texts: Is there a 30-pin LVDS cable extension for Macbook Pro display panel?

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I'm trying to convert my old 13" unibody MacBook Pro (mid-2012) display into an external monitor. I purchased a controller board from eBay that supports the display panel of MacBook Pro. I am wondering how to connect LVDS cable from MBP to the controller board. Controller board already has it's own LVDS cable. I'm wondering if there is any kind of extension available that can be used to connect these two cables. I'm not sure what would be the right terminology but I guess 30-pin LVDS female to 30-pin LVDS female port? Not sure. Below are the images of both.

Please note that there is no way for me to connect Controller board's LVDS cable directly to display panel of MacBook Pro since this laptop has display glass infused to the display panel. I would really like to not go through the procedure of temporarily removing display glass using hair dryer heat. Also I don't want to take display panel off the Apple casing that it comes in originally.

Thanks for the help in advance.


texts: How to turn on Youtube Subtitles in AppleTV?

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The youtube video is subtitled, how can I turn it on on my Apple TV?

I tried configuring languages and closed caption, but didn't work.


texts: How to expand a XIP file to an external drive when having low space on the drive where MacOS is installed?

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I am running Xcode from an external drive because now the size ballooned to ~30GB and I don't have that much free space. I'm using 12.3 but as 12.4 got released I would like to upgrade.
I downloaded the Xcode_12.4.xip to the external drive, the problem is, how I am going to expand the Xcode_12.4.xip file? Clicking directly or using the xip -x command from the terminal first writes the output to my main drive, then transfers it to the external drive which means I need to have about 30GB on my main drive.
Is there a way to do the expanding directly on the external drive? I have enough space there.


texts: How can I change the shortcut keys for my MacBook Pro so it doesn't conflict with my remote Windows shortcuts?

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From my MacBook Pro, I use a Java program that allows me to remotely connect to my Windows computer.  I use Outlook on this Windows computer where normally I use shortcut keys like ControlF2 or ControlF4 to categories emails in Outlook.

So for ControlF2 it actually works fine but I need to press fnControlF2. The issue is when I press fnControlF4 it seems that it's an Apple shortcut to rotate through apps, so it trumps what I am actually trying to do on the Windows machine.

Is there any workaorund to this issue? Is there a way I can turn off some of the Apple shortcuts or anything else to deal with this?

Update

I created a bounty to answer the question that I listed as a comment on the first answer:

What is weird is that F2 and F4 are both checked so I don't understand why F2 works but F4 doesn't in my Outlook. Also, after unchecking F4 and trying to categorize in Outlook the shortcut still doesn't work. After turning off all of the Apple shortcuts, it seems that F2, F6, and F8 work but others don't. Any explanation?


texts: How to disable space change by the mouse moving to the screen edge

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When I drag a window with the mouse to a screen edge and keep it there for
half a second or so my Mac switches to the next/previous space.

This behaviour happens on High Sierra and seems to be part of the OS's Mission Control feature.

How can I disable this gesture?


texts: Weird storage declaration from my computer

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With no good reason I had a look at my computer's storage going on the apple and About this Mac. Here is the display:

The pink bar doesn't make much sense. It obviously does not represent the 80.67GB of free storage. Two sections correspond to pink; "Photos" and "Backups". I obviously don't have 140.76TB of backups. And probably not on this computer that has only 320GB of storage.

What is going on here?


texts: Alt-. and vertical bar (pipe) on terminal

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On linux consoles I always use Alt + . to get the last argument of the previous command in history.

for example if I had

ls /tmp/test

as last command, and if I type

rm Alt -

this will result in

rm /tmp/test

On an Apple terminal, this doesn't work by default but I found an answer here:

Equivalent to alt-. in terminal

  You have to change the Terminal’s behavior to the alt key acts as a meta key

Now there is a new problem: I cannot access the pipe | anymore (Alt + 7)

How can I use both?


texts: Where can I find Mac OS Software Glossaries?

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A few years ago, Apple released software glossaries (bilingual files) for each of the localizations available for Leopard. These older glossaries can be found here: https://developer.apple.com/internationalization/downloads/ or on the free download section of developer.apsic.com. This is a valuable reference for anyone localizing applications for the Mac OS platform, so that they are consistent with the terminology in the platform.

Since Leopard, more languages were added to Mac OS, and obviously more UI changes and additions have take place.

Is Apple providing newer glossaries (Lion level) to the development community via is $99 Mac OS Developer program or some other channel?


texts: How to use 2009-era Airport Extreme in Bridge Mode Wifi

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I have a 2009-era Airport Extreme that used to provide routing and WiFi for our cablemodem. Time Warner updated our cablemodem to a DG860, which comes with its own built-in WiFi.

I'd like to re-purpose the Airport Extreme as a WiFi bridge. Specifically, I'd like to be able to plug my wired ethernet devices (e.g. a printer in the basement) into a LAN port on the Airport Extreme, and have it bridge to the Time Warner WiFi network.

When I attempt this in Airport Utility the most logical option seems to be "Add to an existing network", but it seems to expect to be physically plugged into the network. I.e. it wants to be plugged into the other router:

Is there a way to bridge the Airport Extreme over WiFi?


texts: What shortcut does ⌦ symbol in Camunda macOS app indicate and how to invoke it?

texts: I am using the Camunda macOS app and I am wondering what does this shortcut mean (right facing delete key)?


texts: Does Time Machine take 2 backups or 1 (on 2 external drives)?

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Question; Does Time machine takes 2 backups (each on one hard disk) or 1 back up distributed on both hard disks. (when using 2 external hard drives.)

Because if I select 2 different external hard disks in TIME MACHINE preferences, It says "Time Machine will take turn backing up to 'disk 1' and 'disk 2'"


texts: Did the most recent Mac OSX security update version 2016-001 (10.11.6) break java jnotify?

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I installed the security update 20016-001 for Mac OSx 10.11.6 this morning and now my use of sbt (0.13.8) with scala (2.11.8) and playframework (2.3.9) is giving the traceback below.  I'm guessing that the update includes new shared object files that are not working with the java versions I have installed.  I tried jdk 1.7.0_80 and 1.8.0_92.

java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no jnotify in java.library.path
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1886)
        at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:849)
        at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1088)
        at net.contentobjects.jnotify.macosx.JNotify_macosx.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
        at net.contentobjects.jnotify.macosx.JNotifyAdapterMacOSX.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
        at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:526)
        at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:383)
        at net.contentobjects.jnotify.JNotify.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
        at play.runsupport.JNotifyPlayWatchService$JNotifyDelegate.ensureLoaded(PlayWatchService.scala:168)
        at play.runsupport.JNotifyPlayWatchService$$anonfun$5.apply(PlayWatchService.scala:223)
        at play.runsupport.JNotifyPlayWatchService$$anonfun$5.apply(PlayWatchService.scala:179)

Update:

I ended up doing a massive clean/uninstall/reinstall of my java and scala tools as well as clearing my ~/.ivy2 cache. Something in there fixed it, but I didn't have the time to track down what it was.


texts: How do I download to an external hard drive?

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I have a very large file to download, and I want to download it directly to an external hard drive and not to the download folder on my c: drive.
Is there a way I can do this? There only appears to be two options, open or download.
I can only find answers here for extracting zip files, not for downloading directly.


texts: get media keys to always play latest media run

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I don't use spotify, but I do use apps from what I'm guessing are 3 different categories that handle media keys in different ways:

chrome
apple apps (itunes, quicktime, etc)
everything else (mplayerx, vlc, etc)

I bet spotify, rdio etc would get into one of those categories.

if chrome global keys are activated with the media keys (by any extension or google music app), everything works as expected, except for apple apps.

if I disable (or uninstall) chrome global keys, then the rest gets back to the normal expected behavior from the title, including opening itunes.

from all this I deduce there should be a way to get media keys to simply play the last thing that was played. always.

unfortunately no idea how to achieve this. magic keys won't resolve it. no amount of patch or solution from all the links here helped so far, while a similar question went unanswered for years.

perhaps this question would be better for stackoverflow since, in practice, I'm already working to resolve this by abandoning itunes and quicktime. :P


texts: AppleScript/Automator Workflow to restore OS X to "mint" condition

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Under Mountain Lion, I wanted to create an AppleScript that would essentially restore my OS X install to "mint" condition, if possible even to the point of showing you the ML welcome screen asking you for your name and timezone, yet preserving the apps I have installed, but remove any settings, configurations, or state. (I wanted to create an image I can re-use later with out any of the temp files, settings, or customizations).

Is this or something close-to possible?


texts: How do add new proofing languages to Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac?

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How is possible to add new spellchecking languages to Office 2011 for Mac?

I am referring to languages that are not listed in the relatively small (~20) default list of languages.


texts: Keyboard Shortcuts for "Compress" or "New Folder with Selection"?

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Has anybody found a decent solution to this? Custom keyboard shortcuts (as defined in System Preferences > Keyboard) don't work for any dynamic menus like Compress XX items or (new in Lion) New Folder with Selection (XX items) because they add the number of files selected after them.

Are there undocumented wildcards for keyboard shortcuts?

Unlike Compress, New Folder with Selection (XX items) does have a default keyboard shortcut, but there still doesn't seem to be a way to change it.


texts: How to send macOS logs to syslog (graylog) server from /etc/asl.conf

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I have recently setup a cool Graylog server for myself which I have various machines now sending their log output to. It's great and is helping me a ton. I want to do the same with macOS. There are outdated instructions on how to do this with syslog on macOS, but I think they don't work because macOS is pivoting to Apple System Log over syslog.

I suspect the necessary entry required to make asl send logs as I desire should be straight-forward. However I've not yet found a working solution.

Any specific suggestions would be great. I'll post back when I find a solution myself.

-- Update 1 --
I've found that the graylog notes on logging via a line added in /etc/syslog.conf do in fact work, but send the logs via UDP. I tried using both the "@" and "@@" tokens ahead of the destination which I've seen used to distinguish which network protocol is used. I suppose macOS's syslog implementation favours UDP. I'd still like to know how to do this via /etc/asl.conf, so the question stands.


texts: installing older version of wine on Mavericks from tar.bz2 file

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I remember that a program I desperately need to use stopped working after I updated wine. The last version I remember it worked perfectly on is the very version 1.5.8, which I have downloaded from here: http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.5.8 as a tar.bz2 file.

After all the struggles I have gone through trying to successfully install this specific release of wine (1.5.8) I have given up and decided to turn to this site for help.

I always installed and managed wine via MacPorts but this time it will not be possible since MacPorts doesn't allow me to install older versions of wine. I would like to ask you please if anyone could help me and tell me (explain) how to install this particular version of wine from that tar.bz2 file.

I'm using OS X 10.9, Mavericks. The program I'm trying to run is Lingea Lexicon 5 but it's not really important, I remember it worked perfectly on 1.5.8 but it doesn't on the current release 1.6.2, it crashes at start.

Please bear in mind that I'm not an experienced user of Terminal, I can do some basic things but my knowledge of commands is limited. Thank you again.


texts: Should I restore my data before or after upgrading the OS?

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(Part 3 in my ongoing Lion upgrade/hard drive replacement saga...)

When I get my computer back in a few days, it will have a brand new hard drive with a clean Snow Leopard install. I will be upgrading the OS on the new drive to Lion. I have complete backups of my old drive on a Time Capsule, automatically backed up now and then by Time Machine. Should I restore this data before or after upgrading the OS? Would restoring Snow Leopard backups to a drive running Lion cause any problems?

(I am leaning toward getting the Lion upgrade out of the way first, just in case anything goes wrong, and then restoring my data to its new home.)


texts: How did this item get in 'Notification Center' and how do I remove it?

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I have something called 'Pens Labyrinth' in my Notification Centre (screenshot below) -- How did it get there?  And how do I remove/delete/uninstall it?

(Also I don't understanding why am I'm seeing notifications from it while it's in the "Not In Notification Center" list.)


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When I bring up the spaces option (by either pressing the F3 button or 4 finger swipe up on trackpad), the + button in the top right corner is no longer there and I can't create a new desktop space.

I am running mavericks 10.9.4 on a 2012 13" MacBook Pro.

Any suggestions/ideas?


texts: Lost All Files in a folder because of undo on my mac

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What just happened? I have a flash drive of mine with a lot of school files that I just planned on doing a format. So before I went to Disk Utility then erasing it to the format I wanted, First I backed-up all its files by creating a new folder on my desktop then just copy pasted all my files from the flash drive to this new folder I just created. Afterwards, I went on erasing my flash drive therefore losing all it's files but It's okay cause I did a backup anyways.

Now when I was just about to put the the files from the new folder to the newly formatted flash drive, I was about to select all by doing shortcut command "command + a" I accidentally pressed "command + z" instead doing an undo and all the files were lost! After that, finder doesn't even allow me to do a redo!

Please help those are a lot of important files now they're all gone in just 1 second and they're not even in the trash. I did a spotlight search of some files I can remember but I still can't find one!


texts: Can you unlock a Mac that was locked from Find my iPhone & prevent it from being erased?

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Okay so quick run down, my Macbook Pro was stolen a few months ago. When it got stolen I immediately enabled the lock feature from Find my iPhone, & after a few weeks of waiting with no answers, I got bitter & also clicked the erase feature. Out of the blue, however, someone called my mother & said they found a computer on the side of the road with her name & number on it. So my mother got it off these people, brought it home while I was away, & turned it on. This brought up the lock screen with the "enter pin" & the message I put on it to the thieves.

So now that I have it back, which I thought was never going to happen or I wouldn't have enabled the erase option, I'm wondering if there's any way to unlock it from this screen but prevent it from wiping the hard drive. I thought about bringing it to an Apple Store before touching it again, but I bought it 5 years ago & don't have the proof of purchase anymore. Yeah it's got my mother's name & number on the bottom, it still shows up in my Find my iPhone, & it has my phone number on the message I put on the lock screen, but I'm pretty sure without a receipt, they can't prove it was mine so they won't be of any help, correct?

If I take it somewhere it can't connect to the internet, will I be able to enter the pin & get into the computer without it starting the wipe, because it'll be offline? Or will it start the wipe anyway immediately after being unlocked? I'm in completely unknown territory here so I'm trying to tread carefully before doing anything else with it. I'd just really like to get my files off of it, because all of my papers from college are on there, as well as personal photos & stuff. Is there any way to unlock it without starting the wipe? Trying to look on the internet is basically hopeless because it's such a specific question, & I'm not entirely sure how the erase feature works. Anyone with knowledge or experience would be greatly appreciated at this point.


texts: GPS not working properly on iPhone: it knows where it is but app can't recognize it

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My iPhone 6 GPS sometimes just does not work properly. I might be using Waze or Google Maps, but it just looks like it's lost. It knows where it is, because it can follow my position on the map, but the application seems like it can't fully recognize its position and usually just says it's looking for GPS signal (well, sometimes it gets crazy too and goes back all the way to my starting point back and forth).

Does anyone know what may be causing this?

The only thing I suspect is sometimes I have a very low available space on my device, but I'm not totally sure and would sure like to find out how to fix this annoying behavior.


texts: Unable to boot (kernel panic - reboot cycle) after 10.10.4 upgrade

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Macbook pro early 2011, after 10.10.4 upgrade does not boot then gives the standard "you have a problem" message, then panic message again etc. I've attached an image below:

,

After ⌘Command-R reinstallation of OS the first time it works, but the same cycle after rebooting.

Applecare service installed fresh OS (erased the disk), it works, bit after I restored the system from backup (I needed the files and programs installed) then same problem.  Then restored from the backup an older version (10.10.3), it works OK, but Apple Store suggests an upgrade, and after the upgrade it does not work again (as it was for the first time after the upgrade).

Any comments/ideas?


texts: Windows 10 USB installer not detecting Mac SSD on Macbook Pro 2016

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I have been trying to install Windows 10 via a bootable USB on my Macbook pro (2016 running Mac OS High Sierra 10.13.6) for some time now, but I continue to run into issues. The USB boots up just fine, and allows me to get to the part of the windows installation where it asks me to select which disk to install the OS onto. The issue I am running into is no disks are displayed, and if I try to go into the WindowsSupport directory I added to the USB drive after downloading from bootcamp while it does have a AppleSSD64 driver it does not appear to function or allow the OS to detect the drive. I am running into much the same problem detailed at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8269886
The drive is 256GB total in size and I have a windows partition formatted to exFat to try to allow the installer to detect it. I also manually used fdisk to ensure a hybrid MBR partition scheme is not used, as detailed here. (https://fgimian.github.io/blog/2016/03/12/installing-windows-10-on-a-mac-without-bootcamp/) Despite all of my efforts I cannot get the installer to recognize my computers hard drive. I have downloaded the Windows 10 ISO repeatedly from Microsoft and am sure it is not corrupt and do not have any idea what is going on.
The end goal of this process is to get windows only running on my mac, I do not want a Mac OS partition due to the limited hard drive space I have available, which is why I am attempting to install the whole thing from a bootable USB instead of bootcamp.
Any help is much appreciated, thank you.


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This evening my macOS Big Sur requested a restart for an "important update". After macOS reboot, I get a screen made of a background with standard Big Sur wallpaper and a mid-size centred-view windows which is asking to me to connect to the Internet because this update cannot be done without access to a network.
I give my usual Wi-Fi connection, it didn't woks anymore: a popup with an icon representing a smoking appears telling me that the connection using Wi-Fi could not be established.
So I take Ethernet cable and plug it into my MacBook Pro and I tried to connect to Internet using Ethernet. Nothing to be done... and identical pop to the previous one tells me that connection could not be established.
The third and the last options is: "Cannot connect to the Internet". I choose this last one but a popup appears telling me that the update could not be done without Internet. I can choose between "Retry" or "Shutdown".
This I really weird and really frustrating. Today is Friday, tomorrow is Saturday and then is Sunday... I can't wait until Monday to call Apple assistance... I need my Mac BookPro fully operational urgently.
I tried to get into recovery mode (CMD+R at boot) and I see that I am to be able to connect to Internet. If I boot normally I get this hateful mid-size centred-view window related to this probably bugged update.
I have a good familiarity using Terminal, if anyone could give me some advices/tricks/workaround that require some command line... it will be ok.
UPDATE:
I tried to run S.O.S. Partition on my OS Volume (not data volume), but all appears to be fine.
It is possible to get the rid of this update and let the OS to boot normally?


texts: What's needed to install a software upgrade

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Friend of mine has a Powerbook G4.
He came across some install disks for 10.4.6, in an envelope, with a bar code on the back.

He's asking me if that's all he needs to install the software.

Can anybody provide guidance on this?


texts: What modifies the PATH variable on macOS?

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echo $PATH returns a different result than the PATH variable I define in .bashrc. .profile is empty.

What else could be modifying the PATHvariable?

The directories listed are all things I would have entered (i.e., not done by software), probably after having read something online, but I don't remember where.

This question is for macOS Mojave, not OS X Mountain Lion. Yes, the answers are the same, but the questions are not.


texts: New Notes Will Not Sync From Mac to iPhone or iCloud

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If I create a new note on my iMac (OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion), it will not appear on either iCloud or my iPhone 5 (updated with the latest iOS).  However, I CAN edit existing notes and those changes do sync to the cloud and to my iPhone.  Very Annoying.  I can create a new note on either cloud or iPhone and it all syncs.  I just CANNOT create a new note on the Mac and have it sync to the cloud.

Also, in case you wonder, I do not have this problem with either calendar entries or contacts.  I am able to create new contacts and events on my Mac and they all sync to the cloud and my iPhone.


texts: Error: /usr/local must be writable! (update homebrew)

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I ran: brew update in terminal (Mac OS)
output: Error: /usr/local must be writable!

Anyway, as you can probably tell I am new to working with this. I searched this expecting it to be a common question but only saw not so helpful answers on github. Any help would be appreciated. *Note my terminal did recently switch to zsh with the last update (not too sure what that is).


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Can someone tell me what this is ?? Can I remove it ?

It says : Allows developers to query the list of installed apps and provide a preference pane based on that information

update This is given in the the app's info.

Applist
1.4.2
Author Ran Petrich
Allows developers to query the list of installed apps and
provide a preference pane based on that information
Exports depslayidentifier, displayname, icone and smallicon
via a remote messaging center that its easy to write a prefs pane
that presents a list of apps.

I have a feeling it has something to do with Activator, and maybe removing this will delete Activator as a whole.

I don want developers scooping around my installed apps...But  what happens if I remove it ?

edit

Haven't found anything about it yet .. Can anyone help me ?


texts: High Sierra reboot loop after data migration

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I've installed a new SSD on my Mac Mini 2014. So I have a new SSD connected via PCIe and the old OEM HDD via SATA.

I've installed a fresh copy of High Sierra on the new SSD and seems to work well. But after using Migration Assistant (to copy data from HDD OS X installation to the new SSD) the system begins rebooting loop on Apple logo screen.

I've reinstalled it a few times, but the same thing happens after Migration Assistant. Any help?


texts:
I have a column A with checkboxes
and a column G with Currency

can I do a formula to get the total of G only when the checkbox is not tick?

in the same idea, I have some dates in column B, and I like to get also the total of G (doesn't mater the checkbox this time) when in the current month (or the idea between a 30days period, I suppose something to do with DATEIF) but this I suppose I can do with something like :

SUMIF(B,MONTH(6),G)
however this is not working


texts: Is there a dedicated camera is for recording video on iPhone 12 Pro?

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I am going to get an iPhone 12 Pro to use as a high quality video camera. I know the 3 cameras have different functions, but I don’t know much about this triple camera setup.

Is there a dedicated camera to record video, or does it use all 3 at a time for maximum quality?
If it uses just one camera at a time, which one is the highest quality?


texts: How can I retrieve files cached in the RAM?

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there are some applications that don't write cache files on the disk, instead they write into the RAM directly and thus you can't back it up, analyse it or do anything with it.

How can I retrieve (that is, save on the disk) the files they are caching in the RAM ?
I'll take any method: utility, script, Terminal command…

P.S. not sure if I should ask here or at superuser

EDIT: posted on superuser


texts: How do I use AppleScript to click buttons on a website?

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I am looking for a way to use AppleScript to test my website.

Is there a way that I can make AppleScript click on different buttons and click on Text Input Fields using the JavaScript ID?

I am aware that there is a way to type using AppleScript.

Thanks!


texts: Do MacBooks slow down when not connected to power?

texts: I recently read about a device that reported its "minimum CPU speed" (which was 50MHz; max was 1500MHz) and I wondered if my MacBook Air (and other devices like iPhone/iPad) slows down the CPU when not plugged in.


texts: How to nest folders in Finder based on columns in a spreadsheet?

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I have an Excel sheet with 2 columns of data (Feeder, Serial Number).

I have 2 separate sets of folders on my Mac labeled the same (Feeder, Serial Number).

Within the Serial Number folders, there's tons o' files.

I need to move the Serial number folders into the Feeder folders based on the corresponding order on the Excel sheet.

There are hundreds of feeders and thousands of serial numbers; many serial number folders will go into the same feeder folder.

I'm sure there must be a quick way to accomplish this using scripts but the answers are frustratingly buried in this laptop and unfortunately, not in my head.  :-\

Any help appreciated.


texts: I am in dire need of a solution for the Break Even chart that i have created using Microsoft Excel. Can anyone please tell me how to start the blue line (NPV of all benefits) from 0 instead of Year 0. the image has been attached. Thanks in advance.


texts: Outlook 2011 doesn't show flagged messages

texts: I have Outlook 2011 installed (owa access) if a flag an e-mail to follow up, it doesn't appear in the smart-folder flagged mail. I tried rebuilding the database, delete and recreate my account nothing works. The Filter in the Smart-Folder is set to Follow Up Flag -> Not Completed any suggestions?


texts: Does daisy chaining FireWire 800 and 400 cause all devices to use 400 speeds?

texts:
I recently purchased a Drobo, and in looking over some online documentation, I encountered this support article which states:

  If a FireWire 400 device is also connected, it will pull down the overall performance to match FireWire 400 (FW400) instead of FireWire 800 speeds.

I realize that if I attached a FireWire 800 device to a 400 device, and then that 400 device to my computer that obviously I'd only see 400 speeds from the 800 device, but this KB article seems to imply that connecting a 400 device to the other FW port on my Drobo, and having my Drobo connected via 800 to my Mac, will cause the Drobo to communicate at 400 speeds.

Is this true? Is this a limitation of the FireWire protocol, a practical limitation common to many implementations of FireWire, or a limitation specific to the Drobo itself?


texts: Can Mid-2010 MacBook Pro 13" drive 2560 x 1440 external display

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Can Mid-2010 MacBook Pro 13" (MC374LL/A) with GeForce 320M graphics card drive both internal display and 2560x1440 external display at the same time?

Apple website states that it can handle 30" Cinema Display which has beforementioned resolution, and EveryMac.com lists maximum resolution for external display as 2560x1600, so in theory it should work fine, but I'd like to know beforehand if there are any gotchas, and whether there may be any performance problems.


texts: I imported some videos from my phone onto my laptop. They are mp4 files and when I play them they play properly. However, when I import them into iMovie they are all really laggy and the video lags behind the audio. I tried to delete them and import them again many times and it doesn't work. Does anyone know how to fix this?


texts: "Unexpected error" while extending Time Capsule with Airport Express

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I picked up an Airport Express before they disappeared from the market, with the objective of using its audio-out to connect remotely to a HiFi.

My set-up is as follows:

Time Capsule connected to cable modem. Internet + Wifi + time machine working properly.
New, not yet hooked, Airport Express.

I gave up after many failed attempts using AirPort Utility (under High Sierra 10.13.6 on a MacBook Pro) to extend the network: "An unexpected error occurred. Try again."

Connecting the Airport Express using Ethernet to its LAN line, I created an independent WiFi network. Now I can AirPlay form iOS just fine.

I can also AirPlay from the MacBook but only after I switch from the Time Capsule's Wifi to the Airport Express's Wifi.

How can I extend the network? I've tried resetting the unit by disconnecting power, holding the reset button for 10 seconds, and then reconnecting power while the reset button is still pressed; as well as switching Wi-Fi TCP/IP to "Link-Local Only" under "Configure IPv6".

I vaguely have the sense that it all worked nicely until I hit the "update firmware" red button for the Airport Express. Is there a way to regress the firmware?


texts: pkg installer installs to inconsistent locations

texts:
When I install my Xamarin-generated package with the terminal command from Installing .pkg with terminal ?

sudo installer -pkg /path/to/package.pkg -target /

the place it actually gets installed is inconsistent, even from the same package.

Sometimes it goes to Applications. Sometimes it goes to

myProject/bin/debug

Sometimes it goes to

myProject/bin/Distribution/

What gives?


texts: How can I Create a Playlist on my iPod without Apple Music and without iTunes

texts: So iTunes is gone but I still have iPods and like to create playlists on them. But I can't figure out how without subscribing to Apple Music. You can sync music but it appears only as songs and not playlists. I even specify syncing Playlists but everything still appears as a list of songs with no breakdown into playlists.


texts: How to force purging of cached files, to keep from running out of application memory?

texts:
After reading a couple helpful threads on this forum, I was able to figure out why my Mac started being non-responsive despite having 32GB of RAM, and almost nothing open.  Despite using only 4GB-ish of RAM for applications, my Mac had almost 28GB of cached files.  Since the system stops being responsive once it hits that point, I decided to take this PrintScreen a bit before I run out.  How do I clear the cached files from RAM, to make sure I don't run out of memory when I'm using practically nothing?

p.s., I have more than 1TB of available HDD space-- so it's not failing to store swap files.


texts: logging in iPhone different profile settings

texts:
Is there a setting or an app that does this:

When iPhone asked me for my passcode lock it will identify my passcode what passcode I entered and when passcode matches, it will match to the profile it was associated.

Example, A passcode that is "1234" will go to my public profile setting which is when i'm outside. So settings like app arrangement, wallpaper and other settings will adjust.

And when I enter "4782" it will associate it to my home/private setting and will adjust the settings accordingly.

The concept is similar to your computer login screen which you can login to different profile, and each profile has its own preference and settings.

I am interested of this feature because, I need to separate my iPhone preferences between work and personal.

I'm using iPhone 5 using 6.1.4., I'm also considering jailbreak options.


texts: How can I merge two clips into one split view using iMovie?

texts:
What I'd like to achieve is to merge two-screen recordings into one, each one takes half of the screen, using only one of the audio.

An example is this one:

Two recordings were joined into one on a split screen, and only one audio is played for the final video.


texts: How can I prevent Homebrew from installing a duplicate of software I installed through other means?

texts:
I like using Homebrew for installing Unix software on my Mac, and appreciate that it doesn't try to install multiple copies of things like Python.  There are some packages I've already installed manually, though, and I don't want Homebrew to install its own copies of them.

In my current situation, I installed OCaml using the standard installer.  Now I want to install Coq via Homebrew.  I see via brew deps coq that it depends on OCaml.  I know I can tell it to skip installing OCaml this time via brew install --ignore-dependencies coq.  However, I'd rather not have to do that every time I install a Homebrew package that requires OCaml.

How can I make Homebrew pretend that it installed software that I installed through other means, so that it doesn't try to install a duplicate copy?


texts: Is there an easy way on a Mac to split an audio file at defined intervals?

texts:
I have a 45 minute long audio (.m4a) file.

I would like to split this audio file into a separate audio file every 2 minutes.

So, that:

  AudioFile1.m4a is created from [00:00] to [02:00] of
  originalAudioFile.m4a.

  AudioFile2.m4a is created from [02:00] to [04:00] of
  originalAudioFile.m4a.

  AudioFile3.m4a is created from [04:00] to [06:00] of
  originalAudioFile.m4a.

  ...

and this is continued until

  AudioFile23.m4a is created from [44:00] to [45:00] of
  originalAudioFile.m4a.

Here are additional details:

I am not particular about the filenames of the resulting files.
I am not particular about the file types of the resulting files (e.g., whether they become .mp3 files or stay .m4a files).
This is not a situation where the resulting audio files will be mastered to a CD or something. I'm just looking for a quick and handy way to split an audio file based on a specific interval. A minor loss in audio quality is not a big deal (but this would obviously not be preferred).
I do not want the originalAudioFile.m4a to be altered in the process.

The most important condition is that the method requires minimal time and effort from the user.

There are various methods to accomplish what I want in Microsoft Windows, but can this be done on a Mac?


texts: Permissions issue automating a shell script in /usr/local/bin using launchd?

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Goal: use a launchdaemon to periodically run a shell script

Environment: macOS Catalina 10.15.3, macOS Server 5.9

I have a shell script to back up Open Directory in macOS Server:

#!/bin/bash

dst="thePath"
pass="thepassword"

host=$(hostname)
date=$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M)

serveradmin command <<-EOC
    dirserv:backupArchiveParams:archivePassword = $pass
    dirserv:backupArchiveParams:archivePath = ${dst}/od_backup-${host}-${date}
    dirserv:command = backupArchive

EOC

Permissions:

-rwx------  1 root  wheel  371  2 Mar 10:32 /usr/local/bin/od_backup.sh

Running this command in Terminal:

sudo /usr/local/bin/od_backup.sh

…works as expected creating an archive sparseimage in the path specified in the script.

I then created a launchdaemon:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC -//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd >
<plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>dk.rtm.od_backup</string>
        <key>UserName</key>
        <string>root</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
            <string>/usr/local/bin/od_backup.sh</string>
        </array>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <true/>
        <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
        <dict>
            <key>Hour</key>
            <integer>2</integer>
            <key>Minute</key>
            <integer>30</integer>
        </dict>
    </dict>
</plist>

which I load with

launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/dk.rtm.od_backup.plist

But system.log reports:

Mar  2 10:33:19 fms com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (dk.rtm.od_backup[93894]): Service setup event to handle failure and will not launch until it fires.
Mar  2 10:33:19 fms com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (dk.rtm.od_backup[93894]): Service exited with abnormal code: 78

and when i try to start it manually with:

launchctl start dk.rtm.od_backup

I get:

Mar  2 10:33:32 fms com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (dk.rtm.od_backup[93919]): Could not find and/or execute program specified by service: 13: Permission denied: /usr/local/bin/od_backup.sh

Questions:
Why does launchd produce a permission denied error in this scenario?
What is the fix?


texts: Has Apple released a list of which devices are capable of running iOS 8?


texts: How do I share my Wi-Fi connection through USB to my MacBook Pro without using cellular data or hotspot?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (running OS X and Windows) with a broken Wi-Fi card. I plan to get the Wi-Fi card fixed soon, however I want to back a few things up on the Internet before I hand off my Mac to the Genius Bar.

The last time I had this issue, I had an Android phone and was fairly easily able to download an app (FoxFi, if I remember correctly) and share my Wi-Fi connection with my laptop via a USB cable.

From reading answers to similar questions, it seems that according to Apple a Wi-Fi connection cannot be shared. I understand why a Wi-Fi connection might not be possible if you're using the antenna to broadcast a Wi-Fi hotspot, but why would you not be able to share a Wi-Fi connection over USB? It seems like it must be technically possible for an iPhone and not something that would be restricted due to carrier concerns about cellular tethering.

I basically want to use my phone as a Wi-Fi USB dongle and don't want to buy a USB dongle because I'm planning to fix my Wi-Fi soon anyway. Also, I don't have easy access to Ethernet at the moment.

Note: I do not want to use cellular data, only Wi-Fi. I would prefer a solution that doesn't involve jail breaking my iPhone. I do not wish to enable hotspot if I have to pay for it (I am on Verizon, which does not allow free cellular tethering).


texts: Audio hijack and loopback setup for spotify eq

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I want to have the following setup on my MacOS machine:

All audio should go to a Loopback device (call it "main"), configured as the main system audio device, so that I can use the native macOS volume controls for everything.
Using the "Monitor thru -> HDMI" I'll be able to listen to it on my system
Spotify audio should be instead captured
Injected into a Hijack workflow
Enhanced by an equalizer, peak limiter and whatnot
Routed in output to the above "main" device

So that, when I see some video on Youtube I can listen the audio, and when I listen to music on Spotify I can listen enhanced audio, all controlled by the main system volume.

It doesn't look like incredible, but I just can't cause item 3 above is not working, audio is not "Hijacked", Spotify keeps sending its audio stream also to system audio, so either I hear superimposed audio tracks, or I need to route it to another virtual device losing macOS native volume control.

I know that Spotify unfortunately doesn't have a setting to force it to output to a specific audio device, but is there a way to really "Hijack" it, meaning to capture its audio AND NOT have it arrive to the default system audio device?

Curiously, Airfoil from the same Rogue Amoeba seems to be able to capture audio from an app AND prevent it from spreading to default system audio, strange that with more powerful.

EDIT:

This is my rather simple Hijack setup:

It reads from Spotify, passes thru couple of filters, outputs to Loopback, but could as well output to HDMI or some other output. Sending it to Loopback makes it for system volume to work.

Now, since "Loopback Audio" virtual device is also my system audio device, even if I switch the switch in the image, I keep listening to the music, cause Spotify is "streaming" to both.

The ridiculous things here are many:
- Obsession from apple at not controlling HDMI audio output volume, as if having to use another remote to control volume of external speakers outbalances the imperceptible quality loss of software volume adjustment .. which is there in Spotify anyway :D .. this makes me use Loopback in first place.
- Lack of "Output device" setting on Spotify, there are pages and pages of rants about this on the Spotify forums, however on Linux and on Windows 10 there are system-provided per-application mappings .. which are not in MacOS .. this makes me try using Loopback and/or Hijack
- Hijack not "hijacking" the audio stream, cause Spotify keeps streaming ALSO directly to main system audio .. curiously Airfoil is instead able to prevent it to stream to system audio, de-facto hijacking it better.


texts: Lots of AppleSimpleUARTSync::resetTxQueue: _txInterruptRunning

texts:
My Wi-Fi of my MacBook is really unstable since the month December, I also get a lot of errors:

default 13:06:03.754394 +0100   kernel AppleSimpleUARTSync::resetTxQueue: _txInterruptRunning

(and of course the error Month 13 is out of bounds)

Does somebody knows what the first error is?


texts: Is it possible to disable a default keyboard shortcut for a special character, without the use of third-party software?

texts:
I have set ⌥ + M to execute the command "Paste and Match Style", system-wide. I assigned this custom shortcut at the following location:

System Preferences → Keyboard → App Shortcuts → All Applications

However, instead of the desired effect of pasting and matching style, pressing ⌥ + M on my keyboard usually types the character µ instead. Only every so often does my shortcut randomly function correctly.

How can I disable the assignment of this special character to my shortcut, so that the shortcut is dedicated to my user-defined command? I never have the need to type this Mu character, so I have no problem with ridding it from my keyboard entirely.

I understand that one can use a re-mapping program (such as Karabiner.app) as a workaround to accomplish this. But, does Apple offer a built-in way to remove special character shortcuts?


texts: Can a Yosemite extension enable itself without the user turning it on?

texts:
I'm working on Yosemite Finder sync extension, and I need to know if I'm able to enable it by myself without forcing users to turn it on.

I've noticed that on start it writes message into log:

PM com.apple.preferences.extensions.remoteservice[2241]: ### com.MyHome.FinderExtension setting enabled:1

Can I turn it on manually somehow?

Thanks!


texts: What in the world is happening on Handbrake on my Mac?

texts: I have used handbrake once successfully, to rip my first season of Boardwalk Empire to my Mac. But now any time after that first successful try, it gives me images like this:  where it is all pixelated and the fading between scenes is very jagged-y. What is happening now?


texts: How to get rid of the "Flash Player Auto Update Daemon” popup?

texts:
Since the launch of Catalina I've been getting this popup about "Flash Player Auto Update Daemon" that I cannot figure out how to get rid of, even though I'm still using Mojave.

I know it's a 32-bit app but I can't find it in the Applications folder. I checked the Legacy Software list, I see the suspect: fpsaud.

I found its folder /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Flash Player Install Manager. Can I simply delete this or is anything going to break? Is there another way to get rid of this popup?


texts: Is it possible to configure an iOS device to remember credentials for a Wifi SSID but NOT auto-join it?

texts:
I want to:

leave Wifi enabled on the device
Make iOS remember the password for SSID A (e.g. Private corporate network)
Make iOS never connect to SSID A silently

This allows the following flow:

Manually connect to SSID A from the Wifi menu
Upon disconnecting from SSID A, require step 4 prior to re-connecting to SSID A

Example: By default, upon entering the range of SSID A, using the iOS device continues to use either built in cellular or SSID B. After step 4 above and until the end of the day, the device will be on the network.

For now the workarounds are:

Switch Wifi off when at work. Failure point: Forget to do it in the morning, leading to use of the network when not intending to. Further cons: consumes LTE bandwidth unnecessarily, and disables Wifi (which would disable e.g. tethering)
Forget SSID A in the menu. Dealbreaking pain point: have to use a clipboard manager or other insecure tools or brain power to restore the password for SSID A when actually required to connect.


texts: How to click the OK button in Google Chrome alert, using AppleScript

texts:
I am using AppleScript with Google Chrome to automate a tedious process on a website. In certain conditions, the website has an alert popup to notify the user of an issue. This prevents the rest of the automator script from completing. I need to detect this popup, log it to a file (I already have this figured out), and click the ok button to continue on. The code that I currently have looks like this:

on run args
repeat with catNum in args
    tell application "Google Chrome"
        set myurl to "http://database.com/whatever"
        open location myurl
        delay 1
        tell active tab of window 1
            -- Click the button that needs to be clicked
            execute javascript "document.getElementById('verbatimCoordinatesDiv').getElementsByTagName('div')[0].getElementsByTagName('a')[0].click()"

            -- What I need to do:
            -- If (popup alert) then
                -- do shell script "echo Issue with " & catNum & " > templog.txt"
                -- Click ok button on popup
            -- else
                -- This clicks the save button
                execute javascript "document.getElementById('editButtonDiv').getElementsByTagName('input')[0].click()"
            -- end if

            delay 1
        end tell
        delay 1
        -- Close the tab
        delete tab (active tab index of window 1) of window 1
    end tell
end repeat
end run

So far what I have works fine when there is no popup message, however it requires manual intervention when a popup is triggered. Below is a screenshot of the popup window and Accessibility Inspector window.

EDIT: Here is a stripped down version of what I am trying to do, but on a public site. It appears as though the javascript alert is preventing anything from happening in the browser until OK is manually clicked.

tell application "Google Chrome"
    -- Go to the website with the javascript button
    set myurl to "http://t4t5.github.io/sweetalert/"
    open location myurl
    delay 1
    tell active tab of window 1
        -- Click the normal javascript button on the page
        execute javascript "document.getElementsByTagName('button')[1].click()"
    end tell
    -- Delete the tab when done
    delete tab (active tab index of window 1) of window 1
end tell


texts: iMessage (iOS 10) doesn't index messages properly

texts:
Here's the situation. I backed up an old iPhone 5S to iTunes on Windows via a  USB cable. I bought a new iPhone SE and restored the backup onto it. Everything works fine...except...no past messages show in Messages. The view, that usually shows them in reverse chronological order, is empty. Using the search widget doesn't find anything either. However, after creating a new message, that goes to one of the existing contacts, suddenly all the past messages appear in the chain!

Obviously the messages are on the device, but not indexed properly, probably a result of the backup and restore. Is there some way to re-index them so they'll show in the chronological view and be searchable via the search widget? Would another backup and restore help?

Seems to be related to Weeks after updating to iOS 10.0.1, all but ~5 most recent messages disappeared, and messages would no longer organize by time and Old iMessages and text messages have all disappeared after iOS 10 update? neither of which got an answer.


texts: Is it possible to view the CPU/GPU temperatures **from the command line**?

texts:
When this question was asked in 2012, specifically mentioning the "command line" requirement, an answer suggested Temperature Monitor (a "legacy" product). Running all three, Temperature Monitor along with smcFanControl and iStat Menu, side-by-side shows the problem. I don't want this level of perpetual distraction.

I suspect the following answer: It is not possible to see the CPU&GPU temperatures from the command line. I suspect this because both iStat and Temperature Monitor install additional drivers. If that's the case, it would be nice to record that answer.

smcFanControl and iStat Menu are nice utilities to make you keep an eye on the temperature of your CPU. The former shows only the CPU temperature, and both are too distracting (the latter's precursor, iStat Nano, could sit silently in the Dashboard until one needed it, plus iStat Menu seems rather sticky: I haven't figured out how to delete it yet—just removing the program from /Applications is insufficient.)

It was nice to find that ioreg
will reveal the Maximum Capacity of a battery (in contrast to the static Design Capacity, the Maximum Capacity signals the health of the battery). Using a program (such as CoconutBattery) is not necessary.

A script (still using ioreg) will reveal the battery temperature

  AppleSmartBattery Temperature:
  30 °C
  62.0 °F

and so I'm hoping for a renewed answer in 2017 to the following question.

How can I view the CPU temperature from the command line? It would especially be nice to also see the GPU temperature. OS X just crashed and rebooted on its own, and the Console logs ("Event: GPU Reset" and "GPU HangState 0x00000000") suggest that the GPU might be the culprit. I'm trying to determine if it's time to reapply the thermal paste and reattach the heatsinks (never done this before; not even sure it's within my ability).


texts: I have iOS devices since the 3GS but this happened to me for the first time tonight.. I have the 16GB model. It's quite enough for me. I had 2.2GB free. This afternoon I performed 3 updates and 2 hours after that my storage started declining and went to 0 bytes. Since then it stack 0 bytes for no reason. Any opinions?


texts: Reset iCloud password from Mac OS X 10.7.5

texts:
Is it possible to reset an iCloud password from an old Macbook running on OS X 10.7.5?
This is an iCloud account that I didn't use for some years, unfortunately I don't remember the answer to the recovery questions and I don't have access to the recovery email anymore (but I do have access to the icloud email itself). For these reasons I cannot use https://iforgot.apple.com/
I already tried going to System preferences > ICloud > Account Details but there is no reset password option.
Any help would be appreciated!


texts: How to delete iTunes once and for all from the command-line?

texts:
I'd like to delete iTunes and never ever have it make it again in my OS X system.

On a fresh install of OS X 10.6.8 I had iTunes 10 and noticed that on the first "Software update" OS X wants to install iTunes 11.  I unchecked the box next to iTunes 11 and then I uninstalled iTunes manually:

rm -rf Applications/iTunes.app

The system rebooted fine and OS X seems to work fine.

However while opening Software Updates I noticed that iTunes 11 was checked again.  So if I didn't uncheck it again I take it it would have installed itself again.

Is there a way to delete iTunes and tell OS X / Apple to never ever install iTunes again and never check for iTunes updates?  Or are the updates suggestions made from Apple's side, no matter what you have (or have not) installed on your own OS X?

P.S: I'm using OS X on a Mac in my living room only to listen to my local music collection (never ever streaming from the net) using Cog and to watch movies and that's it.


texts:
How can I toggle magic mouse one finger swipe pages gesture via terminal?

The command defaults write -g AppleEnableSwipeNavigateWithScrolls -bool NO triggers checkbox in System Preferences, but doesn't affect swiping gesture.

Checkbox toggle in System Preferences turns off swipe gesture instantly without need to restart magic mouse. I want to get same functionality from terminal.


texts: How do I delete a file from my desktop using keyboard

texts:
I have tons of file on my desktop. I am using latest macbook pro.

After selecting the file using mouse I hit delete and then "command and delete" and none of them work.

So finally I hit ctrl + mouse click and then I chose "Move to trash".

Is there a way to delete the file using only keyboard?


texts: Custom shortcut for switching input sources in macOS High Sierra

texts:
I need to remap "Select the previous input source" shortcut in macOS High Sierra 10.13.

I recently installed fresh macOS High Sierra removing my previous OS and I found that there is no option to change default shortcut from Ctrl+Space to something else.

I used to use macOS Sierra and I managed to set this shortcut to Cmd ⌘+Space. I didn't use any third party software for changing it, however I don't remember how exactly I changed it.

Is there any way to reset it to some custom shortcut? Ideally I'd remap it to Caps Lock which is never used in practice, but Cmd ⌘+Space would also be fine.

UPDATE: After some research I found that it is already possible to remap switching to and from ABC to Caps Lock. There is an option in System Preferences > Keyboard > Input Sources:

But the question is still open since this allows only to switch to and from ABC, but having three input sources you are not able to switch to the third one.


texts: Why is my CPU use up around 100% just running Chrome and Mail.app?

texts:
Fans are running at ~50% since I turned my MBP on this morning and this is a snapshot of the CPU use, it's crazy for 40 tabs open (I often have >100 tabs with several devoted to thread hungry social media sites like twitter and facebook).

Processes in Activity Monitor sorted by CPU Time:

Processes in Activity Monitor sorted by % CPU (changes order dramatically each few seconds):


texts: Purchasing all instruments doesn't work in GarageBand 10.0.2

texts:
GarageBand version 10.0.2. I haven't upgraded since getting this computer because I keep reading nightmare reviews about incompatibility with earlier project formats and more recently in versions 10.1 and 10.2, removal of functionality. Apple appears to be ignoring the negative reviews and pushing ahead with ruining GarageBand in future updates, so I'd like to avoid updating to 10.1 or later.

Most instruments are grayed out. If I click on 1 of them it offers the complete collection for a 1-time purchase.

Except the "Continue" button doesn't work. Clicking it produces a loading spinner over the advertisement offer and then the window closes with no explanation of what happened.

The same thing happens with the purchase button off the main menu.


texts: Do the 'OS X Beta Seed Program' updates wipe your existing OS install?

texts:
I've joined the OS X Beta Seed Program but am not sure about this detail. Does it upgrade 'in place' and all your countless system tweaks and customizations are kept in tact, or does it do a 'fresh' install and so you are forced to restore from backup all your apps, tweaked system files (such as defaults write variables), third-party prefpanes, and maybe even user documents, at your own initiative?

I didn't see anywhere that they address this.


texts: View in Mac App Store button does nothing

texts:
The "View in Mac App Store" button used to work in Chrome though, I think I turned it off by mistake though, I'm not sure. The button I'm referring to is under each app's icon and looks like so:

There was a popup (2) which would show a bunch of stuff about opening the App Store app or not and I think there was a check box there that I clicked to not show the popup again though, for some reason when I did this the button itself stopped working and just does nothing instead of opening the app store (if that makes sense.)

Here is example of the popup I'm talking about (this is Firefox's version, however, which is a tad bit different.)

I've checked all the settings in Google Chrome itself (v24.0.1312.52) though, couldn't find anything for this and why I thought, I better ask here.

So, my questions are:

Where is the preference settings to open the App Store again, via the View in Mac App Store button; is it an OSX setting or a Chrome setting?
Is there a way to get the popups working again so I can change the preference if I set it wrong?
If this is in fact a Chrome specific question is this better suited SE site to ask this on?

Mac OSX v10.8.2 by the way.

Thanks!


texts: Can Find My Mac locate laptops that have been wiped?

texts:
Can the new Find My service from Apple locate laptops even if the disk is wiped?

I had a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) running macOS 10.15 Catalina that was linked to an iCloud account and had Find My Mac enabled. This laptop recently went missing; it's still connected to my iCloud account and still shows up in the list of all devices, but only as Offline.

According to news articles, a Mac running 10.15 will periodically emit a locator beacon using Bluetooth Low Energy when it's awake or sleeping (but not while powered off, I assume).

  In upcoming versions of iOS and macOS, the new Find My feature will broadcast Bluetooth signals from Apple devices even when they're offline, allowing nearby Apple devices to relay their location to the cloud. Wired

Would the laptop still emit a Bluetooth locator beacon that could be picked up by other macOS/iOS devices, even if the disk has been wiped?


texts: Two entries for Google Chrome in Notifications preferences

texts:
In System Preferences > Notifications, there are two entries for Google Chrome, and they have different settings.

I can obviously change them both to what I want, but why is this happening and how can I get rid of the extra one?


texts: How to quit multiple application on mac using an automator app?

texts:
I made an application on Automator (app x) that launches few applications (app a,b,c). I was wondering instead of creating another application to quit the apps(app a,b,c), is there a way I can get Automator to quit those apps when I quit app x?

note: when I launch app x it doesn't have the dot underneath it that indicates an application is active.


texts: how to install ubuntu and triple boot with high sierra and legacy booting win10 with dual disk drive?

texts:
I have a mac mini (5,1) with two disk drives, right now one is installed with macOS High Sierra, one is installed with Windows 10 as shown below:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:               Windows_NTFS System                  104.9 MB   disk0s1
   2:               Windows_NTFS Windows                 499.4 GB   disk0s2
   3:                       0x27                         602.9 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *128.0 GB   disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk2         127.8 GB   disk1s2

/dev/disk2 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +127.8 GB   disk2
                                 Physical Store disk1s2
   1:                APFS Volume macOS                   32.7 GB    disk2s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 21.8 MB    disk2s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                512.1 MB   disk2s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      20.5 KB    disk2s4

I want to partition some space(40G) on the disk which macOS is installed(disk1) to install ubuntu 20.04 server, and triple boot all three OS without install third party boot manager, what should be the right steps to do this properly, or is it possible?


texts: OS X status bar wifi icon - meaning of bars?

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On my MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac mini, the status bar includes the standard "radiating sector" wifi icon which you can click on to select a wifi network, or Option-click on to see additional info such as BSSID, Channel, RSSI, transmit rate.  The icon itself show 1, 2, 3 or 4 lines in black to indicate how good the wifi connection is.  My question is this - what do the different numbers of lines indicate?  Is it various thresholds in signal-to-noise ratio?  Transmit speed?  RSSI?  Bit-error rate?

The built-in WIFI Diagnostics app (I'm running Mountain Lion 10.8.4) tells me that RSSI is -65 to -70 dBm, noise is between -85 and -90 dBm, SNR is between 10 and 25, Quality is either Good or Excellent, and Tx Rate is between 1.0 and 11 Mbps.

The reason for asking is that I'm at the end of a pretty poor wifi connection right now, but the wifi icon is constantly showing all 4 lines in solid black!  Why?


texts: Remove Starbucks badge from iPhone Lock Screen

texts: I’ve tried all of the solutions I could find but none of them have worked. I also called Starbucks customer service several times but nobody could help me. Can anyone offer any new suggestions?


texts: I have recently upgraded to iOS 10 and notice the new digital touch feature in Messages offers a "keep" button. Where are they kept? Can I see them in any other app, or do anything with them outside Messages? Can I export them? In what file format?


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I having tremendous amount of trouble connecting my Wiimote with the dolphin emulator on Mac. I am using the latest version of dolphin. I have both the Wiimote and the Wiimote plus. The Mac bluetooth easily detects both Wiimotes and connects with no issues. While Dolphin detects the Wiimote to some extent (it shows up in the controllers dropdown in settings), it does not connect. The lights on the Wiimote stay flashing, it never actually connects completely. Any ideas why this is? Is anyone else having such issues?

I appreciate any suggestions.


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Yesterday I started experiencing display hiccups in my new Macbook Pro

The issue is most noticeable when playing videos, though it really effects every animation: minimizing windows, switching screens, even typing is now choppy. The display has hiccups where it freezes for a split second, making it very choppy. I get lots of warning from WindowServer in my console (snippet here). I've tried several solutions so far:

Rebooting
Disabling automatic brightness
Resetting my user keychain
Disabling iCloud keychain
Removing all user LaunchAgents
Turning WiFi off and on again

but none of them have worked. I'd really like to avoid a full OS reinstallation and from what I can see, I'm not the only one experiencing this issue. It appears to be related to the 10.12.1 update.


texts: I apparently have a defective hard drive

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I noticed my Mac ticking like a clock and turned it off - it obviously hadn't switched off properly.

When I reboot I get a flashing question mark, so I tried booting with ctrl+R.
Computer does not find Startup Disk.

In Mac OS X Utilities -> Disk Utility when I select my HDD no First aid is available but if I select restore and my HDD as the source with Mac OS X Base System as my destination - will I lose files by erasing the Base System / what will happen?


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I am looking for a way to search for a determinate file in OSX (Maverick but more generally OSX).
In particular I would like to do the following:
given a File_001 I'd like to search if in the filesystem exists a copy of this file.
Not just with the same name, I would like the comparison method to be an hashing algorithm like MD5, SHA etc..

Most of the "duplicate file finder" I have tried just search for all the duplicates in a drive/system. I would, instead, be interested in submitting one file and search for its duplicates.

Does anyone know if such a program exists? Maybe some obscure function of Spotlight?


texts: How to load website from macOS as if using iOS for this particular website in safari?

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I tried to watch live stream from cbsnews, however installation flash is required. I don't want to install flash, so I set Develop -> User Agent -> Safari iOS 10 as usual try to deceive the website that I'm using iPhone. However it didn't work. How does it recognize the device I'm using?

Is there any way to watch this live stream without using flash?


texts: Network just suddenly kills on mac and everything else freezes up (system preferences, terminal, etc.)

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Just recently I started facing an issue after an Apple update to where I'd unlock the computer from its screensaver, and everything suddenly just comes to a halt. Meaning that the Internet no longer work, I can't sudo into the terminal because it never prompts for a password anymore.
Can't get to system preferences because it just becomes completely non-functional, and I can't even shut down because after all the applications close (including the dock), it just sits at the desktop wallpaper and I have to forcefully hold down the power button.
To me, this sounds like a process is just dying and hanging (won't terminate) for some strange reason, but I'm not completely sure of the cause.
Here's an example:

In this particular case, I turned off Wi-Fi, but it remained connected to Wi-Fi (although no network or Internet access). Tried to go into system preferences, but it just looked like this:

and eventually the application stopped responding.
Aside from doing a wipe & reload (currently in the process of backing up), what are some other options that I could try to hopefully resolve this? Never seen this happen before. Figured maybe I could just figure out how to kill network settings from the terminal, but since I can't sudo, then that's not going to happen either.


texts: How can I make the icon of a folder to be a given .icns file?

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I have a .icns file.
I want to make the icon of folder to be this .icns.

How can I make that?

EDIT

The .icns file that I use does not have the .icns file as its icon.

I have tried to copy the .icns file in Preview and paste it to the icon, but it copies the 1024x1024 image.


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How can I connect and use my samsung laptop as a second screen for my Macbook Pro? Is such a thing possible?
Also, if its possible, how do I select which computer should be master/slave?

Thanks


texts: How do I prevent iPhoto from opening every time I plug in my iPhone

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Possible Duplicate:
  How can I prevent iPhoto to open everytime I plug my iPad?

Every time I plug in my iPhone to my MacBook Air iPhoto pops open, how do I make it stop?


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Is there a way I can stop programs from opening? I want to block Stacraft 2. I've tried blocking the servers using SelfControl but it didn't seem to help.

Edit: I want to disallow access to Stacraft II Battle.net. Not being able to open for a period of time and, not being able to reverse this action for that period of time. The goal is to stop the addiction of playing.


texts: old iPod touch 1.1.4 youtube app hasn't worked since Sept 2011 or so

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I've been happy with my jailbroken iPod touch and didn't want to upgrade beyond 1.1.4. However, since late last year, perhaps September, the YouTube application hasn't worked, giving the uninformative error "Cannot connect to YouTube". Likewise I cannot reach Google using SSL, only straight HTTP. The error with https://google.com/ first successfully redirects to https://www.google.com/m, but then gives this error:

  "Error 502 (Server Error)!!1"

(sic) with the colored Google logo and

  "502. That's an error. The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request. Please try again in 30 seconds. That's all we know".

But it is not temporary, and I believe the two problems are related. I've edited the Cookies.plist file and cut out the google.com and youtube.com cookies, no help. I'm wondering if it has something to do with root certs, but don't know the plist for those. Any ideas?


texts: How to reverse Windows scrolling direction in both VMware and Boot Camp

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On my Mac, I have a Windows partition that I can either directly boot into (with Boot Camp) or run as a virtual machine (with VMWare Fusion). I set up Windows to reverse the scroll direction of my mouse. This works when I'm running Windows in Boot Camp. But when I'm in VMWare, the scroll direction is reversed twice — once by Windows and once by macOS — which puts it back to regular scrolling.

How can I set this up to have natural scrolling in Windows in both Boot Camp and VMWare?


texts: Is it possible to rebuild the ~/Library folder completely?

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Most of the time the first step to troubleshoot an OSX application problem is to login to the Guest account and see if a problem persist. The reason for this - I presume - is that the ~/Library folder of the guest account does not contain any, possibly corrupt preference files.

Over the years of using my Mac my ~/Library folder has become cluttered with preference files and folders of applications. Some of these applications are no longer installed.
Is there a way to "start over"? Some way to delete all existing preferences, and then let the applications currently present populate it again when the application is started?
Especially the Application Support and Preferences folder is full of old, irrelevant files.

I know I could do a fresh install, but then if I restore the user from Time Machine obviously the ~/Library is restored as well.


texts: What spreadsheet apps for the iPad support checkboxes/toggle buttons?

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I'm looking for a spreadsheet app that fills in a functionality hole in Google Docs, specifically the ability to have checkboxes/toggle buttons or equivalent.  The only problem is I will probably only use this once or twice so I have second thoughts about spending $10 for Numbers, even though I'm pretty sure it would do what I want.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

I would like to be able to import work already done in Google Docs, but I'm fine with doing a manual export/import if it saves money.


texts: Cannot install application from DMG as it assumes a different source

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I downloaded a dmg for Docker from their website and when I try to run it, it opens a window with the name of an application I installed earlier

The title bar says Franz 5.0.0-beta18 which is something I installed earlier. If I try to move the application icon to the Applications folder, it fails with error 43

The sidebar in my Finder then shows an icon for the mounted dmg but without the usual Icon. Clicking on this icon prompts that the item this links to cannot be found

I tried ejecting this faulty dmg to retry but there is no retry option in the context menu, only an option to remove this icon from the sidebar.

Is this issue because of something wrong the application I installed earlier (Franz) or is it unrelated to that? I deleted the dmg for that application and that does not help.


texts: Is Mac deployment controlled like the Apple iOS Developer Program does?

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I am beginner Apple developer.  I want to develop Mac and iOS software, but not for sale.  Only for personal use.

As I see to deploy my iOS program to my iPhone and my iPad I need to get iOS Developer Account.

Do I need a Mac Developer Account if I am not planning to deploy my software to Mac Application Store and if I am planning to use it only in my Macbook?


texts: Installing Windows on SSD in optical drive bay

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I removed my HDD from the main bay to install Windows 10 (through BootCamp) on my SSD (in the optical drive bay) and then I put back my HDD.

After that, I can't boot Windows anymore. Is there a way to fix it other than putting my SSD in the main drive bay?

Thanks folks!


texts: Why can't I see my favorite locations anymore when saving a file?

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Here is a picture of my finder

On the left, there are my favorites which is very handy for quickly accessing important folders. I used to have access to the favorites when saving a file or when searching a file to send by email.
Problem
Recently and with no apparent reason, I can't see the favorites anymore when trying to save a file or when trying to select a file to send attached to an email. (I can still see the favorites when navigating with the Finder).
Here is what it looks like when trying to save a Microsofot Word document

Here is what it looks like when trying to select a file to attach on an email (via GMail)

Question
How can I get my favorites back?
OS
I am on a desktop running on Mac OSX 10.11.3


texts: How do I assess how "normal" my battery is?

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OS X assesses my battery as "normal" under System Information > Power.

I understand that at some point this is going to change to some kind of "we recommend you replace the battery" message.

I am wondering if I can see this coming.

Coconut battery reports that 'current capacity' / 'design capacity' is 96%.

Is this number the way that OS X itself determines whether the battery is still "normal"? If yes, what is the threshold at which the battery will be deemed abnormal?


texts: Make applications accessible to specific users?

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I have an "Artist" user and a "Developer" user.

I'm wondering if there is a way to make system wide applications only accessible to certain users.
For example, I would like Pixelmator to only be accessible by the "Artist" user and for XCode to only be accessible by the "Developer" user.

Is this possible? Should I just chmod o-rwx TheApplication.app and place the users and apps in specific groups?


texts: Top menubar has disappeared across all apps - not just full screen

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I believe that I typed some keyboard combination in a fullscreen app to hide the top menu bar.  Methinks it were Adobe Reader, but uncertain at this point

Actually even that did not do what was intended:  it just put blank space where the menu bar had been - it did not reclaim that space for anything useful.

Now the menubar is gone for all apps.

Any way to unhide it?


texts: Restore Time Machine spinning Menu Extra

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In Previous version of Mac OS X the Time Machine menu-extra would spin while a backup was in progress.

Since upgrading to Mavericks that has been replaced with a static icon that adds a second arrow when the backup is running. I find it much harder to know when a backup is running. Does anybody know if there any way to restore the pre Mavericks spinning menu-extra behavior in Mavericks?


texts: Solution to keep complete projects completely separate with same user and multiple displays on macOS?

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I'm trying to figure out a simple way one can work on multiple complex projects simultaneously and switch between them elegantly and quickly, without the need to close down applications from one project to work on another, or thoughtfully organise applications and windows beyond simply grouping them by project.
I assume a typical setup that this applies to has:

multiple displays (say, 3)
~10 applications open per project (that is, they're real, complex projects)

What I am trying to achieve is a way to switch between projects seamlessly and keep windows and instances of applications grouped together.
Example
Project 1: rails app

Display 1: browser windows
Display 2: Multiple instances of sublime text for code editing
Display 3: terminal (multiple instances)

Project 2: machine learning in R

Display 1: RStudio (4 instances)
Display 2: 3 x Browser (multiple tabs in each)
Display 3: terminal (multiple windows)

There could easily be one or more additional projects.
Partial Solutions

I have tried using different user logins to the MacBook. This works somewhat but is very clunky and slow to switch between environments
Using multiple desktops - this sounds like it would solve this problem but it requires management of desktops across each display. So, for example, just 2 projects on a setup with 3 displays would mean managing 6 separate desktops (and good luck if you have > 3 displays and > 2 projects to work on - very messy)

Desired result
Some way to easily switch between the collections of contents across all displays quickly and easily, preferably via a touchpad gesture, keyboard shortcut, or clicking somewhere convenient (but open to less ideal triggers). I have a preference for something build in to macOS (hacky or otherwise), but am open to other software too


texts: How can I use iCal and the iPhone calendar when I am travelling?

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I often move between Ireland, Germany/Switzerland (same timezone) and Israel.

I use MobileMe, iCal and (two) iPhones.

The problem is that Apple's calendar applications seem to assume that everything I do involves conference calls which happen at the same time in physical reality and hence in different times in each time zone.

I have lunch at 1 PM, regardless of whether I am in Ireland or Israel. I do not want to remember what time it is in Ireland when it is 1 PM in Israel when I make a note, in Dublin, for my lunch appointment in Tel Aviv.

I tried several settings (time zone support off, time zone support on) but nothing really works.

If I switch time zone support off (on ALL my devices), my lunch dates fluctuate a lot and I miss appointments because 3 PM is not 3 PM any more.

If I switch time zone support off (and miss one device), my appointments are subject to weird changes produced by the one device should I accidentally use it.

I finally concluded that it is best to leave time zone support on and tell all devices and computers that they are in Ireland. That way my lunch dates don't change any more.

But now all iCal and iPhone alerts are off and, here in Switzerland, alert me an hour late and for the wrong time.

How can I configure iCal and the iPhones to IGNORE time zones. I really have more local appointments than conference calls and iCal's behaviour is only good for conference calls.


texts: This mouse won't click -- so can't setup mac mini

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I have a 2012 mac mini I'm setting up. I've connected it to a new dell monitor I bought for it. I plug in the usb mouse and can get the pointer to move, but the click doesn't work. Any advice? I've read other posts and thought maybe it was my nearby imac keyboard or wireless mouse interfering, but I've turned them off & taken batteries out and still no click action.

Any other suggestions for what I might try or what might be wrong? I used a windows keyboard to login successfully, but still need a mouse to get into mouse/bluetooth settings in Control Panel. I'm trapped!

Thanks!


texts: New digitizer stopped working after 30 seconds

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I plugged a brand new digitizer into my 2g iPod touch and I wanted to test it before I clip it in. It worked great at first and I managed to click with it for about 30 seconds, while not moving the digitizer or the iPod.

Suddenly, it stopped working and I have been unable to get the digitizer to work again, despite reseating it numerous times. The iPod works otherwise normally.

What happened?


texts: I am trying to locate my ethernet MAC address on a Macbook Retina 12" using ifconfig but I can only see en0 which should be my wireless card; it's quite baffling. Any help would be much appreciated.


texts: Set iMessage sender in applescript for a new message

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Applescript allows you to send messages via iMessage and the command line, ie) https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11812184/how-to-send-an-imessage-text-with-applescript-only-in-provided-service

Is there any way to set the sender of this message to something other than the "start new conversations from" default? I have multiple send/receive addresses and I am able to essentially have conversations with myself and my different verified addresses in iMessage, but only in the native app. Any advice or resources would be appreciated.

Thanks!


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I had a mini crisis today after deleting some files by mistake.

I have excellent Time Machine Backup to a local file server and have a history going back for a long time, and fine grained.

However, the files that were deleted were on iCloud/Documents (where so many of my files are.) I assumed this was a redundant backup.

I believe I figured out that files on iCloud are not backed up in a useful way by a local backup. Only their "stubs".

Can someone confirm this for me? This seems like a major loophole or gap.


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Lets say I have a formula like (Q7+Q11)÷Q20 in cell O20 and I wanna copy it to another cell, lets say D47, is there any key modifier or shortcut to do it without losing the original references of the formula and without rewriting it?

Something like Cmd+Alt drag and drop?

I am with Numbers 4 on Mac OS Sierra


texts: OSX Boot drive selection screen is slow, un-responsive and takes forever to load in Macbook Pro (early 2015)

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I have a Macbook Pro Retina 13" (Early 2015) and I have a bootcamp partition with Windows 10 installed in it. Also, there is an Ubuntu Linux on another partition, so it’s a triple boot computer. I’m not using rEFInd, but the stock startup manager instead. I am switching operating systems using the option key at boot and it was all working fine until recently.

The problem I am facing right now is that every time I turn my laptop on or try to switch operating systems using the option key the drive selection screen takes a long time to appear, like literally 20 to 30 seconds. This is not really normal because it used to be 2-3 seconds. Also, once the drive selection screen appears the mouse pointer just doesn't work or sometimes work un-reliably or extremely slowly. I can use the arrow keys in the keyboard to select the drives but the response is just too slow. Once i hit an arrow key it takes 15 to 20 seconds to register and move the selection, sometimes it doesn't respond at all. And then finally when I hit return it takes another half a minute or so to load up the boot sequence. After that the operating system works just fine. I also have GRUB on one of the partitions for loading Linux. When I select Linux in the Startup Manager drive selection screen the GRUB console starts and it works very slow as well: I have to type commands and wait 10 seconds for the letters to appear on the screen. Ubuntu itself works just fine.

Could anyone please point me out on any possible causes of the problem? I will provide any additional info if you request.

There is a very similar question, but it was solved by completely reinstalling everything. However I would like to find the real cause of the problem to be able to prevent it in future (my setup is kinda complex, and I don’t want to reinstall everything just to face this problem again in a month or two).

Update 1:
I have tried to reset NVRAM and SMC with no result.

Update 2:

I don't remember what exactly preceded the happening of this issue, but here are my thoughts:

Perhaps this happened after I installed "Paragon NTFS for Mac OS X" or "FUSE for OS X". I have both installed now and I use them to access Windows and Linux partitions
Maybe this happened after the hibernation of the Windows partition
It's possible that the issue happened after the system update, but it definitely happened long before the major update from El Capitan to Sierra.
The issue takes place not only in Startup Manager, but in any software that is running before the OS starts booting. Recovery, Hardware Diagnostics, Startup Manager, and even GRUB (which is on it's own partition) all work extremely laggy. If I don't hold any keys and let the macOS boot normally, then everything that occurs before the apple logo is taking much more time than it should. As soon the logo and progress bar appear - the lags are gone. Same with other OSes.

The operating system is macOS Sierra 10.12.1 along with Windows 10 and Ubuntu. I have tried to run Apple hardware diagnostics (by holding down the D key at startup) and got this message:

  There may be an issue with the SD card reader. Reference code VDC001

I've noticed that when I bought the laptop this test passed without any issues.

I also tried to boot in Safe Mode, but nothing happened, except that the macOS GUI was glitchy and choppy while in safe mode.

Update 3:

I have found an interesting behaviour. The issue is gone just for one boot whenever I do these steps:

Boot into Ubuntu Live USB stick
Choose "Shut down" -> "Restart" from Ubuntu system menu
The subsequent boot goes without slugging, seems like the issue is gone, no matter which OS I choose this time.

But the issue is back at the next boot. Also, if I choose to "Shut down" at the step 2, the subsequent boot is slugging like every other.
What could be so special in Ubuntu live stick, that it cures the issue for one time?


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I was making some changes recently, trying to rename my user account from the macOS High Sierra System Preferences, and it seems I've locked myself out from making any changes to Users & Groups now.

When I click the lock icon (Click the lock to make changes) I am prompted for a User Name and Password. No matter what I input in these fields I am unable to unlock the preferences. I am sure I know my user account, otherwise I wouldn't be able to log into the computer, and there is only 1 user on my Mac.

I've also tried with:

sudo dscl . -merge /Groups/admin GroupMembership <username>
Password:
<username> is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported.

So it seems the name change is causing a mismatch between what's in the sudoers file, so I basically have no user with admin access right now.

Does anyone know how I can reset these, even from the command line?
Thanks in advance!


texts: Full, encrypted, point-in-time Mac OS X (including data) backup and restore employing Drobo as backup-storage device?

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Summary

I want to restore any of the OS and data files my Mac OS X computers to any previous state I "save" (aka "backup"), so I can revert back to a known-working software state when a change causes a problem (like a problematic OS or application-software upgrade). I want to do this without Internet-bandwidth limitations (hence the Drobo is preferred, over a cloud-only-based backup).

Implementation Challenges

What solutions can solve limitations #1 and #2 (listed below) for the following scenario, and still meet the requirements served by CCC + Drobo? I prefer to keep the Drobo, but I expect to replace and/or augment CCC with something else/additional. However, I'll evaluate any solution, no matter how big the change. (Within reason. I have to stick with Mac OS X, for now.)

More Details

I currently employ Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) to copy my entire MacBook Air (it's primary 'Mac HD' drive) historically running 10.9.5 and 10.10.5 to a Drobo Mini. I can restore my entire 'Mac HD' drive, including the OS, to the state saved on my Drobo backup by booting off a USB flash thumbdrive, then running a CCC restore from the Drobo -> Mac HD.

This is my only reliably means I know to reset my OS/apps/data/etc back to a known working state, especially after a 'Software Update' screws something up. This happens most often when I update to a new Mac OS X, decide its newly-introduced bugs are not worth it, and then I downgrade. (Happened with Mavericks and Yosemite. I suspect it will happen with El Capitan--when I first try it.) I then wait for the new Mac OS X to become mature enough for me to upgrade to it, or I'm simply forced to upgrade for whatever reason (like app support phases out for the older OS X version).

Limitations. The above works well, but there's 2 limitations I'd like to overcome:

OS X's FileVault can not encrypt my Drobo, given its thin provisioning. Thus my files on the Drobo are exposed "in the open" if some untrusted person/entity acquires/steals my Drobo.
Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) can not automatically or at least not easily restore (in the above scenario) to a backup state/time prior to the latest backup.

Time Machine. It is not a viable solution. I've tested it numerous times in scenario similar to above, and it has failed (miserably and obviously) every time.

CrashPlan. I've spoken with 3 different pre-sales tech representatives at CrashPlan/Code42. None of them claim to solve the above, even though I suspect they can do it as well as CCC does it today, with the aforementioned limitations, of course.

TrueCrypt. Ultimately, I suspect I'll need an backup-application-level and/or TrueCrypt-based encryption to solve this. But I'm open to anything that meets all the requirements.


texts: Display phone number or email on home screen when phone locked?

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A friend recently lost her iPhone (running iOS 7.1.2). Thankfully, someone found it before the screen turned itself off and go through her list of contacts,, and she got her phone back; Otherwise, the person wouldn't have been able to get into the phone because of the pin number that locks the phone.

I remember that on a Blackberry, it was possible to display an email or phone number on the home screen even when the phone was locked. Can an iPhone running iOS 7 be configured likewise?

Thank you.


texts: Can I view a list of applications currently running background jobs in iOS?

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A growing number of applications for iOS, especially those adjusted for iOS 7, support background tasks (so they complete a download or sync or whatever also if not in front).

Is there any chance to print a list of applications that are running background tasks (or have been currently), for example like the one used for location based services?


texts: How do I correct the iOS7 photo app's location guess?

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iOS7 organizes photos into automatic groups. It labels each group with a location. It often chooses the wrong location.
For example if you're at the supermarket it might say "Anytown Post Office" if there happens to be a post office near by

How do I correct it with the correct location? In the example above I want the group labeled "Supermarket" instead of "Post Office"


texts: Why does my iPad send me immediately to the App Store instead of Safari?

texts: I tapped on Safari and suddenly it sent me to the App Store. I tried going back to Safari but it just kept going to the App Store. It just wants me to buy random apps that I don't want.


texts: MacBook-iPhone Sync via USB does not work: "AMPLibraryAgent PrepareToLoadDatabases() failed!"

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Since I updated my iPhone 7 to iOS 13.4.1 the Sync with my MacBook (Mid2012, macOS 10.15.4) does not work anymore.
When connecting the iPhone and selecting it in the Finder, it first says "Loading", but then it says "There was an error communicating with an utility programm" (German: Die Kommunikation mit einem Hilfsprogramm ist fehlgeschlagen) and below is the loading wheel and it stays that way forever.

When looking into the console, it seems like the program is the following part:

fehler    19:05:32.710148+0200    AMPLibraryAgent    **ERROR**: PrepareToLoadDatabases() failed! status:7011
fehler    19:05:32.710781+0200    AMPDevicesAgent    **ERROR**: getDomainInfo: failed! error:Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=7011
standard    19:05:32.710892+0200    AMPDevicesAgent    amplc> get library domain info complete. status:7011
fehler    19:05:32.710932+0200    AMPDevicesAgent    Assertion failure: err == (7011)
fehler    19:05:32.710963+0200    AMPDevicesAgent    Assertion failure: err == (7011)
fehler    19:05:32.710990+0200    AMPDevicesAgent    Assertion failure: err == (7011)
fehler    19:05:32.711137+0200    AMPDevicesAgent    Assert failure: ("false")
fehler    19:05:32.711313+0200    AMPDevicesAgent    Failed to initialize full service: 7011
standard    19:05:32.712003+0200    AMPDevicesAgent    SCNetworkReachabilityCreateWithName callback: Flags = 2 (net is UP)

When logging into another user on the same computer, the iPhone is recognized and I could hypotheically sync it, but of course, the other user doesnt have my Photos, Music etc... and even if I copy everything I assume the error might persist because there seems like there is one library/database in my user folder which cannot be loaded and causes the error.

It looks like some Database cannot be loaded by the AMPLibraryAgent, but it does not say which one. Does anyone know how to find out which database/library it is in particular?


texts: iMac 2017 5k host, iMac 2017 21 target display mode

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I am using my iMac 2017 5k as my main machine and want to use my 21 inch 2017 iMac in target display mode.

When I try Command + F2 I hear a beep and nothing happens. I have also tried doing it at the login screen and also tried fn + Command + F2 but nothing worked. What am I doing wrong? Is this possible?


texts: Why am I getting an error "No Index" when I try to CREATE a spotlight index with mdutil?

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I'm trying to create a spolight index of a directory on a shared drive (a corporate Windows active directory drive) using mdutil following the simple guide here. Here's an example of my syntax:

mdutil "/Volumes/volName/Directory/Directory Containing Spaces/Another Directory" -i on

The error message I get confuses me:

  Error: invalid operation.

  No index.

I know there's no index, I'm running this command in order to create one.

How am I getting a "no index" error on a command that should create an index? Is there some step I'm missing?


texts: MacBook Pro (2011) shows flashing folder at startup but the disk is valid

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I have a MacBook Pro (early 2011) and recently the laptop boots to a white screen that flashes a folder with a question mark. I know that means the laptop cannot detect an available startup disk.

I confirmed the disk is valid by removing it from the laptop and connecting it externally to another MacBook Pro and it's immediately detected and I can browse the file system.

On the faulty MBP I have:

Booted in to the recovery console (Cmd+R at startup) and Disk Utility does not even detect the internal hard drive.
Cleared the CMOS (I think that's what it's called) by holding Option/Cmd/R/S at startup for three consecutive reboots.
Removed the harddrive and reseated the connections to the drive itself as well as the logic board.

I am out of ideas on how to resolve or continue troubleshooting so please let me know if there is anything else I can check or how to pivot? My next action would be to make a Genius Bar appointment because I'm worried to logic board is somehow faulting.

edit: I tried another test with mixed results. I swapped the hard drive cable from my functioning MBP in to the faulty MBP and the laptop booted successfully. However, a few moments after login the screen switched to white with the flashing folder/question mark.

I moved the faulty hard drive cable in to the functioning MBP and the laptop failed to boot successfully.

My signs are kind of pointing towards a faulty hard drive cable. $45 for a replacement on iFixit seems kind of steep...


texts: Finder doesn't starts on Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

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It happens almost every time after startup. When I click on the Finder it tries to start it, the menubar starts, then the desktop icons disappear for a few seconds then they come back, but the finder window never starts.
Sometimes it says when I try to launch it:

The last time you opened Finder, it unexpectedly quit while reopening windows. Do you want to try to reopen its windows again?
If you choose not to reopen windows, you may have to open and position the windows yourself.

but otherwise I don't get any errors. The same happens with Chrome too.
I usually fix this by restarting the computer like 7-8 times and sometimes it just works. I already repaired the disk permissions. the verify disk says everything is ok.
What could cause this, and how can I fix it?