming about

925 mA (according to System Profiler)

It fluctuates, but often goes up above 1400 mA and never lower than 750 mA.  I never paid attention to this value before but I know two things:

I used to get > 6 hours battery life in normal usage (emails, browsing) and now I get < 4.
My friend's MacBook idles at around 450 mA.

My fan speed is 1800rpm during this normal usage.

Any ideas how I can solve this?  Is there perhaps anything else I can reset?  It feels like a hardware issue.

Alternatively, is there a way to see the number of mA being drawn by the various components of my MacBook?


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So I accidentally run in terminal command export PATH="/usr/bin/php/bin" which override my defaults and none of the commands aren't responding.

MacBook-Pro-Kil:home $ sudo
-bash: sudo: command not found

Is it possible somehow restore it? My system is 10.9.5


texts: How to run iOS app on device without attaching device to Mac?

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My client has an iPhone and iPad at his place and wants to check the app being created by us at our place.

We are able to check the iOS app on our registered iPhone by attaching it to our Mac and running Xcode with the proper certificate.

The client has provided the details for their device (the UDID and other details). Now my issue is that how can the client run the app on their devices?


texts: How should paths in /etc/paths.d get added to $PATH?

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None of the paths I have in the /etc/paths.d directory are being added to $PATH in any of the shells on my High Sierra system.  Presumably there’s supposed to be something in some file that says to look in /etc/paths.d when a shell starts; what is that something and where should it be?
Ideally I’d like to know a proper way (i.e. not some weird hack that technically solves the problem but will cause more problems down the line, because that’s almost certainly how I got into this mess) to get $PATH to use the contents of /etc/paths.d for at least bash and zsh.


texts: What is the difference between Trailer and Movie when creating a new one in iMovie?

texts: The problem is as it is on the image below?


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I was trying to create bootable USB media in Boot Camp Assistant. Had a small USB plugged in and my HDD. Upon formatting I think my partition table screwed up. I had 2 partitions. 1.2TB NTFS and 0.8TB exFAT. Immediately I ran diskutil and gpt which show:

$ gpt show
       start        size  index  contents
           0           1         MBR
           1          62
          63  2344529857      1  MBR Part 7
  2344529920  1562497024      2  MBR Part 7
  3907026944        2220

diskutil (I already tried to fix using gpt add - causing both partitions to read NTFS):

$ diskutil list
/dev/disk1 (external, physical):
   #:                   TYPE NAME               SIZE      IDENTIFIER
   0: FDisk_partition_scheme                   *2.0 TB    disk1
   1:           Windows_NTFS                    1.2 TB    disk1s1
   1:           Windows_NTFS                    800.0 GB  disk1s2

I tried to recover it using gpt add and made the GUID NTFS for both. They wouldnt mount.

I then tried pdisk and completely ruined my partition table.

Is there a way i can get my partitions back? After pdisk my gpt show now reads:

$ gpt show
       start         size  index  contents
           0   3907029164

and diskutil reads:

$ diskutil list
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                   TYPE NAME               SIZE      IDENTIFIER
   0:                                          *2.0 TB    disk2

Am I screwed? I havent written to the HD. I know my files and partitions are still there. I just need help fixing this.

(p.s. currently using testdisk and scanning as an INTEL drive).


texts: Thunderbolt cable that only works as USB 3.1

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I have an LG 5k Ultrafine screen which does not work when connected to my Macbook Pro 2018. Before thinking that the screen may not be working, it could be that the cable which isn't working.
In order for it to work, it must be a Thunderbolt 3 cable, which I know it is (I bought it and it used to work with the screen). I plugged the cable Macbook <> Different USB-C device and it did work, however it Apple -> About this Mac -> System Report, the device only gets shown in the USB 3.1 bus instead of the Thunderbolt section.
Are there ways to test if the cable that I have is a working Thunderbolt 3 cable?


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So I got one of those SD card flush mounts, but it occasionally self ejects. I'm trying to solve that via kextunload given on this page

Entering:

sudo kextunload -b /System/Library/Extensions/AppleSDXC.kext

Returns:

(kernel) Kext /System/Library/Extensions/AppleSDXC.kext not found for unload request.
Failed to unload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleSDXC.kext - (libkern/kext) not found.