texts: Macbook Air Logitech K120 USB Keyboard auto remapping problem

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I'm having an issue with my 2013 MacBook Air. From day one, I've been using my Logitech K120 USB keyboard with it, and it worked flawlessly from first plug, no problem at all.

I've been a month away from home, carrying my MacBook only, no usb keyboard.

Now I'm back home and keyboard seems to be crazy. For instance, Home key and Page Up work now as Brightness- and Brightness+.

My layout is spanish QWERTY, by the way. Other keys malfunctioning, are ºª\ key (top left key) is working as >< key (left to Z key, next to bottom left).

I don't know what's causing this, and I don't see any setting where it may have been changed.

And Google isn't helping either, so you guys are pretty much my only hope.

Thanks in advance!


texts: How can I customize the right click menu?

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With macOS 10.13.6, I'm trying to change the menu item pointed out by the red arrow.
In TextEdit:

in Chrome

I tried the steps on a post, which is based on the existing services in Shortcuts, while my goal is to customize that item to "look up that selected words on the Cambridge Dictionary". Can someone help me on this?
If typical preference setting cannot do that, is it possible to do that
by modifying system plist or by programming for it?


texts: How do I improve gaming performance with Parallels Desktop for Mac?

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I have a late 2012 MacBook Pro 13" non-retina display and I use Boot Camp to dual-boot windows and Mac. I recently came across an application called Parallels Desktop for Mac that promised faster and better performance to what I was experiencing when natively loading Windows using Boot Camp.

I have used this software for a couple days and I love it, however I notice a big problem when it comes to gaming on it. What I am seeing is that when I play a Steam game (I.e. Skyrim or Fallout: New Vegas), when it tries to detect the default video settings it sets it to ultra high quality. This would be fine but the problem is, the game does not load at all unless I manually set it to low quality, yet, when I play the game natively, I can get away with using medium quality. My question is, what can I do to actually get the game to play at ultra high quality?


texts: How can I copy or reveal email password dots to text on iOS 5.1?

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How can I copy or reveal email password dots to text on my iPhone 4 running iOS 5.1?
I have tried going to Settings -> Mail Accounts -> Gmail -> Account, but it only shows my password in dots and also does not allow me to copy it.


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I'm using a Varmilo VA88m Nordic layout external keyboard for my macbook, I've been using it with relatively little problems until now when the < - key, and the ' - key have been swapped. I have not found any solution to this that works.
I tried the tip in the photo below, but this didn't cahnge anything, but now whenever i pres the "Change keyboard type" key in keyboard settings, it registers my external keyboard as my built in one.

Any ideas? Stuck for ages trying to figure it out, happened so suddenly and I am completely out of clues. Preferable any fixes that don't include Karabiner-Elements, tried it before and it only gave me more problems...
EDIT: This is the message i get when i try to use the "Change keyboard type" in settings :


texts: How can I backup or archive my iPhone messages?

texts: I'm upgrading to iOS 8 and need to make some room on my phone. Under "Usage" (in Settings), my "Messages" is over 2 GB. I assume this refers to the Messages app, including iMessages and SMS. I don't necessarily need to keep these on my phone, but I'd like to archive these for posterity. Are there any good ways of doing this? I would prefer to be able to restore messages to my phone at will, but I don't know what options exist. I've used Phoneview before and found its import/export functionality limited.


texts: Preventative Maintenance on OS X / Running Onyx unattended

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We have a Business Unit that has about 20 Mac's.  From time to time, when we need to solve strange issues that are not configuration issues. I will often run "Onyx", and unless there is an underlying hardware issue, it usually solves the problem.  I run the Automation, and have it rebuild just about all the caches.

Is there a best practice for preventing these cache issues from time to time, or a way to automate purging them to prevent issues in the first place?  The Business Unit manager would like to not have to open a support ticket with us, if this can be prevented by routine maintenance.


texts: Airplay to more than one screen concurrently?

texts: I'm looking for the best method to display a desktop on multiple television displays. Currently I have a Mac Mini mounted behind the tv and controlling via vnc. As I want to setup more screens (All with the same desktop view); I am thinking I could use the Mini as a server; and then mirror from there to multiple Apple TVs on the same network via airplay.  As I haven't ordered yet; is this possible? I can't seem to find any mention anywhere whether this would work.  Any other suggestions would also be welcome.


texts: 2 external displays on your macbook pro 2015

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I'm just asking again. It has been asked before, but most answers are quite old, so let's give it another try.

I've just bought a new Macbook Pro 15 inch 2.2 Ghz, a 2015 model of course. Now I want to connect two external displays using thunderbolt only. I don't want any difference in quality whatsoever, so one thunderbolt and one hdmi doesn't seem a good option to me. Even my dad has a laptop which allows him to connect multiple screens, an external keyboard, ethernet and has plenty of usb ports, so why shouldn't this be possible with a much more expensive macbook pro? I can't find the answer on the internet.

So far it seems it's only possible to buy two thunderbolt displays, which is really too expensive, but has the possibility to connect multiple usb devices, display, and ethernet using just one thunderbolt port.

There must be a way to connect two dell displays to the macbook pro and ethernet (possible the keyboard as well), using only the two thunderbolts, is there?


texts: Disk Utility hangs prior to resizing partition

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When trying to shrink the size of a partition, the period before the actual resizing happens (where Disk Utility says "Preparing to partition disk") hangs forever. I dug into Console to see what was going on and I came across this error, which is 100% reproducible for me as soon as I click "Apply" to resize the partition:

8/1/14 8:48:48.299 AM Disk Utility[631]: *** setObjectForKey: object cannot be nil (key: FilesystemName)
8/1/14 8:48:48.301 AM Disk Utility[631]: (
    0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff879eb25c __exceptionPreprocess + 172
    1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff82c08e75 objc_exception_throw + 43
    2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff878e622e -[__NSDictionaryM setObject:forKey:] + 1102
    3   Partition                           0x000000010681cdcc Partition + 110028
    4   Partition                           0x0000000106814883 Partition + 75907
    5   AppKit                              0x00007fff8834c06d -[NSAlert didEndAlert:returnCode:contextInfo:] + 90
    6   AppKit                              0x00007fff8834ba9a -[NSWindow endSheet:returnCode:] + 368
    7   AppKit                              0x00007fff8834b66d -[NSAlert buttonPressed:] + 107
    8   AppKit                              0x00007fff88210260 -[NSApplication sendAction:to:from:] + 327
    9   AppKit                              0x00007fff882100de -[NSControl sendAction:to:] + 86
    10  AppKit                              0x00007fff8825cc4d -[NSCell _sendActionFrom:] + 128
    11  AppKit                              0x00007fff88276655 -[NSCell trackMouse:inRect:ofView:untilMouseUp:] + 2316
    12  AppKit                              0x00007fff88275a27 -[NSButtonCell trackMouse:inRect:ofView:untilMouseUp:] + 487
    13  AppKit                              0x00007fff8827513d -[NSControl mouseDown:] + 706
    14  AppKit                              0x00007fff881f6a58 -[NSWindow sendEvent:] + 11296
    15  AppKit                              0x00007fff881955d4 -[NSApplication sendEvent:] + 2021
    16  AppKit                              0x00007fff87fe59f9 -[NSApplication run] + 646
    17  AppKit                              0x00007fff87fd0783 NSApplicationMain + 940
    18  Disk Utility                        0x0000000100e18867 Disk Utility + 6247
    19  libdyld.dylib                       0x00007fff8496a5fd start + 1
    20  ???                                 0x0000000000000001 0x0 + 1
)

I found this link which describes pretty much the same issue, but does not contain any useful suggestions for workarounds.

In case it is helpful, here is an image of Disk Utility at that moment. Note that I am dual-booting Mac OS and Ubuntu -- I assume the reason the FilesystemName is nil is the same reason that the ext4 Ubuntu partition shows up as disk0s4.

Note: This is on 10.9.4 (Mavericks).


texts: How do I get Startup Security Utility to run No Security consistently?

texts: Yesterday I installed Bootcamp onto an external drive and it was running perfectly. I set the Security Utility to "No Security" during the installation process and then switched it back to "Full Security" when I was done using it. Today I can't boot into Windows at all and I think it's likely because of the Security settings. I tried to change it back to "No Security" but when I close the window and re-open it, it has switched back to "Full Security." I'm not sure why it's not letting me change this and would appreciate some guidance.


texts: iOS app missing keyboard language selection

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I am having an issue with an iOS application which doesn't allow choosing between configured iOS keyboard languages except for English and Emoji

The very same app (in this case, Bolt) shows the language selection normally on my wife's device.

I've had the issue before with some other apps, but that happens rarely so I don't recall which apps they were. In either case, it doesn't seem a problem with an app, as on other devices the language selection looks fine.

Here is the screenshot from Bolt and Uber, running on the same device.

I have searched the internet but couldn't find other reports of the same issue, probably due to many other topics around the same keywords.


texts: YouTube App streams much slower than YouTube mobile site on iPhone

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I noticed recently that the YouTube app for the iPhone (4s) streams movies significantly slower (or sometimes, not at all) compared to using Safari and the mobile YouTube website.

I have tested this using 3g and various Wi-Fi connections. There is inconsistencies between the App and the Mobile Website on the same device over the same connection.

What is the difference in technologies between these two interfaces that may be causing this, or is this just a localized problem to my device?


texts: iPhoto does not recognize already imported pictures

texts: I had my iPhone replaced, and restored my data from the iTunes backup. Unfortunately, now iPhoto thinks the photos that were restored from backup are new photos, and so it does not hide them when I choose "hide already imported" in the import screen. Is there a way to get it to recognize that these photos are already in the library? I'm using iPhoto '09.


texts: How to automatically connect VPN when connecting to a network?

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In my university, the only way to access Internet is to connect to a VPN server. I've configured the VPN on my Mac and it's working fine, but I need to manually connect to the VPN every time I connect to the University network. How can I configure my Mac so it automatically uses the VPN whenever I'm working inside the University network?

Edit:
Can I use AppleScript to achieve this? Theoretically, it should be fairly simple, something like this:

if NetworkAPI.connectedNetwork.SSID == "Specific SSID":
    NetworkAPI.getVPNConnection("VPN Name").connect()

(I added AppleScript tag to my question to attract people with expertise in AppleScript, but any other method is acceptable.)


texts: Install older version of VirtualBox (4.3.6-91406) on OS X El Capitan

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I am trying to install VirtualBox 4.3.6-91406 on OS X El Capitan because I want to run an old version of Minix.

It is advised to run my version of Minix on VirtualBox 4.3.6 as it may not be compatible with the newest VirtualBox 5.0.12-104815 and anything between.

Running the old VirtualBox 4.3.6-91406:

This is what I get when I try to install VirtualBox 4.3.6-91406:

Running latest VirtualBox 5.0.12-104815:

And this is what I get when I try to run my old version of Minix on the latest VirtualBox:

  Implementation of the USB 2.0 controller not found!

  Because the USB
  2.0 controller state is part of the saved VM state, the VM cannot be started. To fix this problem, either install the 'Oracle VM VirtualBox
  Extension Pack' or disable USB 2.0 support in the VM settings
  (VERR_NOT_FOUND).

  Result Code:  NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
  Component:  ConsoleWrap
  Interface:  IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed}

Is there anything I can do about it? I want to run this version of Minix and preferably VirtualBox 4.3.6.


texts: Function of a particular process in macOS High Sierra! (PrintUITool)

texts: What is the significance of this (PrintUITool) process which goes by the name of PrintUITool, I cam across this process in activity monitor and found it take up huge chunks of memory and CPU space of my mac. I want to know what is the importance of this process and what happens if I remove it from my mac


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I have a MacBook Pro with macOS Catalina version 10.15.3 and an iPad mini with iOS 13.3.1.
I'd like to mirror the iPad to MacBook Pro.
I can extend the iPad using Sidecar but not the other way around.

How can I do it?


texts: Macbook Pro will not connect to 3rd monitor

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I have:

2018 15" MacBook Pro.
A startech dock with 2 display ports
A simple usb-c to hdmi adapter

I am currently using the dock to run 2 monitors + the macbook screen. I was hoping I could hook up the adapter to the dock and a 3rd external monitor, doing this did nothing. I then tried connecting the 3rd monitor directly to the macbook with the adapter... still nothing.

If I unplug the dock, the monitor connected via the adapter works! ... but when I connect the dock back in... only one of the 2 monitors connected to it will turn on.

It's like after it identifies 2 monitors, it decides it doesn't want to connect another.

Is there any way for me to get 3 external monitors working?


texts: iPhone 8 Jailbreak & remove carrier lock

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I bought an iPhone 8 from USA while i was on my exchange student period. The sales man at Target promised me that it is not carrier locked. So naturally, it's carrier locked.

So if i jailbreak my iPhone is it going to remove the carrier lock? I have been trying to find the answer but have not found it.


texts: How do I see everything ever installed on my Mac in one place?

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I install things in all kinds of different ways on my Mac...

App Store, DMG's, PKG's, Homebrew, Rubygems, Macports, etc etc.

Is there an app out there that can show me my entire history of installing things through all these different channels?


texts: How to access iTunes library from iOS device via HomeSharing when Mac is sleeping?

texts: I have stored my iTunes library on my MacBook and activated home sharing. If I now want to stream some music to my iPad, I can do so from within the Music app. If I like to remotely control my MacBooks library I can do so via Apple Remote app. But what if my MacBook is asleep? After closing it and waiting for several minutes I cannot see the library any more. How can I access my library after the MacBook went to sleep? Would I need an additional app to wake my MacBook over WLAN or is it somehow build in and I just need to set something in the preferences?


texts: This MAC address keeps showing up -- A8:BE:27:AC:10:37 -- it’s not mine

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This MAC address keep showing up on my Xfinity account and my Wi-Fi.

A8:BE:27:AC:10:37


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How can we play a DVD with an HVDVD_TS folder and EVO files inside using DVD Player?

DVD Player says, "There was a problem opening the media. The media type is not supported."

The DVD plays with DVD Player on a Mac Pro 2008 with Mac OS X Snow Lepoard to OS X ML, but does not play on a Retina MacBook Pro with Lion or Mountain Lion.

The Mac Pro had Final Cut Studio 2, FCS 3, FCPX, iLife '09, iDVD 11. The MacBook did not have FCS 2.

Are we missing a codec? Did Leopard have codecs for HVDVD_TS?

We can play EVO files using VLC, but VLC plays the video with a loud buzz in the left audio channel.


texts: WindowServer process takes a lot of memory

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I'm using a MBP 13" 2014 on macOS high Sierra with a 4k monitor.

The memory usage of WindowsServer can go quite high (up to 40 GB).

The only solution I found is to reboot my computer -- as the memory usage never goes down. The problem started with MacOS Sierra I think.

Does someone has a piece of advice or a better solution than rebooting my computer ?

And after closing all the running apps on my computer, it is nearly the same memory usage:


texts: When I click on software update the little working icon shows up and all it does is spin and spin like it's working but the software latest version never pops up so that I can download and install. What do I do ?


texts: I just got an iPod Touch 5G (iOS 8.2) and I would like to open text in an installed apps, e.g.; TextCrafter. Is that possible? Images can be opened in a number of apps but how to do it for text?


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I am having a problem with my computer. It starts up totally fine, but as soon as I get to my desktop and try to open any app (Google chrome, Calendar, Messenger etc) the cursor just spins and the whole computer slows down. No apps will open.

So far I tried to fix the problem by resetting the PRAM. The weird thing is that the computer didn't make the restart sound while I was holding down the keys (alt/optcmdPR). Is this normal? It brought me to the OS X Utilities screen where I tried repairing my disk using Disk Utilities. But this didn't work.

Any suggestions as to what I can do to fix this? I'm new to
fixing computers but I'd really like to try fixing this myself!


texts: How to add a directory to my path that includes a colon and a space?

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I installed MIT/GNU scheme and am trying to add the directory to my $PATH variable so that I can run it from Terminal.

The app name MIT:GNU Scheme.app is a veritable "perfect storm" (for path names) as it includes a colon and a space.

I've tried adding each of the following to my ~/.bash_profile, none have worked:

export PATH=$PATH:"/other/paths:/Applications/MIT\:GNU\ Scheme.app/Contents/Resources"
export PATH=$PATH:"/other/paths:/Applications/MIT\:GNU Scheme.app/Contents/Resources"
export PATH=${PATH}:"/other/paths:/Applications/MIT\:GNU\ Scheme.app/Contents/Resources"
export PATH=${PATH}:"/other/paths:/Applications/MIT\:GNU Scheme.app/Contents/Resources"


texts: Adobe Acrobat opens whenever I save a PDF file. Please make it stop!

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So. I installed Acrobet. I generally like it for dealing with large PDF files. However, since I've installed it, is insists on opening every time I download a PDF from Chrome.  I'm sure this is a silly-ass setting somewhere, but I've not found it.

Help?

Update

The exact behavior is that I look at the PDF in Chrome, then "Save As" to save it.  At that point the Adobe Acrobat takes over.

Sadly, chrome://plugins/ is no help.  See screenshot attached:


texts: Check if a process is running, if not execute it again in Terminal

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Is there a way to periodically check if a process is running with (probably with Apple script, or some other shell script) and if not then to execute it in Terminal?

I have a PHP script that is needs to run, but after some time it breaks, so I need to start it again.

Thanks.


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The yellow man feature of the touch bar does not seem to use manpath,
for example /opt/homebrew/share/man/ is ignored. How do you configure this?


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Firefox, for whatever reason, doesn't support the OS X-standard ⌘Delete shortcut for deleting the current line of text.

How do I get it back?

10.8 with FF22, but this behavior has been around for a while.


texts: I've always wondered why the Finder application on Mac computers are always on and why there's no way to quit out of them. Does anyone have an idea or supposition about why it is? Are there any consequences if the Finder is not always on?


texts: Standard Function keys using External Keyboard on 2016 Macbook Pro (touch)

texts: I recently picked up a 2016 Macbook Pro (with Touch Bar). I use an external keyboard. There used to be a setting in the keyboard system preferences that "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys". That is no longer an option. Is there a way to get that back?


texts: How to upload the 4k videos taken to YouTube?

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iPhone 7 Plus can take 4k videos, but if you click on the Photos app and upload to YouTube, for some reason it is limited to 240p. If you click on the YouTube app and upload, then it is 1080p.

Is there a way to upload directly from iPhone to YouTube in 4k resolution?

I think one way that will work is to transfer the video to the computer first, and then transfer from the computer to YouTube, but is there a way to directly do it on the iPhone, I wonder.


texts: Buying itunes gift card for friend in NL

texts: I have a friend's birthday who lives in the Netherlands (I live in the UK). Is there any way I can buy a gift card from the netherlands that will send to them? Googling seems to throw up a lot of sites - not many of which seem trustworthy. Many thanks!


texts: How to prevent Cmd-Q from typing "q" in the new foreground app?

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My background app (the one that gets activated when the current app quits) is some text editor. When I use the Cmd-Q shortcut to quit it and immediately afterwards let go of only the Cmd key, the text editor types a q character.

Of course I normally don't intentionally keep Q pressed. While using the Quartz keyboard layout I never even noticed this, but when I changed to the Dvorak layout, I occasionally saw this happen (probably because of the location of Q on the keyboard). It happens with both layouts though.

I'm pretty sure it's not a problem with specifically my Mac (EDIT: It only happens with my Logitech keyboard). It's quiet annoying, especially while coding since I quit the developing app a lot and the q in my source code makes it not compile anymore.

My questions are:

Does this only happen on my Mac? Can someone test this? It only happens with the Logitech keyboard.
How can I prevent this from happening? (other than always paying attention to let go of Q before Cmd)
Why is this even happening? I don't think it's supposed to be like this.


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I got this iPod touch 4th gen today. It worked initially but in between it showed a few weird screens and turned off and it would start again immediately. I thought if I would update this from iOS 5 to iOS 6 that would solve the problem. So I plugged it into my computer (Windows 7) and tried to update it from iOS 5 to iOS 6. Everything went well but at the end it returned error 1600 due to which the update was unsuccessful. Since then, the iPod has not started, nor is it charging. It just gets heated up when I plug it into the charger. It doesn't show any sign of charging. If I hold the sleep/wake button and home button together even for 60s it won't respond. It only gets recognized by iTunes that too with the same message "iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode. You must restore this iPod before it can be used with iTunes". I try to restore iPod and it shows error 1600 and I again get into the same cycle.
Any help will be appreciated. I have wasted the past 5 hours over this.


texts: How to update XCode with a different userid?

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So i have been given a macbook by my employer which was used by previous developer for iOS development. Now Appstore is asking me to update XCode to new version and when I am trying to update , it keeps asking me to login using Apple ID. In pop up window, it keeps showing me old user's apple id and doesn't let me change also. It is frustrating that Apple doesn't allow a different user to update the software unless that user has installed it. Any solution for this problem?

I came across https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10395077/updating-xcode-using-different-apple-account this. The solution here says to delete the XCode from launchpad and then reinstall it. My question is if I delete XCode , will it affect existing iOS project files which were created using XCode?


texts: Markdown application for mac ox ? github compatible?

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I am looking for a markdown editor for mac os x. There seems to be so many around.

Ideally one that is compatible with github MD

Anybody can recommend one that allows preview, and with really good functionality and kept up to date and frequent updates.

Its not important if its pay or free..

Thanks in advance

The question being presented as a duplicate, is out of date, the program they suggest hasn't been updated for a while.


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I bought a 2012 Macbook Pro and wanted a fresh install, So I booted while holding Command + R and did a fresh install after clearing the HDD via the setup. After the install I gave my credentials. Now I've been stuck for 80 minutes at a screen saying "Configuring your Mac". It has a HDD so I understand it's not as fast as an SSD. This is my first time on OS X setup.

Is considered normal and should I just continue to wait?


texts: See what a previously purchased app costs on iOS App Store

texts: How can I on the iOS App Store see what an app that I've already bought costs at the moment?


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What are the best possible RAM tests that can be run on a MacBook Pro (Early 2011 running Mountain Lion) after upgrading RAM from 4 GB to 16 GB?

I see there a quite a few tools out there and the Apple CD hardware test itself.

I figured I'd ask here hoping to get a much more educated, experienced and consolidated answer.


texts: sharingd wants to use the "Local Items keychain

texts: Every time after I log into my computer the first thing that happens is I get this message even if I put in the password. I can click it 3 times or so and it will go away, or I can give it the password but it will come back. I want to know what is sharingd? It looks like the terminal screen on the lock. Can anyone explain?


texts: MacBook boots up with less than one frame per second

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This is what booting my MacBook looks like: Macbook booting very slowly (youtube)

I tried a PRAM reset, which was successful (it reseted the speaker volume and now plays the startup sound, which it didn't before), but that didn't fix the issue.

This is an early 2013 15'' Retina Mac, and I'm running El Capitan.

I really need this device, so any help would be appreciated!


texts: How to make a display port cable provide max resolution for Dell U2713HM with Mac Book Pro?

texts: I bought This Display Port Cable to use with Mac Book Pro OSX 10.9.X and Dell U2713HM monitor supporting resolution 2560X1440.  The cable is giving me only 1080p resolution.  I have restarted both the monitor and the laptop.  I tried to google and find anything additional I need to install, but havent found anything.  So what is missing here and what do I need to get the max resolution?  I looked on the dell support for anything for osx but no drivers found.  I'm new to the apple world and I'm assuming here that you dont really install drivers for it?  So what do I need to do?


texts: Bootcamped Mac - When booting no option to select mac

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So I installed windows 10 bootcamp on my new Macbook Pro 13" and was working fine. I could boot in to either windows or mac
I've just restarted this morning and when I hold the alt key down I only have the windows drive as an option to boot into.
In Windows using the boot camp options I can re-boot in mac os and it shows me the apple icon and then boots windows and I can also see the mac drive here.
Any ideas?


texts: How to contact directly Apple about Scams in iPad Apple Store?

texts: How can I contact Apple directly? At what times can I do so?


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I had used a Seagate external HD as Time Machine back up for a year or so. Since I got a gift of a better EHD now I wanted to erase all data in the old EHD. I thought a simple Format through Disk Utility would be easy.

Recently I updated my MacBook Pro 15″ into Mavericks. Today when I tried to open Disk Utility, it did not open, with the following error:

  You can't use this version of the application "Disk Utility" with this version of OS X. You have "Disk Utility" 13.

Where shall I find Disk Utility suitable for Mavericks? Is there any other easy procedure to empty my EHD?


texts: How do I change the settings of the sounds in iOS 6?

texts: As you see. I have accidentally pressed something that change my iOS sound. When I try to volume up or down my sounds. It says sound effects. If I watch a video. It does not say anything. Is it in the iOS or did press anything? If I did, please help me.


texts: Can I use a new USB C dock with an old USB A socket? Can then the PD socket be used to supply more power to the dock?

texts:
Can a new USB C dock like this for example:
USB C dock with Power Delivery
be connected and work with an old Macbook (or other USB A gen 2.0 or 3.0 computer) using an adapter like in the picture for example?

If so:
Can I then connect a power adapter, e.g. "Apple 61w usb-c power adapter" or a regular smartphone USB C power adapter to the PD port on the USB C dock to deliver power to the dock so as the dock now becomes a powered usb hub? (I know it'll not charge the old Mac though. A powered dock/hub is required for more power-hungry devices like several external HDD.)

[I'm concerned that the new dock may damage the old USB A port, especially when the power adapter is connected to the PD port so as the dock tries to send power to the old USB A. For new USB C it detects when the port "wants" to get power and it'll also power the devices connected to the dock along with the computer. The intention with the old Macbook is to power only the dock and the connected peripherals]

Thanks!


texts: Print Servers to Share Printer to AirPrint for iPads

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I am trying to use the Office Edition of xPrint to create virtual printers that would allow print jobs to be routed to different paper bins on my Xerox Colorqube 8870.  It has 2 extra trays (4 total).   What I want to do is setup several virtual printers on the xPrint that do this:

Xerox Color: uses tray 2, prints double sided, color
Xerox Path: uses tray 3, prints single sided, B&W
Xerox Rx: uses tray 4, prints single sided, B&W

The idea is that this would allow us to print from iPads to each of these "printers" which are actually just directing output to different trays (which are each loaded with a different paper type).

I've used the manual add and socket mode to create multiple versions of the xerox with the options chosen above, but they aren't being "honored" so to speak.  Everything always comes out of tray 2.  The black and white options seem to be respected, but its disregarding the tray output selections.

I've also tried Handyprint for this, but it is even worse.  An error is created everytime a print job is sent.  Looking in the logs, its a "filter" error.

I've ensured that I have the newest drivers, i've tried using Handyprint on versions of the printer that are connected via the network as well as directly by USB, all to no avail.  I've also tried Printopia, same issue, filter error

Basically, are there other Airprint Print Servers for me to try, or is that about it?


texts: Revoke permission to run third-party kernel extension

texts:
Once a user grants macOS permission to run a third-party's kernel extensions, all extensions signed by that developer's key are allowed to run. Even if the extension is erased and reinstalled, permission remains.

How does one subsequently revoke permission to run one or all third-party kernel extensions?

This is not a request for how to unload kernel extensions. Assume, for example, that a developer wishes repeatable QA around the process of installing and prompting a user to authorize a kernel extension.


texts: BootChamp no longer works on El Capitan, what's the fastest way to boot into Windows?

texts:
Ever since OS X El Capitan, BootChamp, the utility that let you directly restart into Windows from the menu bar (without needing to hold the option key) no longer works. The developer's explanation can be found here.

How can I quickly boot into Windows, ideally from the menu bar?

Perhaps a way to package an AppleScript into a menu bar icon? I don't want to disable SIP just for BootChamp.


texts: What are .backup files and how do I remove them?

texts:
I'm working on removing hidden files from a directory, but keep running into issues with .backup files. I keep getting permission denied notifications even when using sudo. I'm not sure where they came from since we don't use Spotlight or anything similar. Here's what I've been trying:

sudo find . -name *.backup -exec rm -r {} +
Password:
override rwxr-xr-x  medialab/staff for ./LT064A/2017_55_101_1ab__Black_History_Lost_Stolen_or_Strayed/2017_55_101_1ab__Black_History_Lost_Stolen_or_Strayed_R1/2017_55_101_1ab__Black_History_Lost_Stolen_or_Strayed_R1__Audio/.backup? y
rm: ./LT064A/2017_55_101_1ab__Black_History_Lost_Stolen_or_Strayed/2017_55_101_1ab__Black_History_Lost_Stolen_or_Strayed_R1/2017_55_101_1ab__Black_History_Lost_Stolen_or_Strayed_R1__Audio/.backup: Permission denied

here's the output for file ..../.backup:

 ≈:≈ find . -name *.backup -exec file {} +
./LT064A/2017_55_101_1ab__Black_History_Lost_Stolen_or_Strayed/2017_55_101_1ab__Black_History_Lost_Stolen_or_Strayed_R1/2017_55_101_1ab__Black_History_Lost_Stolen_or_Strayed_R1__Audio/.backup: directory

Can anyone tell me what these files are and how I get rid of them? Normally I would just leave them, but I'm writing this directory to LTO tape and hidden files make the process really screwy.

It's not clear to me which application created the .backup files. The originals were created by our motion picture film scanning vendor, but the .backup files didn't exist when we received them. They showed up after an attempt to write them to LTO was abandoned after a power outage. We use a set of open source CLI tools for working with LTO called LTOpers.

≈:≈ ls -al
total 16
drwxrwxrwx  1 medialab  staff   264 Jul 11 09:21 .
drwx------@ 1 medialab  staff   636 Jul 19 10:29 ..
-rw-rw-rw-@ 1 medialab  staff  6148 Jul 11 09:36 .DS_Store
drwxr-xr-x  1 medialab  staff   264 Jun 18 10:45 .backup
drwxrwxrwx  1 medialab  staff   264 Jul 11 09:36 LT064A

There doesn't seem to be anything in .backup, at least to my eyes:

/Volumes/UtilitySAN/LTO_write/.backup
≈:≈ ls -al
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  1 medialab  staff  264 Jun 18 10:45 .
drwxrwxrwx  1 medialab  staff  264 Jul 11 09:21 ..


texts:
When using the Automator PDF action "PDF to images" any annotations made to a PDF using preview are not converted as part of the output images. The base images are there but the annotations are not rendered.

Any solutions on this?


texts: Will iRig connect my electronic guitar to my MacBook Pro?

texts: I know Apogee iJam can do this, but it's a little expensive for me. iRig can connect a guitar to iOS devices, but will iRig connect a guitar to a MacBook Pro?


texts: how to route traffic to other computer via firewire, everything else via wifi

texts:
I have two macbook pros connected via firewire.

Both are also connected to wifi.

How can I check that traffic between the two computers is going preferentially via firewire, but everything else goes via wifi?


texts: Mac is boot looping after Mojave update. Can access disk utility. No backup. Can I get the data off it?

texts:
Mac's are sorta new to me.

I have a friend's MacBook who recently updated to Mojave. It failed and now the Mac won't boot up. Just looping.

She doesn't have a backup of her data

I can assess the disk utility in the recovery mode. Can I use the to pull the data off the drive into another one safety? Then restore an OS and out the data back on?

It's a MacBook Pro around 2015 or earlier was running Yosemite. There's some important files on the Mac I'm hoping to get out.


texts: Spotlight menu item on OS X 10.9 sometimes does not function (beeps instead)

texts:
I'm running into a situation now and then when the Spotlight menu on OS X 10.9 can't be activated. When I click on its magnifying glass icon I receive only an error indication (beep tone) but get no chance to enter any search terms.

This can happen even if no programs have been launched and while the other menu items work as expected.

What causes this behavior and can it be overcome? (I have by now become reliant on Spotlight to open all kinds of documents, etc., so this seeming misbehavior is esp. unfortunate.)


texts: Recover files from a "working" external hard drive

texts:
I have an external hard drive with some backup files in it. Today I moved a folder with some Flac files and one jpg from the external HD to my iMac HD. When I tried and open the Flac files on the Mac, VLC showed them as "zero seconds", whereas Preview didn't open the jpg. Both software returned no error message.

I tried opening a bunch of files currently on the external HD (text, pdf, mp3,...) with different software. Same results. Names, extensions, and sizes are correct for all of them, but it seems like they are missing "something" for them to be recognized for what they are (metadata, maybe?)

I tried using SOS (disk utility), it found some minor problems, repair them, but the end result is the same. I even tried a Windows PC with a third party software: the same story, the files just won't open regardless of the software I use.

I finally tried with a data recovery software, but it only found deleted files, I couldn't "recover" files that weren't deleted.

I could probably try and create an image of the disk, but it's 2TB and I don't have enough space, and anyway, will it work?

Does anybody have an idea of what is going on?


texts: What is sunproxyadmin on port 8081 and what is port 11059?

texts: I did a port scan and 8081 came up as sunproxyadmin. What is this? Also, it showed an open port number 11059. What is that port?


texts: Is there a way to do SMS from the PC with iOS?

texts:
Is there a way to implement handoff to iOS so my PC running windows can send iMessage/SMS through bluetooth and iOS cellular data connections. This is analogous to MightyText on PC does  to Android hardware and cellular service.

I know I can do iMessage on the Mac, but I do not own that hardware and would also like to do SMS from my PC over iOS.


texts: Is there a way to get a new MacBook Pro (Max OSX Lion) with the Aqua style on it?

texts: I am looking at Mac OSX Lion and I am not liking the fact that Aqua is gone. No more blue scrollbars, no more 3D look, no more beautiful Aqua design. (drop-downs, radios, scrollbars, etc.) I do not currently have a Mac but if I ever get one, (I highly want one, but they're too expensive for me to afford right now) I want the Aqua look back. Is there any way to do this? I really hope that there is.


texts: Java applications (eg.Netbeans&Eclipse) constantly quit unexpectedly

texts:
After upgrading to Lion and installed the Java runtime for Lion, Netbeans and Eclipse became very unstable. They quit unexpectedly very frequently.

I tried reinstalling Java, I tried reinstalling Netbeans & Eclipse, I tried different versions of both programs. I cleared caches, deleted related files and folders, etc.

I posted a crash report here.

versions tried:

java version "1.6.0_26"
Eclipse 3.6.2
Netbeans 6.9
Netbeans 7.0
Netbeans 7.1

Anybody got a suggestion?


texts:
I have around 15 email accounts, if i setup all that's 15 emails in iPhone with IMAP method.

Will it cost more battery than i just only setup 1 email account?


texts:
Is there a way to import an audio file (of either format) into Music Memos on iOS?

I want to try to utilize the “automatic” drums of the app on some older guitar recordings. From what I can tell, the drum function listens to a memo and tries to play along, so wouldn’t it be neat if we could hand it a recording from another source and tell it “Here, put drums on this”?

I’ve been looking through the iPhone file structure in PhoneView, but I fear I lack the deeper understanding. Otherwise, copying a recording with the right format into where Music memos stores recordings, I imagine one could convince the app that this is a legit memo file. You know?


texts: AppleScript to compare contacts in two groups and remove duplicate from one group

texts:
I want to create an AppleScript for Apple's Address Book (Contacts) app that will look at two Groups, and if a contact is in one Group, it will remove it from the other Group.

Specifically, I add potential clients to my Address Book so I can color-code their messages in Mail.app. They are added to a "Work - Pending" group. Once the project goes forward, I add them to a "Work - Current" group. The AppleScript would compare the two, look for duplicates and remove them from the 'Pending' group.


texts: Is it possible to activate an iPhone 4 without a SIM?

texts:
So we bought an iPhone 4 from the Apple store. But we didn't get a micro-SIM as there are no PAYG tariffs on micro-SIM available.

Is there anyway to activate the device without getting hold of a SIM? I don't want to sign up to a contract just to develop with.


texts: Save multiple photos from Mail on iPhone

texts:
I send a lot of emails to myself from my Mac to my iPhone containing logos that I am designing, normal pictures or otherwise.  However, I have a problem with the Mail app.  Whenever I send too many photos, or photos that are very big, I have to go through the message and save each photo individually to Photos.  Whenever I send small, or just a few pictures, when I hold my tap on the picture, it will give me a prompt to save all of the pictures in the email.

My question:  Is there any way to save all of the pictures from an email, no matter the number or size of the photos?  Screenshots would be appreciated.  Thanks!


texts: External screen is black - no signal - macbook pro 16 2019

texts:
I'm using dell dock station to connect external monitor through usb-c.
I have changed the resolution of my second display to 1080i, but this monitor doesnt work anymore on this resolution. All i see is a black screen. How can I change resolution back to 1080p ? Safe mode does not work.


texts: Can I request refund for an app that I purchased previously, but has now become free to download?

texts:
The reason that I would like to request a refund is not just that because it has become free to download.

The app (Splashtop Wired XDisplay), has stopped its support for latest the macOS version, which totally defeats its purpose, which is to allow me to use my iPad as a secondary display for my Mac.


texts: What's the best way to prevent my Mac from updating macOS?

texts:
I'd like to keep my Mac on Catalina forever. Other than disabling "Automatically keep my Mac up to date", is there anything else I can do to prevent my Mac from upgrading to newer macOS versions? I'm still interested in receiving Catalina updates and Safari updates, but they don't need to be automatic.
This machine will be kept online, but only used for audio software. It doesn't need to be secure.


texts: Thunderbolt 3 dock disconnects when MacBook sleeps

texts:
I'm using a CalDigit TS3 Thunder Station 3 dock. When my MacBook sleeps, and I try to wake it using the attached USB keyboard, the DisplayPort connected screen comes on, but the dock looses connection to the USB keyboard, all other USB peripherals. Also, I have a Sonnet Echo Express III-D connected to the Thunderbolt through port on the dock and it also gets disconnected.

The ports won't come back unless I disconnect the dock and reconnect it or restart the computer.

I have contacted CalDigit support and they said:

  The “put hard disks to sleep when possible” energy saver option
  basically sends a “dead” signal to the TS3 when it sleeps as a poor
  attempt to save battery (despite the TS3’s charging abilities). Since
  the computer has manually initiated a shutoff, the TS3 is unable to
  reconnect without a manual reboot- namely, your unplugging and
  re-plugging of the cord.

  At the present, we do not know of any plans on Apple’s part to update
  their Energy Saver preferences to reflect the fact that our dock is an
  approved charging source.

This did not solve the problem. Anytime the MacBook sleeps, the TB3 dock stops working and I have to reboot.

Assuming CalDigit is correct in stating there is nothing they can do to cure this behavior, has anyone else been able to find a work-around for this or other TB3 docks?

At present, I assume my only "fix" is to never allow my MacBook to sleep. However, there doesn't appear to be a way to prevent macOS High Sierra from sleeping. Even with utilities like Amphetamine, the computer still sleeps but is woken immediately by the utility, causing the dock to disconnect.


texts: Can I install an App that is not available in my country's iTunes appstore?

texts:
I want to download and install an app on my iPhone, that is available in the US iTunes App Store - but not in my country's iTunes App Store.

Is that possible without creating a US iTunes account or jailbreaking my phone?


texts: Screen goes black in the middle of doing something

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) running OSX 11.3
In the middle of doing something (coding, reading a PDF book, switching between apps...) I get this scary black screen:

More Details:

I usually get after few days of not shutting down my Macbook (I put it to sleep all time and I restart/shutdown it every few weeks)
I have already reset SMC and NVRAM.
Uptime since I got the black screen: 8 days 4:17
I usually have more than 7 apps running (VSCode code editor with at least 2 projects/workspaces, Chrome with 5+ tabs, music player(Vox), 2+ terminals...)

Important Note:
My problem is 99% different from most of the problems I found here, they are about getting the black screen right after the login or waking up the Macbook.
My Temporary Solution:
I just close the lid and let it until it gets completely asleep, then I open the lid, and it shows the login screen :)
Note: the attached image is not mine but it's the same what I get, got it from Apple MacBook Pro display shows black screen


texts:
I've found that OS X supports .img files which might be resized after it was created. Interesting thing is I can not resize more than 1 time :) is it real limitation or I'm doing something wrong ?

I've made an image file via Disk Utility, selected image format: sparse. And was able write on it up to the selected size, then I was able to increase it's size once (with Disk Utility), put files up to capacity and THEN I can't resize it anymore


texts: Retina display resolution and 1080p videos

texts:
There is something I don't understand.
I have a macbook pro 15' retina display.

The information says it has a 2880 x 1800 display but when I open a 1080p video it covers the whole screen. How come?


texts:
I've got an external USB hdd that I wish to use entirely as a TrueCrypt volume. There was one pre-formatted partition, so I'm trying to erase that with Disk Utility. But no matter what I do or try, whenever I Erase the partition (or the entire disk), it keeps automatically re-creating a new partition.

How do I just erase the partition, without recreating one, thus leaving the entire disk empty (i.e. without even one partition) ?


texts: Speed up sleep (disable com.apple.powermanagement.darkwakelinger)

texts:
From terminal I see that PreventUserIdleSystemSleep assertion takes 15 second before actually sleep. Is there any way to eliminate it, or at least set delay to 0/1 sec?

2017-06-09 23:36:15 +0500 Notification          Display is turned off
2017-06-09 23:36:15 +0500 Assertions            PID 603(AddressBookSourceSync) Summary PreventUserIdleSystemSleep "Address Book Source Sync" 00:00:07  id:0x0x100000185 [System: PrevIdle]
2017-06-09 23:36:15 +0500 Assertions            Kernel Idle sleep preventers: -None-
2017-06-09 23:36:15 +0500 Assertions            PID 52(powerd) Created InternalPreventSleep "com.apple.powermanagement.darkwakelinger" 00:00:00  id:0x0xd0000018a [System: PrevIdle SRPrevSleep kCPU]
2017-06-09 23:36:20 +0500 Assertions            Kernel Idle sleep preventers: IODisplayWrangler
2017-06-09 23:36:20 +0500 Notification          Display is turned on
2017-06-09 23:36:30 +0500 Assertions            PID 52(powerd) TimedOut InternalPreventSleep "com.apple.powermanagement.darkwakelinger" 00:00:15  id:0x0xd0000018a [System: PrevIdle SRPrevSleep kCPU]


texts: How to inherit sparsebundle on macOS Server Time Machine service?

texts:
I am using macOS Server's Time Machine service to centralize backups for my mac workstations/laptops. One of the laptops hasn't been backed-up since upgrading to a new MacBook Pro (using Migration Assistant) 6 months ago. I'm now connecting the laptop Time Machine to the server, but instead of using the old backups with the same name, it's creating new ones with a "1" at the end of the name (e.g. MacBook Pro 1 when the name of the existing backup and mac is MacBook Pro).

How do I force Time Machine to use the existing backups so that we may keep all the backup history?

For what it's worth, I believe the macOS Server Time Machine service is no more than a SMB share from the laptop's perspective.

I have seen posts on how to do inherit a Time Machine backup on a locally attached drive, but I'm not sure how to do this on a remote sparsebundle.


texts:
I'm upgrading the HDD in a MacBook7,1 (the white 13" unibody one) to a SSD.

I read somewhere that it's important to be able to update SSD firmware, but that some SSD makers don't offer update software that runs on Mac OS.

What's the story with this? Is operating system support for firmware updates an actual problem, and if so how can I tell which SSDs are Mac-friendly?


texts: How do I turn off predictive text in the Gboard on ios?

texts:
I'm on the most recent version of iOS. I use GBoard and I'd like to eliminate the row of words that they offer based on what they think you're trying to type.

There is an option to get rid of emoji suggestions and also auto correction, but I don't see any options to get rid of prediction more generally.

Is that feature available for GBoard?


texts:
My iMac's fans are making an awful lot of noise, sounding like a piece of cardboard is in them. It's a kind of ticking noise. This is happening since a few months ago. I have not changed any hardware. I have never encountered any other problems with my iMac and it has never crashed. My Mac is running normally and fast.

Here is what iStat says:

I have an Intel iMac (iMac9,1), Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.66 GHz, 2 GB RAM, running Mac OS X 10.6.6.

I have tried to reset the SMC but this did not help.

How can I make this noise go away without opening my iMac or sending it back to Apple?


texts: Why can't I move the first Desktop in Mission control?

texts: All spaces are moveable between each other except the first. Why?


texts:
This question is similar, but it's for Windows.

Where is flash installed on OSX?

I've searched the whole filesystem with find, and I see Flash files in the following places:

~/Library/Application Support
/private/var/db/receipts
/private/var/db/BootCaches
~/Library/Caches/Adobe/Flash Player
~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player

Which of these locations (if any) is where Flash is installed? Or is it in another location?


texts: Office 365 installation stuck with one minute remaining on running package scripts

texts: I wiped and re-installed macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 on an older MacBook Air (11″, 2013).  Then I tried to download Office 365.  It got as far as "one minute remaining" on "Running Package Scripts", then it hung.  I tried force-quitting and re-starting.  It won't let me.  So I am stuck here. What can I do?


texts: How to get a clean install of Windows 10 to activate?

texts:
I have Windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit installed on my iMac (20-inch mid 2007). I have downloaded from Microsoft a free copy of Windows 10 Pro 64 bit. Microsoft did not ask me to do so. I decided since Window 10 is free, I would like to try it. I do not have a Product Key. During installation, I want to format my Windows partition and do a clean install of Windows 10. When finished, I what Windows 10 to be activated.

Update 1:

In response to bmike answer, I will add the following.

My Mac's firmware will not boot the 64 bit Windows DVD releases by Microsoft. I have to burn a special DVD where the EFI booting is removed. The procedure is given here. I also have problems installing the Boot Camp Support Software 4.0.4033. The solution to this problem is posted here. So when Apple posts, basically you have to have a 2012 or newer Mac to run Windows 10, I would not believe this to be true.

Microsoft has always incorporated the ability to use previous version drivers to run Windows. This goes all the way back to the days of OS/2.


texts: Hotkey to show hidden files and folders in File Open dialog?

texts:
This question is very similar to Is it possible to always show hidden/dotfiles in Open/Save dialogs?. How to show hidden files and folders in finder? is also related. However, I don't want to always show them, and that's what defaults write ... AppleShowAllFiles ... does.

Rather, I want to switch it on when needed. I'm trying to open .bash_profile, so I need it now:

Linux and Gnome allow us to CTRL+H to toggle between showing and hiding hidden files. But Gnome hotkeys don't work on OS X (which is expected).

For completeness, .bash_profile does exist in the home directory:

$ ls ~/.bash_profile
/Users/jww/.bash_profile

A related question... As can be seen above, typing the filename in Finder (or is it Spotlight) search did not work. I tried to right click to get a context menu in the File Open dialog in hopes of checking a box like "show all files". And I tried the View menu looking for a "show all files" with the File Open dialog open.

Why is this hidden away somewhere? What purpose does it serve to not allow a user to easily open a file?


texts: How do you jailbreak your device on iOS 6?

texts:
I am interested in jailbreaking an iOS 6 device that I have. Just recently I noticed that this looks like it is now possible.

Is it possible an iOS 6.x.x device? Also, what devices is it possible to jailbreak at this point?


texts: How to be connected to two different LANs simultaneously?

texts:
I have a home router is connected to the internet, I have a MacMini that connects to the router via WiFi. This works fine.

Now I have got another Linux machine which I connected with a cable to the Mac, and defined manually a LAN (The Mac is 1.0.0.1, the Linux is 1.0.0.9). Now both show me an established connection, and I have installed an SSH demon on the Linux machine. So far everything is fine. But when I try to ssh from the Mac into the Linux, I get a timeout almost every time. Occasionally it works, usually with the WiFi made inactive. My guess is that the ssh request is simply forwarded on the wrong LAN, but it's only a guess.

I'm not sure why, but I found two vnics that are active on the Mac. They have an address that starts with 10.x.x.x, so I don't think they're interfering, but thought it's important to note here.

So, any ideas whats going on?

Here is the output of ifconfig from the Mac:

lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
    options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
    inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
    inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
    inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    options=2b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_HWTAGGING,TSO4>
    ether c8:2a:14:58:4d:c2
    inet6 fe80::ca2a:14ff:fe58:4dc2%en0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
    inet 192.168.2.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
    media: autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex,flow-control>)
    status: active
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    ether 28:cf:da:05:4e:93
    inet6 fe80::2acf:daff:fe05:4e93%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5
    inet 192.168.2.102 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
    media: autoselect
    status: active
fw0: flags=8822<BROADCAST,SMART,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 4078
    lladdr c8:2a:14:ff:fe:f4:a3:78
    media: autoselect <full-duplex>
    status: inactive
p2p0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 2304
    ether 0a:cf:da:05:4e:93
    media: autoselect
    status: inactive
vnic0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
    ether 00:1c:42:00:00:08
    inet 10.211.55.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.211.55.255
    inet6 fe80::21c:42ff:fe00:8%vnic0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8
    inet6 fdb2:2c26:f4e4::1 prefixlen 64
    media: autoselect
    status: active
vnic1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
    ether 00:1c:42:00:00:09
    inet 10.37.129.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.37.129.255
    inet6 fe80::21c:42ff:fe00:9%vnic1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9
    inet6 fdb2:2c26:f4e4:1::1 prefixlen 64
    media: autoselect
    status: active


texts:
In System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> General, Location Services lists a variety of items that you can opt to give permission to accessing your location. I have listed in this pane an application which I deleted and which I am unable to find any other trace of on my computer. EasyFind usually works for me to find any hidden file, but it's not happening this time. I want to remove this item from the list of things I can grant location access to since it's not even installed anymore. How do I do this? Where is this item hiding?

Rebooting does nothing to change the situation.

The computer is a MacBook Air 2014 running the latest build of Yosemite. The application is called FaceBar and is a menubar app that runs a small version of FaceBook and I found a different app that does the same thing but in a way I like better so I deleted FaceBar and what I thought were all of its associated files with AppCleaner. As I mentioned, even while searching hidden files nothing with the name FaceBar appears but there it sits in Location Services.


texts: Trimming characters from filename script help

texts:
I'm trying to execute a pretty simple renaming script, but am unable to do so with an Automator workflow and my scripting knowledge is totally inadequate (this is ultimately for use with Hazel). The equivalent that I'm trying to execute in Name Mangler is to:

'remove 2 characters starting at index 1 - counting from start'

and

'remove 2 characters starting at index 2 - counting from end'

Any assistance would be appreciated; AppleScript, Java and Shell are all fine as this will be embedded in Hazel.


texts: Siri Window is not in native resolution when connecting external monitor to MBP

texts:
When using Siri on my 2017 MBP running macOS High Sierra, I noticed that the text in the window is not sharp..

The text and image are not sharp and it feels as if low-resolution images/text have been upscaled for Retina size.

On trying to find if this was an issue with my display, I disconnected my external monitor and it seems that connecting a Non-Retina external display is causing this.

Here is a side-by-side comparison of the same screen grab once with the display connected and once without.

No Monitor Connected

Monitor Connected

The Siri window is being opened on the laptop display and not the external monitor. My display resolution is unchanged between the 2 scenarios.

I do not have access to a High Dpi external monitor to check if the issue is present in that scenario as well.

Is this a bug? How can I try to fix this?


texts: Check if an app can read certain folders

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AFAIK MacOS restricts newly installed apps from reading many folders without user permission. I know these permission are listed under System Preferences->Privacy->Files and Folders
But, is there a way I can verify these permissions are actually enforced? Like can I open a shell with the same permissions as a specific app? Kind of like su - nameofapp?
I ask because I just installed the Amazon Kindle App from the MacOS App Store. I looked in ~/Library/Containers/com.amazon.Kindle/Data and see this
❯ pwd
/Users/gregg/Library/Containers/com.amazon.Kindle/Data
❯ ls -l
total 0
lrwxr-xr-x   1 gregg  staff    19 Jan  7 21:01 Desktop -> ../../../../Desktop
drwx------   2 gregg  staff    64 Jan  7 21:01 Documents
lrwxr-xr-x   1 gregg  staff    21 Jan  7 21:01 Downloads -> ../../../../Downloads
drwx------  33 gregg  staff  1056 Jan  7 21:19 Library
lrwxr-xr-x   1 gregg  staff    18 Jan  7 21:01 Movies -> ../../../../Movies
lrwxr-xr-x   1 gregg  staff    17 Jan  7 21:01 Music -> ../../../../Music
lrwxr-xr-x   1 gregg  staff    20 Jan  7 21:01 Pictures -> ../../../../Pictures
drwx------   2 gregg  staff    64 Jan  7 21:01 SystemData
drwx------   2 gregg  staff    64 Jan  7 21:01 tmp

Apparently the app has made links to a bunch of folders. How can I know if the app is actually prevented from accessing those folders via the links? I have not given the app any permissions and would just like to verify that these links are not away around the permissions.


texts: Can i set a different default browser for a specific dekstop application?

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In relation to this question: How can I set the default browser depending on time of day?
Is it possible to set a different default browser only for a specific desktop Application such as Slack or 1Password so every Link clicked inside those apps would open Chrome instead of Safari?


texts: Time Machine won't back-up to external hard drive, any way to fix this?

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Problem
When I try to make a back-up using time machine, the back-up gets to about ~500 MB and than halts. The following error is given:

An error occurred while copying files. The problem may be temporary. If the problem persists, use Disk Utility to repair your backup disk.

I've already repaired the disk several times, so I believe that is not the problem. The errors given by console for "backupd" are -

Copy stage failed with error:11
Backup failed with error 11: 11

Another error message also popped up several times, from the process "TMHelperAgent" -

Month 13 is out of bounds

Specs
I'm using a 2016 MacBook Pro, running MacOS High Sierra (version 10.13.2). The hard disk I'm backing up to is a Samsung 1TB SSD, partitioned into two volumes (one for data, one for the backup).


texts:
How can we add multiple line text in Chrome using document.getElementsByClassName?
I have no issue when it's one line but one I have more than one I have a missing value instead

  set myCaseNote to "MULTIPLE
    LINE
    TEXT
    HERE"

    tell application "Google Chrome"
        tell tab 3 of window 1 to set RemoveBtRestriction to execute javascript ¬
            " document.getElementsByClassName('text-entry')[1].value=" & quoted form of myCaseNote & ""
    end tell

  Result: missing value


texts: No SIM Card installed error in iPhone 3g

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My device iPhone 3G shown " "No SIM Card installed" 'insert a valid SIM With no PIN lock to activate iPhone' " It is in Emergency mode so please give me a solution if there is..? It comes when i am tried to Updating the ios From 4.1 to 4.2.
i am in india and i got it from USA. i didnt have any USA sim.. so please tell me what i do?

Thank you.


texts:
When I just sudo pkill it:

sudo pkill taskgated

In syslog:

Apr 17 12:08:46 genesis com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.taskgated[88619]) <Notice>: Service exited due to signal: Terminated: 15 sent by pkill[90814]

However it automatically restarts:

ps aux | grep taskgated
root             90981   0.0  0.0  2462316   1668   ??  Ss   12:08PM   0:00.01 /usr/libexec/taskgated -s

Also note, that using launchctl is also not the way to do it:

sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.taskgated*.plist
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.taskgated-helper.plist: Operation not permitted while System Integrity Protection is engaged
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.taskgated.plist: Operation not permitted while System Integrity Protection is engaged


texts: What effect does upgrading RAM or the Processor have on the performance of a computer?

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I am considering buying a macbook pro and have the budget to upgrade either the RAM to 16 gb or get the faster processor, but not both. So I wonder: In what sort of tasks is the performance improved if I upgrade RAM vs. if I upgrade the processor?

Ps: My only really heavy weight application which I use is Lightroom and sometimes Photoshop


texts: Application asks to allow incoming communications but is already allowed in firewall preferences

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One of my login items is called FontAgent Activator.app

Each time I restart, I am prompted to accept incoming network communications for this app. However the app is already listed as allow incoming communications in the firewall preferences. This is the only app that has this issue.

Font Agent Pro support has not come up with a resolution. They said it might be a corrupt firewall. I deleted the firewall plist file completely and restarted, effectively resetting all the firewall preferences. I then have added apps to the list as needed, and that has not fixed it.

This dialog is getting annoying. Anyone know of a possible fix?

Thanks

example screen shot:


texts: iPhone and iPad suddenly can't access local IPs

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I have an iPhone 6 and an old iPad, and they are connected to my wifi and are browsing the internet fine.

I'm also able to reach the config page of my router at 192.168.1.1 from both devices.

Until today, they were also able to browse my LAN to show sites I'm developing on my local server (e.g. 192.168.1.120).

Now, however, neither iOS device is able to connect to LAN IPs other than the router homepage at 192.168.1.1.

I've tried rebooting both devices, rebooting my router and cable modem, restoring my router settings to an earlier version, etc.

Using the "Network Tools" app by KeepSolid on iPhone shows that Trace Route works for normal sites but then fails for LAN sites such as 192.168.1.120.

I have no idea what changed today.  The only thing I can think of is that my girlfriend took her Macbook out of town. But I have no idea how that could affect the rest of the LAN. She is not running a server on it.

What else can I try to diagnose and fix this problem?

Update: The "Network Tools" iPhone app has a DNS lookup utility. When I type in my local hostnames, they point to the proper IP addresses as the "A" record. Other records (AAAA, MX, NS, SOA, SRV, and TXT all say "DNS server returned answer with no data"). I don't really know what this means, and I guess it might all be irrelevant since hostname resolution is useless if my devices can't even visit an IP address directly in a browser.


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Previously in the menu bar when I click on the "Refresh" icon it use to say Sync Now and now it says No Devices Syncing.

Is this feature now obsolete due to MobileMe not available anymore?


texts: MacBookPro8,2 (early 2011) RAM size limit per Bank

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as the titles states I'm curious about the maximum supported RAM per Bank on a MacBookPro8,2.

I know the total supported capacity is 16GB but can this be achieved with just one DIMM leaving the other bank empty?

I'm asking this specific because recently one of my RAM banks died cutting my
available RAM in half.
(Luckily it's not the complete logic board, I just run out of warranty..)
If the limit is only in the total size and not a per-Bank limit then I would just get new DIMM to put in the remaining functional Bank.

Also which - if any - vendor would you recommend for DIMMs this size?


texts: After upgrading to El Capitan, OS X imported my email accounts from my iPad

texts: I just upgraded from Snow Leopard to El Capitan on an iMac from 2009. I guess my iPad was connected or something, but I found that the operating system's mail application now had the accounts that I had on my iPad! This is a huge no, no. I wasn't even asked for it to do this, not to mention I don't know how it could have done this since only iTunes, AFAIK, syncs with iOS devices. How do I disable this?


texts: What is the most OSX or Darwin-like command-line experience available (without buying an expensive Mac or hauling my production machines home)?

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I want to emulate the command-line experience from OSX with a small netbook and practice my skills with the comfort of this small machine.

Surely Apple offers actual Darwin Links for developers or sysadmins...  their url is even "OpenSource.Apple.com," but so far the images I've found in web-archives seem even older; see for example this post or this unix & linix post.

I thought FreeBSD would provide this, and I'm loving using FreeBSD, but OSX has incorporated so much more into the systems that I feel like it is not accurate training or the answer to my question.

It is possible to get an .iso of so-called Pure Darwin (The successor to Open Darwin), but it seems like it focuses on VMware images and getting people into a GUI (which is cool, but not my goal here), plus it is naturally a bit out of date.  Thanks.


texts: Why are my Time Machine local snapshots appearing "healthy" in the Terminal window and then a few hours later, the same snapshots are suffixed with "dataless". Then, no more snapshots are added. I just migrated to Mojave on my MacBook Air, in case that adds anything useful. Thanks.


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My macbook 13inch late 2013 on highsierra gives me the blackscreen+cursor after I login. After I googled it, I found a fix involving the single user mode, but when I do press command+S it shows the lines for a fraction of a second and then automatically it goes to the login screen. I recorded a video of this and took a screenshot (see bellow)

Then, I tried command+R > Recovery Mode > Disc Utility > First Aid, it said it's all cool but nothing changed. Black Screen + cursor yet again.

Then, I tried the Shift Key in order to go to Safe Mode, doesnt work, I tried it multiple times, powerup while pressing it until I see the login screen but it loads the regular one.

Lastly, i tried to reset the NVRAM with opt + comm + P + R three times and then go to single user mode. In the first many times I got nothing, in n-th time it somehow worked, I did input the five commands many people online suggest (/sbin/fsck -fy
/sbin/mount -uw /
rm -f /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow.plist
rm -f /var/db/.AppleUpgrade
reboot) but now when I input the password and try to login it stays at 90% of the loading bar for a long time. I'ts currently there as I type.

Don't know if it's relevant but I only have the admin user, no guests, never had a similar problem and my last time machine backup is from 10-15 days ago. I could go back but i'd strongly prefer not to lose the files added in these days.

Any help would be super appreciated guys, thanks.


texts: Etrecheck says performance is poor. Any way to find out whats wrong?

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My 10-year-old iMac, running High Sierra, has been beach balling a lot while using Safari and other applications. I ran Etrecheck on my computer and it said my performance was poor. When I look up what that meant it gave me the following:

  Poor: Your machine is critically sick. You should make a backup or
  otherwise save critical documents immediately. Your machine likely
  needs hardware repair.

I have run it several times and keep getting performance is poor. Is Etrecheck considered good and if so, is there any way to tell what in particular it was referring to


texts: Can I put my iPhone in quiet mode only for a limited period of time?

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When going to the movie or attending to a talk, how can I put my iPhone in quiet mode only for a limited period of time, like one hour?

In particular, it is mostly the case that I will forget to disable the quiet mode when the movie / talk is finished and that I would miss calls or notifications.

I tried this by settings, or asking “Siri”, but the answer was that it is not possible. This would be a great feature.


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When I'm closing the screen on my macbook and tries to start it up a few hours later it always starts with a gray screen. It take about 30 to 60 seconds until I can start using the computer.
The macbook is brand new. It doesn't matter if the charger is connected or not.

Anyone knows what the problem could be?


texts: Permission denied when trying to generate ssh key on Mac?

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I've changed X11Forwarding in my sshd_config to "yes" and uncommented it. I've installed XQuartz.
But when I run the following command:ssh-keygen -t rsa -f~/.ssh/my_key -C shisui
I get "Saving key "~/.ssh/my_key" failed: No such file or directory"
So I moved into my ~./ssh directory and ran the following command. ssh-keygen -t rsa -f my_key -C shisui.And I get "Saving key "my_key" failed: Permission denied"
I've checked my permissions using ls -ld ~/.ssh and I get drwx------  3 shisui  staff  96 Jan 24  2020 /Users/shisui/.ssh so I think my permissions are right.
I also tried the top rated approach from here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47805504/mac-os-error-when-generating-an-ssh-key-with-git-no-such-file where you don't specify the file until prompted. Still no good.
I would really really appreciate any insight on this. Thanks in advance
Note: my_key is just a placeholder for my actual file name, which I am pretty sure is unique and new.


texts: How to create a smart folder for files created in the last 5 minutes

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I have a camera setup were the camera automatically takes pictures every x seconds and these images are saved in a directory called 'Images'. Now I want to create a smart folder that looks in 'Images' and only lists images that were added in the last 5 minutes. When creating a smart folder, I see only the option the list files from the last day.

How can I create a smart folder that lists only files created in the last 5 minutes?

In other words, I want to create a smart folder using non-standard options.


texts:
How can I enter this interface?

the snapshot is in a instruction book, but I do not know how to enter it.


texts: Remove all items from Safari 10.10.1 reading list

texts: I wish to remove all sites from the reading list. Under the spectacles is a list of sites previously visited. I now wish to remove all sites on this list.


texts: why is my snow leopard mac speaking 'welcome to rmit' when i join a network?

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I did a class at a university - RMIT.
Their network required a complex set up, which their tech support did for me.
I also set up Locomatic to switch locations when I went home and used my home network.

Every now and then, when I join my home network, my laptop says in a synthesised voice 'welcome to rmit'

Locomatic is now disabled, and I have deleted all the RMIT network and location details.

I've called rmit tech support but they claim to have no idea whats going on.
I've given up on RMIT tech support being part of a solution.

Any suggestions where I could look to solve this?

I have growl installed, the only other non apple sys prefs are mysql, flip4mac and Tex distribution. It could be a script using the say command, but as the voice is quiet and happens unexpectedly, I've never managed to listed to it carefully enough to confirm it is one of the apple voices and not an audio file.


texts: VirtualBox: Bridged Connection Not Working - High Sierra

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I just bought my first Macbook today (long time Windows user) but I am running into issues loading in the .OVA of Rapid 7's "Hackazon" vulnerable web app into VirtualBox and getting a bridged connection so that I can scan it and connect to it. I know there are lots of these questions that have been posted about networking with VMs in other forms, but I have followed all of the suggestions from a dozen pages and nothing seems to work, and I would really like to not regret buying this machine.

Here is my setup:

VirtualBox Settings Screenshot:

Screenshot of error on VM load

Screenshot of ifconfig on the VM

Since this is a brand new machine, are there any Mac permissions networking configurations that I should be aware of? Am I missing something dumb? This generally worked when I used VMs in the past on Windows.

Thanks in advance!


texts: Can anyone recommend a decent free stop watch widget for MacOSX?

texts: I would like something that is simple to use.


texts: How to sync Faces between devices in iCloud Photo Library?

texts:
I just synced my library from iCloud, and I realised that there is no faces.What I did wrong? How to sync faces between devices? I really need them in iCloud also.

NOTE
I know that I can create another albums with specific faces, but it is not expected.


texts: Can I use both clang and gcc compiler in yosemite?

texts:
I need gcc as a default compiler to compile cuda samples and I need clang to compile my network projects because clang has  better warnings and errors specifications.

Is there any way to run both compilers?


texts: Fastest way to migrate file by connecting two Macs together

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I am migrating data files from an Early 2011 MacBook Pro to a 2019 MacBook Pro 16" (all UCB-C cables).

What is the best (fastest) way to migrate the files in terms of connecting one mac to the other?

I'm not sure the wireless approach would be fast, though I'm not sure.  I was thinking ethernet cable (from Early 2011) to a USB-C-to-ethernet connector for the 2019 MacBook Pro.


texts:
Certain online shops I use don't easily allow you to bookmark an Order Status page.
That's because they use a POST request to access that info. So, the order number is not encoded in the URL. Which means that I can't bookmark the page (a bookmark just leads to the form to enter the order number).

So, I'm looking for a way to bookmark a POST request so that I can easily view my order status page without having to enter the order number again.
I'd love to hear about a browser extension (or built-in functionality), a dedicated app, or any other ideas.


texts: Currently I export PDFs from Pages.app, open it in Preview.app and insert a previously saved signature. Is it possible to save a signature in Pages.app to insert it to documents later on?


texts:
I was dealing someone about a rental property. They said they would call me on FaceTime. I was suspicious but went ahead with it anyway. When they called they immediately hung up and then (regretfully) I called back. No answer. Then I texted them and they said the rental wasn’t available any more.

Is making or receiving a FaceTime call a security risk?


texts: How can I make the Cisco VPN Client work with Lion?

texts: Worked in Snow Leopard and now gives error 51 and the sudo restart system command in Terminal i used to use doesn't work.  Any idea?


texts: iPad 2 stopped syncing with my MacBook, how do I fix it?

texts:
My iPad 2 has simply stopped syncing to iTunes. I can still sync my iPhone, but syncing iPad 2 has no effect at all. It creates a backup and then simply says that the sync is finished without doing any thing at all.

I can still transfer files to different applications . For example, I can transfer some movies to CineXPlayer but cannot remove any app from the iPad 2 or even install any app on it through iTunes.

What can I do to fix this problem?


texts: bootcamp install error: "windows could not parse or process the unattend file for pass [specialize]

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I get the following error when installing windows on a new partition using bootcamp assistant. I'm using a 16gb usb 2.0/3.0 drive with Win10_1709_English_x64 ISO downloaded from the Microsoft website.

Install appears to run smoothly from the Mac side. Then at a certain point, I receive the error seen here

Then, when I select OK, the system displays the second error message which leads to a restart loop that stops at this second message. I am unable to complete the install. The first time this happened, I wiped the bootcamp partition and started over. Same thing happened again.

I read somewhere that the unattend.xmlmay be the culprit, so I backed it up and deleted it thinking the installer would recreate the file. It didn't and the install still fails.

Here is the complete AutoUnattend.xml file found on the usb root.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
      <settings pass="windowsPE">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <UserData>
                <ProductKey>
                    <WillShowUI>Always</WillShowUI>
                </ProductKey>
            </UserData>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsWinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <DriverPaths>
                <PathAndCredentials wcm:keyValue="1" wcm:action="add">
                    <Path>$WinPEDriver$</Path>
                </PathAndCredentials>
            </DriverPaths>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="specialize">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <RunSynchronous>
                <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
                    <Order>1</Order>
                    <Path>cmd /c "FOR %i IN (X F E D C) DO (FOR /F "tokens=6" %t in ('vol %i:') do (IF /I %t NEQ "" (IF EXIST %i:\BootCamp\BootCamp.xml Reg ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment" /v AppsRoot /t REG_SZ /d %i /f )))"</Path>
                </RunSynchronousCommand>
            </RunSynchronous>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="oobeSystem">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <FirstLogonCommands>
              <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
                  <Description>BootCamp setup</Description>
                  <CommandLine>%AppsRoot%:\BootCamp\setup.exe</CommandLine>
                  <Order>1</Order>
                  <RequiresUserInput>false</RequiresUserInput>
              </SynchronousCommand>
            </FirstLogonCommands>
        </component>
    </settings>
</unattend>

Hopefully, someone can help me make sense of this. Thanks everyone. LMK if you need any more info.


texts: Macbook Pro 2011 Sound no longer working

texts:
My audio is not working, I have searched online and tried many things:

I have tried the following:

killing the audio process via Terminal (sudo killall coreaudiod)
inserting/removing headphones into the headphone jack
running apple hardware test, it found no issues
resetting PRAM and SMC
re-seating the audio cables inside the computer
Ran this command via Terminal, kextstat > ~/Desktop/kexts.txt
Found AudioAUUC.kext in my Extensions folder.

I downloaded Pocket Audio and my microphone is working fine but I cannot get sound to work.

The computer is not under warranty and I am hoping it isn't a major hardware issue. I can set the audio level in Settings and using the keyboard, but still no sound from Settings, iTunes, or any other location.


texts: Dragging and dropping a file onto a Terminal window doesn’t escape the path under zsh 5.2

texts:
Under OS X you can drag and drop a file from the Finder (or anywhere else) onto a Terminal window and the file’s path will be inserted as if you had typed it in. Recently, filenames with spaces have stopped being handled correctly: if the file path contained spaces before, the Terminal would get a version enclosed in double quotes or else with each space preceded by a backslash. Now the entire file path is just dumped in, and if it contains any spaces then I have to go back and escape them myself.

I have played around with the “shells open with” setting and it seems that the correct escaping happens when the shell is /bin/bash (GNU bash 3.2.57(1)-release) or /bin/zsh (zsh 5.0.8) but not when the shell is my manually-installed /usr/local/bin/zsh (zsh 5.2). I’m on OS X 10.11.2.

Was there a change in zsh that could have messed up dragging and dropping in Terminal? Or is Terminal itself using some kind of whitelist of shells that doesn’t include my zsh?

Edit: I installed zsh 5.0.8 at /usr/local/bin/zsh and filenames are escaped properly for that shell. It seems that some change to zsh between versions 5.0.8 and 5.2 made this stop working.


texts: Using an Apple Keyboard Dock as a keyboard for a computer?

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Is it possible to use an Apple Keyboard Dock as a keyboard for a computer, rather than an iDevice?

As I can, obviously, connect it to a computer via USB, I think it'd be great if I could as I love Apple's keyboards but I don't really want to fork out for a wired/wireless Apple keyboard if I've just got this sitting here.


texts: How to change the Text Wrap default in Pages

texts:
When I add a picture to document in Pages, the Text Wrap is always Automatic. I want to set "Above and Below" to be default. How can I do this?

The version is 5.5.1(2111)


texts: Does iCloud Drive backup hidden dot folders/files such as .git?

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The folders/files don't show up on www.icloud.com so I presume I would need a second machine to verify via terminal.

Can anybody test this?

--

I'm specifically trying to ensure that my local .git file is backed up as I'm keeping this project local (not pushing to GitHub). I've tried chflags nohidden .git in my repo dir but that doesn't cause it to show up.

Seems like there's no way to "unhide" "dot files" such as .git so that they appear in Finder (even if you remove their hidden flag - confirmed via ls -alO).

I also tried creating a symbolic link using ln -s .git dot_git which did not show up on iCloud.com.


texts: macOS: Is there a way to keep the Emoji & Symbol viewer on top/without disappearing?

texts:
Since I'm not a MacBook Pro /w Touch Bar user, I occasionally use the macOS Emoji & Symbols viewer to double-click various emoji entries into the system. However, the Emoji & Symbols viewer is annoying because it's easily hidden by other application windows, and it seems to disappear once you click outside of the application window and select another app.

I can't find a way to make it "float" on the Desktop, or to prevent it from closing when switching to another app?


texts: Screen Saver unable to use keyboard arrows

texts: Previously, when my screen saver was going with photos, I was able to go forward or backward through the photos if I wished by using the keyboard left and right arrow keys. Now, they just close the screen saver. A new bug or "feature" in the latest Mojave update?


texts:
In Terminal, I noticed I have /Volumes/Storage Drive. On my mac, I have no drive named Storage Drive. Furthermore, no Storage Drive appears in Finder or Disk Utility. When I cd inside Storage Drive and ls -a, it is empty.

What is this /Volumes/Storage Drive? Why is it not appearing in Finder or Disk Utility? Can I safely get rid of it?

The output of df does not show the /Volumes/Storage Drive:

jerzy@jerzys-mbp $ df
Filesystem                                                 512-blocks      Used  Available Capacity  iused      ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk0s2                                                467182912 392156184   74514728    85% 49083521    9314341   84%   /
devfs                                                             419       419          0   100%      725          0  100%   /dev
/dev/disk1s2                                               1464477344 296803024 1167674320    21% 37100376  145959290   20%   /Volumes/Storage
map -hosts                                                          0         0          0   100%        0          0  100%   /net
map auto_home                                                       0         0          0   100%        0          0  100%   /home
localhost:/-ZOSLTsDfGt2NKFW5Q-SUw                           467182912 467182912          0   100%        0          0  100%   /Volumes/MobileBackups
//jerzy@Jerzy%E2%80%99s%20Mac%20mini._smb._tcp.local/jerzy  975093952  72910968  902182984     8%        0 18446744073709551615    0%   /Volumes/jerzy

Here is the output of diskutil list:

jerzy@jerzys-mbp:/Volumes|⇒  diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *240.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Primary                 239.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *750.2 GB   disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Storage                 749.8 GB   disk1s2
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *16.0 MB    disk2
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         32.3 KB    disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Flash Player            16.0 MB    disk2s2

If it helps to know this: I have a 250GB SSD (mounted to /), and a 750GB HDD (mounted to /Storage).


texts: What GPU functions or capabilities are behind AirPlay mirroring?

texts: The product page for AirPlay states that advanced hardware acceleration is used to make mirroring to an Apple TV possible. The footnote shows that only Mid 2011 Macs and newer can use this function. The graphics capabilities of many recent Macs are very capable, so has anyone figured out what exactly is being done or required of the hardware to do this sort of network mirroring? (Might the GPU be handling the encryption for the OS or some other very new feature of a graphics system?)


texts: How do I completely reset and delete all Music.app settings and configurations

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I was looking for a way to get a completely clean slate on the Music.app in macOS Catalina.
I attempted to find and delete all related settings in ~/Library, ~/Library/Cache, ~/Library/Preferences, and removed the Music folder from ~/Music.
However, every time I start up the Music.app after this, the old song list information is still there, but obviously, the music files cannot be found since I deleted them. (I get the fist time welcome popups such though.)
Are there any other files, databases, etc, that need to be cleared out before I'll get a completely clean slate again?
EDIT:
I used this script to try and clear files:
I tried this to get rid of the files but it didn't work:
#!/bin/bash
cd ~/Library/
music=$(find . -iname "*com.apple.music*" 2>/dev/null)
itunes=$(find . -iname "*itunes*" 2>/dev/null)
IFS=$'\n'
for x in $music; do rm -r "$x"; done
for x in $itunes; do rm -r "$x"; done


texts: Running actions when I disconnect external monitor

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I would love to auto start Bartender (by the way, excellent app that hides some of your notification area icons) when I unplug my external monitor from my Mac.

Is there any app or script that could do that?


texts: Spotlight shortcut Cmd+Space stops working in Yosemite

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I have to go to the spotlight menu under system preferences and change and re-set the keyboard shortcut to Cmd+Space and then it starts to work again.

Has anyone else also experienced this? Anyone know what causes the shortcut to stop working?


texts: Macbook Pro gets slow frequently when connected to external monitor via HDMI cable

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Hi I have a Macbook Pro (2019). Both my laptop and external monitor is getting slow frequently when i connect to a LG 4k external monitor. I am using typec to Hdmi adpater to connect to monitor.
My Laptop details:

Also when this happens videos are getting pixelated (can be seen in the below image).

All I can see is that my kernal_task is consuming too much cpu but not sure why this is happening.

I have took some screenshots of temperatures from tg_pro app when this issue occurred, and it seems fine.

Any Idea, How I can fix the issue?


texts: Didn't get a response from the Apple Software Update Center? / Can't load data from the Apple Software Update server

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The past few days I 've been encountering this problem. When I search for updates through the Mac App Store, there comes a pop - up window.
Either this :

or this:

Ι also "cleared cookies" and "resetted the application" through the Debug menu, but these options didn't seem to offer any help.


texts: Optimizing system for installed software

texts: What does it actually do when showing this message on the end of a installation?


texts: Is there any possibility to find my father's lost iPhone?

texts: My father has lost his iPhone 6 which was not signed in using an iCloud account. Is there any possibility it can be found?


texts: How to limit size of Gmail IMAP log files?

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I am fixing an acquaintance's computer that ran out of disk space. Space was so critical that the OS did not launch any apps. I booted in Safe Mode (holding Shift during startup), deleted 1.5 GB of applications, and was able to launch the OS in normal mode and inspect the file system.

A search with du -sh * by hand revealed log files in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Logs/Mail, in the format imagp.gmail.com-<UID>.txt that were 29 GB and 6 GB. I understood from this thread that these files are simply a log of all connections to the Gmail server:

  Gmail is having trouble with the mac Mail client for quite some time. ... The Mail logs keep a record of the connection process, they're useful to to diagnose problems, ... It's safe to delete those logs.

I inspected the files: they contain both the records of the connections (error codes, server names) and also the content of emails (headers, plain text bodies, and mime-type attachments).

To prevent these problems in the future, does the OS have a way to limit the size of those logs, e.g. keeping only the last 30 days of connection, or doing a first-in-first-out of lines up to a certain file size?


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I remember having an ethernet icon in Tiger and Leopard in the menu bar. This was very convenient since it gave quick access to the settings just like you need it for airport:

In Lion I do not see this icon anymore. Also, I cannot find any way to activate it?!


texts: No wifi on on MacBook air running macOS Mojave

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I am unable to use Wifi on my macbook air after upgrading to macOS Mojave.
I’ve Tried NVRAM and SMC resets to no avail.
Tried booting into safe mode, still no Wifi.
Wifi icon shows an x and has a message Wifi: No hardware installed.
When I go to system preferences > Network, I don’t see Wifi there.
When I click the + icon to add a new service, I don’t see Wifi in the interface.
Because of this, I’m not even able to reinstall the OS. Any ideas on how to fix this?


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On OS X, how can I see which song/stream/... is playing in iTunes?

I don't want to go to the messages dock on the right side of the screen, just want to see the currently playing title in iTunes itself.

The reason is that once every while when you double click an mp3 file in Finder, iTunes will play it, then continue with some web-stream. Not nice when you are on pay-by-the-kilobyte tethering...


texts: How do you turn on crontab logging on Big Sur?

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I am running macOS Big Sur 11.2.1 and have several crontab jobs set up and they work fine, but I want to turn on the logging of all of my crontab jobs.
I have read that with the recently releases such as Big Sur, macOS still supports crontab but not cron.  However I see I do have a cron process running:
0   274     1   0 12Feb21 ??         0:05.83 /usr/sbin/cron

But even though cron is running, /var/cron/log is nonexistent.
Some of my crontab jobs write to stdout which shows up in mail or mailx as I expect, but how do I turn on the logging of all of my jobs (start and end date/times, user, etc.)?
I see several questions and answers about how to turn on cron logging, but they all appear to apply only to earlier releases of macOS, not to Catalina or Big Sir.


texts: Keyboard response rate is too low, and character suggestion popups appear periodically

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I'm typing on my Retina MacBook Pro, and the response rate on the keyboard is terrible. It's like typing on an LCII that is trying to run Mac OS X. As I type, the computer seems to be thinking ridiculously hard about what it is doing. Periodically, these silly character suggestions will appear next to the cursor:

The response rate is so bad that I am literally typing this message one painstaking character at a time, and waiting for it to appear on the screen before typing the next. I estimate < 20 WPM. Keys are randomly repeating as well.

Any idea what this is or why it is happening? This is the second time  I've had this issue. I haven't been able to find any info in the Apple forums about it, I'm guessing because I don't know what this phenomenon is called.