texts: Login - Screen Flashes and Returns to Login Screen - Terminal Explanation

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I found this question Login - Screen Flashes and Returns to Login Screen - Tried Everything Possible, which is exactly like the problem I'm having.
But the answer confuses me....

There is one troubleshooting step that OS X shares with the classic Mac OS, removing preference files. But on OS X there are TWO folders:
/Library/Preferences and ~/Library/Preferences
--The latter being in your user/home folder--
Since the issue doesn't exist under another logon it is specific to that user folder. SO there is something specific to that user that is causing the problem. This takes the /Library/Preferences folder out of consideration for troubleshooting preferences. The first thing I would do is use a utility like Onyx to verify and clean the system. This includes verifying preferences files. After that rename the ~/Library/Preferences folder to something like
~/Library/Preferences-old
You'll probably have to do that in Terminal and use sudo as those files are owned by another user on the system. then create a new ~/Library/Preferences folder and reboot.
If you can now log into that account it is a simple (HAH!) matter of putting preferences files in the new Preferences folder and rebooting till you find which one it is.
No guarantee, though, that it is a preference file, it could be a startup item. So do the same thing with the ~/Library/LaunchAgents folder.
The other thing to consider is that it might be easier to just create a new user folder. Copy the things you need out of the old user folder and delete the old user. That could save you a lot of troubleshooting time. It would be my preferred way of doing it (after running Onyx) as I care less about what happened than just finding a fix that gets me up and running more quickly.

How would I go about doing this? I have terminal open, what do I type?
My computer is a hackintosh, I did not build it. This problem just happened suddenly.


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I accidentally deleted some certificates from the Keychain Access application and I think they were somehow related to WiFi networks.  Now everytime I try to join a network that uses PEAP authentication, it tells me to Accept the certificate (no password to unlock).

I looked at Why does OS X repeatedly prompt for certificate trust when joining WPA2 Enterprise WiFi and added all the certificates as trusted, but that doesn't help.

Also, I suspect that this has caused my WiFi to become less reliable, i.e. my connection drops more frequently, and things like that.

How do I solve this? Any ideas welcome.


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I cannot sort by name when I simply open a finder, and select a folder. See the image below:

I know that I can do Cmd-J to bring up the menu for defining the sort and arrange by, but this seems rather complicated (as does customizing the toolbar).

So how can I easily sort the files and folders to be in alphabetical order in Finder?


texts: How can I use my Apple earbud mic with the internal speakers on my Macbook Air?

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When I plug my iPhone headset into my Macbook Air, the operating system recognizes both the headphones and the microphone. As a "side-effect" it disables the internal speaker and microphone.

Is there a way that it only disables the internal mic, but keeps the internal speakers functioning? What I would like to achieve is that the sound coming in from the external mic is played over the internal speakers. LineIn doesn't help me (yet), because the internal speaker gets disabled.


texts: Identifying an iPad/iPhone by Model Number

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The model number of an iPad/iPhone can be determined by going to:

Settings app → General → About → Model Number

How to use this value (the one in ML2I2KN/A format) to determine the device type? It is an official model identifier from Apple, but how can one use it to identify their device? I didn't find any service of the kind at Apple's website.

If you tap on Model Number it will show another value - in format like A1652, and this value can help to find a general model at Identify your iPad model page (or similar for iPhone), but unlike ML2I2KN/A it cannot be used to determine color and storage capacity of the device.

There is 3-rd party service Everyi, but quite often it doesn't find anything. For example, searching for ML2I2KN/A gives nothing (I know it's iPad Pro 12.9 from 2015, but that's not the point).

Simply googling this value will highly likely result in some store's website with the correct item specification, and there is also this wiki page with quite an impressive table of models.

But is there any  Apple official resource for this purpose?


texts: What are the blank files in my Home Folder of macOS?

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file names: /build /el_capitan /optional /recommended /yosemite etc
All the files are created at the day I opened my mac for the first time (iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015))


texts: If you store a document locally on one device and also has that app use iCloud, will it be available on other devices?

texts: Take an application, say Pages. You have the document saved locally on one of your Apple devices. You also have Pages turned on in Settings > [name] > iCloud > Apps using iCloud > Pages. Will the same docs be available on other apple devices logged in with the same ID?


texts: New MacBook Air - update installation failed

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I have a new MacBook Air. I just bought it and first started it. I try to update it to the latest version, but I get Installation failed. I try to install macOS 10.14.5.

Where are the updates stored after they are downloaded? Maybe it works if I delete it and download the update again?

I am totally new to macOS any help is appreciated.


texts: Very slow OS responsiveness, excessive console error messages (1 per second)

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I have a Mac Mini OSX Mountain Lion (now Mavericks) with 8GB of ram. I am a software developer and don't run extremely intensive applications concurrently on the system or anything that should be TOO memory intensive...

A few weeks ago I had an issue with the App Store doing an update of XCode. It took so long to simply click a button or even open the apple menu to restart. I once waited over 45 min for the Apple menu in the top left to open in order to shut down the computer properly...

Anyways, I finally narrowed down the problem to only occurring when the App Store was open, and it was trying to install the update for XCode. I waited days to see if it would finally finish, but the bar never moved... I finally just deleted XCode off of my computer completely and re-installed. This seemed to speed up everything again, and I was back to normal.

Yesterday I encountered some similar issues with the App Store, but a simple restart helped correct the issue.

Over the past few days I have noticed a major decline in performance and responsiveness.. Again I am not doing anything that should cause these slowdowns. It also takes a seemingly long time for the computer to go from off, to logged in and functional. I checked the Activity Monitor and everything seemed to be within normal limits, no odd readings, and the vast majority of my memory was not in use.

Today I decided that I would take a deeper look into the system to try and see if I could find any reasons for the issues. I opened the Console and I have potentially found a clue. I am getting the error mDNSResponder[42]: ERROR: send_all(34) wrote -1 of 4 errno 32 (Broken pipe) at the rate of exactly 1 per second, every second. It never stops.

Could this be a problem? Has anyone ever seen this before? Any known resolutions?

If I can't figure out how to speed this up, I am considering a complete re-install of the OS to get a fresh start.. How would I go about doing that? I don't have an install disk...


texts: Bluetooth controls from Notification Center on iPad

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I find myself spending a lot of time moving through the menus to re-connect my iPad to my iPhone to tether the network.

It would be great to be able to perform this task (or at least speed it up) from the notification center.

Now that iOS 5.1.1 has been jailbroken I have SBSettings toggles working in the notification center on my iPad3 so I can toggle the bluetooth on and off from there, but I cannot get it to connect to my iPhone.

Even something as basic as a shortcut-icon to open up Bluetooth Settings would work. Activator has an action that does this that I can assign but curiously there doesn't seem to be a way to add such an action as an icon in notification center.


texts: How do I find my hostname for my google account?

texts: Can you help me figure out what my hostname for my google account would be? I'm setting up Fetch (FTP) and I need my hostname for my gmail.


texts: Issue with my launchpad on MBP Retina 13"

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I've got one annoying problem with my launchpad icon. Today i was downloading xcode and i stopped it over the time, because it was already installed in the finder.

Can I reset the launchpad over my console ? It is still on the point of stopped, but i can't klick on it to download it again.

sudo killall -SIGKILL cfprefsd && killall Dock && killall Finder
 will not work for reset, another way, the reboot isn't working too.

Hope you can help me and sorry for my bad english, i hope you'll understand me (;

Best regards,

Jonas


texts: Share vmware network with other host and other computers

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I have a USB NIC (Bear Extender) that does not work under Yosemite or El Cap.  I have a VM running Mavericks that can use the NIC.  How can I share the internet out of the VM so that my macbook pro can use it?

The USB NIC works in the VMWare Fusion Pro 8.0.1 guest running 10.8.  I just need to know if there is a way to share that network link with the host so it can access the internet.


texts: Why won't scanner show up for Scanner Sharing?

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I have an HP ScanJet 4890 connected via USB to my desktop Mac Mini running Lion. Recently, HP finally! updated scanner drivers and my scanner is recognized and works on that machine (connected to a powered USB hub). But I unable to set up scanner sharing. There are two related problems:

When I open Print & Scan system prefs and and click the '+' to add the scanner, the scanner does not appear. I tried first starting the HP scanner app, but the scanner still doesn't show up in Print & Scan prefs. I also plugged the scanner's USB cable directly into the Mini instead of the powered USB hub, with no change.
Probably due to #1, if I enable Scanner Sharing under Sharing prefs, the scanner does not show up for selection.

FYI, I do have other devices - a fax modem and a printer - connected via USB to the Mini, and both are recognized and shared over my LAN.

I've searched through Apple StackExchange, but haven't found anything addressing this problem.

Suggestions?


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I have a 2009 27" Core2Duo 8GB RAM iMac. The hard drive is a brand new 3TB with a fresh install of 10.8.3. I want to install Windows 7 64bit.
I set up some basic settings and have a backup at the ready. When I open Boot Camp Assisant and click Continue to the second screen I get this:

There is only one partition formatted as Extended Journaled with 10.8.3 on it.
I have tried booting into recovery mode and repairing the disk. I also have done permissions and repair disk from safe mode.

What could be the issue here? I have no idea what to do.


texts: How to put MacBook Pro to sleep when the lid is closed and you remove the power?

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I think I have a common use case that is not properly handle by Lion.

If I close the lid and remove the power supply, my macbook is not going to sleep mode and stays awake draining the battery. It's like having the Caffeine active.

In fact, I do have Caffeine started but it is inactive.

This happens quite regularly, do you know a solution for this?


texts: How can I discover the source of an alert chime on OS X

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At irregular intervals, my MacBook Pro is emitting a chime. Not the startup chime. More of a brief "alert" type sound.

A few minutes will go by, no chime. Then chime, or several in a row. Then silence for a few minutes, etc.

I clicked notification center when it occurs to see what it's trying to alert me about. There are no notifications listed within the last hour.

I went through everything in notifications control panel and turned off audible alerts.

I turned on "do not disturb."

Power is 100%. Machine is plugged in. Light on power input is green.

Wifi is turned off. Ethernet connection is ok.

Retina MacBook Pro mid 2012.

OS X Sierra 10.12 (16A323).


texts: Is it possible to install Windows 8.1 on a disk with two other OS X versions?

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I have one partition with Yosemite and another partition with Mountain Lion for some legacy software. But I want to also install Windows 8.1 and use it in dual boot.

Bootcamp is asking me to have only one partition, before installing Windows. Is there any workaround to make Bootcamp think the partition it runs on is the whole disk, or something like that. I don't want to erase my Mt Lion partition then install Windows then, if possible, re-create a new OS X partition for Mt Lion, etc. I actually need the Mt Lion partition to still work. It's weird Apple didn't think you'd ever need more than one partition if you want to install Windows too.


texts: vim arrow keys inserting strange character in iterm2

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vim escape & arrow keys are inserting strange character (the letter q in my case) but works perfectly if launched in a tmux session or with terminal.app

Someone having the same problem?


texts: How to tell why macOS thinks that a certificate is revoked?

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I cannot access Wikipedia on both my Macs. macOS says that the intermediate certificate used to sign Wikipedia’s certificate (GlobalSign Organization Validation CA - SHA256 - G2) has been revoked.

I don’t believe that the certificate in question has been revoked, so I checked manually GlobalSign’s CRL and OCSP service and both tell me that the certificate is OK.

Are there other sources of CRLs that macOS can potentially use? Is there a way to ask Security Framework to tell me what exactly is wrong with the certificate in its opinion?


texts: Replace a failed disk in a Disk Utility RAID 1

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I have LaCie 2big thunderbolt 2-disk device configured as a RAID1 from Disk Utility. One of the drives appears as "failed", so I unmounted the raid, replaced the drive and plugged it all back in.

Now Disk utility reports that one of the slices is missing from the RAID, and it shows my new disk separately on the list to the left.

The "slices", including the missing one, have a lock icon in front of them, and even after dragging my new disk to the list I can't rebuild the raid.

How do I rebuild the raid?


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I need to use my iPad mini as a computer for a while. I am planning to use an Apple TV to AirPlay mirror my iPad's display to an existing HD monitor through HDMI, but I need a good input method. I am A LOT more productive and faster using a mouse, and I only really need a web browser.

I have found that Puffin Browser might have something similar to what I need, namely, it has a "virtual trackpad," where it puts a cursor on the screen and you can swipe around in a small rectangle to move and click the cursor on the page. This is all well and good, but I would need some way of using a physical, Bluetooth mouse somehow like this. Any ideas?


texts: How to make the display go to sleep mode when Lion's Terminal.app is in full-screen mode?

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I've noticed that when I'm running a full-screen Terminal.app in Lion, the display does not go to sleep.  This left me with a nasty case of burn-in over the weekend with a magenta message box from an Ubuntu upgrade.

I want screensaver and sleep to behave normally even when my Terminal is in full-screen mode.

Is there a way to override this behavior?


texts: What does it mean for an iPod to be "Over capacity"?

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Sometimes when I plug my iPod Nano Shuffle into iTunes, I get this strange message:

What could this possibly mean?


texts: Firebug style inspect element on iPhone?

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Is there anyway to do a Firebug style 'inspect element' on an iPhone?

My site works fine with Safari on my Mac but has a layout issue on iPhone.


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When I want to close a window I type exit :

 mbp-thomas in ~
○ → exit
logout

[Opération terminée]

Then cmd + w to close the window.

Is there a way to do it with a little script like if I type quit it exit the session then close the window ?


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I have a Snow Leopard MacBook Air with Boot Camp installed. I'm thinking about upgrading to Lion, but I'm worried about all the software I have installed on my Boot Camp partition. I have a lot of software, including Windows, which uses serial keys and product activation to ensure that I'm running a legal version. I'm worried that if something happens to this partition, all my keys will remain in use on an unusable drive.

If I upgrade Snow Leopard to Lion, will the Boot Camp partition remain untouched and still work properly?

I read this question which made me cautious about upgrading until I know for certain that nothing will happen to the Boot Camp partition. Are there any guides specifically meant to show you how to upgrade to Lion and still retain your boot camp partition?

Are there any other steps that need to be done once the upgrade is complete? Is the Boot Camp software from Snow Leopard compatible with Lion? Is it easily upgradable?


texts: Floating Pop-up video window in iPhone X

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On my last Samsung Galaxy phone (which I still use; I believe it’s an S5?), when you’re watching a video that is downloaded onto the phone, there is an option to shrink the video playback screen so that it is in the corner of the phone’s screen. From here you are able to watch a smaller version of the video while going about your routine on a fully functional phone. You can also drag the smaller video screen around the phone’s screen to move it to a more convenient area (without stopping play).

Additionally, due to one of the more recent updates to the device, you can now do the same thing while watching a YouTube video - i.e. make the viewing screen small, move it around, and watch it while you do whatever you like on your phone.

I recently got an iPhone X, and it is my first iPhone. Does iPhone have any such feature? If so, how do I employ it?


texts: Alternative to CTRL + C of macOS Terminal in Sublime Text 3

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On macOS terminal ctrl+C terminates the program running. In Sublime Text, cmd+B runs a program such as Python, Ruby or such.

If I want to terminate a running code, what is the shortcut key in Sublime Text 3 equivalent of ctrl+C?


texts: iPhone 4 - photos are chopped off on the side

texts: I have been using my iPhone 4 to take photos on my holiday, and have been noticing that approximately 10% of the photos I have taken are chopped a bit shorter. I have only noticed it happening on landscape shots, and I have HDR enabled without the option to keep the original. Is this a known issue?


texts: What will registering an apple device a developer device do to it?

texts: I have an iPad 2 and I need a device to test my ios app on. I was wondering if their are any consequences to registering a device to be a developer device. For example, can I still use it as a regular device when I am not developing on it? Will I be able to use it regularly if I put iOS 7 on it?


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For the last few days no Time Machine backups have reached completion, either to a Time Capsule or to an external disk. The former starts backing up, shows some progress (a certain amount of GB copied), but when I'm not looking, the process finishes unsuccessfully (i.e. the last backup date is still in the past, not today). The latter was stuck at "Preparing backup" for over a day before I stopped it manually. This is on a 15" 2018 MBP with a 1 TB drive, so it's a very fast computer with a very, very fast drive.
Trying to do some cleanup, I found some snapshots which apparently are "orphaned", for lack of a better word. Look at this (note: I have a backup running right now):
xxxx:~ xxxx$ ls /Volumes/com.apple.TimeMachine.localsnapshots/Backups.backupdb/xxxx/
2020-03-07-072453   2020-08-05-123822   2020-08-08-111417   2020-08-13-163508   2020-08-19-144720   2020-08-20-105055   2020-08-20-143544
xxxx:~ xxxx$ tmutil listlocalsnapshots /
Snapshots for volume group containing disk /:
com.apple.TimeMachine.2020-08-20-143544.local
xxxx:~ xxxx$ tmutil listlocalsnapshots /System/Volumes/Data
Snapshots for volume group containing disk /System/Volumes/Data:
com.apple.TimeMachine.2020-08-20-143544.local

I ran Disk Utility on all partitions, as well as the container and the drive itself, under Recovery Mode, but it doesn't find any errors and the snapshots stay there.
I'm not sure whether these orphaned snapshots are related to the Time Machine non-completion issue, but still, I'd very much like to delete them. I'm afraid just going to /Volumes/com.apple.TimeMachine.localsnapshots/Backups.backupdb/xxxx and deleting the files there will, at best, have no effect, and at worst, corrupt my data on the drive.
How do I delete these orphaned snapshots?


texts: iPhone 4S crashed, Wifi crashed, Personal Hotspot gone

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My iPhone 4S, which i got in October, just crashed out of the blue and wouldn't restart.

After reading other people's blogs I managed to restart by holding the main button and on/off button together.

When it rebooted, the wifi and personal hotspots were greyed out and therefore could not connect to the internet. After switching the phone on and off, the wifi reconnected but the Personal Hotspot is still greyed out.

Where has my Personal Hotspot gone and how do I reconnect it?


texts: I have some fonts that has the same name (but they are different in weight). The default OS X font controller won't let me change their name. What are the editors out there can do it?


texts: 2012 13" Macbook Pro (nominal 2.5 Ghz) runs constantly at 2.9 Ghz

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This may be an odd complaint, that the computer runs too FAST. But, I'm puzzled and wonder what is going on.

It's late 2012 MBP 13" retina (Norwegian keyboard, not that that should matter). My son-in-law noticed that the machine runs a bit warm (80 C all the time) and the battery life is not that good.

I installed the Intel Power Gadget and found that the machine is running all the time(!) at 2.9 Ghz, independent of load or programs running.

Activity monitor shows no significant load on the machine; in fact, I quit everything else (except Intel Power Gadget), and the only load worth mention is from IPG and AM, about 3%.

I've reset the SMC, replaced the battery (not trivial, but it needed a new one), and also refreshed the thermal paste.

I'm very puzzled. Doesn't a core i5 of 2012 vintage support speed step? The machine is running macOS 10.14.5.


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I need to know how to delay the automatic sleep on the Macbook Pro. It sleeps too early.

If I leave it for one minute it sleeps. I tried the view options but it didn't work.


texts: User home *apparently* scracthed after Big Sur update

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After a Big Sur update (to 11.2.3) and the usual multiple reboots, when I was able to log into my account I discovered that the whole user folder was apparently scratched away and recreated as if it was a new user. Generally speaking a really scary thing, even though I have a fresh backup done just before running the update; but it is not a good perspective having to spend several hours while restoring 2TB worth of data (SSD are fast, but that amount of data still requires some time).
How to recover from that?
Fortunately I've been able to fix it by myself, so I'm going to post an answer below; just in case it might be useful for others or it happens again...


texts: Sort with case-sensitivity (lowercase before uppercase) in macOS in the Terminal

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I am trying to use the answer in GNU Sort by case-sensitive to sort a file in my Mac OS.

My file.txt looks like this:

"Best"
"A"
"BEST"

In the second answer to the mentioned question, it says that one can do:

echo -e "d\nD\nc\nb\nB\na" | sort --ignore-case file.txt

and the output should be:

"A"
"Best"
"BEST"

However, when I do it in my computer, I get:

"A"
"BEST"
"Best"

It does not matter if I use the --ignore-case or not, the output is the same.

Maybe LC_COLLATE=C can not be set in Mac OS?

Does someone know how to use sort and have lowercase < uppercase in Mac OS?

EDIT

@jaume recommended installing coreutils and using the GNU sort. I tried brew install coreutils and then gsort -f file.txt but still had no luck.


texts: Read files from old windows-formatted external USB hard drive

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Years ago, I used an external USB hard drive with my PC (most likely Windows XP at the time). I've been trying to recover some files off of the old drive, but I no longer have a Windows machine and the drive is not being read by my Mac. The drive powers on, but nothing happens. No icon on my desktop, no sign of the drive in Disk Utility, no sign in Finder.

I've downloaded FUSE for OS X as well as Paragon's NTSF for Mac OS X, but still nothing. I'm not concerned with writing to the drive, but I'd like to get some old files off of there. Is there anything else that I can try?


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Somtimes I am curious what speed my iPhone in charging at. If I attach my iPhone to the charging brick which comes out of the box, it will charge at 5W. If I attach it to an iPad charger, it will be higher.

Is it possible to see what speed (in watts) that the iOS device is charging with?

I remember that both the discharge and charging rate could be viewed using the BatteryLife app from Cydia, so iPhone devices have the ability to monitor this information. However, this required a jailbroken device. How do I view this information without jailbreaking my device? A free method is preferred.


texts: Added memory does nothing to performance

texts: iMac, 27" screen.  Came with 4 gig of memory.  I never used all 4 gig until I started using IMovie.  Bought 8 gig extra memory, now have total of 12 gig.  Nothing speeded up at all.  When monitoring the memory, it seems that I'm always using over 8 gig and can only clean up the memory to about 6 gig.  How did I ever get by with 4 gig?  Nothing adds up.


texts: How do you exit guided access when it freezes?

texts: I accidentally entered guided access by clicking the home button on my phone 3 time while I was on the app "Snapchat" and now I can not leave the app. I have tried clicking the home button three times but nothing happened I also tried holding down on the power button on the side of my iphone and then I tried holding down both the home button and side power button but nothing happened. I can use the app snapchat and send people things but that is all.


texts: iMac 10,1 (2019) frozen still after login

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I have an iMac a friend lent me to try and fix it. I have tried several things but I'm not too educated on apple soft/hardware. Let me explain the problems of this computer:

You're able to launch the computer and login to it.
After that, finder launches immediately, as well as google chrome and safari. The three of them crash and are unusable.
Restarting finder leads to it crashing on startup again.
I can access other settings via spotlight, but the rest is unusable.
Searching for updates fails, it tells me internet isn't connected wether I'm connected via WiFi or cable. The connection does work on every other device.

And this is what I've tried so far:

Tried deleting apple.finder.plist
Tried booting the recovery program via command + R, it doesn't work (other startup commands like command + d or safemode works, but not the recovery)
Tried booting from usb rocking a dmg of Mac OSX High Sierra, the computer doesn't recognize the usb (I've set it up to be bootable with Transmac on windows)

I'm running out of ideas on how to fix the computer. Any ideas? thanks in advance


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I wrote a small Julia program:

println("Hello world!")

I can run Julia from the Terminal:

$ /Applications/Julia-0.6.app/Contents/Resources/julia/bin/julia test.jl
Hello world!

To make my life easier, I tried to create a symbolic link to the julia file.
However, it doesn't seem to work!

$ sudo ln -s /Applications/Julia-0.6.app/Contents/Resources/bin/julia /usr/local/bin/julia
$ julia
-bash: julia: command not found
$ type -a julia
-bash: type: julia: not found

How do I get my symbolic link to work properly?

What is confusing for me is that /usr/local/bin/ is in my PATH:

$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/TeX/texbin:/opt/X11/bin


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You can hit ctrl-r from the command line to initiate a search for a previously issued command. You can then hit ctrl-r to cycle back through the older commands that match the search string.

However, there doesn't seem to be a way to cycle forward through the commands after you've cycled backwards. ctrl-s is supposed to do this but it doesn't work for me. I've search google but have come up empty on finding an alternative.


texts: How to avoid suspended apps getting killed in iOS 14?

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I have updated my iPad operating system from iOS 11.4 to iPadOS 14.3. Unfortunately, suspended apps are now immediately killed in the background while in the older version I could keep many apps suspended in the background without need to be restarted when being used again (Even, Safari often refreshes open tabs when I want to use them after a short while during which they were not active; such a thing has also happened on the older OS, but with much less frequency).
One might expect such a bug for non-Apple apps because of non-compatibility with the new OS update, but it really surprised me that such a problem exists with Apple apps such as Safari and Pages.
It is really annoying, especially when you are writing some post on a Stack Exchange network and need to use some other app. I wonder whether this can be avoided somehow.
PS: It is worth saying that my iPad has enough free memory, more than that when running the older OS.


texts: reuse Microsoft Office USB stick with 7.9 GB - Error: -69877: Couldn't open device - dd: /dev/disk9: Permission denied

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I have a USB stick from Microsoft, which was used to ship Office 2016 for Mac. I don't use Office 2016 for Mac, so wish to use this stick for other purposes.

/dev/disk9 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *7.9 GB     disk9
   1:               Windows_NTFS Office 2016 for Mac     7.9 GB     disk9s1

> diskutil eraseDisk ExFAT DiskName /dev/disk9
Started erase on disk9
Unmounting disk
Error: -69877: Couldn't open device

> sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/disk9
Password:
dd: /dev/disk9: Permission denied

> sudo diskutil unmountDisk force /dev/disk9
Forced unmount of all volumes on disk9 was successful

> diskutil eraseDisk ExFAT DiskName /dev/disk9
Started erase on disk9
Unmounting disk
Error: -69877: Couldn't open device

Is this USB stick somehow readonly? How to use it?


texts: TestFlight - What happens to the installed beta-app when that version goes live in AppStore?

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We're using TestFlight with external testers to beta-test our app. In the guidelines to TestFlight it states that If you already have the live app installed on your device, the beta version of the app will replace the live version., but what about the other way around?

We uploaded a build to TestFlight a week ago, and started the beta-testing. Today, we released the same build on AppStore, and now - TestFlight says that we don't have any builds in beta, both on iTunesConnect and in the app. Did TestFlight 'understand' that we released the same version, and removed it from testing? Or did something else happen here..? I am not sure if this happened last time we did this.

What happens to the testers version of the app? It still has the orange beta-dot next to its name, will it update itself to indicate that it's the 'live' version? After all, it is the same build. Or will it 'expire' in 60 days? The real problem is that our beta-testers may be confused if it suddenly says that the app has expired, with no additional information in the TestFlight-app, and they have to install the live AppStore-version manually.


texts: Recent calls suddenly changed to add +1 for US calls, which messed-up all my contacts

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I do not know if this has anything to do with the problem - I recently returned from a China trip and all my call history got changed so the phone numbers are now displayed with "+1" in front of them. More importantly, when my existing contacts call me the Caller ID does not display their name anymore, but only a number with "+1" and in a small font below "Maybe: [Contact Name]".

Of course, I can select "Add to Existing Contact", but do I have to update all my contacts now? The form with +1 is inconvenient to me and I would like to change it back. Is there a simple fix?


texts: How do I tell if a disk image (.sparseimage) is encrypted?

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Is there a way to confirm that an image is encrypted? When I choose "Get info" in Finder, it reveals nothing, and when I use Disk utility I also can't seem to see the information.

I know I could try mount it on another machine and see if I need to use a password, but I'm looking for a clean way to get OSX to tell me that it's encrypted.


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Is there a way to view the machine name on the Yosemite login screen?

It's been a few versions, I believe, since this was a default.


texts: Every time I try to sign into yahoo mail on my ipad, a pop-up asks whether I want to increase database size to 10MB. but whether I select Increase or Cancel, it just freezes (spinning wheel) and won't let me get to my email. Please help!! The pop-up returns every time. I'd be happy to increase but it won't let me!


texts: Why doesn't OS X migrate printer settings after clean install?

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I've been seeing this since Leopard (10.5). If I erase my hard disk before installing a new version of OS X, the install the OS, then migrate all settings over from a cloned backup using Migration Assistant, everything is preserved except printers. Anyone else? To make matters worse, I just installed Mavericks (10.9.2) for the first time, and after the migration, not only were no printers preserved, but the OS did not automatically offer to download drivers for my HP 2015dn printer (either networked or via USB). I had to download the drivers (i.e. PPDs) manually.

Is this to be expected?


texts: Best macOS for 13 inch MacBook Pro mid 2012

texts: What is the best macOS for MacBook Pro 13 inch mid 2012. macOS Catalina is running very slow.


texts: Spotlight borked after macOS Sierra update

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Config: Late-2013 rMBP running 10.12 (16A323)

Issue: Spotlight appears to be mostly non-functional since upgrading to Sierra. I originally noticed it when searches failed to bring up anything in Mail, and Spotlight itself will only surface results from Dictionary.

What I've Tried:

Add my primary HDD to the Privacy exclusion list in Spotlight preferences (this resulted in a weird (null) error). The idea is adding, then removing will force a reindex.
Run mdutil -sv / to find out what's up, resulting in "Error: unexpected indexing state. kMDConfigSearchLevelTransitioning".
Run sudo mdutil -E / to delete and rebuild the index, resulting in "Error: Index is already changing state. Please try again in a moment."
Run
sudo su
launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist
rm -R ./Spotlight-V100/
launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist
mdutil -E /
this all works, and I get a brief pause after the last command before it spits out "Indexing enabled." Subsequent attempts at running mdutil -sv / spits out the aforementioned error as cited in #2 above.

Activity Monitor is showing that mds and several mdworker processes are churning most of the CPU cycles (and the fan is fairly vocal), which would imply that it's in the process of reindexing - yet the two ways I'm aware of confirming indexing behavior is not indicating that's the case:

mdutil -sv / is returning that error.
Doing a Spotlight search for anything (or "indexing" specifically) does not show any indexing progress bar.

So… is Spotlight either:

A. Actually indexing, despite both known ways of confirmation indicating it isn't? And, if so, citation(s) on that being the case / when can I expect it to be showing that it is indexing?

B. Actually borked? And, if so, any other ways I can try to resolve absent nuking the partition, doing a fresh install, and restoring from Time Machine?

Thanks in advance!


texts: iPhone 3GS always rebooting when logging on to cellular network

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I upgraded to 4.3, without jailbreak. Phone seemed ok, but I turned it off and on again a few days later (normal power off). It started rebooting itself. I tried hard resets.

Eventually got to a stage where it needed the SIM unlock code but was otherwise working. Unlocking the SIM froze the device when the signal bars first showed (trying to register on the network, I guess). I tried resetting the network settings, no help.

I did a complete restore this morning, setup as new device, activated (officially unlocked). Still the same problem. Someone at work connected it to XCode on Mac, said they didn't really do anything, and it started working. I turned it off, on again, and it has the same problem. Any ideas?


texts: Do external web cams work with MacBook Pro?

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I don't like using the built-in iSight camera as I want to adjust the angle etc.  Do external web cams still work with MacBooks with built-in camers?

I have a MacBook Pro 13" with Snow Leopard


texts: Incorrect Date and Time in Max OS Lion upon reboot

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When I boot the Lion OS the date setting is correct but the time is not.

The way I correct this is by selecting 'Open Date and Time Preferences', check the 'Set Date and Time Automatically' checkbox and select my region. The correct date and time is set.

The only problem is that when I restart my Mac the time setting has changed and is incorrect again, even through my region is still selected. I repeat the process above upon each reboot to rectify.

I reboot often as I am using Bootcamp 3.2 to run Windows 7.

Does anyone know why the time is changing and how I can fix the problem permanently?


texts: If my Mac is connected to ethernet and WiFi, which will it use?

texts: As per title. I have ethernet issues at home and if I just turn WiFi on my MacMini, will this take over or will it default to ethernet unless I pull the cable out?


texts: Apple ID won't show correctly in Keychain Access

texts: I was going through keychain access sorting through passwords and such and I came across a strange problem. I clicked my email (for Apple ID) and I hit "Show Password", I then entered my admin, and when the password came out it was a list of numbers not my password. I know my Apple ID password, but for some reason I am very bugged by this and wanted answers :)! Haha Thanks to all who respond for my OCD's sake...


texts: Using an early 2009 15" macbook pro as a display for new, 13" retina macbook pro

texts: I just purchases a 13" retina macbook pro, and am loving it. However, I now have my old 15" macbook pro lying around, and was wondering if it is possible to use it as a second display for my new machine. I haven't found anything online, and considering how old my 15" MB Pro is, I have a hunch it might not be possible...


texts: Why am I experiencing random bluetooth disconnects?

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I have an iPad Air 2 64GB now running iOS 8.3. I've experienced problems where when using Keynote on my iPhone 5S to remote control a keynote presentation on my iPad, the connection will be dropped at random times during the presentation. I attributed this to Keynote bugs, but then my iPad also started randomly losing connections to my Logitech Ultrathin keyboard cover (the onscreen keyboard would appear) or I'd type a certain character and it would start repeating ad infinitum. I removed the interference factor from the equation by noticing that the problem would also occur within my office with thick walls and no bluetooth devices nearby … so I had Logitech replace the keyboard, but the connection drops still occur. I also reset all settings on my iPad, which didn't help.

So my next question is this: could the bluetooth hardware on my iPad Air 2 be flakey? Everything else about it works fine.


texts: how to change music tonality in runtime?

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On windows usualy for karaoke purpose some audio cards provide possibility to change tonality on fly, is it possible under Mac ?

Is ther any additional software which can do it ? or maybe terminal command ?


texts: Hardware pause button doesn't work for Chrome media

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Similar to (but opposite of) Pause button started working for Chrome / Youtube, messing with audio player controls, I can't get the touch bar Play/Pause button to play or pause Youtube videos in Chrome.
I checked that chrome://flags/#hardware-media-key-handling was enabled.
When I manually play or pause the video in the browser it changes the touch bar icon between playing and paused, but tapping the icon doesn't do anything.
How can I get the media key to control Chrome?


texts: Extending the Safari Address Bar When Many Extensions Installed?

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I have a number of extensions installed that have shrunk my address bar down to a very undesirable size for input and reviewing URLs.  Is there a way to extend the address bar such that extension buttons will function more like Chrome or Firefox in Safari?

*NOTE: I am not looking to entirely remove the extension buttons, but rather to hide them into an unfoldable / expandable menu similar to how Chrome and Firefox do it when you horizontally resize the address bar (eg, it hides the right-most icons down into a drop-down accessible menu).


texts: Why is Time Capsule archive taking forever?

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I've got a Time Capsule, which I use to back up two machines in my house, over WiFi. Backups have started failing, so I decided to archive what's on the disk now, wipe the disk, and start from scratch.
I've got about 1.1 TB of data on the Time Capsule. I bought a 2 TB USB drive (Western Digital WDBU6Y0020BBK), built a journaled file system on it, plugged it into the TC, and started an archive. That was almost two days ago. It's done with 260 GB, and estimating a week +/- a couple of days to finish. It's continuing to make progress, but at an astonishingly slow pace.
WTF could it possibly be doing? If I did the math right, that's 1.5 MB/s, which is under 1% of the USB 2.0 rate.
I do dual backups (TC and backblaze), so I'm not too worried.


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I've an annoying problem with a windows keyboard on mac.
I already changed the keys in keyboard preferences, but I cannot use the option key.

case: windows = option
I have no access to chars like ~[]|{}

case: alt = option
I have access to these chars

Do you have an idea why it is not working?

(keyboard: HyperX Alloy FPS RGB)

thanks


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A few days ago I was using the Google iOS app (not Chrome, but the specific "Google" app that you can download in the App Store) to go to shady website in an attempt to stream a movie online. Stupid, I know. I didn't download anything, and I didn't think I clicked on anything, but I started getting a prompt to call a number.
As far as I could tell, it wasn't any of the obviously fake ones that tell you to call a number because your phone is compromised or anything. It looked like the legit prompt that pops up when you click on a number in iOS where it has "Call 808-xxx-xxxx" on the top row and "Cancel" on the bottom row at the bottom of your screen. This is the prompt that comes up if you click on a number in any app.
Anyways, it popped up a thousand times and stopped when I killed the app. How does that exploit work? Did the webpage just trick my phone into thinking I clicked on a number a few dozen times? Is there any chance I got a virus from the website? Things have seemed fine since. Is there any way to tell if you have a virus aside from just the normal weird symptoms?


texts: How can I set the default audio volume for Siri playing music on HomePod?

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I like to ask Siri to play music, a playlist or a specific song. However, (s)he likes 50% volume and that's too loud for me. I looked at the settings and can't find how to set this:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208341

There are articles on setting equalization when playing AirPlay, but I'm not using any device, just HomePod and voice command. For now, I have to say "Siri - set the volume to 25%" when I forget to do that. I do already enable sound check, but that seems to be a 3 to 6% benefit and I’m looking to go from half volume to 1/4 or less.

Is there a way to make my preference more sticky and the music start more softly?


texts: How can I smooth out uneven scroll behavior using a trackpad in Macvim?

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I have just installed MacVim on my new Macbook.

But I have a problem: on Linux I was able to scroll through my code—vertically moving my cursor—by using my trackpad. But on Macvim this doesn't work for me.

When scrolling in Macvim, the buffer/window scrolls but the cursor doesn't move.

I made a little video demonstrating the issue:
here you see the buffer moving when I scroll using my trackpad, but not my cursor scrolling.

I tried to fix this error by using the command :set mouse=a, but without success. I also took a look at MouseTerm (using SIBML), but this doesn't seem trustworthy and a little bit overkill to just enable good scrolling behavior.

I found a solution which came close:

nnoremap <ScrollWheelUp> k
nnoremap <ScrollWheelDown> j

However, this scrolling is not even close to smooth and I was hoping for a more elegant way to solve this than remapping.

By the way, scrolling does work fine in the normal Vim using the Terminal as long as Mouse Reporting is enabled.

TL;DR: How to enable smooth scrolling behavior with trackpad in Macvim?
Thanks!


texts: Finder is extremely slow and keeps crashing, 1tb ssd

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Finder keeps crashing on my computer.

If I push a key to search any folder, it crashes.

I’ve re-indexed my ssd, but it’s still happening

mid-2012 MacBook Pro, macOS Sierra, 16gb ram

Also, I have a second, internal 500gb hdd


texts:
I've just removed Path Finder, a Finder replacement, from my system.

I first followed the removal instructions from their website here, before dragging Path Finder from Applications to the Trash.

But now in regular Finder, when I right click > Show Info on any file I receive the error:

  The “Show Info” service could not be used because the application
  could not be found.

  Try reinstalling the application.

How can I restore Finder's original Show Info behavior?


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How can I check which songs or videos that I purchased from the iTunes Store have DRM restrictions?

All of the mobile OSes are very impressive to me at the moment, and I'm thinking about trying a non-iOS device again. I want to know now the impact it has on my Apple-sourced music collection though.

Is there a date cut-off for purchases when items went DRM free?


texts: Dictionary not remembering my selected dictionaries

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When I select a word and use Define, I have to readd the same dictionaries that I've previously enabled. At first I thought each app had its own preferences, but it forgets every time, regardless of the app.

I noticed that changing the interface language will also decide which dictionaries are enabled by default (and thus not forgotten).

With English as the interface language I get the New Oxford English dictionary and the Apple Dictionary (what's this?). Like this, the Japanese dictionaries I want are always forgotten.

With Japanese as the interface langauge, I get the two Japanese dictionaries and the Apple Dictionary, but the New Oxford is suddenly disabled. Enabling the New Oxford will now be temporary, and I'd have to reenable it every time.

I'm running iOS 7.0.2. How can I make my settings stick?


texts: Can't "Click lock to make changes" after update to BigSur

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After I updated my MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) to BigSur 11.1 something went wrong.
I can log in, I can change the admin users password, I can access my keychain and I can run sudo with no issues.
What I can't do though is to click the padlock to make changes in System Preferences. Even when I enter the correct password the dialog behaves as if I entered the wrong password.
Any help appreciated.


texts: How do I use the record button in AppleScript?

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I don't understand how the Record system works in AppleScript.  The instructions seem clear, but not very helpful.

In the Script Editor app / on your Mac, click the Record button ⏺ in the toolbar.

Perform the actions you want to record in the recordable app.

To stop recording, click the Stop button ⏹

Seems easy enough. So I do that..

Open up Script Editor on MacOS, start a new script (File --> New).
Hit the red record button.
Open up my messages app. Enter my own phone number, enter a message "test" then send.
Hit the Stop button in the Script Editor.

Great, but where is the recorded script?  It didn't go to the empty script.  Its not stored in the clipboard (Command-v = blank)
Am I doing this correctly?  Where is the recorded content?
MacOS = Big Sur (11.0.1)
Script Editor= 2.11 (225) AppleScript 2.7
Scripting language = AppleScript


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I Worked before on my MacBook Pro on php applications and it was work smoothly , after I upgrade it to Catalina, when i use composer update it gives me an error , after reading about it I found that I have to use zsh but it gives me the same problem ,
when i use which php =>  /usr/local/bin/php
and php -v =>PHP 7.3.11 (cli) (built: Jul  5 2020 03:23:39) ( NTS )
and file /usr/local/bin/php => /usr/local/bin/php: Mach-O executable i386
I used to use MAMP Version 5.1 (350)


texts: Unable to run self-developed app on my phone

texts: I built an app on my computer using xcode and I want to try running it on my iphone. Whenever I press run it shows me an error saying "Please delete apps signed with your free account from this device to remain under the limit." I don't know what it means. I checked other threads to see if there was a solution and I tried some things where I disconnected devices with my apple id, I unpaired my phone and then paired it again, etc. If anyone has any solution for my problem, I would seriously appreciate it.


texts: Why my iphone get off when I plug into the charger and get on when I unplug

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I am using iPhone XS max, since recently I have been facing problem with charging the phone, my phone get off soon when I plug into the charger, however if my phone is active (call is on or video is running etc.) even while charging the phone doesn’t get off.
Similarly the phone will get switched ON automatically when I unplug from charger, I have tried with different charges and charging cables, still the problem remain same,
Anyone over there can help me on this?


texts: Mails deleted or archived in Mail.app do not disappear in mobile mail

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I have an IMAP mail account with a web hosting provider.

The account is accessed by two clients: Mail.app on a MBP running Yosemite, and Mail on an iPad running iOS 9.

When I delete or archive a message from the Inbox using the OS X client, the message still shows up on the iPad, unread and not deleted. Only when I delete it on the iPad, it ends up deleted on both devices.

As a result, the Inbox on the iPad is humongously large.

The root cause seems to be that Mail.app is only marking the message as deleted, rather than moving it somewhere. When I access the account through the webmail client, deleted messages  show up like so:

I haven't changed any relevant settings in Mail.app that could be causing this. The "Move messages to trash when deleted" checkbox is active as I suppose it should be. I can't find any other settings related to this.

The problem persists when I manually move a message to the trash IMAP folder: it shows up in strikethrough in the webmail client, and not deleted on the iPad.

There is a lot of advice out there (example), but I haven't found anything that works. Following the most frequent bit of advice, I have deleted and re-added the IMAP account on the iPad multiple times.  That solves the problem - the number of messages on the iPad then matches the number of messages in Mail.app. However, for every subsequent message that comes in, the problem comes back.

What is the cause of this?


texts: Install Older Versions of Java on OSX 10.8.1

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I have a MacBook Pro Retina, running 10.8.1 and Java 1.6.0_35

I need to install some older versions of Java in order to track some bugs that my customers are seeing on older versions of Java.

I tried finding installers for older versions of Java from the Apple Developer Network, but none of them will install on Mountain Lion.

Where can I find installers for older versions of Java?  Specifically, 1.6.0_07 and 1.5.0_xx that will run on OSX Mountain Lion?


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I'm rather disappointed that iPhoto has no direct ability to import from a scanner. I'm reduced to scanning in Preview, which has a less awful UI for scanning than the program that came with my HP scanner, and dragging the resulting files into iPhoto.

Is there some better scheme that I've missed?


texts: Extract PDF Annotations in Automator isn't getting the content

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OSX Yosemite 10.10.5. I'm using Preview.app to annotate PDFs. Now I want to extract all of the annotations from the documents, so I open Automator.app and connect the "Get Specified Finder Items" and "Extract PDF Annotations" together.

I ran it, and I get all of the metadata of annotations, but not any of the content.


texts: Is it possible to run three versions of Google Chrome?

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How might I run 3+ versions of google chrome so I can log into to 3 different google accounts.

More specifically I am looking to have separate icons in the dock for the 3 separate running applications.

How might I run duplicate and or copy versions of the same application.  The following linked question on SuperUser by Mark works for a lot of applications but not for Google Chrome.

It appears the following might work link.


texts: Is there any way you can find out which devices were previously logged in to your iCloud account even if they are no longer active? If they were removed directly in macOS’ iCloud app, would there be a way to find that information in syslog? Or does Apple provide that information?


texts: Error : unknown file system while trying to install Debian on my Mac mini

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I'm running Mac OS X 10.6.8 on a Mac mini 2.1. The hard disk is 80 GB and the first half is occupied by the Mac OS X and on the second half I'm trying to install Debian. I tried to follow a lot of different tutorials and two Linux distros:

debian-mac-8.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso
debian-mac-8.6.0-i386-netinst.iso

Also, I've installed rEFIt and/or rEFInd, but nothing. The error I get is always the same:

status: got partition of type "unknown" found,will not touch this disk. Error: not found returned from gptsync.efi.

I get this error when I do "start partitioning tool" from rEFIt. And also another error:

error: unknown filesystem.

So, after 3 days of hard work, I don't know what to do.

NB :


texts: Mavericks clean install with restoration from Time Machine

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Let's say I want to perform a Mavericks clean install like described in this tutorial. But what I also want to do is to keep all my older apps (especially ones not installed from the AppStore and all their data). I have OS X 10.9 developer preview. Is it possible to do a Time Machine backup, then perform clean install and then restore the data?

What would be the outcome of such operation and wouldn't it level the effects of the clean install (e.g. transferring some unnecessary system data) while restoring from the backup?


texts: How to enter @ and € on a German MacOS installation?

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On a German MacOS installation, with a German QWERTZ Keyboard connected to it (third party, not an Apple keyboard), What are the key combinations to enter the symbols '@' and '€' ?
If there are various options, please mention each of them.
The obvious guess AltGr+q for @ and AltGr+e for € ain't working, and unfortunately I'm about 200km separated from the Mac that causes the trouble, so your help is very much appreciated. Thank you.


texts: connecting with samba: privileges issues windows server

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I am trying using samba to connect to a folder I own on a windows server.  I connect by typing:

smb://the_windows_server/home/my_folder

Which works for every server where I either connect directly to my folder (i.e. smb://the_windows_server/my_folder) or when I have read privileges on all the directories in the chain to my folder.  In the present instance

smb://the_windows_server/home/my_folder

I do not have read privileges for the_windows_server/home/. The upshot is that OSX mounts the_windows_server/home, which has a nice 'not accessible' icon, and I stuck outside the folder I own and I want access to.

I am on OS X 10.8.4, samba provided by the OS.  I know I could do something to the windows server, but I do not manage it and I know it will be a painful and drawn out process to sort out if I try the 'ask the IT guys to fix the windows server' approach.  I would like to explore possible solutions on my OS X side of the equation.


texts: Saving an Apple Mail message with attachments as an .eml or .msg

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Is it possible to save a message from an IMAP server as an .eml or .msg like I can in Gmail or Thunderbird? Currently when saving emails using File > Save Raw Message Source the option to save attachments is greyed out and only available when saving as a rich or plain text file.

Edit: I'll also add that, for whatever reason, the messages I'm looking to save are not viewable when connecting to this server from Outlook or Thunderbird. The folder appears blank on those systems and I can only view these messages in Apple Mail.


texts: Disk space available: Finder shows way less than System Information

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The Finder currently shows only 81GB available (at the bottom of a folder's window) whereas System Information > Storage shows 455GB available.

Why does the Finder show so much less space available?

FYI: I'm running macOS 10.15.4 on an iMac with a 500GB drive.


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I'm helping out a friend who thinks they may have malware on their machine. I don't know what kind or to what extent, so I don't want to boot into the system. My question is:

Is there a good boot time anti-malware like Avira Rescue Kit (which won't seem to boot on a Mac)?
Or, should I boot into the recovery partition, and run Malwarebytes?

Thanks


texts: Inherit Time Machine backup after changing source hard drives

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I am using Time Machine to backup an external HDD (A) (2 TB) linked to my computer to an external 6 TB HDD drive.

I now had to shift the data from HDD (A) to a new 3 TB one (B). Is there a way to continue the backup of the data so that Time Machine doesn't think it has to start the backup of (B) from scratch? Does TM automatically detect that the data on the new hard drive (B) are the same as the ones previously backed up on the old hard drive (A)?

Given how flimsy HDD are, I thought this would be a common problem. But I didn't find anything in the questions.


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I'm looking for an app to organize my video files (movies, series, etc.) much like iTunes does with music. I'd like it to have series support (separating seasons and ordering episodes) and to have an option for adding posters/covers to every movie/series.

Is there something like that?

I'd rather if it was a free app, but I'm not limited to that.


texts:
I'm sifting through some incorrect permission issues and discovered the namei command for Linux. Homebrew doesn't currently have a Mac port.

  namei - follow a pathname until a terminal point is found

Is there a command or series of commands that can be used to accomplish the same thing on OS X?


texts: How do I backup my shattered iPhone that has a passcode?

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So over the Halloween weekend.. I shattered the screen to my 5S :(

My buddy is lending me their old iPhone 5 for a bit. I planned to backup my 5s and restore it on the 5. Problem is.. I keep getting the message in iTunes that says I have to enter my passcode on my 5s to start the backup!

The screen is absolutely destroyed. It doesn't recognize fingers or anything. The screen only turns on when I get a notification.

I was thinking it might be possible to replace my 5s screen with my buddy's 5 screen if all else fails, but I'm not sure if thats possible. Maybe someone can answer that too.

Thanks guys!


texts: Automator: Service to list File Paths of selected items, into Text File

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How can this Automator Service for Finder be created?

I'd like to be able to use Finder's Context menu (by right-clicking a Finder item) to run a Service that gets the file paths of the selected files.
The paths should be entered into a Text File (which can be unsaved or saved in the current folder).

Furthermore:

I currently only need to be able to get the paths of multiple selected files – but not the paths of subfolder contents, etc. I hope that serves not to overcomplicate things.
I would prefer if the filenames don't have Escaping Spaces ("Like\ This"), but instead normal spaces – but if there's a setting for that, I'd like how to alter between the modes within the script.


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I am currently facing severe issues with my MacBook Pro (Mid 2010) and my intuition tells me that it is probably a hardware problem only hard to fix. After all, I have used my machine for roughly six and a half years now. However, I want to make sure that I've tried anything not too complicated before going for a new one.

The chronology of the issues reads as follows: First, my WiFi broke down. There was just the "No hardware installed" message, when clicking the icon in the menu bar. A few days after, the screen started flickering (turning black for up to a second or two) and my external monitor seemed to loose signal from time to time as well. Again a few days later my MacBook started crashing. That could be twice within 5 or less minutes but sometimes it seems to run fine for a few hours even. This is the point where I am at right now. Sometimes, after a crash, when rebooting, the machine doesn't boot normally but instead shows me a screen where I could change my password.

What I've tried so far is switching users (which obviously had no effect) and resetting the SMC and PRAM. From what I can tell, my USB ports work fine. If this really is a hardware problem, which at this point seems to be the case with overwhelming probability, those measures are doomed to fail anyways.

My configuration is the following:

MacBoook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
2.66 Ghz Intel Core i7
8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 512 MB and Intel HD Graphics 288 MB
512 GB SSD

I run macOS Sierra (10.12). RAM and SSD are non-stock and I upgraded a while ago, say half a year back or even a bit longer.

An odd thing I stumbled across is that my CPU gets quite hot even under negligible load. For example, it was up to 80°C when just surfing the web yesterday (Safari with a few tabs open). The regular temperature under no load seems to be around 60-65°C, however, it can easily reach up to 90°C or even 100°C for no apparent reason. To me, this seems to be too much, even given the hardware's age.

In order to provide full detail, you can find a full crash report attached with the following link: http://pastebin.com/kStRYVuw

I don't always get these reports upon a crash, but I was able to snatch one yesterday. Unfortunately, I have no idea what causes the Read Error that seems to be the problem.

If any of you guys has an idea as to what I still could try before getting rid of my MacBook, I would appreciate it a great deal if you would share your thoughts.

Thanks.


texts: Can't get the app icons to stop displaying "waiting"

texts: I tried to update multiple apps at once. On the available updates screen, I pressed all. Now the icons are black and if I press them nothing happens. They have been downloading for hours, so I tried to cancel the download by going to Settings, however, that wasn't successful. How can I fix this?


texts: How to deal with Carbon Copy Cloner backing up various OS versions of a given machine

texts:
I've been backing up my MacBook Pro for 5 years using Carbon Copy Cloner. The full backup is on a partition of an external hard drive and there is a folder called _CCC_Archives which I believe stores the diffs over time.

I have upgraded the OS at least once and I'm wondering what the implications of this are.

Since upgrading from something like Snow Leopard to Sierra some of my music projects fail to open, presumably due to incompatible software. Is there some way to boot my MacBook using a backup from an older OS, capture and export some files, then reboot the MacBook to the newer OS that I'm running?

Note that I have never backed up the Mac since upgrading the OS because I did not want to corrupt my backup if it would in fact be irreversibly corrupted by this change. So the backup drive only includes backups using Snow Leopard.

The setting I use for backups in CCC is called:
"Maintain a backup (Archive modified and deleted files)"

And below this I see:

• Files and folders on "My Passport" that are not present on "Macintosh HD" will be archived.

• Previously backed up files on "My Passport" will be updated only if the size or modification date differs.

• Older versions of updated files will be archived.

• CCC will not prune archive content.


texts: Why some iCloud folders do not show up in Finder?

texts: The following screenshots both show my iCloud, viewing from Finder and from web. Why some of the folders from web are not there in Finder? May be I deleted them, I'm not sure. Anyway, is it possible to see the missing folders (Keynote/Numbers/Pages/Preview) in Finder?


texts: App Store opens unDock Lite product page seemingly randomly

texts:
I recently installed unDock Lite from the Mac App Store but was not satisfied with its functionality and uninstalled it the same day.

But from time to time the App Store opens the unDock Lite product page.

Is this some very rude advertising from the unDock Lite creators, or could there be a shortcut registered for example, and OS X takes me to the product page associated with it, if it's not currently installed?


texts:
I have a macbook that recently had a magnet missing inside the screen assembly, so it wasn't going to sleep. However, everything else worked fine - until, of course, I put the new magnet in and put everything back together. No backlight.

First things first: checked external monitor. Good.
Next: happened to have the body of another 13" macbook lying around sans screen assembly, so i hooked this one's assembly up to it... and whaddya know, its working fine, backlight and all!

So, I know this: a) video card/circuit works. b) display assembly, including lvds cable, works.

The display cable connector on the motherboard looks fine and I don't see any glaringly obvious blown components anywhere near it. I did go into the OS and try to increase the brightness through the system preferences, but the slider accomplished nothing. Also, the brightness keys on the keyboard do nothing as well.

I feel like I can't even know if its a software or hardware issue unless I have some specialty tools from apple themselves, although it did only happen after I messed with the hardware a bit, so that might be a clue. If anyone can help me figure this one out, has had a similar issue of sorts, or just happens to know what components are involved between the suspect areas, its really appreciated. Thanks.

P.S. Resetting SMC and PRAM (as per the official apple technician's guide) do nothing.


texts: Can I run old versions of (now incompatible) apps on MacBook Air?

texts:
A bunch of apps require an M1 chip when you try to download from the App Store.
Specifically, I'm asking about Classplus. https://apps.apple.com/in/app/classplus/id1324522260
 I'm pretty sure it's not an iOS app that's using the M1 chip; its first update was on 3 June 2020. My MacOS version is Big Sur 11.2
Is there a way to download an older version that doesn't require the M1 chip?


texts: Is it still possible to order the reinstall disk for a MacBook 2007?

texts: I want to order the reinstall disk for MacBook 2007.


texts: Can autologin be set up from the command line? how?

texts:
I am attempting to automate the setup of a vsts 'build agent' for mac, as documented here:
https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/docs/build/admin/agents/v2-osx

One recommended step, that is definitely useful in our usecase is to configure autologin (and lock), and the step links to this guide:

https://www.engadget.com/2011/03/07/terminally-geeky-use-automatic-login-more-securely/

I've found many references to the system preferences GUI approach, which did work when I tested by hand, but few to the command line approach, which is what I would like to do for my script. Some command line approaches are outdated, with references to 'systemsetup' which is no longer available. We are currently on 10.11, and planning to move to 10.12 at some point, so any approach for these systems would be appreciated.

I have found reference to the 'autoLoginUser' plist setting, which I have tested. It can be set with commands like:

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow autoLoginUser "buildagent"

This value IS set when the preferences are set, but it is not sufficient by itself.

Can this be done entirely from the command line, such as via a script? if so, how?


texts: Mac on local network has generic PC icon

texts:
I have an iMac and MacMini on my local network. From the Mini the iMac appears as a "mac' icon in the finder window - but the Mini appears as a "generic PC" icon from the iMac. Anyone know why this is and how to fix it ?

I'm starting to get a few weird sharing issues cropping up but thought I'd address this first.

FWIW, I'm running Lion 10.7.4 on both machines and have an airport extreme base station.


texts: Crash report from an app that I didn't install and that was executed from a non-existing path

texts:
I was reviewing the crash reports in the Console app earlier and I found a very strange crash report from few days ago.

An extract can be found below:

Process:               Champlist [2372]
Path:                  /Volumes/VOLUME/*/Champlist.app/Contents/MacOS/Champlist
Identifier:            AwesomeStudio.Champlist
Version:               1.6.6 (1.6.6)
Code Type:             X86 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           Champlist [2372]
User ID:               501

Date/Time:             2020-05-14 13:20:02.047 +0100
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.11.6 (15G22010)
Report Version:        11
Anonymous UUID:        0DEDA68F-131F-58D0-77DE-07F1EADEB7CF

Time Awake Since Boot: 6200 seconds

System Integrity Protection: disabled

Crashed Thread:        0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type:        EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Application Specific Information:
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '*** setObjectForKey: object cannot be nil (key: NSColor)'

Not only I never installed Champlist (that based on a Google search is used with a hackintosh, and mine is a 2009 unibody MacBook) but also the path of the executable doesn't exist?!?

I don't have a volume named "VOLUME" and what is the wildcard after that?

/Volumes/VOLUME/*/Champlist.app/Contents/MacOS/Champlist

If I list all the volumes from terminal (including the hidden ones), this is what I've got:

$ ls -a /Volumes
.       ..      .DS_Store   Mac     MobileBackups   Windows

Does anybody have an explanation for this?


texts:
I have a simple shell script:

#!/bin/bash
echo test

I can execute script successfully as:

./test.sh

and

source ./test.sh

However, the following throws an error:

. ./test.sh

error:

.: Command not found.

What could be causing the error? This works on el capitan but not on sierra.

I'm running macOS 10.12.3 with the default terminal.

Thanks!

EDIT: I've rewritten the question in order to simplify it with a small test script rather than my actual production script - this shows that the issue is the execution environment rather than the script.


texts:
I don't think I've used x11 since switching to Mountain Lion (and thus Xquartz).  I recently tried to use it and my key repeat isn't working.  When I press a key, it inserts the corresponding character once, then a second time after (very roughly) a quarter second, then never repeats again.  I've tried xset r and xset r on from both my x11 terminal, and normal Terminal.app --- neither has any effect.

Any suggestions?


texts: Mail keeps setting "Save drafts on the server" checked

texts:
I open "Preferences" in Mail, uncheck "Store drafts on server" and save (Gmail account). However, when I open the preferences again, the "Store drafts on server" (or whatever it says in English version) is checked again.
It really pisses me off. How can turn it off permanently?

I use OS X Mavericks.


texts: How to connect my external hard drive to windows working on parallels desktop?

texts:
When I want to connect my external hard drive to my 15-inch MacBook Pro with touch bar, I can see the popup which asks me that wether I want to connect my hard drive to windows or Mac. But no matter which one I choose the computer could not recognize my external hard drive.

On the other hand when I quit Parallels Desktop and try to reconnect my External Hard my MacBook Pro recognizes it comfortably.

This image shows my parallels Desktop's preferences for USB devices:

Please help me fix this issue.


texts: Prevent apps on iPhone from triggering icons on Mac dock

texts: There's some weird linkage between my iPhone and Mac.  When I go into certain apps, it brings up an icon on my Mac.  I do not want this ever.  How can I disable this?


texts:
just wanted to ask a quick question I can't seem to find a straight answer to.  What is normal "launchd" process behavior I should be seeing in Activity Monitor?  Right now it is writing GB's of data daily, I usually just browse the internet and stream videos. Feels like my HDD is constantly spinning up and down and when I watch disk activity the only thing that consistently goes up is the launchd process, which from what I understand is basically the OS.  So is this normal or do I need a fresh reinstall of High Sierra?

As far as system performance this isn't aversely affecting anything, I am just worried it will wear out my HDD faster than usual.  I am on a Macbook Pro Early 2011 13" with a third party battery from OWC (about 2 years old) and 16GB of RAM from OWC (just installed within the last month).


texts: iCloud complains that I'm running out of storage when I'm not

texts:
I'm using the iCloud's free 5GB to backup some of my data from my iPhone. Recently, iCloud has been prompting that it's not able to perform backups because my iCloud is full.

I checked my iCloud account, and it seems like the backups took about 3GB. However, it is complaining that I'm left with only 171.92mb of storage.

I don't know how iCloud does its math because adding up all of those items in the screenshot above doesn't accumulate to 5GB.

How else can I know what was stored on my iCloud account that is occupying that other 2GB of storage? What could have happened to my iCloud account?

I'm using Windows 7 with iCloud for Windows to see the screenshot above.


texts: Where application bundles get their environment variables from?

texts:
A user of my (Python based) app reports that they can't open it in regular way (via double clicking the icon in Finder) -- nothing just happens. When they run it from Terminal, they get an error (from bundled Python 3, I presume) about unexpected value in an environment variable:
PYTHONPATH is currently: "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages"
     You should `unset PYTHONPATH` to fix this.

When they unset it and run my app (in Terminal) again, everything works fine.
I suspect that the same variable is to blame when they run the app from Finder. How to find out where this variable is being set? I know there is .bash_profile, but launching an app bundle isn't about Bash? Or is it?


texts: Cannot figure out how to use mount command on MacOS

texts:
I am trying to use mount as in man mount, on MacOS. Ultimately, what I am trying to do is mount a directory which is outside of the Docker build context and put the directory inside the Docker build context. Apparently symlinks do not work, and so I am trying to do this with the mount command. (If you know of a better way, pls lmk).

So I have this:

mkdir -p "$(pwd)/some_local_dir"
mount -t auto "${project_root}" "$(pwd)/some_local_dir"

which is attempting to mount the project into a local directory

I get this error:

  mount: exec /Library/Filesystems/auto.fs/Contents/Resources/mount_auto
  for /Users/alexamil/test/some_local_dir: No such file or directory

I tried deleting the directory, and not calling mkdir -p, and same problem. Super weird.

Anyone know what might be wrong with my mount command?


texts: Watch alerts for shared calendar events… how to disable?

texts:
My colleague has shared her work calendar with me via Outlook/Exchange (for meeting scheduling, etc). My watch alerts me for every one of her upcoming meetings… no matter what settings I change. And to be clear, these are meetings that I am not an attendee of or involved in in any way. How do I prevent this?
Here are some other details:

As mentioned, this is a Microsoft Outlook/Exchange/Office365 setup.
My iPhone does not alert me of my colleague's upcoming meetings… only my watch.
My wife has also shared her personal Google calendar with me and I do not get notifications of her upcoming events.

Here is what I've tried in the Calendar settings in the Watch app on my iPhone:


texts: My photos disappeared after reprogramming my iPhone 4

texts:
I have a huge problem. My iPhone 4 went off and went to a service to fix it. I said to him that I have too many photos there and he should be careful. He said he reprogrammed my iPhone, and when I turned on the phone all my photos and apps were deleted. I had my entire life there, is there any way to get at least my photos back.

To be clear, I have never done any back up with iCloud or iTunes.


texts: How do I fix the tab “Access Control” not opening in Keychain Access?

texts:
In Keychain Access, I have some items where I cannot open the tab “Access Control”. When I double-click one of these items to open a window on it, the window opens with the tab “Attributes” selected; when I try to click the tab header “Access Control”, the header animates but the tab itself does not open. The tab “Attributes” remains selected.

I am not sure whether it’s related, but in Console I see repeated entries for Keychain Access that say: CSSM Exception: -2147413737 CSSMERR_DL_DATASTORE_DOESNOT_EXIST. There are also a lot of entries that say: CSSM Exception: -2147413750 CSSMERR_DL_INVALID_FIELD_NAME.

How can I fix the items so I can open the tab “Access Control” again? I am not sure whether the keychain itself is broken, is there some Terminal command I can use to verify (and repair) it? Or does “Access Control” rely on some other data store that may need repair?


texts: What's a font name table and why do so many free fonts have a "minor issue" with its structure?

texts: Every other free font I install, Font Book complains about a "minor issue" with its "name table structure". What is a name table? What sorts of problems should I expect these "minor issues" to cause?


texts: Where can I cancel my newsstand subscriptions?

texts:
I recently subscribed to a newsstand magazine. The confirmation e-mail stated that my subscription will be renewed automatically. I don't want this, but I can't find the option to turn this off. It's not under 'Purchases'...

So where can I manage my subscriptions? Is there a generic way to do this in the iTunes store?


texts: Skype with bluetooth headset on MacBook Pro

texts:
I have AKG K830BT bluetooth headset which works perfectly with my MacBook Pro (Mac OS X 10.6.7). The only problem is while using Skype. It looks like Skype wants to use my built-it speakers disregarding the BT headset which is already successfully paired. So the result is that I can head system signals (e.g. a sound assigned to the activity of closing a Skype conversation window) in my headset but not the conversation.

Is there any fix for this?


texts: How can I prevent iTunes from automatically opening the downloaded audio files?

texts:
When I download an audio file with Safari, it is automatically opened with iTunes.

How can I do to prevent this ?
I would like that nothing happens when an audio file is downloaded.

My configuration is MacOS 10.8, iTunes 11, and Safari 6.


texts: How to determine public temp directory on OS X to be write-accessible by www server?

texts:
I've MAMP running httpd server as _www and I'd like to assign the temporary directory as part of the shell script (bash).

I've tried to use $TMPDIR as per these posts:

How do I find the 'temp' directory in Linux?
Where is the Temp folder in OS X?

however it points to /var/folders/vp/tlt7xf791gl1_v56m0xdmrph0000gn/T/ and this folder has not necessary permissions, so Apache server can't create any files in there.

Based on this:

$ /usr/bin/stat -F $TMPDIR /tmp /private/tmp
drwx------ 104 kenorb staff 3536 Oct 14 22:21:05 2015 /var/folders/vp/tlt7xf791gl1_v56m0xdmrph0000gn/T//
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 11 Apr  9 13:08:03 2014 /tmp@ -> private/tmp
drwxrwxrwt 112 root wheel 3808 Oct 14 22:12:04 2015 /private/tmp/

My www user which I care about:

$ id _www
uid=70(_www) gid=70(_www) groups=70(_www),12(everyone),61(localaccounts),401(com.apple.sharepoint.group.1),100(_lpoperator)

I can't use /tmp, because it's linked to my /private/tmp (which name states it's private).

Therefore how do I determine my correct temporary directory on OS X, so I and my httpd server can use it?

I don't want to hardcode value, as the script would be useless when used on different environments (e.g. on non-MAMP environment), so the location can vary.


texts: Suggestions for obtaining session persistence when using load-balanced MDM servers (iOS)

texts:
It is not uncommon these days to have multiple back end servers and use some form of load-balancing between then.

When using such a configuration for MDM servers (that support the Apple MDM protocol), does Apple provide any guidelines or assistance in achieving session persistence? At present, it seems like the only option is to use persistence based on IP-address of the device. This may work in some cases but doesn't seem ideal.

As an example of something that could help, if it were possible to set custom cookies that were attached to outgoing MDM-related requests from the client, then it would be easy to achieve session persistence. But I have not seen any references to anything like this in Apple's documentation.


texts: macOS Startup Manager is very slow and laggy

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) on the latest version of macOS Sierra (10.12.3 at the time of writing). Whenever I hold the Option key after turning on my Mac, it takes a long time (around 30 seconds) for Startup Manager to appear. When it does, it is extremely laggy. Cursor movements and arrow key presses take 10-15 seconds to register.

I have no external devices connected; I am using the trackpad and keyboard built into the laptop. I eventually plan to connect a USB drive to boot from, but I cannot get Startup Manager to work correctly even when only Macintosh HD is available.

I have already tried resetting the SMC and PRAM multiple times, which does not help. Also, I tried installing the rEFInd boot manager to see if it would work better. However, rEFInd is just as laggy as the default Startup Manager.

The only other person online to have the same problem posted this question:
OSX Startup Manager (Boot drive selection screen) slow/un-responsive in Macbook Pro (early 2015)

Unlike that person, however, running diskutil verifyvolume on my EFI volume comes back with no errors. Likewise, diskutil repairvolume did not solve my problem. I have no idea what to try next.


texts: How to have links open in Google Chrome from emails?

texts: Before switching to the Chrome browser app from mobile Safari when I would click a link in a email it would automatically open the page in Safari. Now clicking a link does nothing and I have to copy and paste it into Chome. How to have it open like before but in Chrome instead of Safari?


texts: 5.1 surround sound via optical out without receiver

texts:
I have a 2010 Mac mini and I would like to output 5.1 surround sound from it.

The optical audio out is the way to achieve this, but I don't want to have an audio receiver, 5 times bigger then the mini.

I know there is the Logitech Z-5500 and the new Z906 that can do direct optical audio-in, but it seems to be the only option.

Is there other speakers with optical-in or small/cheap adapter?


texts:
I have been using MobileMe to sync emails from my two comcast email addresses from Outlook on my PC to my iPhone and iPad.  With MobileMe being turned off at the end of this month it will be necessary to migrate to iCloud.  It was my understanding that I would no longer be able to get email from my two Comcast email addresses synced to my iPhone and iPad after moving to iCloud, rather, only email send to me at my me.com email address would only be synced.

Am I correct in assuming that email from my two Comcast email addresses will no longer be synced after MobileMe is gone?


texts: I cannot play music in the status "uploaded" in iTunes through iCloud (via Apple TV, iPhone, iPad)

texts:
I have a subscription to iTunes Match.

Recently, I think in the last week, I am not able to listen to the music that result in the status "Uploaded" , therefore is not matched.

Normally if I load a cd in my iTunes library (on my Mac) it sync with iCloud and I could have 2 status: Upload or Matched.

In the recent past I could play any song in either the two status with any device with the same Apple ID associated.

Now (in the last week) I cannot play anymore the pieces with the iCloud status "uploaded".

Is there anybody who had the same experience and who have solved the problem?


texts:
I am using Atom on 2016 MBP with these specs:

OS: High Sierra

Processor: Intel Core i5

Processor Speed:  2.9 GHz

Total Number of Cores: 2

Memory:   8 GB

Until recently Atom was working fine, but then Atom started lagging when I typed a key and would often not display the letters I typed until 5-10 seconds later. This happened multiple times. I tried starting up in safe mode (I think thats what it is called) and that did not fix this. Once when this happened I opened activity monitor and a strangely large amount of RAM was being used. Here are some pictures:

The apps that I had open

A picture of the activity monitor

Is there a reason why there is this lag?


texts: Auto-hiding dock completely disappears on menu bar screen

texts:
Once I use the auto-hiding dock on the right screen, I am no longer able to use the dock on center screen.  To resurrect the dock on the center screen I first have to use the dock on the laptop. Once I do that, the dock on the center screen magically comes back to life. This cycle is repeatable, without fail.
Here is my monitor arrangement. It has the top of the laptop just slightly under the bottom left corner of center monitor. This depicts the actual physical configuration.


texts: What version of Bluetooth does Magic Mouse need?

texts: Just wondering what minimum Bluetooth version does the Magic Mouse need?


texts: Interested in running mid2015 MBP 15 with AMD gpu on a Dell U4919DW

texts:
I am concerned if the resolution of the U4919DW is supported since it is a whopping 5160 x 1440.

I have a dual monitor now and one of them died....so thinking to upgrade to this 49" monster.

What sort of refresh and resolution can I expect if I connect this dell U4919 to a 2015 MacBook Pro with a 15 inch screen running Mojave?


texts: I cannot remember my network wifi password to set up another device.  Is there a way to see the password on my iPad since it is connected to my personal wifi?


texts: Can you use the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller with an Apple TV?

texts:
I am wondering if the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller can be used with both the Nintendo Switch (obviously, it can) and my appletv(4th generation).

The specific controller I am referring to is this one:

I have looked online for the answer to my question, and the most information I could find relating to connecting Nintendo Switch’s official wireless controllers to an Apple device were articles such as one from TechCrunch and another from AppleInsider on how to connect the Joy-Con controllers to a desktop or mobile Apple device.


texts: Can't resize partition: "You can't perform this resize unless it has a booter"

texts:
I have an external 1TB disk that I use for Time Machine backups that I temporarily added a second 100GB partition to. After deleting the partition, though, I can't reclaim the free space. Disk Utility won't let me drag the partition button onto it:

I tried the resizeStack command, but got an error:

******:~ ******$ diskutil cs resizeStack 389D8763-4C1B-4D77-A734-C507DBD567C1 0g
The Core Storage Logical Volume UUID is 389D8763-4C1B-4D77-A734-C507DBD567C1
Started CoreStorage operation
Error: -69722: You can't perform this resize unless it has a booter (target partition is probably too small)

What's this business about a 'booter'? How can I reclaim my lost 100GB?

EDIT:

Output from diskutil list:

/dev/disk3 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk3
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk3s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Time Machine            900.0 GB   disk3s2

... and from diskutil cs  list:

+-- Logical Volume Group 7DBE7E68-7EB4-4208-9BBF-1ED08259754F
    =========================================================
    Name:         Time Machine
    Status:       Online
    Size:         899995127808 B (900.0 GB)
    Free Space:   0 B (0 B)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 38259B44-99D7-4F3C-973D-2510408E8E72
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk3s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     899995127808 B (900.0 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family 76E4A480-E849-47D0-96D8-D07940EAB3C7
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Type:         AES-XTS
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Conversion Status:       Complete
        High Level Queries:      Fully Secure
        |                        Passphrase Required
        |                        Accepts New Users
        |                        Has Visible Users
        |                        Has Volume Key
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 389D8763-4C1B-4D77-A734-C507DBD567C1
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk4
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          899642802176 B (899.6 GB)
            Revertible:            No
            LV Name:               Time Machine
            Volume Name:           Time Machine
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS


texts: Python / matplotlib graphics & OS X 10.9: mission control?

texts:
I just got set up on OS X 10.9, and I have matplotlib working with the OS X backend, but the "python" window that shows up is partially inaccessible to Mission Control.

If I activate full Mission Control with F12 (your shortcut key may vary), it appears with the name "python".

However, there is no python icon in the Dock, and ⌘- doesn't show any icon.

Is there any way to get the python app to appear in the dock?


texts:
I recently changed my MBP 13" 2009 to the newer MBP 13" 2012.
I decided not to recover from Time Machine and install everything manually as to make a clean start.

  Although I do not have my iWork '09 disk with me. Is there a way to
  recover it from the backups? Simply copying the application does not
  work.

Also I am not able to download it from App Store, because I bought it from a retail store and not online.


texts: How to disable vibration for Timer alerts?

texts:
In iOS Settings / Notifications, I can control whether alerts use vibration or sound or vibration-and-sound for Calendar, FaceTime, Mail, Messages, Phone, and Reminders apps.

In Clock App / Alarm / Edit or Add Alarm / Sound, I control whether alarm-clock alerts use vibration or sound or vibration-and-sound.

But I can't seem to have timer alerts (from Clock App / Timer) that are sound-only (no vibrate), without killing vibration for all apps.

Or am I mistaken?


texts:
If I wanted to run an AppleScript from within a bash script I could call a file with the list of commands that I require to execute.

#!/bin/bash
{some commands}
osascript file.scpt
{other commands}

What, however, if I wanted to run commands that needed to be run in sequence from within bash?

An example would be

#!/bin/bash
echo
echo This will open Google Chrome in Kiosk mode
  osascript -e "tell application \"Google Chrome\""
  osascript -e "activate"
  osascript -e     "tell application \"System Events\""
  osascript -e         "key down {command}"
  osascript -e         "key down {shift}"
  osascript -e         "keystroke \"f\""
  osascript -e         "key up {shift}"
  osascript -e         "key up {command}"
  osascript -e     "end tell"
echo "Google Chrome is now open in Kiosk Mode"

I know this is a very far fetched example, but it works to explain what I am trying to do. Normally, those commands would all be written without their respective escape \ characters all over the place and less " around each command. I'd also have them inside of a .scpt file.

A solution I am aware of, is to rewrite the script using #!/usr/bin/osascript instead of bash and go from there, but I want to be able to blend. I have found that I can test for a script file, if it does exist to create one and append each command I need to that file and then execute the required script file from within bash, but that also defeats the purpose.

There is no way that mid-way through a file, I can swap the shell being used with the shebang line and then swap back after I've executed the commands necessary, is there?

Any insight would be more than welcome.


texts: Does an iPhone require the users password after being reset via the "search my iPhone" utility?

texts: I wanted to sell my old broken iPhone but was reluctant because of the data stored on it. I couldn't reset it because it wouldn't power on. So the buyer said I could just reset it via the utility so it would reset itself once it went online. I did that but now the guy (who repaired it) says I would need to enter my password corresponding to my Apple ID one more time in order for him to use the phone after the reset. Is it true or is he trying to scam me?


texts: Switch Bluetooth controller to external dongle

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Due to the lack of Bluetooth 5.0 on my 2014 MacBook Pro, I've purchased an Asus BT500 as I've seen reports of people using it successfully with macOS. The dongle is listed as USB device, but I can't activate it such that my Bluetooth devices would connect to the dongle rather than to the internal Bluetooth controller.
Is there any advice on how to force macOS to use the dongle or how to debug the process? I still can return this Asus dongle, so if you do know of an alternate manufacturer's dongle which does work for you, I would also welcome your suggestions!
Environment
macOS Big Sur 11.2.3 (but I've also tried latest Catalina)
MacBook Pro Retina, 15", mid 2014
The dongle is recognised as usb device:

Things I've tried

I've tried to deactivate bluetooth, connect the dongle, reactivate bluetooth (source)

I've tried sudo nvram bluetoothHostControllerSwitchBehavior=always (source)

I've tried switching the controller with apple's "Bluetooth Explorer" (source). The dongle is listed there. But if I activate it, bluetooth devices are disconnected, then reconnected again; then the internal controller is displayed as [ACTIVE] again in the Bluetooth Explorer, not the bluetooth dongle.

I've tried sudo kextunload -b com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport to unload the kernel module for the internal controller, but I get: Error Domain=KMErrorDomain Code=71 "Kernel request failed: (iokit/common) unsupported function (-536870201)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Kernel request failed: (iokit/common) unsupported function (-536870201)}

I've disabled System Integrity Protection (source) and tried to switch the controller then, but this does not make a difference.


texts: MBP & iMac - FacetimeHD green light but black screen

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My question: My Macbook Pro (2017) and iMac (2012) both seem to have a problem with the FacetimeHD camera: the green light turns on, but I get a black screen in all video apps like Zoom, Facetime and Photobooth. Both have worked perfectly before. Does anyone have an idea how to fix this?
They both run the latest version of Catalina. I've tried logging in safe mode, trying with a new user account, sudo killall commands, NVram and SMC resets, etc. basically everything above and on this list but no luck yet: https://appletoolbox.com/macbook-camera-not-working-or-not-available-here-are-12-ways-to-fix-it/
When I switched system languages, something happened, the video input turned out to work a little bit, but showing the captured video in grey / inverted colours. But after a reboot, the black screen reappeared.
Does anyone have an idea how to fix this? Would be very grateful!


texts: How to restore time machine backup to a new machine running a different version of the Mac OS?

texts:
The hard disk in my wife's iMac, which was running Leopard, just died. She has an up to date Time Machine backup. I want to restore the backup to her new MacBook Pro, which is running Lion.

I understand the conventional way to restore a TM backup to a new machine is to boot from the installer CD but the MBP won't boot from either a Leopard or Snow Leopard install disk. For obvious reasons I don't have a Lion CD.

What is the recommended restore path?