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What does an Apple Series 4 Watch require to have Fall Detection + Emergency 911 calling fully operational?

Does the watch need to be paired with a certain iPhone Model/iOS release? Does the watch need GPS+Cellular or is the GPS model alone capable and under what conditions? Does anything need to be manually configured/enabled on the watch?

I have an elderly friend who's interested in this product and it would be useful to know the minimum requirements to get this operational for them.


texts: I have two Synology Diskstations in my list of Connected Servers. Disk station-5 and Diskstation-8 (see image). Now I want to change the user name for these connected servers and I want these connected servers to connect when I boot my laptop or desktop. I simply cannot get it done. Every time the servers are not connected and when I try to connect the old user name appears. Anyone ?


texts: Python program does not display correctly on 10.13, but works on old MacBook

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I asked this question https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49955313/toplevel-does-not-create-new-independent-windows-on-macos on Stack Overflow, thinking it was a Python programming problem.

Since then, a number of users have reported no issue, and I installed Python 3.6.5 on an old MacBook, running 10.12.6 and the code runs as expected.

Can anyone suggest why it does not work on my new iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2017) running 10.13.4 and more importantly what I can do to change this.

The program also fails to run correctly on a 2011 MacBook Pro running 10.13.3 under Python 3.6.4

The following show the display, and after resizing.

I can drag the 3 Toplevel() windows on screen, and they then display normally.

Running the program on Linux Python 3.5.3 shows:-

I upgraded to https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.5/python-3.6.5-macosx10.9.pkg  (which has an included version of Tcl/Tk 8.6) on both the 2011 MacBook Pro and iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2017) which both exhibited the same problem, so it would seem to be a problem with the Python interface to macOS 10.13


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Has someone else this kind of problem after yesterday's update for July'12 Macbook Pro?

I have tried all the typical things like Reboot, Restore Disk Permissions, killall SystemUIServer. The one thing that does fix this issue is making a new user account. When I log in to that account, the icons are revealed.


texts: According to System Information I have one processor and 2 cores, but when I open the 'CPU-usage' window in Activity Monitor I see 4 graphs

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What does this 4 graphs mean and how are they related to my 2 cores?
I have a MacBook Pro (13 inch medio 2012?


texts: Trouble downloading apps from the app store

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I am downloading apps on my iPad off of the App Store and they are downloading on the App Store but aren't actually coming out on my device.

It says they have downloaded on the App Store but I have looked everywhere and it's not there.


texts:
I recently attempted to install Ubuntu on may Late 2013 13" Mac Book Pro with Retina Display.

Under Linux I noticed a Red LED light inside the audio port. It looks like Ubuntu doesn't know how to handle it and activated it.

I have absolutely no idea what is that for, but I would really like to know.

Also is there any way to control it? : )


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After updating to Mac OS Catalina some months ago, I followed the prompted suggestions and changed my shell from BASH to ZSH.

Since that time, whenever I use sudo in Terminal, I get sudo: setrlimit(8): Invalid argument. The sudo'd command runs fine, but this error shows every time.

I don't have any plugins or modifications to my shell - it's vanilla ZSH in default Terminal.app

Can't upgrade sudo to new version. I download the file sudo-1.8.31.mac1015.pkg and install it, but remain the same version
Sudo version 1.8.29
Sudoers policy plugin version 1.8.29
Sudoers file grammar version 46
Sudoers I/O plugin version 1.8.29


texts: MacBook Air: What taking up all my hard drive space

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I have a 128gb MacBook Air running Lion. I am constantly having issues with disc space, but have no idea what is consuming it all. When I look at the disc utility break down, it says about 80% of the used space is taken up by 'Other' while the remaining 20% is photos, music and applications.

I've searched everywhere but have no idea what is using all this space. The biggest program I have on is Photoshop and perhaps XCode. I dont have any video files and I dont even tend to save .PSDs.

Would anyone know what could be taking up this space?

Thanks!


texts: Mountain Lion on Intel Core 2 duo (2009 macbook pro)

texts: has anyone tested the new Mountain Lion on a 2008/2009 macbook?(aluminium) I've heard that with Lion some problems occured like mac becomes slow, battery life is halved etc. I'd like to know specific problems regarding updating from snow leopard to mountain lion on a 2008/2009 macbook pro with intel core 2 duo and 4GB ram, thanks!


texts: Using tkinter with Catalina, how to avoid deprecation warning?

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I want to use the tkinter GUI library with python3 and Catalina 10.15.1, but I get a deprecation warning.

% python3
Python 3.7.4 (default, Oct 26 2019, 09:13:24)
>>> import tkinter
>>> tkinter.Tk()
DEPRECATION WARNING: The system version of Tk is deprecated and may be removed in a future release. Please don't rely on it. Set TK_SILENCE_DEPRECATION=1 to suppress this warning.

I looked at this answer but brew install tcl-tk and brew install python3 but didn't help.

Is there a straightforward way to get tkinter to work, or is a different GUI library the recommended way to go? (I'm a bit worried that if I start installing new Python versions, I'll end up breaking other things.)


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On Linux, I can "tail" the jitsi log:

thufir@tleilax:~$
thufir@tleilax:~$ tail .jitsi/log/jitsi0.log.0
00:08:08.579 WARNING: [59] service.resources.AbstractResourcesService.getSettingsInt().596 Missing resource for key: net.java.sip.communicator.SIP_PREFERRED_SECURE_PORT
00:08:26.710 INFO: [73] impl.protocol.sip.SipLogger.logInfo().185 Info from the JAIN-SIP stack: the sip stack timer gov.nist.javax.sip.stack.timers.DefaultSipTimer has been stopped
00:08:27.738 INFO: [73] impl.protocol.sip.SipLogger.logInfo().185 Info from the JAIN-SIP stack: the sip stack timer gov.nist.javax.sip.stack.timers.DefaultSipTimer has been stopped
00:10:08.444 WARNING: [76] plugin.sipaccregwizz.SIPAccountRegistrationWizard.installAccount().419 An account for id thufir@getonsip.com was already installed!
00:11:13.905 WARNING: [77] service.resources.AbstractResourcesService.getSettingsInt().596 Missing resource for key: net.java.sip.communicator.SIP_PREFERRED_CLEAR_PORT
00:11:13.907 INFO: [77] impl.protocol.sip.SipLogger.logInfo().185 Info from the JAIN-SIP stack: the sip stack timer gov.nist.javax.sip.stack.timers.DefaultSipTimer has been started
00:11:13.913 WARNING: [77] service.resources.AbstractResourcesService.getSettingsInt().596 Missing resource for key: net.java.sip.communicator.SIP_PREFERRED_SECURE_PORT
00:11:44.729 SEVERE: [90] impl.protocol.sip.SipRegistrarConnection.processResponse().937 Received an error response (400)
00:11:44.817 INFO: [90] impl.protocol.sip.SipLogger.logInfo().185 Info from the JAIN-SIP stack: the sip stack timer gov.nist.javax.sip.stack.timers.DefaultSipTimer has been stopped
00:11:45.818 INFO: [90] impl.protocol.sip.SipLogger.logInfo().185 Info from the JAIN-SIP stack: the sip stack timer gov.nist.javax.sip.stack.timers.DefaultSipTimer has been stopped
thufir@tleilax:~$

However, I wasn't able to find a .jitsi directory specifically, or configuration files for user applications.  Are they generally in the home folder?  Specifically, where's the jitsi configuration and log, please?

My system:

  System Version:   OS X 10.10.2 (14C1510)
  Kernel Version:   Darwin 14.1.0
  Boot Volume:  Mac OSx
  Boot Mode:    Normal
  Computer Name:    A MacBook Pro
  User Name:    thufir (thufir)
  Secure Virtual Memory:    Enabled
  Time since boot:  1:03


texts: How to configure default phone call app on Mac

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Skype for Business has been my Mac's default phone call app ever since I installed it. Is there a way to switch to FaceTime—or better yet, handoff to iPhone?

When I place calls from my iPhone, I can switch the audio to my Mac.


texts: See when a macOS application accesses the clipboard?

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On iOS, it now shows you when an app accesses the clipboard. I discovered my weather app is snooping on my clipboard, which is very interesting, especially since I never pasted, and there's no logical reason why it would have needed to view the clipboard:

I very much appreciate this feature on iOS because it creates the right incentives for apps to view only what they have to.
Is there any way to enable this feature on macOS, where a small popup could appear if an application views what's on your clipboard?


texts: OSX won't search deep enough on external drive

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When doing a search on my external drive (SSD) using Finder it only searches like 1, 2 or maybe 3 folders deep. I have to manually navigate deeper into folders, in order to increase my reach.

I can't find anything about this online. Any ideas?


texts: Where is Rsync's default temp directory?

texts: I'm using rsync to backup files to an external hard drive; my boot disk is pretty full. Rsync keeps failing due to not enough disk space to build the temporary file list, and unfortunately doesn't delete the temp files. My question: where are those temporary files kept? I'd like to go and delete them manually.


texts: How can I export Aperture projects to folders that are named according to library project names?

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I want to upload an Aperture library to a FTP/SFTP server for use with Zenphoto. Since Aperture doesn't have it built in, and since uberupload doesn't appear to exist any longer, I figured it would be fairly straightforward -- install sshfs and Fuse4X, export the Aperture library to a folder, and then drag the folder into the SSH mount.

The problem is, it appears that Aperture doesn't have a built-in function to export a library to a folder (i.e. if the library contains the projects "Hiking" "Biking" and "Fishing", there should be three folders created with the respective names and all the photos should be dumped in each). But apparently, you can only export a project to a .aplibrary file. Granted, this is really just a folder, and you can find the folders inside, but I'd have to manually rename every folder -- not optimal, since there are a ton of projects.

Short of writing an AppleScript (which I'm somewhat resigned to doing), is there any solution? Literally all I need to do is to export the library to a folder structure.


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My macbook is stuck on the login screen after entering the password. I've been using this MBP for the past 4 years and it's been slowing down of late. However, I'm now having trouble logging in to my primary account: after I enter the password, I can proceed no further, although I still have access to the Guest account.

I've gone through some of the steps mentioned here and in other forums: resetting PRAM, reinstalling MacOS, etc. I ran disk utility and I'm getting an error. What should I do?


texts: What does 'automatically check for newly published albums'  in Aperture mean?

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I like using Aperture to upload to Facebook and Flickr, but I don't like how it syncs. For example:

What does this option actually do?
I can't stand all the lists of my sets on the left hand side of the application. It clutters the UI, and I won't be managing it through there anyways. Can I hide/remove these?


texts: How do I tell OS X to always mirror displays when I plug them in?

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I plug the same external HDMI monitor in every day, and each time, I have to manually switch from external to mirrored mode. It's minor, but annoying.

Is there a way to tell OS X to default to mirror mode whenever I plug in a monitor? I looked in System Preferences -> Displays, but I couldn't find such an option.


texts:
In system preferences, under users, standard is written under my name and there is no admin.

When i try to change preferences it asks for admin name and password to unlock it but my login password doesn't work as I'm not an admin.


texts: Is it safe to turn off Block IPv6 on my Airport Extreme

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I think I am having issues trying to connect to servers that are using IPv6. Mainly related to local web development.

On this Github Issue relating to my specific problem and they recommend disabling IPv6 on the Mac and while this does fix the issue I would like to turn on IPv6 if possible, as long as it is secure to do so.

https://github.com/composer/composer/issues/4748

I went digging in the Airport Extreme Router to see if there might be some setting causing an issue. I found this setting that blocks incoming IPv6 connections.

I wanted to see if there was a reason that this blocking of IPv6 incoming was ENABLED and found a security bug from 2007. I am assuming it is fixed?

So the questions are:

Is this setting safe to disable on AirPort Extreme routers?
Would this setting be part of the problem causing me not to connect to IPv6 machines?


texts:
I know iPhone 4 supports H.264 and MPEG-4 as video codecs, and JPEG and M-JPEG as image codecs.

I'm looking to get some information on the iPhone 4's video and image codecs and processing chips/SoC parts.

Does anyone know which vendor provides the SoC's to enable image/video compression and processing on the iPhone 4?
Are the video/image codec solutions - 'Software codecs' on a specialized dsp-core/processor or hard-wired as in a FPGA/ASIC solution?

Any pointers would be useful.


texts: Does Windows or Linux have any tools for accessing a FileVault2 encrypted drive's contents?

texts: I'm looking to mount (and access files on) my FileVault2 encrypted drive on a non-OS X box, and am wondering if anyone has done this with Windows or Linux.


texts: Where are Photo Booth image files stored in Lion?

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On Snow Leopard, photos taken with Photo Booth were stored in ~/Pictures/Photo Booth. They were individual image files that could be opened with any image editor. After updating to Lion, when I go to ~/Pictures, I see an icon for Photo Booth Library. When I double-click to open, it just opens Photo Booth with the thumbnail strip along the bottom.

Where are those image files stored now? The whole point of them is to be able to use them for avatars, etc. which I can't do if I can't get at the individual files.


texts: Spotlight not highlighting the selected result

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When I search something in Spotlight the top search result is highlighted by default (as it should be). However when I press the down arrow to select the next result, the top result remains highlighted no matter how many times I press the down arrow. The strange thing is that Spotlight responds as if the correct result was selected. For example:

After pressing cmd + Space and typing "android":

After pressing down arrow twice:

After pressing Enter Android Studio.app is opened, despite the fact that Spotlight hasn't updated the highlighting to show that Android Studio is selected.

I would like to know how to make Spotlight respond to pressing the down arrow by highlighting the correct result. I am running Mavericks 10.9.4 on a Mid 2010 13-inch Macbook Pro. I recently upgraded from Snow Leopard and Spotlight worked fine before. Thanks!


texts: My service fails with error "WorkflowServiceRunner received error running Workflow Service". How to diagnose?

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I'm following the instructions in the answer to How can I add a due date to OS X Reminders? , to set up a Service which creates a Reminder entry with a due date. I used Automator to create a workflow, with the single step "New Reminders Item", and saved this as /Users/me/Library/Services/New reminder with Due.workflow.

When I select text, then run this Service from the app's Services menu, an alert box appears, saying:

  The action "New Reminders Item" encountered an error. [Show Workflow] [OK]

The Console shows an error message like:

  2017-03-18 22:36:10.084 WorkflowServiceRunner[4697]:
  WorkflowServiceRunner received error running Workflow Service at
  /Users/me/Library/Services/New reminder with Due.workflow: The action
  “New Reminders Item” encountered an error.

I was hopeful about finding an AppleScript syntax error induced by Automator, as in SO answer to Apple Automator Applescript action giving “could not connect action” error, but my Workflow appears not to contain AppleScript. It appears to be a bundle directory containing files document.wflow and Info.plist. There was no AppleScript code that I could see.

How do I diagnose this error?  How can I find out what error the WorkflowServiceRunner received?

I am running Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6.


texts: Blurry iMessage images on some receiving iPhones

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The Problem
When sending an image or screenshot to a friend (from iPhone XR to iPhone 11 Pro in this specific case) all iMessage images appear blurry on his device. No matter if he is connected via fast reliable wifi or LTE.
I tested the same image with another friend (iPhone XR to iPhone XR), who was on wifi as well. All images were sharp in this case.
What we did so far
My friend restarted iMessage, restarted the iPhone, switched wifi off (to connect via LTE). The images were still displayed blurry.
I thought this is a connection issue, but rather unlikely when the issue is the same on wifi and on mobile. Has anybody has this issue as well? What could be the reason for it?
Update: After waiting two days the images were displayed sharp on the first friends iPhone.


texts: Centrify: install using script in macOS 10.15

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We were used to install Centrify using a simple script launched from KACE:
sudo /usr/sbin/installer -pkg CentrifyDC-5.5.2-x86_64.pkg -target /

Starting from Catalina, it seems that the script installs Centrify (I can find files and folders in the hdd) but the entry in the System Preferences (that is the join assistant) does not appear and also checking in the file system I cannot find the correct application to launch it.
If I install Centrify using the same .pkg file but in the interactive way (with the GUI) everything works smoothly. Does anybody know why?


texts: Finder Cover Flow Icon Preview not working

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I'm not sure what happened but I noticed recently that the Cover Flow icon previews were missing from my files in Finder.  I'm using OSX 10.6.7.  See the screenshot below - I'm expecting a preview of the file to be shown rather than the black document icon.

How can I get the preview back?  The View Options have "Show Icon Preview" ticked.

Quicklook still works on individual files, just not in Finder.

Edit

Error message reported in Console:

/System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Resources/quicklookd.app/Contents/MacOS/quicklookd: /System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Resources/quicklookd.app/Contents/MacOS/quicklookd: cannot execute binary file

(com.apple.quicklook[5107]): Exited with exit code: 126

Edit 2
Output of command suggested by @jm666

lipo -detailed_info /System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Resources/quicklookd.app/Contents/MacOS/quicklookd

lipo: can't figure out the architecture type of: /System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Resources/quicklookd.app/Contents/MacOS/quicklookd

After seeing the error message, I restored the previous version of quicklookd from my Time Machine backup and the problem was resolved.  I'm going to do a clean install of Snow Leopard just to make sure there are no other issues with my system.


texts: Why does my iPhone calendar not sync with my Mac computer calendar?  When I enter appointments in my Mac calendar they download automatically to my iPhone but when I enter an appointment in my iPhone it does not get synced or uploaded to my Mac.


texts: Downgrade iOS 12.4.8 to iOS 11.3.1 - iPhone 6 (Without SHSH blobs)

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Is there any way to downgrade iOS 12.4.8 to iOS 11.3.1 on iPhone 6 (Without SHSH blobs). The firmware is not signed by the apple anymore.
I'm stuck at iOS 12.4.8 on iPhone 6 and cannot use Wi-fi Calling, was able to use the feature back in 11.3.1.So need to go back. Please help.


texts: Internet won't work but still receive iMessage.

texts: My cellular data is on and I can receive iMessages and post notifications but when I get on and app that requires internet it does not work. What is wrong?


texts: Automatically Change Sound Output Device When Plugging in Headphones

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I'm on a Mid-2009 MBP. I use an amplifier with an internal USB sound card to listen to music. That's ok for most times, but sometimes I like to listen to music with headphones plugged directly into the MBP, not into the amplifier.

Is it possible to make the MBP change the sound output device automatically to Headphone Jacket when I plug them in, even when a sound device other than the internal speakers is in use?


texts: Parsing through data from an old mac text editor. (Recovering data from a Mac floppy.)

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I've been tasked with the job of recovering the text of a book stored on a 3.5'' floppy disk. From what I can tell, the book was stored on the disk using a Mac sometime in the 1990s.

I tried simply reading the disk on my older Windows machine, but I received the error: "The disk is not formatted". I tried using several file recovery programs, but they mostly indicated that the disk was probably corrupt.

However, I was able to create an .IMA disk image file in Windows. I transferred this file to my newer PC and opened it was a text editor. It seems that the text of the book is intact, but it is mixed in with many formatting characters that I think are an artifact of some old Mac word processor. For example I think Ü ┐Ü represents a line break.

Is there any (PC) software I can use to parse out all of theses formatting symbols? Or better yet, is there software that could perhaps understand the original format that the book was written in? Unfortunately I do not have a single file, instead it's trapped in a disk image. (And I am not able to extract the disk image because the disk is "corrupt.") I could manually go through and edit the text, but this would be extremely time consuming, considering that the book is ~1 MB.

Thanks!


texts: Is there something like macros in Outlook 2016 on Mac?

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In Outlook on Windows I have a VBA script that moves one or more messages from Inbox to a folder, attached to a keyboard shortcut that I use to very quickly move hundreds of emails to where I want them every day.

Is there any feature like that in Outlook on Mac? I'm not sure how to phrase the question, I don't want to be too narrow by asking "Is there VBA and Macros in Outlook on Mac" when obviously there is not, but is there some other way to approach this problem, automating things and assigning keyboard shortcuts to personalized tasks?

Edit: One comment mentioned Applescript.  (I'm a newbie to Mac).  I then found this article on enabling the Applescript icon and this article on using Applescript to create a Task from a Message.  That's not exactly what I want but it's a HUGE step forward.   I will now study Applescript and Outlook's use of it and if I get anywhere, will answer my own question.


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I am trying to join https://searchads.apple.com , but I am getting this error:

  Error saving credit card information. Try again later.  (Error: 3564473453).

I read something about it here and it looks that it is because I am using a debit card.
My question is: Does anyone know what could solve my problem(except using credit card).

Thank you


texts: iOS 12 replacement for default Music-app which can "remember playback position"

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I upgrade from iPhone 4GS 16GB iOS 7.0.6 to iPhone 8 Plus 256GB iOS 12
so i can put all my audiobooks on my phone.

but in new Music app remember playback position does not work anymore.
In iTunes it show remember playback position set on set on iphone music files.

So i need a replacement can do it.

I got over 680+ Audiobooks in my iTunes Library set as music type.
Why music type vs audiobooks are more tags show by default.
got 600+
Tags with
SongTrackName+ArtistAuthor+AlbumTitle+ComposerReader+Genre+Year+Comments+ArtworkBookcover

I try audiobooks apps all i come over was lacking in display all info i want+easy search through i got over 600 audiobooks i does not want to move through all with scrolling max 5 books per scroll in scrolling no info.

I got over 70+ Smart Playlist on iTunes i like to use then fine right audiobook for time and day i want to hear audiobooks.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ecoute/id536882653 half like the interface but does not support remember playback position


texts:
So I put a DVD in and it wouldn't come out. I wanted to try the "hold left mouse during start up" method of getting it out and now it won't boot and I can still not get the DVD out. It is my GF's old iMac and I think the reason she never puts in DVD's is this. Is there any way to:

a) Get the DVD out

and

b) reboot the iMac

If I can fix a) it might be that b) is fixed at the same time.


texts: Why are (Pages for Mac) templates, in the Library folder different than what's available in Pages?

texts:
Mac's Pages templates seem to be stored in:

Library/Application Support/iWork/Pages/Templates/My Templates

However, when I use Pages and wish to choose a template, what's available is different than what's in the Library folder.

Can anyone explain this discrepancy?

Thank you.


texts: Odd problems with vim over ssh to remote linux machine

texts:
I'm having some strange issues working with vim editing files in an ssh session on a remote linux (Ubuntu 13.04 ) server.  On the client side, I'm on a mac running OS 10.8.4 (late 2012 mac mini). I've googled around extensively on this and came up empty handed. I've used vim for years, and I've never seen problems like this before.

The issues all present themselves when I first load the file in vim. I've experienced the following issues:

The top couple of lines are missing. Using arrow keys or the top of file shortcut, I can simply not get to these lines.
Sometimes, when attempting to delete a character, an entire word or words will be deleted.
The result of yank and put is inconsistent. Sometimes the line appears correctly, other times all I get is a jarbled mess.

Am I using the wrong version of vim remotely or some terminal problem specific to Mac OS?


texts:
I have two Macbook Pros (10.7.2) and both are missing the standby option in pmset:

$ pmset -g
Active Profiles:
Battery Power       -1
AC Power        -1*
Currently in use:
 womp       1
 halfdim    1
 sms        1
 panicrestart   157680000
 gpuswitch  2
 hibernatefile  /var/vm/sleepimage
 networkoversleep   0
 disksleep  10
 sleep      180
 hibernatemode  3
 ttyskeepawake  1
 displaysleep   10
 acwake     0
 lidwake    1

$ pmset -g cap
Capabilities for AC Power:
 displaysleep
 disksleep
 sleep
 womp
 acwake
 lidwake
 halfdim
 sms
 gpuswitch

I've seen this guy has this option:lion pmset standby
Any ideas?


texts:
Does the iPhone 5 have an oleophobic (fingerprint-resistant) coating? I searched but could only find info on the 3GS.

This is my first iPhone, and it seems to smudge very easily. I do tend to have very moist skin, so it could be me, but since its my first one I have no comparison.

For now, I've taken to wiping it down every night with a microfiber cloth and a drop of camera/glasses lens cleaner.

Is this normal to have to clean it so often?


texts:
I have a nice stereo system that can dock and charge an iPod Nano 2nd generation.

I also have an iPod Touch 4 and a 6th gen Nano (or something).

The old docks charge using the firewire pin out and the new ones with the USB power pin out (if I understand correctly).

my google-fu is failing to find a dock adapter that will swap the pinout so I can dock my newere nano into the older dock and play and charge. (It plays now but won't charge)

Is anyone aware of such a product?


texts: I have a two mouses: one for each hand. How can I set the primary mouse button separately for each mouse?

texts: I would like the mouse I am using for my left hand to use the right button as the primary button.  However, it appears that this setting is global so that it impacts the setting for my right handed mouse as well.  Is there a way to set this up so that I don't need to order special left-handed hardware?


texts: Drag a file from desktop into expanded Dock Folder stack?

texts:
I was cleaning up my desktop today and wanted to move a file from desktop to the a sub-folder of a Dock Folder, set to "Stack" mode.

I can drag the file onto the Dock, but it expands in a boring, not useful way alphabetically. If I click the stack to expand, it shows me a useful grid sorted by modification date, but when I click the desktop file, it closes.

I'd like to either get the expanded stack to stick open, or the drag operation to trigger the normal, useful stack expansion.

ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.12.3  BuildVersion:  16D32


texts: Macbook pro 2015 13" keyboard and trackpad stopped working - Cable change did not work

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Previously, the keyboard and trackpad was not working sometime but they work after one or two restarts.
Since 2 months ago keyboard and trackpad stopped working completely.
Tried the different resets, safemofde.
I was in Apple Genius Bar yesterday. The changed the internal cable and it didn't work. They said the second step is replacing keyboard and trackpad that costs 400€. I didn't accept.
1- How can I make sure that it is a software issue or hardware?
2- Any solution when the cable is not the problem?


texts: macOS: why only few login elements are in System Preferences

texts:
In macOS, under System Preferences / Users / Login Elements there is a list of Login Elements that are started at the startup.

Actually only few elements are listed here. There are many other elements that are started from LaunchAgents and LaunchDemons folders, which are not listed here.

My question is: which elements are instead listed here? I suppose macOS has a list of elements that will be listed here while most are not.

What discriminates the elements listed in System Preferences vs. all the others login elements?

The same question is for extensions: only few items are listed in System Preferences / Extensions. Where is the list of the few extensions that are here displayed versus all the other extensions that are anyway loaded but not displayed here?


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I upgraded to Yosemite on my 2011-12 iMac, from system 10.6.8.
It worked to a point, but with major problems with the mail - crashing and not working, basically.My Mac tech said it "should work"...but we tried reinstalling 3 times to the same result.
Given Mavericks is no longer available, does anybody have a suggestion other than a clean install of Yosemite? Or is that the only option?


texts: Dock shortcut for an interactive bash script

texts:
I'm new to OSX and all I want it an application shortcut in Dock that opens the terminal and types the first command and waits for me to provide the password. Here is the script I want to run:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
sudo openconnect --user={username} {host}

And here is the AppleScript I created using Automator:

do shell script "/usr/local/bin/openconnect --user={user} {host}" with administrator privileges

But when I run it, it exits when it asks for username and password. What am I missing here?


texts: With Apple Music Family Plan, can two devices with the same Apple ID stream at the same time?

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Let's say I have the Apple Music Family Plan and two iOS devices signed into the same Apple ID.  Can these two devices both stream at the same time?

Background: All the documentation around Apple Music Family Sharing assumes that each member of the family uses their own device with their own Apple ID.  For us this is not the case.  Family members just pick up whatever iOS device is lying around and want to stream music from that device.


texts: How do I make my external Thunderbolt 27" display's brightness match my iMac's brightness?

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I'm running my 27" iMac with a 27" Thunderbolt display, and I'm having trouble getting their brightnesses to match. It seems like checking "Automatically adjust brightness" on both causes different results.

What's the best way to get these two displays to always have the same brightness?


texts: macOS not allowing me to restore media files from one external drive to another

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I am trying to restore media from an external drive to another
  external drive now both the partitions have been formatted with the
  same partition map GUID partition map (I am also getting an APFS
  partition message on clicking the partition map option available under
  disk utility)). Now whenever I am trying to restore the partitions, I am coming across several errors.

This was the first attempt: I selected the main volume (as the source volume from which the media files are to be restored) which is at the top of the volume tree (Sandisk Ultramedia)

I am facing this error! (I have attached some screenshots to further explain my problem)

Error No.1

Error No.2

This time I selected the volume within the container APFS volume (as the source disk from where the media files are to be restored) which is the Sandisk USB External Drive/MacOS USB. But, again I got the same error.


texts: Will macbook pro mid 2012 gt650m show 2560 resolution on a 4k display?

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I have a mid 2012 macbook pro with a GT650M graphics card. From my research I have found that the maximum resolution for this card is 2560 x 1440. I currently run a thunderbolt external display with it.

I am thinking about purchasing a 4k monitor. I have a windows 8.1 machine with a GTX 650 TI Boost that I am positive will run the 4k display. So my question is this...

If i plug the 4k display into the imac will I AT LEAST get the 2560 x 1440 resolution of my thunderbolt display on the 4k?

I understand that i will NOT get true 4k when using the macbook, but i'm hoping to get 2560 resolution when the macbook is plugged in and 4k resolution when the PC is plugged in.

Thanks for the help.


texts: Python socket program taking forever to run

texts:
I tried to run following program on my Mac terminal.

import socket
mysock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
mysock.connect(('www.py4inf.com', 80))
mysock.send('GET http://www.py4inf.com/code/romeo.txt HTTP/1.0\n\n')

while True:
    data = mysock.recv(512)
    if ( len(data) < 1 ) :
        break
    print data;
mysock.close()

But it doesn't print anything and takes forever.  I tried some online platform to execute and got error message

  """Traceback (most recent call last): File "main.py", line 6, in
   mysock.connect(('www.py4inf.com', 80)) File
  "/usr/lib64/python2.7/socket.py", line 228, in meth return
  getattr(self._sock,name)(*args) socket.error: [Errno 110] Connection
  timed out"""

I put print statement after True: and before line "data = " and it prints statement there and then takes forever.

My Python environment is

"Python 2.7.10 (default, Jul 14 2015, 19:46:27)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 6.0 (clang-600.0.39)] on darwin"

And in different computer, it works.

Can anybody identify an issue?


texts: I tried using my non-apple headset on ipad and it worked. This same headset is what I used on my android phone, but when I plugged it on my phone it won't work anymore. There's no headset logo appearing on my screen. Does this have anything to do about plugging the headset to the ipad?


texts: I am currently trying to connect to move.mil and safari won't let me use it because it is not receiving "valid" certificates from it, how do I bypass this because I used to use this site all the time on my windows computer but now I can't on my MacBook


texts: Where to find the setting to change side switch functionality in iOS 10 Beta?

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Can't find the setting to change the side switch functionality from 'Ringer/Silent' to 'Mute/Orientation lock'.

If this functionality has been removed, is there any way to use the side switch to mute my app sound?


texts: Backing up a MacBook Pro without a screen?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 2013→2014) with a mini PCIe SSD (512GB, Solid State Drive).

There is a problem with my current operating system causing the video output to be corrupt. Native screen is blank. HDMI output is a bunch of crazy, snowy, flickering lines and such.

Although I'm fairly confident the rest of the system is working underneath the façade (or lack thereof). Apparently, it's not a GPU / hardware problem as I first thought (According to the in-store Apple tech "genius" guy; I was reluctant at first to agree, but now convinced).

I tried reinstalling the OS via safe mode recovery methods. No dice, but an externally (network) booted version of OS X ran perfectly. So I'm going to start again with a clean slate; a fresh factory-style install of the OS.

The problem is: I want to backup my personal data; obviously this has do be done first. Of course this is difficult without being able to see what I'm doing. And safe mode doesn't appear to have access to any personal data.

• Is there an adapter that I can use to connect this storage device (mPCIe) to my other laptop (USB)?

• Failing that, if there is another way;  any other methods or suggestions are also welcome.

Thanks.


texts: How to transfer photos from my Macbook Air to an android smartphone?

texts:
Not sure if this question has been asked before, so apologies if it has:

I have some photos on my MacBook Air, which I want to transfer onto my Android smartphone, which is a Lenovo.

I'm not sure how to do that and have not been able to find much info online.

Please let me know.

Thanks


texts:
I was looking into buying dual monitors for my Mid 2012 non-Retina MacBook. I really liked the looks of the Dell UltraSharp 24 (U2414H)

According to Dell, the Monitor supports MST for the Display Port.

Does my MacBook support this multi streaming technology?


texts: What causes 5 pink bars on 27" iMac (2011)?

texts:
I've got a 27 inch iMac made in 2011 that displays 5 pink vertical bars on the screen. It won't boot properly. I ran the Apple Hardware Test and it came up clean.

Machine Specs:

Apple Subfamily:    Mid-2011
Apple Model No: A1312 (EMC 2429)
Model ID:   iMac12,2


texts: How to choose Bluetooth controller in OS X Lion?

texts:
My Mac Pro's internal bluetooth is broken. For the past 2 years, I've been getting by just fine with a USB Bluetooth adapter. I had to temporarily remove that adapter recently, and after putting it back I find that Lion has reverted to using the internal (broken!) adapter again.

Usually this is fixed simply by going into some utility program (Utilities -> Bluetooth Prefs?), which I no longer find in OS X.

Instead, I have only the System Preferences Bluetooth controls, and they do not allow me to specify the controller.  How can I choose the Bluetooth controller in OS X Lion?


texts: How would I access my 2012 MacBook Air's Hard drive?

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I recently spilled liquid on my 2012 13' macbook air (4,2) and now I would like to access the data that is (hopefully) still stored on my harddrive. What would I buy to read the data externally, as my laptop is currently not working. Is there a special wire or case that I have to get?

Thanks in advance for any help.


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iCloud Notes not syncing says the solution is to update to El Capitan or log out of iCloud.  But I am now on 10.13 and have had to log in to iCloud many times due to updates and new devices.  All (Macbook Pro 2012 and iPad Pro) are on the latest updates.  (Which is why the other one saying to "upgrade to El Capitan" is not helpful.)

My iPad prefs said that four IMAP accounts, one Exchange account, and the iCloud should be syncing Notes.  The Macbook Pro prefs say the same.  But Notes I create on the iPad never appear on the Macbook Pro.  (And vice versa.)

Wondering whether having them on more than one account might be a problem, I tried to turn Notes off on the IMAP accounts.  Two accounts did it silently, but the third warned me that it would DELETE Notes from the device.  Since they aren't apparently anywhere else, I declined.

How can I get Notes to show up in the Notes app on both devices?  Preferably the most efficient way in terms of storage and bandwidth.


texts: Iterm2 Issue: "INSERT" not showing in VIM

texts: I have installed the latest version of iTerm2 and I have found that INSERT while inserting a file under vim is not showing on the screen. Also, I am not able to see parameters under top command.


texts: Why are some iTunes Store songs marked as CLEAN when no EXPLICIT version exists?

texts:
I have downloaded a number of items from the iTunes store which are marked as CLEAN.  I understand this is common in tracks (I'm looking at you, rappers!) where an EXPLICIT song has has the swear words removed or bleeped or reversed etc.  However, the tracks I have are the original recordings, and are not clean versions of tracks that were originally explicit:

What makes iTunes decide to add these flags to certain songs, and what is the point of a CLEAN tag?

In the example given every track is marked as clean, but I have seen it on individual songs also.


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I have a mobile Internet stick that is connected through the USB. The annoying part is that the connection program automatically launches when I plug it in.

I prefer to connect to the Internet using the Network Preferences, look for the USB modem device, then click Connect. Well, of course, I already have the modem device icon up in the menu bar, so there's no need to open any additional windows.

How do I disable autorun when I plug in a USB?

Bonus points if I could disable autorun for this particular USB stick.


texts:
Can anyone explain/help with this? (My local Mac techy can't.)

My 2013 Retina MBP (running Mojave) is almost full, but it tells me Mail is somehow using 61GB. It was showing 70GB until I deleted almost all my mails and changed the settings so downloads do not automatically download. What is creating this mysterious 61GB and how to get rid of it (and prevent it from coming back), please?


texts: MacOS is showing a badge notification on System Preferences. How can I make it disappear?

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The badge notification is because it wants me to upgrade to Catalina. I never want to upgrade to Catalina because my hardware is too old to be run under any newer version of MacOS than I already have.

How can I dismiss this particular notification or otherwise make the notification badge go away?

I tried System Preferences --> Notifications, to see if I could disable all badge notifications from the System Preferences app, but that doesn't appear to be an option. And really, I don't want to disable all notifications from System Preferences, I just want to tell it to to stop nagging me about the Catalina upgrade.


texts: Does my 21.5 inch Late 209 iMac support mixing and matching memory modules?

texts: I have looked at this question, and apparently my iMac does support mixing memory sizes. However, when I installed 2 4GB memory modules and 2 2GB memory modules, when I clicked  → About This Mac → More Info... → Memory, it said that I had only installed 4 2GB modules. I have checked the packaging, and it still verifies that they are both 4GB modules. For further information, I am running Version 10.9.1 Mavericks.


texts: I have cookies set to 'Allow local data to be set (recommended)' and yet, whenever I restart Chrome, I have to re-login to sites like reddit/facebook/google which should be keeping me logged in.


texts: Macbook Pro 15" vs 13" - Performance vs portability

texts:
Currently I've got a MacBook Pro 15" (mid-2010, model 6,2), with 8 GB RAM, 2,5 GHz i5 Processor and Intel HD Graphics 288 MB video card. Seeing as it's 5+ years old, I really need a new one, reliability wise. It freezes when I'm working and has it's random shut-downs/white screens/black screens. (Link to specs)

But, I've got a dilemma. I'm a graphic designer and need to work with Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign, so performance is needed. BUT, I also am working on my masters degree, which requires portability, internet and MS Word (no more).

I don't take on too many design projects seeing as getting my masters degree takes up a lot of my time. But, I do need to work with big Photoshop files (2+GB) which my current granny-macbook can't handle properly anymore. (specifically CPU and GPU are busy chewing on the size documents I work regularly on)

How can I evaluate my workload to better decide if

Retina 13" with 3.1/3.4 dual-core Intel Core i7,
16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD, Intel Iris Graphics 6100

vs

Retina 15" 2.8/4.0 GHz quad-core Intel Core i7, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD with
Intel Iris Pro Graphics + AMD Radeon R9 M370X with 2 GB vRAM

What do you recommend? Is the 13" performance OK to last roughly 2 years of heavy Photoshop use or do I need to get the bigger and thus less-portable 15"? Is the 3,1GHz dual core 13" as good as the 2,8GHz quad core 15", or at least a lot better than the one I have now?


texts: How is it possible download an iOS application to Desktop?

texts: We have an app and many user downloaded it to "Desktop". How is it possible? What does it exactly mean. I see this in AppStore Connect.


texts: Hide the Finder toolbar, but show the sidebar

texts:
It seems that the sidebar is automatically hidden (and the menubar option to show it becomes greyed-out) when the toolbar is hidden on Mojave 10.14. Is there a way to hide Finder's toolbar while keeping the sidebar visible?

More context: I constantly use the sidebar but never, ever use the toolbar. I want as much free screen space as possible. All the toolbar actions I use are more easily accessible with the keyboard:

Cmd + Up to go up to the parent folder,
Cmd + F to search / Find,
Cmd + 1 through 4 for view modes,
Cmd + [ or ] to navigate history backward/forward,
Cmd + I to open detailed file Information,
Cmd + Shift + G to Go to a specific file path.

Related question on different behaviours caused by the toolbar's opened/closed state: Why does hiding the Finder toolbar cause so many side effects?


texts:
I have a mac pro 2008, and the graphics card (nvidia 8800GT) has started to lock up - I can still move the mouse but cannot do anything in Windows 7 (I hardly use OSX latelly so dont know if it happens there).  The entire screen goes all garbled (various colours, flashing) and I have to reboot the machine.

The latest nvidia drivers for windows 7 have been installed, and until now everything has been rock solid.

Does this sound like the graphics card is failing?  Or do I just need to tweak the cooling / fan speed on the card itself?

If I do need to replace the card, can anyone recommend a decent replacement that would handle most current-gen PC games?


texts: Boot Camp Issue with Mac Pro 3,1 and ATI Radeon RX580 graphics card

texts:
I have a Mac Pro 3,1 with an ATI Radeon RX580 8GB graphics card, a dosDude Catalina (10.15.6) install on an internal SSD and and a Windows 10 Pro (latest Version and updates) install on an internal HD.
Both macOS and the Windows work fine along with all parts of the Mac. As I a have the Radeon card I do not have a boot screen until either Catalina has mostly started up or Windows has started to boot, so I cannot change the booting by holding down the Option key.
I previously ran El Capitan instead of Catalina, and with that I had installed in Windows the Boot Camp 4 drivers, which allowed me to select macOS from the Boot Camp Assistant and reboot from Windows into El Capitan. From El Capitan I could select the Windows drive in the start up disc control panel and reboot into Windows.
However, since upgrading to Catalina, I can still select the Windows drive in the start up disc control panel and reboot into Windows. However if I select macOS from the Boot Camp Assistant and reboot the Mac, it always reboots into Windows.
My current work around is to shut down, remove the Windows drive, reboot in to Catalina, select Catalina in the Startup Disk control panel, reboot into Catalina, shut down, re-install the windows drive, start up and it starts up into Catalina again with the Windows disk mounted. I can then just select the Windows drive in the start up disc control panel and reboot into Windows when I need to.
From what I have read it's an issue with boot camp not liking the APFS file system Catalina uses. I have also read that a newer version of Boot Camp would fix the issue. I have upgraded Boot Camp to version 6, but this cause other issues in Windows and in the end I had to format the windows drive and re-install it from scratch along with the Boot Camp 4 drivers.
Can anybody tell me how I can get this issue sorted out so I can just switch using Boot Camp?
Many thanks
Duncan


texts: What is the resolution of the Apple Thunderbolt Display's built-in camera?

texts:
Apple's tech specs for the Thunderbolt Display merely lists a:

  Built-in FaceTime HD camera with microphone

I've not been able to find what the maximum possible resolution is. I say maximum possible because Photo Booth takes 4:3 pictures, where Quicktime Player's video recording can take what I believe is a full frame, 16:10 (or 16:9) video.

What is the maximum possible resolution image and/or video that a Thunderbolt Display's built-in webcam can take?


texts: macOS - Bash commands not working as needs to be

texts:
First of all, the problems:

I'm not able to use both exported bash commands and default system bash commands at the same time
Some of the exported paths working on terminal but some of them not

Things I did:

I was adding exports to my .bash_profile but I got the problems, then I searched for solutions. Tried a couple of things. I'm not sure if I did something wrong or what.

Changed: Terminal -> Preferences -> Shells open with, then reverted to default
Deleted .bashrc and .bash_profile files then reverted them to the first state
Corrected the $PATH directory, did everything in this answer: https://superuser.com/a/498356

If I restart the terminal, default bash commands working but if I source the .bash_profile or .bashrc then some of the exports working some of not and the default bash command not working(e.g. open command not working).

How can I manage to get it to work simultaneously while all my additional bash commands working?

My .bash_profile:

export JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/default-java"
export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/user/Library/Android/sdk
export PATH=/Users/user/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools:$PATH
export PATH=/Users/user/Library/Android/sdk/tools:$PATH
export PATH=/Users/user/Library/Android/ndk-build:$PATH
export PATH=$PATH:~/Flutter/flutter/bin
export PATH="\$PATH:/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin"

Sorry, I'm searching for hours and there too many different kinds of questions, solutions, suggestions and it's hard to figure out what should I do exactly. Thanks in advance!


texts: I can’t update but I can install apps (App Store)

texts:
I can access the Japanese App Store and I can install the apps but when it comes to updating, it says “App has been removed by the developer from the app store.” (Which is not as my friends had already updated their games.)
My region is in Japan (both in the app store and the apple site) and I have never switched it to any country.
The only “fix” I found when one of my apps were like this, was to uninstall and reinstall, which isn’t favorable right now as my data will be lost once I uninstall.


texts: Display a bitmap image without any scaling (pixel-perfect)

texts:
Is there a way to display a bitmap / raster image (e.g. PNG) such that each image pixel corresponds to a native / device pixel? Sometimes this is called "pixel-perfect" display.
"Actual Size" in Preview.app doesn't do it. I can tell because I have a 2880 x 1800 Retina built-in display and a 1600 x 1200 external display.
Ideally, there is a way to do this independent of the display settings, but for both of my displays, I have the Resolution set to "Default for display".


texts: How to create behavior like the $HOME variable

texts:
I have grown to use the $HOME variable a lot.  So if I type $HOME/ and hit TAB it will write out /Users/user/.  If I do a partial $HOME/Down and hit TAB it will write out /Users/user/Downlaods.  I love this.  But if I go into my .bash_profile and create a var like TOR='/media/torrents', then do source /Users/user/.bash_profile and try hitting TAB after typing $TOR it does not do this behaviour.
Can someone help me understand why?
update:
playing around it does work on MAC creating a variable with path TOR='/media/torrents', on the command line doing $TOR/(notice the backslash) and hitting TAB it autopopulates.  This behaviour does not work on linux, centos in particular.


texts: What are the default locations for mailbox storage for Apple Mail?

texts:
I'm trying to sort out my ~/Library/Mail folder.

I access some emails outside of the Mail client, so I need to know where emails wind up, and it seems to have changed a bit with gmail in particular.

First, does Mail now store all the actual gmail messages in ~/Library/Mail/V2/IMAP-me@gmail.com/[Gmail].mbox/All Mail.mbox? I note that I have mailboxes corresponding to the gmail labels, and which act like mailboxes in Mail itself. IIRC Mail used to actually put gmails into those mailboxes, but not sure.

Second, is it a default for the Mac OS to keep old email accounts forever? Whenever I delete an account from Mail it leaves the entire IMAP-me@oldaccount.com email mailbox structure intact. I assume I can move these off my SSD. Does Spotlight still index them?

Finally, any way to associate attachments with their respective emails without somehow going through the Mail client?


texts: Run script in automator (without terminal)

texts:
After trawling through Stack Exchange and other forums for a few hours, I'm still not sure what I'm doing wrong!

cliclick automates mouse movements on macOS. When running the following command in terminal it runs/works as it's intended to.

cliclick w:750 m:2656,1138 w:750 m:2827,1000

However, I would like to create a .app to avoid running/opening the script in terminal.

When pasting my command into the Automator > Run Shell Script and testing the result is:

cliclick: command not found


texts: Move contents of one directory to another

texts: I have a Time Machine backup of my entire system on a hard drive (the system folder and everything else seems to be there). How do I move all of the contents of this directory to another directory? There are files not shown in Finder (/etc, /usr, etc) that cannot be moved, and there are too many to move over manually by Terminal. Thanks for your help.


texts: Horizontal bar at top center of screen display what I last typed

texts: A black bar with random text appeared in the center of my screen. Whenever I type something, the text in the black bar changes. I have MacBook Pro Late 2011 running on macOS 10.13.6. I have no idea what could be causing this and how to fix this.Thanks in advance for the help.


texts: How do I get iTunes to play nicer with external tagging applications?

texts:
I have what I consider to be a large iTunes Library, ~38 days of music. Worse? I'm a stickler for tags to be correct. Worse still? I'm SUPER lazy, and like things to be done for me as automatically as possible.

Some time ago I used a piece of software that had a particularly nasty bug which corrupted the tags on all of my songs with non-latin characters. I've since updated and re-run the same piece of software, and as I play songs previously corrupted, I see their tags update and become correct and intact again. However, after some amount of time, it seems that the tags revert back to their corrupted state.

This seems to manifest itself in other songs where no corruption has occurred, but the comments and some other custom keys I encode into the files disappear, or revert, as well.

I think this is because there is the tag data in the files themselves, but also in the iTunes Library files (itdb, itl, and xml files). I think that the data in those files are taking precedence, or failing some sync, or in general just failing in mysterious ways causing the above stated issues to occur.

What is the best procedure for updating a large chunk of tags in my library, and ensuring iTunes sees them, respects them, and will not continue to muck with them any further?


texts: Custom keyboard layout: Command+V doesn't paste in Safari and Mail

texts:
I have created a custom keyboard layout (.keylayout file) and remapped (amongst other keys) the X, C and V keys. However, I want to keep Cmd+X/C/V like on the QWERTY, because it's practical and I am used to it.

So in my layout, I have kept the original X, C, V mappings for when Command is pressed:

<keyMap index="0">  <!-- No modifiers -->
  ...
  <key code="7" action="y" /> <!-- my modified layout -->
  <key code="8" action="x" />
  <key code="9" action="." />
...
<keyMap index="10">  <!-- command -->
  ...
  <key code="7" output="x" /> <!-- same as qwerty -->
  <key code="8" output="c" />
  <key code="9" output="v" />

This works well except for Command+. (which should do a Command+V, i.e. paste) in Safari, Mail and a few other Apple applications… In that case, using the original V key (on a QWERTY keyboard) does work…

I don't understand why it fails just for this shortcut? I've read that some Cmd+… shortcuts are special and can't be overridden, but why does it work with cut/copy but not with paste? And why does it work in all applications except Safari and Mail?

I've used the bepo (french dvorak) layout and edited it in a text editor. My version is on GitHub. I have opened my layout in Ukulele and it shows it quite fine, is there anything I could try with it to debug/detect problems?

I have also tried to open+save my layout with Ukulele and it doesn't work anymore, it's not even detected by OS X. I have reverted back to my version.


texts: Keyboard or touchpad shortcut to move windows between screens?

texts: Anyone knows a way of having a keyboard or touchpad shortcut to move a window from an external screen to the built-in one and vice versa?


texts: Problem internal partition macOS high sierra

texts:
Please help me, this is my last year at university, and all my files and projects are on my device.  I had two sections 399 gigs for the Mac system and 100 gaps on which I installed Linux .. After a while I deleted the Linux and upon restart I couldn't log in and some solutions worked out but the problem still exists.

Update:

Thanks, the answer worked, but I have this problem: When I start my compute, it goes to EFI boot, I think it's for windows 10. I don't need it. I want to delete it and put my priority macOS. How i can do that? I'm soooo scare to do any things.

And, I can't see the 100 GB partition.


texts:
I have this chunk of code:

on run
    delay 10
    set lidState to do shell script "ioreg -r -k AppleClamshellState | awk -F \" = \" '/AppleClamshellState/ {print $2}'"
    if lidState = "Yes" then
        tell application "Finder" to sleep
    end if
end run

What I want it to do (at least for the first step) is to wait 10 seconds, and then sleep my computer if my lid is closed by the end of those 10 seconds. Is my script right, or am I missing something?


texts: Change microphone button from start/stop to mute/unmute

texts:
I have an external microphone with a single button.
When I click it, it controls the start/stop of music; double click jumps to the next song.
I want to change that to mute/unmute the microphone, since for a different microphone i also have this is what that button does.
How do I do that on MacOSX?
EDIT: Posted on apple forums: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251754266


texts: What does (MM) mean in the iPad model lineup?

texts:
While looking at iPad models, I notice several showing as (MM).

In particular, the 4th generation iPad mini with Cellular has models A1454 and
A1455 with the latter being labeled (MM). The same exists for A1459/A1460 on the larger iPad with a Retina display.

What does MM represent?


texts: iPhone 5 iOS7: Prevent screen from locking during voice call

texts:
This seems like a simple feature that must exist, yet I can't find it in settings or by googling.  I want this behavior:

The screen should never lock while I'm on a voice call, no matter how long I'm talking.

After the call is over, it should return to its normal behavior, locking after X minutes of inactivity or when I click the top button to turn the screen off.

Can this be achieved?


texts: Binding an AppleScript to a button in OS X

texts:
I have asked a question here. But it is for adding a custom button in OS X Finder toolbar.
Suppose I have an AppleScript and I want to bind it on a custom button. And then I want to place that button on a toolbar - how that would be possible ?


texts: Why is brew always reporting success when failing to start a service?

texts:
I'm trying to setup httpd with HomeBrew on a mac.

As I painfully learned today, brew services start always reports success, even when httpd fails to start.

Example failures reported as success:

failure to start httpd because another instance (started outside of brew) is already running;
failure to start httpd because of a syntax error in a config file

For example, say I deliberately put some random chars in httpd.conf, and run:

$ sudo brew services restart httpd

Brew happily reports success:

==> Successfully stopped `httpd` (label: homebrew.mxcl.httpd)
Warning: Taking root:admin ownership of some httpd paths:
  /usr/local/Cellar/httpd/2.4.41_1/bin
  /usr/local/Cellar/httpd/2.4.41_1/bin/httpd
  /usr/local/opt/httpd
  /usr/local/opt/httpd/bin
  /usr/local/var/homebrew/linked/httpd
This will require manual removal of these paths using `sudo rm` on
brew upgrade/reinstall/uninstall.
==> Successfully started `httpd` (label: homebrew.mxcl.httpd)

Even though httpd is obviously not running:

$ sudo ps -A |grep httpd
 9481 ttys000    0:00.01 grep httpd
 (nothing else)

$ sudo lsof -iTCP:80 -sTCP:LISTEN
 (nothing)

What's wrong? Is this a bug in brew?


texts: I just deleted all kext from System/Library/Extensions/ and my mac is stuck at boot screen. Kernel was taking too much space so I thought lets see if I delete all kext files , I thought I deleted bootcache file too , is th is reason why its talking too long , mac is stuck on boot screen and its not opening


texts: Should I install Opera 12 or OmniWeb browser for my (dated) iMac OSX 10.5.8?

texts:
Greetings: I've been reading the helpful comments regarding what browser is compatible with a dated OS. My Safari browser is 5.0.6. I'm going to paste my query here. I posted it on another Mac forum whose members get a little testy toward those who are not tech savvy:

I'm a senior (and I'm not talking high school) who's had Macs since the early '90s. However, I tend to cling to whatever works. Change, particularly technical change, is intimidating. As a result, I've been plugging along on my comfortable iMac for a long time. As you can imagine, things are getting weird: pages won't load, the system quits, I get shut out of many sites, etc. I tried going with the Firefox browser but a message said I don't have the requirements. I realize someone else had a similar problem and I read the answers but am as confused as ever. I don't need the latest technology. I just need to get back on track with the least amount of stress. My question: Should I take it to the Mac store or is there something I can do at home? Needless to say, I need to keep it simple. Thanks in advance for anything you can share with me.


texts: How to get Apples Human Interface Guidelines as pdf (latest version 2015)?

texts:
I have been trying to download Apple HIG in PDF, only thing I found was Apple HIG documentation which just gives me an ePub file for iBooks.

Things I've (unsuccessfully) tried:

share/export from iBook as PDF (no luck)
looked in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks/Books
(no PDF)
open ePub in iBooks Author (can't open)

So how can I either get the latest HIG as a PDF or convert the ePub into PDF?


texts:
I noticed the iPhone's photos app lets you uncrop images even after they've been saved.

Does this mean it uses sidecar files to store the actual edits? Is it non-destructive on JPEGs?


texts: Mavericks lock screen doesn't show screen saver

texts:
Prior to upgrading to Mavericks, when I chose to lock my MacBook Pro's screen, it would do so with my screen saver options (rotate through images in a folder, and show a clock). However, when I go to lock my screen now, it's simply a black screen.

Is there a way to make Mavericks use my screen saver settings when I choose to lock my screen as with older versions of OS X?


texts:
I've got a device (iPhone 7 Plus) with iOS 14.3 to which I did a backup about a month ago on a Windows 10 laptop with iTunes. I can't remember if it was on iOS 13.7 or iOS 14.3, as the same day I did the update to it (it's not my phone, and the user didn't update earlier). After the update to iOS 14 I did a reset to the phone for different reasons, and now I can't get the data back.
The problem is that I can't restore the backup I did, as at the end of the restore it says "the iPhone couldn't be restored because it disconnected". Tried with different iTunes versions, including the latest one. Just when it's supposed to end the process as the bar of the restore fills, it throws the error of the screenshot I put below. I've tried with two different computers (obviously transferring the backup to the second one and with enough space on all the devices, including the iPhone) and with different cables, even with Apple ones without success. The process of the restore goes well until the end (during the process the iPhone says it's being restored), that throws that error.
I was thinking about downgrading the iPhone to 13.7, as maybe the backup was made for that version, but for what I've searched I can't downgrade because 13.7 it's not signed anymore.
Any help is so appreciated, as the data that was on the smartphone is very important for his owner. Thanks in advance


texts: I do not understand why in the sidebar there is not the Google Drive icon, while the folder in /Users/name/Google Drive has the right icon. How can I solve? Any idea?


texts: Is it possible to download full iCloud backup for iOS 13?

texts: I remember it used to be possible to download the full iCloud backup. However, after trying a bunch of tools (Dr Fone, syncios, easeUS, iPhone backup extractor) online that claims to download iCloud backup, none of them actually works. Is there any way to do this currently?


texts: Do I need "Install OS X Mavericks" after I've upgraded?

texts: I have "Install OS X Mavericks" in my Applications folder even though I installed it a while ago. Does the system require this for utilities or something, or is there any reason to keep it around?


texts: Unable to modify administrative settings after El Capitan upgrade

texts:
After upgrading to El Capitan from Yosemite, my main administration account was removed. After recovering it by forcing the first time setup to run again, I am now unable to change system settings. For example, if I open up "Users and Groups" and click the lock to make changes, it prompts for my password. I enter my password (that has admin privileges) and it accepts it, but the lock status doesn't change. I've also upgraded XCode to v7, and it prompts for my password to accept the license agreement. If I enter it incorrectly, I get the shaky box, but if I enter it correctly, it accepts it, but the license agreement box doesn't go away.
I've attempted to resolve this by turning off SIP and by using the "resetpassword" utility on both the Root Admin and my user's account and neither option has worked.
I'm out of ideas here- hoping one of you can help. Thanks in advance.
Edit
So I ran dscacheutil and shows two entries for root user. Does that mean anything?


texts: How to access my iPhone's Bluetooth log to find last known connection of headphones?

texts:
I lost my Beats Powerbeats Pro headphones.  The last time I remembered using them was at the grocery store.  I called the grocery store and they didn't find any but I really don't think I left them there.  I want to do some investigation before I give up.  I don't expect there to be any charge left in them as I tried connecting in my car and in my house.

My goal is to somehow get access to my iPhone's Bluetooth log and pull the coordinates from the last connection.  How can I do this?  I'm decently savvy with this programming but mostly in Python which obviously won't directly help in this situation.

Please help.

My iPhone specs:

Model Name: iPhone Xs

Software Version: 13.3

I'm willing to jailbreak my phone if there is a way to access these files.


texts: Bootcamp choose Windows ISO opens ISO instead of selecting ISO

texts:
In Bootcamp I am installing Windows 10. When I select choose ISO Image, the USB that has the image shows in locations. When I select the image it opens up the folder of the ISO. It will not open in Bootcamp. I will have the choice to select from autorun.inf, boot folder, bootmgr, bootmgr.efi, efi folder, setup.exe, sources folder, support folder.

I have tried selecting several of these and some will open in Bootcamp, but all I get is the error "Need 64-bit Windows or 10 or later ISO file". I am sure the file is good I downloaded it from Microsoft and used both their installer and rufus to make 2 files. Both have same error.

I should also point out that I was running Windows 8.1 in  Bootcamp and deleted it to do a fresh install of Windows 10. I did use Bootcamp to delete the partition. This is on a Mac Pro 2013


texts:
i can see my Fusion Drive disks (ssd+hdd) in Terminal:

But i lost it in the boot and cant boot MAC OS.
(please see album with photos on http://imgur.com/a/N5zY2 )

I cant repair my system, when i click "check disk" on Fusion Drive it is nothing to do.

And if i want to re-install Yosemite, system did not see my Fusion Drive disks, only bootcamp (i have a windows too).

Any solution please?


texts:
I'm using Alfred v2 on Mavericks. I would like to use it to quickly locate documentation of LaTeX packages (PDF files). I have TeXLive 2014 installed in /usr/local/texlive/2014. I added /usr/local/texlive/2014/texmf-dist/doc/latex to Alfred's search scope, but I'm not having any success. I tried searching using open and the backtick (file search) to no avail. I tried rebuilding the OSX metadata, but not joy there either. The locate command-line utility quickly finds the files in question, e.g.:

$ locate thmtools.pdf
/usr/local/texlive/2014/texmf-dist/doc/latex/thmtools/thmtools.pdf

I should add that Spotlight can't find the files either. Is it a matter of permissions?

$ ll /usr/local/texlive/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  20 root  wheel   680B Sep 21 11:51 2014

Thanks for any hint!


texts: Using mv to rename files on terminal ended up with lost files

texts:
I'm on macOS Mojave 10.14.4, on a APFS SSD. Last week some students delivered me some image files over an image processing assignment. I have an automated routine on Matlab to grade the assignments, but it only loads files with a specific ".jpeg" extension.

Rather than rewrite my routine, I usually just rename the files (a mess of ".jpg", ".JPEG", ".JPG") on terminal. I'm used to do that on my University issued linux desktop. But that day I had my MacBook Pro with me, so I got them with it.

Alas, my terminal command "mv *.jpg *.jpeg" returned with a no such file or directory error, so I left this task for later. Earlier today I got to work after a three day weekend and when I opened the folder, I realized that about half of the files were missing.

My guess is that the mv didn't "fail properly" and, based on some thing that I've already looked around, may have lost the data for good! My Time Machine is at home, so it never got to back up those files.

I have already looked for possibly hidden folders where the files might have ended up, but no luck. Does anyone has any idea where the files may have gone? Or if they are truly lost?

Att.

Osmar


texts: Click on Dock should switch to full screen app, but this is broken. How to fix?

texts:
Suppose I have a full screen app. I am on a Desktop space. I click on the full screen app's Dock icon, but nothing happens. I would expect the system to switch to that full screen app.

I vaguely remember turning this off via some defaults mockery a month ago. Now, setting workspaces-auto-swoosh to YES does not help. 'When switching to an application, switch to a Space...' option in Mission Control preferences is turned off but also does not help.

This works on a test account by default on same machine.

Additionally, in the ideal case, it would only switch when I explicitly click on Dock icon, the default behaviour to automatically switch every time an app has some popup dialog to display is also very annoying. I don't know if this is possible.

I am using OS X Yosemite.

Thank You!


texts: Can you force a mobile site on your iPhone to show full desktop view?

texts:
Is there a way to force websites, when browsing them on your phone, to go into full desktop view? For instance, when I go to the NASCAR website on my phone, it displays a mobile version. But the mobile version doesn't give everything the full desktop site does.

I can trick the site to think I am browsing it on a computer by putting something after the .com,like .com/News and it will work, but then when I go to their homepage by clicking on the logo, it redirects to the mobile version. I am using an Apple iPhone 4 for my device.


texts: iPod touch 4, white screen, not showing up in iTunes even in DFU mode

texts:
I have a 4th gen Touch. All it currently shows is a white screen if you press either the home or power button, and it turns back off after 5 seconds (similar to if it were on an iOS lock screen). Holding down the power button for 3 seconds to bring down the slide to power off menu, it still shows a white screen but now the buttons don't turn off the screen (as it should).
I remember we already tried to get the screen replaced, it still showed white. iTunes doesn't recognize it at all and the screen doesn't light up nor does it make a charging sound when it's plugged in, although it definitely is charging. Nothing shows on the screen while it's booting up. I have tried DFU mode, it appears to work as now the screen displays absolutely nothing, but it still doesn't get recognized.
What could be causing this, and if possible, how could I fix it?


texts: Wifi doesn't work but Skype does (and it's not like the one case you already solved)

texts: So. I select a wifi network. Get into safari and int wont load the main page. But I can make calls in skype and with perfect comunication with the caller. (Wifi works for skype) but when I do all the steps you told somebody to do (go to the network preferences. Then "advanced" go to the DNS. And select one of thise numbers (8.8.8.8) (they are not grey for me, they're black) then Ok and then Apply, safari would still not load and skype would kee working. What can I do?


texts:
I am finding that even as soon as a boot my MacBook Pro running Catalina up fresh (even after an SMC reset) the load levels can immediately spike to insane levels (like over 100+) and will hover between 30 and 50 while the handful of my startup apps complete their initiation. (Google Backup Sync is the worst as it will hog a CPU for at least 5 minutes just to confirm that there is nothing needing update.) Even as these tasks complete and use an entire CPU to do their thing, it's not like the machine is crippled in the interim.

While it would certainly be natural that a machine starting up would have high load, watching processes and system resources in htop and iostat, it would seem that my dual core 3.1 GHz CPUs are averaging around 50-60% usage, my 16 GB of RAM isn't even up for caching yet, and there is 0 paging going on and memory pressure that never gets about 18-20% at all times. There is zero IOWait. All CPU is either system or user. By any normal standard my machine (even if one CPU is pegged) is not even close to being overloaded.
I temperature seems like the first culprit, I watch CPU temperature obsessively and have my own fan rules to keep things especially cool. While processor speeds fluctuate (a feature of the i7 chipset) the speed will pop up to 3.4 GHz for a short while if it's needed.

Still, these crazy load spikes seem to defy the load index as a metric. For what is effectively a 4 CPU machine, a load of 4 would be "perfect efficiency" where there is theoretically no blocking. However, if I was on a Linux host and I saw a load of 100+ even for a few seconds, I probably wouldn't even be able to type anything as there would have to be some serious blocking and queuing going on. While things get a mite sluggish it's nothing like that or even what it's like when a machine starts to overheat. My inclination is that the load metric on MacOS is meaningless and I should ignore it, but that feels like a total cop-out. Does anyone else have a better answer for this?


texts: Traffic doesn't transmit over l2tp/ipsec vpn tunnel in Sierra [Software, VPN]

texts:
I set up a vpn server on VPS, using strongswan, l2tpd, and ppp. Just use PSK to do authentication and no cert.

I connect the VPN on my MAC successfully. But I noticed that all the traffic on my MAC was NOT transmitted over that VPN tunnel even when I enabled "Send all traffic over VPN connection". Does someone know why? My macOS is Sierra.

As I understand, if I connected to a VPN, the first line in the 'traceroute' should be the VPN ip, am I right?

But on my mac, it will return the same result when I do 'traceroute www.google.com' no matter with or without the VPN connection, why?
Please see the result:

bash-3.2$ traceroute www.google.com
traceroute to www.google.com (216.58.197.228), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
 1  192.168.31.1 (192.168.31.1)  1.763 ms  1.562 ms  0.943 ms #<-- My router IP
 2  114.243.48.1 (114.243.48.1)  7.755 ms  2.452 ms  4.339 ms  #<-- My Network SP
 3  * * *
 4  61.51.169.217 (61.51.169.217)  4.465 ms
    123.126.8.169 (123.126.8.169)  3.195 ms
    124.65.59.105 (124.65.59.105)  6.833 ms
 5  124.65.194.73 (124.65.194.73)  9.057 ms
    202.96.12.1 (202.96.12.1)  4.872 ms
    124.65.194.33 (124.65.194.33)  3.335 ms
 6  219.158.7.226 (219.158.7.226)  32.817 ms *
    219.158.8.86 (219.158.8.86)  53.460 ms


texts: How can I deploy an ad-hoc iOS app to a user without a Mac?

texts:
One of my deployment iPhone owners does not have a Mac. What is the normal method for delivering apps, and can it be done with no computer or only a Windows machine?

The Ad Hoc Distribution method described in the answer to Deploy iOS app on personal devices looks like it will solve my problem, but I need more detail.


texts: Can't access close/minimize/dock and file/apple preferences/etc on split screen using a monitor on mouse hover

texts:
Specs

Macbook Air
Big Sur 11.2.3
LG HDR WFHD Monitor
Display scaled best for monitor

(I'm hovering in the top left corner with mouse)
At this point I have to remove the plug for my monitor to exit full screen. If someone knows short cuts for this also feel free to share.


texts: Why is same privileged bash command giving different information from script than from command line?

texts:
I wrote a bash script to verify various configs on a system, but I am getting different results depending on whether it is run from the command line directly or from the script. Here is the command:

bt_discoverable=$(system_profiler SPBluetoothDataType | grep Discoverable)

If I disable discoverable on the bluetooth and then echo the variable on the command line I get the expected result:

Discoverable: No

But if I echo it immediately after running the same command from a bash script, I get

Discoverable: Yes

The script does elevate its privileges through an internal sudo function, so I commented the block for that function out and ran the script again. This time, things worked as they should. Here is the elevation function:

RunAsRoot()
{
        if [[ "${USER}" != "root" ]] ; then
                echo
                echo
                echo "***  Type the password for ${USER} and press ENTER  ***"
                echo
                sudo $1 && exit 0
        fi
}
RunAsRoot $0

This function is the first thing the script runs, so the code position is a problem.

Why does running in an elevated privilege (sub)shell cause this issue? Is the problem Terminal, Bash, or something else I'm ignorant of?


texts: Can the Cellular Applewatch operate without an iPhone?

texts:
My 80 y.o. mother will not use a smartphone, however, I would like to give her a cellular (T-mobile service) Apple Watch, because it sports the fall sensor, that automatically calls EMS / designated contact.

Although could configure the Apple Watch with an un-simmed iPhone:  Is it possible to provision an A-Watch so that it has its own phone number and not share it with an iPhone?  She has a flip-phone (Tracphone) that she is comfortable with and I am certain she will switch to any smartphone.


texts: How to manually renew Apple Developer program with different credit card?

texts:
I want to manually renew my Apple Developer program with a different credit card then what's on file.

https://developer.apple.com/support/renewal/

  You can renew starting 30 days before the expiration date of your
  existing membership or any time after it expires. Your expiration date
  is available in your account on the developer website. To renew, sign
  in to your account with the Apple ID you used to enroll, and click the
  "Renew Membership” button. If your membership is still active when you
  renew, your new membership will activate as soon as your current
  membership expires and you will receive two (2) new TSIs.

I signed into my account but I cannot locate the "Renew Membership" button. What page in my developer account is this on?


texts: Why do I need to press C twice to copy in Mac MS Word 2011 and 2016?

texts:
I have had this issue for years with MS Word 2011. I upgraded to MS Word 2016 and am still having the same problem. I can only copy if I press command, then double press C while holding down command. Just pressing command-C does not add anything to my clipboard.

How can I fix this? This problem has continued to haunt me for years, even after I did a factory reset on my Macbook, have upgraded Mac OS X several times and also upgraded MS Office. Thanks for the help.

If I hold down command-C for a second, I only have to press it once. Regardless of how long I hold it down, I see the Edit menu in the filebar flash blue... even if it doesn't copy anything to the clipboard after the first (or sometimes even the second) button press.


texts: AppleScript: Tell Google Chrome to activate/deactivate extension

texts:
I want to have AppleScript activate/deactivate a plugin, using a keyboard command.

I have set the keyboard command in Google Chrome > Settings > Extensions > Keyboard shortcuts and it works when I do it manually. For this example, I'm using Shift + Alt + U.

I've tried a few variants of this script.

tell application "Google Chrome" to activate
tell application "Google Chrome" to key code u using {option down, shift down}
delay(1)
tell application "Google Chrome" to keystroke "r" using command down

The last past refreshes the window, and it works – but not the second line which is supposed to toggle the extension. Again, I can toggle the extension manually with Shift + Alt + U, but the script won't do it,

I also tried this:

tell application "Google Chrome" to keystroke "u" using {option down, shift down}

Is the script actually supposed to work, making the problem reside somewhere else, or is there something wrong in it?


texts: Changing my right option key to a backslash ( \ ) specifically using Terminal

texts:
I would like to change my right option key to a backslash ( \ ) specifically using the following remapping method:
How do I remap a key in macOS Sierra, e.g., Right Alt to Right Control?
However I cannot find the appropriate usage IDs to specify, and I'm not very good at using the Terminal, so I have difficulties in generating the proper code (in particular, setting the source key as a combination of keys, which seems to be what's required).
I specifically do not want to use Karabiner or Ukelele for this issue.
I am using a French keyboard where a backslash is usually found with Cmd + Shift + forward slash.
This shortcut would help me with my usage of LaTeX for writing documents: the backslash is constantly used to specify commands and assigning a single key to a backslash would save me time and coordination.
I use MacOs Catalina 10.15.2
All the best,
Cameron


texts: Migration assistant destroyed battery life

texts:
I got a new computer from work: Macbook Pro 2015. Opened it up and the expected battery life read 14 hours.

Used Migration Assistant to upload my old computer, a 2013 Macbook Air. Migration worked fine and the laptop was plugged in the entire time.

Now, a day later, with the laptop on idle and literally zero apps open and the screen on medium brightness and all that, the expected battery life is 4 hours.

How is this possible?

EDIT Added details.


texts: Apple Catalina Error in PLIST, plutil -lint says its OKAY

texts:
plutil -lint /Library/LaunchDaemons/net.varela.wesley.borg.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/net.varela.wesley.borg.plist: OK

sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/net.varela.wesley.borg.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/net.varela.wesley.borg.plist: Invalid or missing service identifier

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
      <key>Borg</key>
        <string>net.wesley.borg</string>
        <key>Program</key>
        <string>/Users/wesley/BorgData/borgBackup.sh</string>
        <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
        <dict>
          <key>Hour</key>
            <integer>12</integer>
            <key>Minute</key>
            <integer>0</integer>
          </dict>
      </dict>
</plist>


texts: When can I tell Siri to 'Remind me about this'?

texts:
Sometimes when I tell Siri "Remind me about this" or "Remind me about this when I leave/arrive/get home/work/car" she replies:

  OK, just tell me what you want to be reminded about.

And other times, depending on the app, she adds a reminder to my reminders list. Is there any to know if telling Siri "Remind me about this" will result in a reminder being creating without trying it first on a specific screen?


texts:
The problem is that I have a Macbook that keeps telling me another computer is using it's IP address. I normally don't have a problem with this as I'd either restart the computer, or router and it would obtain a new IP address.

However, every single IP address the computer is assigned is apparently taken by another computer. I can manually enter an IP and it is then immediately giving a warning about being taken by another computer. I have even left it on automatic DHCP, told the router to assign the computer an IP when DHCP is renewed. And when the computer renews, it says it's being used by another computer.

On the router there is Two other computers (labeled by names) and two android phones (also labeled by names). So I can tell which device is the only Mac on the network. None of the other devices's IPs match the Mac's. And the router states that the Mac's IP has been given the exact IP the Mac says is taken.

I'm not sure what is going on here. But I cannot figure out what the problem is.

So far I have restarted the router and Mac three times and tried to assign over 16 different unique IPs. The router still states the computer is connected and assigned a unique IP while the Mac says it's been assigned an IP that is used by another computer.

If there is anyone that can help with this issue, it would be very appreciative.


texts: No sound when left and right speakers are at equal volume. Built in Output/headphones

texts:
Ok I believe I have an unknown issue. Please help.
My built-in output appears to have left and right stereo output channels which I can raise or lower their volume independently.
When the volume of both left and right are equal, I get zero sound output.
When the volumes are NOT equal I get sound but it appears to be in MONO regardless of which side, even when I lower one entirely.
It has been an ongoing issue, I just factory reset my computer and it seemed to finally work properly however the problem just returned and I'm at a loss as to what is going on (I didn't think to check if it was mono or stereo at the time it appeared to be working) .
I am a music producer and I need stereo output in order to mix and produce. I'm forced to bounce my projects and upload them to my phone just to be able to hear the stereo mix.
I would really rather not have to buy a new computer to fix this problem. Please help if you have any suggestions.
My headphones are Sony MDR-7508 and my OS is Catalina 10.15.5
Thanks :)


texts: How to move my Photos library to internal drive to use iCloud Optimize space feature

texts:
I recently finally imported my photo library into Photos from iPhoto. I have my library stored on an external drive since my internal 256gb has been full for awhile.

Now that it's in Photos, I went ahead and upgraded for a couple of bucks to the 200gb iCloud drive so I can upload all my photos into the cloud. I also checked the option to "Optimize Mac Storage" because I mainly just want the original high res options available via iCloud and I don't want the local library taking up much space.

However, while the upload is still going on, I have no idea how to successfully migrate my Photos library onto my internal HD so the optimize Mac storage will do anything. There is enough room on the external drive where the library currently reside, so I doubt it will try and cut anything down.

Since as far as I know you can't set a target size, any ideas on how I can get it to compress my 100GB library into something closer to 40-50GB so that I can attempt to fit it on my internal drive?


texts: System-wide shortcut to open a new window in Safari?

texts:
I'm trying to use Automator to create a system-wide shortcut to open a new Safari window. I'm using the method described in this answer.

I can get Safari to open a specific url, for example by running

$ open -a Safari "https://apple.stackexchange.com"

From the command line. But this opens a new tab (not a new window) and requires specifying a URL.

Automator also has an "Internet > Display Webpages" action that has the same problems.

Is there a way to get Safari to open a new, blank window?


texts:
I am at a loss.

I have upgrade to Mavericks and now when i go to my App store i see there are 6 new updates. When i click on Updates (showing Updates 6) i only get a grey bar and it does not show any of updates. I have tried everything. Including reinstalling mavericks. My next choice would to do a total clean install. Is there any way to fix this? I do have screen shots but having trouble uploading them.


texts: Cycle application windows changed in recent update (2019)

texts:
I am used to pressing CMD+ ` on my mac to cycle through windows of the same application.

In recent updates, I am not sure if this was when updating to Mojave, maybe later, maybe before, this behavoiur changed.

I have 3 windows of an IDE (PhpStorm) and I used to be able to cycle reliably and predictably through them, similar to how you cycle between apps with CMD+TAB, but this behaviour is now very broken (or I don't understand it anymore)

It seems to choose a random window every time I press the combination instead of simply going the previously opened window.

Has anybody else noticed this? Can someone explain to me what is the logic behind? so I can wrap my brain around it and perhaps be agile again :p

ps. I mentioned my IDE because IDEs tend to overwrite OS shortcuts, so I am only about 90% sure it is macOs's fault, but it could be the IDE's fault.


texts: Is there an efficient, quick way to check whether an OS X App is compatible with 10.9 Mavericks (rather than tediously going to each application developer's website) ?


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I have a table in Numbers with a column which contains dates. From that column, I'm trying to get the next date from today from that list and display it in a cell.

Assuming today is October 12, 2019, I'm expecting the value in the cell to display 2019-10-31.

I've been trying for hours, but I couldn't figure it out. I'm looking for a solution that doesn't require me to add an additional column or anything like that, just a simple (or complex) formula to place in the cell.

Edit:
To clarify, the date values are entered manually and they are dates of an event. What I'm trying to achieve is in another table for the upcoming date of the next event.


texts: Security issue logging in to the App Store using different Apple ID

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Does your device get logged or added to relevant Apple ID's account device list when you logout from the App Store using, for example, your iPad device, and login back again with another ID?

Example case: your friend uses your iPad and logs in to the App Store using his ID. Will your iPad's serial no., backups, data or any other sensitive information be stored on your friend's Apple ID?


texts: iPhone Contact List - Custom Labels recognized as a Mobile Number

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When a number is labeled as "mobile" in your contact list, you can click the little "cloud" shortcut to send a text message to that number.

If the number is labeled as "Home" or anything else, that text message short cut goes away (because the system thinks it is not a mobile number)

My question is, can you use a custom label and somehow tell the system that the number is a mobile number so you can send text messages to it?

I have a lot of contacts that have more than 1 cell phone and it would be nice to be able to label them as something other than "mobile" so that I know which cell phone i'm texting.

Having all the numbers labeled "mobile" does nothing to let me know which number is which.


texts: What's the best after-market SSD for my MBP?

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I've been researching various SSD's to put in my 2011 MBP, and I've come across quite a few reviews and threads indicating various reliability and performance issues, even with the popular models.

For example, I've read that the OCZ Vertex 3 models are very popular, but I've also read that they have intractable issues.

Can someone give me some advice or experiences they've had with various brands? Is OCZ Vertex 3 a good choice or does it have issues with MBPs?

PS: I know that what is "best" may be subjective, and I know that this is similar to this older post, but I still think it would be valuable to have an up-to-date version of this question as HW options change frequently.


texts: Can't import Contacts from abbu, errors in Notifications, FaceTime

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I got a new MacBook Pro and used a Time Machine backup to set up the new computer. It didn't import my Contacts for some reason, so I used the old laptop to send everything to iCloud, then reimported it to the new computer. That gave me all the cards, but I have two new errors:

1) Birthday notifications are shown excessively. I close them and a few minutes later I get another one. This is both the day before and day of the birthday.

2) When in FaceTime, initially I can see all the contacts I have available, but after I click on one, and then go back to All Contacts, I have a list of "no name" only.

Both of these errors, I think, would stem from the contacts app itself. iCloud seems to be involved - I suspect every time iCloud is pinged for updates, I get the birthday notification re-displaying. So I tried to restore the Contacts list to see if that would help, but I can't - when I try to open a saved .abbu, nothing happens. If I try to import just one vCard, nothing happens. I can delete the whole Contacts list, shut off iCloud, but still nothing happens when I try to reimport.

When I first set up the laptop, I also had an error 513 which would crash Mail, which I eventually found was because the permissions were wrong on Containers/com.apple.mail... in the ByHost folder, so I couldn't edit the files in there. I thought maybe the same was happening with Contacts, where it just wouldn't update my contacts because it wasn't allowed. But in the ByHost folder, all I have are 2 alias files which are trying to point to files in the same folder, but they don't exist. I tried deleting the aliases to force Contacts to make new files, and it just makes new aliases which still point to non-existent files. I tried to check the Time Machine backup but it looks like there were only ever the two aliases in that folder, no valid files.

Completely turning off iCloud and then restarting it also didn't help.

Any ideas? I have no clue at this point why I can't get my Contacts to import an abbu, whether or not iCloud is on. Which means I still haven't figured out why FaceTime is buggy and I get excessive birthday notifications.


texts: What should I do about a Mac Mini whose fusion drive is getting steadily slower and slower?

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I have a 2012 Mac Mini (running OS/X 10.11.6) with an Apple-provided internal 1TB fusion drive that appears to be suffering from some kind of performance problem -- it seems to be getting slower and slower over time, to the point where it can be quite painful to use.

For example, applications can take 10-20 seconds to open, and Mac Mail in particular can take several minutes to bring up an email or bring up the file requester to add an attachment.

Is there any procedure recommended to bring the Mac Mini back up to its original speed?  I suppose if all else fails I could always do a low-level format of the Fusion Drive and then re-install everything from a Time Machine backup, but I'm not certain that that would solve the performance problem, or that the Fusion Drive logic would be set up correctly after that.  Is there anything less drastic that might be effective?

Spec summary:

Late-2012 Mac Mini
1TB Fusion Drive (less than 75% full)
8GB RAM
Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6


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My wife has a 13" Macbook Pro from around 2008. It's 250GB HD is full so I purchased a 500 GB drive, partitioned with GUID, erased with Journaled and cloned with CCC. I took out the old disk and put in the new and could not boot: just a folder with ? icon. Put old drive back and new drive on USB, held alt key and drive was there. Could boot from new drive when hooked up via USB.

Am I missing a step? I removed the old disk and put in the new disk, got the OSX install disk and did a fresh OS install onto the new disk, rebooted and it worked fine. So I don't think it's a hardware issue.

All I want to do is swap the old 250 with the new 500 without having to spend hours reinstalling her apps and data. Is there a way to do that?