texts: If the battery is very old are there any disadvantages or danger to use notebook with power adapter only?

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Lets say the battery has over 5000 cycles and is almost dead or dead. If I will use this notebook always with power adapter - is at dangerous in any way?

I mean - is it possible that the old battery will explode etc.?

Its MacBook Pro 2015 so it cannot be removed.


texts: I'm trying to use my iPhones mobile hotspot as a router between two laptops. Right now the laptops can't ping each other. Is there some firewall or settings on the iPhone that block communication between the two?


texts: will RAM from a mid-2011 MacBook Pro work in an early 2011 iMac?

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Will RAM from a mid-2011 MBP work in an early 2011 iMac (and vice-versa)? Both are listed as 1333 MHz PC3-10600 DDR3.

I have 16 GB (2x8GB) in the MacBook Pro, and 12 GB (2x4GB + 2x8GB) in the iMac.

I want to swap the MacBook Pro's RAM with the 2x4B set in the iMac.


texts: How to convert multiple .caf audio files to .wav?

texts: I have downloaded an iPad app called LaunchPad in which you put sounds into buttons aligned in squares so they can be easily played. The problem is that this LaunchPad app only accepts .wav audio files and all my audio effects are in the .caf format and they are like a hundred sounds. Is there a program to convert multiple files (a whole folder of files) into another format?


texts: How to "repair" a PDF that opens in Acrobat Reader but not Preview

texts:
I have a PDF that won't open in Preview; it gives this error message:

However, it will open in Acrobat Reader, but cannot be resaved, or saved with a new file name from Reader:

As I can see all the pages (or most of them at least!) from this PDF, there must be some way to get them into a file that Preview can open. I can do this by copying pages from Reader one-at-a-time, but the PDF has 500 pages.

What is the easiest and cheapest way to export all these pages, and create a new PDF, from Acrobat Reader?

EDIT: I'd rather not have to sign up for online Adobe services...


texts: Why does quitting an application open the minimised window of a running application?

texts:
In the windowing user interface, why does quitting an application open the minimised window of a running application?
This happens in Mavericks, and possibly earlier versions of the OS.


texts: Where is the video my sister sent to me on iMessage? I clicked save and can't find it

texts:
I have an iPhone 3GS.  I just did the software update to iOS5.  My sister took a cute video of my kid and sent it to me on iMessage.  I tried to save it to my phone so I could upload it to the computer and/or facebook, and now I can't find it.  It is not in my camera roll or in my iCloud.

So the question is....where is the file and why can't i find it?


texts: MacBook Pro Early 2015: Sleep Wake Failure

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Ever since I upgraded from my old MacBook Air 2012 to a brand new MacBook Pro I feel really disappointed with how my computer works.

It used to occasionally freeze, overall work more slowly (!), and the thing that is making me frustrated most of all: Sleep Wake Failure.

I tried to copy the log from console here but the text is too long.

Here is a screen shot of a console. I will try to insert anything that is needed here.


texts: Are there no explicit Power modes in Mac?

texts:
Does Macbook Pro not provide power modes (Power Saver, High Performance, etc) like a Windows laptop?
If there is nothing like that, then I'd assume that OS X manages optimal settings itself.

Or is there something which I'm missing?


texts: Pages: keyboard shortcut for inserting an equation

texts:
Pages has a new feature to add latex equations. As a latex user, I find this extremely useful!

A feature that would make my life even better would be a keyboard shortcut that pushes the "insert" button in the popup window (see the screenshot below). Is it possible to do and how?

Thanks!


texts: Screen resolution 4k vs remote desktop resolution (Microsoft Remote Desktop)

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First, very sorry for my English. I do not write often in English...

I just upgrade from an old iMac 2011 to the new iMac 4k 2017. I am quite pleased with it, but something's bothering me.

I have to work in remote desktop on another computer, a Dell Optiplex 3040, Windows 10, in another city. The resolution is not very good (probably because of my own 4K resolution). I tried a few tricks - downgrade my screen resolution with SwitchResX, but it just affect my own screen badly. I tried to adjust the resolution inside of the app (Remote Desktop by Microsoft), but no luck.

My question is : if i use an second monitor (not 4k), and display the screen of the MRD on it, could it address the situation ? Could the resolution on the external monitor would look like what I had on my old iMac ?


texts:
I started the installation process for the Mojave upgrade from High Sierra but I realized I can't upgrade because of some incompatible enterprise software.
I would like to cancel it and prevent the installation when it restarts


texts: Keyboard shortcut to unhide or unminimize a window in OS X

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I am asking this question because I feel it belongs on apple, not superuser. Also the perfect answer is not checked off there.

You hide a window using ⌘ + M. However even ⌘ + ⇥ to that window does not help as the window is minimized. How do you unminimize?


texts: macOS app review process: Touch Bar functionality in metadata

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I have a macOS app that get bug fixed. But the latest Apple review process drives me a bit insane. They always tell me that my app's metadata indicates Touch Bar functionality which my app do not have.

So my App have no Touch Bar functions, also it do not use any NSTouchBar methods. I actually never build any Touch bar app – so is there a capability or something that I could have possibly activated and what Apple now indicates there "should" be Touch Bar integration but there is none?

I asked them where my metadata is indicating Touch Bar functionality but they only redirects me to the App Store Connect Developer Help. Which do not help me. Even when I search for Touch Bar there is no match.

So I have no idea what Apple want from me. I wrote them now that they maybe misread the description. I am using a Status Bar Menu in my App – maybe they had read "Touch Bar" instead of "Status Bar"...

Or am I missing something that I have possibly accidentally activated?

This is the response from Apple:

  Your app does not achieve the core functionality described in your
  app’s metadata.

  Specifically, your app’s metadata is still indicating that your app is
  using touchBar functionality.

  The user is provided the option to select this functionality within
  the app. Only after attempting to use this functionality is the user
  told that it is not available without an additional install. It will
  be necessary to remove this functionality from the app.


texts: How can I type logic symbol like "＆ - → ↔ " and so on in pages?


texts:
I have a Lacie petitekey, and when I use it with my mac configuration (10.9.4) it says that the key is in read only.

I cannot format it as well, so I cannot really use it anymore regarding that it is impossible to put any data on it.

How can I be able to use it in write/read mode?


texts: Preview auto-open of PNG files after being downloaded from Safari

texts: How can I make PNG files be automatically opened after being downloaded from Safari?


texts: Where does Windows store my imported photos from my iPhone?

texts: I have just synced ~7700 photos/videos from my iPhone to my Windows 8.1 laptop, but I wish to view these files, except I cannot seem to find these files in a viewable format, so I can sort through them.


texts: Pages 5: Increase indentation in table of contents?

texts:
Is it possible to have multiple indentations in the table of contents (auto-generated according to the paragraph styling)?

E.g.

•Header 1

....•Header 2

....•Header 2

........ •Header 3

....•Header 2

•Header 1

Sort of thing? I'm only able to get up to the second indentation.

Thanks in advance.


texts: How do I enable the one-handed keyboard?

texts:
I would like to enable a different keyboard layout for one-handed use. I know it's possible, since it was mentioned at WWDC 2017, but how do I do it?

Settings doesn’t have an option to enable a one-handed keyboard:

In the Keyboards list, there is no one-handed keyboard either.


texts: Share to Messages from Safari fails - missing library

texts:
Any idea how to install the missing library?
Process:               Messages Share Extension [39076]
Path:                  /Users/USER/Desktop/Messages.app/Contents/PlugIns/Messages Share Extension.appex/Contents/MacOS/Messages Share Extension
Identifier:            Messages Share Extension
Version:               1.0 (5500)
Build Info:            Messages-743013008000000~82
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           Messages Share Extension [39076]
User ID:               502

Date/Time:             2020-10-15 09:53:44.696 -0700
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.15.6 (19G2021)
Report Version:        12
Anonymous UUID:        A02FB4DA-CBA4-4564-EE1E-953BF0A38DA1

Time Awake Since Boot: 1300000 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread:        0

Exception Type:        EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

**Termination Reason:    DYLD, [0x1] Library missing**

Application Specific Information:
dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries

**Dyld Error Message:
  Library not loaded: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PhotoLibrary.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/PhotosFormats.framework/Versions/A/PhotosFormats
  Referenced from: /Users/USER/Desktop/Messages.app/Contents/PlugIns/Messages Share Extension.appex/Contents/MacOS/Messages Share Extension
  Reason: image not found**

Binary Images:
       0x10d85e000 -        0x10d86dff7  com.apple.messages.ShareExtension (1.0 - 5500) <C9509AE7-F4C6-331E-8AEA-FBAA315AC1C1> /Users/USER/Desktop/Messages.app/Contents/PlugIns/Messages Share Extension.appex/Contents/MacOS/Messages Share Extension
       0x1109c4000 -        0x110a55f47  dyld (750.6) <F9D4DEDC-8296-3E3F-B517-9C8B89A4C094> /usr/lib/dyld
    0x7fff310e1000 -     0x7fff31279ffa  com.apple.cloudkit.CloudKit (867 - 867) <1B851180-FC00-357F-B6C1-BB0EA7D6D5CA> /System/Library/Frameworks/CloudKit.framework/Versions/A/CloudKit
    0x7fff3127a000 -     0x7fff3127afff  com.apple.Cocoa (6.11 - 23) <2F5C8ABA-711F-316C-BB97-921122AEE4DF> /System/Library/Frameworks/Cocoa.framework/Versions/A/Cocoa
    0x7fff56801000 -     0x7fff569e8ff7  com.apple.imcore (10.0 - 1000) <B5BC3823-0FFA-3D6D-B995-5F674894BF3B> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/IMCore.framework/Versions/A/IMCore
    0x7fff56d66000 -     0x7fff56e10fff  com.apple.imsharedutilities (10.0 - 1000) <38235642-07D7-360A-B5C7-FA39B1FD1427> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/IMSharedUtilities.framework/Versions/A/IMSharedUtilities

Model: iMac17,1, BootROM 428.0.0.0.0, 4 processors, Quad-Core Intel Core i5, 3.3 GHz, 24 GB, SMC 2.34f3
Graphics: kHW_AMDRadeonR9M395Item, AMD Radeon R9 M395, spdisplays_pcie_device, 2 GB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1867 MHz, 0x802C, 0x384B54463531323634485A2D314739453220
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM1, 8 GB, DDR3, 1867 MHz, 0x859B, 0x435438473353313836444D2E4D313646500
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1867 MHz, 0x802C, 0x384B54463531323634485A2D314739453220
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM1, 8 GB, DDR3, 1867 MHz, 0x859B, 0x435438473353313836444D2E4D313646500
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x14A), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.77.111.1 AirPortDriverBrcmNIC-1615.1)
Bluetooth: Version 7.0.6f7, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
Network Service: Wi-Fi 2, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SM0128G, 121.33 GB
Serial ATA Device: APPLE HDD ST2000DM001, 2 TB
USB Device: USB 3.0 Bus
USB Device: 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub
USB Device: 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub
USB Device: Game Drive
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
USB Device: My Book 111D
USB Device: 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub
USB Device: Back-UPS RS1000G FW:868.L5 -P.D USB FW:L5 -P
USB Device: 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub
USB Device: USB-Serial Controller
USB Device: Keyboard Hub
USB Device: Apple Keyboard
USB Device: HD Pro Webcam C920
Thunderbolt Bus: iMac, Apple Inc., 28.1


texts: The contact folder in my Gmail disappeared, both on iPhone and iPad. How do I get it back?


texts: How to remove the annoying quit message by closing iterm2 - prevent logoff/shutdown/reboot

texts:
If I quit iTerm2 I always get the "Quit iTerm2? All sessions will be closed." message - independent of the settings in preferences. I don´t tick the three options under "General/Closing" - all regarding the closing mechanism. Normally the message doesn't have to appear, does it?

It´s annoying that I cannot reboot my system without explicitly quitting iTerm2. If I don´t close is by myself the system will hang/block the shutdown.


texts: Time Machine Backups Gets Stuck With 100% CPU via tmutil

texts:
Okay, so I recently decided to try switching my Time Machine backups over to tmutil so that I could gain more control over exactly when they ran, but also so I could run some extra stuff before and after.

Anyway, I decided to start with a simple test with a launch agent set to run the following command once an hour:

tmutil --block

I'm using the --block option to make sure job remains visibly active till the backup is done, and because I'll need it if I want to run commands afterwards. The problem I'm having however is that when the backup gets into the Finishing stage at the end, it's frequently getting stuck with backupd ramping up to 100% CPU utilisation.

Stopping the backup and running with "Backup Now" from Time Machine's menu will work normally, and returning to regular Time Machine automatic backups works just fine without ever doing this.

It's only when using tmutil --block that this seems to happen, any ideas as to why?


texts: Xcode - save all errors and warnings to file?

texts:
Is there any way to save all errors and warnings generated by Xcode to a target text file?

My current way of doing this is by copy-pasting and indenting every single error and warning, but that is rather time-consuming.

I am using Xcode 11.4.1 on macOS 10.15.2.


texts:
I have been using hard links, as described here, for linking my important folders to my Dropbox. A very useful trick for backing up without messing up your preferred directory structure.

After my update the High Sierra, all the hard links where corrupted in such a way that all the files were lost.

This leaves me with a problem. How do I backup selected folders from my harddisk through Dropbox without changing my original file organization, without losing all my info this time. Does High Sierra support hard links? It seems not... what to do in such a case?

update

So both Dropbox and OneDrive need me to put files in a dedicated folder. It seems like hard links are no longer an option. In this case, I suppose I should switch to a dedicated service that does allow me to 'check' existing folders into the backup?


texts: How to increase "tracking speed" beyond the maximum?

texts:
For a Macbook Pro, I've set trackpad settings for Three Fingers to "Dragging":

However the tracking speed is too slow, and often it's impossible to drag for a larger distance due to the size of the physical trackpad.

How do we increase the tracking speed beyond the maximum allowed?


texts: Query Apple's Servers for Update Using Script?

texts:
Is it possible to have a script or some sort of command-line tool that will query Apple's update servers to see what the latest version of an OS is? For example, I'd like to alert somewhere when a new iOS version is released without me having to check tech news websites or directly on my iPhone, that all seems too reactive.

Perhaps something like this already exists? Perhaps I just need to better understand how devices talk to Apple to know if they have an update available to them?

Thank you in advance for your help.


texts: Why does 4s iphone change to vibrate when I put phone in my pocket?

texts: Maybe I'm nuts but it seems my iphone 4s switches from normal (audible) mode to vibrate when I put my phone in my pocket.  Anyone else having this weird issue?


texts: Is there a way to play Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force on a modern Mac?

texts: I have a mid-2010 (Intel) MacBook Pro, and I’m nostalgic for Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force, which was released in the early 2000s (!). At some point there was a freely-downloadable Carbon version to allow people who already owned the game to play it under then-current versions of Mac OS X, but as far as I know there hasn’t been any development recently. Can anyone think of some way I might be able to get the game running again?


texts: I cannot turn Bluetooth off on my MacBook Pro. I am running 10.7.4 and the option to turn it off is grayed out, both in the toolbar and in System Preferences. I used Onyx to reset permissions but to no avail. Help, please! I am not using any Bluetooth devices and I'm not sure when or how it got turned back on, but I've always made sure it was turned off. My battery is paying the price!


texts: Why are some family members missing in Screen Time setup?

texts: I have had Family Sharing set up since it was introduced. Now that iOS 12 offers Screen Time I want to configure it for my family members, but only one of the three people in my family, not including me, appears under the Family section when I go to Settings -> Screen Time. Same if I go to my Apple ID - > Family Sharing -> Screen Time (under Shared Features).


texts: How to convert a Numbers file to .pdf and still have its formula work

texts:
Is there a pdf creator or something that I can convert my Numbers file with all its formula still working. The file is a price calculator with choice of products.
I dont want the client to change elements so pdf is the way to go (I think).
Please advise.


texts: Do the 2011 MacBook Pros support a user-installed SSD in place of the HD

texts: On the iMac there is some thermal sensor that connects to the hard drive and makes this a bit tricky since non-Apple SSDs don't have that feature.  Is this true for the 2011 MacBook Pros?


texts: How do I delete podcast episodes "Synced from iTunes" in iOS 13?

texts: I recently updated to Mac OS Catalina, so I no longer have iTunes. I've already tried deleting the Podcast App and re-installing, but there are still podcast episodes "Synced from iTunes."


texts: iTunes USB sync deleted all playlists from my iPhone

texts:
I just synced my iPhone XS to my MacBook over a USB cable for the first time in a few months because I had some MP3 files I’d added to my iTunes library manually that I wanted to transfer. After the sync finished I discovered that all of my playlists had gone from the Music app on my iPhone. They’re all still there in iTunes. To add insult to injury, the MP3 files hadn’t synced either.

I have Apple Music turned off and don’t use iTunes Match. I have iTunes configured to sync my entire library rather that just selected playlists etc.

My iPhone is running iOS 13.3 and my MacBook is running macOS Mojave 10.14.6.

This stuff used to work reliably for me! Any help with getting my playlists back would be greatly appreciated.


texts: What Is The Go To Folder Command Within Finder?

texts:
I have been told that the Go To Folder option in OS X contain many crucial system files.

What exactly is the Go To Folder command within Finder and would it be therefore advantageous to disable it, to prevent access from other people (or indeed one's self).

Additionally if it was disabled, could it easily be re-enabled for technical support etc (with all crucial system files left untouched).


texts: disable speakers on macbook pro touch bar 2017 Mojave

texts: how to fix disable speacker on macbook touchbar 2017,the speaker is not working and there is no sound? do i have upgrade software? anyone can help me


texts: VMware Fusion 6: cannot start Windows 2000 VM that worked in VMware Fusion 4

texts:
Got this message when starting a Windows 2000 VM on VMware Fusion 6 on a Retina MacBook Pro with OS X Mavericks:

  This virtual machine's policies are too old to be run by this version of VMware Fusion.

Could only find this Danish question with no answers.

Fusion 6 is supposed to

run any old virtual hardware version (this one is virtual hardware 7, I think it originates from VMware Workstation 6.5).
support Windows 2000
Anyone having the faintest idea how to start digging for a cause?

Edit: extra information about the settings, .vmx and .vmxf files.

Opening the settings for this VM gets the same message.

VMware Virtual Hardware version overview.

There are a few lines with the word policy in the .vmx file, but none in the .vmfx file. And there is a .vmpl file (which seems to have to do with the -now discontinued- VMware ACE that used to ship with older VMware versions including VMware 6.5).

These are the lines with policy in the .vmx file:

tools.upgrade.policy = "upgradeAtPowerCycle"

policy.vm.mvmtid = "52 3f 1e 13 9d 44 69 76-7c dd cc d1 67 a4 46 32"
policy.vm.managedVMTemplate = "FALSE"
policy.vm.managedVM = "FALSE"

Note:

This is not a VMware Fusion specific question, searching for "This virtual machine's policies are too old to be run by this version of VMware" (so without Fusion or Workstation) reveals some nice links including Starting a virtual machine in Workstation or Fusion fails with the error: This virtual machine's policies are too old to be run by this version of VMware (2034362) which also answers this question.


texts: How to reset iPhone 4S when home button does not work

texts: How do I reset my phone if the home button doesn't work? I try'd the assisted touch but it still won't let it reset.


texts: Tag and Metadata searching doesn't work in Spotlight

texts: There's a problem with searching for a tags and metadata e.g. kind:movie in my Spotlight. Actually, it doesn't work even tag:Red in Spotlight. It's weird, because I can search easy using Finder, but not using Spotlight. It might be problem with indexing. Can someone help me?


texts: What are the best practices for moving macOS App(s) to an external drive?

texts:
I'd like to free up space on my mac's internal HD. I currently run with no external HDs.
Seems like one option is to selectively move one or more apps (that I don't use very much), along with their associated libraries, from internal HD to external HD EHD.
For the sake of the goals/criteria below, let's say (a) I'm not moving any /Users/*, and (b) EHD is an external SSD connected via USB-2.
For any such low-use app App which is currently wholly-contained on my internal HD, I'd like to know how to move it to EHD such that:

if EHD is mounted/available, then startup or access times for App are not a primary concern (slow is ok)
I'm in control of EHD's mounting/availability (so if EHD isn't mounted, it means that I don't care about App's availability)
key goals:

keep macOS on internal HD
don't move /Users/*
regardless of whether or not EHD is mounted, any operations NOT associated with App (or its libraries) should have same functionality and performance as they currently do.

I've looked at some old-ish SO questions (Photos.App/Mail.App, IBooks.App) which seem pretty similar to what I'm asking, but I'm looking for more general how-to/best-practice recommendations/gotcha's. I reckon that a naïve approach would be to just drag App.app from /Applications/App.app to EHD/wherever/, but I'm hoping for something less naïve.
For what it's worth, my first target for App is XCode -- seems to take up alot of disk space, and I don't use it much, but would like freedom to power it up (over possibly painfully-slow USB) when necessary.


texts: Which encryption model (single-key, per-file-key) does APFS use after 10.13 upgrade

texts:
Based on Apple's developer documentation, APFS appears to support three models of disk encryption:

No encryption
Single-key encryption
Multi-key encryption with per-file keys for file data and a separate key for sensitive metadata

Following the upgrade to 10.13 and the in-place filesystem migration from CoreStorage/FileVault/HFS+ to Encrypted APFS, which of these models is in use?

diskutil and related tools do not appear to provide any indication of which model is in use, and I would like to know, for the purpose of data recoverability and O(1) secure file erasure capabilities, whether multi-key is in use on my machine and disks.


texts:
How can I change the subtitle language on an Apple TV?
I’m using the iPhone Remote app as the remote.
The Apple TV is 3rd gen.


texts: Cannot boot thumb drive on MBP 2017 to install Linux

texts:
I just received a new MBP 2017 (14,3), which has only USB-C ports. I have a passive Lention USB hub, which allows me to plug in traditional USB devices e.g. a thumb drive.

I want to dual-boot Linux on this machine. I've created a bootable thumb drive with Linux on it. The problem I'm having is that on reboot, when I press the option key to show me boot devices, the thumb drive does not show up. This has worked fine in the past with older models of MBP.

What should I do to get around this?

My only thought is that the machine is not able to enumerate devices on the hub. I don't currently have a USB-C -> USB adapter. Has anyone else experienced this and if so, what did you do to overcome the issue?

The passive hub works perfectly when in use in OSX.


texts: Is there a way to track my look ups in the OSX dictionary?

texts:
I am a non-english native speaker and therefore use the OSX's built-in look up service (three-finger tab and cmd+L in the spotlight search field) quite a lot.

I was wondering if there was a way to keep track of or record the words I have looked up? (Applescript perhaps?)

EDIT: When I three-finger tab it also gives me definitions from wikipedia. Could I utilise this, i.e. track the requests Dictionary.app sends to wikipedia.org, to track which words I look up?


texts: Can I use Logitech ultrathin wireless keyboard for iPad also with my MacBook?

texts:
This is the product, and it links to your iPad with Bluetooth:
http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/ultrathin-keyboard-cover

The question is whether one could also use it with other Mac devices such as MacBook.


texts: How can I access an iOS Mail password stored in Keychain?

texts:
I upgraded my wife's iPhone to a newer model but she can't remember her Yahoo mail password which is stored in Keychain on her old phone.  She uses the standard iOS Mail app which successfully fetches mail from Yahoo on the old phone.

I've tried syncing the old phone's keychain to iCloud then syncing it back to the new phone using the same process, but with no success.  If I add the Yahoo account on the new phone I am always presented with a blank field for the password.

Should I reset the new phone completely and do a restore from iCloud?

Also I can't use Yahoo's 'forgot password' options on the web because the she also forgot the password to the rescue account.


texts: Apple Watch workout for a standing-desk treadmill?

texts:
Any tips for getting this to work properly? I select "Indoor Walk" but my Apple Watch routinely thinks I've stopped working out and asks me to either Pause or End Workout, and my step count in the Apple Watch is more than 50% lower than what my treadmill records. I've tried manually entering in my step count recorded by my treadmill in the Health app but it seems to me that my rings don't adjust to account for the manual entry.
I'm usually typing when I walk on the treadmill, but I try to "sway" my arm normally when I'm not. I also make an effort to have my iPhone in my pocket thinking maybe it'll pick up my leg movement. There's also the fact that my workout summary says 0 distance traveled, I'm assuming because GPS showed me being stationary the whole time.
I'm bummed I don't close my move ring after a 4 hour walk/16k+ steps...


texts: Boot Camp Windows 10 not connecting to Magic Mouse 1

texts:
A week or so ago I installed Windows 10 on my 2015 MacBook Pro Retina with Boot Camp. At the start my Magic Mouse 1 and my keyboard were already paired. Today my mouse wouldn't click for some reason so I unpaired the mouse, now the mouse won't pair. In the Windows 10 Control Panel I don't see any drivers that aren't installed. I already tried restarting my laptop and turning the mouse off and back on.

Whenever I try pairing the mouse I get an pop-up from windows saying it can't find the mouse anymore and asks me to try this again. I just finished installing all my programs, I really don't want to do that again.

Anyone knows how to solve this issue?


texts: How to disable discrete graphics card and use only integrated graphics MacBook Pro Early 2011?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro Early 2011 and the GPU has died. I want to switch to Integrated
Graphics only until I get my Logic Board replaced.

I've tried:

gfxcardstatus and I get this:

There is no External Display connected btw and I've never used one.
I moved /System/Library/Extensions/AMD* -> ~/DisabledExtensions/
I've tried Single User Mode and did the same thing as above.

I really don't know what else to do. I want to know if there is a way
to login to EFI/BIOS and disable it or anyway whatever it takes to just kill that
annoying AMD that is making my screen blue and twitchy.


texts: How can I protect Single User Mode to require a password?

texts: I once read that you can modify a file on the computer to make Single User Mode behave differently, called "boot.rc" or something similar. Is it possible to modify the behavior of SUM? Since physical access would compromise all security (except FileVault) is it possible to prevent SUM from running bash and immediately boot into the GUI (or at least into something which requests a password) so potential hackers would have no way to gain root access without a password?


texts: How to use external monitor with MacBook Air closed and on battery power?

texts:
I often use my MacBook Air (running OS X 10.9.5) closed at a docking station, where it's hooked to external monitor, keyboard/trackpad, and power. All good. The only issue is that occasionally the external power will come loose or jostle*, which turns off the external monitor or causes it to flicker. I understand the system is designed to work this way -- no external monitor when closed unless the power is plugged in.

My question is: how to change this default behavior? i.e. keep the external monitor going while closed on battery power?

[*] Why you ask? My loving, atttention-seeking cats.


texts:
My employer has recently issued me a MacBook Pro to play with. I have a lot of Linux experience, but I was struck by how nice the terminal looks on the Mac in full screen mode, especially when running "top". I think it'd look impressively "hackerish" as a screensaver.

Has anyone figured out a way to make this work? Of course, I'd have to disable the usual power saving mode where the display is turned off.

There's one project out there, but based on it's website it's very rough if it even works.


texts:
I'm searching for an app (for my iPhone 5S) that takes photos (without stopping) every X seconds. The requirement is an app that takes photos, not videos or directly generates a time lapse animation.

For example: I set "shoot every 1.00 second" and here it is: the phone starts taking pictures every second (through that app of course).

Does anyone know some app for that no matter if it's free or paid?


texts: I would like to export some of the events in one of my calendars. The export function will create a .ics file with the entire calendar, but I only want to export events within a specified date range. How can I do that?


texts: Always Automatically 'Right-Size' All Finder Window Columns Individually?

texts: Is there a way to make all Finder Column Views automatically 'right-size' all of their columns individually by default in OS X 10.10.x 'Yosemite?'


texts: I'm wondering if my 13 inch MacBook Air is having battery issues?

texts:
This is my current battery information. Could someone please let me know if I need a new battery or what might be wrong with it?

Battery Information:

Model Information:
  Serial Number:           D86221701NNDKRNA5
  Manufacturer:            SMP
  Device Name:               bq20z451
  Pack Lot Code:           0
  PCB Lot Code:            0
  Firmware Version:        406
  Hardware Revision:       000a
  Cell Revision:           162

Charge Information:
  Charge Remaining (mAh):  6098
  Fully Charged:           Yes
  Charging:                No
  Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 6331

Health Information:
  Cycle Count:               60
  Condition:               Normal
  Battery Installed:       Yes
  Amperage (mA):           0
  Voltage (mV):            8293


texts: Display PowerPoint notes on iPhone during presentation?

texts:
When presenting a PowerPoint (.pptx) document, I'll likely have a clicker but cannot count on having visible access to the notes I've written inside it for each slide to help me present.

The presentation will be running on a Windows machine.

Is there an app for the iPhone where I can not only open the PowerPoint document, but easily read the notes only, slide-by-slide?

Alternatively, what solutions do you suggest? Google Docs?


texts: How to recover data from unreadable hard drive?

texts: I have an 80GB Fujitsu 2.5" hard drive that died about a day ago and had nothing backed up. Is it possible to retrieve data off of it somehow.


texts: Location of on my iPad in root perspective

texts:
What is the location of On My iPad in the Files app in root perspective?

I have iPadOS 13.3.1 which is jailbroken


texts: How to actually forget all past Wifi networks on iOS?

texts:
Based on the advice given on my last question on iOS and Wifi, I want to make my iPad forget all the wifi networks it has ever connected to. My problem is, how to actually do it?

I've gone to General, Reset then Reset Network Settings, then done a reset. That prompts for an unlock code, then spends a bit of time with the Apple  logo showing, then restarts the ipad.

After this network, the iPad has:

Forgotten the passwords to all protected Wifi networks
Forgotten which Wifi networks I have told it "Don't auto-connect" and "Dont auto-login"

What the iPad has failed to do is:

Forget all Wifi networks it has ever connected to

After the restart, the iPad immediately starts trying to connect to a paid-for wifi hotspot that's in range that I had previously set to "Don't auto-connect", and promptly pops up a capture login page for that network!

So, how do I make my iPad actually forget all networks ever, so that after a reset it doesn't know any networks, and won't try to connect to anything it has ever used before?


texts:
It is impossible to take photos with my iPhone 6 in winter. Temperature can be from 0 Celsius (32 Fahrenheit) to minus 10  Celsius (14 Fahrenheit) i.e. not very low. Phone just turns off without any explanation. I can warm it inside my pocket or coat and take out only for few photos -- it doesn't help.

Once in room it recovers.

Other phones and cameras work well in such conditions.

How to solve this? I suspect they just put some explicit trigger inside.


texts: How can I port apps from OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion to OS X 10.7 Lion?

texts:
In Mountain Lion, many of the day-to-day apps like Preview, TextEdit have been upgraded with some very useful features. (For instance, you can now insert a page into a PDF document using your scanner in Preview - see here, and pinch the trackpad for zooming in on to a document - see here). However, as far as I understand, these apps are free, and features like these are features of the app themselves, not the OS.

Is there anyway in which I can replace/upgrade individual apps in Lion, without having to install it as a whole (preferably as a dual-boot config!) ?


texts: Using the urban dictionary as a custom dictionary

texts:
On MacOS Catalina, I use the force touch to look up words, which uses the dictionary app. I want to import the whole urban dictionary to the dictionary.app. The problem is that as time goes on the imported dictionary will be outdated.
In the dictionary.app there is also a Wikipedia dictionary. I believe, it works only online, which means the "lookup" can request from webpages. This can be used to get definitions from urban dictionary. I've stuck here and don't know how to continue. Any guidance or help would be appreciated :)


texts: Safari Security wants to use confidential

texts:
I get a dialog with answer choices "Always allow | Deny | Allow" and text of Safari Security wants to use your confidential information stored in "Safari Extensions List" in your keychain.

What is the purpose of the question?

I need a little help in understanding the source of the question and its intended purpose


texts: MacBook Pro early 2011: sound loop, black screen

texts:
Over the last week I have had four similar incidents:

When I played something on YouTube, the audio just loops for a few seconds, and then either the screen freezes or a black screen will appear.

For the first three times, booting up will result in blue screen with black vertical lines, grey screen or black screen. Went to technician at my school for advice, he said to update my Macbook to 10.9.5. I did that, it was fine for around 48 hours or so.

A few minutes ago, I was watching something on BBC iPlayer when suddenly the sound loops and a black screen appeared. I cannot control my keyboard either. I have to long press the power button (force shut down) and started up again. When I boot up the computer it booted up fine, no safe mode needed. Weirdly enough it did not give me any log. turns out it was from YouTube, not iPlayer

Anyone has an idea of what might be going on with my Macbook? I have the early 2011 Macbook Pro model, 15". Could this be one of the infamous cases of bad GPU?
Is it also possible for this incident to happen multiple times in one day?

Thank you in advance.


texts: How do I use the STIX Font in Mac OS X 10.7

texts:
I just found out that Mac OS X 10.7 ships with STIX fonts (Scientific and Technical Information Exchange format). Can someone explain me how I can make use of these fonts or where there is a tutorial on proper use of these fonts?

  The mission of the Scientific and Technical Information Exchange
  (STIX) font creation project is the preparation of a comprehensive set
  of fonts that serve the scientific and engineering community in the
  process from manuscript creation through final publication, both in
  electronic and print formats.


texts: Install Apache, PHP and MySQL on Mac w/o MacPorts?

texts:
For some reason I can't use MacPorts. So the question is if it's possible to install Apache, PHP and MySQL on Snow Leopard w/o using MacPorts?

Please don't offer MAMP or other bundles.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Stop syncing Safari History through iCloud between 1 or more computers or iOS devices

texts: If I uncheck the Safari option under iCloud settings either on a Mac or an iOS device will the links stop syncing between devices?


texts:
I currently use Valet to develop sites, and many of those sites need SQL databases.  To host SQL databases, I run a mariaDB server from the Terminal.  In order to start the MySQL server so that I can connect to the databases, I run the command:
sudo mysql.server start
I want the server to start on login, so normally I would just have this command execute on login, but it requires the sudo command.  What do I change and how do I change it so that I do not need the sudo part of the command and I can just start the server on login?


texts: How do I add custom DNS server and preserving default DNS of ISP in OS X Mountain Lion

texts:
I'm using OS X Mountain Lion. I'm using dnsmasq to set up wildcard localhost domain names, such as http://local.dev, to point to localhost. But I have to add 127.0.0.1 in my system preference -> network settings.

After I set up 127.0.0.1 as the DNS server, the ISP's default DNS servers were over wrote by mine. This was preventing me from accessing websites. It's not a big deal when I don't move my computer, I could manually enter the ISP's DNS server. But if I change places, the ISP's DNS changes.

I also tried to use google's DNS server, but it's not working in some instance. How can I reserve (or update) the ISP's DNS server without deleting 127.0.0.1 as a DNS.

Thank you in advance.


texts: Full-screen apps and desktop arrangements

texts: The picture above is a screenshot from Mission Control showing the desktop and full-screen apps. The problem is that I want a different arrangement. I want the order to be Safari-Desktop-iTunes. I can't drag the desktop between Safari and iTunes apps, and when I drag Safari to the left of the Desktop, it goes back to its original place. So how can I modify the place of the Desktop? (I want to use only one Desktop, I know that it is possible when other Desktops are added) By the way I'm using Mountain Lion.


texts: Does Mac OS X's bash read scripts for all users (tab-completion scripts) from /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d path?

texts:
I stumbled upon some instructions in the book "Pro Git"

It suggests:

Download this file :
https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash

  If you use the Bash shell, Git comes with a nice auto-completion
  script you can enable. Download it directly from the Git source code
  at
  https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
  . Copy this file to your home directory, and add this to your
  .bashrc file:

    source ~/git-completion.bash

Source https://github.com/progit/progit/blame/master/en/02-git-basics/01-chapter2.markdown#L1115

(putting this line in .bashrc will not work in Mac OS X systems which I discussed here: Why doesn't Mac OS X source ~/.bashrc?)
Put this file git-completion.bash ( in
    /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d if you want bash completion
    (for the git command) to work on all user accounts.  (As if bash reads all the scripts in
/opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d)

  If you want to set up Git to automatically have Bash shell completion
  for all users, copy this script to the
  /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d directory on Mac systems or to the
  /etc/bash_completion.d/ directory on Linux systems. This is a
  directory of scripts that Bash will automatically load to provide
  shell completions.

Source :
https://github.com/progit/progit/blame/master/en/02-git-basics/01-chapter2.markdown#L1119

I found out that Mac OS's bash DOES NOT read scripts inside /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d.  I put the file there (I created all the folders, because they didn't exist) :

And git completion doesn't work on any account.

Does Mac OS X's bash read scripts for all users from /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d ?

Is the "Pro Git" book wrong ? Can I report it on their Github page ?

Or am I wrong ?


texts: Path bar High Sierra doesn't work with search results on SMB fileserver

texts:
Yosemite

High Sierra

Hi there!

At our Prepress department I’ve updated some iMacs from Yosemite to High Sierra.
When I search in Yosemite on the SMB fileserver for a specific file, I see after a while the search results in the Finder window. If I select a found file I see the full path in the Path bar at the bottom of this Finder window. (See the first screenshot.)

But when I do the exact same search command in High Sierra on this SMB fileserver, I see the same search results. But when I select a found file in these search results, I don’t see the file path. In stead of that I see only the icon of the file. (See the second screenshot.) Also the found files are showing blank file icons.

When I perform in High Sierra a search command on the internal drive or a USB stick the full path of the found file is visible.

I guess the absence of the file path in High Sierra has something to do with the SMB protocol.
Apple has discarded the AFP protocol in High Sierra and uses SMB instead. Yosemite still uses AFP so i guess thats why the full file path is showing.

My question: is it possible to make the full file path visible again in High Sierra when selecting a file in the search results on a SMB server?


texts: Why does OS X format MS-DOS filesystems so much faster than Windows does?

texts:
When I format a MS-DOS filesystem using Disk Utility in Mac OS X it takes only a few seconds, but when I format a FAT32 filesystem in Windows it takes several minutes.

What is OS X doing differently?


texts: Wanting to jail break a Iphone 6s and wanting to know if it will still work with T-Mobile

texts: I have a iPhone 6s with T-Mobile, I want to know it I JAILBREAK my iPhone will I still be able to use My T-Mobile service to send and receive calls and text’s? And no I’m not wanting to change service providers.


texts: How to manually add an artwork to the iTunes Artwork directory?

texts:
I would like to add an artwork to an album which has files saved in .wav format. I know that it is not possible to attach an artwork to a wave file, so I'm trying to add a standalone artwork.jpg file to the album in iTunes.
I found out that:

it is not possible to attach an artwork to a track or an album directly
placing an artwork.jpg file in the album's directory doesn't work.
I learnt from other sources like this that there iTunes saves artworks somewhere in the Album Artwork folder (probably here: /Users/user/Music/iTunes/Album\ Artwork).

My questions are:

Is it possible to add an artwork manually somewhere in that Album Artwork folder?
Is there any other hacky way to make iTunes actually load an artwork to an album in .wav format?

Note: The album is not available on the iTunes store, so the album hasn't got the official artwork which could be downloaded by iTunes on its own.

Note 2: the traditional way of adding an artwork using Get info does not work for .wav files.

Major update:
It turns out that it is possible to add an artwork to any album in iTunes. The format doesn't matter.
There is one more problem however: it is not possible to add an artwork to an album which has only one track.
Is there a way around it?


texts: Iphone 4s says i have no storage available

texts: My 6gb iphone 4s says I have no storage left.When I only have 2 apps on this iphone. This iphone was found and it has been jailbroken and erase all content and settings does not work. I've tried it several times but the loading circle never goes away even after I left it for hours. I need help to restore it to factory settings. I do not have access to a laptop so I cannot use iTunes. Help is greatly appreciated.


texts: Why isn't Finder updating a folder's contents?

texts:
Today I had the strange behavior that I added some files to a folder in Finder (that happens to be in dropbox) from Outlook, but Finder did not show them.  I could see them from the Open File dialog of Outlook and of Adobe Acrobat Pro XI, but returning to Finder, still not there.  Hitting the F5 key to force a refresh, still nothing.  Finally, I forced Finder to quit and relaunch, and they showed up.  This is OS X Yosemite v10.10.2.

What is going on?  Why would Finder not show the new files until forced to restart?


texts: Why doesn't my new iPod Touch have a camera?

texts: I got a new, 32gb iPod Touch for my birthday in August, and I really love it. It's faster than my old one and holds all my songs, but I thought it would have a camera. I don't know much about the Apple Store (I don't go there often), but I thought that after a new model comes out, they stop selling the old one. This one was bought in summer of 2011, so I was under the impression that it would be a 4th generation with a camera and all. Am I not accessing the camera? Is it there, but I can't see it? Is there an app I need to buy to use it?


texts: How often do Background App Refreshes occur in iOS 7?

texts: In iOS 7, some apps can now update their data even when the app is not open. This feature is called "Background App Refresh". How often does each app update their content using this method? Is it up to the app to determine the frequency, or does iOS 7 limit them?


texts: Display failure after waking up from standby

texts:
for some days I am experiencing a very strange behavior when my MacBook Air (newest generation) wakes up from the standby modus.

Instead of the login view there are just many white and black lines across the screen. When I shut it down (pressing the off button for 5 secs) and start it again, everything works fine again.

Does anyone have the same experiences or know a solution to this?

Thanks and regards.


texts: Using fn+F1 and fn+F2 keys change brightness instead of being used as standard function keys

texts: When I press fn+Function key, most keys are used as standard function keys. However, F1 and F2 still turn the brightness up and down instead of being normal function keys, even with fn being pressed. How can this be fixed? I'd still like my brightness keys to change the brightness, but only when fn is not pressed.


texts:
Is there a way to copy music from one computer to another using itunes and keeping them in sync?

My understanding of how apple does their stuff is so confusing when you come from a windows/linux world.


texts: Are dustproof screen protectors for real?

texts:
With search engines, I can find supposedly dustproof screen protectors for sale?
e.g.:
http://www.amazon.ca/Clear-Scratch-Resistant-Screen-Protectors/dp/B003JBRSXY
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-iPhone-Protector-Washable-Resistant/dp/B00A2A0D7S

Do these screen protectors actually repel dust? Do they actually end up less dusty than other screens/screen protectors?


texts: Run a launchd job after Time Machine backup

texts:
Quite simply, I have a process that's triggered by launchd but currently runs once an hour, however really what I would like it to do is run once a Time Machine backup has completed.

Initially I thought I could just set my Time Machine backup (/Volumes/Foo/Backups.backupdb/Haravikk's Mac) as a watch path for launchd, however this seems to trigger much too early. It does seem to trigger again near the end, so I'm currently using a delay and then checking for the existence of a .inprogress backup, but it's not really an ideal solution, and sometimes Time Machine's cleanup stage will trigger the process multiple times.

Is there a more specific path that I could watch that will trigger my process only when Time Machine has finished a backup?

I realise I should perform my checks anyway to be sure, but currently my process is triggering several times per backup, which isn't what I want.


texts: Why is the Apple menu icon in the wrong place on my secondary monitor?

texts:
So I'm running Mavericks and absolutely love having menus on each monitor. I have two external monitors working with my 15" Macbook Pro, and one of the two monitors has the top menu kind of messed up. The Apple icon is way over on the right, and is actually overlapping with some of my other icons. I've removed the Apple TV icon to prevent some of the overlap, but I can't figure out for the life of me why the Apple icon is in the wrong place or how to fix it.

I have one monitor attached via standard DVI adaptor through the Thunderbolt connection. The other, that is having this issue, is using a StarTech USB to DVI adapter. Could that be causing this issue? I'm not sure how it would... but that's the only difference between the two setups that I can find for the secondary displays.

Help?


texts: How to disable alert notifications in iOS when battery drops to 20% and then to 10%?

texts: Is there a way to disable these alerts that appear when battery drops down to 20% and later on to 10%? (iPhone 4s iOS 8.4.1).


texts:
I screwed something up. i just got vlc for apple tv 4 and enabled file sharing from my mac mini 2014 running high sierra 10.13.4. it ran great but it allowed anonymous login, so i thought i'd restrict it because I live in high rise and use wifi. Anyway, I deleted some users ('staff', "Everyone") and added a new admin. Now nothing works. vlc recognizes my computer in smb but when i try to access it the folder reads empty. Can't see anything on iphone app, either. is there someway to reset the thing? i tried diskutil resetUserPermissions / id -u in terminal, nothing doing.

Any advice would be appreciated. thank you


texts: How do I stop Messages from my iPhone 6s from appearing on my Mac?

texts:
How do I prevent messages from my iPhone 6s from appearing on my MacBook? I’ve tried everything obvious and various solution that haven’t worked.

My MacBook is running macOS Sierra.


texts: Take a picture on Lightroom for iOS with an Apple Watch 4

texts:
I like how Apple wrote an app on the watch that takes pictures with the native camera on iPhone.
In fact, would like to take RAW pictures with any iOS app like Lightroom or another that permits forcing a raw image capture.
I have an iPhone 6S Plus with iOS 14.0.1.
Do any apps have this feature for taking raw photos outside the native camera app for iOS?


texts: Softlink /bin/bash to a brew-installed bash

texts:
It is a question related to this other one, but I can't comment.

I've updated to use bash 4 from brew installation. But I don't know if changing all the header scripts from:

#!/bin/bash

To

#!/usr/local/bin/bash

Isn't a portable solution.

Moreover, some scripts check if the shell is a /bin/bash shell (docker-toolbox in example)

Before writing, I was recommended to read this: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/119179/77314
But the path solution is neither portable nor can apply on docker case (no direct source).

So I still doubt: is really a bad idea to softlink the bash?

Obviously, targeting independent-version.


texts: Fusion Drive lost space after bootcamp-fail. resizeStack throws an error. What can I do?

texts:
I have a 2 TB Fusion Drive in a 5K iMac (Late 2015). Two days ago, I started the bootcamp assistant to create a partition for Windows 10. It got stuck (let it run 30 minutes), however, which forced me to reboot the machine. After booting, I lost 164 GB from my Fusion Drive.

I googled and found a solution, which states to boot into recovery and run diskutil cs resizeStack <LGVID> 0g, which I did. However, I am not able to let it resize, because it immediately throws an error. Following the error does not work either.

I also tried repairing the disk with Disk Utility which runs for a few minutes, then says everything's fine. Nothing changed of course.

Output of gpt -r show /dev/disk0:

Output of diskutil verifyDisk disk0:

What can I do now?


texts: Are there any apps that convert files for iPhone 3G?

texts:
So I have an iPhone 3G, and it can no longer be updated to the newer versions of software. So, I was just wondering if there were any apps that would be compatible with my phone to convert files and movies so I can watch/view them on my phone.

PLEASE HELP :)


texts: How to stop iMessage from coming to Macbook

texts: I have a school computer and my school has been known to be nosey. I don't want them reading my messages but iCloud and iMessage are both blocked so I can't do anything through there. Ive already tried changing the send &I receive section in my iPhone, please help


texts: CMake GUI failed to create directory in /opt/local/

texts:
I’m trying to build the Eigen library using the CMake GUI. I’ve downloaded the library from the webiste (.tar.bz2), extracted it, and used the extracted path as source location for the CMake GUI, the CMakeLists.txt was already provided with it.

I’m able to build the library in other places, but when I set destination path to:

/opt/local/DESTINATION_PATH

It first asks me if it should create the destination directory as it doesn't exist. When I click yes, it tells me the following and quits:

  FAILED TO CREATE DIRECTORY

I need the library to be built within /opt/local/. Can anyone help me?


texts:
I have a copy of GarageBand 4 (I think it's branded as "iLife 08" in the retail box) on an old Mac.  I bought a new Mac, and want to transfer the app to it.  (By my reading of the license, this is perfectly legal, as long as I don't continue to use it on the old computer.)

I copied GarageBand.app over, and then it complained about missing "Application Support" and "Apple Loops Index".  I've started copying these files, but my network isn't the fastest (the set of Loops is pretty big).

Is there an easier way to go about this?  Am I missing something here?

I don't think the older Mac came with physical media for iLife -- only OS X.  I see some .pkg bundles in /Library/Recepits/ with "GarageBand" in the name -- is there an automatic way to copy or repackage these?


texts: How long should it take to charge up a new iPhone

texts:
I just got a new 64 GB iPhone 5. I left it connected to my MacBook Pro all night last night via the USB cable. It's only about 85 percent charged.

Is that normal? Seems like it should be charged up by now.


texts: iPhone 7 and 7 Plus wallpapers in iOS 10

texts:
On apple.com some variations of this wallpaper are shown on iPhone 7 and 7 Plus screens:

I can't find them on my iPhone 7 (iOS 10.0.2). Are they available exclusively for 7 Plus?

Here the same question: https://discussions.apple.com/message/30744677#30744677 (but no answer).


texts: Terminal hangs when title includes unreachable NFS path

texts:
[Edit: reframing to make the question more clear]

I use the Mac Terminal to access remote linux systems. On the Mac, the bash prompt is set by:

PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}\007"

On the remote  LINUX system, the bash prompt is set to:

 PROMPT_COMMAND='printf "\033]0;%s@%s:%s\007" "${USER}" "${HOSTNAME%%.*}" "${PWD/#$HOME/~}"'

(This path is set in the /etc/bashrc on the remote linux system, and is not editable by mere morals)

So, when I start a terminal, the title of my Terminal session looks like:

user@mymac -- -bash

(the "-- -bash" element appears to be added by Terminal)

And after i ssh to a linux system the title changes to:

otheruser@linuxbox:~ -- ssh linuxbox

(the "-- ssh linuxbox" element added by Terminal)

The problem is when I switch to an automount path on the REMOTE LINUX system like 'cd /net/hostname/path'  where the NFS path is exported to the Linux system but NOT my Mac,  terminal locks up.  Every window, every tab becomes unusable.

The title at this point has been set to:

 otheruser@linuxbox:/net/hostname/path -- ssh linuxbox

I finally figured out that my Mac is trying to mount the file nfs file system referenced on the remote terminal session, which I believe is triggered by the title, since that's the only way place the '/net/... path is being passed, and the following mount command are running on my local Mac:

 $ ps -ef | grep automount    0   858     1   0 10:58AM ??         0:00.08 automountd
0  1003   858   0 11:03AM ??         0:00.00 /sbin/mount -o nobrowse -t nfs -o retrycnt=0 -o nosuid,nodev -o nosuid -o automounted -o nosuid hostname:/path   /net/hostname/path
0  1004  1003   0 11:03AM ??         0:00.01 /sbin/mount_nfs -o nobrowse -o retrycnt=0 -o nosuid -o nodev -o nosuid -o automounted -o nosuid hostname:/path /net/hostname/path

If I 'kill -9' the 'mount_nfs' command, terminal starts responding again until the title of the terminal is changed when the prompt updates.  Which is frequently.

Why is terminal triggering a mount command locally in this case?   How can I stop it?   That is without having to change the prompt on the remote system.


texts: Retina Macbook Pro 13" makes clicking noise once a second

texts:
It's hard to describe the noise, so here's a recording. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDh-2qxeUGw&feature=youtu.be

My half-year-old retina MBP 13" started to make this clicking noise about once a second. The sound is very consistent, and just never stops. What is this, have you had it and how did you fix it?


texts: Shell environment variables not available in GUI apps even if app launched via Command Line

texts:
It is expected that shell environment variables won't be available in GUI apps launched via Spotlight or Finder.app.

But until Mavericks - I could launch an app via Command line such as:

open -a IntelliJ\ IDEA\ 11

And Intellij will inherit the environment variables defined in shell (In my case zsh). This does not seem to work properly anymore. I have seen similar problem, when I launch Emacs.app from command line.

Related thread -  https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/208181/why-did-my-tex-related-gui-program-stop-working-in-mac-os-x-yosemite

BTW, I know I can use Setting the system-wide PATH environment variable in Mavericks for setting system wide environment variables, but I don't want system wide environment variables. I want GUI app to inherit variables that were defined at the point, the app was launched from command line.


texts: How to run unix script in login screen before user logs in?

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I would like to have unix script run when the login screen appears when booting. It should run immediately and not when user enters username and password and logs in.

Is there any way to accomplish this?


texts: Why is Cron not running the enable wifi command?

texts:
I'm trying to use crontab to schedule the 'enable wifi' command: networksetup -setairportpower en0 on.
I've been entering this command in the required format in the cron file, eg.:
05 15 * * * networksetup -setairportpower en0 on
However, it isn't working. This command works when I use it normally, and I've used crontab to successfully run other commands. Why is the command not running as intended, and what should I do to fix it?


texts: Cannot bring up MacVim 7.4 on Mac OS X 10.7.5

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I just installed MacVim 7.4 on Mac OS X Lion through macports, but I cannot bring it up? Typing mvim in the terminal invokes the application but doesn't bring up any window (and doesn't print anything to the terminal). mvim -v works though and brings up vim in the terminal.

Any idea why the GUI version doesn't work?

P.S. I also tried File -> New Window. It doesn't work either.

Thanks!


texts:
I want to connect my iMac remotely via ssh. Even though I can connect it locally, I can't do it remotely. When I try to connect remotely it refuses the connection.

port 22: Connection refused

I saw lots of discussions about the problem but w/o success. This is why I am opening a new thread.
I also disabled the firewall but still cannot connect. For diagnosing purposes, I executed netstat tupan and I see ssh local address as 192.168.1.33.ssh and Foreign address as 192.168.1.33.49883. Here is the output.

Proto Recv-Q Send-Q  Local Address          Foreign Address        (state)
tcp4       0      0  192.168.1.33.ssh       192.168.1.33.49886   ESTABLISHED
tcp4       0      0  192.168.1.33.49886     192.168.1.33.ssh       ESTABLISHED
tcp4       0      0  192.168.1.33.ssh       192.168.1.33.49884     ESTABLISHED
tcp4       0      0  192.168.1.33.49884     192.168.1.33.ssh       ESTABLISHED

Could someone explain me what does this mean? Are those 49884 and 49886 are port numbers? Should I open new ports via port forwarding? And most importantly, could you guys explain me how can I connect remotely via ssh in layman terms please?
B.R.


texts: Where is the hard drive in a Mac Book Pro 15" (early 2011)?

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This morning I am hearing an occasional periodic quiet clicking type noise from my macbook, from roughly the lower right quadrant, underneath the arrow keys.  I have no CD/DVD in the optical drive.   The noise repeats 5 to 10 times and then quits for a while, and it repeats at a regular rate of less than a second.

My question is: is that where my hard drive is?  If not, what is in that spot?


texts: Is it safe to delete the 32-bit Intel code from apps using a tool like Monolingual?

texts: Using the application Monolingual, is it safe to remove the Intel architecture on a Late 2010 MacBook Air and just leave the Intel 64-Bit architecture?


texts:
I am trying to locate an app in the App Store, but I couldn't find it. I want to download it to my iPad. All the software on iPad is updated to the latest available version.

The App name has been entered correctly. Is it possible that the app is blocked for certain areas/regions?

How can I locate and download it?


texts:  Watch's America’s Veterans badge doesn't work

texts:
Today is the America’s Veterans Day and, in the Activity App of my iPhone, there's the relative  Watch's badge.

I just did my one hour running (recorded by Runtastic and the Activity app on the  Watch) so I generously reached the 11 minutes target to get the badge but, despite this, I didn't received the badge. Am I the only one?

P.S.: I'm not American so, to display the badge on app, I changed the zone on my  Watch to USA. I did it for every US only badge and it always worked, so it shouldn't be the problem...


texts: Folder with a question mark on purchased Mac

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I just got my MacBook Pro mid 2012 laptop and stupid me did something to it, now I have a flashing folder with a question mark. The previous owner said she accidentally deleted the software when she was transferring her things to the other laptop.

I rang AppleCare and I did all these things to try and solve it but all it come up with is a password but I don't know the password. Is this a common thing? Should I take it to Apple Store?

Not in contact with the seller.


texts: 250G Disk space has filled up, but DiskInventory only adds up to 60Gs?

texts:
I cannot for the life of me figure out how my SD drive is filled up because I don't have any large files, especially enough to fill 250G.  I used DiskInventoryX to do a map of my drive and got this, a massive grey box full of "other" files, but they don't add up to 250G.  I ran Avast to see if there were any obvious trojans or malware of some sort: nothing.

What else could I do to figure out where this block is going wrong?  I have another user on the system, but its very similar... Definitely not enough to fill even 30G.

Thanks,
Jon


texts: External monitor options for MacBook Air?

texts: If I would like to attach a second monitor to my MacBook air is my only option the Thunderbolt Display?  Everything I've found online points me there, but those are a cool grand, so I'm wondering if there are other options out there that I just don't know about.


texts: I connected my iPad to Home Sharing from my laptop. I can play music by pressing shuffle play and pressing next, however I cannot choose which song to play because it is either greyed out (inside albums/artists/etc.) or it is regular but pressing it does nothing (Songs, playlists).


texts: How can I install Mountain Lion in a VMware Fusion VM?

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I've read that the EULA now allows to install Mac OS X in a virtual machine, and I'd be interested in doing it. However, since I forgot to back up the Mountain Lion installation program before using it, I'd like to be able to do it from the recovery partition. Apparently, Parallels can do that, so it's probably not impossible from VMware Fusion.

This is what I've tried with VMware Fusion:

Mount the Recovery HD partition, then find the BaseSystem.dmg file on it and assign it as an OS installation disk: the system boots, but it says "This copy of the Install OS X Mountain Lion application is damaged, and can't be used to install OS X" when I try to install it.
Dump the whole Recovery HD partition to a disk image and try to boot from it: does not boot, the Apple logo gets replaced by a Ø symbol.

Considering these two failed attempts, I'm not too sure how I should proceed from here.

How can I install Mountain Lion in a VMware Fusion virtual machine from the recovery partition?


texts:
I've a problem with my Mac Mini.
Sometimes, from some time, it displays some glitches, or "graphical problems", for instance the screenshot below shows some bands in a part of the screen with black or "rainbowed" flashing pixel and sometimes, when Mac wake up from sleep, all screen has a green tint. Everything solves sleeping and waking up the Mac.

I was convinced that it's a GPU problem but I went to Genius bar with these screenshot and they told me that "screenshot comes from the screen, not from the GPU, so, if glitch appears even in screenshot, problem is in the screen or the cable, not in the Mac", is it true?


texts: Received Facetime Call from Someone who Didn't Call Me

texts:
My phone showed that my brother-in-law wanted to Facetime.

When I answered, all I got was the ceiling of the bathroom. He was taking a shower and hadn't called me.

Any explanation for this? There is the small possibility that he might have pressed something accidentally, but I don't think that's it.


texts: Upgrade to mountain lion from dual-boot ubuntu configuration

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I have a Lion installation dual-booted with Ubuntu using refit.  Upon trying to upgrade to Mountain Lion, I reboot into the mountain lion installer, and get a message about OS X not being able to be installed on this disk since it can't be booted.

How can I recover from this situation?  My machine is not having a problem being booted (I can work around that).


texts: How can I take a screenshot from all monitors with screencapture or other tools?

texts: I wanted to use screencapture to take a screenshot of all monitors from within a script, but this only seems to capture the main monitor. How can I use screencapture or any other tool callable from the command line to capture all monitors?


texts: Connect to MySql over Airport Wireless LAN

texts:
I have installed MySql on a Mac Mini that I want to use as a dev database server. I have created a toy database on the server. I have created a wireless network using Airport. I now want to connect to the database from a MySql client on my Macbook Air. I am using the root user with no security at all (hey, it's a toy database), but cannot connect as the Macbook is not allowed to connect.

What do I need to do to configure my WLAN so that the client can see the server?


texts: How can I make my first generation iPad's battery last longer?

texts:
What are some of the things I can do to make my iPad (Wi-Fi) battery last a long time once it is charged?

I have the first generation iPad and run iOS 3.


texts:
What is the difference between enabling remote management and enabling screen sharing?

Apple's support article, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4715, says:

  If the Apple Remote Desktop administrator authenticates with a name
  that is different from the user logged on at the remote computer, the
  following applies:

  If the service was enabled by turning on Screen Sharing, the screen sharing user is presented with the option to request sharing access
  from the user logged on at the display.
  If the service was enabled by turning on Remote Management, the screen sharing user can simply choose to share the display.
  The screen sharing user can always choose to log in to their own session.

  ...

It also states:

  If the remote computer's display is at the login window, the Apple
  Remote Desktop administrator will simply share the display. This is
  equivalent to how screen sharing works in earlier versions of Mac OS
  X.

  A third party VNC viewer will always be connected to the login window.
  If the login window is not on the display, a new login window is
  started that is not shown on the display. The screen sharing user can
  then log in with any valid account on that computer.

So, I presume that it is using the same protocol (VNC) underneath and just behaves a little different depending on which option you enable.

What is Apple's remote client?  Is it the Screen Sharing app  in CoreServices (/System/Library/CoreServices/Screen Sharing.app) or is there something else I might have missed?

Lastly, what is the Mac App Store "Apple Remote Desktop" product ($80, http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-remote-desktop/id409907375?mt=12) and how does it differ from the above?

Thanks!


texts:
When I run some program with proxychains, it shows an error like below:

%> proxychains brew update
[proxychains] DLL init: proxychains-ng 4.11
[proxychains] DLL init: proxychains-ng 4.11
dyld: warning: could not load inserted library '/usr/local/homebrew/Cellar/proxychains-ng/4.11/lib/libproxychains4.dylib' into library validated process because no suitable image found.  Did find:
    /usr/local/homebrew/Cellar/proxychains-ng/4.11/lib/libproxychains4.dylib: mmap() error 1 at address=0x10E5A3000, size=0x00006000 segment=__TEXT in Segment::map() mapping /usr/local/homebrew/Cellar/proxychains-ng/4.11/lib/libproxychains4.dylib
[proxychains] DLL init: proxychains-ng 4.11

Any ideas?


texts: How to change the default macOS login window keyboard layout?

texts:
I type using a keyboard layout other than the standard QWERTY. This question will apply to those who type using Dvorak, Colemak, QWERTZ, or any other international or non-standard keyboard layout.

My keyboard layout (Dvorak) is different than the standard keyboard layout for my country / locale. So this question isn't simply solved by setting a default locale; I also need to specify a default keyboard layout.

When I log in to my macOS user account, my personal keyboard layout is always used. It's also selected on the Lock Screen if I ever Lock the computer.

But when I first boot my Mac after a Restart or Shut Down, the QWERTY keyboard layout is always selected.

I'm forced to hunt-and-peck my password because my keyboard layout is not set. Or, I can manually change the keyboard layout via the Input menu (which is shown, but is not the focus of this question).

How can I change the default keyboard layout used on the macOS login window / startup screen?


texts: How can I stream video stored on one MacBook Pro to another?

texts:
I have two MacBook Pro laptops, a 17-inch MBP and a 13-inch MBP. The 17-inch MBP is connected to an Elgato EyeTV HD Video Capture Recorder (and thence to a cable TV set top box). I use that to grab video off of my STB and to record live TV. The 13-inch MBP is my general purpose laptop, and I also want to use it for iOS and Android development.

Eventually I know I will get a RAID unit from Synology or a Drobo (in order to do automated redundant backups of the media on my 17-inch MBP and on the array of external HDDs that are connected to it), but not immediately since I'm trying to save money and pay down credit card debt, etc.

My question: without using sneakernet to copy the multi-gigabyte files over, or using remote control software like TeamViewer, or a LAN, is there a simple and cheap way to play back videos stored on my 17-inch MBP on my 13-inch MBP? Sort of like how you can use AirPlay or Google Chromecast to stream media from your phone to your TV or something?


texts: 2006 iMac5,1 Upgrade from 10.6.8 to a faster OS

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I have an iMac 2006 5,1 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo to which I have changed the RAM to 4gb.
I want to upgrade the OS of 10.6.8 to a better OS, not sure which system.
Ideally i would be able to watch films etc via Netflix or the like.  Run AutoCAD design drafting software and sketch up.
General admin/accounts for domestic use and simple Internet use.
I have linux on my laptop so don't have issues but the iMac is storage of music and photos of my wifes and she is very pro apple. So best to keep it to apple OS. i managed to get thru to apple support who thought i had the best OS for that machine. But i am hopeful that i can get lion onto it.


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I'm wondering whether an external GPU can be (almost) as efficient as the same internal GPU? I need to have a fast computer even when I have a lot of windows open on many virtual desktops and when I run resource intensive application on two 4K displays.

Is macOS able to use an eGPU for its own needs (system animations, etc.)?


texts: Saved files not showing immediately on Desktop

texts:
Often, I like to save files (screenshots, text files, etc) temporarily to the Desktop.

This was no problem with previous versions of OS X, but since updating to Yosemite, I have to relaunch the Finder to reveal the saved files.

My system is: Macbook Pro 13″ 3.1GHz 1TB 16GB RAM running Yosemite 10.10.5.


texts: Use old iMac G5 as external Mavericks-style display

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I currently have a Mid-2010 iMac (Intel i3 3.06 GHz) running OS X 10.11 "El Capitan" and a really old 17-inch Mid-2005 iMac G5 (PowerPC G5 2GHz) running OS X 10.4.11 "Tiger".

I would like to know if there is any free (if it is software only; cables and stuff are fine) way to convert the old iMac G5 into an external monitor for the newer Intel iMac with the multiple display support introduced in Mavericks (not just mirroring).

Any advice?


texts: Can't connect to internet on Wi-Fi since update to iOS 7.1.1

texts:
I recently updated to iOS 7.1.1 on my iPhone 5 and for the first couple of days everything was fine. Now, however, I can't connect to the internet on Wi-Fi.

The Wi-Fi is connected and the signal is there but when I browse on Google Chrome, access the App Store or even try iMessage it's not working.

Is this connected to the latest update? I've reset my network settings but that doesn't work, or switching the Wi-Fi on and off or switching the phone on and off. My 3G works fine.


texts: How do I print a single page document to multiple copies, double sided?

texts:
I have a single page document, say "A".

I'd like to print it multiple copies with double-sided, like below:

sheet 1 front: A, back: A
sheet 2 front: A, back: A
...

However, when printing with Preview, even with "double-sided" selected, I got:

sheet 1 front: A, back: empty
sheet 2 front: A, back: empty
...

Any methods?


texts: How to enable modifier keys mapping for bluetooth 4.0 keyboards?

texts:
In macOS 10.13.6, when I use a bluetooth 4.0 keyboards the modifier keys mapping seems to be missing (keyboard not showing up). After I switch the keyboard to bluetooth 3.0 mode it shows up.

Does it mean that macOS doesn't fully support bluetooth 4.0 keyboards?


texts: How can I pause an automated Mac app store update in macOS Sierra?

texts:
I note the question How can I pause the download on Mac App Store and then resume it later? saying that downloads can be paused in Launchpad. However, my Mac (macOS 10.12.1) has started to download an update automatically. I can see that in the Activity Monitor, where the storedownloadd is top of the network received bytes listing. And, now I notice it, I see the Launchpad icon in the dock is showing a download bar, "1.05GB of 1.54 GB", but right-clicking it gives me no pause option. It's probably the Xcode update, since that is listed as due and they are typically GBytes. Launchpad shows no Xcode icon, and no other icon in Launchpad shows downloading. Right-click of the app store icon in the dock doesn't give me a pause option. The updates screen in the app store doesn't seem to offer a pause option.

How do I pause a Mac app store automatic update in Sierra, please? I need to stop the Mac using all my network bandwidth for the next few hours.


texts: Is it possible to tag a file or folder in mavericks via terminal command?


texts: iPhone 4S with latest update now charges very slowly

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My iPhone 4S (iOS 6.1.x) dropped it's charge today.  It now is charging very slowly.  I deleted my iCloud account to see if that would improve battery life.  It still is charging slowly, and has taken about 3 hours to charge 37%.

Is there something I can do to "fix" this battery life problem?


texts: Reduce or disable DNS cache in 10.13 and 10.14

texts:
I'm trying to get a hold of the property list, I'm guessing, that specifies the TTL or the amount of records held of the DNS cache of the system, if is not user/root accessible, then command that edits it, hopefully.

I want to reduce the TTL or eliminate it, my local DNS servers are fast enough for continuous querying

-- I do not want to flush it,

I already know the commands for that, even made a script out of it. It takes like nothing but you still have to sudo -i to become root and go into root's home folder, where it made the most sense to store it if I'd have to superuser-myself anyway.

Reduce or kill, not flush.


texts: macOS Sierra - Switch to English input only for several characters

texts:
I'm new to Mac, and trying to do the following -

In previous systems, when I was on a non-English input source (e.g. Hebrew), I could mid-sentence hold down the Shift key and type some keys, and they would type as uppercase-English letters. As soon as I would release the Shift key, pressing more keys would return to writing Hebrew.

This is very useful for embedding some English acronyms inside a non-English sentence, like:

אם למישהו יש OCD, הוא לא יאהב את זה שהמשפט כתוב בכיוון לא נכון.

When I try this on a Mac, it either types nothing, or types some weird Hebrew characters with diacritic marks (useless).
Is there any way to do this on Mac?

I have a Sierra MacBook Pro.


texts: PIV Smart-Card issue after upgrading from Mojave to Catalina

texts:
After I upgrade the Mac from Mojave to Catalina, the Mac does not recognize anymore the user PIV Smart-card anymore.
I think I read somewhere that I can fix this issue by running some command line or maybe a script before I upgrade the laptop from Mojave to Catalina. Or maybe unpair and repair again the User PIV Smart-card after the upgrade from Mojave to Catalina.
I also read somewhere that with Catalina some form of encryption authentication framework has been changed.
I am not sure what to do. How can I fix the issue?
Thank you for your help.
I have this screenshot but it does not give me any additional info.


texts: Restart Apache causes applications to react really weird

texts:
I have macOS High Sierra running on my Mac, and it has worked fine until now. But today I experienced something very weird. I was trying to restart Apache (a web development server), and then my apps started reacting very weird. For example, I had Activity Monitor open, and then suddenly it crashed and when I tried to open it again, it either says "Activity Monitor is not open anymore." or just doesn't respond. And when I try to use Command Tab to switch to another app, it just gives me the sound that tells me that you cannot do that, and the same with Command Q and Command W. Not many of my apps are willing to open when I try to open them. After a while my keyboard even doesn't react when I type!

If I restart my computer, it is working fine in the start but when I try to restart Apache, it does all that crab again.

UPDATE: If I have an app that is not responding, lets say the Terminal, and I go to the menu bar and click Terminal > Quit Terminal, then suddenly the menu bar disappears.

What can I do to fix my computer?


texts: How can I read a time machine backup on a Windows PC?

texts:
I want to recover some files from a time machine backup (an external harddisk) but the I have only access to a Windows 10 Pro PC right now.

Is it possible to read from the time machine backup from a PC?


texts: How can I restore my iPad from iOS 5 to iOS 4?

texts:
I updated my iPad from iOS 4 to iOS 5 yesterday, without making any backup. However, I  found that it is not convenient for me to debug my programs. So I want to restore it to iOS 4 again.

I did as follows:

Downloaded iOS 4.3.3
Downloaded iTunes 10.4 to replace 10.5
Connected iPad with my PC
First, I click the on/off button for seconds and then keep clicking the on/off button and home button for about 10 seconds. At last, I keep clicking the home button only for about 15 seconds. iTunes detected my iPad in restore mode.
Following the tips of iTunes, I clicked "Option" and "Restore" button to choose the Firmware I downloaded and tried to restore my iPad.

However, something is wrong here. The error is:

  this device isn't eligible for the requested build

Can anyone give me an idea?


texts: IPad deleted from Apple ID and now I can't reset it

texts: I am trying to erase my daughter's IPad but I deleted it from my Apple account.  It still shows I am logged in to my Apple ID on the IPad but when I try to erase all content and settings I get "Verification Failed There was an error connecting to the Apple ID server."  How do I fix this?


texts: Could I install my OSX system into and boot from the external hard drive

texts:
I have a model of Retina MBP late 2013, my internal hard drive is failing and I do not want to by an ssd replacement...(quite expensive!).
I have a Sumsung MZ-750250B with a hard drive enclosure and with usb3.0 connection cable. Now could I install the OSX system into this hard drive and boot from it every time? And whether the reading and writing is fast enough?

Thank you.


texts: how to get pictures off the phone (running 5.1.1)?

texts:
So my dad left behind his old phone so my son can use it as a music player. It's currently running 5.1.1.

There are several albums and one of them are pictures of our family. I want to get them off the the device  but when I connected the device to my MBPr (running Yosemite) and selected the phone inside "Image Capture", not all photos are showing. There's easily around 500+ photos inside various albums but I can only 29 pictures are showing which are all from an album called "Saved Photos".

Any ideas on how to get it off the device? thanks :)


texts:
I have followed these steps for setting up zfs (maczfs 74.3.0, OSX 10.8.3) with encryption. Everything works fine, till I restart the computer.

After the restart, diskutil informs me that the file system is invalid and refuse to mount my ZFS pool disk:

 **Mount failed**
 The disk “Workspace” could not be mounted.
 Try running First Aid on the  disk and then retry mounting.

When I run the Verify Disc, I get an error:

...
The volume <UUID OF MY ZFS LOGICAL VOLUME> appears to be OK.
Checking file systemChecking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Invalid B-tree node size
The volume   could not be verified completely.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Click Repair Disk.

The cause of the error is that the Logical Volume is ZFS.

How can I mount my ZFS partition? I wonder whether it is not an issue with maczfs or the way I created my pool (zpool create /dev/disk2).


texts: How to keep Option-Delete despite using Unicode Hex

texts:
Background
I am on MacOS Catalina 10.15.7, and I have recently switched my input method to Unicode Hex, so that I can free up the option key for more IDE keyboard shortcuts. (Ordinarily, option-I gives the letter ˆ, for example)
Problem
Now, option-delete to delete a word doesn't work anymore.
What I tried
I use Karabiner-Elements, but it is ultimately a key-binder -- if a shortcut doesn't exist anymore, I'm not sure what can be done (at least naively).
Thank you for any input or suggestions.


texts: songs list under albums is absent in new ios 8.4 music app

texts:
Before update, when i was viewing artists and I'd go inside an artist, I could see an album name followed by all songs under that album and then the next album and so on.

Now, in artist view, I just see the album and I have to go further inside to see the songs of that album (unless there is just one song in the album).

Is this bothering someone else? Is there a way to fix this?

Thanks,
Amit


texts: How do I find and delete these 447mb of files?


texts: XCode: code signing entitlement file in command line

texts: I would like to be able to build an IPA file with a given Entilements.plist file using command line. I can do pretty much anything, but I do not find a way to pass a code signing entitlements file using the command line (whereas I can do it in Xcode 7.3 UI). Any idea how to do that ?


texts: How do I create a shortcut link from the dock to an application?

texts:
I'm trying to put a link to Outlook Express in my dock but can't see how it's done. When I right-click on the application icon in a finder window, "Make Alias" is not one of the options available, so I can't make a shortcut and then move it down to the dock. If I drag the application icon itself down towards the dock it simply makes another copy of the entire application on the desktop. For some reason I can get a "Make Alias" option from this version (why would the right-click options be different depending on whether the same icon was in a finder window or on the desktop???). And I can then move the alias icon into the dock. But when I then delete the unneeded copy of the application on the desktop, the alias no longer works because it was linking to that copy rather than the original. I'm sure this must be simple but can I find any information on the Help files...?

I'm running OSX 10.6.8, so no I don't have a launchpad icon in the dock.


texts: Unable to restore applications after hard drive replacement

texts:
My iMac 27" went in for hard drive replacement but now I can't seem to get anything to restore. I've put Snow Leopard back onto the drive but then apps are missing and the second install disc that contains apps just ejects when I insert it.

Could this be because because I'm downloading more up to date software than what Snow Leopard can accept? Should I upload software updates directly after installing Snow Leopard or should I install a new OS first? I paid for Lion ages ago so I could put that on.


texts: Installing Imagemagick using Homebrew does not give me the imagemagick command

texts:
Hello I am trying to use homebrew to install Imagemagick and I use the following command:

brew install imagemagick

The installation finishes with no error and I do get the folder: /usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick/.
But the command is not added to my terminal environment and I cannot find the commandline tools binaries. I have the bin folder in the Cellar folder for imagemagick but not the convert and so on binaries.
Am I missing something?

I am running the newest update of macOS Catalina if that is relevant.


texts: Best way to archive personal data at home

texts:
I'm looking for home archival of personal data, photos, work documents, etc. I am an independent freelancer and work from home mostly so it's not only private data but also work related.
I'm aware of the difference between backup and archiving. I work on Apple devices so I have all my work data synced through iCloud (documents folder is steadily synced with Apple iCloud).
What I'm looking for is a solution for data archiving for data which I don't want to have on my local machine but only on the archive media. It's data starting at about year 2000 and consists mostly of private family photos and other personal stuff. Currently about 500GB of data.
Currently I have it all spread over three HDD harddisks. I've also put it all together into one big archive on a new LaCie USB-C HDD. I'm afraid one of these HDDs might fail someday so I'm looking for a solution.
I don't have a network at home (only use iPhone 4G hotspot for internet) so I have no Ethernet connectivity for a NAS or similar. I was thinking of a NAS with RAID 1 although I know it's rather meant for data availability than archiving since it can fail as a whole too.
What do you recommend for my case? I have a feeling there is no "best practice" here and I'm a bit lost. I've tried pCloud (similar to Dropbox but better server availability in EU) but I hate their web UI, I think it's really outdated and ugly and that is something that keeps me from a product. I'd really like to have the data on my site too.


texts: In Finder, folder gets icon when given an extension .md, not with other extensions

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By accident, I see a strange behaviour when creating a folder with an extension .md

It gets the the same icon as a file with extension .md (the MarkdownLife icon).
For other file extension, I do not see this behaviour.

Is this a bug in Finder? Or markDownLife? Can other confirm this issue?

Using:

OS X Version 10.9.5
MarkdownLife Version 1.4.0 (20141019)


texts: How do I get a notification sound on my iPhone 5?

texts: For apps like Instagram or Snapchat, when my screen is on the lock screen and a notification shows up, there is no sound.  Can I enable notification sounds for Instagram or Snapchat?


texts: what is the hotkey to move to a particular desktop out of all the desktops

texts: I know i can use 3 swipe left and right to move to the previous or next desktop, but I think it would be more helpful to have a hotkey to do it and not just moving previously or next, but rather to a particular one.


texts: I was updating my macbook air to Yosemite. When I almost finished the update, my battery died. I've charged my laptop, but it won't turn on again. The screen just stays black. What should I do?


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I recently upgraded to Apple OS X 10.8 but I observed the following folders in /Developer/SDKs:

MacOSX10.5.sdk
MacOSX10.6.sdk

I googled and found out that I should run sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all.

However I forgot the --mode=all and now I still have the SDK folders but the uninstall-devtools script has gone. I have also installed Xcode 4.5.2 but it seems that it does not come with the command line tool called uninstall-devtools.

How can I get rid of the old SDKs?


texts: Open file from the Dock using a non-default app

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Is it possible to open a file from the Dock using a non-default app?

For example, I prefer most .pdf files to open in Preview (thus it is my default), but some need to be opened in Adobe Reader. Is there a key combination shortcut (for example) to bring up the "Open With" list when opening the file from the Dock?

I would prefer not to have to go to the folder in Finder...


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There is an app for Android called "Opera Max" which compresses all Internet data systemwide no matter which app you are using. It can give amazing data savings.

Is there any similar service for OS X? It would be really useful when one is on a limited data plan like a 4G hotspot.

I'm not interested in the built in compression in browsers like Chrome and Opera. I'm looking for a systemwide service.


texts: Is it possible to set the margin height for individual pages in Pages word processor?

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I exported a PDF for a 2-page document I've finished typing. There's an ugly gap in the PDF where page 1 meets page 2. This is caused by the bottom margin of page 1 and the top margin of page 2.
How do I set the margins for each of theses pages separately? Currently, I'm only able to set the margin height for the overall document.


texts: How do I use/transfer my kids iTune balance onto my family plan

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My kids have ~$30 on their iTunes accounts from gift cards.  We then put everyone into a family group.

When they purchase items from the App store, it is paid for under the family account.  How do they access their original balances?  I'd like to transfer it to the family, or any other method to use their gifts.  It's been "stuck" for years like this.


texts: Boot Into Recovery Partition After Installing Linux

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I want to install Linux on my mid 2014 Macbook Pro for educational purposes. However, I don't want this to be permanent. I've tried to partition the hard drive and install both OSs but I have not been successful and I would like to avoid using a virtual machine.

If I install linux onto the main partition that currently contains mac OS X and leave the recovery partition, will it be possible for me reinstall OS X from the recovery partition when I'm done with linux? I don't fully understand the process and therefore I am concerned that installing linux will install a new boot loader or something other software in the booting process that will prevent me from booting into the recovery partition.

Can I still boot into the recovery partition after install linux on a mac?


texts: How to get rid of this icon on my lock screen?

texts: I have the Pokémon Go app displayed on my lock screen and on this other screen. Is there any way of removing the icon from the lock screen?


texts: macOS High Sierra: Can't use Mouse and MacBook Trackpad at the same time

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Using a Mouse at the same time as being able to use the built-in Trackpad of a MacBook has worked in previous versions of macOS. But with macOS High Sierra, 10.13.0, they don't work in parallel anymore.

The issue exists both with all types of mice, including Bluetooth and USB, and third-party as well as Apple's original mice.

Is this a bug/issue or perhaps a new "feature", and can it be remedied?


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I've been trying to help a coworker automate a weekly email compilation he sends out but haven't yet been able to figure out how address a few specific areas...first I'll explain the situation, then the goal.

Situation:
Project Manager at work has been tasked w/ gathering info from several specific employees (managers) each week regarding what their respective teams have been working on (and what progress has been made) and have scheduled for the coming week (this whole endeavor happens every Tuesday).  So he's asked them all to use a very simple format (no greeting, no salutation, nothing but the actual content they have to report).  Once each of these emails come in Monday night/Tuesday morning he then manually copies the text from each of them then pastes it into another email one at a time, thus composing one email w/ all of the content from each of the others.  Once he has this new, all-inclusive email, he then sends that to his supervisor.  (For the record I fully understand that there are countless better ways to do this and that it is laughable...but that's not my battle and it's how he was instructed to do it, so I'm just trying to make it easier for him.)

Goal:
I've already set up rules so the specific emails get moved to a designated box (thinking that that would make identifying the correct messages for the script/automation easier), and my next step was automating the...collation of these messages and creating and sending the new single message to the boss...and that's where things have stalled.

I've found scripts for copying, scripts for pasting, and (on an older version of OS x, 10.6 maybe) even found an action in Automator that compiled the text from selected messages (in Mail) into one new message...but sadly it just won't run on more modern versions of the OS (specifically 10.8 and 10.9).

So the questions is:
Is it possible, and if so how, to automate copying the message body of a specific group of emails and pasting all of the text into one new email, and have it addressed accordingly and sent?  The goal is for this guy to sit at his computer Tuesday mornings, select the emails in question (unless there's a way to script it so the correct messages are selected automatically) then run the script/service/application (via keyboard shortcut or a dock icon, both of which I can handle) and be done w/ it?


texts: Trying to update my Mac and I’m getting  -2106F. What does this mean!?


texts: Does Mac have something similar to a Linux loop device (alternative to losetup)?

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I am trying to work with some CD and hard drive images that I will run inside of QEMU. On Linux, I mount the images using the losetup command, but I notice Mac does not have this.

Is there something similar I could use instead?