texts: Machine power on doesn't take place unless a power cable is connected

texts: I have a macbook air 13" late 2015. When I try to power it on a sound comes from the fan though the computer doesn't boot up. It does boot though if it's plugged in. Sometimes when I'm using the computer it randomly shuts off. I've tried to do a SMC reset once, but the issue still remains the same. What is a solution to this problem?


texts: Dual Boot USB installation with OSX and Windows

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I have a 16gb USB pendrive that I want to partition to be able to use it as a Window 7 and Mac OSX install drive (probably using a bootloader?!?)

I want to be able to use it on our Macs and PCs as a single all-singing all-dancing install drive.

Can anyone point me in the right direction to a guide to do this? is it even possible? I have both Windows and Mac machines at my disposal.


texts: I am using a Mac computer, and my calculator looks like the one below. Can anyone help me change it back to a normal simple calculator?


texts: How to determine what kind of Safari plug-in for streaming video is missing?

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Platform: Yosemite 10.10.4; MacbookPro 15" Retina (mid-2015).
I can't succeed to open properly certain video streaming sites, like in following link example:
http://www.freeintertv.com/view/id-1006/Germany-Financial-0-1
I even don't know what to Google, since only "Missing Plug-In" appearing error message (in frame where video was supposed to be played) doesn't point what exact element is missing. Trying the same action in Chrome (on same MBP) gives also "This plugin is not supported" error message.
Sites which demand Flash player plug in which didn't play in the past - I installed Flash and they work fine - means that probably what's missing is not Flash, but I am not sure. Please advise how to manage the issue.


texts: Need a zip program for advanced power users

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I need a comprehensive solution for several thousand downloaded files which will often require passwords, including .PART files, rar files, and zip files.

I've tried UnRarX, 7zX, and Stuffit. Problems I've had:

Filename Consistency:

Folder names once extracted are often completely different than the original file name (usually something unrelated that makes it time consuming to figure out where the folder went, and what it is). And there are no advanced naming options to ensure filename consistency I've been able to find within any of these programs.

File Corruption:

I need an efficient way to check which files are corrupted and causing issues with extraction without searching through an endless list which cannot be searched or categorically organized based off extraction status.

Password Protection:

I need password-restricted files to prompt me when a password is needed, preferably while the program continues to extract other files still in the queue that do not require passwords (all of these programs either skip the file and don't send a notification that a password was needed, or prompt for a password and halt all extractions requested until a specific password is addressed.  Both issues = inefficiency, and are slowing me down tremendously.


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I have a google calendar and I need to have several iCal sync and pull updates from this Google Calendar. However, I went in and used prefs->add account to setup sync. I was told this was not the correct way to pull calendar data and that I should use the SUBSCRIBE option.

I vaguely remember going in and using the subscribe option to subscribe to the calendar but I never got updates even with a refresh. Did I do something wrong or do updates take time to get updated on googles side?

Really confused as to the differences between the two and the best way to constantly pull updates from the Google Cal to iCal.


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question with two parts:

Is there any card that has PCIe x4 with AHCI interface (to be bootable on MAC Pro) that takes two M.2 SSD cards?

And if teher is does it matter if the SSDs (if the card allows) AHCI or NVMe as it will be in RAID and the RAID chipset will be AHCI?

hope my question is clear


texts: Why is OSX telling me I can't open a document from an unidentified developer?

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I thought this feature was only for apps, not for documents.

This is a C# script file, and I've told it to open it with Visual Studio Code. I can open VS Code with no problem, so it doesn't seem to be the permissions on that.


texts: What directory does homebrew use to build programs?

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I would like to change the directory that homebrew uses when it builds programs

Is that possible? I didn't find such option in brew command


texts: Problem connecting my MacBook Pro to a Vizio Monitor

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The HDMI port on my MacBook Pro doesn't seem to be functioning normally.

When I plug it into the TV, the screen temporarily turns black as if it is connecting to the TV, However, it only shows part of my computer desk top.  I can see the background and the top row of information.  Nothing else is up there...no mouse, no folders, nothing along the bottom. What is the reason for this? It was just working fine a short time ago.


texts: Macbook retina 15" mid-2012 with LG 38UC99-W

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I'm interested in buying a LG 38UC99-W monitor. I'm only wondering if my mid-2012 macbook pro 15" will support it?

MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)

Graphics:

  NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB
  Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB

I do have a display-port cable, so I don't need to connect it via HDMI. As I read that this macbook model could be limited on this. Or am I wrong?


texts: Why do ISO files on Mac OS X created using an app always change the date to 1 January 2001?

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I downloaded Keka and the app works well, but when I created a test .iso file from some photos saved on an iPhone (a copy of the folder I placed on the Desktop), I noticed this unusual thing:

The JPEG files all retained the modification date, but their creation date was set to 1 January 2001 00:00

When I created a DMG file, the JPEG files kept both the creation and modification dates.

Why does this happen with file modification dates? I'd created the folder for cross-OS compatibility, since I was intending to send it as an email attachment (the folder was only around 12MB worth of files).

Is this usual with archive utility type apps for the Mac when converting a folder to ISO?


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I'm about to install Mountain Lion to my Macbook Pro. But before I go for an upgrade, I've search some information about the Mountain Lion. Some says that their iLife was removed after upgrading. I'm using iLife 11 on Mac OSX Snow Leopard, and I still have the Application discs.

Are the iLife install discs still compatible with Mountain Lion?


texts: Should I change my password if I see an iOS popup that someone tried to login from an unrecognized city?

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An iOS a popup just occurred that says someone tried to login from a city I do not recognize. In the past, I have changed my password when this has happened - but despite using a unique, multi-character password - these popups have occurred at least half-a-dozen times.

Posts from Apple such as referenced on this SE question mention that you should refuse requests you do not recognize. They also say you should change your password frequently - but what they don’t mention is whether it is very important to change your password every time.

Do these two-factor pop-ups only occur when someone has guessed your password? If you simply refuse the two-factor approval - does the “bot” or whatever hack you still know your password? And does that mean you should change your password every time this happpens because someone was able to figure it out? Or is there another interpretation and the account is actually safe by just declining their login?


texts: My kid has an iPod touch that has locked from too many attempts to enter the passcode for 22 million seconds. He did this before and I connected to iTunes and it successfully unlocked it. However, I have subsequently upgraded the computer that iTunes was on, and, although the original hard disk is readable, I can't boot it, and can't seem to repair it. Can I install iTunes on the new computer and copy over some key files or something like that from the original iTunes install to get this device unlocked?


texts: Making the auto-hidden menu bar show up faster

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I have recently switched back to Mac after Linux Mint and there is one thing I find very cumbersome:

In fullscreen mode the menu bar at the top goes into auto-hide mode, so it animatedly rolls down when I pull the mouse up to the top. My issue is that, this happens pretty slow. There is a 0.5s delay and then the animation starts to roll the menu bar down. I know it doesn't sound a lot but in practice it gets annoying when I multitask and trying get tasks done fast.

Is there a way to remove the delay and trigger the animation instantaneously?
Also, is there way to make the animation faster, or perhaps disable it?

Yosemite 10.10.04


texts: Can I use any other PCIe SSD in Macbook Pro 15 (Retina, Late 2013) with or without adapter?

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I have **Macbook Pro 15 (Retina, Late 2013) ** and want to use any of the following non-expensive but fast and easily available SSD's.

List of SSD's I am looking to purchase.
(1) https://www.ebuyer.com/834850-wd-250gb-black-nvme-m-2-2280-s3-m-pcie-gen3-ssd-wds250g2x0c
(2) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-V-NAND-Express-Solid-State/dp/B07CGGP7SV/ref=sr_1_6?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1535977412&sr=1-6&keywords=PCIe+SSD
(3) https://www.ebuyer.com/766048-samsung-500gb-960-evo-pcie-ssd-mz-v6e500bw?mkwid=s_dc&pcrid=51482419619&pkw=&pmt=&gclid=CjwKCAjwt7PcBRBbEiwAfwfVGPjL0wJJ6bT9I4jjX6_jq4RaO2xjojSvH6shGjzW0CQ4Lwz-nP8TyBoCQFcQAvD_BwE

Is it possible to use any of them with proper adapter?
which adapter I will need specifically?
If none of the above will work then which one should I buy (Except OWC)?

Thanks in advance!


texts: new windows laptop or upgrade to 15inch macbook?

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My budget is around 1800. I already bought 13'' macbook pro 2011 from microcenter for 1093 (including tax). This was my first macbook and I'm impressed, but only downsize of it is that 13'' seems a little bit small for me. Since I have been using 15.4 windows laptop for 6 years now, I have to decide.

Upgrade 13'' to 15''. I need to pay around $830 more.
By a dell xps 15 around $600.
buy a new monitor since I use my laptop at home

What do you guys think? I know :) this is an apple forum and I can only decide this question, but I just wanted to ask!


texts:
It seems I have some zsh misconfiguration. I use youtube-dl regular to download videos. But since a few days, I get this error

youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkd6JkfI4yk
zsh: no matches found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkd6JkfI4yk

I did not change anything with my zsh configuration. Why do I get this error message and how can I make it work again?

FYI I don’t have oh-my-zsh installed.


texts: How can I get my apps back after deleting all data?

texts: I recently had a problem with my MacBook Air. I went to Apple and they said they would fix it but all my data will get deleted. I said okay but when I got my MacBook back, I didn't know my apps would get deleted. Some of they apps were iMovie, Pages and Numbers. They were already installed when I first got the MacBook.


texts: View images on CompactFlash on iPadPro using Lightning to USB 3 adapter?

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With my Canon WiFi-enabled DSLR, while on location I'm able to wirelessly copy stills to my iPad Pro and view the shots on the iPad Pro.

I'm trying to do same with my WiFi-less Canon DSLR.

Is this possible by inserting the CF card in a card reader connected to "Apple Lightning to USB 3" accessory which is then plugged into the iPad Pro.

a) What is your experience with this setup?
and
b) What is another alternative?


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I'm trying to set pm2 to auto start on Mac OS like this pm2 startup

However I keep getting this error:
env: Fusion.app/Contents/Public:/usr/local/bin: No such file or directory

I tried the suggestion from this page: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26664282/how-to-use-pm2-startup-command-on-mac But the even using this command I keep getting the same error: pm2 startup darwin

How can I get pm2 to startup automatically on Mac OS Catalina?

Thanks!


texts: Can I separate Facetime audio from system audio?

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I have an iPhone 6 and MBP on OSX Yosemite.  The new feature in OSX allowing me to take a call through my MBP is fantastic, but it's less practical than it could be because of how long it takes to switch the audio input/output settings to my headset.  The sequence goes like this:

My normal audio settings have output through Cinema display, input through display (or built-in, whatever)
I'm listening to pandora
Call comes in.  Sweet!  I can use my headset!
Hold down ⌥ and click the speaker icon in the menu bar
Select output to go through my headset.
Repeat #4
Select input to come through my headset
Stop pandora so it doesn't interfere with the phone call
Answer call just in time to hear someone say "call me back" or just hang up
Make phone call on my phone, defeating the entire purpose

Steps 4-9 take way too long.  The Google Hangouts plugin does this right, as does Skype (IIRC).  Those steps:

Normal audio settings
Listening to pandora
Call comes in, I grab headset
I answer call, pandora is squelched somewhat, the headset is piped through to the call automatically

The second set is what's desirable.  Is there a way to make Facetime on OSX do this?


texts: Can I run non server OS 10.6.8 using VMware?

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Two part question really:

1) can it be done at all (standard version NOT server)?

2) if it can be done can I import an existing standard 10.6.8 system from an external disk with VMWare or do I have to clean install and use OSX's native Migration Assistant?

My plan is to upgrade my MBP (mid 2010 with i7 processor) to Mavericks and run my old 10.6.8 system virtually. I can buy VMWare Fusion 7 (the latest version).


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I have a mac mini running OS X Server (Mavericks, 10.9.1 - latest Server.app) and I keep getting these error messages in them system logs every few minutes. I am not sure if there is a real problem or not.

  Jan 22 08:20:54 myosxserver.com ntpd[???]: unable to create socket on
  en0 (????) for ipv6here

Is there really something wrong? or can I disable ntpd from logging these?


texts: Can HD from 2011 mini work as is in 2012 mini?

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My 2011 dual core i7 mini developed a logic board issue. I've acquired a quad core i7 2012 mini as replacement. The 2011 has a new 1TB SSD running Sierra OS. I plan to move the SSD to the newer mini.

Will the 2012 mini run with the 2011's SSD as is? My suspicion is no, I likely need to reinstall Sierra so the OS knows about the new hardware interface, but then I don't know how macOS works at that level. (I'm sticking with Sierra for app compatibility.)
If I need to reinstall OS Sierra on my SSD in the newer mini, can I simply install the OS "on top" of the current drive leaving data and files intact? Will that tune the OS to the new hardware and leave my user files alone? Or will it erase all but the OS (see Bonus Question)?
Or, do I need to erase the SSD and install the OS "fresh" for it to recognize there is a new hardware configuration to match? Then I'd migrate data and files from recent backup.

Bonus Question:

I have both a bootable Sierra installation thumb drive and "install macOS Sierra" app in Applications. Do those invoke different installation modes? If so, how do they differ.

Thanks for your help.


texts: How can I get iTunes 11.1 to list songs by album and show cover art

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Before being forced to upgrade iTunes I originally had my music library set up so that I had all the songs listed, ordered and group by album and I could see their cover art, this made things easier as some of the albums I have are OST with multiple artists so I can easily find all the songs of an album and make it int a compilation, I was also at the time adding cover art to every album since most music off CDs are devoid of this

However after upgrading I can't do this, the songs section doesn't show the cover art and nothing is grouped like it was, the albums section has the cover art however everything is ordered by artist which is crap cause now I'm getting Mugen Souls, Darker than Black, Spice and Wolf and Puela Magi Madoka Magica all appearing before Accel World, also I don't see a track list unless I click on an album, also it appears I can't sort it

I was in the process of reorganizing my entire library and I can't revert back to a previous version of iTunes as I have to have version 11.1 because iOS 7 refuses to even allow the device to connect (thus why I had to upgrade, I would have if given the choice), so, how can I get iTunes 11.1 to shows a list of songs, sorted and grouped by album and showing the cover art

NOTE: I can't connect to the Internet


texts: how can i get url of the application is connected to server?

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I want to grab server url of each application that is online with that.
Ex. twitter app -> http://twitter.com/...
Ex. Tweetdec app -> http://client.tweetdec.com/...
Ex. itunes app -> itms-apps://itunes.com/...

every app transfer, post and get data with special url of a host. i want a tools show their.


texts: Bluetooth headphones disconnect a few seconds after connecting on macOS

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When I pair my bluetooth headphones (Bose QC 35) to my MBP running macOS Mojave, they sometimes disconnect a few seconds later. I try turning them off and on again, turning off bluetooth on my phone (in case it's competing for a connection or something), but none of that helps. The only solution I've found is to restart my computer which is really not ideal.

Ideally I'd like to find the cause of this, but it would also be really helpful to find a workaround. For example, is there some kind of driver I could try restarting without having restart my whole computer?


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I have a wireless drive [WD My Passport Pro] and of course I want to encrypt it, but of course there's no way to encrypt the actual drive with FDE and still have it recognized by the Passport's firmware, so I've created a sparsebundle within in encrypted with AES-256 with the drive physically attached to my Mac. I've been able to write to it, but as soon as I've accessed the sparsebundle from the underlying drive mounted as a network share, it became read-only, even though the underlying drive is r/w and I am the owner of the sparsebundle file. Re-attaching the drive locally and opening the sparsebundle still results in a read-only FS. I've created a sparseimage and I've been able to write to it ever since, even after several ummounts and remounts, but it seems to be much slower, which is expected. How can I make the sparsebundle writable once again?

I'm on the latest 10.13.

Similar to this.

Thank you


texts: How do I find out what my Apple vendor ID is?

texts: I'm doing some Apple iTunes Connect reporting via the Autoingest tool.  It requires that I not only specify login account info, but also a "vendorid".  I have no clue what our vendor ID might be.  Where can I find such info on Apple's site?


texts: Using Magic Keyboard with 3rd party Displays

texts: I have a Mac mini. I am using a Lenovo ThinkVision Pro2840m, connected via DP, as my monitor. I am using the Magic Keyboard. Can anyone please tell me the procedure to make the display brightness controls work with this monitor right from my keyboard? The screen brightness shortcuts, and the volume buttons are not working. I'm running OS X El Capitan.


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So I'm having the issue; How can I play music on iOS 7 while recording?

I've seen this post but "JamCam" isn't something I'm interested in.

Is there a Cydia tweak which allows this? I'm surprised I can't find it on Google!


texts: Can iTunes Match grab "invisible" (placeholder) songs?

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I have a drive which has a folder full of MP3s on it. At one point, I added all of these MP3s to my iTunes Library; sometime after that, my folder turned into a Unix executable file.

My question is this: If I turn on iTunes Match and point it at the list of songs I have in my library -- as the list is still there, even though the files themselves can't be found -- will it scan the info saved in iTunes and use that to match with songs in the cloud? Or will it need the actual files, from which it can scan metadata to check in Gracenote?


texts: Does Safari has a panel similar with Chrome's Preview under Network?

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In Safari, if I request gets a 403 error, there is only a sample hint.

But in the Chorome, there have a Preview panel under Network.

Whether is Safari has a similar panel but I don't know?
Or do not have this panel?

EDIT

The relate resource. I opened all of the right tabs, no one like Chrome's Network Preview tab.


texts: How much free space does fsck need to rebuild the catalog file?

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I am in single-user mode, running fsck -fy.

It attempts to rebuild the catalog file and exits with a status of -34, complaining of a disk full error.

How much free space does the disk need to have for fsck to do its work?  Right now it has over 150 GB free, which is about 25% of the disk.


texts: Privent Auto mount a partition on 10.7.4

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I made a journaled, Encrypted Partition on 10.7.4

Now every time in startup it asks for the partition password.
I would like to unlock and use this partition when ever I want not every time. So I want Mac leave it and do not ask me the password automatically at the startup every time
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)


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In the iOS Mail app, there are 4 emails in the "All Inboxes" section. Those 4 emails are NOT in the actual inbox on Gmail.

I thought, oh well I don't mind deleting them entirely since they're just newsletters. I deleted them directly on gmail, but they still appeared in iOS. So I tried deleting them via iOS and ... they keep coming back!

Even stranger, the 4 emails ONLY appear in "All Inboxes", they don't appear in any of the sub-account inboxes.

So, I disabled "Mail" in my gmail account. They're still here!
I no longer have a "gmail" sub-account, but those 4 emails are still in All Inboxes. I tried to quit the app a few times, restart the phone. Still here...

When I tap on one of those messages, I get a black screen (dark mode), no errors.


texts: Continuously backs up same files as if this was the first time doing a backup

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On Snow Leopard 10.6.8, TimeMachine keeps backing up the same files over and over again, as if they were not backed up the first time. As a result, each time I get a full backup of 300 GB!

I checked the Backups.backupdb folder tree and looked at "snapshots by date" (e.g. 2012-07-06-201030). What is strange is the files TimeMachine backs up have exactly the same MD5 checksum for each backup.

Any ideas?


texts: How to display google calendar "reminders" on macOS calendar app?

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So google recently implemented reminders on both their web application and their mobile applications. This is a nifty little feature that instead of creating events on your calendar it creates these entries which, if not marked as done, will stay there until you complete them.

When you add reminders a new "Reminders" calendar now appear under "My Calendars" list, however, I noticed that the macOS calendar app does not display this calendar, hence, no reminders there.

Is there some way to also see reminders within the calendar app on macOS?


texts: Using Node.js without admin rights - sh: node: command not found

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I've been following this guide (https://theshravan.net/blog/how-to-use-node-and-npm-without-installation-or-admin-rights/) to try to use Node.js on my work computer. The guide is for windows but most of the steps are the same for mac. I don't have admin rights so I'm using the binary to use node. When I run npm -v and node -v, i get the versions so it looks like everything is working. But, when I try to install packages with npm I get sh: node: command not found

My PATH looks like this: PATH=$PATH:Tools/nodejs


texts: Automatically dismiss/prevent notifications for reminders that were already completed on another device?

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I have a reminder that is repeated daily.

I use three different Apple devices (work mac, home mac, phone) with the same iCloud account.

When I complete the reminder on device 1, Apple still shows me a notification for the same reminder on device device 2 and 3, sometimes hours after I completed the reminder on another device.

I still want to receive the reminder on all devices as I don't know on which device I will complete the reminder, but I don't want to see it on a device when I already completed it on another.

Is that possible?


texts: What are the differences between an iMac Display and a Thunderbolt 27" display

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Context: I purchased a Mac mini 2011 (lower end) last year to move from PC to a Mac. I went for a Mac mini because I wanted to reuse my old PC's peripherals. Later however, I developed a liking for the Apple Touch Mouse, the Bluetooth keyboard, and the external SuperDrive and supplemented my Mac mini with them. Now I am wondering if the Thunderbolt display is any good (I am currently using a 20" LED display from Samsung). Obviously, this leads me to wonder if I would have been more cost effective to go for the iMac 27" to begin with.

Actual Question: What are the differences between the iMac 27" display and the Thunderbolt 27" display? Why is the sum of prices of the parts of an iMac 27" significantly more than the whole unit's price? Are there better alternatives to the Thunderbolt 27" display that will work great (fonts should appear smooth and the display should have a high resolution and a high contrast ratio) with OS X?


texts: Is there a 1 cable solution to connect 2 monitors in extended mode and charge a MacBook 15" at the same time?

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Is there a hub which can drive 2 screens directly without relying on DisplayPort-MST and charge a laptop at 85W?

What I'm trying to find is a hub which would allow the following using only 1 cable to the laptop (thunderbolt preferably or USB type C):

charge a 15" MacBook Pro (85W) at full speed
use 2 external monitors over HDMI or display port in extended mode
keep using the macbook's screen (effectively driving 3 screens in extended mode)

All of this from Mac OS.

I have tried multiple docks so far, and none seems to offer a simple way of connecting multiple monitors to the MacBook 15" (2018).

The USB ones I tried require a display link driver. Despite this they don't drive more than 1 monitor (1080p) at a time. If you connect 2 they copy the same image to both monitors (so they work but not in extended mode)

Another issue with the thunderbolt 3 ones is that all the ones I looked at are unable to drive 2 screens over DP or HDMI directly. They require either:

one of the screens to be connected using thunderbolt or USB-C
the OS of the computer attached must handle DisplayPort-MST

The issue is that OSX does not support DisplayPort-MST for hubs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort#Multi-Stream_Transport_(MST) (even if apple mentions MST support in their docs)

A solution which seems to work with most setups is to add a USC-C to HDMI dongle. But this comes at the expense of having to use another dongle, and of sacrificing daisy chaining.

I have found that using a thunderbolt 3 hub and connecting it to a second hub (thunderbolt 2 or 3 consistently and USB-C sometimes) allows me to drive 2 monitors in extended mode without sacrificing chaining, even when the MacBook is using the built-in display, but this is not the ideal solution as it requires multiple docks per computer.


texts: How can I remove all my downloaded YouTube videos in the YouTube iPad app in one go?

texts: How can I remove all my downloaded YouTube videos via the YouTube app at once on iPadOS?


texts: Is integrated VRAM included under `kernel_task` RAM in Activity Monitor?

texts:
I was stunned to discover that Mac OS X kernel can consume 750MB of RAM. A few related questions:

Is it a problem if kernel_task is routinely above 130MB on mid 2007 white MacBook?
kernel_task using way too much memory
How much RAM does the kernel use?

clarified the issue a little bit, but one question remains: the claim that video memory for onboard integrated graphics is marked as used by kernel as well.

Is it really true?
Is VRAM included in the number shown by Activity Monitor for kernel_task?


texts:
I can't figure out how to change the radii of the bubbles in a bubble chart in Numbers. I tried taking the original data and dividing it by 10, or 100, and redirecting the Size: data to the new column, but the bubble size hasn't changed.

I'm finding Numbers to be frustratingly counterintuitive, and haven't found any mention of this yet on the Numbers Help Page.

Edit: I used a circle detecting script to find the eclipse in the frames of a video, then I plotted the x,y coordinates of each circle, and wanted to use the radius of the found circles for the size of the bubbles—there probably isn't enough variation to matter, but obviously being so large is useless.


texts: Finder doesn't show thumbnails for Alias in OS 10.14.2

texts:
Since upgrading to 10.14.2, the Finder doesn't make thumbnails for aliases of jpeg image files, instead, it only displays the generic JPEG icon.
Is this a new bug, or is there a hidden setting somewhere that would correct this?


texts: Did I accidently sync my iPhone with a work computer? What have I shared?

texts:
So I have a work computer (a Dell laptop) and a personal iPhone. I’ve used this laptop to charge my iPhone and when doing so, I’ve allowed access when the prompt asks “Trust this computer?”.
Did I inadvertently allow syncing my iPhone with this laptop and share my web browsing history from my iPhone?
I don’t see it on my laptop’s internet history nor any of my phones images or contacts in my laptop, but my anxiety riddled self would like to be sure. (I was also logged into a google account on my laptop but not on my iPhone).
My phone and my laptop was on my home wifi while running a VPN.
When I go to my phones settings and click devices, I see that my work laptop is listed as one of the devices. I have never signed on to my iTunes account on work dell laptop.
Any answers is appreciated. I turn in my work laptop the first week of next month. Also under my iCloud settings, safari is turned off.


texts: Does Mac OS X load average reporting (via top) include processes waiting on IO?

texts:
I'm looking at the output of top to view my system's load average.  I want to understand whether the load average is reporting processes just waiting for CPU, or whether it's reporting processes that are waiting for either CPU or IO.

This article suggests that most unix systems report only CPU in their load, but that linux in particular reports both CPU and IO.

I'm guessing that OS X probably does not include IO in its load reporting, but I'd like to know for sure.


texts: Is otool available in a stock OS X installation with no Xcode?

texts: Is /usr/bin/otool available in a stock OS X installation where Xcode hasn’t been installed?


texts: iOS 8 Safari in Iphone, appending to autocompleted url

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In iOS 8 Safari, when it autocompletes a url one begins to type, it would be useful if we could move the cursor to the end of the autocompleted url so we can append more path and file info.

Is it possible to append an autocompleted URL in Safari for iPhone ?


texts: Mac getting very hot while watching flash

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I'm running OSX 10.7.5 on my Mac computer (desktop, not laptop).

I have just been watching some Starcraft 2 stream from Dreamhack (in flash) when I noticed my computer was getting pretty hot. I installed some temp. monitor which showed the GPU was reaching nearly 70 degree celcius. This seems like a lot.

I was viewing flash using chrome. I normally use linux and I know there are different versions of flash there, some better than other. Are there any wellknown problems with chrome and the stock flash plugin? Should I be using Safari? Should I install some other flash plugin? Or should I just totally avoid using flash on my Apple devices?

Thanks.


texts: Thunderstrike 2 Mac Malware and other serious Apple exploits: how to effectively check?

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As lowendmac in February 2018 reported, the Thunderstrike Mac Malware had been patched in 10.10.2, but it effectively has to be checked as some users and Macbook (Pro) models "never had the protective EFI updates installed". I am wondering which other best-practices are there to check for EFI infection and other Malware on OSX.

I am specifically searching for self-verifiable things (not third party program), such as lists of known malware, EFI checksums and shell scripts.

Is there actually some USB-ISO to test if the EFI is okay?


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Not sure if these kinds of questions are allowed here, but I would like to know how Apple machines the little Apple logo cutout on the bottom of the front iMac panel /housing. It looks like it could be alien technology.

I'm a machinist and wonder how the black material inside the logo cutout is housed in the aluminum and whether that machining is EDM or laser cut.


texts: Text Replacement not Working Properly in Chrome

texts: I’ve set up the text replacement feature in System Preferences/Keyboard, but it’s not working right all time. Whenever I’m on messenger.com and try to type a key combination shortcut, such as “:))”, I got the emoji suggestion, but then if I press spacebar key, I get both the shortcut and the emoji, i.e. “:)) ”. This doesn’t always happen with other sites, such as this one, where “:))” plus the spacebar key would give me just “”. Since I use emojis almost exclusively when chatting, not being able to use it on messenger.com is quite a blow. Any idea on how to fix this?


texts: I'm rearranging my launchpad and I can't seem to figure out how to change the name of one of my folders with the yosemite update.


texts: How many alarms can be set on an iPhone 5? Can you set one for every minute of the day (1440) or is there a limit on the number of alarms?


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I am trying to install Skype for business and Microsoft office on my MacBook Air 2015. but need to update to macOS 10.11 for this.
I don't have any installation updates pending, how can I upgrade?


texts: How can I restrict predictive text to words in the current language?

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I have Apple's QuickType keyboards for English and German installed on my iPhone. I get predictive text in both languages, but sometimes I'll get suggestions for German words when using the English keyboard and vice versa. Is there some way I can configure the phone so that when using the English keyboard, I get suggestions only for either (1) words in an English dictionary or (2) words I've added to my custom dictionary when using the English keyboard? Similarly, when using the German keyboard, I want suggestions only for either (1) words in a German dictionary or (2) words I've added to my custom dictionary when using the German keyboard.

I'm running iOS 11.2.2 on an iPhone 6.


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In Textedit, is there a way to save all open files at once?
As of now, I have to save them one-by-one. I wish there's a Save All option, or is there some hack-ish Way through the command line or something where I can do this?


texts: Time Machine error - backup disk image could not be created

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I get this error and was wondering if anyone knew what the issue might be.

It is supposed to be backing up to Time Capsule but not sure if it's ever worked. It's actually not mine but if there was something quick to check, I'd appreciate it.

thx


texts: Shortcut to a specific accessibility feature

texts: Is it possible to apply a keyboard shortcut to  toggle on/off a specific accessibility feature of Mac OS X, for instance the Switch Control or the Head Pointer?


texts: Scrolling in Terminal when program is opened in MacOS Sierra

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After I upgraded to Sierra from Mavericks I noticed that when I open something in Terminal with for example less or vi and I want to scroll back to see previous lines the scrolling happens inside the programs. How can I change it back to 'just scroll'?

Thanks!


texts: 2009 MacBook no longer boots after SSD upgrade

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I recently installed a new SSD on my 2009 MacBook and it ran fine for less than a day. However, it stopped recognising the keyboard and trackpad.

As a workaround I tried using an external keyboard and a Bluetooth mouse but now it won't even turn on.

I don't know if the power button is faulty or not, but I know the battery is definitely charged.

I tried taking out each of the RAM modules but that made no difference, so either they're both fried or this isn't the problem. I also tried using the SSD/HDD but it still won't turn on. Even the white light that turns on at start up or during sleep won't turn on. Absolutely nothing.

How can I troubleshoot this further?

Edit: After it failed to detect the keyboard/track pad,  I did put the old Hdd back in. So when it stopped turning on at all,  it had the original hdd in it.

Also important : I had to reset the date (back to 2015) in order to be able to install El Capitan. Otherwise, it showed the error,  'this file can't be verified and may have been corrupted or tampered with'


texts: Make Safari tab bar display all tabs at once without horizontal scrolling?

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How can I make the Safari tab bar display all of the tabs?
Right now it displays only n tabs and the remaining are only accessible through a >> button.
How can I display all tabs at once without needing to scroll horizontally? Can tabs be set to shrink to a much smaller size, to display more at once?


texts: My iPhone 5s shuts down when it has remaining battery

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My iPhone 5s was shutting down automatically when it had 80% percent battery. Yesterday I restored it with iTunes and compatible firmware (6.1), now it shuts down at 73% battery.

What is the problem and how I can solve that?


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I have some pretty invasive adware going on right now. It is in both Safari and Chrome, so I don't believe it is an extension (I have also looked through all extensions). I have also tried searching for all the recommended adware agents found on the Apple Support Forum (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987). I have also looked at recent downloads and I can't find anything suspicious.

I am wondering if anyone can recommend some safe software to target the adware.


texts: iTunes Match - This item is not eligible for iCloud

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I signed up for iTunes Match and have uploaded nearly all of my collection to iCloud.  Unfortunately, I have several tracks that have given me the following error:

This thread indicates that I can convert them all to mp3 (even though most are already mp3) and I should be able to upload them to iCloud.  However, as pointed out in that thread, this is undesirable because of a) potential loss of quality due to the conversion process, and b) having to make sure that I properly replace the tracks in all associated playlists.

Does anyone know what the underlying cause is?  Is there another way to fix the problem?

UPDATE
Here's a screenshot of the file info summary, as requested:


texts: iPhone battery acting crazy since I came out of a cold room

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Last week, while the outside temperature was about 20 Celsius, I entered a cold room ( -6 Celcius) for about 20 minutes.

While in the room, my iPhone 6 suddenly shut down. I was not able to turn it on until about 20 minutes after getting out of the cold room (and charging it).

Ever since, my battery has been acting up. Dropping suddenly from 50% to 10%, or shutting down at 30%.


texts:
Why 29.68 fps?

Is it possible to set up a 30 fps or 29.97 fps frame rate for Live Photos?

The problem is a video part of Live Photos in iPhone X in iOS 11.3 uses quite strange variable frame rate – 29.68 fps, that is not suitable for editing presets in FCP or DaVinci Resolve. If I convert Live Photos' frame rate to 30 fps or even 25 fps, a sound slightly or noticeably drifts away from sync at some point.

P.S. Live Photos in iPhone 7 (iOS 10) work with 29.97 fps.


texts: How can I fix this pixelated Macbook Pro display malfunction?

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My Macbook Pro (Core 2 Duo - 2007) has seen better days. When I try to start, it simply boots to this odd pixelated image of the Apple start screen:

I can only imagine that this is a display issue, but it's strange because there is a progress bar underneath the Apple icon that seems to move forward and then just hangs when it gets to the end. So the screen in the image is about as far as I can get.

I've also tried connecting it to an external display, but I got the same results... the connection to the display worked, but the external screen showed the same lines of pixelation as the laptop screen.

After looking at some of the Apple forums I tried a PRAM reset and a SMC reset but I'm not sure that they had any effect (I also couldn't get the Apple hardware test to run). But it seems like it must be a hardware issue as opposed to a software one.

And in regards to how this might have happened in the first place... The laptop was running Netflix and does tend to heat up quite a bit while streaming video. The system became completely unresponsive after the pixelation problem showed up on the video and I had to shut down manually by holding down the power button. I haven't gotten it to boot up completely since then.

So I would think that the problem is hardware and not software. And I would also think it's not necessarily the display since the external display had the same issue. Is it possible that I fried the video card? Any ideas as to what parts I would have to replace to fix this? I'm thinking that it's probably time for a new Mac anyway as a long-term solution, but I'd love to be able to salvage this one at least in the meantime.

Any help would be greatly appreciated because this kind of issue is definitely a first for me.


texts: How can I automatically launch an application whenever the Mac goes idle?

texts: Is there a way to launch an application, such as Transmission, every time the computer goes idle (instead of sleeping)?


texts: How to disable `Microsoft Outlook`'s keybindings in macOS

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I am using Microsoft Outlook in macOS. Is it possible to disable its keybindings such as command-a for select all, since I am using that binding for something else.
Basically, I just want Microsoft Outlook to see the default keybindings that macOS using.

Please note that I am using Emacs key bindings using Karabiner.
Key Bindings (control+keys)

control+bfnp    arrow keys
control+d   forward delete
control+h   delete
control+i   tab
control+[   escape
control+m   return
control+v   page down
control+a   (Microsoft Office)  home
control+e   (Microsoft Office)  end


texts: How to search for a message in Apple Messages app and read messages before and after

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I frequently need to search for messages on the apple Messages app (on my mac). After I find the right message, I sometimes want to look at the messages that were sent before and after.
It's easy enough to read the messages before (I just scroll up). However, it does not let me scroll down to see the messages after. What can I do?


texts: My iTunes media files sometimes randomly get deleted

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My iTunes media library is located on an external hard disk.

Occasionally when I try to play an old saved podcast episode, I will get this alert box:

This means the file was mysteriously deleted (or moved) from its original location without iTunes' knowledge (if iTunes had deleted it intentionally then it wouldn't still be listed in my library). If I check the storage location in Finder I can see that the file is missing. This podcast episode is saved and I have set options in the podcast settings to prevent iTunes from deleting old episodes.

Why is this happening? I always safely eject my external hard disk, and sometimes I will check the disk for errors but it's always OK.

I have experienced this issue over last 3-4 years, using different external hard disks, always keeping my computer and iTunes up to date, and the problem still persists. It can even occur sometimes with normal (non-podcast) songs.

I also sync some tracks to/from my iPhone.

Is iTunes this unreliable for other people too?


texts: why login screen has a 2-second delay with external monitor?

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On a brand new mid-2013 MacBook Air, with an external monitor ASUS PB278Q 27" 5ms WQHD (2560 x 1440), connected through a miniDP-to-DP cable, every time the computer gets back from the monitor sleep, the login screen has a delay of several seconds, prior to the typing or the updates being reflected.

This generally happens about a second or two after MBA's own monitor gets online, and the unresponsiveness continues for a couple of seconds, until the external monitor appears online.

Why do I have such a big screen delay on login, and how do I deal with it?

My conjecture of the situation is that when my Mac instructs the monitor that it is no longer needed, it enters some kind of power saving mode which seemingly makes it unintentionally treated as a disconnect from the Mac, and then when the Mac wakes the monitors back up, the external monitor is made to appear as a new device, and takes some extra time for configuration / adjustments.  In any event, I'm convinced this should not be happening, but who exactly is to blame, and is there any way to deal with this?


texts: Hide ONLY .app file extensions but show the rest

texts: Is there a way to hide ONLY .app file extension? I know that you can enable or disable the visibility of file extensions in Finder but I'm interested in avoiding .app file extensions from showing up. I hate the redundancy of seeing that the files in my Applications folder are Applications.


texts: How to get the keys to keep their bounciness?

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I recently got a new Macbook Pro and my keyboard was great until it wasn't. Some of the keys have lost their bounce and now they stand out. I think it's the rubber suction piece that has becomed weakened for use over time.
How can I get the bounciness back in the keys? Does it mean that I have to replace the suction cup piece on the key?


texts: How can I completely reset iMessage in Yosemite?

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I'm experiencing issues sending iMessages from my Mac. It used to work, but stopped. I tried a bunch of "fixes" I found online:

sign out of iMessage and log back in another day
rebooting
restarting my phone

None of these worked to resolve the problem.

I tried to reset the Messages app by removing some .plist files, but that didn't work (those instructions are from 2012).

I'm running Yosemite 10.10.2. How can I reset the Messages app to a blank slate?

[EDIT Sat, Feb 14]

I also tried setting up Messages using another user account on my Mac, and it worked flawlessly. This leads me to believe there's some kind of issue with iCloud syncing between my iPhone and Mac.


texts: How do I clear the "cache" (remembered settings such as whether to mirror or have two separate displays or what my preferred resolution is for a monitor)?


texts: Garageband—how to change volume of a region (not whole track)?

texts: In garageband I have one audio track with many regions. I'd like to adjust the volume for each region. Is there an easy way to do that, or do I have to make a new track each time, and adjust the tracks volume?


texts:
GCC was apparently removed from the current Xcode, here.
I would like to find a standard way to install Haskell to OSX.
Not a custom way.

Brew's packages

haskell-stack
homebrew/emacs/haskell-mode       Caskroom/cask/haskell-platform

Cabal may be one solution.

How can you install Haskell in OSX?


texts: Why Is Hands Off Block Local Network Setting Greyed Out?

texts: I'm trying to restrict an application's traffic using Hands Off not to be able to connect to servers on the Internet respectively to servers on the LAN. But the when I try to add such a rule, the "Local" and "Local (IPv6)" option is greyed out. Why?


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My Apple TV2 stopped responding to the IR remote all of a sudden. The white LED would blink with every button press, but nothing would happen. I was able to pair the Apple TV's remote with my Macbook Pro, and it worked fine. My old plastic IR remote, which still works with my MBP also displayed the same behavior with the Apple TV.

The Apple TV did respond to the iOS remote app, so that's not the problem either.


texts:
The error page is standard Rails error page, and the web server uses Phusion Passenger on Apache.

I guess it's probably running on Ruby on Rails? Very unexpected from Apple.


texts: Windows 7 Boot Camp Automatic Brightness

texts: Is it possible to enable automatic brightness on my MacBook when I use Windows 7 ?


texts: How to restore apps with iPhone restore? (in year 2020)

texts:
All Apple questions are stale after one year. Why? Because iTunes is gone and other big changes this year. So I am re-asking.

I have a new phone and backed up my old phone with Finder. Now when the new phone is restored, none of the apps are there. I know how to install the apps and set them up. But this would require considerable time for dozens of apps, so I am seeing other options.


texts: Is there a keyboard shortcut to select the printer in Mac printer dialog boxes?

texts: I want to jump to the printer selector with the keyboard and select the desired printer with the keyboard.


texts: The sound on my Windows 10 bootcamp installation on my 2019 13-inch Touch Bar MBP is HORRIBLE! It sounds muted and has no bass at all volume levels. I've tried reinstalling the drivers, but it didn't help at all.


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If I have an object, such as a circle or rectangle, with a label (text inside), how can I make turn a word of that text into link, a hypertext web link with a backing URL?

For example, within the OmniGraffle app or an exported PDF, in the object shown below I want to be able to click on the word JDK and have my web browser open to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Development_Kit.


texts: MDict can‘t load more than 122 files as group

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I had issue with MDict which others or the developer of app can‘t reproduce.
I can't load more than 122 files as groups.
If i using more than 122 dict files, app can't show, it shows fail to open file. The files not corrupt, all of them works for others and developer.
The issue only when loading all files together as group.
I reinstalled new macos, issue doesn't solve it.
Here is log file of app:
Should be normal way;
Found dictionary:/Users/**/Downloads/pro/****, added to list
Open file failed, reason:No such file or directory
Open file failed, reason:No such file or directory
Open file failed, reason:Too many open files
Open file failed, reason:Too many open files
Fail to load dict:/Users/**/Downloads/pro/*****, Error:Fail to open file

Files is ok, if i opened only one file is ok.
I appreciate for helping.


texts:
I'm new to Mac (10.15.5) and so far figuring out shortcuts has not been a smooth journey. Usually on Windows I would use these -

Home - Beginning of a line
End - End of line
Ctrl + Home - Beginning of file
Ctrl + End - End of file

and these work for any text editor or application like a terminal. On Mac,

Command + Left arrow - Beginning of line in TextEdit (Fn + left does page up I think)
Fn + Left Arrow - Beginning of line in iTerm (Command + left does nothing)

How do I set universal shortcuts to go to beginning/end of a line/file that works in all apps?


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I have a Time Capsule that normally acts as a Wireless bridge to my DSL router. (All DHCP and NAT takes place on the router, not the Time Capsule.)

During debugging of home networking issues, I created a new wireless network on the router (it has its own antennae, etc.) and I used the Airport Utility to turn the Wireless off on my Time Capsule.

I'm now connected to the network via the router, and want to return to the previous setup. However, the Airport Utility can no longer connect to the Time Capsule. It's like it cannot find it on the network.

How can I turn Wi-Fi back on?


texts: Chrome browser ignoring parental controls

texts: I'm running MacOS 10.13.6 and it seems that the Chrome browser is ignoring the parental controls that I've set up for kids' accounts.  If I try to go to a particular website in Safari it blocks it.  However, that very same website is allowed in Chrome.  Is this expected behavior?  Is there something I can do to make Chrome follow the parental rules?


texts: Changing AD names - what to do with Macs with local AD users

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We will be changing the format of our Active Directory usernames in the near future.
This is going the effect about 200 users with Macs with local home directories.

The main goal is to have the users be able to use a shorter username and we will be changing the Active Directory home folder name as well.

I thought of preemptively changing the full name on the accounts to the new username ahead of the Active Directory changes (I will upgrading RAM on most of these computers soon, so I will have a chance to be hands on) but once the Active Directory name changes are made the renamed Active Directory home folder doesn't appear in it's usual place in the dock.

I am tasked with making this change with minimal impact on users, but I have not found a method yet that doesn't involve me touching every Mac before and after the change.

We are running a mixed 10.8 & 10.9 environment.


texts: MacBook stuck on login screen but accessible via TeamViewer

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Wondering if anyone can shed some light on this issue.

I have an early 2013 macbook pro, running osx mojave. The battery was shot and would shut off randomly so I had to take the power adapter with me all the time. So I replaced the battery, which all went fine except now when I power up the laptop and log in I get a progress bar that moves to about two thirds and then stops.

But, it also appears in my list of computers in Teamviewer and if I connect to it and I can use it as normal because it bypasses the login screen for some reason.

Any suggestions how I get the laptop to get past the login screen?

I have tried...

resetting PRAM, NVRAM, and SMC
Restoring from timemachine backup, this started but wouldn't
finish and got stuck on black screen with apple logo
Re-installing osx from osx - again got stuck on the black screen
Re-installing from a usb boot disk image and same as above
Re-installing using the web installer and same as above
Also tried starting in safe mode and couldn't get passed login

Thanks in advance

Rob


texts: Installing dual boot Sierra and Kali-Linux

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I'm trying to install a dual boot with Kali-Linux 2.0 on my Macbook Pro (mid July 2016) running MacOS Sierra 10.12

I format my usb key to exFat and a guid partition. Then with the dd command I burn the kali-linux iso to the drive by getting the disk identifier with the diskutil list command.

To succeed to boot to the usb drive, I have to boot without plug it and hold down the option key, then I can plug the usb drive and click to EFI boot.

When I'm here, I have the Kali-Linux menu (Sometimes I just get a black freezing screen) the kali-linux menu is very small in the top-left corner.

So I try to use the graphical install and it freeze everything I try. I tried to go to my usb drive and modify the syslinux.cfg file to change "vesamenu.c32" to "menu.c32" but when I do that I can't get the kali-linux menu anymore.

Someone succeeded to install a dual boot on a MacBook Pro Sierra 10.12 and Kali-LInux 2.0 ? How can I do that ?

Thanks for your attention.


texts: What is the quickest way to get to the Phone app's favorites list?

texts:
I can no longer double-tap the home button to get to the iPhone's Phone apps' favorites list.

I'm looking for an alternative method to quickly access the favorites list, possibly using gestures?


texts: Wiped all disks for Ubuntu installation, but "macOS Recovery over the Internet" still knows my Wi-Fi password

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I wiped all disks for Ubuntu installation. The macOS Recovery partition was gone.
Decided after half of an year, to install again macOS with macOS Recovery over the Internet

If you can't start up from macOS Recovery
If your Mac can't start up from its built-in macOS Recovery system, it
might try to start up from macOS Recovery over the Internet. When that
happens, you see a spinning globe instead of an Apple logo during

I was very much surprised the this "macOS Recovery over the Internet" knows my Wi-Fi password.
He didn't ask for password and begin download stuff off the internet.
Can you explain why he remembers my Wi-Fi password?


texts: My Mac Book Pro switch between charge and not charge when running a long program

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When I am running a very long program (e.g. A long python script) and when I plug in the charger, my laptop will switch between charging and not charging very frequently. However, if I stop that script, my laptop will charge normally when it is plugged in.
Does anyone know what might be causing this and how to fix it?


texts: How can I setup my Macbook Pro (2017) & Parallels to use all function keys?

texts:
I'm running Windows 10 in Parallels on my brand new 2017 Macbook Pro.  While at work, I have two attached monitors and an old clicky Windows keyboard.

The problem is that I can't get Parallels to accept the higher function keys.  F5 works, but not F11, which is very critical to a .Net developer.

I'm adding the Touchbar Tag because I'm honestly not sure if Touchbar settings are causing this issue. This is an upgrade and I use to not have this issue on my four year old Macbook Pro.  It's inaccessible, so I can't check the settings, but I don't remember this being as big an issue.


texts: Syntax Error in etc/sudoers and can't edit it in terminal

texts:
I was/am trying to run terminal commands without having to use sudo first and must have broke the file. Now I'm trying to fix it and it's giving me this error when I try to edit with the same sudo visudo command.

/etc/sudoers: syntax error near line 62 <<<
sudo: parse error in /etc/sudoers near line 62
sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting
sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin

I'm on a Mac using Terminal
Is there a way to edit this file and remove what I added or reset it without harming or removing other files?


texts:
I am running Yosemite and experiencing very nasty freezing issues. Once I was able to recover from by reinstalling osx and second time (few months later) reinstalling alone didn't help, but also downgrading user from Admin rights did.

Here are the symptoms:

freezing applications, wheel mouse icon, occurring every 30 seconds or so and lasting about the same time.
CPU usage is near zero. Idle ~97%
ran opensnoop, but it didn't correlate to frezing
once freeze occurs, 'top' any Activity Monotor do not show any activity - they freeze too. But, after freeze ends, I can see the spike in CPU activity. Activity Monitor replays the past events in a fast-forward kind of way, at 10x speed. But there is no way to tell what activity transpired. System was frozen.
it feels like 1/4 of one core of cpu is actually being used for OS itself.
no hardware issues were discovered with AHT.
Safe mode had no impact.

In the screenshot bellow, there is a blimp in CPU usage. That's the freeze. Sometimes they happen for longer, sometimes shorter duration.

I know it's relatively vague problem description, but I would like to hear some theories on what this could be. And if it happens again, how to actually pin point to the process that is causing it.


texts: Prevent switching workspaces when clicking on dock icon

texts:
I am constantly running multiple applications on multiple workspaces. I want to remain on the same workspace, and only switch workspaces when I explicitly ask for it (e.g. with a magic mouse gesture).

Currently when I click on the app icon in the dock, osx switches to the next workspace that has a window of the active application.

I know there is an option in System Preferences -> Misson Control, called "When switching to an application, switch to a space with open windows for the application". What it does: When clicking on the icon of an inactive application, don't switch to a workspace that has the application window. But this option does not affect the behaviour of clicking on an active application.

The question: How do I prevent OSX from ever switching to another wokspace when clicking on an app icon in the dock, regardless of whether the app is active of inactive?


texts: Is installing a HDD instead of SuperDrive safe?

texts:
It's pretty popular to replace ones optical drive* on the MacBook Pro with a HDD, but how serious are the risks?
*In most cases, you'd do this when installing a third-party SSD, but I'd like to leave any of those benefits out of this and isolate matters of the HDD and Superdrive.
I mean things like:

Overheating
Performance issues
Battery life
Warranty status
Weight increase
Upsetting Steve

Update: The above questions have been addressed in this question, but there is a more serious issue — potentially, a missing sudden motion shock sensor in the optical drive.


texts:
I recently wiped and reinstalled my MacOSx operating system due to repair corrupt files, too many old migrated, and unrepairable user permissions errors. I am the only user and have been the only user on all of my mac and apple devices. I still have a problem that no one at Apple can help me fix. It appears that my profile is still corrupted - "[__NSDictionaryM setObject:forKey:]: object cannot be nil (key: _name)"
Can anyone tell me how do delete and repair this profile?


texts: What models of iPhone 4S are for sale in the US

texts:
I'm looking for a "just the facts" answer that lists the various models that are for sale and whether these devices are locked to a carrier or unlocked.

I understand that CDMA doesn't become active unless you elect to activate it at the time of purchase, so the locking status can apply only to the microSIM GSM usage when roaming to avoid billing through your primary carrier.

I'm not looking for shopping advice - just a clean summary of the list price and limitations of what is for sale for Fall 2011 in the US (we can edit this later if things change, but I expect stability as in the recent past on pricing and models). Also, please ignore any temporary shortages or any temporary discounts/bundles. Just the full list price of the devices sorted by carrier and just iPhone 4S.

Apple have done a marvelous job with a concise summary of rate plans for AT&T, Sprint and Verizon. I'm looking for that to cover all the hardware locking to carriers that is done in Apple's servers when you buy an iPhone 4S which then restricts what you can and can't do with that device after purchase.


texts: Looking for a little bit help here. I've searched everywhere and couldn't find an answer. My 2013 27" iMac doesn't play sound with the speakers (movies, youtube, itunes, etc..) but when I go to "Preferences" and "audio" and click on any of the sound effects there, the effects are played trough the speakers. I can't turn off the "mute" option on that preference panel. Any idea how to solve this problem?


texts: Does clean install reset everything, including SMC?

texts:
TL;DR: Does a clean install reset everything (like SMC, for example)? If not, what else should I do to be sure the computer is completely reset, like it just came from the factory?

My macbook has been acting weirdly for the past few weeks, so I decided to give it clean install with Yosemite.

I think I messed up the SMC and resetting it does not help. I have a Bootcamp partition that I used to play games. My macbook pro would get very hot while gaming on Windows, so I installed Lubbo's Fan Control. That worked for a couple days, until I realized that while booted in OSX the fans were not working at all or working full speed. I tried resetting the SMC, but that didn't help. So I installed iStat Menus, and controlled my fans manually (yeah, a lazy solution). Now I have one fan controlling app on Windows and one on OSX, and neither work as expected (in iStat when I set it to 'default' the fans stop working).

Also, I have been installing a lot of things, and leftover files are all over the place.
So, now I'm getting rid of Bootcamp and clean installing Yosemite. How do I go about doing this properly and thoroughly? I'd like to make the computer fresh as it just came out of the factory. Should I do anything besides a clean install?


texts: What does Apple Hardware Test error "4HDD/11/40000004:SATA(0,0)" mean?

texts: I have a 2007 24" iMac with 4GB RAM and internal 320GB HD. A while ago the machine froze and then would not boot. When I run the Extended Apple Hardware Test I get the error "4HDD/11/40000004:SATA(0,0)". Is this more likely to be a problem with the HD or the logic board?


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My Macbook Pro 13 (2015) was recently stolen. I activated FMM about an hour after the event and two hours later received an update that the machine was erased. Questions:

1) What does this mean exactly? Is this message triggered when the wipe is initiated or after the wipe is completed. Can I reliably infer that the HDD was wiped? What's to prevent the baddie from simply turning off the machine when the wipe is initiated? I'm just trying to understand the possible outcomes here, especially with the data on the drive.

2) The HDD was encrypted with filevault 2. Does this provide effective protection from anyone getting at the data?

3) Is the machine bricked (like an iOS device would be) or can it still be resold as a working computer?


texts:
Is there a way to combine two or more Voice Memos into one recording?

I would be willing to use some software.

I tried to duplicate the recording but found no way of combing the two toegether.

iOS 12 on iPhone.


texts: Is VMware Fusion 5.0.5 compatible with OS X El Capitan?

texts: I'm currently running OS X 10.9.5 on my MacBook Pro along with VMware Fusion 5.0.5.  I want to upgrade to OS X EL Capitan. Will version 5.0.5 of VMware Fusion be compatible?


texts: IPhone app to block callers at specific times?

texts:
Is there an app or any other way on an iPhone 5 to block a given caller at specified times?

Specifically, work keeps calling at all times of the day, every day. Is there a way to send their calls (and not everyone else's) to voicemail on evenings and weekends, but ring normally during working hours?


texts: MacBook Pro with two external monitors : one is flickering

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I have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) version 10.14.5.

A first monitor (DELL P2719HC) is connected through thunderbolt 3 while a second monitor (DELL E2313H) is connected through a VGA adapter. The latter is the one flickering!

Flickering stops when I disconnect the first monitor. Thus, it's not a problem of the adapter, nor the screen. I am guessing this is due to my laptop not being able to give enough fps to both screens (they both require a 60Hz refresh rate at minimum, which I cannot change event with some command line tools).

I tried to reset VRAM and SMC, but it did not work.

What else can I do?


texts: No allow button in security and privacy preferences

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When trying to install VMWare in MacOS Catalina, under security and privacy system preferences and then general, I do not see a way to allow what it needs to work properly. Even when I unlock the system preferences, it does not give me an option to allow in order to complete the setup. I also recently tried installing parallels desktop, which requires the same procedure in system preferences, and I was not able to get that working properly either because the allow button is not there.
Anyone know why this might be?
Thanks so much for the help!


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I have over 130+ artists with 1000s of tracks all sorted and with valid metadata externally to the Music / iTune app on my Mac (Catalina).  The folder layout is Artist / Album / CD in Album (ranges 1-12 currently) / Tracks (e.g. 01 - Composer - Track Name.p4a)
When I import the artist / track, Music does not apply the artwork even though its in the track metadata and stored as Folder.jpg in the source folder.  The latter works on a couple of music players and Volumio on the Raspberry under the TV :-)
I'm happy to delete the whole Mac music library and start again if needed.
Though I can, if needed, hack around in Python, I'm not an Apple script creator.
I could go through the whole lot and manually link the jpg to the album but does anyone know of an easier way?


texts: iPhone Reminders how to determine account

texts: How do I see which account my lists belongs to in the Reminders app? I'm using an iPhone with iOS 7.


texts: How do I fix MovieBox from crashing as soon as it opens in iOS?

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I have MovieBox installed and it will work for a few days but after a while, whenever I try to open it, it will immediately crash. I searched on the internet and tried the following:

Turn on airplane mode, kill all apps, then open it
Set the date back 1-2 years

There was another suggestion to delete a file in /var/ with iFile, but my phone is not jail broken so I don't think that would work, nor would I be able to install iFile by Carsten Heinelt.

I've always had to delete the app and re-install it, but I don't want to delete any movies that I've already downloaded or favorited.

iPhone 5, iOS 9


texts: My Mac randomly fails to play system alert sounds when connected to USB speakers

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I use Logitech USB speakers with my computer. They are set as the default output device as well as the default alert output device.

Just after boot, all works well. All audio plays perfectly. After using the computer for some time, system alert sounds fail to play. All other sounds play perfectly.

This issue is only solved after reconnecting my speakers. I have set my computer to never sleep, so sleep can be ruled out as a cause.

What is causing this and how do I repair it?


texts: Is it possible to turn off scrollbars in Logic Pro X?

texts:
I use a Trackpad with Logic Pro X. Whenever I am trying to click things near the bottom or right of a window I keep clicking the scrollbar instead. I know there are three System Settings options for showing scrollbars: depending upon mouse or trackpad; when scrolling; always.
Is there a way to turn them off altogether? Either for just one bit of software or system-wide?
I don't need scrollbars as I scroll using the trackpad.


texts: How can I watch iTunes purchased movie on my Mac if it is missing in my library?

texts: I have purchased Cars 2 HD movie on my iTunes. I can't find it and/or play it on my Mac now. the only option is to buy it once more. I have just one iTunes account. when go to the movie bar in my library, there's nothing there, just the intro screen. Please help.


texts: Can you change the name of a network drive?

texts:
I have a couple of network shares which all have the same name on different servers and I'd like to change the label of the mounted disk to tell me which server its on.

Can mounted network drives be renamed on mac os?


texts: iCloud unlock with new Apple ID's password

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I have a iPhone 5s which is iCloud locked. I know the Apple ID's email but I don't know the Apple ID's password. I can access to the email which is the Apple ID's email. I want to reset the Apple ID's password and then enter my email and password to the iPhone.

If I reset my Apple ID's password and then enter email and new password on my iPhone, will it unlock?

I think the answer is yes because when I turn on iPhone it will require a Wi-Fi network. And when I will enter my Apple ID to the phone it will check my login information with Apple servers.  Am I true?


texts: Global keyboard shortcut to switch to an application (to use with Emacs/Aquamacs)

texts: Like in iTerm, I'd like to be able to set a keyboard shortcut to switch to an application, which in this case would be Aquamacs. This would be really useful to know in general. Would an Applescript or Automator let me do this?


texts: Revert archived files to specified locations like Downloads, Documents and Desktop

texts:
I'm working on two projects, let's call them Project1 and Project2.
This week I'll be working on Project1.
The files of Project1 on which I'll be working are stored at different place on my PC - Downloads, Documents and Desktop.

The next week I'll be switching over to Project2, Project1 will be incomplete.
Now I don't want both projects to mess up so I want to do something like move the Project1 files to a different place under 3 different alias Downloads, Documents and Desktop.

Then when I finish my Project2, I want my Project1 files to move to their original locations with some shortcut keys or a single command.

Thanks in advance!


texts: Is Mac a computer or an operating system?

texts:
I encountered this question when taking Apple's online survey:

My question is: What does the "A Mac user" mean here? Someone using OS X or someone using a MacBook?


texts: Mountain Lion Broke MacPorts - Cannot Update

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I am trying to update MacPorts but get the following error.

sudo port selfupdate
Password:
--->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
MacPorts base version 2.1.1 installed,
MacPorts base version 2.1.2 downloaded.
--->  Updating the ports tree
--->  MacPorts base is outdated, installing new version 2.1.2
Installing new MacPorts release in /opt/local as root:admin; permissions 0755; Tcl-Package in /Library/Tcl

Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error installing new MacPorts base: command execution failed

When I follow
https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration

At stage 3 I get the following error. Is this important or can I continue with it?

Error: Unable to open port: can't read "build.pre_args": can't read "build.cmd": Failed to locate 'gnumake' in path: '/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin' or at its MacPorts configuration time location, did you move it?


texts: The best way to combine two m4v files on Catalina

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I've seen Best way to merge mp4 files and I've seen similar articles such as https://www.adeepbite.com/combine-videos-mac-using-quicktime-player/

I have a computer with OSX Catalina. I've got some 3+hr recordings from 2-DVDs that should be a single length file, and transferred them to two m4v files using Handbrake, using these settings:

Because those articles and questions are over 4 years old, and the state of the art has likely improved, I'm curious if there are better solutions to the problem of "combine two m4v files". I'm also curious if I've transferred them to my computer at a sub-optimal configuration in Handbrake for the media that I am trying to put together.

What if I needed to remove the first, say, 10 seconds from the second file as well before I join them, does that change the tools needed?

I believe my best choices are https://www.mp4joiner.org/en/, QuickTime Player, and QuickTime Pro, yes? I would like to focus this question not on "what programs can also do this" but "what is the best native or near-native solution to joining two files?"

I recognize that shopping list questions are off topic and really don't have a place here, as the technology does change too quickly, so if this is off-topic as well, I understand.

If the other question that I've linked is still the best option to combine two M4V files, then I'll gladly accept a close-as-dupe


texts: I would like to know weather the smart cover on a 3G iPad covers the sim-tray completely partially or not at all. A photo would also be really helpful


texts: Mac doesn't start updating or downloading apps

texts: When ever I try to download or update any of my apps in the app store, nothing happens and it is just stuck at nothing. I have tried this with different apps but just gives the same out come. I have already tried logging out of the App Store and force stopping appstoreagent in activity monitor. If you have any suggestions or any tips for helping me it would be awesome!


texts: Unable to install mac Big Sur beta 11.0.1 in Macbook pro 2020

texts:
'I am unable to install Big Sur beta 11.0.1. It is downloading fully from the update screen and showing 15 minutes remaining for the installation process. Then the below screen is coming.

I'm continuously getting this since last 5 times. No success in the update.
Is there any way to fix this? Any help could be appreciated


texts:
I have a big pile of pdf's and I would like to batch rename them by content. (They are all searchable). And I'd like to do so using command line interface.

They are all payslips so they have a constant form, and I'd like to rename by date.

Currently they are named: payslip100 .. payslip308

The string for renaming would be the date component in
Payment Date:   15/4/2016

I have installed pdfgrep using home-brew and am searching using
pdfgrep -HC 15 "Payment Date:" paySlip.pdf

which returns paySlip.pdf:Payment Date:   8/7/2016

I have attached my final working code in a reply.


texts: Are there Anti-Theft apps for iPad similar to cerberus for Android

texts:
I have been looking for some anti-theft applications for iPad, like the wonderful Cerberus application for Android which enables a lot of features to recover your lost or stolen Android mobile for only 2/3€. Avast anti-theft also worked perfectly in my Android phone and its free.

I would like to know if you have tested any of them in you Apple device and could give me a hint before buying it. It will be a plus if it could detect if the 3G microSIM card is removed, and send an SMS to another mobile like Avast anti-theft application for Android does.

I don't mind about price, the more features the better.

I would like the following options:

Remote control of the lost/stolen device (get SMS, get files, capture screen, turn on camera..)
Possible remote control by sending SMS.
Check for location of stolen device via remote turning on GPS or using 3G or any other method.


texts: OS X 10.9.3 Update causing coreservicesd lag

texts:
I'm getting a lot of stalling and high CPU usage when I open folders in Finder for the first time after the 10.9.3 update. Opening that folder again works fine, but expanding a folder of 20-30 files or folders stalls the CPU on these processes for 30 seconds:

  coreservicesd
   com.apple.IconServicesAgent

I've tried relaunching Finder but the issue still occurs.


texts:
Some years ago, I recall a menu bar application that would allow you to activate/de-activate host entries in /etc/hosts.

I can't seem to find it via google.  Anyone have recommendations?


texts: I am trying to update to OS X Yosemite. It is asking me for an iTunes Store password of a different email address and I can't change it. What should I do?


texts:
I created a slide show by prefixing my filenames with numbers so Preview would show them in the desired sequence.  But after showing the slides once, I added a new slide later, with the correct number, so in Finder it shows up in the right sequence.

But now when I use Command+A to select all, and Open with... → Preview for my slide show, that one slide pops up in one window, and then another window with the first slide in the sequence, but never showing the new slide in sequence. How do I get the sequencing corrected?

Context: Macbook Pro, Yosemite 10.10.1.


texts: Use the Finder to act on a path, via JXA

texts:
For a specific example, here’s how to change the name of a specific file via the Finder, in AppleScript:
tell application "Finder" to set name of (POSIX file "/some/file/path" as alias) to "new name"

And here’s how to change the name of the selected file via the Finder, in JavaScript for Automation (JXA):
Application("Finder").selection()[0].name = "new name"

How can one do the last line, but acting on a specific given path rather than being limited to the selection? It’s important to use the Finder, because it allows (via the same mechanism) to do more than change the name (like set a comment).


texts: What makes a song 'explicit' in Apple's eyes....?

texts:
What causes Apple to mark a song as explicit...?

I would have thought that the criteria would be sexual references or swear words, but e.g. Aerosmith's "Dream On" is classified by Apple as 'explicit'.  I have read the lyrics three times, and I still have no idea why....


texts: How can I remove the Siri icon from the touch bar?

texts:
Version: 2018 running 10.14.4.

I have the new Macbook Pro with the touchbar and I actually don't mind it. However, Siri always has an icon on the far right, no matter what app I'm in. And because it's right next to the volume buttons, I accidentally press it often.

Problem is, I've already disabled it via System Preferences. So now when I accidentally press it, I get this which is somehow even more annoying than Siri just activating normally:

How can I get rid of the Siri button in the touch bar? Is it even possible?


texts: Keep getting locked-out of corporate domain accounts

texts:
I have a macbook pro running mavericks and recently changed my password per corporate policy. I have done this regularly for the past two years without issue. However, it has now been two weeks of hell being constantly locked-out of my account. I have deleted/recreated my keychain several times. Cleared all cached passwords in all browsers several times. Yet I keep getting locked-out and need to request unlocking by admins.

So, my question is whether there is a way to monitor what is attempting to login from my machine? I tried running wireshark but did not capture anything obvious. (It is possible I was looking for the wrong things)

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I'm about to wipe my laptop and re-image.


texts:
After a fail in the HDD, I am trying to reinstall Mountain Lion from USB (or Lion or whatever other without any particular choice) on a Mac Mini 2011 in an empty HDD.

Guessing because the disk is empty, most startup key, mainly Option (Boot Options), Command+R (Recovery), D (Hardware Diagnostics), do not work, hence I do not know how to finish these tutorials, since the OSX USB Boot do not appear.

The unique keyboard combinations working are Command+Option+P+R for an NVRAM|PRAM Reset and PowerOn + Hold (10 s), for a System Management Controller Reset.

From the hardware: I hear the Startup Sound, the keyboard is working but not the Num|Caps|Hold lights, I have disconnected the mouse or other peripherals, and the monitor and basic electronics apparently works, by sending a failure messages while booting from a Windows 8 USB Bootable media ("The Boot Configuration Data file doesn't contain valid information for an operating system").

I have tested some tricks on making some tricky formatting on the hard disk, plugging in pre-made bootable disks, but up to this moment, no choices made the Mac Mini to get loaded.

Neither Apple Stores accepts me to have the machine reinstalled for free (they don't do "maintenance service").

Question is which tutorial should I follow in this case.


texts: MacBook Air M1 won't go to sleep/wake up issue

texts: My MBA M1 does not instantly wake up anymore. I have to press the esc key to get to the login screen. I also noticed that if I close the lid while playing the video, the computer does not go to sleep and the audio keeps playing. I did not change any setting, running the latest update, I also do not have any external monitors. Does anyone else experience this problem or has a solution? Thanks a lot!


texts: Can I delete the /Developer-3.2.6 or /Developer-3.2.5 folders?

texts:
I did a quick, pseudo-system audit this morning and found an unexpected directory hogging up ~10GB of space on my drive. I assume that it's a remnant from a reasonably recent upgrade to XCode 4, but that's more of a guess than anything else.

I'm not an Objective-C/Cocoa developer. XCode is really installed just to support Homebrew. Off the top of my head, I can't think of anything else that I do with it.

Are these older 3.2.x directories safe to delete if I can reinstall Xcode 4 or will doing so make kittens cry?


texts: Need to re-enroll 200-250 iPads worldwide, help?

texts:
Due to a bug with postgresql when updating Server.app to 3.2.2 I now have to re-enroll almost 250 iPads worldwide manually. These are all supervised and "enrolled" with the old server setup.

Traveling around the world to 200+ locations with a Mac is not an option, so the best solution seems to be to open Safari on each device, go to the server / mydevices page and enroll them manually. Is this even possible with an already enrolled and supervised device? Most of these devices are not online, and it'll be fairly random as to when they're enrolled to the server and they'll probably be disconnected shortly afterwards, so what I really need is some way of predefining which group these devices belong to as they all have a different app that needs to be installed. I do not have the list of serial numbers to know which belongs to which group, but the name of the device should tell me which group it should go into.

So… What I need is either:
1. Being able to make a placeholder for each device based only on the name of the device (is this possible?)
2. Being able to filter a device into a group automatically on enrollment based on the name (name contains string)
3. Putting a device into a group based on the user account that was used to enroll it with

I'm pretty confident that option 2 is not possible, not sure if there's a way to do option 1, but what about option 3?

The last option is for the users to log in to the MDM server interface after enrolling the device, and placing it in the right group. But as far as I can tell that means they'll get FULL access to all devices enrolled into the server, and the ability to change and remove groups. Is there any way to give them access to their own devices and groups without having access to them all?

Considering updating the server to Yosemite at the same time since I have to start from scratch either way.

EDIT: Oh heck… Can I even re-enroll these when they're supervised?


texts: How is OS X able to authenticate to my router even when the disk is removed?

texts: I removed the hard drive from my laptop (MBP 9.1, mid 2012) and started recovery mode. Once I entered recovery mode, the laptop was connected to my router (secured with WPA2), even though I had not given it credentials. I pulled out the RAM (in case the creds were in volatile memory), put the RAM back in, and lo and behold, it was still able to authenticate to the router.  Is OS X storing keys from my keychain in NAND flash (where it stores the UEFI)? If so, I thought that the CPU couldn't write to the NAND flash (ROM -- read-only). The hard drive was disconnected the entire time. If this is happening, how do I securely erase the NAND?


texts: Is it safe to use a device or disconnect it while syncing in iOS 5?

texts:
Prior to iOS 5, iOS devices that were in the process of syncing with iTunes turned on their displays, locked the screen, presented a prominent warning that a sync was in progress, and offered an unlock slider to cancel the sync:

In iOS 5, all this is gone and there is simply a tiny sync indicator in the status bar (the screen remains off too):

Does this dramatic user interface change correspond to a major change in functionality? Is it safe to use an iOS 5 device while a sync is in progress; is it now safe to interrupt the sync?


texts: Unable to sign out of iCloud on OSX Yosemite or disable Keychain

texts:
Background

This appears to be an ongoing problem with many people.. In short, I'm getting a ton of errors in my system.log along the lines of:

CloudKeychainProxy[307]:  __39-[UbiqitousKVSProxy doSyncWithAllPeers]_block_invoke_2 <UBK-s-pC---> syncWithAllPeers (null), rescheduling timer

This happens once every 5 seconds - kind of silly, right?

The first thing I wanted to do was to sign out of iCloud because something has obviously gone wrong there. I open the system preferences, navigate to iCloud and try to hit Sign Out. One by one the iCloud services are all disabled, each asks me if I want to keep a copy of the data locally. This process finishes, and then I get an error stating:

Your iCloud account couldn't be removed at this time.

Turn off all iCloud services and try again.

The one holdout in the iCloud preferences pane is Keychain. When I uncheck the box, it immediately re-checks itself, the moment I answer the keep or delete data question (and regardless of the answer selected).

A look in system.log via Console shows this error appearing the moment the box is rechecked:

com.apple.preferences.icloud.remoteservice[645]: [AOSAccounts] : [SetEnabled] : Did not call SSRemoveSyncedKeychainData as we had an error in SOSCCRemoveThisDeviceFromCircle for account myaccount@site.com  error: (null)

(actual email address replaced with "myaccount@site.com")

So. I can't sign out of iCloud since I can't disable iCloud Keychain. WTF?

Ideas that did not work

Repairing permissions, both in Disk Utility, and my home directory permissions from the Cmd-R-on-boot Recovery system. No effect.
Checking for disk errors - there are none.
Booting in safe mode - No effect.
Clearing every cache possible (via OnyX), including LaunchServices, dyld, XPC, kernel, boot, and system components. - No effect.
Changing my password on iCloud.com - this results in a prompt for a password which is never accepted, and attempting to cancel out of it results in System Preferences crashing!! After reloading it, it appears that my modified password was accepted, but no other changes have been made. No effect on the problem.
Removing all third party kexts (anything that shows in a kextstat | grep -v apple). Only stuff I had in there was Virtualbox and Little Snitch, both of which were uninstalled totally. No effect.
Signing out of all other iCloud devices, including another Mac, an iPhone, and an iPad. No effect.

Ideas that are not acceptable

Creating a new user account. This is a workaround, and does not fix whatever's been broken. The same problem could happen again, and just abandoning my account anytime it does really isn't a tenable solution.

Other notes

iCloud appears to work fine except for the keychain bits. New passwords saved in Safari do not synchronize across devices. Mail, notes, calendar, etc, work fine.

Apple Support was useless on this matter, suggesting everything I tried above, with the only other option being a full iCloud reset, which is both the nuclear option (all my synced data goes away), and may not fix the problem on the mac anyways.


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Is it possible to configure Keychain to share passwords in Chrome on OS X Catalina?
The problem I face is that some websites function better in Chrome than Safari and I would like to be able to switch between the two browsers and use auto-logins in each. Currently I can do this in Safari if use Keychain and Password autocomplete. I would like to be able to do same or similar in Chrome.


texts: How do I change the icon of an alias to a custom ICO file?

texts: I've created a couple of aliases to Wine executables that I put in my dock, but by default they're all coming up with the standard page icon. I would like to customize these icons using custom ICO files (which I have) so I can more easily identify which one's which. I tried hitting "Get Info" on the alias and then dragging the icon in there (the cursor adds a green plus when I do this), but it seemed to have no effect. How can one customize the icons on aliases on OS X?


texts: Is there any app or tool for checking app review status of App Store. I develop iOS apps for different clients and different iTunes accounts, so every time I have to login every iTunes account for checking the app review status. It would be a great help if there was any app or tool where I can see all apps' status at a time.


texts: Spotlight, please don't show mail, but still let me search in Mail app

texts:
When I search for stuff, even constraining with name:whatIwant, the majority of results are old e-mail messages and Safari history items.
How can I get rid of these results, but still search my email from within the  Mail program? I have already added the History folder from Safari to the Privacy tab and put the Mail app in there too, but the results still show.
I am using Mountain Lion at the moment.
EDIT: It turns out I already had Messages and Web history un-selected in my Search Results tab (see second screengrab below), but I am still seeing the results from Web pages and from current (not just archived) Mail messages.

My Spotlight privacy tab:

My Spotlight check boxes...

Some results from my search window:


texts: Connect to SMB trought hostname instead IP

texts:
When i try to connect in Finder to SMB share with hostname URL (like smb://hostname.synology.me linked to my IP) i can't access, but if i put my local IP, i can access.

How i can connect with hostname?


texts:
Is is possible to selectively delete Messages on Catalina?
I currently have Keep messages: "Forever" enabled.

My daughter is a inveterate Messenger, and I want to keep some of her messages for sentimental reasons but I don't need the hundreds of "Yay. Thank you." or similar.

I have deleted all on my iPhone5S (running iOS12.4) but even there I would like the option to keep selected messages.

Alternatively is it possible to export selected messages? I can copy, but this loses timestamps.


texts: Google Keep for iOS - Is there a setting to play a sound with reminder?

texts:
I'm trying out Google Keep for iOS 9 on an iPhone 5. I've given the app permission to produce banners, sounds and alerts in the Notification Center. Timed reminders from Google Keep do show as banners, but no sound or vibration is produced. For me, alerts without sound or vibration are easy to miss. The silence switch is OFF for this phone (sound is on).

Has anyone found a combination of settings, or some strategy to cause sound and/or vibration with banners raised by Google Keep for iOS?

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!


texts: What is the safest way to move the iTunes Library from one hard drive to another?

texts:
This may happen later with my iMac, but right now it is happening for my iTunes on PC.  The PC had 60GB of partition to install Windows 7, and right now it is down to about 2GB of free space.  All iTunes purchases, including Music and Movies, are downloaded to

C:\Users\mike\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Music
C:\Users\mike\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Movies

which will make the C: drive have less and less free space.  (and C: will be more healthy if it has at least a couple of GB of free space).  What is the safest, most proper way to migrate all the media to an external hard drive J: ?  On J:, the path might be:

J:\iTunes\iTunes Media\Music

or

J:\iTunes Media\Music

My guess is that we can change the folder in iTunes, but won't iTunes go to that folder or create it, and find nothing, and index everything wrong?

So, should an exact copy of C:\Users\mike\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media be made as J:\iTunes Media first (probably 30GB of files copying), and then start iTunes and change the preference for the folder to the J: one?  Is there a standard or official method to do this?


texts: How to install "fonts available for download" from terminal

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In this article, it says:

  Fonts available for download in Mojave

  To download and enable any of these fonts:

  Open Font Book from your Applications folder.
  Select All Fonts in the sidebar, or use the Search field to find the font that you want to download. Fonts that aren't already downloaded appear dimmed in the list of fonts.
  Select the dimmed font and choose Edit > Download, or Control-click it and choose Download from the pop-up menu.

But how to install these fonts from terminal? I know that the fonts can be directly copy to the folder, but where and how can I get these fonts?


texts: What Apple mouse or trackpad is best for navigating large two-dimensional documents?

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I've been using Xcode on my Mac Mini for a few months with large app storyboards etc. To do this, I need to constantly zoom in/out of the document to see what I need to.

I've increased the size of my monitor to a 24-inch display, but I still find myself needing to zoom a lot.

So, what Apple mouse or trackpad (Mighty Mouse? Magic Trackpad?) will help me zoom and navigate fastest in Xcode and Photoshop?


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I'm having exactly the same issue in this question:

How can I mount partition disk0s4 that became inaccessible after a clean installation of Mountain Lion?

Has anyone found a solution please?


texts: The sound controls and function are finicky

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I just purchased my Macbook pro. It's a 13in, Mid 2012 running OS X yosemite.

The first time I used headphones, the sound completely cuts out. I unplugged the headphones and the sound had stopped working on my regular speakers as well. I went to system preferences and did something in the sound menu and the sound came back on. But then the controls stopped working, and I couldn't adjust the volume, or mute.

I'm not that computer savvy, but I'm not new, so I turned it off and then on again, it fixed the issue temporarily. Now if my computer goes to sleep and I wake it up, the sound doesn't work, I have to close the program, and start over. Everytime I've used headphones, I can get the sound to work after messing with the options in sound preferences. However with headphones in, no matter what I try, I can never adjust the volume or mute.

I never had an issue on my previous macbook, which is why I bought another when it was time to upgrade.


texts: Mojave install froze on "analytics", successful force reboot- but did it miss anything?

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When I was installing Mojave, the installer went up to the analytics page on which I disabled everything. Upon proceeding, the installer froze on the analytics page. I waited five minutes and force rebooted, coming back to find that Mojave seemingly installed successfully, given that it let me log in to my account and desktop.

Did I miss any options when I did this?


texts: Is there any way to see the last location with find my iphone before it was wiped?

texts: I lost my iphone three months ago and it was dead so I could never locate it with the "find my iphone" app. Eventually I gave up and did the wipe feature next time it was turned on. I just got the notification that it was wiped. Is there any way to see where it was in that moment it was turned on and before it was wiped?


texts: Folder created in Photoshop not showing up in finder

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This is really crazy issue i'm experiencing here:

I downloaded the newest Photoshop CC 2015 and started working with it to crop some images for a client. After that, i've saved all the images for the web in a folder i created with the save-tool from photoshop.

Now when i navigate in the finder to that path the folder does not show up, but when i make ls in iTerm it shows me that the folder is there.

Strange, huh?

Whats wrong? Is the Photoshop version buggy? Even normal saving the .psd makes it disappear.