texts: All sorts of icons are blurry and broken looking

texts: Recently, I downloaded a VPN app. It's icon appeared as normal for a second, and then became quite strange looking. After a while, this problem started to spread to the icons of other apps as well as icons within the apps. Is this a virus, or corrupted data or what?


texts: Facebook video calling problem in Safari

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I have a little issue with Safari. I can't make video calls with Facebook Messenger in Safari. I know that with Google Chrome or Firefox we can avoid this problem, but as you know Safari is optimized for macOS.

I've tried to use a user's agent but it doesn't work. Is there a way to use the Facebook video calling feature with Safari?


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My Macbook Pro 15inch with the touchbar stopped recognizing my external USB-C adapter Sinstar 8 in 1 Aluminum Multi Port Adapter
. I should clarify perhaps, the HDMI port still works fine, but the laptop doesn't recognize the Ethernet cable when it's plugged in and also not USB devices. I haven't tested the Micro SD card slot (will do)

The adapter was working fine until couple weeks ago when it stopped connecting to my LAN network, few days later I noticed it doesn't recognize any of my USB devices on any on the port, though the USB slots are charged when I connect a phone or similar.

From Google search I have already discovered the the reason could be in the System Management Controller, so that should be reset.

Here is what I do.

Unplug the power cable
Power Off the Mac
Press Shift-Control-Option together
Press the power button and hold all keys together for 10 seconds
Power on the Mac

I've tried both pressing all the keys together and pressing Shift-Control-Option first and the the Power button. Doesn't seem to make a different.

The problem remains. I've also tried to clear the NVRAM but also doesn't seem to working as expected. I see no loss in setting or any change at all on the laptop.

I have few questions of the subject, as I am new in the Mac world and any help would be appreciated

How do I know that SMC is reset properly?
How do I know that the NVRAM is cleared?
Is there something specific about the new 2017 Macbooks when it comes to resetting the SMC?
I am I doing something wrong? Why is it not working?

P.S. I don't my devices listed in diskutil list Disk utility or the System Information under USB. I've tried different USB drives, such that have been recognized by the same setup until the problem at hand and also new devices. Please advise.


texts: How to make MacPorts reinstall requested ports from a different boot drive?

texts:
I recently changed workstations and went from OSx 10.7.5 to OSX 10.11! Yay!

I have a lot of installation to do. Nuts.... (But worth it!)

I have temporarily mounted my old workstation's hard drive to copy over important files. Since I have a different OS, a different version of XCode (and command line tools), and a different version of MacPorts, I'd rather do a fresh install of all my requested ports rather than semi-blindly copy stuff over from the old drive.

MacPorts has a great Migration guide (link) that shows how to create a list of all installed ports, then reinstall them once software has been upgraded — but that's for upgrading on the same boot drive. My new drive has no installed ports because I just installed MacPorts.

Is there a way to list requested ports on the old hard drive in order to upgrade them on my new drive?


texts: Issues with new Macs: Hardware makes them difficult for me to use. What options might be available in the future?

texts:
At home and at work I have a MacBook Pro (2015) which is the last one before the following hardware changes :

Butterfly keyboard.
Overly large trackpad that causes palm-clicks.
Touchbar.

Each of those alone is a significant issue for me:

The existing MacBook is already not a good keyboard for me: I do need the tactile aspect of keys with 'travel'.  My typos on a MBPro keyboard are already much higher than on an external keyboard
I do work on the move so an external keyboard only is an option a fraction of the time.
I rest my palms on the laptop so the large trackpad will induce yet more typos
My fingers look for the specific function keys: the Touchbar does not work
I do not use smart phones more than just for typing (precariously) because of the lack of physical keyboard . This is after years of trying; it is not working for me. That carries over to the mac and its Touchbar.

If I could buy a non-Apple / non-Mac there would be no issue. But I must use a Mac: all teams that I have worked on for five years only use Macs: and we must use IT supported configurations. Pure linux would work fine (for home) but in the (larger) companies it is not supported (security apps, wifi, productivity apps etc)

I am also constantly in trouble with memory usage due to running heavy and large application codebases along with VMs, browsers, and productivity apps. The maximum 16GB on the older Macs will eventually simply not be sufficient.

The IT folks do not use new Macs and use the old ones. All co-workers that have been around long enough use the old Macs and also refuse to upgrade. So I have not run into anyone with solutions for this yet.

Does anyone have a plan for how to handle this?


texts: iPhone 3G cannot be charged while 3GS is charged

texts:
I have a car USB adapter and can charge my 3GS with it. However using the same cable and adapter my friend's 3G cannot be charged.

First thing that comes to my mind is a problem with the 3G unit however it works well elsewhere with the same cable (e.g. 3 different laptops, wall outlet and even a PS2's USB slot).

So I think there is some mismatch between the unit and the car adapter. But I am not sure what I must consider when ordering a new car adapter for the 3G, for example do voltage consumptions vary between the 3G and 3GS? Anything else? Or is it just a random problem and I don't need to worry and just buy a new car adapter?


texts: I need to record my incoming and outgoing calls on my iPhone 7, but it seems that all third party app use their network to call and record (which requires an internet connection). Is there any way to record a phone call without an internet connection similar to what you can do on Android?


texts:
I have what seems to be a common problem with iPhones (mine is an iPhone 4), a recovery loop, so I try to restore it but now I get this error:

  "Unable to restore iPhone. Unknown error -1"

And it fails to restore after saying

  "Restoring iPhone firmware"

I've tried using a local ipsw file (iPhone3,1_6.0_10A403_Restore.ipsw) however I get error 3194. I don't care about any of the data on the phone if that matters. I think the phone was jailbroken before the recovery loop.

How do I fix this and get some (any) firmware successfully into the phone?


texts: Can I repartition my primary hard drive without removing the Lion recovery partition?

texts:
Scenario:
I boot into Recovery mode and open Disk Utility. Then I select the primary hard drive and choose 1 partition. Will that destroy the recovery partition as well?


texts: Photo Booth/QuickTime-recorded video is out of sync when uploaded to Facebook

texts:
Trying to record videos using the built-in camera in my 27" iMac (mid-2011, fully updated Mountain Lion) up until recently got me video that had out-of-sync audio. Once I switched from 32- to 16-bit audio, the audio then came in sync on my end, but uploading it to Facebook (or Vimeo or YouTube for that matter) ends up with the audio once again being out of sync by a second or so.

What exactly is causing this, and how can I fix it?


texts: Should I format and upgrade to mavericks or upgrade to mavericks and format?

texts:
I am planning to upgrade on a Unibody Macbook (2008) to Mavericks. Mountain Lion is already installed and I felt it to be a bit sluggish when I upgraded. I also would like to start anew and clear some files that have been on the machine for a few years. So I am wondering:

Would you advise formatting on Mountain Lion, adding files and apps back then upgrade to Mavericks?
Would you advise formatting on Mountain Lion upgrading to Mavericks and adding files and apps back to the Macbook?
Would you advise upgrading to Mavericks then formatting and then format then add files back?


texts: Double clicking the trackpad is suddenly hard

texts: My trackpad became tough to double click, i.e., I had to apply extra force to double click, while the force needed to single click remained the same. The MacBook is not damaged in any way.


texts:
When I search for photos in finder I can see just Photo Booth's photos:

But I have a lof of pictures in Photos app, why can't I see them?

Update

The option "use as system photo library" (in Italian: "usa come libreria foto di sistema") is disabled.


texts: iPhone 4 screen lock through unsolicited ad

texts:
On my iPhone 4 A1332 I had a pop-up this morning from daily-offers-online.com
which I could not remove.

I had no access to Safari until I clicked on the pop-up's OK button (which I did by accident).

How would I know if there is (by having done this) any bug/virus installed on my iPhone? …and how could it be removed?


texts: Way to load an old windows hard drive in boot camp?

texts:
I had a windows laptop that bit the dust, but the hard drive works fine (booted up in another pc that wasn't mine as an external disk with my SATA to USB 3 adapter).

I'd like to use this drive on my iMac (2011 27 inch) without reformatting it and without having to go out and buy a new windows license key. Is there a way I could use the existing and functional license in boot camp, or better yet boot the OS from the drive?


texts: Trouble Installing Pygame on Mac - error code 255 in None

texts:
I need to install pygame on my MacBook for a class, I was able to get it installed fine on my Windows machine, but the OSX installation process has been much rougher. The error I'm getting when try and clone the mercurial repository:

pip3 install hg+bitbucket.org/pygame/pygame
Command "hg clone --noupdate -q http://bitbucket.org/pygame/pygame /var/folders/97/gp7g9lv51w92vlqkbskfx55c0000gn/T/pip-zu8qunw4-build" failed with error code 255 in None

Also all of the other steps in the installation worked fine and Mercurial is properly installed.


texts: Switching between two monitors stacked vertically

texts:
So I have monitors stacked vertically.  Is there away to get my cursor to move between the monitors by going to the top of the lower monitor to get to the upper monitor?

Right now I have to go to the right of the primary to get to the other monitor.  I wonder if there's some third party app or system preference setting that I can set.


texts: Mouse cursor disappears every time I visit YouTube or any video-related site

texts:
Every time I visit YouTube (or any video-related site like Udemy) and watch a video, my mouse cursor disappears. It only becomes visible after a click. Is this a MacBook Pro 15" issue?

Has anyone experienced similar issues like these:
Mouse cursor (pointer) disappears; invisible / missing; fix?

Are there better ways to workaround this bug?


texts: Catalina - perl not working with apache2; apache2 working with php and perl running from the Terminal

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I cannot get perl cgi scripts running on my apache2. Safari displays the text of the script, instead of the intended output. Apache is running, and can run php scripts. Perl programs run from the Terminal. I am using the default installs of perl and apache2 on Catalina running on a 2019 Air.

I uncommented the perl line in the AddHandler section of http.conf
I added the .pl extension in AddHandler cgi-script
I shtml to AddType
I changed permissions on the file to:

chmod a+x /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/hello.pl,
as recommended in another AskDifferent question on the same problem
5. I did apachectl -k restart
Nothing has worked. Here's my /etc/apache2/users/jrw file:
<Directory "/Users/jrw/Sites/">
AddLanguage en .en
AddHandler perl-script .pl
PerlHandler ModPerl::Registry
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks ExecCGI
AllowOverride None
Require host localhost
</Directory>

The scripts are in /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables. Do I need a symlink directing CGI-Executables to "cgi-bin"? That doesn't seem to be necessary, because the url "localhost/cgi-bin" finds the script. It displays the text in the browser.
This may be irrelevant, but perl worked for me in Mojave. I upgraded Mojave to Catalina on my previous Air, which developed a glitch in the power controller. My present Air had the drive doubled from the old one. I have not tried to run perl since upgrading from Mojave to Catalina.
Thank you for any and all guidance.


texts: MacOS High Sierra: disable tabs for all apps?

texts: I want to turn off tabs for Preview especially. Following these instructions, I went to Dock and set “Prefer tabs when opening documents” to Manually - yet PDF documents keep opening up in new tabs in Preview when I open files I download from Chrome, open files from the terminal, or even if I click on them from the Finder. Help?


texts: In the Terminal preferences, what does the "Use Style for "Copy" Command" option do?

texts: Sorry if this is a bit of a newbie question, but I couldn't find it by googling.


texts: photo recovery after iPhone "Erase Data"

texts:
Is there any way to recover the photos from an iPhone which has been "erased" after several consecutive failed passcode attempts?

Unfortunately, these photos were not backed up.  Apple techs grudgingly suggested that the data was still there...


texts: I dropped my phone into a pool a while ago, and didn't realize until about 30 minutes after. When I try to hook it up to the computer, it doesn't recognize the device, the iPhone wont turn on, it is ruined. But I was wondering if there's a way to get files off of it even with the computer not recognizing the device. Any suggestions?


texts: iPhone screen degraded performance - evident when using Maps

texts:
I have an iPhone 5s and I have the following issue: after a while, the screen gets progressively less responsive and horizontal and vertical stripes appear. Things are much worse if I use the phone while moving (especially when using Maps) than if I'm at home or at the office.

Is this behaviour indicative of a screen problem or of something else like a motherboard fault?

In the attached pictures, you can see the typical striped pattern.


texts: Accepted Burp Suite Certificate, Still Gives SSL warnings

texts:
I'm trying to proxy my traffic through my VM's instance of Burp Suite. I basically configured proxy settings via wifi settings on my iPhone to point to my VM (it's bridged). I can see some HTTP traffic go through Burp Suite in my VM, but HTTPS connections give me a SSL certificate verification error.

I navigated to https://burp, clicked on CA certificate, installed it, and tried to browse to SSL sites again. I get the same issue. To my understanding, because I trusted this certificate, I should be able to navigate to any SSL site. At least this works 100% for me on the desktop. Unfortunately I just can't do what I'm trying to do from the desktop and need to proxy through my phone.

Any suggestions as to why installing SSL cetificates on my iPhone isn't recognizing this certificate even though it's installed and trusted?


texts: What can be done more with an old ipod touch(First generation)

texts:
Hi I had an I pod touch (first generation) with version : 1.1.5(4B1) which I bought from EBAy
long time back in 2008

I had installed latest ITunes and browsing if
I can find any applications that can be run on this 1st gen iPod.
But most of the apps are generally compatible with 3 and greater.

Are there really any  for 1st gen? If no, what else can be done apart from
playing music and videos..

I had seen http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2052 which
says can be updated to iOS3.1. Has anyone done ...any problems faced..

Any other suggestion you have apart from selling it :-)


texts: Can't log out, shutdown or restart macOS Sierra since the update

texts:
Since I have updated the OS to Sierra, I'm facing several issue (one example: Character Accent Menu doesn't appear anymore in macOS Sierra)

Another bothering issue that is, I just can't log out.
If I try to log out, shut down or restart the device, my applications are getting closed, the status and dock bars disappear, then... nothing.
Just the desktop's background and my mouse. Can't do anything except moving the house, can't open Finder anymore, etc...
The only way is to do a long press on the power button.

If I log as a guest user, this problem does not occur. So, like my keyboard's issue, it has something to do with some broken plist, preferences...

Anyway to trackdown what is causing that?


texts: Will installing Mountain Lion require a complete refresh of my Time Machine backup?

texts: I currently have my Time Machine backup on my network and access it wirelessly.  This means a complete backup of half a terabyte of data can take a significant amount of time.  So, I'm concerned that when I upgrade to Mountain Lion, I will be forced to start from scratch on my backup. A secondary concern is the possible loss of previously backed up information.


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Is it possible to use my iPhone as a microphone for my Windows PC using only a USB connection?

I searched for solutions and found some that require a male to male 3.5mm audio jack, but I would like to know if I can use the USB connection as a microphone.


texts:
A couple days ago, I was streaming a show on the internet when suddenly the internet stopped working. I closed my tabs and restarted my WiFi but to no avail. I checked to see if the internet was functioning as usual on my phone and it was. Therefore, this must be an issue with my device- a MacBook air- and not with the router.

So far I:

ran diagnostics and according to that, everything is in working order.
renewed the DHCP lease.
made sure it wasn't a dns issue.
reset SMC and NVRAM
cleared my browser cache
checked my download folder for anything suspicious
restarted many times, both in safe mode and recovery mode

None of the above has worked. It doesn't matter whether I try using Chrome or Firefox or Safari or an application requiring internet connection. Nothing works. On chrome it tries to load for a while before saying connection timed out.

Any ideas on how I might resolve this issue?

I'm worried that I may have gotten a virus from the streaming website but I can't install an antivirus software now without internet access.


texts: updated os to mojave 10.14.5, now lsof is giving me errors with stat

texts:
I had a system update last Thursday and ever since I have been getting the errors below. I have tried reinstalling lsof via homebrew, upgrading bash,
rebooting, but no luck. How do I even go about debugging this issue.

$ lsof -i
lsof: WARNING: can't stat() apfs file system /
      Output information may be incomplete.
      assuming "dev=1000004" from mount table
lsof: WARNING: can't stat() devfs file system /dev
      Output information may be incomplete.
      assuming "dev=396eef60" from mount table
lsof: too many (> 32) symbolic links in readlink() path: devfs
lsof: WARNING: can't stat() apfs file system /private/var/vm
      Output information may be incomplete.
      assuming "dev=1000006" from mount table
lsof: WARNING: can't stat() autofs file system /net
      Output information may be incomplete.
      assuming "dev=32000001" from mount table
lsof: too many (> 32) symbolic links in readlink() path: map -hosts
lsof: WARNING: can't stat() autofs file system /home
      Output information may be incomplete.
      assuming "dev=32000002" from mount table


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

I'd like to launch an AppleScript/ App after 30 minutes of system inactivity. e.g. no cursor movement or keyboard input?


texts:
The charger for my Macbook Air is getting very hot, to the point where it is painful to the touch.  I have tried swapping out a different charger and it is also gets very hot, so I don't think it is a problem with the charger.

Does this tend to suggest a problem with the laptop?

Some more details that might also be relevant: the green/orange light on the cord that indicates charging is sometimes off, and sometimes I notice a slight sound from the laptop.  The charger gets very hot when it makes the sound, but doesn't get so hot when it isn't.  The laptop is at least five years old.  This makes me wonder if there is a problem with the laptop's internal power management hardware.

Does these symptoms tend to indicate a problem with the Macbook?


texts:
This "phoning home" reporting is something I would like to completely disable.

How can I make sure I never see this dialog again and no info is sent to Apple?


texts: Xls to csv - Numbers creates multiple csv files for some reason

texts: I have a small xls file which 200Kb of size. When I export it to csv format, Numbers creates multiple csv files. How do I make it create a single one?


texts: Is there a way to change the amount of time you have to click and hold on a Dock icon to activate Dock Expose? or maybe tie the right click to activate it?


texts:
I have a 2017 MacBookPro. When I connect my laptop to HDMI display, audio goes straight to HDMI. I can't control the volume. It is mildly annoying but I can understand there are some benefit in better sound quality.

What really bothers me is that I cannot mute/unmute the sound from my keyboard. Is there a way to let me control the HDMI audio from my laptop, at least mute/unmute?


texts: Security Hardening Adobe Acrobat DC for macOS

texts:
The Security Team is asking me to install the Adobe Acrobat DC (Version 2020.009.20067) package to our macOS laptops. (Mojave 10.14.6)
In addition to simply push the Adobe Acrobat DC package to our macOS laptops, I need to (no sure if it is a custom package, or custom settings, or configuration profile, or policy, or .mobileconfig, or etc.) trying to mimic and do my best to apply all the security hardening requirements coming from this website:
https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/adobe_acrobat_professional_dc_continuous/2018-04-30/MAC-3_Sensitive/
Unfortunately, if you open the above website, all the vulnerabilities solutions are for Windows OS only.
How do I achieve the same on a macOS system?
I was wondering if you have any official Adobe Acrobat Pro guide or pdf or recommendations or tools that can help me to achieve my project.
I did noticed when I install Adobe Acrobat DC on a macOS laptop, 2 .plist files are created:
/Library/Preferences/com.adobe.acrobat.pro.plist

/Users/username/Library/Preferences/com.adobe.acrobat.pro.plist

Are these the files that I need to manipulate in order to achieve my goal? If the answer is yes, reading the website above, how can I determine, just from the Title Description, from each Finding ID, which is the  value inside the. plist that I need to manipulate? It is kind of impossible.
If you were me, what would you do?
Thank you so much in advance for your help


texts: Can I Recover an Erased Time Machine Disk?

texts:
I erased (not deleted) the entire Time Machine disk by accident in Disk Utility instead of another disk.  Under "Security Options" it was set to "Don't Erase Data", so I would think that it means the data is there, but the directory and information of where/how everything is stored is gone.

Is it possible to recover my Time Machine disk?

EDIT:  In looking at disk recovery programs, some seem to be able to recover entire partitions if nothing has been overwritten (which is the case for me).  I'm using Disk Drill as an example, which appears to have this function.  So, I am wondering if recovering the erased disk to a new disk would be a way to get my Time Machine disk back?

UPDATE:  Here is what I've been able to do:

-I used Disk Drill to scan and recover all of the files to another disk, but as expected the file structure and names are all gone.  I also tried Disk Utility and Disk Warrior to try and repair/recover the directory with no luck.

-I've created an full backup of my system on another disk to cover me for now.

-I also have a disk I keep offsite that has just a couple of backups starting 6 months ago, but not as far back as my erased disk.

It just seems strange the way that Time Machine is set up, where basically everything is there, but no way to identify anything.  Someone should write a program that compares all of the nameless files against files on the machine itself to at least rename those files, and then the files that are related to it would have to be older versions of it.  Anyone have any other ideas?


texts: How do I install Mavericks now that Yosemite has been released?

texts:
I have a late 2009 iMac running Mountain Lion, I also have a Macbook Pro running Mavericks. I have been planning on installing Mavericks on the iMac, but now that Yosemite has been released, Mavericks is no longer available on the Mac App store.

How can I install Mavericks on the iMac? As you can guess, I'm not an early-adoptor, so not interested in installing Yosemite for now.

Even though I have a Macbook Pro with Mavericks, it came installed with Mavericks, so it is not in my Mac App store 'Purchases', but 'Mountain Lion' is.


texts: Apple Music plays the beginning of my songs then restarts the song and plays it in full

texts: I have a lot of music imported into iTunes (Apple Music) from CD and vinyl collection, all imported by album. When I want to listen to an album, it inevitably plays the 5 seconds of a song, then loops back and start over. The second time, it plays the whole song through with out a problem, When I get to the next song, it happens again - a 5 second preview, then the song starts again from the beginning and plays through. I'm on a 2015 iMac with the latest version of Big Sur. Any clues? Thanks in advance.


texts:
I have an old MacBook Pro running 10.6.8 and would like to stream my MP3 itunes library. Streaming my pictures would also be nice but not as important.

I am under the impression that to use the apple TV I would need OSX 10.8 is this correct?

I use to use Soundbridge M400PX with a PC but this does not work with the Mac


texts:
I'm using iWork (specifically Pages 5.5.3) and I can't find the templates I created for this anywhere on the HD.

Library > Application Support > iWork > Pages > Templates > My Templates

Only shows the ones I've saved to that location. For some reason, I think because I do have iCloud enabled, it's saving it somewhere else, but can't find it anywhere related to iCloud either.

I've also chosen 'Show Package Contents' for the Application itself and navigated through the Pages 'Contents' folder with no results.

It's not related to iCloud. I just went to iCloud.com and tried to create a new document from the template chooser—my templates did not show up there.

It's because I selected the option to "Add To Template Chooser" as opposed to saving it to my HD. Where are these templates stored when selected that option? I need to edit the name of one and delete another.


texts: Yosemite (10.10) Finder Freezes in Column View

texts:
In Yosemite (present in 10.10.0 and 10.10.1) Finder regularly and repeatedly (not just randomly) freezes when in column view.

I always use column view by default, so it happens often. It seems to happen when you click on certain file types-- I suspect the "preview" in the right-hand-most pane is causing the problem.

It seems to be related to certain file types (but I haven't figured out which ones yet)
If a specific file type causes a freeze, it always does
If a specific file type doesn't cause a freeze, it never does

For example, if I click on a "zip" file, it successfully generates a "preview" in the right-hand-most pane. Always works. PDF and TXT also work fine.

However, if I click on a ".epub" or ".mobi" file, it always beachballs or freezes Finder. There are other file extensions that also cause freezing, most "non-common" ones seem to do it.

Anyone else experiencing this? Workarounds or fixes?


texts: iOS 14 how to use "Open Wallet" and "Open Apple Card card" in automation and script

texts: Does anyone have an example or some pointers on using iOS 14 automation, shortcuts and scripting to open the wallet app and retrieve data from Apple Card?


texts: What is the function of "Last import" in Address Book?

texts:
I just made a synchronization through iTunes of my iPhone onto my MacBookPro.

From memory I made about ten modifications on my iPhone.
Unfortunately they are not in the relevant group, but within All Contacts.

I thought it will be natural to find them within the group Last Import.
But they aren't there.

Moreover, on a total number of entries of about 600, more than 500 of
them are within this Last Import group.

This is a huge problem: where I'm expecting 10 entries to place in the right group, I'm facing a list of more than 500.

What is the real usefull function of this Last Import group?
What may I did wrong to get such a huge Last Import.

I tried to simplify this huge problem by creating a New Smart Group… based on rule:

Card was updated after Aug 15th 2013

But this smart group is still abnormal:
73 cards where I'm expecting no more than 10.


texts: Mac OS disable shutdown prevention when user is logged in

texts: At our office, there are tons of different users who use the same Macs running High Sierra over the course of a day. Unfortunately, sometimes people forget to log out after they've used those computers which leads to the last people in office in the evening not being able to shut those computers down without the admin password. I cannot give our Admin credentials to all of them because that would pose a huge security risk. Is there a way to modify Mac OS so that it doesn't ask for the Admin credentials when trying to shut the machine down while another user is logged in?


texts:
One of the iOS apps I use has been crashing a lot more than usual lately, so I'm posting about it on their forum.  I've got a bunch of crash logs.

Is it safe to post iOS crash logs in a public place?  Is there any PII in them?

I see a lot of hashes in them.  Are they completely arbitrary/random, or do they contain my hardware address or something?


texts: Are there any autocompletion input tools for English? Except default TextEdit app

texts:
I'm a Mac user who is a Japanese. I usually type Japanese using Google IME  which enables me to type it with predictive texts so that we can type it faster.

Google IME

http://www.google.co.jp/ime/

In terms of English, I can't find good tools such as IME and a text editor. Does anyone know of one?


texts: 2008 MacBook Air connected to a 2011 iMac from DVI to Thunderbolt?

texts:
I have an original 13" MacBook Air from early 2008 with a micro-DVI interface and a 2011 27" iMac that I would like to use as a monitor for the MacBook Air.

A cable that converts the micro-DVI to a DVI connection came with the MacBook but of course there is only a Thunderbolt display on the iMac and I would like to know if there is (officially or un-officially) a cable that will go from DVI to Thunderbolt so I can work on my MacBook Air and see what I am doing on my iMac please?


texts:
What are some good resources for learning Dashcode? I've got plenty for XCode, but can neither find a good online Dashcode tutorial nor a book in stores. If anyone can help, please let me know.

My apologies if this is better suited for SO.


texts: Resizing whole text containing different fonts in TextEdit

texts:
My text file uses two fonts, Helvetica for usual text and the ALPHABETUM-Unicode
specialized font for rare ancient characters.
  The system handles it nicely, as the sizes of the ALPHABETUM characters
are harmonious with those of the Helvetica characters, even though they’re
not of the same font.

After writing dozens of pages, I belatedly realized that the presentation would
be much better if I downsized all the characters.

So I tried « Select All (Command A)» and « Smaller (Command -) », but the result
was predictably ugly, as the system failed to handle both fonts at the same time.

In the resulting text, while the Helvetica characters are downsized correctly, the
ALPHABETUM characters have kept their initial size (20), and TextEdit mistakenly
sees them as « Helvetica characters with size 1 », so I cannot even resize them manually.

Is there a clean solution to my problem ? (I am open to solutions using other tools
than TextEdit).


texts: How do I enable preview of URL in a popup?

texts: I just noticed that when I hover with my cursor over a link, I don't get the url. I tried in maximized (full screen) and normal mode, and it doesn't show up in a popup or in a bottom bar as it does on Firefox. It's a bit annoying of course. I know about snowleopard's behavior, has Apple changed their stance or is still an external plugin the best solution?


texts:
[Turns out this is known bug #9536151]

I have a strange issue with Quicklook in Lion. This is on a clean install and happens with  more than one user. It also isn't fixed if I clean out the Quicklook cache in /var/folders

I have to push the spacebar twice to get Quicklook to work properly.

The first time the usual Quicklook 'window' appears but it is blank:

Push the spacebar again and the image appears. If I restart the Finder the problem goes away briefly. It's driving me nuts.


texts: Why does Console report ‘window 153 is already attached to window 13d'?

texts: Do you know why Mac console reports window number 153 is already attached to window 13d?


texts: MacBook Air 2020 - Unable to Connect to External Monitor

texts:
I have a Dell monitor which supports VGA - so I am using a VGA cable, VGA to HDMI adapter, and the USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter (Apple) to connect to my MacBook Air 2020 (running macOS Catalina Version 10.15.5).
However, the screen on my MacBook keeps flickering - in the Displays window (under System Preferences) I can see it detects the monitor and then loses connection very quickly.
I tried the same setup with an older MacBook Air 2015 (running macOS Catalina 10.15.4) - the only difference was that I did not need a USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter, instead I used a HDMI to Mini DP adapter. And it worked like a charm!
Is there any reason the newer MacBook Air would cause a problem?
P.S - to troubleshoot this better, I connected the MacBook Air 2020 with a monitor that supports HDMI with the Multiport Adapter and an HDMI cable - and it worked smoothly without any flickering.


texts: How to find Apple ID used to set up my iPad

texts: How can I find out which Apple ID has been used to set up my ipad - it has been hacked and is now some years old and I am in the process of restoring this device.  This iPad is not listed on the Apple ID I have established.


texts: set checkbox based on parameters in iWork Numbers

texts:
I would like to be able to tick or untick a checkbox in iWork Numbers based on certain parameters.

The spreadsheet is a list of projects (Column C), each composed of several tasks (column D). Column B is a completion date that gets filled in by the user when a task is completed. Column A contains checkboxes.

I would like to be able to automatically check the box in column A when a date is entered into column B. Further, I would like to automatically check the box for the project once all the boxes are checked for the encompassed tasks.

A sample code for task completion would be: IF(B2<>"",TRUE,FALSE).
Sample for project completion would be: IF(COUNTIF(C,C2)=COUNTIFS(C,C2,B,"<>"&""),TRUE,FALSE).

What I'm hoping to accomplish is to convert the TRUE or FALSE result of the formula into a ticked or unticked checkbox.


texts: How do you do a web search on an IPhone?

texts:
My current workflow to do a web search is to:

Open the Safari app
Click on the "tabs" button
Open a new tab
Type my search query into the URL bar.

But I'm constantly frustrated by typos due to the lack of autocompletion (which I guess is turned off automatically in this field). Is there a more canonical way to do a web search? Do I have to ask Siri? Not my preference since I don't want to have to talk aloud. And I don't want to use the Chrome or Google apps since I can't live without the ad-blocker in Safari.


texts:
Is there a way to select multiple files and edit their file names as a list in a text editor?

I'm asking because I want to copy the names of x files over to another folder containing the same number of files. Being able to edit the file names as a text file would be the most convenient way to do this

This is possible using Total Commander on Windows; any way on Mac?


texts: Sharing a TUN VPN connection with Android & iOS for traffic interception

texts:
I have two interfaces:
 - A physical WLAN interface with 802.1x auth (en0)
 - A virtual TUN interface with VPN (invisible in Network Settings) (utun1)

I have mobiles (both rooted Android and jailbroken iOS) that I want to intercept their HTTP/S traffic, over Bluetooth.

My first thought was to do Internet Sharing from WiFi to Bluetooth, OS X did not like this, as the WiFi has 802.1x auth.

Then I turned on Bluetooth Tethering without any connection on the Android, connected to it from the Mac (en3) and added the Mac as default route with ip route add default via <mac ip>. Then on the Mac I did:

sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
echo "nat on utun1 from en3:network to any -> (utun1)" >> /etc/pf.conf
pfctl -F all
pfctl -ef /etc/pf.conf

I got no errors but the mobile device is not able to connect to the internet. It pings the mac, the route is fine, but the NAT does not work.

How can I share the VPN connection over Bluetooth PAN to the mobile devices? Should I try a different approach? Am I doing something wrong?


texts:
I am working on a Mac (Yosemite, OS X 10.10.5) and I have several mht files which I created on Firefox by selecting File → Save as MHT. I have already associated the files with Firefox — it opens them by default — but the files continue to show the exec icon. What I am looking for is a way to make macOS recognize the mht file extension: for eg, when a PDF file is renamed in macOS, only the name of the file is highlighted but not the extension, however when a mht file is renamed, both the name of the file and the file extension (mht) are hightlighed.

I tried browsing to Firefox -> Show Package Contents -> Contents and, since it was missing, I added mht to the Info.plist using TextEdit:

<dict>
    <key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
    <array>
        <string>html</string>
        <string>htm</string>
        <string>shtml</string>
        <string>xht</string>
        <string>xhtml</string>
        <string>mht</string> <!-- added -->
    </array>
    <key>CFBundleTypeIconFile</key>
    <string>document.icns</string>
    <key>CFBundleTypeName</key>
    <string>HTML Document</string>
    <key>CFBundleTypeOSTypes</key>
    <array>
        <string>HTML</string>
    </array>
    <key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
    <string>Viewer</string>
</dict>

This did not work. Is there any way to make macOS recognize the mht extension and associate it to the Firefox icon? Alternatively, how can I make macOS associate an icon to these files (other than manually changing the icon on each file in the Get Info window)?


texts: I cannot open Safari, when I did open -a Safari error -10810 appeared

texts: I tried searching what error -10810 is but nothing came up on Google. Any idea on how to fix this or go around this?


texts: On Catalina, how can a cronjob get permission to touch files on a USB disk?

texts:
I have a USB disk, that takes ages to spin up after it has gone to sleep. So in the past I used either a cron job to regularly touch a file on it, so it will never spin down.

*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/touch /Volumes/xxx/touch.txt >/tmp/stdout.log 2>/tmp/stderr.log

Only since Catalina, these jobs get a touch: /Volumes/xxx/touch.txt: Operation not permitted.
When I use the same command in the console, it works nicely.

I had to grant the terminal access full disk access. Is there a similar restriction on this cron task?


texts: How to update my DSDT (part of fix for no ethernet card fix)

texts:
I have a mac book w/ OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5) that had the original wifi card removed.  (This happened before I got the computer and I cannot get it back).  B/c of this, I'm using a USB wifi to connect to the internet.  The problem is when I try to connect to the App Store, I get the message

  Your device or computer could not be verified. Contact support for assistance.

I've done a lot of research and it seems this happens because Apple is trying to identify me based on the MAC address of my original wifi card and can't (see this post and this post).  The only option in this case seems to be using a "fake" ethernet card provided by RehabMan.  I followed the instructions on his site, but I'm stuck at the point of patching my DSDT.

I added the NullEhternet.kext using by following an osxdaily tutorial
I downloaded MaciASL from sourceforge
I used MaciASL to open my DSDT and apply the patch.txt file
I compiled and got no errors, then saved the file as DSDT.asl to my desktop
I mounted my EFI partition with a themacadmin tutorial
The last step says I should copy the .asl to my EFI partition, but I don't have any of the folders the tutorial mentions!

What am I doing wrong?  Should I abandon this and try a different approach?


texts: How do I stop my external hard drive from using all my RAM?

texts:
I'm running OSX Mavericks, and have an external 500Gb HD connected via firewire.

I have 24GB's of RAM, and fairly often my RAM usage will spike to 23.95 GBs in use and literally leave me with only 50 MB of RAM, or less, usable.

I know it's my external drive because when I eject it the memory usage goes back to normal, which is about 5GB used.

How do I stop the drive from using so much memory?


texts:
When I attempt to buy an app but after clicking "GET" button for an app the following happens :

1. "GET" text becomes "INSTALL"
2. I click "INSTALL"
3. "INSTALL" becomes loading image
4. loading image disappears and "GET" text is displayed.

The app is not installed.

Not sure if related but this seems to have occurred since updating ipad to latest ios version - 9.3.4(13G35).


texts: How to customize the Do Not Disturb feature for weekends?

texts:
I have the Do Not Disturb feature scheduled to work from Midnight to 7 am.  This works great.

However, on the weekend I like to sleep in and would like the Do Not Disturb feature to go until 9 am.  But I do not see this feature.  It's like all or nothing.

Am I missing something simple?


texts: How to Install High Sierra on External Drive

texts:
I'll try to keep this as simple as possible but it's a little complicated.

I am trying to install High Sierra on an external disk. The computer I'm using is running Mojave, however, so it won't run the High Sierra Installer.

I created a bootable USB installer for High Sierra. (I got the 5.2 GB Install macOS High Sierra application here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208969. I created the bootable installer using the instructions here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372.)

Using Disk Utility, I created a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) partition on the external drive as my destination for the installation.

I rebooted with both the bootable USB installer and the external drive plugged into USB ports and selected the bootable USB installer as my startup drive. I then designated the partition on the external hard drive as my destination for the installation.

Everything seemed to go fine until the installer rebooted my computer. Instead of the completing the installation, my computer just booted up using the OS on the internal drive. When restart was complete, the external drive had a new folder called "macOS Install Data."

I tried multiple times, including pressing Option at the point of restart, but I cannot get the installation on the external drive to complete.

I imagine the "macOS Install Data" may contain the components that should be used to create High Sierra during restart but I can't get the installation to complete.

Can you help?

Thank you!

Daniel


texts: Is there a way to run command line tools as a separate app, so I can easily switch between them with apple+tab etc? I want this for things like a mail and irc client where I don't want to hunt down the terminal window to access them. Something like http://www.fluidapp.com but for the terminal.


texts: Can't update/ download apps without a card

texts: I have a debit card and I've used it to buy items on the App Store. Now it's not accepting the debit card anymore and demands a new card to buy/update apps.


texts: Is it possible to do a wildcard search in spotlight in iOS 10.X?

texts: I want to search for a specific app (example of Instaflash) on my iPhone or iPad but only remember part of its name. In this example 'flash' being the search term inputted into spotlight in iOS 10.X on my iPhone or iPad. Can search terms somehow be used with a wild card option? Something like flash to obtain a list of possible results?


texts: I Have a Xserve!When i Power on the xserv this window opens!where can i found serial number? or how i can install a new mac os x? please help me


texts: Is there an iOS equivalent of Fluid for Mac?

texts:
I'd like to run a Freeboard.io dashboard (HTML+JavaScript) on an older iPad to visualize a bunch of things persistently. This would be fine as a Safari home-screen-ified app, except there's no way to prevent display sleep without globally changing the iPad's lock settings.

It's easy enough to programmatically disable sleep in an iOS app, but I don't want to pay $99/year for an Apple developer account just so I can make a UIWebView in an app that disables the sleep timer.

And yes, Panic's Status Board exists—but apparently it's buggy and not being actively developed anymore. It's more sensible than a $99/year subscription, but still not ideal.

What I'd love is the equivalent of Fluid.app for Mac, just for iOS and obviously with the option to disable the sleep timer.

Does a suitable iOS app exist, or would Apple reject any candidate because it'd be nothing more than a UIWebView wrapper?


texts: Is there any keyboard shortcut to turn on and off shuffle and turn on repeating on iTunes? They aren't mentioned on iTunes help section Keyboard Shortcut.


texts: Application Support directory, some apps are using tons of space!

texts:
After running out of space multiple times, I started researching and putting a strategy to permanently fix this issue.

In the end I found that Application Support is an important directory for most of apps, but I've a directory called Google with 2.2 GB size. Most probably this is for Chrome only. What does this directory include and what will happen if I delete it?

Including information about directories and their sizes:


texts: After doing the last iOS update, I can't enter an event in my calendar. I checked iCloud and calendar is activated.


texts: I have files that are backed up on iCloud that I do not want on my local desktop (they are rather large video files that I rarely refer to). Is there a way to trigger iCloud to clean up space on my laptop?


texts: Keyboard Shortcut for exposing current Spotify track?

texts:
I've been using a keyboard shortcut for 15 years to know what was the current track playing, preferably by also displaying the album's photo.
What was easy when only iTunes existed, has become complicated with me also using Spotify
I've been hunting for and using different plugins, sizzle, bowtie, growl, spark, lastfm, AppleScript customs script, or more recently Neptunes, with different successes, changing with each new incompatibility brought by new OS X versions.
Now that I am on Big Sur, there is a possible shortcut to bring the control center where an Itunes track playing is present (but not Spotify), there is also a menu item that can be accessed by the mouse, showing the current media stream (including Spotify) but as far as I know, there is no keyboard shortcut for it.
So what would you do, preferably using Apple OS native features, to get it done ?
(a Keyboard Shortcut for exposing current Spotify track playing, preferably with the album image)
Thanks


texts: I want to have the most recent file downloaded to be on top when I look in the Downloads folder in the finder. How do I arrange my download folder as "Recently downloaded"?


texts: How can I call Don Melton's transcode_video script from a shell script?

texts:
I'm trying to create a Folder Action to transcode videos using Don Melton's scripts.

When I run the script, transcode_video complains that HandBrakeCLI is not available, but when I run the command directly from the terminal it runs fine.

I'm guessing this is some kind of bash script security thing, but I'm an amateur at this game. Is there a way round this? I've had to revert to calling HandBrakeCLI directly, which is not as easy to optimise.


texts: How can I type ` character when using Chinese input source?

texts:
I'm looking for a way to type in ` character by pressing the top-left key (below the Esc key). This works when I use the English input, but on Chinese input it changes into ·, and Shift + ` key gives me ～.

Is it possible to type in ` even on Chinese input source, using Karabiner-Elements? Or can I achieve it on other apps?


texts: If I use photo stream and later plug my iPhone into the computer. Will I end up with a bunch of duplicates? Or will it import from my phone only any photos that weren't previously uploaded, for whatever reason, via photo stream?


texts: How do I let preinstalled python 2.7 access pip installed modules?

texts:
I installed python3 using brew, all the modules installed thru pip are located at /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages

How do I let the macOS preinstalled python 2.7 access those modules (b/c I know the module I want to import work for pyhton2.7 too) ?

If I just set PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages, I got this error message:

~ ➤ echo $PYTHONPATH
/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages
~ ➤ python
Your PYTHONPATH points to a site-packages dir for Python 3.x but you are running Python 2.x!
     PYTHONPATH is currently: "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages"
     You should `unset PYTHONPATH` to fix this.

I know I can install an individual module by running sudo python -m pip install module xxx (using sudo to install it in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages)

But is there any easy way to just let pyhton access my python3 modules? If someone has experienced this before and tell me there is none I will also appreciate!


texts: Remove completed reminders in OS X and iOS

texts: I run the latest versions of OS X and iOS. Is there a way to mass-delete all completed reminders in both iOS and OS X? I’ve looked but can't seem to find a way so far.


texts:
Any proper list of Mac firmware versions (Boot ROM versions) and the corresponding macOS version?

This can be useful if you receive a Mac with the storage damaged and the customer wants to have the same macOS version that was installed when the storage broke.

You’d start the mac with an external macOS volume and check the firmware version in System Information.

The official Apple article for this only lists the firmware that originally shipped with the Mac.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201518

I found this one shows most, but doesn’t have a proper list of firmware version / corresponding macOS:
https://browser.geekbench.com


texts: Change the default color of links in Keynote 8.3 macOS Template

texts: I have a keynote template and the links come up in a teal blue color. However, the default on some templates is black, so I know that this can be changed. How do I change it?


texts: Huawei E3372 Hi-Link doesn't work with macOS Catalina

texts:
Since Catalina dropped 32-bit support my LTE router, Huawei E3372 Hi-Link, stopped working. Is there any 64-bit driver(?) available to make the device work again?

Before, after plugging in the stick an Apple Script was auto-run and router admin interface located at http://192.168.8.1 was opened automatically.

Now the Volume called HiLink is mounted but the app cannot be started since it's 32-bit.

The solutions to make Huawei work with Mojave don’t work for me.

Where can I find a workaround app or update?


texts: iPhone 5 displaying single 1x icon instead of 2x?

texts: All of the icons on my iPhone 5 display at 2x, but for some reason, my SchoolsFirst eDeposit icon displays the 1x image. Any idea how I can fix this? I tried deleting/redownloading the app, and hiding it in the "Purchased Apps" section of iTunes, and nothing worked.


texts: Retrieving boolean values of System Properties (Terminal commands)

texts:
I am familiar with the state changes to system properties (such as displaying hidden files) using Terminal commands including: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES to make the any hidden files become visible.

But what is the command for showing the current state/status of this (and similar) properties, to retrieve what it is set to, without changing the value?

During my initial tinkering, I've already trying appending a STATUS value in place of the YES or NO option; without any luck.

I'm certain there must be a command that returns the current state of the boolean or enumerated type's property, such that entering a variation of the above-mentioned command (to show hidden files) will not perform any changes but rather return the current setting i.e. YES or NO.

I am out of ideas and appreciate the help.


texts: Sent items listed by sender's name (my name!) not recipient in Outlook for Mac 2011

texts:
Outlook 2011 on a Mac (OS X 10.7 Lion), on a (mostly PC) office network using Microsoft Exchange server.

In Outlook 2011, in the network "Sent Items" folder, all emails are listed showing the sender's name (my name), not the recipients' names.

That means every single email is headed with my own name, like this:

My Name                     08/09/2012
Some subject line               [flag]

My Name                     08/09/2012
Re: Another subject line        [flag]

My Name                     07/09/2012
Re: different subject line      [flag]

My Name                     07/09/2012
different subject line          [flag]

...and so on. There's no clue at all as to who these emails were to, until I open each and every one.

I guess it's reassuring to be told that every email that I sent was sent by me and if I was ever to forget my own name while browsing my sent emails folder, it'd be super useful, but it's not very helpful for navigating sent emails.

Is this normal for Office for Mac 2011? How can I fix this, so that the list shows the recipients' names instead of endlessly reminding me of my own name?

Things I've found while researching this:

This can also happen in Outlook for Windows. On Windows, it's easily fixed by resetting the field. That method doesn't work on Mac because the fields can't be selected separately.
It seems this can also happen in Apple Mail too, and a lot of people seem stumped by this.
I can't find anything on this specific to Outlook 2011 or Outlook for Mac in general.

A simple guide on how to fix this would be the best answer, but I'd also welcome any knowledgable thoughts from people with experience of Macs on Microsoft Exchange Server networks on whether this sounds like an Outlook settings issue which I can fix on my machine, or some issue relating to how the Mac gets data from the server and network. The fact that Apple Mail users have encountered the same issue with no apparent fix makes me think the problem might be in the interaction with the network rather than the mail client - but that's way beyond my limited knowledge of these things.

I don't know whether the local ("On my computer") Sent Items folder has the same problem, as it's configured so that no emails except drafts are ever stored in these local folders. Drafts saved locally are listed by recipient as expected.


texts: iOS 6 update problem: how to switch to Indian store?

texts: I just updated my iPad 2 to to iOS 6 yesterday. Today when I tried to buy an app the usual way from the App Store, I got the message "Your account is not valid for use in US store. You must switch to the Indian store before purchasing." I am unable to update my old apps as well and am getting the same message. Any idea how I should switch to the Indian store?


texts: Save 'Look up & data detectors' history?

texts:
A system gesture I use often when reading is to force press on a word which will pull up a definition and/or wikipedia page of the selected word (referred to as 'Look up & data detectors' in system preferences > trackpad). I'd like to save my history (preferably into a flashcard format) for review.

Anyone know of someone who's accomplished this or which direction to look in?


texts: Shortcuts App (iOS 13.1.2): How to prevent that the shortcuts app interface opens, when you start a shortcut from the homescreen?

texts:
I created a very simple shortcut.

Flashlight on/off.

Than I added that shortcut to the homescreen.

Now I start the shortcut from the homescreen.

Result:
The admin interface of the shortcuts app opens (you see the list of all shortcuts).

Question:
How can I prevent, that the shortcuts app opens?

Thanks for your help.


texts: Which files are involved in Mac App Store update checking?

texts:
I've got a phantom update notification in Mac App Store which I really want to get rid of. The notification is for AngryBirds but I don't have this app installed anywhere on my mac. The issue is pretty much like this question: Phantom Update Stuck In Mac App Store

I have tried to contacted Apple Support but they failed to help me solve the problem. The conclusion of Apple Support is that this really needs to be fixed locally and there's nothing to do with the push server.

So to trace the real original and make this question to be more generic, I would like to ask this way:

Which files are involved in the mechanism of update checking process of Mac App Store?

Once I get to these files, I can filter them and maybe I can delete the leftovers that causes the problem.


texts: Does using "rm" command cause journaling corruption?

texts:
Some time ago I had some problems with my Mac drive, so I went to the recovery partition and used Disk Utility to check for problems. It reported a huge discrepancy between the journaled free blocks and the actual free blocks, in the case of gigabytes.

I was wondering what may have caused this problem, and I remembered deleting a huge hierarchy of folders using rm -rf, and since this command is almost instantaneous, I thought it may have caused this problem.

Does this make any sense? Should I avoid using this command on OS X with a Journaled drive?


texts: Any way to use disassembled MacBook Pro keyboard and trackpad as input to Mac mini?

texts:
I have a mid-2012 MacBook Pro (non-retina) lying around that I don't need. It does not startup, but it's keyboard and mouse work fine. I have no use for the computer anymore.

I also have a Mac mini and I was wondering whether there is any hardware/software that allows me to use the keyboard and trackpad from my MBP as direct input to my Mac mini, just like an external keyboard/trackpad, without having to go through the OS on my MBP.

In other words, I was looking for some sort of adapter that would connect my keyboard and trackpad from my MBP to a USB input which I could use on the Mac mini. I do not want a solution like this: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/338568

Thanks


texts: How to get sound to both headphones and USB speakers?

texts:
I have a USB Speakers and I want to record the sound from WNYC Radio to listening to it offline on my iPhone.

I'm able to alternate them, but not listening to both at the same time.

Can anyone please advise?


texts: Why is my Applications window different in OS 10.7

texts:
Most of my windows are normal but the root Applications window and some others do not have adjustable columns or triangles to open a folder. Has anyone seen this before and how do I fix it?

I tried deleting the finder preferences; no change.

Abnormal

Normal


texts: How to use an iPod touch with big fingers?

texts:
I've had an iPod touch for over 6 months now, and while I've gotten better at hitting buttons and icons with practice, some things remain virtually impossible to tap.

For example, the tiny circles (one above the line, one below the line) for selecting text are pretty much impossible to hit.  Auto-complete options (like the "I" if I type "i") are similarly difficult.

I don't think I have poor motor skills: I'm a musician!  And while my hands are big, I don't think my fingers are especially fat.

Is there anything I can do to make it possible to use these features?  For example, is there some interaction I don't know about (the iPod touch manual is basically non-existent), or is there a setting to make the tiniest controls appear larger for me?


texts: How do I restore iPhone 6s stuck on connect to iTunes screen/Apple logo

texts:
I'm not really sure how, but after I woke up today, my phone was just displaying the loading spinner and doesn't start up anymore.
It's weird because my phone turned off last night and suspecting that it was probably out of charge, I thought charging it overnight would fix the problem.

So, my iPhone is currently stuck on the iTunes/Apple Logo loop. When I put it into DFU/Recovery Mode and connect it to iTunes, it isn't able to restore it. It keeps throwing "Network Connection Problems" -- it downloads iOS 10 for a bit and suddenly stops downloading, throwing the error. I've also tried downloading a custom .ipsw from https://ipsw.me/ but it seems that the file is corrupted whenever iTunes tries to unpack it.

Any thoughts on how I could go about fixing this?

Note - I don't have a jailbroken iPhone.


texts: I'm currently using the default Numbers application to open my CSVs. My current use case involves a file that I had to use a different type of separator (|). Is there any way to change the separator? Right now when I open the file it just puts the entire row in one column.


texts: Meaning of '"Applications" would like to receive keystrokes from any application'

texts:
I am on MacBook and see:

A google search for the exact quote reveals very little.
Is "Applications" referring to everything in the Applications directory? Is this a common request on macOS (i.e. nothing to worry about)? Or is this something suspicious (like some program imitating or posing as something harmless)?
Some concerns

I'm not sure if "Applications" means all applications in the Applications directory, or something else?
I'm not sure if this permission grants certain application(s) access to keystrokes only while the application is actively being used, or even while not in use?
Several applications were open when this prompt appeared, and so I do not know which one caused it. Some that were open at the time were desktop versions of whatsapp, discord and slack, as well as chrome, sublime text, and terminal.

Note: running Catalina 10.15.6
Update 1
After clicking 'Open System Preferences' I see 'Discord' is the only application shown. Does this mean "Applications" == Discord?
Also, the question about what this grants access to is indeed explained: this does(!) grant the application(s) access to all keystrokes whether using that app or other apps! (it's not clear whether the app has to be open for the keystrokes to be collected).

Update 2
I read this it's well known discord asks to access (all) keystrokes for it's 'Push to Talk' feature


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I am trying to figure out if the following is possible using AppleScript - I am much more used to scripting on Linux / PowerShell.
I have a load of duplicated images in my Photos.app library, for each photo I have the original 'Live' photo and a static .JPG photo because I didn't realise for years that Photo Stream didn't support Live photos.
For example, I have a 2 photos with the following filenames:
IMG_0333.HEIC (live)
IMG_0333.JPG (static)

I would like to use AppleScript to interate through a selection of photos, and if there is a filename with both .HEIC and .JPG extentions, delete the .JPG one.
This would be trivial on the command line if I were just dealing with flat files, but I don't know where to start with AppleScript or Automator!
This is what I have so far, the commented parts are the ones I am having trouble with!
tell application "Photos"
    set theseItems to get selection
    repeat with i from 1 to the count of theseItems
        set thisItem to item i of theseItems
        set PhotoFilename to filename of thisItem
        log PhotoFilename
        if PhotoFilename ends with "HEIC" then
            // Strip off the .HEIC part to get <filename>
            // does the <filename>.JPG exist in the selection?
            // if so, delete it
            log PhotoFilename
        end if
    end repeat
end tell


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I recently switched ISP from an internet over phone line based solution to fiber broadband. While the increased speed is great, there is an issue with my Airport Express(es). The setup is as following:

The first Airport is connected straight to the ethernet socket wall outlet.
The second Airport is connected by pairing to the first Airport.

When my Macbook Air (13", 2012) comes back from sleep the computer connects to the Airport just fine, but does not manage to connect to the internet. See the below screenshot of Airport Utility. Clicking the Internet button it just says that internet is disconnected.

Meanwhile, my iPhone for instance, is still connecting just fine, see screenshot below:

Disconnecting the ethernet cable from the Airport and simply reattaching it again brings back internet connectivity across all devices.

Its the same phenomenon if doing the opposite, e.g. restarting the iPhone also leaves it connected to the Airport but not the internet when its back up.

- Update -

Based on @StuartH's advice, I enabled "Router mode: DHCP and NAT" (Edit settings for Airport connected to ethernet -> Network)

New devices now seem to get an IP address. The Airport utility displays lots of problems, even though both internet services and Airplay streaming to this Airport works.


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I have Murus 1.4.12 and am following the directions to share my internet connection from en0 (static IP connected to Comcast modem/router) through en3.  Both the client and server are macOS High Sierra 10.13.1.  I am successfully able to share it via System Preferences -> Sharing.  Regardless of Murus, I am able to use en3 as a network device and ssh into the host over it -- just cannot share internet.

After resetting pf to its default state via Murus, installing boot scripts, and restarting, I create an NAT group with 10.0.0.25/32 (en3's IP) with access to all services.  I then attempt to share internet connection from en0 (WAN interface) to en3.

On the client machine with its own static IP of 10.0.0.234 and router of 10.0.0.25, I am able to ping and ssh into 10.0.0.25 but do nothing else.  When I sniff en3 via Murus I can see my attempts to ping 8.8.8.8 but everything times out on the client.  The relevant pf rules Murus is generating are as follows:

table <NatLanInterfaces> { en3 }
pass net proto {tcp, udp} from {10.0.0.25/32 } to !<NATLanInterfaces> port {1:65535}

Can anyone see what I need to add or fix to let 10.0.0.234 access the WAN?


texts: iPhone application for TOTP that uses Secure Enclave to store secrets?

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Is there an iPhone application for TOTP that uses the Secure Enclave to store the keys?

Some popular TOTP applications for iPhone are FreeOTP, Authy and Google Authenticator, but it is not clear if any of them stores the secret keys in the Secure Enclave.


texts: Using Package Installers behind company firewall

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Is there a more efficient way to use package installers behind a firewall than adjusting the proxy settings for each installer?

As of now, I'm using Ruby Gems, Bower, and NPM and it's a pain to reset everything individually when my password changes or there's an update to our settings.

I'm looking for a more centralized solution.


texts: OSX Services - character substitution + for _

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I've created a service to use primarily in a browser for searching IMDB, so instead of copying and pasting the film's name I just select the text and run the service I created which will automatically search IMDB for the selected text. This works perfect.

I was hoping to do the same for Wikipedia and so i've been trying to modify the same service but have come across a problem. The search query places a "+" between each word.

This doesn't work for Wikipedia. They place underscores between their words.

I wondered how I can substitute the + for _?
This is what I currently have

open "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$(ruby -rcgi -e 'print CGI.escape $<.read.chomp')"

Kinds regards and Merry Christmas :)


texts: How do I move widgets on the Dashboard that are out of the viewing area?

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I have a couple of widgets in Dashboard that moved outside of the viewing area. I can only see them in Mission Control.

How do I move them back?


texts: Why are files in the Shared folder automatically copied to other Macs?

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I have an iMac and I'm trying to use the folder /Users/Shared to share files between different users of that iMac. When I copy something large to that folder two things happen

The iMac slows down a lot
On a macbook that I also own (same network, logged into same iCloud account, ...) there is a popup "pasting X items from iMac" and it seems to initiate a copy over the network

What is this?  Why is copying to the /Users/Shared folder initiating a network copy, and to where?

File Sharing (and all other sharing options) are disabled on both the iMac and the Macbook.


texts: Can applications compiled with an old version of Xcode run on newer iOS?

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Can projects compiled in older versions of Xcode run properly (or at all) on newer version of iOS?

For example, can a project compiled in Xcode 4.2 run on platforms with iOS 8.

Is this possible?


texts: How to clean MacOS? (Ad keeps popping up)

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I installed some video player and might accidentally clicked to install something in my Mac. Then I deleted the player from the application folder. Now, after several hours, the system pops out a small window (alert window, with accept and reminder me later button on the right). Safari and AppStore also pop out with the PDFExpert app page shown.
I am wondering is there any place to fix this issue. I didnot find anything special in my Notification center nor any special app installed in my Application folder. Is there anywhere else I need to check to fix it?

If no, I might need to us my timemachine to recover.


texts: Can’t instal Big Sur or enter Internet Recovery after wiping HD (error 1008f)

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I’m giving my 2018 MacBook Pro (which had Big Sur) to my sister so I wiped it by booting into internet recovery, and using disk utility to erase Macintosh HD and Macintosh HD Data.
After I did that I could no longer boot into internet recovery or install Big Sur. It would try with a spinning globe icon and then fail with an error of something like -1008f.
Good news. If you run into this problem apple solved it for me: you need to log into iCloud on another Mac/iPhone and turn off Find My Mac on the Mac you are trying to reinstall on.
So that is an answer I couldn’t find anywhere and hope helps someone else. The question is: how should I have done this wipe?
I followed apples steps. Is it:

Log out of find my Mac
Boot into internet recovery and only delete Macintosh HD - data
Do something else?

At the apple store they went a step above in disk utility, did show devices, and deleted the parent or Macintosh HD and the data partition then reinstalled.


texts: Contact mobile number not shown in Messages

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When I type a Contact’s name in Messages in iPhone, the mobile number isn't listed but email address is. I have to tap the + button and find it in my Contact list.

What is causing this issue? How do I get it shown the mobile number(s)?


texts: bepbmhgboaologfdajaanbcjmnhjmhfn.crx suspicious file in chrome (MAC)

texts: When I open this chrome this file downloads automatically. I don't know what is it. But I think this is some malicious file. How fix it? An other get around it, other than just quickly resetting everything?


texts: MacBook Pro not recognizing USB ethernet adapter in macOS, but does in Bootcamp

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I have a 2015 MacBook Pro.  I recently moved and don't yet have a Wi-Fi router, so I have to use an ethernet cable.  To do this I'm using a USB ethernet adapter.

When I plug it in Bootcamp automatically detects it and connects to the internet.  However, when I switch over to macOS, it doesn't detect anything. I've tried to manually set it up, but even then it acts like nothing is there.

I don't understand why I can connect on one OS but not the other on the same machine.

How can I troubleshoot this?


texts: MacBook Air Battery is not charging, no light, still be able to power up, battery condition is normal

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I experienced this behavior two days ago (My MacBook Air is late 2011 version (4.2):

I can still power up my Mac, with or without MacSafe charger connected
Battery is not charging
There is no light.
I tried to reset SMC but it does not help
Battery condition is normal
I tried with few different MagSafe charger but still can't charge my MacBook Air

What is the problem and what should I do?

Here is the result of System Information:

Battery Information:

  Model Information:
  Serial Number:    xxxxxxxxxx
  Manufacturer: SMP
  Device Name:  bq20z451
  Pack Lot Code:    0
  PCB Lot Code: 0
  Firmware Version: 406
  Hardware Revision:    000a
  Cell Revision:    162
  Charge Information:
  Charge Remaining (mAh):   4743
  Fully Charged:    No
  Charging: No
  Full Charge Capacity (mAh):   5788
  Health Information:
  Cycle Count:  269
  Condition:    Normal
  Battery Installed:    Yes
  Amperage (mA):    0
  Voltage (mV): 8032

System Power Settings:

  AC Power:
  System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
  Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):   10
  Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):    10
  Wake on AC Change:    No
  Wake on Clamshell Open:   Yes
  Wake on LAN:  Yes
  Current Power Source: Yes
  DarkWakeBackgroundTasks:  1
  Display Sleep Uses Dim:   Yes
  PrioritizeNetworkReachabilityOverSleep:   0
  Standby Delay:    4200
  Standby Enabled:  1
  Battery Power:
  System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
  Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):   10
  Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):    2
  Wake on AC Change:    No
  Wake on Clamshell Open:   Yes
  DarkWakeBackgroundTasks:  0
  Display Sleep Uses Dim:   Yes
  Reduce Brightness:    Yes
  Standby Delay:    4200
  Standby Enabled:  1

Hardware Configuration:

  UPS Installed:    No

AC Charger Information:

  Connected:    Yes
  ID:   0x0000
  Revision: 0x0000
  Family:   0x0000
  Serial Number:    0x00000000
  Charging: No


texts: macOS Sierra: How do you enable shutdown keyboard shortcut (Ctrl + Opt + Cmd + Power)?

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After upgrading to macOS Sierra yesterday, I notice that the system keyboard shortcut to shut down the computer no longer works.

As documented here, before the upgrade you could shut down the computer using Control–Option–Command–(Power button or Media Eject).

After the upgrade, the system seems to ignore the "Control–Option–Command" combo and merely sleep the display as if I had tapped the Power button alone.

Do you know of any documentation on how to restore the old shortcut?


texts: I'm trying to split text from numbers and sum up total amount from the last numbers

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I build an shortcut that helps me following my medicine consumption and I want to get info once/two a day regarding the total amount I consumes at the same day/In the last week and so on.
This is how it looks in notes:

12.07 12:19 - 1,3ml
21.07 12:44  - 2,6ml
21.07 13:00 - 2ml
21.07 13:04 - 2ml
20.09 15:38 - 3ml
20.09 17:24 - 3ml
21.09 08:29 - 3ml
21.09 10:46 - 1,5ml
21.09 11:28 - 1,6ml
21.09 18:21 - 3ml
28.09 06:26 -0ml
28.09 06:29 -2ml
28.09 06:29 -2ml
28.09 06:30 -2ml

So im trying to sum only the ml numbers at the end of each line (ml) will be awesome to separate by date  but ill be happy with just calculating the ml amount in total.


texts: Mission control: switch to desktop1 + show desktop

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I'm bored of pressing 2 key shortcuts

need to write a script that tells mission control the following:

if not at desktop1, switch to desktop 1
perform "show desktop" (windows will be hidden\displayed, depending on how they are now)

PS: where can i find info on taming Mission Control and Finder?

currently i use it like this:

tell application "System Events"
    key code 18 using {option down, command down} --current shortcut for "Switch to Desktop 1"
    key code 103 --current shortcut to "Show Desktop"
end tell

but there is no check for "i'm on desktop 1 already", and no toggle (show\hide windows)


texts: So earlier today, I restarted my MacBook Pro running OSX 10.11.5, and when it booted back up, I couldn't get on the Internet. I check my Wifi settings and found that the reason I couldn't connect was "Wi-Fi does not have an IP address and cannot connect to the Internet." I tried all the normal stuff, restarting Wifi, restarting computer, etc. I then checked the IP on my iPhone, which is connected to the same network, and set the Wifi on my computer to configure "Using DHCP with manual address," and set the IP address to be one higher than that on my phone. My wifi then said that it was connected. However, when I tried to access any web pages, I was told that "This page can't be displayed because your computer is currently offline, as if I wasn't connected at all. I am on my college campus, so I don't have access to a router or anything like that. It doesn't seem like other people on campus are having the same problems.


texts: Screen Time countdown for specific website/app starts as soon as I open my Mac

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I've set up Screen Time limits for YouTube and a handful of other apps on my iOS devices, and those sync over to my Mac. On Catalina, the YouTube app limit automatically also applies to http://youtube.com.

However, that countdown appears to start as soon as I start my Mac, or perhaps when I open Safari. I did not visit YouTube on either my iOS devices nor my Mac yet, and it's already counted and hour and a half of usage, closely coinciding with the length I had my Mac started for.

Is this just buggy, or is there anything I can do to make it count only the length of time I actually visit the YouTube website?


texts: How to decide on a new Hard drive for macbook pro

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I have been using my Macbook Pro for about 5 years, it was the first model with the Intel chip. The 100GB hard drive is starting to go and I'm ready to replace it. I went over to Cnet to see what looks good. Oops. There are about 2,000 products to choose from, and I don't even know how to determine compatibility with my laptop.
What are the steps I should follow to narrow in on a new hard drive?
This machine does a lot of heavy lifting: audio, video, and image processing, etc.
My goals are to increase storage to 250GB minimum (pref. 500+), improve performance, extend my Macbook's life by at least 18 months, spend less than 400$, and easy home install (youtube videos look do-able). I can spend more if there's a good reason to; just wanted to make the question specific.

Follow-up: Is it a given that I should upgrade memory at the same time? (Currently at 2GB SDRAM)


texts: Permanently set Startup Disk to Windows without Boot Camp utility?

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I have a 2011 Mac mini that I have completely removed OS X from and installed Windows 10 instead.

Since Boot Camp only supports Windows 7 for this Mac, I did not use it. I just formatted the drive, stuck the Windows 10 DVD in and installed it directly. Then I grabbed the drivers from Boot Camp and manually installed each one.

My problem is the computer does not have a Startup Disk set. I have to hold option and choose Windows everytime I boot the machine up. Is there a way to permanently set the Startup Disk to Windows without OS X available and without using the Windows Boot Camp utility? The utility will not install, as it detects I'm not using Windows 7 and bails.


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I just bought an Apple TV 4k and I discovered that there is some network activity when the Apple TV is asleep (light off).
x.x.x.x is the apple tv ip address.
This is a summary (ip address / port).

What is this activity?
I filtered the port 7000 because it seems the Apple TV connects to every device on the lan for AirPlay.
Is there a real sleep mode?
Which settings can stop these connections?


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I've installed hping using brew install hping.

When I run hping without sudo I get:

$ hping 8.8.8.8
[open_sockraw] socket(): Operation not permitted
[main] can't open raw socket

When I run sudo hping, naturally, I get:

$ sudo hping -S -p 80 8.8.8.8
Password:
HPING 8.8.8.8 (en0 8.8.8.8): S set, 40 headers + 0 data bytes
len=46 ip=8.8.8.8 ttl=57 id=332 sport=80 flags=RA seq=0 win=512 rtt=1.4 ms
len=46 ip=8.8.8.8 ttl=57 id=46923 sport=80 flags=RA seq=1 win=512 rtt=2.7 ms
len=46 ip=8.8.8.8 ttl=57 id=25098 sport=80 flags=RA seq=2 win=512 rtt=2.2 ms
^C
--- 8.8.8.8 hping statistic ---
8 packets tramitted, 8 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 1.4/2.4/2.9 ms

My question here is, what permissions need to be changed to give hping the permissions it needs - and how do I do that?


texts: Create keyboard shortcuts for menu bar items that don't have shortcuts?

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How can I create a keyboard shortcut for something that doesn't have a keyboard shortcut? Example, I use Airparrot to mirror my iMac to my Apple TV. I'd like to assign a keyboard shortcut to the airparrot menu selection that enables display mirroring to my TV. That way I can just use a remote on my iphone while I'm sitting on my couch to mirror my iMac remotely, without having to go upstairs to the computer and back down. Any ideas?

To me airplay mirroring is pointless if you can't enable it remotely.


texts: macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14.pkg doesn't exist on my system

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I am trying to install gem packages.

I am missing the macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14.pkg file from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages/. I found the link to download the .pkg, but I need an Apple Developer account, which costs $100 a year.

Is there anywhere on my system besides /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages/ that this file can be found? If not, is there a source where I don't have to pay $100? I just want to install a gem! I did try to use the locate command by the way.


texts: Send Command to Add remote users through ARD

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so I'm trying to create an extra admin account on all Macs on the network. There are quite a few so I'm trying to do it through Apple Remote Desktop.

Do you guys know how to do this? This is all I have so far which is obviously missing some parts and giving the error: "no tty present and no askpass program specified." Any help is appreciated.

#!/bin/bash
# This script creates a user account under Mac OS X
sudo dscl . create /Users/SecurityTest33
sudo dscl . create /Users/SecurityTest33 UserShell /bin/bash
sudo dscl . create /Users/SecurityTest33 RealName "Security Test3"
sudo dscl . create /Users/SecurityTest33 UniqueID 503
sudo dscl . create /Users/SecurityTest33 PrimaryGroupID 1000
sudo dscl . create /Users/SecurityTest33 NFSHomeDirectory /Local/Users/SecurityTest33
sudo dscl . passwd /Users/SecurityTest33 PASSWORD
sudo dscl . append /Groups/admin GroupMembership SecurityTest33
sudo cp -R /System/Library/User\ Template/English.lproj /Users/SecurityTest33
sudo chown -R SecurityTest33:staff /Users/SecurityTest33
echo "Created user" #$USERID: $USERNAME ($FULLNAME)


texts: How can I lengthen the time text to speech pauses after it reaches a full stop ("period")

texts: Not permanently but longer than the usual default time that's say half a second. It would be nice if a string of symbols like ".", "..",  "..." or "....." lengthened the default pause time after a full stop  in proportion to the number of symbols. Personally I would find this very useful after a paragraph is completed and before the new paragraph starts - or perhaps there is already a way to get the program to distinguish between end of paragraph and end of sentence?


texts: kernel.log contains thousands of messages about ip_len checksum. What gives?

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My Mac Pro Cyrus (running 10.6.8 in 64 bit mode) keeps writing the same message (for different lengths) to the kernel.log file every second:

 cyrus kernel[0]: in_delayed_cksum_offset: ip_len 36608 (143) doesn't match actual length 157

I think this has happened before I updated to 10.6.8. Just about an hour ago Cyrus had a kernel panic and needed to restart. I don't know if it is related.

I notice that Cyrus' little brother Xerxes (an iMac running 10.6.8 in 32 bit mode) doesn't have these problems.

What can it be?


texts: How to solve the "The message could not be sent because it has unresolved recipients." in Outlook for MacOs?

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I keep getting the error msg "The message could not be sent because it has unresolved recipients." every time I sync my mail box:

I have tried different solutions like this one https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/unresolved-recipients-message-prevents-email-to/4d79640c-60f6-49a8-9210-57c6e1c99fce with no luck.

Reading through the logs generated with log enabled option in Outlook brings no valuable information, I would need to know what recipient is really causing this (the error message could bring that along for my benefit, but hey, why would anyone think I would ever need that? :) ).

Any ideas?

MacOs 10.14.6
Outlook for Mac 16.28


texts: How to move control strip on mac touchbar

texts: Is there a way to mirror the control strip on the touch-bar to have the volume controls on the left instead of the right?


texts: External Thunderbolt Display HiDPI resolution (Retina)

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I have a MacBookPro running Catalina with an external Apple Thunderbolt Display. I have connected to it using a Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 adapter.
When the lid of the MacBookPro is open, I can mirror the screen and get an HiDPI resolution of 1920x1200 in the Thunderbolt Display.
When I close the lid of the MacBookPro (which is my preferred arrangement), the maximum HiDPI resolution I can select is 1280x800. The maximum resolution of the Thunderbolt Display I can select is 2560x1600, which is too fuzzy and the text is too small. The maximum resolution of the display is 2560x1440 according to the "About this Mac" report.
My question is, how can I get to the 1920x1200 HiDPI resolution when the MacBookPro lid is closed?
I have tried SwitchResX, but it can't solve the problem.


texts: What is the file path to an iCloud Drive file?

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Imagine I have a file in iCloud Drive/Sounds/Foo.mp3. I want to play it via the Play sound action in the Shortcuts app.

I need to use Get File. When I use Get File I can choose the iCloud Drive service, but then if I want to hardcode the sound file to play, it asks me to manually enter in the path starting with /Shortcuts/.

I tried entering /Shortcuts/Sounds/Foo.mp3 and /Shortcuts/Sounds/Foo, but both said:

  The file doesn't exist.

  The file "Foo" couldn't be opened because there is no such file.

How do I specify a path to a file in iCloud Drive in the Shortcuts app?


texts: Completely uninstall, remove, delete any reference to Coda 2 by Panic!

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How do I completely remove Coda 2 by Panic!? I love the app, and have been using it for years, however I did a fresh install on a new mac, and had it all set up, then I went to add some plugins and it screwed it up somehow. None of my preferences are stored, none of my ssl's are stored. I can't reconfigure the app, cause when I go into the preferences every time it crashes as soon as I close the pane out.

All in all I know the app works well, but it seems theres a glicth in it somewhere that can only possibly be resolved by completely removing it.

I have dragged it from the application folder to the trash..
I removed the Coda 2 folder from Users/username/Library/Application\ Support/Coda\ 2/

and I reinstalled it, problem here is same issues occur again, I didn't install any plugins so its just the app. Now I know there is also something storing more data somewhere. Since the install didn't show the app in its default state which is large buttons at the top, and I noticed going into the preference pane that there was some non default options checked as well. So the two things I did to remove it didn't completely remove it.

And since Apple appears to think that no one will ever uninstall anything and thusly doesn't have a method tried and true to uninstall anything I am at a loss. Any ideas how I can remove everything to this app, and get it essentially reset to as if it was never installed before so when I install it again thats the state I get?


texts: Trying to share a contact group on iPhone?

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On my laptop, using my iCloud account, I have created a Contact Group for my iPhone.

I'm trying to make it easy to send text announcements to the Football Team.

How do I share or export that Contact Group with another iPhone user?


texts: How to change the 9AM default for all-day Calendar events

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Apple Calendar allows setting a default alert for events, including all-day events.  But with all-day events there is no obvious way to control the time of the alert.

All options displayed in the UI are for 9AM.

This is mind-bogglingly restrictive.  If I want to be alerted the day before an event, or two days before an event, I would never want to be alerted at 9AM—that's when I'm either sleeping or thinking about what I need to do that day.

How can I change this?  Can I get more granular control somehow with defaults write?  Or is there some other way?  (A background process that detects new events added to my calendar and fixes their bad defaults?)


texts: Photo Stream & iCloud turned on - but Photos taken on iPhone don't appear on iPad

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I have iOS 5 on my iPhone and have iCloud set up. I also have turned Photo Stream on. I have an original iPad that also has iOS 5 and also has iCloud & Photo Stream enabled. When I take pictures on my iPhone, they do not appear on my iPad. I went to my iCloud settings (Storage & Backup to make sure that iCloud backup was on. (It was.) I hit “back up now”.     Only the 10 or so pictures I took that morning with my iPhone appear on my iPad now. I took some more photos and checked it several hours later, and the new ones do not appear on my iPad.

What am I missing? The way I understand it, I shouldn’t have to do anything to get iPhone pics to appear, as long as I have iCloud enabled on both and Photo Stream enabled?

I suppose there is no way to get older iPhone photos (taken a few weeks ago) to appear on my Photo Stream? At this point, I’d just be happy if I could get it to stream the ones that I’ve taken since I got iOS 5 & iCloud.


texts: Changed Google Password and can't get into gmail on macmail anymore

texts: I changed my google password. I can no longer get into gmail on my mac anymore. I can get into gmail on my pc and on my mac going to gmail.com. They system preferences pops up with attached message (picture below). However when I click on "Next", the blue bar at the top just keeps scrolling. Nothing happens. Notice that this image is greyed out. Unclickable after I click on "Next". So there is no opportunity to even input my updated password. I have done it manually in the email preferences as well.


texts: WiFi constantly disconnecting on iOS 13.5 / iPhone XR

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I have noticed recently that my iPhone XR quickly flicks from WiFi to cellular and back to WiFi (taking around 1 second) when I wake it. Sometimes this happens after the device is locked for less than a minute. To the best of my knowledge I have not noticed it do this before and I am on iOS 13.5.

Is there a reason for this and is it a recent phenomenon others have experienced?

I have recently started using ProtonVPN and am aware that iOS disconnects this when the device sleeps, causing it to go to 4G until the VPN kicks back in (if it does). Having turned that off, though, I thought the WiFi would stay permanently connected as in the past, but it appears not. Even if the WiFi deliberately disconnects to save power, I never visibly saw it toggle between cellular and WiFi as much as I do now.

I have just received an iOS alert saying my device hasn’t been backed up in 2 weeks, which I’ve never had before. The device should be plugged in and on WiFi overnight, allowing it to back up.

So all in all, it seems to be a recent issue which the VPN seems to exacerbate. I’ve reset network settings, but to no avail. Is there anything that can be done or is this an iOS issue?

Update:

The WiFi network in question is my home network. I have a pretty standard, no-frills ISP-provided router (Plusnet). The network is set to auto join and has full signal everywhere in the home. My iPhone can pick up four or five other networks from neighbours. There's nothing really notable about the setup. It's generally reliable. I've not noticed this issue with any other devices.


texts: iMac 2009 27 in used as display in target display mode from a new MacMiniM1 (2020-2021)

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I would like to use the iMac 27 in  2009 used as  display in target display mode from a new MacMiniM1 (2020-2021)/ The MacMini has a TB 3 / USB3(A) and a HDMI ports. The iMac a MDP
Apple suggest to buy and use the Apple TB3 (USBC)  to TB 2 adapter but this not work ( discovered on the data info’s on the original box! ) TB2 and MDP use same connector but are different protocols. The target display mode is functional with a different configuration / computer. The Apple TB3 (USBC) to TB 2 adapter is functional also with a different configuration/computer. I assume the adapter is not appropriate.
Does anyone have a solution?


texts: kextstat-Listed Files Not Present in Extensions Folder

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I used "kextstat | grep -v com.apple" to find active extensions, and found the following listed extensions.

  119    3 0xffffff7f826c7000 0x3e000    0x3e000    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (3.2.4) <7 5 4 3 1>
  121    0 0xffffff7f8196c000 0x8000     0x8000     org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (3.2.4) <119 35 28 7 5 4 3 1>

I want to unload them with kextunload in order to reduce kernel memory usage, but there are not any org.virtualbox.kext.* files present in my /System/Library/Extensions/ directory. Any suggestions on how I can find where these are being stored and unload them?


texts: How do I change the Firefox 23.0 icon back to the old one?

texts: In firefox 23.0 they use a new icon that doesn't look so much 'flat' as 'blurred' or 'smudged'. How do I go back to the old one from Firefox 22.0?


texts: What is the best app for controlling the time of kids spend on iPad?

texts: My kids spend way more time on ipad. I want to limit the time each child spends on iPad on a daily basis. Any apps? They yell at us for taking away the iPad.


texts: iTunes Connect developer API for own statistics site

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I'd like to setup my own statistics site for my own released apps. I'm just wondering, if it's possible to have an iTunes Connect API where I can fetch all statistics from the iTunes Analytics area like downloads, crashes, paid applications, active users, in app purchases, etc.

This kind of question was already asked a couple of years ago (around 2015) but without any appropriate answers.

Just to be clear: I'd like to build my own dashboard and I'm not asking for an export functionality (e.g. xls, csv, etc.) or where I can find some other tools.


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I'm looking to enable color syntax highlighting in vi. I just enabled colors in Terminal via here. Any ideas on how to enable this?

NOTE: Usually on Linux when I open vi with vi file.txt and it opens in black and white on default, I can open the same file with vim file.txt and it will show the colors, but this does not work here.


texts: Click and Type Applecript code not working

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I am making a service in Automator that runs the following AppleScript code:

on run {input, parameters}

    tell application "System Events"
        click at {393, 77}
        delay 0.1
        keystroke "Hello"
        delay 0.1
        keystroke return
    end tell
    return input

end run

If you couldn't tell, I'm trying to click on something and type "Hello" there. However, when I run this, all that happens is I hear the "plunk" sound when you do something invalid, twice. Why isn't this code working?

The log does say "Run AppleScript completed" and then "Workflow completed."

I have it set to run with no input on any application.

I tried increasing the delays, but that didn't help.

Let me know if there's any more details I can provide.


texts: Where macOS keeps VPN Network configuration?

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I've re-installed the system and I'd like to find the location where macOS keeps the VPN configuration (in which file), the one configured in Network, System Preferences, so I am able to restore it manually from the backup files.

I've checked under ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.networkConnect.<UUID>.plist (as per this post), but it looks like it's something else.

When I've manually created new VPN, I've checked the content by:

plutil -convert xml1 com.apple.networkConnect.*.plist -o -

but the VPN configuration is not there.


texts: How to get back the missing monitor option in Mountain Lion's menubar?

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When plugging in an external monitor on every OS X < 10.8 you could set the monitor options to show up on the menu bar.

How do I get this option on Mountain Lion?

I connect a DVI monitor via the hdmi ouput on a retina MacBook Pro and I am unable to find a way to enable this option.


texts: What is Mountain Lion (10.8.2) shutdown cause -81?

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My 15-inch, Mid 2009 MacBook Pro running OS X 10.8.2 mysteriously crashed while it should have been sleeping.  Nothing in the Console logs indicate that it was shutting down, and when it booted up it had a lot of (disk) journal logs to replay, so I'm assuming it just crashed.

The only clue as to why is a kernel log entry during boot up:
"Previous Shutdown Cause: -81".  Does anyone know what this is (and what to do about it)?

61% battery life left when I booted it up the next day, so it wasn't loss of power (and in the past it has hibernated when battery got low anyway).