texts: Deleting a partition in Disk Utility fails. (Error: -69879)

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This is the output in Disk Utility:

  Disk Utility cannot modify this disk because it contains CoreStorage
  physical volumes. Use command line distil instead.

  The selected partition won't be changed.

How do I remove the partition?

It's completely empty now and I've cleared it by formatting it but I want to completely remove the partition and merge the free space back into the bigger partition.

I've tried doing this but it doesn't work in Terminal:

diskutil eraseVolume format name device

diskutil eraseVolume HFS+ awer disk1s4

It didn't work:

Started erase on disk1s4 asdf

Unmounting disk

Error: -69879: Couldn't open disk


texts: More notification center keyboard shortcuts

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I know there is a system wide keyboard shortcut to open the notification center and once opened you can navigate your notifications with the up/down buttons on your keyboard.

But is there also a way to dismiss/delete/mark-as-read the selected notification with a keyboard shortcut?


texts: How to create more space for OS X in VirtualBox?

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I follow this youtube tutorial: How to Create ISO File to install Mac OS X on VMware and VirtualBox. It works perfectly until this step:

What can I do?


texts: What does an "X" in a black circle in the status bar mean?

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Just to the left of my battery percentage, there is a x inside of a circle in the status bar. I've never seen this before and was hoping someone could explain this! Thank you!

Edit: Here is an screenshot:


texts: How are default search criteria in Finder set

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Unless I change it every time, the search criteria in finder are set like this by default:

Is there a way to change it? Most of the things I usually search for are not like the ones filtered in.

I have seen this question. The difference here is I want to eliminate the search criteria completely.


texts: My friend owns an old iPhone 3GS(I know it's vintage) that entered a boot loop a couple of days after it was jailbroken. So how I tried tackling the problem was by performing a restore through iTunes(since it is the only way) but unfortunately that didn't work. I tried 5 different ipsw files and I even tried clicking on restore to allow iTunes to fetch the newest ipsw for me but still no luck. I tried using a different computer, still no luck. I even tried using an older version of iTunes since the iPhone 3GS's release but guess what, still no luck. Any ideas on how to tackle this problem and do you reckon the phone is soft bricked or hard bricked?


texts: Cannot create new user in Single-user mode

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I try to create new user using the following commands:

/sbin/fsck -fy
/sbin/mount -uw /
launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.opendirectoryd.plist
dscl . -create /Users/username

But after the last command I get the error /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServicesLocal.plist: No such file or directory. Actually, I get it on every launch of dscl command, even without any arguments. How can I fix it?


texts: How to send encrypted email using Mail app?

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Alice would like to send a secure (S/MIME encrypted) email to Bob. Both of them use macs and Mail app. They are both creating self-signed certificates and are able to exchange signed mails, but there seems to be no way to activate the padlock icon.

Could somebody instruct her?

Gory details of failed attempt ensue:

Alice googles, discovers she must create a self-signed certificate in KeyChain.App which she does via the wizard (Keychain access -> certificate assistant -> create certificate), taking care to:

select "S/MIME Email"
check the "let me override defaults" checkbox.
in "key usage extension", make sure 'signature' and 'certificate signing' are checked, as well as 'key encipherment' and 'data encipherment'
in "extended key usage extension", 'email protection' is already checked, but check 'any' also just in case

It may be worth noting that Alice's email appears as me@alice.com whereas the actual email address is on Gmail: alice@gmail.com. Alice has discovered the hard way that she must use alice@gmail.com in the wizard.

She restarts mail app.
Actually after reading step 3 here she restarts the machine.

She then composes an email to Bob who has done the same.

In the subject field she notices two new icons: a padlock (encrypted Y/N) and a tick (signed Y/N).

The tick is blue. So the message she sends will be signed. However the padlock is greyed out.

Now the documentation says that if:

Mail detects her certificate (which it clearly has) and
Mail also finds a certificate in her keychain for Bob (which there is, because Bob has just sent her a signed email and Mail has been smart enough to automatically add his public key to the keychain -- she can see it there)

... then she should be able to click on the padlock to encrypt her email to Bob.

But this doesn't seem to be happening.

https://www.macobserver.com/tips/quick-tip/macos-using-email-encryption-apples-mail/
^ Step 5 says that the first time she attempts to send a signed email, she should get that dialog. But she didn't.

Alice is at this point starting to contemplate landscape gardening as a possible career move.

PS possibly useful link:

Can I send encrypted e-mail using Mail and self-signed certificates?


texts: Changing Preview.app's default View state in Lion

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One thing I dislike about Preview.app in Lion is its defaulting to Continuous Scroll as the view option when a new PDF document opens. My recollection is that previous behaviour was for the last-used view state to be honoured subsequently, and I would prefer if this applied in Lion also (my personal preference being for Single Page), or if the default could be changed.

Elsewhere, I have seen reference to a Terminal command which was stated as addressing this, but it does not work for me. The command in question is defaults write com.apple.Preview PVPDFDisplayMode 1 (with a suggested variation of defaults write com.apple.Preview PVPDFDisplayMode -int 1), which is supposed to change the default to Single Page. As I say, this does not work for me, and Preview stubbornly continues to default to Continuous Scroll.

Can anybody help?


texts:
I've installed Windows again but this time on a external SSD.
it's all working fine, but when holding the alt/option key it's giving me Macintosh HD and EFI partition.
how can I change this name "EFI Partition" and its logo?
the logo is a orange one.
and I also want it to show up in system preferences startup selector on mac OSX.
it's only showing me Macintosh HD.


texts: What causes repeating push notification alerts on iOS 7?

texts: I recently updated to IOS 7, now every time I use an app I get a message saying Connect to iTunes to use push notifications " Whatsapp" (And Other Apps) notifications may include alerts, sounds and icon badges, how do I get rid of these once an for all


texts: is there a shortcut to expand folders in Finder while being in Cover Flow mode?

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in Finder I can use the arrow keys to go up and down and with "left arrow" and "right arrow" I can expand a folder while being in List View mode.
However, when I'm in Cover Flow mode the "left arrow" and "right arrow" do the same as "up arrow" and "down arrow", i.e. just go up and down in the list.
How can I expand a folder while being in Cover Flow?


texts: How to install iPhone apps through OTA without iTunes interaction?

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I am following this guide on how to install iPhone apps thru OTA without iTunes.

I have the following questions:

I only have a $99 developer program membership, not the enterprise program. The guide says this also works with normal ad-hoc distribution as well. Can I use my ad-hoc provisioning profile itself to do this?
I am testing with the iPhone 4 Simulator, as I don't have a physical iOS 4 device. But when I click on the "Provisioning profile" link, the simulator throws an error:

  Cannot install profile. Safari could not install a profile due to unknown error.

When I click on the .plist link as mentioned in the guide, it doesn't do anything that looks like this.

Can I test this installation on the iPhone 4 simulator? What could be the reason for this failing?


texts: Keyboard shortcut to show/hide hidden files in Finder in macOS Mojave

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In macOS Sierra, it used to be Command + Shift + .. But that does not appear to work in macOS Mojave. Has something changed?

What is the keyboard shortcut to show/hide hidden files in Finder without restarting in macOS Mojave?


texts:
I am trying to install iTerm2 terminal emulator on macOS Sierra 10.12.1 using Homebrew.

I tried to download iTerm2 from its main site. However, the page is taking too long to respond. So, after searching the internet for alternates, I found and ran this command : brew cask install iterm2

I am new to MacOS and would appreciate if someone can help me out with this.

Here is the traceback:

kshitij10496@Kshitijs-MacBook-Pro  ~  brew cask install iterm2
==> Satisfying dependencies
complete
==> Downloading https://iterm2.com/downloads/stable/iTerm2-3_0_12.zip

curl: (28) Operation timed out after 300976 milliseconds with 0 out of 0 bytes received
Error: Download failed on Cask 'iterm2' with message: Download failed: https://iterm2.com/downloads/stable/iTerm2-3_0_12.zip
The incomplete download is cached at /Users/kshitij10496/Library/Caches/Homebrew/Cask/iterm2--3.0.12.zip.incomplete
Error: nothing to install


texts: Separate Time Machine backups for different partitions

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I have an older Mac mini with 3 partitions: one running 10.5, 10.6, and 10.7. I'd like to back these up via Time Machine, however, I'd like them to each be separate backups. Whenever I try to back up one partition to the TM drive (with all other partitions excluded), it works fine. When I boot into a different partition and back up, it uses that same backup, adding the other partition to the mix.
How can I make them each use their own unique backups?


texts: I am planning to update my CPU on my Mac Pro 5.1 2010. As shown here the highest CPU I can get is the dual 6-core Xeon 3.46GHz. Now I wonder if this one I found here can be used straight away without de-lidding? I've checked and some people say that Mac Pros version 5.1 don't need de-lidding. So I am not sure if I can buy and use the one in the link earlier without having to de-lid it or I have to? I appreciate your advice.


texts: How can I remove my me.com address from Mail?

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I have a few email accounts set up in Mail. One of them is my xxxxx@mac.com email address. At some point (maybe after I switched to iCloud), Mail started including the xxxxx@me.com address in the list of potential from: addresses. Is there any way to convince it to not include the @me.com address? I don't ever want to use it.

Edit

Sorry, I may have been unclear. I want to continue using the xxxxx@mac.com address. I just don't want the xxxxx@me.com address in the popup list or to have Mail automatically enter it in the From field when I create a new message.


texts: Display photos from iPad on TV without Internet connection

texts: Is it possible to show photos from an iPad Air on a TV without an internet connection, Wi-Fi router or 3G data plan subscription (i.e. the iPad is completely offline)?


texts: 2017 MBP screen flashes green or yellow when waking from sleep

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Ive got a 2017 MBP 15". I have File Vault enabled.

When its been sleeping and I wake it, the screen flashes either bright green or yellow for about a second before going to the login screen. Is this something to be concerned about? The machine is still under warranty, but i dont want to take it to the Apple store unnecessarily.

Ive noticed this only happens after waking the machine from a deep sleep, if i close the lid and re-open it after about 20 mins it does not happen.

Im running OSX 10.13.6


texts: Why is my Advanced Add Printer mode disabled?

texts:
I am using a Unibody MacBook Pro on Lion. I am trying to add a networked printer at work so I can print to it, but OS X is not cooperating with me.

Typically for adding networked printers on a Windows network, most instructions online suggest you open the Print & Fax preference pane, hit the + button to Add Printer, then use the Advanced tab to select the type of networked printer, and type in a specific URL to reach it.

I would like to follow these steps, but I am unable. As you can see in the screenshot below, everything under the Advanced tab in the Add Printer window is disabled.

I don't understand how or why this is. My user definitely has full administrator privileges, and this tab of all the others in the dialog should be open-ended and allow you to type and search for printers to add regardless of environment, or perhaps what OS X may have already detected as plugged-in or over Bonjour.

I have searched the web for any indication of why this area of my Add Printer dialog is unusable, but have not been able to find any clues. Any tips to get this thing unstuck are appreciated.

P.S. My connection to the Windows network at work seems to be fine. I am able to mount and use several of the shared network drives over SMB.


texts: Delete all OS X accounts in terminal when selling laptop

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I have an old macbook with some photos on it that I'm trying to sell. I want to keep the OS on there so that someone new can use it, but I have to wipe it through terminal because the screen is mostly broken.

How can I delete all accounts on my Mac and leave it with a fresh install with no DVD and a mostly broken screen?

Note: I don't have a video out adapter. I know that would be the easy option, but I'm a sucker for the Terminal.

Update: I used this article http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-73393-change-mac-admin-password-without-the-disk

It gives me a new account and the computer starts up as if I just walked out of the store with it, but it says that the other account still exists.


texts: How to save a bookmarklet link when using safari?

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How can I save the link of a bookmarklet in iPad’s safari? For example any of the bookmarklets in the following website? When I touch and hold, an option to save the link is not offered.

http://joemaller.com/translation_bookmarklets.shtml

Eventually, I would like to bookmark that bookmarklet. What I currently do is to open the above link in Firefox, then I save the link, then I create a bookmark in safari. I am wondering how can I do this without using a second browser.


texts: Buying an app on two iDevices using the same account

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Possible Duplicate:
  If I buy an iPhone app will I have to re-purchase the app if I get a new iPhone?

This may be a duplicate of another question, but I was new to the site and I didn't check other questions. Feel free to close if this is a duplicate.

I'll proceed with my question.

Me and my brother both own an iPad, and we both wanted the same app on our respective iPads. So now if I buy an app on my iPad and give my account password to my brother, will Apple charge me again to buy the same app on my brother's iPad?


texts: How to change screensaver user name and/or iterm2 top bar name on mac

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I am new to macbook pro. A few weeks ago I bought used macbook pro. I tried to change user name and it looks somewhat well. But when I open my iterm2, something that I don't want is wroten(MBP085ui). My user name is bmy4415 and MBP085ui is not I want. And this also appears in my default screensaver. ScreenShots are below. How can I change MBP085ui to my custom name? And What is the official designation of that(for eaxmaple, It's username or It's unique name of device)

p.s I also changed my 'account name' and 'full name' from 'User & groups' tab.

https://i.stack.imgur.com/RSQXS.png
https://i.stack.imgur.com/WNZc8.png


texts: Sorry, PowerPoint can't read .pptx error when trying to open a powerpoint autorecovery file

texts:
I was working on a powerpoint today, and then my document wouldn't let me save, and I ended up overwriting the file with a blank presentation. I don't remember the details of how that happened, but freaked out a perused the internet on how to get my old presentation back.

After hours of searching, and using hidden file finder programs, I found what seemed to be the autosaved versions of my presentation. However, I could not open them in the folder (Which was in library), and when I moved them to another folder (documents) I would get this error after selecting "repair"

From this error:

I tried solutions such as turning the file into a .key, and even a .zip and looking for my slides. I couldn't see my slides in the .zip version (which was a pain to unzip alone, needed The unarchiver, which eventually stopped opening the zip files), but sometimes when converting it back to a .pptx, I would see the first slide of my powerpoint as the picture representing the file in finder, indicating to me that at least the FIRST slide was present (and probably the others).

Any advice on how I can salvage my hours of work so I don't have to restart the powerpoint? Thank you so much!


texts: How do I do Time Machine backups for multiple computers?

texts:
I have 4 Macs that need TimeMachine backups; they all run Snow Leopard, and it's unlikely that they will be upgraded to Lion/Mountain Lion anytime soon.

Currently, they are all backed up to a bunch of drives set up in a RAID array, but it causes me a fair amount of pain every time a drive fails (which happens somewhat frequently).

Is there an easier way to do this? I'd prefer not to use a Time Capsule, since we need to have a NAS anyway, and I'd prefer to only have one set of technology to maintain.


texts:
Do someone know what is the file /dev/dtracehelper?

What is supposed to do? How do we use it? where I can find some documentation on it?


texts: When swiping between spaces, sometimes the background moves and sometimes it doesnt

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Since upgrading to Sierra I've noticed that sometimes when I swipe between spaces the background image moves left or right as I swipe along with whatever icons I have on my desktop and whatever (lets say) open finder windows I have. Other times the background remains static but everything else moves left or right as I swipe.

I have the same (default) bg image for all spaces.

I have also noticed that the behavior seems to remembered by the space I am moving to/from. For instance, right now I have 2 full screen spaces and then 4 "desktop" spaces and then 2 more full screen spaces. And if I swipe into or out of the desktop 4 space then the bg remains static, but swiping to any other space, the background moves.

I realize this is not a big deal, but it's annoying... thoughts?


texts: What tools are available to help organize iOS apps into folders?

texts: It used to be the case that we could organize iOS apps on iPhones and iPads by connecting them to a Mac and using some functionality in iTunes.  But with recent changes to iTunes, this is no longer possible.  If you have an iOS device with many apps on many home screens it is now more difficult to organize these apps into folders (by dragging the apps across many home screens).  Can anyone recommend an easier way to accomplish this, including, perhaps, some third-party software that runs on a Mac?


texts:
I upgraded to macOS Sierra and now the Mail app won't open. Even though the Mail app. does not open, at Apple they told me there is nothing I can do and I will lose all email that I have on my Mac. I have very important data in my emails.

Does anyone have a suggestion?


texts: AppleScript for enabling VPN broken after update to 10.9.3

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I've been using an AppleScript for connecting to my office VPN. After updating my macbook to 10.9.3, it fails to execute, and throws an exception

Unable to get network preferences

(honestly, it is loose translation, if anyone know how to make AppleScript editor to show errors in english I would be glad).

Whole code:

tell application "System Events"
    tell current location of network preferences
        set VPNservice to service "VPN (L2TP)" -- name of the VPN service
        if exists VPNservice then connect VPNservice
        repeat until (connected of current configuration of VPNservice)
            delay 1
        end repeat
        do shell script "route add 192.168.11.0/24 10.64.64.64" with administrator privileges
    end tell
end tell

Does anyone know what could have caused the problem?


texts:
Just got this notification on my MacBook Pro running OS 10.12.6.

It reads:

  macOS updates have been installed.  This computer will restart in 60 minutes. Please save anything you are working on and log out by choosing Log Out from the bottom of the Apple menu.

Four things about it strike me as un-Apple-like:

The tone
The unfamiliar, unnecessary icon
Forcing me to restart instead of providing a choice
Non-conformity with Notification Center notifications pushed by the App Store

This raises three questions:

Does Apple push updates that require a restart within a set
timeframe?

If so, since when, and why?
If not, should I be suspicious of this notification?


texts: iMovie 11 - Fix iMovie projects that don't open after iMovie crash

texts:
I was asked today to fix a friend's problem with iMovie. The initial report was that iMovie won't open and play the projects. The iMovie owner also said that there was an iMovie crash while working on one of these projects recently.

Indeed there are only certain projects that won't open, while most of them will play fine.

Trashing the iMovie preference .plist file has no effect.
These projects seems corrupted and there is no backup. Is there any way to fix them?


texts: Install Mac OS X Tiger alongside Mac OS X Snow Leopard?

texts:
I have recently installed a 1TB hardrive on my Mid-2010 MacBook Pro. I understand that it is possible to install Windows 7 through BootCamp (by partitioning the hardrive) on Snow Leopard but is it possible to install OS X Tiger as well?

I have an install disk for OS X Tiger from (MID -I am assuming) 2005 but I am unsure as to how I would accomplish this. Would this be possible by any means? (legally and within the bounds of Apple's EULA of course)

My current OS is OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8.


texts: Mysterious process 'phonetism' eats CPU and vanishes

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My 2015 MacBook running Mojave has been acting strange lately, especially whilst browsing. Sometimes Safari will freeze up, or reload a page out of the blue. I can feel my computer struggling, so I'm quick to open Activity Monitor to try and see what's going on. Several times now, I've noticed a root process named 'phonetism' at the top, but it usually vanishes before I can read anything about it. Today, I finally managed to get a screenshot of it.

I can't find anything in the activity monitor about the process after it disappears, but I did check the console, where the only results are from ReportCrash, and look like this:

However, these crash reports don't appear to have been written at times where I've noticed the CPU problems.

I've tried searching the web for anything related to this, but I'm at a complete loss. Any help or general ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.


texts: What's better? Truecrypt or Encrypted disk image?

texts:
I need to secure some work on my laptop and an encrypted disk image fits the bill. I don't need to hide the file (diskimage) just the contents. I like a sparse disk image since it will expand as I add content but a Truecrypt volume "feels" more secure to me. Is it really? I'm not hiding it from the NSA, just someone that might steal my laptop or access it, etc.

Is there really much difference?


texts: Download mac os from the app store to external USB

texts:
Does anyone know how I can download mac os 11.3 to an external USB
seems like the most basic thing but I can't find out how every time I google it I just get articles about making a bootable USB which isn't what I'm interested it.


texts:
According to my tests, Excel on Mac, when asked to save data as CSV file, uses MacRoman encoding. My questions are:

Does it always happen or there is some setting that controls it?
If there's a setting, is there a way to make it save as UTF-8? If not, is there a way to export Excel file with characters not in MacRoman preserving these characters?


texts: Locking my machine causes my network Connection to sleep

texts: Is there a way to lock my screen but not sleep my network connection? I step away from desk quite a bit and I lock the screen pretty much every time. When I come back I always from stepping away for like 5 minutes it seems like my machine has to reacquire an IP. This via ethernet. This is on a 2010 13' unibody macbook pro running Lion.


texts: Setup launchd task to run when USB device is connected

texts:
I'm hoping to setup a script to run automatically when a USB device is connected, however I'm not certain how to trigger it.

Unfortunately the USB device isn't a volume, so I can't use the onmount trigger for it, and while I have a script command to interact with it, it doesn't include an API to trigger actions automatically; i.e- I can verify that it's connected, but I'd have to poll continuously until it is. I don't expect to be able to get the developers to add such functionality any time soon either (if at all).

So, is there a generic way that I can configure a launchd task that will trigger when a USB device is detected, and thus avoid the need to poll for it? If this isn't possible then are there any other alternatives capable of triggering a shell script when I connect the device?


texts: Extend Wi-Fi on a non-Apple network by Ethernet with an Airport Express

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Can I extend Wi-Fi on a non-Apple network by Ethernet with an Airport Express as well as utilize Airplay?

I want to run an Ethernet cable to an Airport Express from a non-Apple router, set the Airport Express as Wi-Fi extender with same network credentials as the main router connected by Ethernet.

The main purpose will be to get the audio out on the Airport  Express to an amplifier so I can reliably stream music via AirPlay.

Will this work?


texts: How to get Preview to ALWAYS open image in a new window

texts: I have my Preview preferences set to open images in a new window. Before upgrading to Big Sur this worked unconditionally.  Since switching to Big Sur this works for the first 15 windows, but after that, it starts opening them in an existing window.  I can right click and open them in a new window, but it is really inconvenient.  Can I tweak a setting somewhere, possibly from the command line, to be have Preview continue to open images in new windows?


texts:
I've been trying to repair an iPhone 4S for a friend, but can't get it to play ball. It almost fully succeeds (75%) to reinstall iOS, however iTunes then says Unknown Error (-1). I have read online that this could mean a hardware failure, but since the phone is able to get 75% of the way reinstalled, and it looks fine inside, surely nothing too serious has occurred. I don't care if I have to reinstall officially or via special software or jailbreak, as long as I can get this phone running again. Also, after iTunes displays the error, the phone just sits at the 75% mark on the installation screen (Apple logo with bar underneath).

Thanks for any help.


texts: How to use AppleScript in a bash script to create an alias for an app?

texts:
I need to create an alias on my Desktop to an app in my Applications folder, using a bash script file.

As far as I know, it's only possible with AppleScript.
Unfortunately, my AppleScript skills are non-existent.
I couldn't find a good working example on how to create an alias on my Desktop.

1) How do I create an alias on my Desktop using AppleScript?

2) How do I insert this AppleScript into my bash script file so that it could work in Terminal?


texts: Using Automator to save text to a SPECIFIED text file (not a new file)

texts: I know that there's a way to use Automator to save text to a new text file. But I want an Automator application that saves the text from clipboard to a GIVEN text file (by editing it, i.e. adding in the next line). Applescript would be okay too. Is there a way to do this?


texts: What does "Always Allow..." actually do?

texts: That is, what files does it actually change? I am deploying a new version of an application on to multiple machines (100+) and when I test it on a machine, the "You do not have permission to use the application" box pops up, due to quite strict restrictions on the machine. If I click "Always Allow..." then everything works fine. However I do not wish to have to click this box on 100+ machines. Is there a command line alternative which can accomplish the same thing?


texts: How does Office 2008 for Mac store its Recent items?

texts:
I don't have access to Office 2008, but require the information for a project I'm working on. I'm mainly interested in Word, Excel and Powerpoint.

This is the information I have gathered so far...

The preference file is: ~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.office.plist

The property keys take the form:

2008\File Aliases\{APP}{n}

2008\MRU Access Date\{APP}{n}

where {APP} represents an Office application, and {n} represents a number starting from 0.

The applications are represented by the following values:

MSWD (Word)

XCEL (Excel)

What value represents PowerPoint?

In the property list I've seen, the numbers represented by {n} range from 0-10 (11 items).

Is 10 the limit? or is this unrestrained?

Finally, I've noticed that Office 2011 does not add its Recent Items to the Apple System menu:

Apple -> Recent Items

Is Office 2008 the same?


texts:
iPhone 11 Pro Max
Version ios 14.2
Iphone storage used,  65.4GB of 256
iCloud storage used   68.3GB of 200
Previous iphone backed up ok, this shows ¨never¨ backed up.
I have started ¨Back Up now¨ many times, it will start showing estimated time to finish, the line will go to a little over half the lenght but will stop and discontinue backup process.
Have tried reset settings and signing out of icloud and back in.
Good wifi network.
What do I have to do in order for my iphone to finish its backup process?


texts: Is it possible to use an AT&T gsm iPhone 4 with any other carrier or pay-per-use


texts: Can you use an iMac backup for a MacBook Pro?

texts: Just curious: Is it possible to use a backup from an iMac on a Time Capsule to restore a MacBook Pro with the same items? It seems like it would be possible given that all it really backs up is the software, files, etc., and not the actual system drivers or anything.


texts:
How many displays/monitors can a Mac Mini 2020 M1 support? There are 2 USB4 ports and one HDMI.
Don't count DisplayLink and AirPlay displays.


texts: How to get Apples Human Interface Guidelines 2016 as epub or pdf file?

texts: How to get iOS Human Interface Guidelines 2016 as epub or pdf file?


texts:
Hello all I have an early '09 Mac mini 3,1 (Intel Core 2 duo 2GHz, 1GB RAM, 120GB HDD) which I need to upgrade soon as it is slowly dying (i.e., runnning an IDE like netbeans while having chrome open is becoming overkill for the poor thing).

I am looking at maxing out the RAM to 8GB (from my research I believe this is feasible) and replacing the HDD with a 60GB SSD as I do not really store much (if any) media. Monetarily, I have worked the cost to be around £100 which is not too bad?

I would appreciate your feedback on the following especially if you have done this or similar

ease of replacing the RAM
ease of replacing the HDD
whether 8gb does indeed work (well)
whether SSDs do work as well as benchmarks and hype suggest (in this context)
any problems that can be incurred by doing this (I'm not to concerned re. void waranties more breaking hardware)
anything I need to take in to consideration that I possibly am not

The hardware I am looking at getting is Corsair CMSA8GX3M2A1066C7 and Crucial CT064M4 though I may go for the slightly cheaper Vertex 2, any comments on these choices would be much appreciated also.

If anyone from the UK has had experience with getting a second HDD 'dock' to replace the optical drive with a second HDD/SSD then any infromation surrounding this (both obtaining and installing - though the latter I guess is regionally unspecific) would also be very helpful.


texts: How to use the antishake option for iMovie

texts:
I have a .mp4 video clip recorded with a GoPro camera, that I like to stabilize. I want to use iMovie, which I understand should have an antishake function according to this information.

In iMovie I apperently can't chose the antishake function, I can see the icon, but it's grey and can't be selected?

Does anybody know the reason for this and how to fix it? I dont want to buy new software and would prefer to use iMovie.

As an extra info, I use Yosemite and Macbook Pro.


texts: How to open an app on login on secondary screen?

texts:
Several apps I use are set to "Open at Login". However, they are always opened on the primary screen, instead of the last position, which is the secondary one.
I those apps exclusively on the secondary display and it's pretty annoying to always move them there and resize because of extra space (no dock there).

How can I configure where apps will open by default?
How can I force them to keep the same size as last time they were used?


texts: Is there a faster way to connect bluetooth midi devices?

texts: Currently every time you want to reconnect a bluetooth midi device you have to open audio midi setup, open show network browser, find and double click on the bluetooth icon, then connect the device. Is there any terminal shortcut or app to make this process more quickly accessible?


texts: App Store Connect: Creation of apps of this type is not available

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For the past few weeks, I've been getting an error when trying to create an iOS app in App Store Connect: https://imgur.com/U02cAl2.mp4

I click + → New App
A progress indicator appears
The indicator spins forever
Developer Tools shows that the server returned HTTP 500 and this body:

{"data":null,"messages":{"warn":null,"info":null,"error":["Creation of apps of this type is not available"]},"statusCode":"ERROR"}

Troubleshooting

Agreeing to terms and conditions

For the error message above, the Google results suggest there are terms and conditions that need to be accepted. I checked both Apple Developer and App Store Connect, but there are no prompts. My membership page on Apple Developer lists two agreements, both of which have been accepted:

Trying other browsers

Chrome: Same error
Firefox: Same error
Safari: Same error (https://imgur.com/9bPOY5c.mp4)


texts: Does Java come pre-installed on Mac OS X 10.7/10.8 and beyond?

texts: Does Java (the JDK) come pre-installed with Macs on OS X 10.7/10.8 and beyond? I am hearing Apple is going to stop shipping Java with 10.8 and beyond but I couldn't find any link to confirm it/deny it.


texts: decrypt incoming mail server password Apple Mail

texts:
I have a mail account where the incoming mail server password is set, but the outgoing not.
I can't remember why the password is not set on the outgoing mail server, but I would like to use it now + I would love to actually know the password, since I would love to continue using the mail account.
I created and saved that password with the Keychain and then lost it due to data loss on iCloud Keychain (and they do not do backups).

No, I can't recover the password via the mail service provider.

Is there a way to recover it from Mail since it's set for the incoming mail server?!


texts: Set sublime text to read .asp files as .php files (with php syntax)

texts: I have a few .asp files that I want to edit with Sublime Text, however, I always have to change the syntax to PHP under View -> Syntax -> PHP. Is there anyway that I can make Sublime Text automatically read it as PHP?


texts:
I would like to have an encrypted USB stick that I can use with Windows and OS X.

I could format it as FAT32 and then have a encrypted image files (more than one due to the file size limitation of 4GB) that I could mount on both, and have the software to do it on the stick itself.

Any suggestion on the best format?


texts: Command line to find bluetooth device's MAC address

texts:
Is there a way to get the MAC address of the Bluetooth device in my Mac? I am using a MacBook Pro running macOS High Sierra. I am looking mainly for macOS but the command could also be for another UNIX or Linux machine.

It should be the same as the one shown when Option clicking the Bluetooth icon in the status menus in the Menu Bar.


texts: Script to acknowledge if task already done then update text file/list

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I plan to have a script run that will update our Macs with new Adobe licensing package/installer but I don't want it to run if the task has ran before.

I'd like to see a script that can check for a local file (ex. /Library/adobecc2018.txt) which would get placed at this location after re-serialization has been completed once. If the adobecc2018.txt file is not there the full script will run. If the adobecc2018.txt is there I want to the script to end and not go any further.

Also, I will have another .txt file sitting on a network share and I'd love to see the file get populated with the name of the computer once the script runs so we have a list of computers that we can look at to see which computers have been fixed and which have not.

I found the script I worked on last year but we didn't use it. So the first part of my question is answered but still need to figure out how to add text into a .txt. So example: /share/adobeupdate.txt

I'd like to see something like this:

ComputerName-Date
ComputerName2-Date
ComputerName3-Date
ComputerName4-Date
ComputerName5-Date
etc.

#!/bin/bash

echo "Adobe Update Script"

####
#### If file /Library/Scripts/adobecc2018.txt DOES exist then exit
####
if [[ -f "/Library/adobecc2018.txt" ]] ; then
    echo '2018/19 Adobe Serialization Fix Already Applied - No more actions required'
    exit
fi

####
#### If file /Library/Scripts/adobecc2018.txt does NOT exist continue script
####
if [ ! -e "/Library/adobecc2018.txt" ]; then
    echo 'Adobe is using the OLD serial number - Now applying new 2018/19 Adobe Serialization'
#   touch /Volumes/shares/macscripts/adobecc2018_serialization_fix.command
    sudo touch /Library/adobecc2018.txt
    echo 'Adobe 2018/19 Serialization Completed'
fi

# Script End

exit 0


texts: Best way to create icons (buttons) in Finder toolbar matching OSX feel?

texts:
Is there an existing template/program/guide to create icons for the Finder toolbar that match the look and feel of the standard icons (buttons)?

The reason I ask is that I have created shortcuts apps in the toolbar for 'create new text file' and 'open terminal here', but the best .icns that I could lift from the internet are still kind of visually distracting.

i.e. I want to create a new .icns file to replace the two right most icons so that they blend in with the others:


texts: iPhone does not show up on iPhoto anymore

texts:
Since the update to iOS5 my iPhone 3GS does not show up as a device on iPhoto anymore. Before that, iPhoto was working without any hitch. I'm currently using the following:

MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5, 4 GB, Mac OS X 10.7.2
iPhoto '09 Version 8.1.2 (424)
iPhone 3GS, with IOS 5
iTunes 10.5 (141) 64-bit

Is there some way to recover so that I can import photos on iPhoto again, or is the software not compatible anymore?


texts: In Mail.app, how can I set a recipient's default email address?

texts:
When typing a recipient's name in the "To:" field, Mail.app will bring up an autocomplete menu showing all email addresses for that recipient (e.g., Home and Work). If I don't pay attention and just hit Enter or Tab to autocomplete the recipients name, Mail.app picks the first address.

Is there a way to choose the default email address that Mail.app selects for the autocomplete of a recipient? I'm not sure if this settings resides in Mail.app or the Address Book.

Example

In the example below, there are two email addresses for the recipient. Mail.app defaults to the Home email, whereas I'd prefer it to default to the Work email for this contact.


texts: Is there a dock available that can dock an iPhone (with bumper)

texts:
The Apple dock cannot take the bumper, you need to take off the bumper.

I need a dock for work and at work where I can just slip my phone in (bumper and all).

Any ideas?


texts: external monitor from imac: minidisplayport:hdmi, hdmi:displayport, not recognizing connected monitor

texts:
I just got a new samsung monitor: S24E650DW and want to connect it to my imac. I had an mini-display to HDMI, and the store didn't have an mini-display to display port, so I thought I could use the hdmi-displayport.

The late 2015 imac running 10.12.6 however doesn't recognize that a external monitor i connected. In settings "displays" only show the build in retina display, and of course the samsung display show only a black screen, showing that it is set for display-port.

I have two mini-display to HDMI and tried both, so I think they should be working. Of course I tried both in both ports on the imac. The HDMI-display port-cable is brand new, and I don't have any way to test it, but I guess I must assume it works. I have tested the display on another computer at work, and it works fine.

I can't figure out what it is. that I don't understand. I read somewhere online that mini-display to display-port should work, I don't know if it is the HDMI junction that mess it up. Can anyone please help?


texts: Problem installing iCloud Drive app in iOS 11

texts:
If I try to download the iCloud Drive app on my iPhone 6 and iPad Pro running iOS 11, I get the following message on the app download screen:

This app requires specific features not available on this device.

Both the devices are running iOS 11.4.1 (latest version as of this writing). What specific features are missing from this devices restricting me from installing the app?


texts: How do I access my private browsing history?

texts:
I'm trying to recover some pages that I had open when my macbook (OSX 10.8.5) crashed.

Unfortunately I was using Opera (V30) in private browsing mode.
I've tried looking at my DNS cache - but not exactly sure how to read it. (I can't see the URLs in the text)

I've also looked at my router logs but can only find info like this:

May 9 00:39:27> PPPD Successfully Launched
May 9 00:39:32> pppd 2.4.3 started by root, uid 0

Just to let you know - I'm not trying to snoop on anyone, really just want to recover the pages I had open!


texts: Install Windows 7 on macoS High Sierra (MBP Late 2011)

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Device: MacBook Pro 8,2 (Late 2011)

Operating System: macOS High Sierra

Security Update: 2020-002

Boot Camp: Version 6.1.0 (6067.60.1)

Context:

A couple of weeks ago I decided it was time to do a clean install - from scratch - of my macOS High Sierra and Windows 7 operating systems installed on my MacBook, after a year of use. I used this video as a guide to install macOS High Sierra:

The installation was correct and without errors, after that I installed the updates from the App Store following the steps of the support website for the installation of Windows 7 from macOS High Sierra with Boot Camp: https://support.apple.com/es-es/HT205016

.

Issue:

Following the process above, Boot Camp created the installation drive, the disk was partitioned during the process and when the computer restarted, this error appeared:

  No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key

I have been searching for ways to install Windows 7, without success. Among them:

Try 5 different USB 2.0 drives (HP, Sandisk, Kingston): Since in a video they think that the problem with this black screen warning is due to USB.
Install Windows 7 creating the boot from Windows on a PC with the Rufus application and start from the Mac boot screen (without using Boot Camp). It did not work, although if it recognized the usb with Windows 7 it was frozen when clicked, however with the ISO of Windows 10 following the same procedure if it installed correctly, but the version of my MacBook does not have the complete drivers for Windows 10 in addition to which in my opinion is quite slow compared to Windows 7.

I have done the same installation process with BCA to install Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 and have got the same result.

  No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key


texts: How do I temporarily enable package installation without any permission prompt

texts: Whenever I need to install an app using the package installer, there will be a prompt asking for admin user's name and password. How do I temporarily turn this feature off, so that any package can be installed automatically?


texts: Silencing "Your disk is almost full" notification

texts:
After upgrading to macOS Sierra, I'm getting the notification that "Your disk is almost full. Save space by optimizing storage.":

The options appear to be to store my files in iCloud, automatically delete files, or manually delete files:

My problem/irritation is that I have 80GB free of my 440GB volume.

The question: is there a way to silence this notification in a (semi-)permanent fashion, or to change the threshold it uses for the notification?


texts: International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) dictionary guide in OS7

texts: How do I change the settings to display the in the dictionary the IPA pronunciation guide, rather than diacritical, guide in the iPhone 5S iOS 7?


texts: Which free alternatives to Little Snitch can I use to block internet traffic per applications?

texts: Little Snitch can block internet traffic of a particular app. Can I do something similar without (paying) Little Snitch, either by using free alternatives or configuring the OS X firewall directly?


texts: How to always keep a local copy of documents/folder in iCloud?

texts:
I'm now using iCloud on OSX 10.12.

Many folders and files (for example on my Desktop, etc.) are no more physically present on my hard drive, they have been pushed to the cloud.

I have two questions.

1) Disabling iCloud and getting back all the uploaded files

How does it work if I disable iCloud on the Mac (if I "unsubscribe from iCloud" in a way)? Will all my file be downloaded back to the hard drive?

2) Disable this feature: I wan't my file on iCloud to always be present on my computer

Is it possible to still use iCloud on my Mac for instance but to ensure that all the files in my "iCloud folders" are always physically present on the hard drive?


texts: Mobile responsive Website loaded into an App for review

texts:
I am developing an website for  client, the website is mobile responsive say www.myresponsivewebsite.com. The client want to bundle this website as a iOS application using the UIwebview and load the website when the App opens.

Now according to the Apple review guidelines
https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#minimum-functionality
says

  Your app should include features, content, and UI that elevate it beyond a repackaged website. If your app is not particularly useful, unique, or “app-like,” it doesn’t belong on the App Store.

So my question is :

Will the app be rejected for sure with only the website repackaged as an App?
Having a few native screen and loading the web page would be wise solution to make sure that the app does not get rejected.

Note : The client does not want the app to be fully in Native environment.
Reference : 1] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7421002/app-rejected-from-apple-app-store-because-uiwebview-need-some-advice
2] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6735476/will-ios-apps-that-are-just-uiwebviews-be-rejected


texts: How do I create a Folder Action Script to tar items dropped in folder?

texts:
I would like to drop/copy files/folders and have them compressed then copied to my desktop. This is what I know so far... and it isn't much so any help would be appreciated.

on adding folder items to theFolder after receiving theAddedItems
repeat with x in theAddedItems

This will create my list of files dropped into the folder. Now my compression command...

tar cvf - *variableForFileListHere* | gzip -9 - > files.tar.gz

Somehow I know I have to feed the list "theAddedItems" created in the first part of the script to the tar command. But I'm clueless as to how this might be done. Reading now about tar and it's options as I'm sure there is an "include" function for pointing to a list of items to add to the archive.


texts: How do you set the iPhone to play music/audio while asleep?

texts:
Is it possible to set the iPhone to play music/audio while asleep? If so, how do you configure it?

EDIT:

I don't mean locking the phone or turning the screen off. When I play an audio file (for instance, http://m.insightforliving.ca/current-broadcast) and the phone goes to sleep (I think it's called deep sleep), the audio stops playing. Is there a way of setting it up in iPhone that the audio keeps playing even in deep sleep?


texts: How to forcefully open a blocked Java Applet?

texts:
I downloaded from Internet (topcoder.com) a Java applet. When I try to open it, it says "Application blocked for security reasons" because "The certificate has expired".

I really want to launch it... So, is there a way to open and use it?

I tried to go to the Java settings and add the link to the applet to the white list, but it does not work.


texts: Mail.App deleted, how do I restore it (It's not anywhere accessible on restore media)

texts:
This is a pretty simple question.

I removed the Mail.App app early on on my Macbook Air, and now I want to take a look at using Mail.

It's not in my time-machine backups, and looking at the files on the restore thumbdrive, I can't see where it could be. Apparently it's not part of iLife, so short of reinstalling the entire OS, I'm not sure how to get it back.

Also, *Doh*


texts: Homebrew installation failed on OS X El Capitan. Uninstall won't work. How do I start over and reinstall?

texts:
I'm trying to install Homebrew. Running OS X 10.11.1. When installing, I got an error message. I now can't retrieve the output I got, but there were several "fatal" errors.

When trying to reinstall Homebrew, I get the following:

  It appears Homebrew is already installed. If your intent is to
  reinstall you should do the following before running this installer
  again:
      ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/uninstall)"
  The current contents of /usr/local are include lib .git

And when I follow those instructions by running the script it recommends, I get:

-e:100:in `realpath': No such file or directory - /usr/local/bin (Errno::ENOENT)
    from -e:100:in `realpath'
    from -e:100:in `<main>'

So how in the world do I perform a clean uninstall and reinstall?


texts:
I have a strange problem Sierra sudden shutdown and WiFi crashlogs.
So far I tested the hardware with Apple Hardware Test and some tools for RAM and GPU. None found a problem. Are there some others to try?


texts: Can iBooks be saved to iCloud then deleted on my iPad but still be available on iCloud? The reason for asking this is that my iPad is running out of space, so I want to store my iBooks elsewhere.


texts:
I have a MacBook Air A1237. I can hear the "dong" from startup, but in OS I couldn't hear anything.

In System Preferences, as output, I see only headphones. If I plug in a headphone I can hear sounds, music. If I plug out this, nothing happend. The internal speakers are not showed.
I've tried to reset NVRAM and SMC, install a new copy of OS, same problems.
I tried to clean with a toothpick, nothing happened. Any other idea to solve the problem?


texts: Limited Read and Writes on MacBook Air SSD

texts:
Just thought of a concern on the MacBook Air. Flash drives / SSDs have limited read and write capacity, right?

How do I know when I am reaching that? I don't want my data to be corrupted.

Thanks in advance.


texts: How to download Bootcamp drivers without Bootcamp assistant?

texts:
I'm setting up my MacBook Air for a Windows-only boot setup.
This was easy enough. It already had rEFIt on it, I just connected a Windows 7 boot thumb drive, and away I went.

However, it seems Apple does not let you download Bootcamp drivers outside of their assistant tool. Reinstalling OS X just for the drivers is ridiculous.

This laptop no longer has OS X on it at all. How do I get the required drivers? I cannot find them anywhere on Apple's support pages.

Every other manufacturer has their drivers available for download.

How do I download the Windows drivers for my 2010 MacBook Air without the BootCamp Assistant?


texts: How can I disable macOS pre-selecting an account on the login screen?

texts:
I would like to type in my username and password whenever I boot my Macbook. However, when I boot, it automatically selects my username and asks me to type in my password. Can I change this behaviour somehow?
Under System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Options I selected the following:

However, when I try to login, my account is pre-selected and I can only enter my password.


texts: Is it possible to only store messages for 30 days in iCloud?

texts:
My iPhone, iPad, and MacBook all have the Keep Messages setting on 30 days. When I turn on iCloud for Messages though, it changes to Forever and my iCloud storage fills up (I only have 5 GB). I can change it back to 30 days for each device, but the space Messages takes on iCloud remains the same (2.26 GB).

All my devices are using the latest version of iOS and macOS.

Is there a way to only store messages for 30 days in iCloud?


texts: A few weeks ago, I took out my early 2011 13-inch MBP's optical drive, put my 500GB HDD in the optical drive area, put a 120GB SSD where the HDD used to live, and made a DIY Fusion Drive according to the instructions at Macworld's website. I got amazing results at the time (a formerly-1:21 boot time became 0:18!), but a few weeks later, I tend to get rather un-Fusion Drive-like speeds. I've seen Fusion Drives duplicate a 4GB file in 21 seconds (source), but a test run I did just now took 1:31. What can I do to restore my Fusion Drive to its youthful glory once again?


texts: Emoji viewer constantly popping up in input fields

texts:
A weird problem has showed up the last …weeks? The emoji viewer (Cmd+Option+Space on my keyboard) will trigger at random when I click an input field. At first I thought it was just a Slack bug, user error, or stuck keyboard keys, but the problem has showed up on my other Mac too. It's wildly annoying, as I have to hit Esc after I focus on any new input field. My only lead at the moment is assuming its macOS. The problem comes and goes seemingly at random too (haven't found a pattern yet).

I'm all googled out. Any ideas?

macOS 10.13 High Sierra
Norwegian keyboard layout
Bluetooth keyboard (identical setup on both Macs)


texts:
Often I am lost with what is Apple Mail doing or does it do anything.

So I have to open the Activity window to see what is going on.

In this example I was exporting a large mail box, but there was no indication on what is happening unless I open the Activity window.

I have the activity summary window open already, but it does not show details.

The question is, is there a way to have the Activity window pup up automagicaly when it is doing something. I can then close it knowing it is busy.


texts: Can you add an app downloaded from Cydia to iCloud, so it will sync to all your jailbroken iDevices? I wonder what content iCloud does sync and does not sync, is it folder specific?


texts: Fix "Permission Denied" when copying files

texts:
Whenever I try to copy all the content of a usb to my Mac partition it says Permission Denied

The command I am using is

cp -R /dev/disk1 /dev/disk0s3

My error message is:

/dev/disk0s3: permission denied.

I have tried to set myself to super and still didn't work, as well I have all write/read permissions on the hard drive.

Is there a way I can buffer the copy by coping all the files to a folder then partition. I need all the contents of the usb to be copied and I believe there are hidden files and partitions on the usb that need to be copied. (is it a recovery usb I want to put on the recovery partition i created and no i cannot just create one, this recovery contents important files of mine)


texts: Updating to macOS High Sierra Download doesn't finish

texts:
I am trying to updating my macOS Sierra to macOS High Sierra through official installer package from AppStore. The installer started downloading the macOS High Sierra It almost downloaded the OS but its stuck on About one minute remaining

I cancelled this after 3-4 hours after stuck at this point. And again downloaded from start. It again stuck at the same point.

I have macBookPro mid-2012 and according to apple MacBook Pro 2010 and later are compatible for macOS High Sierra update.

What can be the possible issue and solution?


texts: No write permissions after copy files from Windows

texts:
I have Mac mini (High Sierra 10.13.3) as a server. Server has external HDD formated as Mac OS Extended (Journaled). I'm using a PC (Windows 10, NTFS) for downloading files. When I copy files from my PC to my Mac mini, the Mac mini administrator (me) doesn't have permissions for read/write and I can't open new files.

So I have to add my user and set the right permissions.

It is very annoying to do that every time when I copy something new. Do you have some easy solution, how to fix this once for all?


texts: Why does the Magic Mouse prevent me from clicking with my trackpad?

texts:
It often happens to me that I open my MacBook Pro to use it while traveling, only to find out that I can't use it because the effin' Magic is locked away in some luggage, and the trackpad is not clicking. Of course I cannot turn the Bluetooth off, since the trackpad doesn't click. But the weirdest thing is that I always turn the Magic Mouse off before putting it away (I move the slide on the bottom so that the green color is not showing), yet it still prevents me from using the trackpad!

Why does that happen? What's with this brilliant design choice that one couldn't use the trackpad if one also has a Magic Mouse?


texts: What's the "choose an application to associate with" window in MacOS?

texts:
I run Outlook 2016 for Windows inside a Parallels Desktop (latest version, currently 12.2.1) Windows 10 VM. Occasionally when WiFi is slow, Outlook for Windows shows a dialog box along the lines of "requesting info from server. please wait".

When Outlook for Windows would show these warning boxes, sometimes a Mac window (not a Parallels coherence window but a real Mac window with MacOS chrome) would pop up inviting me to associate these dialog boxes with an application, and it showed me a list of applications.

Once I did what that window asked and chose Outlook. Big mistake!  I accidentally chose Mac Outlook, not Windows Outlook. Now every time Outlook for Windows has a network problem, Mac Outlook (which I otherwise never use) is launched and starts chewing up my CPU and disk while processing the last few weeks of mail.

Does this mysterious "choose your application to associate this dialog with" window on the Mac sound familiar?  Is this a Paralells-specific window, or is it shown by Mac OS unrelated to Parallels?

In any case, I want to undo my choice made above. How do prevent Mac Outlook from being launched whenever Windows Outlook shows a network problem dialog?

I wish I'd been smarter and captured a screenshot of that mysterious window when it popped up, which would make it possible to solve this problem via Google.  But because I don't know what that mystery window was titled, I'm stumped for how to undo what I did.


texts: How to select message in Mail with ID using AppleScript?

texts:
With the help of "Ask Different" I got my first AppleScript program working, and I'm trying to improve it. I'm again stymied though.

I have found the message number ID of a particular message in my account's INBOX. AppleScript tells me it is ID 167868. I hope that sounds reasonable, as I have only about 190 messages in my INBOX. I'm assuming that the id specifies exactly which message is concerned.

Now I want to activate Mail, select the INBOX of my account, sort the messages according to the "From:" field and select the message with that id. After that I want to use Mail interactively.

I've been trying to find out how to do this from various AppleScript manuals, but it's all a bit uphill for a beginner, and I would appreciate some help. I tried looking through some AppleScript dictionaries for Mail.app, but I couldn't find appropriate commands, except for "activate". I saw various things in sample code like "menu bar 1", but didn't know how to find the menu items in menu bar 1.

Sorry to ask elementary questions, but I need to get a program working, and this should be only a couple of lines away. After that, I'll be motivated to work more slowly and systematically through some tutorials, so that the level of my questions improves.


texts: Can airpod with wrong spelling on the case be original?

texts:
Can an original Apple AirPod have wrong spelling on the charging case and airpod labels?

A friend just bought new, never opened airpods on a P2P marketplace. Upon receiving them and checking for whether they were fake everything looked fine except that there is misspelling on the labels on the charging case and airpods.

You can see on the charging case that almost all words are misspelled, notably Apple spelled Apoie, and then the airpod seems to say the same.

I thought this would immediately mean they are fake, however I looked up the serial number on the inside of the charger and tested it on checkcoverage.apple.com and it shows as valid.

I also connected it to an iphone and it connected with no issues just as an original AirPod would.

So I am at a loss. Find it hard to believe that original Apple products could have these errors, but I also expected a fake product to not have a valid serial number and for the iphone to recognize it as a non airpod.


texts: How to view my custom VPN service listed in a terminal in order to export it?

texts:
When I execute this command to list my network services:
networksetup -listallnetworkservices

I only get Wifi, why my VPN configuration is not listed here (it's in the Network Preferences list) ? And how can I get it listed in the terminal ?
My goal is to export it via a terminal, edit the configuration manually in a text editor and re-import it.
EDIT
I have set "MyVPN" like below and it's connecting via this Network Configuration window.

But when trying to list it or run it with:
networksetup -connectpppoeservice "MyVPN"

Or with:
scutil --nc start "MyVPN"
No service

Then it doesn't work.


texts: I've just noticed that my mac has loads of sudo processes running – why? What is causing them?


texts: Is it possible to create a paid application which makes use of an Automator service?

texts:
The functionality of my application is as follows:

Get highlighted text from any application in macOS.
Do some processing on it, including interaction with a server.
Show output as a dialog on macOS.

I know that we can read the highlighted text from any application if we use a Mac Automator service. This pretty much works for me with only one caveat. The Automator service can be read and modified by anyone. I would like to distribute this as a paid application. Hence, I would prefer that my application not be modified or even read by anyone.
Is it possible to do so?
I'm fine with using something other than an Automator if the functionality written above is satisfied.


texts: Macbook Pro mouse hangs, touchbar hangs, keyboard hangs

texts:
Macbook Pro (2017) cursor moves properly, but hover and click is completely unable to work (I couldn't click the Apple Menu).

CommandOptionEsc doesn't work either, and besides, the Fn doesn't even work (normally touchbar would respond on Fn).

(Keyboard lighting works, screen auto-dimming works.)

Any tips on how I can at least get the ≪Force Quit≫ window to open?

(Btw,
I've got much work going on and force restart will be deadly. Do you think Apple store engineers are able to solve the hang if I brought it to the store?)


texts: My AirPods do not keep their charge nor do they charge in general

texts:
I am having trouble charging my AirPods.

I only got them a month ago and they were working completely fine. I take very good care of them, keeping them in the box when not in use. I came to charge them the day before last, using a brand new charger cable and cube for about an hour. When I came back to use them I noticed that while unplugging them the light was still orange. Also, when I opened them next to my phone to see the amount of charge it says, "14%" and left and right ear "7%."

I also noticed the case was hot. Then the orange light on the case turned off and after plugging it in again over night the charge was at 7% for the left and 1% for the right ear 1%.

Now charging them on the computer for the same time frame and checking with the same outcome, but rising case charge but then dropping drastically after placing back in charger without a single use.

Can anyone suggest what I should try next?


texts: Adding a new executable to the PATH environment variable?

texts:
I'm trying to install this library called phantomjs.

The instructions include this line:

  http://code.google.com/p/phantomjs/wiki/BuildInstructions

  For convenience, copy the executable
  bin/phantomjs.app/Contents/MacOS/phantomjs to some directory in your
  PATH.

How do I do this?


texts: Early 90s Mac freeware anti-virus program

texts:
I'm trying to find information about a popular early 90s Macintosh freeware anti-virus program. I can't remember its name.
As I recall it installed as an extension and the icon was a frilly black 'V' on a white background. I believe development stopped in the mid-90s in response to the threat of Word macro viruses.

Thanks


texts: Can iTunes pause a specified amount of time after a particular track?

texts:
It's possible to get iTunes to start a song in the middle, say, after a long introductory section. (This is great for party mixes, where one doesn't want to interrupt the energy of a mix.)

In a similar vein, is it possible to get iTunes to pause for several seconds after playing a song? For example, in an album of several associated pieces, it would be nice if iTunes would pause for around 30 seconds after the last movement of one piece and the first of the next piece. (All within the same album.) This would be particularly useful for classical music, where each movement is its own track, but several such pieces are jammed onto an album.


texts: When tidying my downloaded iBooks (not all from the Apple Store)my iPad got stuck trying to remove a download. I now cannot purchase any more books because my iPad won't complete the deleting process. I've tried signing out of my iTunes account and signing in again. Holding down the power and home buttons until the Apple logo appears. Nothing seems to work. I have, however, yet to update to iOS 11.0.3 will this resolve the issue I'm having with iBooks, once I complete the update?


texts: Trackpad gesture that minimizes all windows?

texts:
This has been driving me nuts for close to a year. I hope someone can tell me what triggers it. I've searched many times over several months and have never found any mention of it.

I use an MBP running OS X 10.8.3 with external monitors, external keyboard and external trackpad. Occasionally while I am manipulating windows with the trackpad (usually moving them by dragging, I think) all of the open windows for all apps will begin minimizing to the dock, one at a time, using the genie effect. Depending on the number of windows I have open, this can take several seconds. I have no idea what, specifically, I'm doing that triggers this behavior.

It is NOT "show desktop" -- the windows definitely fly down to the dock and are minimized, they do not slide to the edges of the screen. The windows are not hidden -- they don't come back with cmd-tab, for example, and they don't disappear instantly -- they "genie" down to the dock. The closest I've found is option-cmd-M, except that it only minimizes windows for the current app -- the behavior I'm asking about minimizes ALL windows from ALL apps.

Help? Please? Thanks!


texts: Is it allowed to link to a site that contains a link to Facebook?

texts: The iOS and Mac OS AppStore terms are strict on links to outside sources and shops. If I would link from my iOS app to a page which contains a link to Facebook or Twitter, would that violate the store's terms?


texts: Creating aliases for iTerm 2 that work during ssh

texts:
I use numerous aliases set at a given UNIX environment. For example my current fish shell under OSX have these below

gm -> git merge
dk -> docker kill

and so on.

Now the challenge is I use iTerm 2 for connecting to various remote sessions and I wish these aliases work seamlessly on all sessions.

Is there a way to push these aliases into a global context so that iTerm 2 will input the original command upon detecting these aliases.

i.e if I hit gm + enter in any iTerm window it must issue git merge to the remote session.


texts: AirPods not charging due to contact issue between the AirPod and the case

texts:
After placing both AirPods in the case and taking them out long after they should've been fully charged, I noticed that the left AirPod was at 1%, while the right AirPod was at 100%. This happens every now and then, and thus I know it is a contact issue, but I don't know how to fix it.

Any ideas?


texts: Safari: how to control where tabs are opened when a link is followed?

texts:
In Safari, if I press comand+click to follow a link, the new tab is placed in what looks to be some random location among the tabs in my window. I don't understand what algorithm is being used to determine the tab location. Sometimes it's to the far right of all the tabs, sometimes it's immediately to the right of my current active tab, sometimes it's in the middle of my set of tabs in the window. When I have ten or so tabs open and I follow a link and the new tab is opened in what I perceive as a random location, it makes it difficult for me to find the new tab.

My question is: is there some configuration I can use to make the new tab location consistent? I don't care what that consistent exactly is: always to the far right, always immediately to the right of the active tab, etc. I just don't want to have to hunt around for the new tab after it's opened. I cannot find any such configuration when I peruse Safari's preferences settings.

Thanks!


texts: Is there a program for Mac that I can use to copy DVDs to iTunes? I've tried Handbrake but the quality is poor. Maybe there's just a setting I need to change?


texts: Where to change websites settings on Safari, IPadOS 14

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I am trying to make a video online on this website https://spark.adobe.com/. And I got this error.

I don’t know how to make the requested change. I cannot find the mentioned path on my iPad. In the Settings>Safari I cannot find Preferences. In fact, there is no such option.
I am working with iPadOS betta 14.7


texts: Can't reclaim empty space on main macOS partition [macOS Mojave]

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A while ago I made a linux partition on my MBP (2017), but it didn't work so well so I needed to delete the partition.  After a lot of trouble trying to delete it, I found this answer; I used the second part to free the space on the old linux partition, and then I resized it to 0.  Only, it didn't actually resize.  The partition is still there (though it is no longer showing up in Disk Utility):
$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         276.5 GB   disk0s2
   3:                        EFI NO NAME                 629.1 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +276.5 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            246.9 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 45.9 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                510.8 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4

I think it is this line that is the culprit, though I am not sure:
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         276.5 GB   disk0s2

As I say, I have run
diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk0s2 0

As per the linked answer, but nothing changed.  Even in recovery mode, Disk Utility will only show the ~277 GB I have available on the main partition.
How can I reclaim this space, which is no longer actually showing up?

P.S., this is what I had before I ran those commands:
$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         276.5 GB   disk0s2
   3:                        EFI NO NAME                 629.1 MB   disk0s3
   4:                  Apple_HFS Untitled                222.7 GB   disk0s4
   5:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk0s5

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +276.5 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            249.7 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 45.9 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                510.8 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      6.4 GB     disk1s4

/dev/disk3 (disk image):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            NO NAME                +10.7 GB    disk3

NO NAME was just a USB drive, by the way.


texts: Jogger mode on iOS 9.0.2 - Disable track shuffling when shaking the iPhone

texts:
There must be somewhere a "Jogger mode" option. When enabling the "Jogger mode", shaking the iPhone won't result in shuffling the playlist. (It is pretty practical during jogging, since you won't keep on shuffling your playlist during running.)

Could you please help me, where could I find this option? I would like to enable it, but I can't find it in the settings on my iPhone 5c (ME501DN/A) with iOS 9.0.2.

Thank you very much.


texts: I have a backup drive connected to my mac mini, which I just upgraded to yosemite. I created a guest account, and unfortunately, the guest can browse the backup drive. Is there an easy way to prevent that?


texts: Change screenshot destination on Touch Bar Mac (macOS Sierra)

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I have a late 2016 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, and when taking a screenshot, I get the option to choose the location on the Touch Bar.

However since I'm using my computer in clamshell mode, I can't see the Touch Bar, and always want to save my screenshots in a specific folder.

The Touch Bar behaviour seems to override the screenshot location that I have set in com.apple.screencapture:

~$ defaults read com.apple.screencapture
{
    location = "/Users/[my_username]/Pictures/screenshots/";
}

Even if the above is set, it always saves to Documents, which I chose on the Touchbar once.

Also if I choose Desktop as the location on the Touch Bar, it's ignored, and it saves in Documents. So it seems to malfunction even when using the Touch Bar.

So is there a "defaults key" (?) that stores the location since the above is ignored, or is there a conflict between the Touch Bar and the default setting that can be fixed?


texts: Spilled stuff on my iPod, USB cable port doesn't work

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Today I spilled some yogurt I was drinking. My iPod Touch was right there besides the glass, so almost all the screen was covered. I quickly cleaned it with a wet towel, but some yogurt got into the USB cable port. I left the iPod standing vertically for a while, hoping that the yogurt would just fall off.

The iPod still works fine. The problem is that when I connect it to the computer, nothing happens. When I look into the port, there seems to be some white stuff, but I don't know if that was there before.

Should I take the iPod to a Mac store, or should I attempt to clean it myself? If the latter, how should I do that?

I can get pictures if it helps.


texts: How to get Java 6 in OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)?

texts: OS X 10.8 removed Java 6 and the Java Utilities switcher and made Java 7 the default jre making it hard for engineers like me who work exclusively on Java 6. How do I get back my Java 6? Note: I tried Google but many of the supposed solutions are outdated.


texts:
I have services set up, particularly the one for opening Terminal from a folder.  However, it doesn't appear in the context menu and in Finder > Services, there is nothing except "No services apply"

I'm using El Capitan 10.11.6

Anyone else have this problem?


texts: aptX Bluetooth Headphones (B&O H8) Drop Sound - Yosemite

texts: The B&O H8s work great some of the time wirelessly (iPhone) and wired, but not with MacBook Pro 15 early 2011 (Airport/Bluetooth card upgraded to BT4.0). However, sometimes, they will start to skip and drop in and out (as if I were plugging and unplugging an audio cable). The speed of the audio will increase after it skips to "catch up".  None of the online fixes seem to help this out. Can't get the RSSI above -60 dBm.  Appreciate any help at all.  Thanks.


texts: How can I skip the Welcome screen after installing OS X?

texts: How can I skip the Welcome Video/Music that comes up after a fresh install of OS X? I believe you could skip this in Windows by hitting ESC, but I cannot find a key that has that same effect in OS X.


texts: Accessing 3rd party app files in iCloud from Windows

texts:
Very closely related to this question: Are files saved to iCloud via 3rd party applications accessible from icloud.com web interface through browser?

Is there any way to access files stored by 3rd party apps in iCloud from a  Windows PC?

In my specific case, I use IAWriter on the iPad, and love the automatic syncing feature it providers through iCloud. However, I can't seem to be able to access the synchronized files anywhere else - at least not through the web interface.

Is there any way to do this?


texts: How can I troubleshoot using ssh remotely Through a Static IP?

texts:
Like so many others at the moment, we're forced to work remotely. I’m not able to ssh in and would like assistance in configuration or troubleshooting steps.

Using a screen sharing app I've been able to access our server behind a static IP and push files to our 2TB Dropbox account so the whole office has files they need to keep working.

Unfortunately the connection periodically breaks, and no amount of attempts can get the GUI to reconnect. Fortunately the facilities manager at our building has been willing to reboot the machine, and we're back. I don't want to continue to ask that favor.

I'm hoping that someone can provide the command line prompt that will pass me through the static IP, so I can SSH user@machine_address -r.

It's been a while since I've needed to run commands, so the rust is hard.

Following up, I've opened port 22 on the Comcast-supplied Cisco router for SSH connections, but when I hit the IP address I get a "connection refused". If I watch the logs I can see the traffic come through. It appears this may not be an issue with the router, but rather, with Mojave.

How can I assess or narrow down what is failing?


texts: I have an iMac from 2008 that is currently running Leopard and I would like to upgrade to Mavericks. What ways are there to upgrade, while spending the least amount of money. Also, are there any special discounts that Apple offers to students?


texts: Unable to exit full screen mode in Eclipse

texts:
I just installed Eclipse and went into the full screen mode but, unlike with other apps, the top bar wouldn't appear when I positioned the cursor at the top of the screen, so I was stuck in full screen and had to restart the computer.  Any way to exit the full screen mode in Eclipse?

Using MacOS 10.8.1, Eclipse 4.3.0 (Kepler).


texts: MBP 16' 2019 + iMac late 2012 = Issues with the screen when entering sleep mode

texts:
I'm dealing with some issues in Target Display mode.
When I use Command + F2 everything runs fine. But when some time happens without activity it just cease to work.
I have cancel sleep mode in my iMac settings. But still sometimes got frozen and I have to restart the iMac and toggle the keys again.
Which is the best configuration to preserve the Target Mode, even putting either Macs to sleep, but not losing the connection?


texts:
I believe I created this problem. When I plugged my External HD in last week I accidentally dragged the Ext HD onto the desktop. It then disappeared from view in finder and there is no shortcut on the desktop or anywhere that I can find on my computer.

It does however show up in disk utility and when I unplug it, I receive the "inproperly ejected disk" message.

Does anyone know how I can make the Ext HD accessible again?


texts: Run Shell Script action outputs the result as NSAppleEventDescriptor

texts:
I'm trying to save the output of a command in a variable, i.e:

Run Shell Script

Set Value of Variable

This has suddenly stopped working because the output from the shell script is no longer plain text:

(
    "<NSAppleEventDescripto [ 'utxt'(\"M:/titles/synonyms/PDFs/correx-2011-11-18\") ]>"

)

I don't understand why this is, since other shell scripts are still working fine. How to I make the shell script return plain text as it used to? Or, how do I make it into plain text so it can be saved in "Set Value of Variable"?

I guess an alternative solution might be to use AppleScript to run the shell command, though that doesn't solve the original problem.

How to recreate in Automator:
1. Get Specified Text: "M:/titles/synonyms/PDFs/correx-2011-11-18"
2. Set Value of Variable: create a new variable.
3. Run Shell Script: "sed -Ee 's/.:(.*)/\1/g' | sed -Ee 's/\///g'" to /bin/bash, stdin

When you run Automator, the results of the shell command MAY be in the NSAppleEventDescripto format. If they are, disabling "Set Value of Variable", running, then renabling and running again seems to fix it.


texts: Brew - undo whatever the heck it just did for installation

texts:
Disclaimer - I am not a Mac person....
I wanted a very simple text editor that I could save a small python script with. Text edit wouldn't let me save a .py, so I was like hmm - I'll just install gedit which I see on machines all the time. Must be small.
brew install gedit

10 mins later stuff was still installing, wasting tons of my precious 256Gb disk space. I cancelled it, but now I have no idea how to uninstall whatever the hell brew just dumped into my machine and its really bothering me.
Can anyone help me to get rid of that? brew uninstall gedit doesn't do anything.


texts:
I'm trying to make a folder called -. I know it's a silly name, it's named so to mirror something else.

mkdir -
ls
> -
cd -

This makes it go up a folder or exit the symlink context depending on where I am. I found that cd - means go to previous location, but can't escape it. cd \- does not work.

Any way around this?


texts:
I'm encountering latency trouble with my 15" 2011 Macbook Pro (running 10.6.7) when on an 802.11n (5GHz) wireless network hosted by a Time Capsule (version 7.5.2).  When I ping the Time Capsule, the ping numbers are all over the place, like so:

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=216 ttl=255 time=3.461 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=217 ttl=255 time=236.725 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=218 ttl=255 time=157.924 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=219 ttl=255 time=79.511 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=220 ttl=255 time=1.295 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=221 ttl=255 time=0.833 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=222 ttl=255 time=150.669 ms

226 packets transmitted, 226 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.718/115.353/303.004/96.717 ms

The location of my computer doesn't seem to matter.  My signal shows up consistently at four bars, and I get the same ping results whether I'm in a different room, different floor, or right in front of the Time Capsule.

A second 15" unibody Macbook Pro (Mid 2009, also running 10.6.7) doesn't have this problem on the same network.  All pings to the Time Capsule from this second machine report <4 ms.

If I connect my computer via ethernet to the Capsule, I get a solid <1ms ping, as expected.  Only the wireless appears to have wild jumps.

I have tried resetting my network settings (deleting all network configurations from the library), disabling IPv6, changing my "Network Location", resetting the PRAM, resetting SMC, recycling power on the Time Capsule, but none of it seems to have had any effect.  I've tried to make sure I have no programs running in the background - Software Update has been turned off and running lsof -i on Terminal only reports SystemUIS as having two open IPv4 connections.  There is also no significant network traffic taking place, so it's not a matter of congestion.

Any ideas on something else I can try?  I'm sort of at a loss as to why one computer is fine and this one is not.


texts: Preventing safari from opening Preview for images

texts:
Every time I download an image from a site, using Safari, as soon as the images finish download, it opens Preview to show me the image. Other browsers don't do that.

Try this link.

How do I prevent Safari from launching Preview?


texts: How to fix a user account screwed up by El Capitan?

texts:
I did a full backup before installing El Capitan, so a restore is available if nothing else.

After the install, I was able to login, but found that the
login group for my non-admin account had been changed from staff (20) to wheel (0).

Looked around for a way to fix it and could not find anything but chfn.  I suspected that would only affect files in /etc and not LDAP, but tried it anyway.  'id' showed it worked, but access to apps was not restored.  Logged out, and could not log in.  Account still shows in login screen but password gets the "headshake" signal.

Logged in to admin account, unlocked the users pref pane, selected the account, put in the password again, and then tried  'id wgroleau' in Terminal.  "No such user"

The account is still shown on the login screen and the pref pane, but trying to reference it in terminal with various commands gets "no such user."

Any fix other then restoring Yosemite?


texts: Do I need to get separate SATA cables to upgrade my SSD to another SSD, and my optical drive to an HDD?

texts:
I have a 13" mid 2012 MacBook Pro, and I want to upgrade the storage capabilities. Specifically, I want to replace my 125 GB SSD with a 250 GB SSD, and my optical drive with a 1 TB HDD.

The SSD inside my MacBook already has a cabinet, I assume. Hence, I do not need to get another cabinet for the new SSD. I can use the same SATA cable too, correct? However, I need a cabinet for the HDD, and I was thinking of getting an OptiBay for my unibody Mac. I will need a new SATA cable to connect the new HDD, though, right? Do I need some kind of special SATA cable, or will any do? How long does it need to be? About 10-15 cm?

As for tools, I think all I need is a regular X screwdriver and a Torx size 6.

Have I assessed my needs correctly? I want to have everything in order before I begin the procedure.


texts: Need a dock/cable that can charge through AC while connected to USB

texts:
[I'm an iPhone newbie, I hope the question isn't too stupid]

I want to be able to put my iPhone 4 in a dock and have it connected to my computer for syncing, but I want it to charge from an AC adapter so that it will continue charging when I turn my computer off at night.

Does anyone know of a dock with an AC power input that's separate from the USB connection, or a spliced cable that inserts 5V power from an AC adapter instead of from the computer's USB port?

Looking around online it seems that most docks and cables allow you to either charge from AC, or charge and sync from the USB while the computer is on, but I want to be able to turn the computer off and still charge without switching cables.  I could probably hack two USB cables together, but I'd rather buy a product that's designed for this.


texts: Is it "mandatory" to partition a hard disk for use with Mac OS?

texts: I have bad blocks on the internal Hitachi hard disk in my 2009 era MacBook PRO. I am reformatting the disk with the zero-out option to remap those blocks, but when it comes time to restore the contents of the drive I am wondering whether it's really necessary to partition the disk given that I have no need for more than 1 partition. Please advise.


texts: Software that is functionally similar to Deep Freeze for MacOS 10.13

texts:
Faronics, the developers of Deep Freeze have stated that they have no intention of supporting APFS, and by extension 10.13.

I know the Apple Stores used to use Deep Freeze and are now using a utility that is functionally similar to Deep Freeze on 10.13 on APFS, but definitely isn't Deep Freeze.

Does anyone know what this utility is, or any alternatives to Deep Freeze that supports APFS and MacOS 10.13?

This will be used in an enterprise environment, so something with proper support and licensing would be idea.

Thanks,

Nabeel

Edit: Yes, this is a recommendation request post, however there is no other way to reword this post, and Faronics basically built this industry, so it's a little tone deaf to not mention them in the post.


texts: ntpd: consistently incorrect time on mid-2013 MacBook Air

texts:
I'm using ICMP time stamping on my mid-2013 MacBook Air, and I need my clock to have an accuracy of no worse than 1ms.

I see that ntpd is running, with the default settings, and /etc/ntp.conf contains just one line, server time.apple.com, without even any comments.

However, if I run ntpdate -d time.apple.com (or ntpdate -d ntp1.yycix.ca, which produces the same offset reading for any given time as time.apple.com farm does), always as a non-root user, I'm often getting the reading that my clock is offset by as much as 6ms, or, most often around 4ms (sometimes 0ms, but very rarely).

Why is this happening?  I'm not even rebooting my MacBook, it runs 24/7, plugged in, why is its ntpd not keeping the time correctly?

Syslog has the following:

% syslog | fgrep ntp | fgrep -v sudo | tail
Nov 19 12:59:30 mba.cnst ntpd[86861] <Notice>: proto: precision = 1.000 usec

Last I checked, 1.000 usec is no worse than 1 us, which is 0.001ms, or 0.000001s; why does it claim that precision is 0.001ms, when in reality the clock is offset by as much as 6ms?


texts: Where to find the service manual for Early 2008 Mac Pro 2008 (A1186)?

texts:
I have an early 2008 Mac Pro, and I’m trying to find the service manual for it online, but I can’t find it.

Anyone has any clue at all as to where I could find it?


texts: Can one exchange SSD's in a single MBP for doing a back-up (delayed) on one of them?

texts:
My logic board decided to leave without saying good-bye, MBP Mid 2012. This only serves as a delayed backup. I did however run Time Machine to backup my stuff, unfortunately it was 180 days ago... sure learnt my lesson now.

More specific, my MBP, when switching on, no sound, no display, only hear the fan running. Tried Target Disc Mode, no success. Going in for the replacement of the logic board soon and need to get the info off of the SSD as I read on several threads that if they replace the logic board with another make/version/model (which is the case cause Apple has a replacement program going on for the logic boards now), they will wipe the SSD and all the information on it will be gone.

Can one SSD be swapped for another one in a MBP to backup data, and once the data has been backed up to a flash drive or external HDD, replace the first SSD and continue as normal afterwards?


texts: xcodebuild firing after every terminal command

texts:
After every terminal command, the prompt becomes unresponsive for 2-3 seconds. During this time xcodebuild seems to be running:

Where would this hook be that's causing the xcodebuild to be fired? I couldn't find anything in my .zshrc.


texts:
I open My Documents in finder.  Click CMD-J and change the font size to 10.  I choose set as default.  The font size looks right on My Documents.

Then I navigate to Applications, and the font size is 12.

Is there a way I can change my font size on all folders?

Thanks!


texts: Can I move the com.apple.bird directory to an external drive?

texts:
I'm looking to save some space on my internal drive and noticed that com.apple.bird takes lots of space - 76 Gb to be exact.

As I understand from What is com.apple.bird? Why does it grow so big? it's part of the iCloud stuff and should only keep the data temporarily. This wasn't true for my machine in the past 3 years. No matter what I did to it it just kept growing to the same size.

Now my question is whether it is safe to move com.apple.bird to an external drive and just create a symlink to the folder on the external drive?


texts: How to remove disabled Google account from Macbook?

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I had a work Google account. When I left my job, the account was disabled, but whenever I try to use my Google account for accessing something, it asks me to choose between my personal account, and this disabled account (which doesn't work, because it's disabled). I want to remove this account completely, so it doesn't keep suggesting I use it.

Both iPhone and Mac use iCloud so they could be sharing account setup information. my iPhone does not see the disabled account, but my MacBook still does.

How do I remove it from my MacBook so that I no longer have to choose between my current Google account and my old disabled account?


texts: How to prevent High Sierra installation after the installer has already been downloaded?

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I'm currently on macOS Sierra. In order to get rid of the daily nag notifications to upgrade to macOS High Sierra I downloaded the installer, but have not installed it. I have no intention of upgrading at this time.

I believed I would be able to locate the installer and prevent it from running using the steps described here, but I see no file named Install macOS High Sierra.app anywhere on my system. I know it has been downloaded because when I restart my system I am now asked every time if I want to do a regular restart or install High Sierra first.

Maybe Apple has taken further steps to force the upgrade on us since the article was published, so that the installer is named something else or located somewhere hidden? I have searched everywhere I can think of, even with hidden files shown, and cannot figure out where this downloaded installer resides.

Web searches have just led me in circles through outdated articles. Any help appreciated.

Update: Spotlight doesn't find the installer either.


texts: How can I prove to an airline that the iPad mini they found is the one I left on the plane, without giving them the passcode?

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I left an iPad mini on an Icelandair flight. They just sent me this message:

  "We have an item matching your description. Can you please send us details about the item, preferably passcode, to identify you as the owner."

This is a Wi-Fi only model.
It's almost certainly in Airplane Mode with the Wi-Fi turned off.
It’s at the lock screen.
I'm in the US and the iPad presumably is in Iceland.

I would rather not share my passcode if I can find a way around it.

What reasonable ways can I respond to prove my ownership of this iPad?