texts: Screen recording with Quicktime only puts 360p quality video on YouTube

texts: I used QuickTime's screen recorder to record a 23 minute video of a section of my Macbook screen and it uploaded my video to 360p as the highest selectable quality on YouTube. How can I change the quality it uses?


texts: Share my Mac’s internet connection (WiFi) with my iPad or iPhone via Lightning cable

texts:
I seem to remember connecting my iPad or iPhone to my MacBook Pro laptop using a Lightning cable. From there I was able to let the iOS device access the internet via the Mac’s existing WiFi connection.

  [internet]↔[WiFi]↔[MacBook]↔[Lightning cable]↔[iOS device]

I vaguely recall using System Preferences > Sharing > Internet Sharing. But I see only Thunderbolt Bridge and Bluetooth PAN items, nothing for over the Lightning cable.

If the Lightning cable cannot be made to work, might the Bluetooth PAN item let the iOS devices us a wireless Bluetooth connection to use the Mac’s internet connection?

Using macOS Sierra, and iOS 11.


texts: How to know which apps to shutdown when there is overheating?

texts:
I once unfortunately closed a program that I found in the Activity Monitor to be using a lot of resources. A bit of Context: that day my macbook pro was suddenly heating up like crazy and the usually silent fan started blaring up! So I guessed that it was the root of all the trouble and force-quoted it, only to be subject to a screen of death notification!

So, in order to avoid this, I ask you to help me to be a better judge of the applications for situations as these!


texts: My iPhone rings so does my iPad when I gets call which is normal thing. But recently my iPad got started ringing without any display number or any change in display, it was just sound(I was watching on Youtube on iPad but ipad display did not go away, it was just sound). But same time there was no call on iPhone. How can this possible? What could be wrong. Thanks


texts: Given its IP, how can I find out the name of a Windows PC on my network?

texts:
I'd like to find out the computer name of a Windows PC (like the name shown in the 'Shares' section of the Finder, e.g. bill-pc) given only its IP address. nslookup doesn't do the trick.

I'm also interested in the reverse lookup: given its Windows name, how can I find out its IP address? ping bill-pc or ping bill-pc.local seems not to work in some cases.


texts: Music sounds louder than Movies and TV Shows on Apple TV 4K

texts:
I have an Apple TV 4K plugged into a Vizio TV via HDMI, and a Vizio soundbar plugged into the TV via an optical cable.

When watching movies, the volume range is pretty good. Setting my soundbar to its lowest volume point leads to low volume, and a comfortable listening volume is about 1/3-1/2 of the max volume.

But when listening to music via Apple Music app on the Apple TV, setting the soundbar to its lowest volume point still outputs loud music. There is no way I can comfortably set it to something between mute and loud. Increasing the volume on the soundbar by 1 step up from mute leads to music that is louder than what I would expect at this low volume point.

I am able to mitigate this by enabling Reduce Loud Sounds and Sound check, but the music is still a bit too loud to my taste, even on the lowest volume point on my soundbar. Plus, Reduce Loud Sounds has a negative effect on the music (highs are muffled, etc).

So what I've been doing to avoid this issue is to Airplay from my Mac to the Apple TV and setting the volume to 50% in iTunes on my Mac, but it kind of defeats the purpose.

I am observing the same behaviour with my 4th generation Apple TV, plugged into a Yamaha receiver via HDMI. When watching movies, I set the receiver volume between -20db and -30db. But when listening to music, I have to set it between -50db and -60db. So, the same behaviour (music louder than movies), but since I have a finer-grained control over the volume with my receiver it is not really a problem.

How do I resolve the issue?


texts: How to enable app-specific Camera use for ScreenTimed iPad?

texts:
I have locked down by son's iPad pretty extensively using ScreenTime.
That includes no access to Camera except if a request is sent to a parent.
But I do want the system to have access to Camera all the time, through a specific app.
That is to say...
The app Scratch Jr, when a request has successfully been made to a parent, should have access to Camera.
There is a great feature of the app - snapping a photo of yourself to include in a basic STEM animation  - which relies on use of Camera to take a photo.
Unlike on my iPad which is not locked down by ScreenTime, we cannot find this feature in the app on the other iPad because Camera has otherwise been disabled by ScreenTime.


texts: Share external FAT formatted drive over SMB in Mountain Lion

texts: I have an external drive formatted with FAT32. Is it somehow possible to share it using SMB in Mountain Lion? It appears on the client but with nothing on it. I have read that on older OS X versions, it was possible by editing /etc/smb.conf but is that still relevant? I don't seem to have one of those on my hard drive.


texts:
So I erased my iPhone but my Home button broke off after dropping it. Is there any way to restore it through my laptop?

When I click on restore nothing happens.


texts: How can you switch users at the login screen, without administrator access, with only one local account (the administrator) and many network accounts?

texts:
Sometimes, a network account is logged in, and the user doesn't/forgets to log out. When someone else uses this computer, the lock screen shows. The only options that I know of from here are:

Click cancel, which does not switch the user
Force shutdown the Mac by holding down the power button
Find their password, login, and logout

If I had an administrator, I could (probably) add another dummy local user account, and it would show a user account switcher, but I don't have admin access.

How can I switch the network account without admin access other than the above methods?


texts: Why do I get a ‘Remote Management’ step when installing High Sierra?

texts:
I got a 2015 MacBook Pro from eBay. I’m trying to install Sierra from scratch (after completely formatting the SSD) but I get this strange extra step (although the install USB is vanilla and done using Apple’s own bootable usb tool) that I can’t pass (pressing continue asks me to connect to a IBM private network, which I obviously can’t do)

Does anyone have any info about this. Where is this MacBook comming from? How can I disable this remote management step? Is this a custom firmwere, or where does this come from?


texts:
I can open one chrome window through

open https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

I can also open multiple URLs by multiple lines

open https://www.youtube.com/
open https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

The following won't work though

open https://www.youtube.com/ && https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

but it works with

open https://www.youtube.com/ && open https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

I want an elegant inline expression like

open ('https://www.youtube.com/','https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page')

How to do that?


texts: Trying to setup gmail on an ipad using a g-suite legacy domain. Get an error: "g suite access is disabled on this device"

texts:
I have an account in a g-suite legacy domain and I'm trying to setup an iPad (Legacy g-suite domains are from back when they were free and lack some features).

I've gone through the process, but gmail says: "gsuite access for xxx@yyy.org is disabled on this device."

According to Google help, I need to enable IOS Sync in IOS settings in Device Management in my g-suite admin page.   However, this feature is not available to Legacy g-suite users.

Does this mean I need to return my iPad?

Thanks,
Brad


texts:
Me and my partner are using Xcode's built-in git to edit code together.
When I tried to pull a change, I am having .DS_Store files conflict.

We are both working on the storyboard and adding images to the project.
Could it be because of the images we are adding?


texts:
I have Core i5 processor with nominal 2.3 Ghz speed. But, according to Intel Power Gadget, most of the time the frequency is much lower. Even during intensive usage. It's 0.8-1.6 Ghz.
I noticed that some operations work slower than they could.

So I'm wondering, is there a way to change default CPU frequency policy? You know, on Windows there are 3 modes, on Linux there are also several options (ondemand, performance, conservative, powersave etc.)


texts: Can't find "setting -> iTunes & app store -> password settings" on iPhone

texts:
I want to turn off password for free apps on my iPhone. But when I followed some tutorials found on the Internet, that is, setting -> iTunes & app store, there's no password settings option. Is there anything wrong?

I'm using iPhone 6+ with ios 12.2.


texts: How to disable USB Mass Storage Device in macOS Mojave

texts:
I have been searching a solution on how to disable the USB ports on Mac mini to prevent data copy to external USB mass storage devices. Precisely, my purpose is not to let Mac mini read/write data from/into USB devices.

According to this post  ,kextunload command could be employed to accomplish this task in previous versions such as Sierra.

The problem that made me mad is there is only IOUSBMassStorageDriver.kext, but not IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext existing in /System/Library/Extensions/ directory.
In addition, after running sudo kextunload -b com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageDriver,
the below error keeps occurring.

(kernel) Can't remove kext com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageDriver; services failed to terminate - 0xdc008018.
Failed to unload com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageDriver - (libkern/kext) kext is in use or retained (cannot unload).

Anyone got any ideas? I really need help from this community.


texts: Running OS X as a guest on Retina Macbook pro

texts:
I installed OS X 10.9 Mavericks on Parallels Desktop 10.
and I installed Parallels Tools and gave 2 Cores, 2GB RAM and 384MB to that VM.
But It's only showing 256MB VRAM on the About Mac section.
and It's not smoothly working (giving tearing effect when scroll through Launch pad Apps).
Anyone running OS X as a guest OS on Parallels or VMware fusion without any problem ?
( I'm running on Late 2013 15" Retina Macbook Pro 2.3GHz i7, 16GB DDR3 RAM, 1TB PCI-E SSD , 2GB NVidia GT750m dedicated GPU, Host OS ( OS X 10.10.1 - Yosemite  )


texts: Remove partition failed - the partition is gone, but now there is missing space. How do I get it back?

texts:
I was trying to get rid of an old Bootcamp partition I didn't want anymore. I followed these instructions to remove a partition using Disk Utility, but the removal failed. Now the partition is gone, but the space it used to occupy hasn't been merged back to the main disk partition - it's just gone. My SSD is 1 TB, but Macintosh HD is only 775 GB, the same as it used to be.

What happened to this extra space and how can I get it back? And why did it leave me in this weird half-removed position instead of removing the partition properly?

Here's what my Disk Utility looks like now:

Here's what comes up when I enter "diskutil list":

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE
IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            774.7 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE
IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +774.3 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 8679E121-03C8-47B0-844E-961A437E5CA5
                                 Unencrypted


texts: PHP version shown in command line differs from phpinfo(); in localhost:8000

texts:
I started my OS X PHP test server by typing

php -S localhost:8000

I updated my PHP on OS X to 5.6 and when I check the version through the command line by typing:

php -v

It tells me that I have "PHP 5.6.5"

When I start my PHP test server and look at the index.php file that has the phpinfo(); function, it tells me that I still have version 5.5.14 that comes with OS X.

What can I do to get my PHP version on localhost:8000 to reflect that change?


texts:
Until now, I could change Release Date on videos without problem. But, from now, If the video hasn't Release Date field, when I tried to edit, it always appears 05/06/05 on that field and I could not edit it.

Is this a general issue?

Any way to update that field?

iTunes 12.0.1.26


texts: After upgrading to Snow Leopard, don't I have to upgrade Chrome or Firefox and other programs to 64-bit version?

texts:
Since I have been using Leopard on my Macbook, all the apps should be 32-bit.

So an hour ago, the macbook is upgraded to Snow Leopard.  Does that mean all apps should also be upgraded to 64-bit version for speed?

For example, does Chrome, Firefox, (and any other popular ones) have 64-bit versions?


texts: Recover accidentally deleted photos not shown in recently deleted

texts: I accidentally deleted a photo, and it does not show in the "recently deleted" folder. Is there any way I can get it back? I have iOS 8.2.


texts:
I'm attempting to recover data from an external drive used as a Time Machine backup for a now deceased user.  The Mac that it was attached to is now long gone.  My first attempt lets me generally read the disk, but I'm locked out of the individual user documents folders.  This is a business device and I do have administrator passwords, but I'm uncertain on the correct approach to gain access to those folders.

Is there a way to successfully gain access to this data and how do I do it?


texts: How to erase and reformat SD card to ext3 on my macbook to prepare it for my raspberry pi

texts:
I'm trying to reformat my 32G SD card to prepare it for my raspberry pi. My GUI program on my mac does not allow me to format it to ext3 which is what i'm told to reformat it to for my raspberry pi.

How do I reformat this SD card to ext3. I've researched some links on how to do it from the command line but i'm having a hard time understanding the procedures. Is there a GUI program out there that will do this for me or will i need to do it from the command line.

I've tried using fdisk but i can't figure out what commands I need to add on to erase and format to ext3. I know the path and name of my SD card which is /dev/disk1s1 so that is no problem.

I've also tried using the GUI program SDFormatter which is located here (https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4). But I doubt this will reformat it to the format I want which is ext3.

It takes some time to write a Linux distro to my SD card so I would like to get this right. Otherwise I wait for 2 hours for the writing process to complete plug in the SD card and then start up my pi and notice it doesn't work. I would like to stay away from making this time consuming mistake another time.


texts: How can I implement AirPrint using any mac-served printer using this "DNS-SD" configuration?

texts:
AirPrint is a function on iOS that allows you to print from your iPad (or whatever) to certain wireless printers.  Sadly, there are only a dozen or so compatible printers.

However, on the article on AirPrint on Wikipedia, the article states that it is possible to make the feature work with ANY printer that is connected to your mac. Specifically, the text says:

"For other printers, AirPrint support can be added to an existing CUPS Server with DNS based Service Discovery, by manually adding DNS-SD printer service discovery records to a name server.[7]"

The footnote takes a person to a very techie article about DNS stuff:  http://www.dns-sd.org/ServerStaticSetup.html ... but it is not written in a way an average power user could understand.

My question: What is an only-moderately-techie set of instructions that will tell me how to configure this, using this method, so that I can have my iPad print wirelessly to an HP P1102w printer that is connected (via wifi, in fact) to my mac?


texts: Linker Error: leJOS NXJ HelloWorld complains 32 bit JVM unsupported

texts:
I trying to get started using leJOS NXJ to develop in Java for my Mindstorms NXT.  I've installed Oracle's Java 8 JDK, Eclipse and leJOS NXJ on my Macbook Pro running Mountain Lion.  When I try to link the HelloWorld tutorial program I get the following error:

src> nxjlink -o HelloWorld.nxj HelloWorld
Error: This Java instance does not support a 32-bit JVM.
Please install the desired version.

Is there a 32-bit Java Virtual Machine for OS X?


texts: macOS Sierra, Multiple problems with iBooks syncing to iTunes 12

texts:
I'm having a whole heap of problems trying to organize my small collection of ebooks.  Mostly PDF but a couple of epubs as well none of which came from the iBook store.  I'm running Sierra 10.12.6 with iBooks 1.10 and iTunes 12.7.5.9.

I have a book in iBooks where I have edited the author name from "Alexander Elder" to "Dr. Alexander Elder".  This change is reflected in iBooks, but is not reflected iTunes on my Mac.  iTunes just shows it as "Alexander Elder".  I have already several times deleted all books from my iPad and tried to re-sync them.  iTunes still always shows the original incorrect metadata while iBooks shows it correctly.
iTunes fails to even show nearly half of my library.  I have a total of 25 books in iBooks, and only 15 show up in iTunes for syncing.

Why won't so many of my books appear in iTunes?  How can I get them to appear again and how can I sync them?

In addition to deleting all my books from my iPad, I have also deleted and re-added them to iBooks, quit & relaunched iTunes and iBooks, and I have tried the "Move Books from iTunes" option in iBooks.  The latter did momentarily cause all the books to appear in iTunes, but as soon as I quit & relaunched, it was back to only 15 again.

Nothing has ever solved the Author metadata issue.

I've been searching like crazy and finding loads of people with similar but slightly different problems.

UPDATE:  Woah I just discovered something very odd... guessing this is a bug.  If in iTunes I go into my iPad and choose Settings > Books, I see only the 15.  If however I then click on Photos and back to Books, suddenly they all appear.  If I then click On My Device > Books and click back to Settings > Books, it's back to the 15 again.  Rinse & repeat.  Very very strange!

So with this last discovery I am in fact able to sync all my books, however the author issue remains for the one book, it is incorrect in both iTunes and on my iPad after sync.


texts: How can I use Automator to generate a kerberos ticket using KINIT?

texts: I need to be able to generate a kerberos ticket for my MacBook Pro each time the machine restarts. I can manually run KINIT with my credentials to generate a ticket. What is the best way to automate that process?


texts: Updating path openssl keeps using wrong path

texts:
I had to downgrade openssl version for mysql. But when I ran openssl version I still got the wrong version. So I checked which openssl and I saw that it's using from anaconda:

(base) ➜  ~ which openssl
/opt/anaconda3/bin/openssl

But it needs to use:

(base) ➜  ~ ls /usr/local/Cellar/openssl
1.0.2t

So what I tried:

(base) ➜  ~ export PATH="/usr/local/Cellar/openssl/bin:$PATH"
(base) ➜  ~ source ~/.bash_profile
(base) ➜  ~ echo $PATH | tr ':' '\n'
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/bin
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/bin
/usr/local/Cellar/openssl/bin
/opt/anaconda3/bin
/opt/anaconda3/condabin
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/bin
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/bin
/usr/local/bin
/usr/bin
/bin
/usr/sbin
/sbin

So as you can see, my path is updated correctly. But when I run again which openssl it still gives me openssl from anaconda, what am I doing wrong here?


texts: Macbook Pro 13" and two external monitors

texts: I have a Macbook pro 13" and I want to connect 2 monitors to it. Is it OK to connect one monitor via a USB-c cable directly and the other through a hub? My concern is that both the hub and the USB-c monitor will provide charging to the laptop and I'm afraid that might damage the laptop. Are my concerns valid or should it be OK?


texts:
I have a short MP4 video (with sound), and a separate short MP3 file. I am looking for a way to replace the audio of the first file with the audio of the second one.

Is there a lightweight app solution for doing it on a Mac?


texts: A few months ago, my laptop started playing a strange sound alert, but it's not from anything I recognise. There is no visual clue as to what it's related to. Just the sound plays, most commonly when I've just woken my laptop back up from having the lid closed, but also at other random times if I've been working on my laptop for a while. I'm worried it's some sort of monitoring or capturing app, but it perhaps wouldn't make sense for this type of program to have a sound alert. I just want to be able to stop it. I've gone into Activity Monitor, but can't seem to trace it from there. I've uploaded the sound file here if anybody recognises it: http://www.occupied.com.au/weirdsound.aif


texts: Can a Thunderbolt iMac use Target Display Mode on a Thunderbolt MacBook running Windows?

texts:
If I have:

2011 27" iMac (running OS X)
2012 15" MacBook Pro (running Windows 7 via Boot Camp)

and connect the MacBook to the iMac via a Thunderbolt cable, can the iMac use Target Display Mode to act as the display for the MacBook?

According to Apple's FAQ this does not work if the iMac is running Windows but I cannot find a definite answer on if this works if the MacBook is running Windows.


texts: How can I disable the Macbook keyboard (from startup)

texts:
How can I disable the Macbook builtin keyboard which is defective (looks like the Shift key is always pressed). I need this in order to avoid starting with the Shift key pressed otherwise the Macbook always starts in Safe Boot mode.

I have an external keyboard attached now with which I can work in Safe Boot mode.


texts: After upgrade to iOS11, Photo uploads files to icloud even though the phone is on mobile network

texts:
Before iOS11, the photo app does not upload newly snapped photo to icloud if the phone is still on a mobile app. It will usually say, to the effect, "Upload paused while on mobile network" at the bottom of the 'Photos' section.

However since I upgraded to iOS 11, the photo will upload  regardless the type of network connection. It killed my mobile data! On one weekend, 1 Gb of data was sucked away because of the upload.

Has anyone else encountered this issue? If so, is there a solution?

This is the 'Mobile Data' settings of photo app:


texts: Setting time format preference in unix (Mac-Terminal)

texts: I'm learning to work in unix using Terminal on a Mac and I'd like to set the default listing for the timestamp to display in 12 hour time, using AM and PM, instead of 24 hour time (ie: 1:00 PM, not 13:00). I'm somewhat familiar with setting preferences, so to speak, using the ~/.bashrc file, where I've set a couple of aliases, including one with the options for my preferred ls display. I've looked at the man pages and elsewhere online, but I haven't had any luck finding what I'm looking for time-wise though. Any suggestions would be appreciated.


texts: How do I access Itunes U Course Manager if my country isn’t supported?

texts:
I want to create a course but where I come from Itunes U Course Manager isn’t supported. I tried solving this but with no success. I use Chrome and have downloaded an extension called Bitternet which sets up a Proxy so that my IP appears to be in the US. I have also created a new apple ID which has an adress in the US but still when i try to log into the Itunes U Course Manager it says “Country not supported”.
Is there a way to bypass this?


texts:
How do I completely uninstall Java from Mountain Lion?

I wanted to run Minecraft so I followed the system promps and I think I installed Java 7 and then Java 6. I couldn't get Mincraft to work for other reasons so I deleted it and now I want to get rid of Java.

Not sure if it's relevant but typing "java -version" into Terminal gives me
"java version "1.6.0_37"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_37-b06-434-11M3909)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.12-b01-434, mixed mode)"

Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Is it necessary to select a carrier when buying an iPhone online from Apple?

texts:
I am planning to buy an iPhone X during an upcoming USA trip. During the buying process on the Apple Store, I am asked to select a carrier between AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verzion. I dot not have any sim from the USA and I am not planning to have one for using the iPhone X ever in the US.

Is this important to activate the iPhone?


texts: iPhone 5S storage filled with "Documents and Data"

texts:
My phone's internal storage has been pretty full recently- so I plugged it into my computer and iTunes said that somewhere around 11GB of my 11.7GB was "Documents and Data". But according to Manage Storage, none of the apps come close to filling that much space, and I even clicked into each one to check that iOS didn't flub up and not add Docs&Data to the total storage. I've been googling this for a few hours now, and I'm starting to lose hope of any solution other than resetting it.

Other things I've tried include:

Deleting all the photos and then from Recently Deleted
Dialing back the time and checking Recently Deleted (nothing there)
Deleting other things (freed up space for a few minutes but Documents and Data expanded to take up the freed space)
Clearing caches for safari, etc (again, freed up a puny bit of space which was then instantly engulfed by Documents and Data)
I don't stream movies or tv shows or even youtube videos very often, if ever

Any help is appreciated


texts: Can you passlock specific Apps on an iPhone?

texts:
I know the easiest way to secure your iPhone is by using a 4-digit-passcode to lock the entire phone. However, I was wondering if there is a way to securely passcode-protect only the Photo and Mail apps, i.e. a passcode is required every time the apps are opened?

My iPhone is not jailbroken and I'm not planning on doing so.


texts: Application file on Macbook will not show up in Finder and is not able to be deleted from computer

texts: One file on my computer "Total War: Rome II Emperor edition" is not able to be deleted from the system. When trying to delete it from the manage storage window panel, there is no way to do it. When I try to click the button "show in finder" nothing shows up. Also when looking for the file on my computer it is nowhere to be found. I had downloaded this application from Steam. Attached are photos of what I have tried to do.


texts: Installing an Apple TV 4 app on Apple TV 2

texts:
I have seen easy methods to jailbreak apple tv 2. I would like to know if anyone has tried to manually install an apple tv 4 app on a jailbroken apple tv 2. Is that possible at all?

Specific example: Bell Canada has introduced its Fibe Alt TV app to be used only on apple tv v4, I was wondering if that could be manually installed on an apple tv 2, or, I have to buy an Apple tv 4 anyways!


texts:
I'm using MacOS Catalina 10.15.4. I want to change the system font on my MacBook Air. I know (or think) that the system recognises fonts using the postscript name of the font. I know that below Mac OSX Yosemite, the name is .LuciadaGrandeUI and for Mac OSX Yosemite, the name is .HelveticaNeueDeskInterface-Regular. However, above Mac OSX Yosemite, the font is San Francisco. What is the postscript name of the font?

EDIT:

Actual problem: I want to change the system font to Comic Sans MS. How?


texts: Yosemite can't call numbers that contain two hash characters

texts:
My iPhone (running iOS 8) and my MacBook (running OS 10.10.3) are in the same WiFi network, and I can answer incoming calls from my MacBook.

Initiating calls from the Contacts application on the MacBook also works - I click the phone symbol next to the phone number and it opens the call:

This works perfectly fine unless the phone number contains more than one hash character (#). When using conference systems, the hash sign is used to terminate input, e.g. after entering the conference or leader code.

Example:

This number works fine: +112345678,,,1234#
This number does not work: +112345678,,,1234##

The only difference is the second hash sign at the end. I've simplified that here, in real life, there are a couple more digits between the two hash signs, but the above also reproduces the error for me.

What happens is that as soon as there is a second hash sign in the number, clicking the phone symbol next to the number will not have any result.

The strange thing is that I can open FaceTime, click on audio, then start typing the name of the contact in question and call from there, including the second hash sign, and it will work fine.

One more note: The same can be reproduced by trying to open the number from the terminal:

open tel://+112345678,,,1234#

works, while the following will not work - it will open FaceTime, but will not dial...

open tel://+112345678,,,1234##

Is this a known issue with FaceTime/OS X - or am I missing something?


texts: make, gcc and other developer tools unavailable after installing XCode on Lion

texts:
I installed XCode after I upgraded to OS X Lion, I downloaded XCode from the App Store. gcc, make and such are still not found and I cannot compile anything from source because of this. I did a find / -name make and it looks like it found something:

/Developer/Library/Xcode/Project Templates/Framework & Library/JNI Library/make
/Developer/usr/bin/make

What's going on here? Is this normal?


texts: Quicktime freezes every single time I'm finishing a recording

texts:
I used to be able to take screencasts with QuickTime just fine for over a year now. But suddenly, every time I try and go above 3 or 4 minutes, by the time I finish, QuickTime just freezes. I can only kill it. When opening it the next time, it presents to me only part of the recording.

What could possibly cause this?

I got Yosemite v10.10.5 and QuickTime v10.4 (build 833.7)


texts: Is there a mail merge solution on OS X besides Microsoft Office?

texts: I've been using Microsoft Office for mail merge and it is fraught with character encoding issues. I'm curious if there is another solution for mail merge besides Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac. I've got a homegrown solution I use too, but looking for something more robust. It would be nice if it supported HTML formatted messages.


texts: How do I change a disk partition map scheme from MBR to GUID Partitions Table?

texts:
I just finished the huge download of Mac OS X Lion, started the installer, and now I have a problem. The installer says that I must have the GUID-Partitions Table Scheme.

The problem is that when I go into the disk utility, I can't change the format anymore, because I have Master Boot Record as type.

Can anyone help me, please?


texts: Server.app and importing a Let's Encrypt Certificate

texts:
I have generated a Let's Encrypt certificate for the subdomain I use for the profile manager website.
I have exported the certificate and imported it into the Server app.
I got the following message when I try to select this certificate.
Additional access is required to use the selected certificate

I press on Continue. And get this message:
Services could not be configured to use this certificate

Does anyone have an idea how to solve it?


texts: applescript: get answer and buttons of display dialog

texts:
How do I get both the answer and the button pressed of a display dialog on applescript?

The following code will get me the text, but not the button:

set myquestion to the text returned of (display dialog "hallo" ¬
          buttons {"h", "a"} default button "a" default answer "")

But how do I get the button which was pressed? I know I can use the following:

set mybutton to button returned of (display dialog "hallo" ¬
          buttons {"h", "a"} default button "a" default answer "")

But how to I get both?


texts: How do I access special characters on Apple's Smart Keyboard?

texts:
I bought the new iPad Pro 10.5" and with it the Apple Smart Keyboard with the US Layout. Now I am constantly switching between writing in german, english and some french.

Therefore I would like to access special characters like in macOS or in iOS:

  So how can I access the special character menu via the Apple Smart
  Keyboard?


texts: Device management not showing up on iOS 9.2.1

texts: I truly don't know where to find this when I look it up under the search for settings it brings me to the general settings then leaves me there. I've tried to restart my iPhone but nothing seems to work and I've looked up numerous ways to try and fix it but I can seem to do it.


texts: How to create encrypted HFS+ partitions on Big Sur?

texts:
The Disk Utility application in MacOS Big Sur (11.0.1 (20B29)) no longer provide the option to create "MacOS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted)" partitions.
Is there any other way to create HFS+ Journaled Encrypted partitions under Big Sur without needing to boot up Catalina (or booting up a VM containing one)?
HFS+ is still useful for rotational drives, since APFS' performance on these mechanical disks are rather abysmal. These drives are still very much useful and a cost-effective option for storing large amounts of data.


texts: Iphone 5s Activation no Sim card installed?

texts: hi i buy iphone 5s in uk but my mobile not Activate. That error is saying no sim card installed. now I'm in India i don't have sim card how to activate my Iphone. That Iphone not asking Apple ID.


texts: how can I add command line parameters to an application shortcut

texts: Chromium has command line flags.  I'd like to use them, but I'd like to put them on the shortcut, since I tend to launch Chromium via spotlight.  Is this possible?


texts:
I've been noticing some oddities with my computer lately. Applications running slower than normal. Hanging. I decide to run Disk Utility and I get the following statement:

So I do what it says and restart my computer. Once it restarts, I hold CMD + R until the Apple logo appears. Once the OS X Utilities window comes up, I select Disk Utility. I proceed to select my Mac HD, run Verify Disk and then Repair Disk. Both say they're "Ok." I restart as normal. That should seem to fix the problem, but I am still getting the following message every time I run Disk Utility.

How do I fix this issue? Any help would be appreciated.

My MacBook Pro specs:

OS X 10.9.1
2.7 Ghz Intel Core i7
16GB 1600MHz DDR3 RAM
750GB SSD


texts: I read about people sucking on the mesh part to get the wax out but that isn’t very effective/sanitary...wondering if there are any better ways to clean AirPods/EarPods when earwax inevitably collects on them?


texts: How to type a TAB character on an iPhone

texts:
I'm editing a plain text file on my iPhone and need to type a TAB (\t) character. However, I am unable to find it and starting to wonder if it even exists.

Anyone able to help me out?


texts: iPhone -- shutting off cell service, but not gps

texts:
Airplane mode turns off GPS service as well as cell service.  Is this necessary under the new rules allowing most devices (at least on some airlines) to be used during all phases of flight?

If it's not necessary, is there a way to turn off cell service while leaving the GPS system functioning?


texts: My MacBook Pro 13'' works only with 85w charger

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro 13'' mid 2014. My 60w charger stopped working yesterday (no green light, no AC charger detected in system information). However, when I tested the charger with another MacBook Pro 13'' everything looked ok.

Then I connected my MacBook Pro 13'' to a 85w charger from a 15'' and that one worked perfectly.

What could be the reason?


texts:
I recently installed Homebrew on my Mac using the UNIX command from the Homebrew homepage

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

When the command downloads the Ruby script, does it secure the connection to the GitHub server using TLS or SSL? In other words, is there any chance that I could have downloaded a malicious script if someone intercepted my connection?

Also, can someone please explain each of the options, flags, switches, etc. included in the command above?


texts: Best way to send Videos from the iPhone?

texts:
What is the best way to send a video from the iPhone to another iPhone or to a PC - Windows ?

I tried dropbox but it is really slow (probably because of my internet) .. BUMP doesnt send videos, and I tried itunes but it syncs to "Videos" .. I want the video to appear in the camera roll without the need of using iFile from cydia.

Any ideas ?

Regards.


texts: How do I read this Activity Monitor report?

texts:
I was trying to figure out why my Mountain Lion server was running slow, and I when I opened Activity Monitor this is what I saw:

Question 1: how am I getting >400% of CPU on the summed CPU column, when I only have 4 cores available?

Question 2: given that I have all this CPU activity, how am I getting these usage reports in the lower-left corner, esp. the 38% idle one?


texts: Will HomeKit remote access still work if I add a VPN to my Apple TV?

texts:
I've currently got a great little HomeKit setup in my home which works perfectly even when I'm out of the house. I understand that HomeKit makes use of the Apple TV as a hub to enable remote access to my home.

I'm considering purchasing an ExpressVPN subscription as I live abroad and would like a reliable way of accessing TV shows without having to constantly find new VPNs. I understand that ExpressVPN is unlike many other VPNs as it provides the option to add a VPN directly to the Apple TV as per these instructions.

However, before jumping at the opportunity and shelling out a rather steep price every month, I thought it best to check the consequences of such a move.

My question is: Will my HomeKit functionality stay the same with a VPN on the Apple TV?

In other words, will I still be able to remote access my home kit devices while I'm out? If not, what are the limitations and are there any mitigations? If so, would there be any other unforeseen consequences of adding a VPN?


texts: Once I cancel my apple Music subscription will it still make me pay a months worth or does it end straight away?

texts: I cancelled my Apple Music last month and deleted the account but Apple is still taking $12 out of my account for this month.  Is this normal or do I have to contact Apple Support again?


texts: How much of 32-bit support is dropped in macOS Catalina?

texts:
macOS Catalina is said to have dropped support for 32-bit apps. It’s not clear how much support is dropped.

Is there any supported way for a 64-bit app to request the kernel to create a 32-bit code segment?


texts: How do not lock/sleep MacBook when you close the laptop lid?

texts: I would like the MacBook not to sleep and or lock when closing the laptop lid. I would like to lock and sleep it only manually. Any ideas on how to do it?


texts: Copy Selected Text, Paste on Google Translate App (Fluid App) and Translate It with Automater/Service

texts:
I have a Google Translate app created with Fluid App. I want to translate any selected text with this my Google Translate Fluid App.

So, for this purpose how do I create a service with Automator/AppleScript?


texts: I have deleted all photos from my iPhone 4s but phone usage and iTunes still show 16gb of photos

texts:
I had 25GB of photos on my 4s. I have deleted all of them, some via the photos app, and some via windows explorer.

Unfortunately, phone usage and iTunes is still showing 16GB of photos. I backed up the image and imported it to a new 5s and it is also showing 16GB (458 photos) on the new phone.

iCloud and all the sync settings are off.

When I open the photos app, all the albums are completely empty. I have done countless soft and hard resets but I can't get rid of this phantom 16gb of used photo storage. I've also tried countless suggested fixes from web searches but nothing is working.

What can I do?


texts: Transfer contacts and SMS from Samsung SGH-X830 to iPhone?

texts: I need to transfer contacts and SMS history from a Samsung SGH-X830 to an iPhone 3G. Preferably, I would like to preserve date/time for SMS messages. How can I achieve this?


texts:
My toddler decided to remove this for me...

First time I've ever seen that.

Now how do I put it back?

I presume the outer ring of the rubberised cover goes underneath the white plastic rear, but does makes it difficult.

Sure, I could glue it on to the white rear, but I'd rather have it as it came.

Any ideas?


texts: Prevent non admin users from accessing keychain

texts:
Ive setup mail accounts on an employees computer and noticed that they were able to view the passwords by looking in the keychain, what id like to do is not allow them to view the passwords stored in the keychain unless they have the administrators login / password, in a similar way to when they try to install software they get prompted for it.

Is that possible to do ?


texts: ITunes Connect Review of an app with an incompatible API

texts:
I have a global strategic problem which resembles a philosophic issue (well, sort of ;-)).

I have an app interacting via REST/JSON with a django webserver. The web [front|back]end is rapidly and gradually evolving, but, in case of severe changes, we introduced an in-app mechanism to manage API breakages (a popup is presented to the user, inviting him/her to install the updated app from the store).

What I never thought about before is how to manage the review process, considering that, if I upgrade the backend just for the purpose of the review process:

old applications won't be able to speak the new API language;
they will be presented with the upgrade message without being actually able to find it on the store;
people will see the upgraded frontend before being able to interact with their own app with it.

The only thing that came to my mind is to let the existing users suffer from this change until the moment in which they will be able to download the new version.

How would you handle this empasse?


texts: Where did the Trash icon go on iPhone 4 Mail?

texts: In Mail on iPhone 4, with software update 4.2.1, it seems my Trash icon has been replaced with "Move to Folder".  Is there someway to get the Trash icon back, so I can delete messages with one keystroke instead of two?  I use Gmail IMAP.


texts:
How do i customize the "title" on the first page of Wiki Server 4 on OS X Server Mountain Lion?

The title says "OS X Server" and i want it to say something else... How can i do that?


texts: Can I install OS X Snow Leopard on 2006 mac mini?

texts:
So..I bought my first macbook pro few days ago, but found I don't need a laptop. I figured out that I can buy used mac mini + windows laptop for my developer environment.

is it possible to install snow leopard on a 2006 mac mini?


texts: Best way to uninstall; backup programs on Mac

texts:
Macbook laptop has a few programs .. in which I'd like to uninstall
and then keep the programs on a disc or external hd.

Should I clone the program? (best suggested freeware? eg. Clonezilla or ..)
or use a software such as Time Machine or Carbon Copy Cloner?

What are other best tips on speeding up Mac OS settings? (tuning particular features, functions on control panel?)


texts: How can I increase text size in single-user mode?

texts:
I spend a lot of time in single-user mode on our company Macs as part of my maintenance and OS mass-deployment work.  We recently made our first foray into Retina display territory by purchasing some of the new MBPs: MacBook Pro Core i7 2.6Ghz 15-Inch (Dual Graphics - Late 2013 Retina Display), a.k.a. MacBookPro11,3.

When booting into single-user mode (Command-S) on these Retina display Macs, the text is ultra tiny -- I'm guessing because of the high pixel density of the display.  My eyes are pretty decent, but I still find myself having to use a magnifying glass just to see what I'm typing.  The font size used for the text is just ridiculously small.

Is there a command I can run to increase the text size, decrease the resolution, adjust the DPI, or otherwise "blow up" the text to a legible size in any way?


texts: Remove multiple app badge icons with one script?

texts:
I found this link to remove a badge icon from a single app.

Disable badge for specific app with a script

Is it possible to create a script with multiple apps to remove all badges at once?

Running High Sierra 10.13.3


texts:
In Photos on the Mac (Mojave), we have a face file with thousands of photos in it. Apparently, someone misidentified one of our kids (Person A) for another (Person B) in hundreds of those photos. It would be a huge amount of work to go through and re-identify a bunch of photos in the face file as not being Person B.

We deleted the profile in Faces for Person B, but when we look at the the photos, they're still identified as Person B.

Is there way to reset all these photos to "unnamed"? Or to rebuild all the faces from scratch, without losing all our other metadata?


texts: Prevent iMac from sleeping, for VPN login?

texts:
We have an iMac in the office, and I have been getting inconsistent access when trying to log in to it. The firewall isn't going down, since I can connect to the VPN. After discussing it with the people at the office, we suspect that the iMac is going to sleep.

Is it possible to keep the iMac "awake" 24 hours a day? How do I instruct the people at the office to configure the iMac? What settings should be changed? The iMac is running OS X Lion 10.7.3.


texts: iMessage inconsistently failing to work after Sim card swap

texts:
I recently swapped my Sim card in my iPhone 4, to move to another carrier.  I ported my number across so there is no change other than the actual Sim card.

Since then, iMessage seems to be entirely inconsistent in whether it will actually work or not.  Messages will wait for ages before failing with a "Not Delivered" message, to recipients that I previously used iMessage with.  Failed messages will not even send as an SMS instead, even though this setting is turned on and would be used in the past.

I have turned iMessage on and off several times.  I have checked it is receiving at the correct addresses (my phone number, which is correct, and my Apple ID email address also).  Sometimes this works, sometimes it fails to activate, and just says it's waiting, sometimes it does nothing except return me to the screen without making any changes, or I get "An error occurred during activation, try again".  Often it will ask me to re-sign into my Apple ID, which will usually fail.

Rebooting the phone normally or with a force reset makes no change, although sometimes rebooting it with iMessage disabled, will start it up with it enabled and working...  Eventually after messing around in the settings app it will show as enabled and receiving at the proper addresses, and then it may work for a while longer, but at some random interval which could be hours or minutes it will start to fail to send them again.  Right now everything is showing as "ON" apart from the subject line setting, and it is set to receive at the proper addresses, but failing to send anything.

I am running the latest OS update, non jailbroken.

Any clues as to why this happens, and how I can prevent it?

EDIT:

I am now in a curious half way house, where I get the bubble to show someone is replying to my messages etc, but my own messages are still sent as text messages.  I send a message, it goes as a text, I see the reply being types and it's delivered, presumable all this happens over the iMessage system, and my next reply is still a text.  Genius :)

EDIT 2:

So, I can now see the "speech bubble" that implies someone is typing a reply.  The reply, however, never arrives.  I have turned iMessage off now.  I get free texts anyway, I just liked the read receipts :(


texts: How can I get Xcode to support tabs over the jump bar?

texts:
I selected View -> Tab Bar to enable tabs in Xcode.

However, when I open a new file, it appears in the jump bar below the single existing tab and not as a new tab.

How do I get new files to appear as new tabs in Xcode? I've been spending some time trying different things out.


texts:
I have several subscriptions to newspapers that were in the Newsstand app.

But in iOS9 update, Newsstand is gone... and with it, all the magazines I had paid for, or was in the process of reading, etc.

Of course, they are nowhere to be found in the "News" app, neither in the "saved" tab not in the "search" results...

Where did they go, and what happened to my paid issues and my subscriptions?

This is making me freak out, since I was currently reading many paid magazines on the iPad, and I am currently updating the iPad as well...


texts: How to force A2DP bluetooth protocol versus HFP

texts:
I've got some wireless bluetooth headsets which I really like except for the fact that I have little to no control over whether the bluetooth subsystem chooses A2DP (high quality music) versus the HFP (low latency skype-type hands-free) protocols.

Whenever I launch Google hangouts, for example, and I choose the microphone as the input device the bluetooth system switches the audio quality on my headset.  Using bluetooth explorer I see that it's using HFP with the SCO codec:

AudioDeviceCurrentProtocolName = HFP;
...
HFP = {
    AudioProtocolCodec = { AudioCodecBitrate = 64; AudioCodecName = SCO; };

Ok fine.  If I stop using Google hangouts sometimes it switches by itself back to A2DP which uses the SBC protocol (I don't think my headset supports apX):

AudioDeviceCurrentProtocolName = A2DP;
...
A2DP = {
    AudioProtocolCodec = { AudioCodecBitrate = 325; AudioCodecName = SBC; };

The problem is when Google hangouts finishes, sometimes it doesn't switch back to A2DP on it's own and I can't seem for the life of me to figure out why.  Restarting Chrome doesn't do it and trying various buttons on the Bluetooth Explorer also seems to have no effect.

What has worked sometimes in the past is to change the output sound device to the internal speakers and then back to bluetooth a couple of times which can cause the bluetooth subsystem to remove and re-add the device in A2DP mode.  However this doesn't always work and just now I had to completely re-pair the bluetooth headset to get my Macbook to finally get back to using the A2DP protocol.  Sigh.

Any help?  Anything I can do to force the hardware to choose one protocol versus another?  Anyone know what is happening when the device is removed and then re-added to the sound hardware list?  I'm on a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) running 10.11.6.  Thanks in advance.


texts: Bootcamp Mojave and Windows 10 now all Mac OS startup keys don't work

texts:
Just installed Bootcamp on a late 2013 iMac 27". It was running a fully updated Mojave OS before running Bootcamp Assistant. Installed Windows 10 image from Microsoft download. After installing Windows all worked fine and did all its updates. But now, none of the Mac startup keyboard commands work. I can't launch startup manager or recovery mode. It just goes straight to Windows. If I use the Bootcamp windows control panel to choose start up only Windows appears in the list. If I choose Advanced Startup Options in Windows I choose a USB or drive but it just boots straight back into Windows 10.

I've tried every shortcut on this page (on a USB keyboard) https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201255

Even the PRAM reset shortcuts don't work. Is it the UEFI? How do I reset this?

Any ideas?


texts:
The MacBook Pros have long used a codename MacBookProX,Y.

Apparently the X refers roughly to a generation. One generation can possibly span more than one "early", "middle", "late" period of one year, or indeed may span more than one year.

The Y seems to distinguish screen size. It used to be that the Y increased with screen size. Nowadays that pattern no longer holds.

Some examples:

MacBookPro15,1

MacBook Pro "Core i7" 2.2 15" Touch/2018
...
MacBook Pro "Core i9" 2.4 15" Touch/2019

MacBookPro15,2

MacBook Pro "Core i5" 2.3 13" Touch/2018
...
MacBook Pro "Core i7" 2.8 13" Touch/2019

MacBookPro15,3

MacBook Pro "Core i7" 2.6 15" Touch/2018 Vega
...
MacBook Pro "Core i9" 2.4 15" Touch/2019 Vega

MacBookPro15,4

MacBook Pro "Core i5" 1.4 13" Touch/2019 2 TB
MacBook Pro "Core i7" 1.7 13" Touch/2019 2 TB

What does the MacBookProX,Y codename mean? In particular, and now that the logic board is entirely monolithic, but at least still replaceable, not glued, does the codename mean that one "chassis" (keyboard + screen) fits precisely boards of the same codename?

Related reference(s):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apple_codenames#MacBook_Pro


texts: Git pre-commit hook that checks for open application

texts:
I am using git to manage a project that has a few binary files that need to be closed before being committed. So I need a git hook, that checks to see if the application that has these files open is running.

Here is the script I am using

#!/usr/bin/env osascript

tell application "System Events"
    set apps to the name of every process whose background only is false
end tell

if "Some App" is in apps then
    error "Some App is running. Can't commit until Some App is quit" number 5
end if

But I am getting this error when I commit or execute the pre-commit.  Even when "Some App" is not running.

.git/hooks/pre-commit:50:106: execution error: An error of type -10810 has occurred. (-10810)

Permissions on the file are

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 toddgeist  staff   263 Dec  7 07:33 pre-commit


texts: Disable the physical Silent Mode switch on iPhone SE 2020?

texts:
I keep missing calls because the Silent Mode hardware toggle (outside left edge) keeps flipping inadvertently.
 Is there a way to disable that switch, to prevent my iPhone SE from ever going into silent mode?
When I need silence, I can simply shutdown the iPhone.


texts: Are every version of Bluestacks fully compatible with macOS Big Sur 11.0.1?

texts:
I upgraded to BigSur version 11.0.1 yesterday but after that, I am not able to open Bluestacks
Whenever I try so, it prompts that this
I clicked on open system preferences, but there I don't get an option to allow it

After 3-5 minutes, it shows this

Is this a bug?


texts: Can I move an existing iPhoto library to a location on a network-drive so I can use it from multiple apple computers?

texts:
How do I do that? (including what I need to do to iPhoto on all my apple computers)
Are there any disadvantages?


texts: When travelling to a foreign country my notebook loads websites in that country and language. I want it to continue with my home country sites and not have it know I have changed countries. How?


texts:
I have implemented a VPN auto connect option via Applescript [see code]. It works like a charme there's only one problem. Every time when i open my MacBook I get this [see printscreen] notification. A few seconds later it reconnects as it should. How can I stop that notification from showing up? It's very annoying.

on idle
tell application "System Events"
    tell current location of network preferences
        set myConnection to the service "my vpn name"
        if myConnection is not null then
            if current configuration of myConnection is not connected then
                connect myConnection
            end if
        end if
    end tell
    return 120
end tell end idle


texts:
When I run brew --version, it took 30 seconds to return a response. Other brew commands are even slower. My CPU is ~ 90% idle. All other programs are running perfectly fine on my machine. I have the latest version of brew, and brew doctor passes.

Any ideas on what I can try (other than reboot the machine)?

$ brew --version
Homebrew 1.5.4
Homebrew/homebrew-core (git revision bda76; last commit 2018-02-26)

$ brew doctor
Your system is ready to brew.

$ brew config
HOMEBREW_VERSION: 1.5.4
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: 021fe22e3c982b08346422d1e7897e929a709380
Last commit: 2 weeks ago
Core tap ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core
Core tap HEAD: bda76108c4f452684682a89f1d7fb7cd4acf8557
Core tap last commit: 4 hours ago
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
HOMEBREW_NO_ANALYTICS_THIS_RUN: 1
CPU: quad-core 64-bit haswell
Homebrew Ruby: 2.3.3 => /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.3.3/bin/ruby
Clang: 9.0 build 900
Git: 2.15.0 => /usr/local/bin/git
Curl: 7.54.0 => /usr/bin/curl
Perl: /usr/bin/perl
Python: /usr/bin/python
Ruby: /usr/bin/ruby => /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/bin/ruby
Java: N/A
macOS: 10.12.6-x86_64
Xcode: N/A
CLT: 9.2.0.0.1.1510905681
X11: N/A


texts: Separating emails by commas in Outlook 2016 Mac

texts:
How can I get Outlook 2016 for Mac to allow separating entered email addresses by commas instead of semicolons?

I have found directions for how to do this on Windows, but I have not been able to find a corresponding option on Outlook for Mac- it just insists on only recognizing semicolons.


texts: How can I factory reset an iPhone 7 without the Apple ID password?

texts:
My daughter bought an iPhone 7 a few months ago from a friend of a friend.  We found out a few days ago that it still has someone else's Apple ID on it.

We do not have the password for this Apple account.

We would like to factory reset this phone, but we can't find a way to do it without the Apple ID password. Our last attempt was to use iTunes to put it into recovery mode, but then that failed because to restore the phone, we had to turn off "Find my iPhone" ... and we can't do that without the Apple ID password.

It seems like everything we try needs this Apple ID password at some point.

What are our options here? We no longer have any contact with the person we bought it from. And I refuse to believe there's not a way to forcibly return this phone to its original state.

I have seen advertisements for software that claims to do this. Does anyone have experience with this type of thing.


texts:
I have a Macbook Pro, 10.9 with 500GB of hard drive storage and 4GB of RAM. When I access the Utility app "System Information", this is what I got.

There is a yellow block called "Other". What does "other" storage mean in this context?


texts: Can I automatically remove my signature from all replies? Mail 6.2 OS x 10.8.2

texts: In OS X Mail.app (version 6.2 from OS X 10.8.2), I can see how to automatically add a signature for all new messages, but I do not want it automatically added when I reply to a message. Is there a way to achieve this?


texts:
I was typing and I accidentally hit CmdA (Select All) and then I continued typing. That wiped my entire note and CmdZ (Undo) didn't work. Time Machine and iCloud weren't on, it was locally stored and I only have one drive.

I then tried to recover it with a data recovery software and here's what I found on the data recovery software. (Apologies for the image you'll have to zoom in) It's the NotesV7.storedata file dated right BEFORE I wiped my text. But the thing is I do not know what to do next. Do I retrieve it and replace the old one? Will my notes even reappear?

There's 8 months' worth of work in there and I hope somebody can help.


texts: I'm not able to remotely connect with other Macs using Screen Sharing by default VNC feature

texts:
I've a MBP with OS X Yosemite & I want to remotely connect with other Macs over internet, primarily for troubleshooting purpose.
I currently use TeamViewer but I'm not satisfied with it.


texts: Sierra - Apache localhost user level and phpMyAdmin

texts:
I've installed the AMP stack (Apache, MySQL, PHP) and phpMyAdmin on my system.
I set up user level root too (localhost/~user) and it worked.

The things that make me still confused are:

Why is it forbidden to access system level root (http://localhost/) now?
And if I want to use phpMyAdmin on my user level site (http://localhost/~user/) should I install it again on my localhost/~user?


texts: How do I dismiss many multiples of the "Disk Not Ejected Properly" notification in macOS?

texts:
Today I'm dealing with the following problem:

Is there some way I can get rid of these without spending my entire day clicking, short of Homer's Drinking Bird?

Note: This is not a duplicate of How do I clear All OS X notifications with 1 click?, because the notifications in my question aren't shown at all in the Notification Center, and thus the solution in that question doesn't work for this question.


texts: How do I stop my iPhone messages from appearing on my Mac?

texts: We have multiple iPhone and Mac products, but I need to correct one specific problem.  I only use Messages on my iPhone; but for some reason when I am near one of our Macs with my iPhone, my notification sounds for messages incoming to my phone do not play and the messages are appearing on my Mac.  If I delete the messages app from my Mac, will it screw things up on my messages in general?


texts: How do I copy all photos from Photos App to an external drive?

texts:
After searching here, I'm still confused about how the Photos App library works. I'd like to copy (or simply move) all of my photos (10k+) from the Photos app to an external drive, so that I can then use Lightroom to manage them. I need to do this to free up space (approx. 26gb) on my hard drive.

I've found the Photos App library and have copied it over to an external drive, but now I'm wondering how I "open" this file so that I can then import these photos into Lightroom. Is there a way to view all the original, individual photos in a simple folder that I can then work more easily with?

FWIW, I do have iCloud and my photos are automatically backed up there. There are approximately 10K photos in the Photos library. Any advice on how to best proceed?


texts: Why do I see words when I press shift+esc on Chrome address bar?

texts: This list of words also appears when I put a textbox on a PDF when opened in Preview and press Esc. I suspect this has nothing to do with Chrome.


texts: Cheap way to import MiniDV video into macOS?

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I have some home videos stored on MiniDV media and am currently able to watch them by connecting the camcorder's RCA cable to my TV. However, I am looking to digitise my collection of home videos, and, as such, am seeking a reliable and cheap method for doing so.

I am aware that products like the EasyCAP aim to solve this by allowing you to access the stream via USB using special software. After doing some research, I was pointed towards this software designed for macOS which aims to allow functionality for Mac computers. However, there was a note on the website which says that:

  2015-10-31: Reports indicate EasyCapViewer doesn't work on OS X El
  Capitan. This would be a good time for other developers to pitch in. I
  will spend some time investigating too but no guarantees.

As the note suggests, I believe the software will no longer function with later releases of macOS including macOS Mojave. I am unwilling to buy one of these devices, have it shipped, install the software and test it only to find it is no longer supported as stated on the website.

Whilst I am aware that a possible solution may be installing a virtual copy of Windows on a program like VirtualBox, I feel this is overcomplicated and may bring up even more issues especially with regard to interfacing with the device through the virtual machine.

As a result, I am curious to find out if anyone is aware:

Whether or not the EasyCAP software will work with macOS Mojave
Whether there are other, currently supported, softwares for doing the same thing on macOS Mojave
If not, what is a reasonable alternative (preferably below £30)

Any help would be much appreciated as I am desperate to back up these videos before they are lost, broken or damaged.

Thank you in advance for your help,

Kind regards, Rocco

P.S. I could also access the video via FireWire (4-pin on the camcorder), however, I do not have any devices in my house with FireWire ports. My personal computer, MacBook Pro, only has Thunderbolt 3 ports and this would require numerous expensive adapters in order for this method to work.


texts:
Out of the blue, I can't send any files to the trash bin. "The operation can't be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -1407)

Any ideas for me?


texts: Preview, can it be used to cut off pages?

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In some academic conferences, Preview is not allowed to cut off pages. For example: https://media.icml.cc/Conferences/ICML2021/Styles/example_paper.pdf

Please do not use Apple’s preview to cut off supplementary material. In previous years it has altered margins, and created headaches at the camera-ready stage.

Now, is this will cause an issue?
Thank you.


texts: VMB (Vodafone Mobile Broadband) without Java

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I have a VMB key that I use with a SIM card to connect my MacBook to the Internet while mobile.
Recently I've formatted my Mac and I decided to avoid installing Java. No problem until I tried to install latest VMB software: it's based on Java!

Are there some alternative softwares independent from Java?


texts: Headset microphone is not being recognized as input source

texts:
I have a Razer kraken essential headset (p2) , but my mac (2017 13-inch, running mojave 10.14.6) won't recognize my headset's microphone.

The output source is doing fine (shows "Headphones on Headphone port"), but when it comes to input source my mac only shows the "internal Microphone" option.

But what is weird, because my razer headset's microphone works on both linux and windows machines, and i have tested another headset (a hyperX one, p2 aswell) and the microphone works just fine on my mac.

I am kinda lost here on where to search for solutions to this problem. Every help is appreciated.


texts: Replacing Touch ID/Home button on an iPhone 7

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My iPhone 7 Touch ID broke after submerging it underwater because of swimming with friends, but I just want to ask if possible, can the Touch ID (or Home button) be returned to life if I bring it to the Apple Service Center?

I tried searching iFixit, but it says that the Touch ID on an iPhone 7 cannot be fixed once and for all because theres some kind of one-to-one binding between the device and the Touch ID. I'm not sure, but if the Touch ID cannot be retrieved anymore, I'm thinking that if the clickable Touch ID in iPhone 6s can be used as a replacement for the Home button in iPhone 7. Will it work?


texts: OSX Firewall: Forwarding Ports & Ignoring Non-Local Requests

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On my production Debian server I use this to forward requests that come in to port 80 to a non-root process running on port 8080:

sudo iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080

(The process is a Node.js cluster, but I doubt that it's relevant to this question.)

I develop on my Mac and am trying to build a more elegant environment for myself without adding any unnecessary software to my computer. I added an entry to my /private/etc/hosts file so I can use a pretty local domain:

127.0.0.1 myapp.dev

Now I want to access it without specifying a port. In other words, rather than http://myapp.dev:8080, I would prefer http://myapp.dev. I would also prefer not running my web server directly on port 80 so that it does not have root privileges.

I know my computer comes with a firewall, but I have not been able to find much information about it. So I'm looking for a simple way to forward anything coming to port 80 off to port 8080 like the IP Tables solution on Debian. I would most prefer to use the firewall that came with my computer and to set this up in the simplest way possible.

Can anyone tell me how to do this?

Bonus Points: Is there a simple way to ignore all requests coming to port 80 (and 8080 for that matter) except those from my own computer on which the web server is running?


texts: AppleScript Application - Path of folder in 'Supporting Files'

texts:
My program needs to copy a folder from its own directory to another on the Mac.

I have tried everything and looked in all corners of the web but can't get the path to this folder:

I have searched similar posts and found this:

set thePath to POSIX path of (path to resource "name of resource")

It works for files but not folders.

Can this be adapted to get the path to the folder selected in the image above?


texts: Can't update or uninstall iTunes for Windows

texts:
Whenever I try to uninstall or update iTunes on my Windows computer, it just says:

The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable.

Click OK to try again, or enter an alternate path to a folder containing the installation package 'iTunes64.msi' in the box below.

I searched everywhere for an iTunes 64.msi file, and can not find it. I already tried repairing it several times and did not work.


texts: App Store download paused due to internet disconnection

texts:
I tried to download Xcode from the Mac app store and the internet connection stopped at some point. It has downloaded more that 3 GB out of 4.53 GB. Now that I got my internet connection back, but the download stopped entirely.

I tried to open it, but it cannot be opened:

Should I go back to App Store and continue the download. But I am afraid that it will re-download the app. What should I do?


texts: Can I prevent an app from overriding a system default keyboard shortcut?

texts:
Sometimes I find that an app has it's own keyboard shortcut which overrides a MacOS default shortcut.

For example Airmail assigns ⌘← to hiding your message panel, I would much rather have this shortcut remain as the MacOS default (which moves your cursor to the start of the line). All the other shortcuts are fine, I'd just want to disable this one.

Is there a way to turn off a specific app shortcut so it reverts to the MacOS standard action?


texts: Keynote equation: is it possible to predefine LaTeX macros?

texts: Is it possible to add to the LaTeX preamble for the Keynote equation tool? For example, the default setting is that \vec{x} generates an arrow over the letter x, but I would like this to produce a bold x.


texts:
I have this unknown item in my Login Items

How can i view what this is?
Not looking to remove just want to know what exact it is


texts: Badges don't show for mail in sub folders

texts: I've just bought a new iMac with Yosemite and set up my mailboxes with rules for sorting incoming mail. The rules work fine but no badges are shown for any mail sorted into subfolders. Badges only appear for mail that goes directly into my inbox. In previous operating systems badges were shown for every new email whether it was sorted or not. Is there any way of forcing Yosemite to badge sorted, unread emails?


texts: Ensure MacBook Pro is fully asleep when travelling

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I have a 13" Mid 2014 MacBook Pro running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6.

I carry around my MacBook Pro in a backpack. I tend to close the lid to  put it in sleep mode before putting it in the backpack. How do I make sure that it is indeed asleep before putting it in?

I did google this topic a lot. Many people agree that you can close the lid and put it to backpack and travel without any problems. Also, many people disagree that because sometimes MacBook get overheated and some hardware failed because of this.

From what I understand, the only problem against closing lid and travelling is because the MacBook may not fully-sleep properly somehow when closing the lid. So my question is:

What is the best practice to make sure my MacBook is fully asleep and safe to be carried around and travel?

I am very confused how to make sure my MacBook is fully asleep. Whenever I put my MacBook Pro in sleep mode by clicking  → Sleep or closing the lid, the built-in apple logo on the back of screen just turns off directly.

Some people mention to make sure sleep light begins to pulse. I have no idea what this means. I don't know what is the sleep light and I don't see any lights pulsing.

PS: Some tips I found may be useful to you:

How to ensure there is no apps preventing your MacBook to sleep?

launch Activity Monitor.app --> Energy tab --> look at the column Preventing Sleep. If there is no Yes. Then there should be no apps stopping the system to sleep.

I wrote a simple script to make beep noise to test sleep status

I wrote a simple script to make beep noise. Run the script before closing the lid. If there is no beep noise, it kinda means the app is not running properly, thus it's in a sleep mode. I run this script everytime from terminal.app before closing the lid.

$ cat sleep-detector.sh
while true;
do
    echo `date` " -------- not sleep yet"
    tput bel
    sleep 2s
done

From the output of the program (I am not pasting the output here. You can try it yourself.), even if there is no beep noise, you can see that the script is actually running for about 20 seconds (or less) after the lid is closed.

If anyone have any better scripts/ideas, please let me know.

Just close the lid. Do not use  → Sleep button

In some of my tests, if I use  → Sleep button and close the lid immediately without waiting for the system fully asleep, the system actually wakes up by closing the lid. (because my simple beep noise script makes sound in this situation when the lid is closed). So, it's much safer to close the lid directly if you intend to close the lid.

Turn off Power Nap

Turn off Bluetooth before closing the lid

Turn off Wifi (if possible) before closing the lid

You can not stop mDNSResponder MaintenanceWake so far in High Sierra

So You can just live with it and let MacBook wake periodically.
You can find this wake message from the output of pmset -g log | grep -i MaintenanceWake from terminal.


texts: Activity green ring not filling while non-workout outside walk or cycle [Apple Watch 2]

texts:
After my Apple Watch 1 I decided to switch to the Apple Watch 2 and gave my GF also an Apple Watch 2. The strange thing is: My green activity ring is filling during my day without starting a workout (just walking stairs etc) but my GF's watch barley updates the green ring.

Example:
We are walking in the city next to each other. We both have around 2000 steps and walked 2K without a workout. My green ring is at 40%, hers is at 3%.

How is this possible? We set the same movement goals.


texts: How to view Failing Authentication Logs for a specific iOS Application

texts:
How do I view specific logs for a specific iOS Application?  It is not a native iOS Application.

It is an iOS Application installed from an MDM solution.  It is an iOS Application that allow the user to check his/her email.

I am not looking for Crash Logs but I am looking for Logs that will tell me why the User Authentication failed.  I am looking for some kind of authentication logs messages failures and see at least if it was a Token Authentication Issue, or Certificates Issue or something like that.

Reading some online articles, I can connect the iOS device to a Mac OS X device, and I can use Apple Configurator 2 or XCode to view the crash logs.  But again, I need the authentication user logs for a specific application not the crash logs.
Thanks a lot in advance for your help.


texts: How do I make a shortcut command in terminal?

texts: I want to have ll as a shortcut for ls -ll. How can I add it to my Termianl application? I use iTerm as my primary Terminal application. I wish there was a single line command solution for it.


texts:
I have a problem with my Macbook Pro. I suspend it and if I should open it up and the wifi is connected and all looks pretty well. But I have no connection with my DNS Server. Other devices works well. I can ping all ip adresses but I can't resolve any hostnames.

My Router is a "Vodafone Easybox 903". I don't know what the problem is, and I don't know how I can solve it.

My Macbook is the only device with this problem. My girlfriends MacBook Pro, iPhones, Apple TV and my Ubuntu PC work without any Problems.


texts: Which resolutions does the Retina MacBook Pro support, and how?

texts: The new Retina MacBook Pro has an astounding 2880x1800 pixels. Naturally, the "native" double-detail resolution is 1440x900. But what other resolutions can be used? And how crisp are they? (Are they just up-/down-scaled @2x graphics?)


texts: Should I be concerned about graphics switching for battery life?

texts:
I have a 15-inch MBP, Mid-2010, 2.66GHz i7, with Intel integrated graphics and a discrete NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M. Since I installed Lion, it seems my battery life has gone down to just 2 or 3 hours. After reading various things on the internet, I found out about the gfxCardStatus app which I used and noticed my machine is using the discrete graphics card. It appears the following apps are requiring discrete graphics:

the Google Talk plugin (because I keep gmail.com open, even though I'm not signed in to chat)
Twitter for Mac
both Droplr and CloudApp

Should I be concerned about these? Will it affect my battery life if my machine switches to discrete graphics even though these apps may not actively be using it?

And, as a follow-up: is resetting the SMC (another thing I read people have been trying) a good thing to try to improve my battery life?


texts: Cannot connect to Mac Mini Server; Finder jumping around

texts:
I have a unique issue; while trying to connect to a Mac Mini Server on WiFi with my macbook the server shows up, but when I go to connect to the server Finder jumps the selection up to the top of the top left. No matter how many times I click, I can't get into the server. There are 7 iMacs that connect without issue.

Does anyone know why this error might be occurring?

Thanks!


texts: Always show full URL in Safari address bar

texts:
From the screenshot: notice we only see "github.com":

Yes it is possible to see full path by actually selecting the URL:

But I would like to see the full URL always - without that extra step. Is this possible?


texts: What is mediaremoteagent under Activity Monitor?

texts: Under activity monitor there's a process called mediaremoteagent. I can't find any information about this process. What is this process and is it safe to disable it?


texts: Facebook Contacts disappearing from contacts

texts:
I am using the iOS Facebook Integration, which adds my Facebook friends to my contacts in the phone app.
Yesterday I noticed that some of these Facebook contacts have been disappeared, despite being still 'Friends' with them on Facebook.

Is this maybe due to some Facebook privacy feature?


texts: How can I leave my wifi connection connected after logging the user out of the OS?

texts:
Lets say the WiF network uses LDAP to authenticate users with a user and password and the  users login to the OS using the same LDAP credentials. Is there a way that this WiFi connection can be always connected, even when no one is logged in after powering on?

Ideally, we can float around a Macbook Air that is always connected to this wifi connection (using LDAP, not traditional WPA etc.) which would allow anyone to login using their LDAP username and password.

Its sort of a chicken and egg scenario and it would be a lot easier if Lion simply allowed you to connect to a new WiFi network when at the login screen.


texts:
I have a 2017 27" iMac running macOS 10.13.6.

I have configured the sleep / auto lock settings as per the below screenshot. But for some reason the computer wont sleep / auto lock.

I have an application downloaded from the App Store called Owly installed, which is similar to Caffeine, but this is currently disabled and not set to keep the screen on.

Ive noticed that it will sleep if i log out of the user account and leave the machine on the "chose user" login page. But not if the user is logged in.

Any ideas?


texts: Let Windows 8.1 use 5k pixels of my iMac 5k? (Boot Camp)

texts:
So I installed Windows 8.1 x64 using the Boot Camp Assistant on my Yosemite, iMac 5K 27".

The max screen resolution is being reported as 3840x2160.

I cannot explain what exactly is wrong, but my strain is huge after working in this setup for ~2 hours. It wasn't so in MacOS. I suppose the problem is with graphics driver.

I updated Windows 8.1 - everything I could.

What worries me is that the latest Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5640 does not list iMac 27' 5K:

https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1721?locale=en_AU

.. and the AMD website where I wanted to try their driver here:
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows%208.1%20-%2064

says:

This driver is not intended for use on AMD products running in Apple Bootcamp platforms. Users of these platforms should contact their manufacturer for driver support.

Then, I tried to contact Apple Support - I have an extended support for 3 years (AppleCare). They asked me nicely to go and ask Microsoft for this.

Finally, I contacted Microsoft Support and they proposed that I subscribe to their support service (e.g. spend another $100+) and they will solve my issue. They assured me they knew the solution and they even had an internal technical  note about a similar case. Besides the feeling of being cheated, I supposed there should be drivers for my case, but I can't find anything.

Please help me - how else can I try to solve the issue, what system info you want to know in order to give advice, and where should I look for more references / reading?

UPD. I've also tried these drivers from AMD designed for BootCamp, but it did not help:
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop/bootcamp


texts: Two copies of Lion installed on one computer, now the App Store won't install apps

texts:
I have installed Mac OS X an additional HDD.  So my MacBook now has two copies of OS X, and I can select which one to boot when it starts – great.

The only catch is that, if all my hard drives are mounted, the App Store app doesn't work very well on the newer install – it thinks apps are installed when they are not (they are however installed on my old install).  Obviously it is seeing the applications on the second HDD.

I don't want to unmount the second HDD (which fixes this problem, but forces me to stop what I'm working on).  I've tried adding the second HDD's Application directory to my spotlight exclusions to no avail. What other ways can I solve this?


texts:
I have removable hard drive which I can't encrypt.

I'm following official guide, but there is simply no encryption option in the erase menu:

There should also be an option called "Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted)", but it is not in the list.

To be more specific I'm running the latest update of OS X High Sierra (10.13.1). The hard drive model is: Transcend StoreJet 25M3 2TB TS2TSJ25M3E.


texts: Install country specific app from other country app store

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I have my App Store set on country XYZ and I am currently long term traveling (for a few months) in country ABC.

Hence I'd like to install some apps relevant to country ABC. I was able to do that for some apps. But some others tell me that I cannot install them because I am on another country App Store (country XYZ).

Doing a little bit of googling lead me to such thread explaining what could be some reasons behind this annoying situations.

Is there a way for me to still install these country specific apps without switching my App Store country settings?


texts: hyperlinked text in word cant be click once made into a pdf

texts:
Im using word 2011 to create a doc with hyper linked text using cmd K this text is fine when the document is viewed in word as you can click on the text and it opens a browser to view the web page.

But when you pdf the page flie > print > pdf the link stays blue but you can no longer click them, any ideas how to resolve this


texts: Forgot Mac password, don't have apple keyboard

texts: I have forgotten my Apple Mac password. I have searched for multiple key codes to change the password but i haven't figured out how they work on a non-apple keyboard. I use a logitech (K120) keyboard.


texts: How will Apple's switch to ARM (Apple Silicon) affect compatibility with Linux / Unix tools and APIs?

texts:
At the moment, a huge argument for using Macs in academic and research settings (and possibly quite a few other use cases) is the compatibility with the Linux/Unix ecosystem, through Homebrew, Macports and similar projects, and of course the classical terminal (nowadays using zsh) that allows control over system internals. Users in many areas would not be able to work with a "plain" macOS without access to specialized applications which are generally only available on Linux.
Is there already information available as to what Apple's move to the ARM CPU architecture ("Apple Silicon") is going to mean for this compatibility? Will it still be possible to compile programs from source on macOS? How about graphical Linux tools, will there still be a possibility to use X / Wayland / whatever on the Mac?
I do understand that it is possible for Apple to arbitrarily restrict the OS in order to make it as hard as possible for users to do that. My question is aimed more at the practical / technical side of things: Is it enough to say "compiling for ARM is easy enough, no worries" or are there hidden issues?


texts: With the advent of the new iPad, which has a retina display, I started thinking about what exactly a retina display is. I know it has higher resolution, but what exactly is the definition of a retina display?


texts: Do I need a Thunderbolt display adapter or should an older mini DisplayPort adapter work?

texts: I am experiencing screen flicker (so bad as to be unusable) from a late 2011 Macbook Pro on an external display connected via a mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter (official Apple version). Is it possible that this is caused by not having a Thunderbolt to DVI adapter? Do I need to update the adapter or should this work?


texts:
I bought a late 2011 MacBook pro for parts. The computer turns on and functions but there is no lcd backlight. I can see there is video to the screen when shining a light through the back of the apple logo.

The lvds connector looks fine. The motherboard looks good. I've tried an SMC and a PRAM reset but those have failed.

I've heard that backlight fuses go bad but I don't have the right soldering iron, or confidence, to replace the fuse.

I see another board beneath the LCD clutchplate. Is that board an inverter? If so, maybe the inverter is the cause of the problem?

I have a couple mid 2010 mbp lcd assemblies sitting around but it appears those have a different cable layout. Before I try to dismantle these LCDs to find any cross-over parts, does anyone know if the 2010 mbp LCDs are compatible with a late 2011 board?

What do you suggest trying next? How can I isolate this problem?


texts: Decoding DAT files in System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreEmoji.framework on Big Sur

texts:
On previous macOS such as Mojave and Catalina, the mappings between emoji unicodes and associated keywords were available to view in files like CharacterPicker and FindReplace in .plists or .strings data formats [1]. These files were found in System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreEmoji.framework/Versions/A/Resources.
On Big Sur, it seems that only the .dat formats of those files are shipped. It is possible to decode these files back into a .plists or .strings format?
[1] Why does ‘freedom’ return the french fries 🍟 emoji?


texts: I cannot hear any audio from my MacBook Pro, running OS X 10.7. Pressing F10/F11/F12 shows the volume overlay, but it stays at max volume with a (/) icon below it. In the Sound control panel or from the sound icon in the menu bar I can adjust the volume, but the Mute checkbox is greyed out. Rebooting does not resolve the problem.


texts: What do these marks indicate exactly on these tray icons when I run Python from a terminal?

texts:
I ran an Anaconda Python installation from iTerm using python -i myscript.py. It made a plot using Matplotlib. After I closed the plot, the two icons remain.

Each has a dot under it, and a little arrow on the bottom left corner.

When I type exit() at the python prompt the Python icon disappears and the iTerm icon remains unchanged.
When I close iTerm the dot disappears, but the arrow remains.

Exactly what do these indicate? What is it exactly that these dots and arrows are trying to tell me?


texts: macOS catalina ignores shell in AD and uses zsh instead

texts:
We have Catalina hosts connected to our AD domain. Directory Utility shows AD users having /bin/bash as their shell (in Directory Editor), and the default shell for the domain is /bin/bash (in Services -> User Experience). However, when I log in, Catalina ignores both and instead logs me in with zsh.

How do I get Catalina to honor the shell preference from AD?


texts: How do I resolve duplicate "in the cloud" songs in iTunes 11?

texts:
When I installed iTunes 11, for some reason it re-downloaded all my purchased "in the cloud" songs even though they were already in my library.  So now I have duplicate songs, one that matches the cloud, one that has my rating, playcounts, etc.  For example:

I want to tell iTunes that they're the same songs- I tried to delete my old copy then, when it asks me to locate it, point to the new copy, but when I delete the cloud entry it doesn't realize that they're the same.  Is there anything that I can do to fix this?

Note: I do not have iTunes Match, and this is on a Mac, if that's relevant.

Edit: Of course I could delete my local copy and download and use the cloud copy, but I want to keep ratings and play/skip counts.


texts: MacBook Pro doesn't detect boot drive if turned off for ~5-10 minutes

texts:
I'm repairing a 13" MacBook Pro Early 2011 (A1278). This will seem like a duplicate issue, but stick with me and you'll see something odd is going on.
TDLR; Fixed missing/undetected boot drive issue with new SSD and SATA cable, or so I thought. The issue still persists, but I've discovered it only happens when the MacBook Pro is left shut off for more than ~5 minutes! If I shutdown, then reboot within a few seconds or 2-3 minutes it works. If I leave it much longer the boot fails with the folder and question mark icon!
This MacBook Pro has the "question mark on folder" boot issue - here's a picture. This usually indicates a corrupt/failed boot drive or faulty SATA cable. I had the same issue on my own 2012 MacBook Pro a few years ago, and did the same repair (replace the cable and SSD upgrade) so I thought it would be easy.
The repair went smoothly. I got High Sierra installed on the new SSD by creating a bootable USB. Rebooted a few times afterwards to confirm all was well and considered it a job well done.
Unfortunately, when I tried to boot the MacBook Pro later in the day it displayed the error again on boot! I performed an SMC and PRAM reset and then it booted up. I assumed all was well.
I decided to verify my work a little later, and it failed to boot again!
It seems as though the issue occurs if the MacBook is left sitting without power for a while. If I leave it sit on the boot failure screen for a few minutes, then reboot, all is fine. I assume the original issue was never the old HDD or SATA cable, but something power related maybe?
I appreciate any ideas you have.


texts:
before when I used to write some code on iOS, I think I had a developer account (which I also have now I think), however under some company. It was Company/Organization type.

I am no longer with that company.

I am interested, if I want to create a new developer account, what shall I do?

Shall I have to create also a new Apple ID also? next to new developer account?


texts: I want to use the GraphicsMagick C API on a Mac. I used brew to install it, but the header files I need to use the API is not available. At least, I am not able to find it.


texts:
I was using hardlink (https://github.com/selkhateeb/hardlink) to point an important folder to my new google drive folder and my machine crashed. Right now I have no access to OS X so I connected my HDD to a Windows 10 machine with bootcamp drivers installed. I can see all files there, but my senstive folder looks a file, instead of being a folder.. So I can't enter the folder to get the files and I believe the files are still there. Orphaned.

Any suggestions? It could be applications and steps when using Windows or OS X as I'm trying to get access to a mac computer to try to recover those files.


texts: How to create an ad hoc Wi-Fi network in OS X?

texts:
I came across a problem today  when there was a speaker in my class. The speaker was from the industry and had a company provided laptop which was not able to get connected to University network (some other problem which I had to raise in another question).

As a solution to the problem, I thought I would create the public Wi-Fi,
using my MacBook Pro, without a password so that he can get connected
directly. However I am a little embarrassed in not finding a option do so. Can anyone give me some solution if one exists.


texts: How do I configure proxy for my terminal with v2ray?

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With v2ray on macOX 10.13.6, I can access some sites from Chrome but I cannot access those sites from terminal.
the configuration for v2ray looks like this
{
    "v": "2",
    "ps": "\u8bxx-Azure",
    "add": "xx.acrossgw.info",
    "port": 8088,
    "id": "xxx-b6xxx8954c",
    "aid": "16",
    "net": "ws",
    "type": "none",
    "host": "xx.acrossgw.info",
    "path": "\/data",
    "tls": "tls"
}

Per this post, this command sets proxy for terminal session
export http_proxy="username:password@ip address:port number"

I put this line at the end of my ~/.bash_profile
export http_proxy="xxx-b6xxx8954c:\u8bxx-Azure@xx.acrossgw.info:8088"

but I cannot access those sites from terminal either, how do I do?


texts: iPad Not connecting to MacBook Air via USB

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I have a 6th generation iPad, and a Macbook Air late 2015. Up until today, I've had minor issues connecting it via USB (such as the charge cutting in and out), but nothing I haven't been able to get by. Today, my iPad is not connecting at all.
So when I plug in my iPad to my Mac via USB, nothing happens. It is not charging nor is it connected. I cannot mirror it via iMovie or zoom.
I have tried the following:
Many different USB wires (They all connect my phone no problem, but not my iPad)
Cleaning the charging port with a toothpick.
Restarting both devices.
Also do note: if I plug my iPad into the wall, it charges immediately. I don't need my iPad to charge, I just need it to be connected so I can mirror it. This is extremely important for my job. Does anyone have any advice?
Thanks!


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Is there a way to get the three-finger tap (AKA Look up & data detectors) to include more than a single word?  I've tried selecting the desired text, then three-finger tapping, but to no avail.

This would be helpful with proper names (cities and people).


texts: Can the Growl update message be stopped without removing Growl?

texts:
I've recently migrated to Mountain Lion. Every now and then I get a Growl notification saying that a new version of Growl is available. The new version is a paid app, which I don't want to buy, but I can't find a way to disable the update message. It's particularly annoying because unlike a normal Growl notification, this one doesn't go away until you explicitly close it.

If there isn't a way to disable this intrusive advert I will simply remove Growl from my system - but this would be a shame as the current version is still somewhat useful. (Not every program I use supports the new message centre.) So does anybody know of a way to disable this specific message?


texts: How to set up my network/bridging using Apple Airport equipment?

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I'd like to set up my network like this, and I want to make sure it's possible using the hardware I have. I think it should be...

I've got my cable modem in one room. I want to plug it into an Apple Airport Express and create my wireless my wireless network here. The airport express will do the NAT and DHCP.

By my TV there are a few things to be networked (Xbox and Tivo). I have an airport extreme here. I'd like to have the airport extreme join the wireless network and share the connection to the ethernet ports.

Can anyone provide some assistance on the best way to configure to do this?

Thanks!


texts: Can't add or change custom images of address book entries

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Sometimes I'm not able to change any of the custom images associated with contacts in the address book. If I quit and restart several times, it eventually works again.

What would cause this sort of thing to happen? I'm running on Snow Leopard.


texts: Font rendering on Dell U3818dw 38" monitor with 2014 Macbook Pro

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I just got a Dell U3818dw monitor for my MBP mid 2014

When I bought the monitor I missed the fact that my old mac only supports HDMI 1.4 and is thus not able to deliver the massive 3840x1600 resolution at 60hz.

But it did automatically downgrade do 3840x1600 resolution at 30hz, which will have to do since I am mostly working with text and my mac is up for upgrade once the 14" comes out.

Also Dell does not support Apple products so they wont help - and I can't return it (for reasons).

But the fonts are not smooth and I am not happy about how text is rendered.

Here you see zoomed in text on the dell (left) vs. the retina (right). Smaller text is worse, but it seems that fonts will never be smooth no matter how large I make them.

It might be hard to tell with this photo I took with my cell phone, but if you zoom in on the italics I think it is clear.

Things I tried (or didn't):

I don't have any issues with font rendering on my very old 24" eizo
I don't own another computer so I can't try the monitor on another in an easy way
If I go to System Prefs > General Settings. Font smoothing is enabled.
I played around with defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 2 but I couldn't see any immidiate difference (in terminal window or by reloading browser)


texts: Web app opens in browser on some devices

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I have a few hardware-identical iPads with the same (latest) iOS version on them and on 2 out of around 10, a web app opens in the browser UI instead of the standalone UI. On all other iPads, it opens on the standalone UI as it's supposed to.

What are my options of making the two iPads behave like all the other ones? Is there anything other than resetting the whole iPad? Is there some cache for web app settings, that I can clear or so?

<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
<meta name="mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">

and a manifest.json:

{
 "name": "...",
 "display": "standalone",
 "icons": [
 ... ]
}