texts:
So a few days ago I just bought a new MacBook Pro Retina Early 2015 and at first it was all good. 2-3 days ago I noticed strange problem - Wi-Fi keeps going down like every 10-30 seconds or so and it's not router's problem, because on my other PCs the Wi-Fi is working perfectly fine. For example right now I was downloading 35MB file (500KB/s download speed) and the speed went to 0KB/s like 5 times or so, so I had to turn off Wi-Fi on MBP and turn it on again. Then the speed went to 0 and I had to do the same. Same problem occurs when I'm browsing - out of nowhere Safari stops loading pages and I need to wait for like 30 seconds until the wi-fi starts working again or I need to turn off and on wi-fi on MBP.

What I tried:

Turning off wi-fi and deleting these files:

com.apple.airport.preferences.plist

com.apple.network.identification.plist
com.apple.wifi.message-tracer.plist

NetworkInterfaces.plist

preferences.plist

from /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/

It didn't help. I also tried to forget the network I was currently on and connect to it again, but that didn't work either. Atm I don't have a possibility to check how my MBP works on other Wi-Fi networks. I've installed the latest version of Yosemite.


texts: Audio player that can adjust playing speed

texts:
Please recommend an audio player for Mac that has features like

freely available
can play .wav files
Adjust the playing speed (ex. 1.1x speed etc)
(if possible) truncate the audio file (ex. removing the last 5 minutes from the meeting recording)


texts:
So this is very weird, but the combination ⌘1 no longer works when I am logged into my iMac as me. It doesn't matter what app I have open (Finder, Slack, and Outlook all have different things bound to that combination, for instance); nothing happens when I press the combination. Both the ⌘ key and 1 work by themselves, but not together.

Specifically, if I fire up Key Codes and check the box to include modifier key events, I see the command key go down, but nothing when I then press 1. If I press ⌘2, I see the command key go down, the 2 key go down, then the keys come up. If I hit 1 by itself, I see the keydown and keyup events. But if command is held down, the 1 key triggers no events at all.

Now, if I log into the same machine as a different user, the problem goes away. So it's something weird in my user profile, but I don't know what.

I have tried swapping keyboards in the input menu, rebooting, killing every running application I could find... none of it helped.

So any tips appreciated..


texts: Inconsolata font does not work in Terminal

texts:
I'd like to use Inconsolata as the closest free approximation of the Consolas font for editing and programming on my Mac. After downloading Inconsolata's OpenType file I changed TextWrangler's preferences so that Inconsolata becomes the font for the editor window.

This worked just fine and the text is now properly rendered using Inconsolata. I take that as a proof that the font is properly recognized by the OS in general.

Then, I tried to tweak Terminal's preferences to also use Inconsolata. To my surprise, the Terminal window shrank to this:

For a test, I tried to increase the font size to 288 in order to check whether the text is simply rendered really small and therefore seemingly creating a blank window. Unfortunately, to no success.

I tried to switch the fixed-spaced font in Mail and as the result, a mail window that previously displayed a message just went blank. I tried TeXShop and was able to successfully changing the editor font to Inconsolata.

It seems as if the change works well in some apps and fails entirely in other apps. Does anybody have an idea why this is the case?

How can I use Inconsolata in the Terminal (and Mail) under MacOS X 10.6.7?


texts: How do I make a bootable USB out of .bin file

texts: I was following the instructions in https://createyourownos.blogspot.com/ to make my own tiny OS. I managed to do the compile and the assemble step, but how can I make a bootable USB out of .bin file?


texts: Can't Set Desktop Background in Fullscreen App

texts:
I have an 11" Air so I usually run all of my open applications in fullscreen mode. I have a launchd job for my user that runs a script every hour and every login to set the desktop background according to time of day. The problem is that, despite running in the background, unless I am logging in or idling on the Desktop "space", it will not get set.

Weirdly, it also changes to dark mode at night (or light mode during daytime) and that part of the script works just fine.

So, if I go to my fullscreen'd Terminal.app and run the following lines, they do not work to change the desktop background:

osascript -e "tell application \"Finder\" to set destop picture to POSIX file \"<path>\""

or

osascript -e "tell application \"System Events\" to set picture of every desktop to \"<path>\""

or even

tell application "System Events"
    set desktopCount to count of desktops
    repeat with desktopNumber from 1 to desktopCount
        tell desktop desktopNumber
            set picture to "<path>"
        end tell
    end repeat
end tell

Does anyone know how to get this to work?


texts: Wiping a stolen iPhone that wasn't connected to iCloud

texts:
Recently, my iPhone 5 was stolen, and while I have a new iPhone 6, I received a message from a number of someone claiming to be in possession of the device, with a new number.

All images, contacts, Outlook mail, you name it, are still on the device.  While I realize it's my fault for not having it connected to iCloud to wipe manually, is there anything I can do to have this sensitive information wiped from the device?


texts:
My 2008 macbook pro won't turn on.

I replaced the battery less than six months ago, but it seems that it died again.

The charger is connected and it shows a green light, but the battery's lights don't turn on. When the battery button is pressed, only the first light blinks.

I tried resetting the SMC multiple times, but no luck.

Any ideas?


texts: Mojave App Store Updates page only shows one item

texts:
I'm on 10.14.1 Beta 5 but this has been occurring since the official release of Mojave.

When I open the App Store and click on the Updates tab on the left, I expect to see a list of apps that were recently updated (as well as a list of any apps that have updates pending).

However, all I see is a single app that was recently updated (none of the previous updates). It's also not the most recent app I updated.

If there are pending updates, it will only show an update if Mojave tried to automatically install it in the background, warned me the app can't be updated while it's running, and I hit cancel. And even in this case, it only shows the one update (in place of the one that displayed there before).

I've tried:

signing out of the app store and signing back in.
clicking the Store > Refresh Page menu item (cmd-R)

I've hunted around a bit and haven't found any similar reports, any ideas on how to get the app store to show all of my updates past and present?


texts: Dual Thunderbolt displays with a Mac running Windows under Boot Camp?

texts:
Is it possible, on a brand new MacBook Pro, to use two external Thunderbolt displays under Windows booted from Boot Camp?

I found this KB article, which says no. I also found this thread, where there's a hint that booting first to OS X then to Windows can work, but it's from late 2011. Have the drivers or firmware been updated to allow this more easily?


texts: In my finder window of the OS X 10.9.1 mac software version installed on a new desktop mac, I frequently see something else connected as shared but will not allow me to get the info and I do not know what it is?


texts: How do I block unwanted callers without jailbreaking?


texts: Can't click links at all in certain circumstances

texts:
This problem has bothered me for a few months now, but only in very limited circumstances. When I went on medium.com and tried to access my profile, when I clicked to open the navigation, the box dropped down for less than a second before disappearing.

Even worse, the menu doesn't even appear at all every click. It's about every other click, but I don't think exactly. Double clicking has mixed results, but none too promising. I tried in Safari with the same results.

The even more annoying thing is that in Chrome, I can't left-click on any extensions to access their menus, at all.

And I'm not 100% sure if this is related, but I've also been having issues installing certain applications, including Wireshark and TrueCrypt 7.2

When I opened the installer, I get two instances of the installer, each of which stall and never finish the initial file verification process (before I can even start the installer).


texts: My Macbook air won't go to sleep when I close the lid

texts:
Since I have purchased my Macbookair, it has been going to sleep mode when I closed the lid and the apple logo on its lid would turn off. Randomly it started going to sleep mode after 15-30 mins later I have closed its lid and sometimes it never went to sleep. I typed "pmset -g assertions" in the terminal of my mac and these were the results:

Assertion status system-wide:
   BackgroundTask                 0
   ApplePushServiceTask           0
   UserIsActive                   1
   PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep    0
   PreventSystemSleep             0
   ExternalMedia                  0
   PreventUserIdleSystemSleep     1
   NetworkClientActive            0
Listed by owning process:
   pid 117(hidd): [0x0003be5000098b76] 00:28:29 UserIsActive named: "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle.4294995445.11"
    Timeout will fire in 119 secs Action=TimeoutActionRelease
   pid 331(useractivityd): [0x0003c4fb00018c32] 00:00:01 PreventUserIdleSystemSleep named: "BTLEAdvertisement"
No kernel assertions.
Idle sleep preventers: IODisplayWrangler

I didn't fully understand these results and tried several ways to solve my issue and I would very much appreciate it if someone could help me understand sleep and wake troubleshooting on the command line or from logs and settings.


texts:
I have a wifi internet router (via an ADSL modem) which i use to connect internet on my iPad. For some reasons, the connection seems to break in between (and more when idle).
The same connection works fine on my desktop.

Is there any setting i need to make on the iPad ?


texts: How to create bootable flash drive from macOS High Sierra combo update

texts:
I have problem installing macOS High Sierra from App Store. I don't understand what the problem is, but when the download completes it suddenly resets. Then when I open up App Store again it only lets download the os again.

I want to clean reinstall High Sierra on my Mac and the only way to do it is to create bootable flash drive because I have a bad internet connection.

I have downloaded macOS High Sierra combo update with a download manager, and my question is can I create bootable flash drive with this combo update?


texts: How to export iMessages from OS X app onto new iPhone?

texts: Just got a new iphone 5s and I'd like to export the messages from the 'Messages' OS X app on my computer to the iPhone's messages app.  Any idea how to do this?


texts:
My 2015 Macbook pro 13" is acting weird, after restoring from a Time Machine backup my mac is running slow and I have a lot of bugs:

The reaction time of the system is very slow, sometimes when I open a new tab or when I write in this textfield, I just see the spinning beach ball for a couple of seconds.

The mail app can't connect to my three gmails, but my iCloud mail is running fine,
Every time I activate Find my Mac it just deactivates after a second.

Hope some of you can solve at least one of the questions

Update:
Many apps (Safari Photos Notes and other) is openning at the same screen every time, (safari at the same 5 specific tabs, Photos at the same pic, and notes at the same sub folder)

I restored March 1. and the slow reaction time started earlier today.


texts: Why many startups use IAP for their iOS apps, while they could direct the website to buy premium?

texts:
Many startups offer their premium version both via website and IAP. Lumosity is the example of such app.

I know IAP is made for such cases, but since you can upgrade your account on their website, why do they use IAP and pay commision instead of redirecting to website to buy premium?

Is it mandatory in iOS app that you have to support IAP for premium version even though user can upgrade his account via the website?

I'm curious because in IAP commision is 30% while costs of operation on website are much lower.

I mean, does these startups pay 30% to Apple just to allow users to unlock it from the app, instead of showing the message "Please visit our website to upgrade to premium version"

What if someone has upgraded lumosity through their website - he doesn't have to use IAP, he just logs to the app and new features are available right away.

Does that mean the following? I run a SaaS product with price tag 50$/month. If someone pays me via my website, I'm lucky, my operational costs are low. If someone decides to upgrade via the iOS app - I have to accept 30% commision fee.


texts: How to remove or disable a default keyboard layout?

texts:
Is it possible to remove or disable one of OS X Lion’s default keyboard layouts?

I’m using a custom keyboard layout, and now that I managed to set it as the system-wide default keyboard layout, I’d like to be able to uncheck or remove the built-in “U.S.” keyboard layout that came with OS X. Here’s a screenshot — note that the checkbox is disabled:

In OS X 10.9, this preference pane has been redesigned, but still there’s no way to “remove” the built-in “U.S.” keyboard layout:

Since I never use the U.S. keyboard layout, I’d love to get rid of it, i.e. remove it from the Input menu in the menu bar. How can I do this?

Update: Daniel’s answer doesn’t really answer this question, but it does offer some valuable information regarding this problem:

  Mac OS X seems to require at least one keyboard layout that the system recognizes as a “Latin character” layout to be selected.

Assuming this is accurate information (thanks, Daniel!), the question could be rephrased as follows:

  How to make OS X consider a custom keyboard to be a Latin character layout?

Update: I just came across something that might help.


texts: Macbook is lagging and freezing when connected to WiFi

texts:
Everything was working fine and suddenly I am facing my MacBook is lagging and apps keep on bouncing in the dock when I try to open them.

I tried resetting SMC, NVRAM/PRAM but the problem still exists. I tried restarting shut it down for sometimes but no luck.

I turned off WiFi and everything was working fine, no lag and no freeze but as I turned WiFi on, it started lagging again.

Any ideas what's causing this issue?


texts:
If I open a Terminal window and I type the letter "e" (without quotes of course) it beeps and will not type the letter.  Every other letter works just fine in Terminal. Uppercase E works too.  Just the lowercase e doesn't.

In every other app on my computer lowercase e works without issue, so it's not a keyboard issue.

This started sometime in the last week.  I use Terminal a lot in my job and never has this been an issue.  I have rebooted (did not fix).  I have reset terminal (did not fix).

Since I do not know the exact date when this started, I am not sure if I made any changes or installed software.  I am trying to remove anything I have installed recently.

FYI I have tried to use the 3rd party iTerm2 and it does the same thing.

ALSO - if I paste in something with a lower e, it does same thing - will not take it.  It has to be some terminal bash config issue I would think.

In fact, I copied the following sense and then I pasted it in Terminal. What appears?  sns and you can hear two beeps.

Also - in case it is unclear - this happens with the built-in keyboard on the MBP as well as an external keyboard.  Based on that and the pasting issue, I do not think this is a physical keyboard issue in any way.

Specs: 2015 MacBook Pro, fully up to date OS X


texts: Which process is using port 4000 (identified as remoteanything by nmap)?

texts:
I've run nmap -sS [computer ip] and see that i only have one service running:

PORT     STATE SERVICE
4000/tcp open  remoteanything

What service is this? Should i close it? I've googled and only found some shady stuff: http://remote-anything.com/
Maybe it is used by some of my other programs?


texts: How can I make iPhone X download all attachments automatically?

texts:
This is a recent issue that started on one of the latest iOS upgrades (now running 13.3). The built in Mail app won’t download attachments and often the text won’t be downloaded too. When I open an email message I have to click the Download button and wait.
The “Load remote images” setting is set to on. I tried to remove and re-add the mail account. Nothing helps.


texts: No Audio on macOS QuickTime MPEG-4 Video

texts:
I am wondering what can be preventing the Quicktime player from playing the audio track alongside a video.

The files I have are MPEG-4. When launched on macOS QuickTime, there is no sound. I tested quickly on an iPhone, and the audio is played when the same files are launched. On the same machine, the Elmedia Player also successfully produces the audio.

How can I troubleshoot why QuickTime is not being able to play the audio track?


texts: Is it possible to swap option and command keys for a specific keyboard?

texts:
I just bought a Logitech USB keyboard (Logitech K120, if that matters.) It's a Windows keyboard, so it has a Windows key and an alt key. The Windows key maps to Command, and the Alt key maps to option. The keys are reversed from their positions on a normal Mac keyboard. It's driving me nuts.

I'm running 10.12.1 (Sierra)

Is there any way to remap them, for this specific keyboard?


texts: Latest max spec MBP15" idle temperatures

texts:
Please take a look at my thread with all the tests and troubleshooting done on Adobe's forum: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2464657

Also, the screenshot while writing this post - Safari's 17 tabs, Slack, Airmail, Messages, TickTick and Spotify - had this "setup" opened in 93' Windows 3.1 and didn't hear any problems ;)

Should I send back the MBP to Apple? What're your idle/non-idle temps? How often fans go crazy?

It was few hundreds bucks cheaper in this chain store. Apple guy from other shop told me the chain stores get worse manufacturing batches often.


texts: iOS 14.5 - Podcast app does not show previously played episodes

texts:
I updated my iPhone 7 to iOS 14.5. In the Apple podcast app, I am no longer able to find certain shows previously played episodes grouped together. Is there a way to see all the episodes of the show that I have listened to all grouped together even if I’ve deleted them from the downloads?
Before I updated iOS, I could see this information.


texts: How do you cope with tons of web fonts when copying and pasting from web pages?

texts:
Whenever I copy something from the web and paste it in my Mail or Evernote, or Apple Notes, it always brings the text style from the page and inserts those weird looking fonts in my mail, or notes.

My solution for that is to paste it in a plain text editor, VIM in my case, and then copy and paste where I need it to get rid of the style. It's pretty elaborate process, especially when I need to copy/paste often during research.

I'm wondering how other people cope with the fonts, and what's a better solution?


texts: How do I change desktop background with a terminal command?

texts:
I trying to add to my OS X configuration script a command which sets the background to the plain dark grey, however, when applied, it only sets it to the main monitor and any additional monitors currently connected keep their current background and any added thereafter still receive the default space background. What I have so far is as follows:

# Change Desktop default BackgroundColor to grey
defaults write com.apple.desktop '{ Background = { default = {BackgroundColor = ( "0.2549019753932953", "0.4117647111415863", "0.6666666865348816" ); Change = Never; ChangePath = "/Library/Desktop Pictures/Solid Colors"; ChangeTime = 1800; DrawBackgroundColor = 1; ImageFileAlias = <00000000 00ce0003 00000000 c73804cd 0000482b 00000000 000c2624 000c2633 0000ca1c 0a310000 00000920 fffe0000 00000000 0000ffff ffff0001 000c000c 2624000c 25fc000a 0789000e 00280013 0053006f 006c0069 00640020 00470072 00610079 00200044 00610072 006b002e 0070006e 0067000f 000c0005 006f0073 00780038 00360012 00394c69 62726172 792f4465 736b746f 70205069 63747572 65732f53 6f6c6964 20436f6c 6f72732f 536f6c69 64204772 61792044 61726b2e 706e6700 00130001 2f00ffff 0000>; ImageFilePath = "/Library/Desktop Pictures/Solid Colors/Solid Gray Dark.png"; NewChangePath = "/Library/Desktop Pictures/Solid Colors"; NewImageFilePath = "/Library/Desktop Pictures/Solid Colors/Solid Gray Dark.png"; NoImage = 0; Placement = Crop; Random = 0; }; }; }'

How do I set the default the the dark grey background via a terminal command?
How do I change all monitors already configured to grey via a terminal command?


texts: First page of PDF not visible in Skim when using "Two pages" PDF Display in OS X Sierra

texts:
I'm having an issue with Skim since upgrading to OS X Sierra, the first page of a PDF is not visible in "two pages" PDF display mode (the left-hand side should be the first page, but is instead grey):

I can make the first page visible if I switch to another display mode and then back to two pages, but as soon as I flip the page, the first page becomes invisible again!

This has only been an issue in Sierra, Skim was working fine in 10.11. Does anyone know of a fix?


texts: The best way to sandbox programs in OSX?

texts: I know that this question have been discussed before on AskDifferent, but none of the threads really satisfied me. For Windows you have a wonderful program called Sandboxie http://www.sandboxie.com/ that let you easily set up sandboxes with different rules and  privileges. What is the eaisest and most secure way of sandbox really malicious programs?


texts: Cannot connect multiple PS4 controllers through bluetooth

texts:
I have two PS4 controllers but I'm unable to connect both by bluetooth on my iMac and Mac Book Pro, both running Mojave.

I can pair one of them (say A) and, as soon as I do it, the other one (say B) is not recognized through bluetooth. When I set it to be discoverable, the white light blinks for a while and nothing happens. The weirdest thing is that if I disconnect A and try to connect B, it won't be recognizable unless I run:

sudo rm -R /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist

So what happens now is that I can pair A to my iMac and B to my  Mac Book Pro, but not both to neither of them.

I have been googling this problem for a while but haven't found a solution or even a reason for this to make sense.


texts: Toggle Hidden Files without Relaunching Finder

texts:
I'm pretty new here, and I looked for an answer to this question, and found some answers but none seemed to work for me.

I want to be able to run an applescript that toggles hidden files and immediately updates all the open finder windows.

Using the scripts in these threads:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29135878/what-is-the-quickest-way-to-toggle-hide-show-hidden-files-on-a-mac-os-x-yosemite

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21788558/automator-command-to-refresh-all-finder-all-finder-windows

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20469894/how-to-make-a-script-to-show-hide-hidden-files-in-mac-os-x

I've come up with something that looks like this:

try
    set state to (do shell script "defaults read com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles") as boolean
on error
    set state to false
end try

do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles " & (not state)

tell application "Finder"
    set theWindows to every window
    repeat with i from 1 to number of items in theWindows
        set this_item to item i of theWindows
        set theView to current view of this_item
        if theView is list view then
            set current view of this_item to icon view
        else
            set current view of this_item to list view
        end if
        set current view of this_item to theView
    end repeat
end tell

However, as of my version of OS X (10.11.5), this doesn't actually toggle the hidden files.  I need to relaunch finder in order to see the changes.  I know how to do this in the script with: do shell script "killall Finder", but I don't know how to get all my current windows back and repositioned to where they were.

TL;DR: Is there a nice way to force the Finder windows to refresh without having to relaunch Finder?  Or if there isn't, how can I keep my windows after a restart?


texts: What typeface is used by macOS to render unicode glyphs?

texts:
What font is being used in the following screenshot (on a latest macOS/Safari) to render the Unicode glyphs?

The screenshot is taken from the page http://www.alanwood.net/demos/wingdings.html

Is this font available somewhere publicly as an SVG?

(Cross-posted from here.)


texts: How do you restore files from an iCloud backup

texts:
I want to restore a picture that I deleted from my camera roll on my iPhone. I have iCloud backup enabled, with the option for camera roll turned on, so therefore the picture I deleted should have a backup in iCloud.

However...how do I actually restore it? I don't see any way to browse past backups from either my iPhone or iCloud.com.

Is the backup simply used for restoring entire devices? Any way I can just pull a single file out of it?


texts: What is Safari Service worker ? Would disabling it affect website performance?

texts:
For the past three days, I have seen Outlook and Twitter service workers trigger randomly, even if I never opened those sites in non-private mode. They consume 2 threads and distract me. Then I force quit them.

Before applying the solution in

How to disable service workers in Safari 12.1? (Mac)

I need to know

Why do websites use it?
What would be the impact if I disable all of them ? (I'd prefer if I can handle it on case by case basis)


texts: How do I remove the iCloud symbol when trying to download an app?

texts: I've searched and found the Find My iPhone app in the App Store. However, I can't download it as there is an iCloud Symbol and I can't get rid of it. How do I get the desired app on my iPhone 6?


texts: How to review macOS 10.12 Server documentation without installing?

texts:
I can't find any substantial documentation for macOS 10.12 Sierra Server with Google.

I've got a couple tutorials (which are entirely useless for my needs), a bunch of marketing info, but what I'm looking for are the PDFs that used to be shipped with every previous version. Or websites with the same thing would be fine. Even a gopher site would be fine.

I'm gathering that some of this is in the Mac Help after installation, but the thing is, I'm researching and brainstorming our migration checklists so we don't break anything. Would be awfully nice to know what I'm doing before I actually install anything.

(Crosspost from https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8070144 because I need this asap)


texts: Why does my iPhone 5 say that I've used it for a few hours, when in reality I've only used it for a few minutes?

texts:
The battery life of my iPhone 5 became so bad that it would be dead before I got back from work. So I went and bought an iPhone SE. Because I didn't migrate everything over, I've been using them side by side ever since.

Even though I'm barely using the iPhone 5, it's draining the battery much faster than the iPhone SE. I decided to change the battery of the iPhone 5, mostly because I wanted to learn how to do it, but even with the new battery things are only slightly improved.

I charge the phones over night, so they are both at 100% when I leave the flat in the morning. Then at some point in the day when my iPhone SE has 80% battery left, the iPhone 5 has 40% battery left. This is with the new battery.

I've analysed the battery usage and disabled all the background activities, that were draining the battery, but the problem persists. The most worrying thing is that it reports that I've been using it for several hours, when I've only been using it for a few minutes.

Does anyone know why this happens and how I can fix it?


texts: Repairing macports after deleting image folders

texts:
I was having problems uninstalling a package in macports (gimp2-devel, to be exact) due to some "directory not empty" errors. I discover from comments made by the maintainer of macports that it's OK to delete these folders, so I went and did so, thusly:

rm -rf /opt/local/var/macports/software/aalib/1.4rc5_4

(There was another one as well; I forget which.)

However I am now re-installing gimp2-devel, and it bombs out thusly:

--->  Computing dependencies for gimp2-devel
--->  Dependencies to be installed: aalib
Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: Can't find image file /opt/local/var/macports/software/aalib/1.4rc5_4
Error: Failed to install aalib
Log for aalib is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_graphics_aalib/aalib/main.log
Error: The following dependencies were not installed: aalib
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

So, it seems that the advice I followed has in fact borked the two libraries I had to remove folders for. My question is - can I restore them with a macports command? I really really don't want to have to remove macports and reinstall it - my web server install and its dependencies are working quite nicely, and I don't want to upset it!

I've tried a port selfupdate, and also a port clean all, to no avail. Any ideas? :-)

Edit: an answer below raises a good point about checking the logs. This is what I get:

version:1
:msg:main --->  Computing dependencies for aalib:info:main .:debug:main Searching for dependency: ncurses
:debug:main Found Dependency: receipt exists for ncurses
:msg:main
:debug:activate activate phase started at Sat Aug  6 11:12:28 BST 2011
:debug:activate Executing org.macports.activate (aalib)
:error:activate Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: Can't find image file /opt/local/var/macports/software/aalib/1.4rc5_4
:debug:activate Backtrace: Image error: Can't find image file /opt/local/var/macports/software/aalib/1.4rc5_4
    invoked from within
"registry_activate $subport $version $revision $portvariants [array get user_options]"
    (procedure "portactivate::activate_main" line 4)
    invoked from within
"$procedure $targetname"
:notice:activate Log for aalib is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_aalib_1.4rc5_4/aalib/main.log

Edit 11th Aug: I've also tried "port build aalib" which is initially quite promising, but subsequently trying Gimp again was just the same:

--->  Computing dependencies for aalib
--->  Fetching aalib
--->  Attempting to fetch aalib-1.4rc5.tar.gz from http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for aalib
--->  Extracting aalib
--->  Applying patches to aalib
--->  Configuring aalib
--->  Building aalib


texts: How to hide specific icon in menu bar? Mojave OS

texts: I have a requirement to hide specific icon in menu bar (McAfee icon). Tried using "LSUIPresentationMode" in info.plist but still the icon is visible. Any other way to achieve this?


texts: Can i receive local TV with apple tv in the antenna port?

texts: Can I receive broadcast TV with Apple TV connected to my television in the antenna port as an Internet provider?


texts: external hard drive still shows in disk utility after it was removed

texts:
I unmounted and removed my backup disk called TimeMachine, but it still shows up in the disk utility app.

I tried running

$ diskutil unmount /dev/disk3s2

and

$ diskutil unmountdisk /dev/disk3

but it didn't help.

How can I make it stop showing in the disk utility?

￼￼


texts: Message: This Apple ID has not yet been used with the app store

texts:
I've set up billing information and address but still the laptop I am trying to use says "This Apple ID has not yet been used with the app store."

I am entering in my information correctly. Because I get to that screen.

I just updated billing and address about 10 minutes ago but the laptop doesn't seem to have registered that.


texts: Is it possible to have Apple update RAM in current Mac mini (Late 2014)

texts:
Is it possible to send my Mac mini (current version) back to Apple and get them fit more RAM into it?

With the old models i could add RAM into them, but as I understand on the new current model Mac minis it's not user upgradeable.


texts: Continuous Scrolling Through Desktops on Lion

texts:
I have a few desktops set up in mac and and browser with my calendar and mail in full screen mode.  In total I normally have 3 running.  I also have custom hotkey to quickly scroll through the desktops, but when I get to the last one how do can I make it cycle through to the beginning.

For example if I'm on the 3rd of three desktops, is there a way I can go the right to a 4th, but since it's not there it will go back to the 1st.

Thanks


texts:
I tried to login to my gmail, hotmail, and facebook accounts today. I could not login to those three because they said that my password is incorrect. So I tried to think what I did yesterday. I only used those three websites on my iPad.

One thing I noticed with iPad's safari is that it does not warn me for suspicious websites like Chrome or Firefox do.

I concluded that either someone hacked my facebook account and found primary email accounts from facebook and hacked my emails (since they all use same passwords) or my iPad has been hacked. Is it possible that my iPad was hacked?


texts: My ipod 1st gen is disabled for 45 years and wont sync to my laptop since it is disabled

texts:
I no longer know where my old computer which was synced with my 1st gen is. my ipod 1st gen is now disabled for 45 years and I cannot sync it with me new laptop since it is disabled
WHAT DO I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!


texts: Random freezes during work (Fusion Drive not removed correctly?)

texts:
I have a Macbook Pro 13" late 2011 and ever since I've replaced DVD-reader for an SSD my notebook started freezing sometimes. It happens suddenly, for no reason whatsoever and I can only move mouse cursor during the freeze. I've put my old HDD into a tray in place of the DVD-reader and I used to think that the tray was working badly. A couple hours back I placed the DVD-reader back and it turns out that no, the HDD wasn't the reason. I've checked SMART status of my SSD, though – it should not cause any problems as well. Oh, and I've checked the console – there are no error messages during the freeze (well, except for a 'log write error' from one small program, but I doubt this is the reason). What else should I check?

UPD. I have used TRIMEnabler's benchmark to test my SSD and it shows the picture

That's weird, isn't it? I have experimented with creating Fusion Drive when I just got my SSD – may the reason for hang-ups be the incorrectly split-up Fusion Drive? How can I check for traces of FD, by the way?


texts: Directories being shared without being on the file sharing list

texts: I'm having an issue with file sharing in Lion using the default system pref pane. Although the list shows no share points, i can see that my home folder, and Macintosh HD are being shared, despite my empty list. Does anyone know how to 'reset' ALL file sharing options, or possible the .plist file associated with sharing services on the mac.


texts: How do I use a Wacom Intuos 3 with OS X Mojave (10.14.5)?

texts:
I have a (2009) Wacom Intuos 3 (Model: PTZ-930) graphic tablet which actually works well and for my convenience. More importantly I'm used to it. Unfortunately it doesn't work anymore with OS X Mojave and the actual supported driver.

Is there a procedure I could try to make it work again?


texts: How does Activity Monitor get the URLs related to a "Safari Web Content" process?

texts: Does anyone know how Activity Monitor.app gets the list of URLs that are related to a Safari Web Content process? Those processes show up as com.apple.WebKit.WebContent in ps output.


texts: HD fine, SATA cable fine, but MBP internal won’t mount/boot

texts:
I’m looking for some advice regarding a specific problem with a MacBook Pro mid-2009 running the latest version of El Capitan.

The basics follow, but I have shared details of the troubleshooting steps here (link to a thread at Apple Support Community).

1) MBP suddenly refused to boot from its Internal HD (an SSD I installed two months ago: worked fine until the incident).

2) The disk is fine and can boot in external configuration.

3) Also, I tried with a different HD (a clone, not SSD, but standard). But whatever HD I use in the original internal bay, it won’t boot, and won’t mount.

4) I’ve checked the internal SATA cable: I ordered and tried a replacement cable. Same results. It is unlikely that both the original and the replacement cable are faulty.

5) Since it’s a mid-2009, I was able to replace the original optical reader (DVD) with an HD bay (a customize kit, easy to install). The MBP can boot and operate just fine with the HD when it is installed in this configuration. So I can still use and operate the MBP pretty much as usual, with a working internal HD. But the original HD bay/location is unusable.

Is there a way to push the troubleshooting further? If the problem is beyond the HD and internal SATA cable, does it man it’s on the motherboard? Anything to try there? Maybe there’s more to explore with the SSD vs. standard HD?


texts: is it possible to write an application that can block call, disable writing text messages if you are driving  or moving fast, regardless of any version of IOS?


texts: How to make bootable El Capitan installer in Mojave?

texts:
One of my friends who don't have a fast Internet connection asked me if I could install El Capitan (which is the highest version of OS X that his iMac supports) and I said sure.

Today I went to App Store to install El Capitan, just for it to download so that I can make a bootable USB for him, and couldn't find it in App Store.

Then after a bit of searching I've found this link and it opened in App Store:

However, when I click the get button, it redirects me to Software Update in my System Preferences and says that it's not available:

Previously, clicking Get button just downloaded an installer into my Applications folder where I could easily create a bootable USB.

How can I make bootable El Capitan installer USB in Mojave?


texts: Why does AirPort Utility support file sharing?

texts:
The AirPort utility app for the iPhone allows you to share documents between a computer and an iOS device.

What kind of documents, if any, would I share between my Mac and the AirPort utility app?


texts: Why is the 'Slide' transition disabled in iMovie for iPadOS?

texts:
In another part of the clip, I can apply the slide transition. But somehow at this point I cannot.
I am using iMovie on an iPad Pro.

I have set the following clip (i.e. the clip after the transition mark) to be sped up to 2x. Can it be a factor?


texts:
Is there a way to find out what is expected size of the next Time Machine backup?
My computer is backed up regularly. I turned off TM for a while and I wish to find out what is the next back up size.


texts: Find which Chrome Tab is using Significant Energy

texts: Under the Energy Monitor in Yosemite, it shows Chrome having the highest energy impact. Is it possible to figure out which Chrome tab is the one that is consuming the most energy?


texts: How to batch download all files in a Volafile.io room?

texts:
Volafile.io Live Filesharing & Chat

Example URL: https://volafile.io/r/$ID.

There is Feature request: Download all the content of a room in a .zip file. #117. I don't wish to depend on that feature request.

How to download all files in a Volafile.io room? I prefer a command line solution (Open Source, installable by homebrew), something like what's youtube-dl for YouTube.

Jdwonloader at the moment doesn't support Volafile.io. If there is no CLI solution, how to do that with GUI?


texts: export from photos (mac) including edited metadata

texts:
I received a bunch of photos that didn't have any correct metadata. I have then manually corrected the time and gps information within the photos app.
When I export this files, those information are gone. They are not visible in the exifdata.
What can I do to get an image out of photos without loosing all those edits?


texts: Macbook Pro Keyboard Functions Stopped Working on Bootcamp

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro 15" with Mountain Lion 10.8.

I've had the laptop for about 8 months now and I installed Bootcamp probably around a week after I got it. Everything worked perfectly, which was awesome. Installed the support drivers and everything.

Today I booted into Windows and the keyboard functions have stopped working. For instance the keyboard backlights wont work and the volume buttons do nothing. I tried rebooting a few times into mac and back or back into Windows and nothing works.

Anybody run into this sort of things before? Have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!


texts:
I was able to install Windows 7 32-bit on my Macbook 2,1 and it functioned well. Not longer than a week later, Windows Boot Manager hanged, it was stuck on countdown and I couldn't select any other option, using the arrow keys didn't do anything, so I couldn't boot in safe mode, if somehow I was able to select an option (it would give me 1-2 seconds before it hangs), I would be greeted with a black screen and that's it.

I decided to just delete the Windows partition and install it again but it didn't appear to have solved the problem, the installation would also hang 1-2 seconds after the blinking underscore, the same that happened before I deleted the original Windows partition.

I noticed that if I wait a little longer, the progress bar for "Windows is loading files" is actually progressing, albeit at a very slow pace. When it finished, it would give me the Starting Windows screen, but no logo.

Again, I waited longer and then I saw the actual Windows installation, no longer hanging, I could move the cursor and install Windows 7. However, right after the first reboot and I would be greeted again by the Starting Windows screen, it no longer progresses, tried waiting for it overnight and woke up to the same Starting Windows screen.

Please help me, I've tried using a different Windows 7 ISO file and even tried Windows 10, and the same problem persists.

Any help would be very appreciated.


texts: Use media keys on Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 for Spotify

texts:
Recently I installed the Microsoft Intellitype drivers for OSX so that I could use my keyboard more naturally (e.g., media keys, etc.).  However, this seems to have broken some functionality.

Prior to installing these drivers, I could at least use the play/pause button to control Spotify (the goal was to also gain access to the forward/back keys to skip tracks).  Now, however, any media key will automatically attempt to open up iTunes, regardless if Spotify is active or not.

Is there a fix or remedy for this, or should I uninstall the Intellitype drivers?

Edit: I suppose this is fairly similar to this unanswered question.


texts: How to change a note background in the preview app from transparent to any other colour?

texts: When I add a note to a highlighted text (right click - Add Note), the background is transparent, which makes it difficult to read because it overlaps with the PDF text (example screenshot below). I know this does not happen when I add a note directly without linking it to a text. I could do it that way, but I prefer to have comments linked to a specific text I select. Does anybody know how to make the background not transparent? Thanks in advance.


texts: Making it easier to copy webpage text to the clipboard (in iOS)?

texts:
I have a web page that updates occasionally with new information (I made it myself - simple HTML page - nothing special).

I regularly have to copy this page to the clipboard on my iOS device to paste its contents into another iOS app. My current strategy is to make it a home screen icon, so I can:

1) Tap it to launch

2) Tap and hold on the text to begin selecting

3) Click 'select all'

4) Click 'copy'.

I am wondering if there are any HTML/JS tricks I can enact on the webpage side, or alternatively any apps/iOS tricks I can do on the client side, that would reduce the number of total clicks/steps involved (anything fewer than the four taps above would be a 'win' for me!). If it helps, I always want to copy the page in its entirety.


texts: My iPhone 4 isn't installing the new update! Do you have to have service to update? It keeps saying update failed because I'm not connected to the Internet, but I am! Help help!


texts: Unable to send emails from gmail account on iOS 7.1

texts:
Everything worked fine for a long time, until today. Suddenly I am unable to send any emails using my gmail account from both my iOS 7.1 devices. I am getting this message:

  Unable to send email

  A copy has been placed in your Outbox. The
  recipient "[MY email address]" was rejected by the server because it
  does not allow relaying.

One curious thing about it: it shows my email address. No matter what recipient I am entering.

All suggestions I've been able to unearth in the last hour of searching say that outgoing mail settings are incorrect. But both my devices do not allow me to edit or disable primary Gmail server. Everything is grayed out, and I'm not able to save changes when I switch "Enabled" flag to off.

I also tried deleting the account completely, and adding it anew. Still no luck.

PS: Incoming email works just fine. Only outgoing is having issues.


texts: How can I repair my Mac so Time Machine backup will work?

texts:
I'm trying to backup my computer for the first time running Yosemite OS.  The time machine fails, despite trying with two different external USB 3 drives with this error partway into the Time Machine backup and then giving up on the whole backup:

  Time Machine couldn’t complete the backup to “Backup”.

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

Using Disk Utility finds no errors to repair.

I tried to manually copy the files in /home/Username to the backup using the finder and it failed partway through on a .dng image of around 30 MB in size, for which I did not capture the full error message.

I then tried to do the folders it had not yet gotten to in the above failure and got a second error:

  The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -8084).

According to this page, it would be due to a file over 4GB and my partition format not accepting that. However, the disk is partitioned using Mac OS Extended (Journaled).  Note the disk itself uses GUID Partition Map.

I'm guessing that the issue is not the USB drive, but something physically wrong with my MacBook Air from early 2011.  When I took it to Genius bar, they ran diagnostics and found nothing wrong with computer except need to replace the battery that showed as exhausted.  Other problems with Mac are the trackpad does not detect clicks most of the time, but tracks mouse moves and the wireless connection drops often despite a strong signal from the wireless access point.

How can I successfully backup my files?  Should I give up on this Mac and buy a replacement?  Would like to backup even if I go to a new computer, so looking for a solution to save the disk state.

Carbon Copy reported this error when setting up backup:

  macOS is reporting read or write errors on "Macintosh HD"

    These errors indicate that there is a problem with this disk, such as media failure, a mechanical failure, an error in the disk's firmware, or a problem communicating with the disk. The severity of the problem is unknown, you can get more detail on the errors by clicking on the affected volume in CCC's sidebar. Read/write error statistics will be reset when you restart your computer.

And then proceeding with backup it gave:

  The "CCC Backup Task" task has encountered physical read errors

    Physical read errors may cause the backup task to take longer than normal. You can stop the backup task at any time. CCC will pick up where it left off the next time you run this task. Open CCC and click on the source volume in the sidebar for read error statistics.

It shows 20 Read Errors and 0 Write Errors in the sidebar.

Backup is proceeding.


texts:
We use JAMF's Casper Suite to deploy our Macs, and would like to be able to push out the OS X Developer Beta to some machines to do some testing before the public release.

I have downloaded the Beta from the Developer site however it gives me a 'OS X El Capitan Developer Beta Access Utility' when I need a DMG.

After running the file, it takes me to the updates page of the App Store and allows me to download the update.

Is it possible to get the full disk image from somewhere?


texts: How can I easily select the word my cursor is currently inside?

texts:
I'm looking to be able to select the current word my text cursor is inside on OSX (10.7.3).

For people who have used vim before, I want to be able to do a similar thing to the 'ci_' command, where '_' can be 'w', '(', '[', etc. to specify deleting the word or contents of a parens/bracket and enter insert mode.

The best way I've figured to do this is Option+Left then Shift+Option+Right to first navigate to the left end of the word, then select to its right end.
Is there a way I can create a macro to do both of these at once?


texts: Problem setting terminal window bounds with AppleScript

texts:
Problem trying to solve

I use multiple terminal windows to develop web applications.  I'll have a terminal open for vim, a terminal open for git and a terminal open for basic file/directory commands.  The terminal application doesn't remember window settings so whenever I quit the terminal or have to restart I must manually resize and position my terminal windows.  I would like to automate this process using AppleScript.

1 window, big, fills up left half of screen (vim)
2 windows, smaller, stacked on top of one another, filling up other half of screen

My attempted solution

tell application "Terminal"

    activate
    set the bounds of the front window to {5, 0, 1000, 950}
    do script "clear" -- opens up the second window
    set the bounds of the front window to {1105, 0, 400, 500}
    -- haven't gotten to third window yet

end tell

The problem

The second window, the one being created by do script "clear", is being positioned oddly.  The left, top and height are all behaving as expected.  However, the window is set to it's minimum width, regardless of the value passed in the width parameter.  It could be 1000 and it's still set to minimum.  I've search high and low on Google, SO, Super User and Ask Different with no luck.

Any advice on what I'm doing wrong or what could be causing this issue with the weird width on the window created by do script "clear"?

Disclaimer

I'm an AppleScript beginner.  The syntax is unlike anything I've ever worked with (PHP, VBA, JavaScript) and I'm almost positive this is not the best, or even correct, way to be doing what I want to do.  However, I don't know AppleScript enough to really tell, other than gut feeling.


texts: How to write the names "iPhone", "iPad", etc. in all capital letters?

texts: Just curious about whether it is iPHONE, IPHONE, or just never written in all capital letters. Is there a style guide or something on this issue?


texts: How to get Gmail priority inbox sections on Mail?

texts:
I use Google priority inbox so I've a Starred section, Important, and Everything else as separate sections on the web gmail.

Now, I just set up my "Mail" on Mac OS X (using IMAP) but Mail will just show 1 inbox, is there a way to prioritize the mails like the web version of gmail.


texts: Ways of retrieving photos, notes from iPhone?

texts: I'm trying to copy photos and notes from my iPhone 6 to my macbook. The phone was synced to my old computer which suffered a hard drive failure, so I'm trying to save whatever I can from my phone before syncing it to the new one. I haven't had any luck with iCloud and would really like to avoid dming every note and photo to myself one by one :/ Any help appreciated.


texts: In iOS Safari, why aren't the Facebook social plugin cookies blocked, in spite of the "from visited" option?

texts: In my iPad, the cookie setting for Safari is set to "from visited", which should block all third party cookies. But if I am not logged out of Facebook, then from any third party webpage that uses the Facebook Social plugin, I can see which of my friends have liked that page. That means Facebook knows that I am visiting that page, so its third party cookie isn't blocked. What am I missing here? (I use Chrome with my Desktop computer, and this does not happen, i.e. with its "block third party cookies" setting, the Facebook social plugin cannot see who I am, even when I'm logged in to Facebook.)


texts: VMWare Fusion is opening .docx files in Wordpad

texts:
I enabled the VMWare Fusion setting Open your Mac files and web links using Windows Applications. When I double click a .docx file in Finder, it launches Wordpad in the virtual machine, instead of Word. If I open the file again, it launches Word. If I launch it a third time, it opens Wordpad. It keeps alternating between these two programs.

On Windows, I tried right-clicking the file and going to the "Open With" command. It lists both Microsoft Office Word and WordPad as Recommended Programs. There doesn't seem to be an option to remove WordPad from this list.

When I launch the .docx file from inside Windows, it always opens it up with Word, leading me to believe that this is a VMWare Fusion bug and not a Windows bug.

Is there any way to have .docx files only open up in Word?


texts: Alert volume (not system) consistently reset to zero for unknown reason

texts:
Several times a week I find that, despite my volume being set to a reasonable setting, I receive no alert sounds (slack, messages, etc). Every time, the alert volume is set to 0. See picture below. When I see this, I crank up the alert volume and all is well.
My best guess at the moment is this has something to with hooking up my laptop to my work desk. I use it in clamshell mode, so I hook up the display port cable and my headphones, etc before the machine is fully awake.
Has anyone else run into this problem? Any thoughts on what I should be looking for?


texts:
One of my friend bought his MacBook Pro with preinstalled Mac OS X Lion (10.7.2). Afterwards, he installed the Mountain Lion (10.8) developer preview in it.

He wants to downgrade the OS to Lion (10.7). One option I see is using the Lion recovery suggested at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718.

But, he had not purchased Lion before as it was preinstalled on his MacBook Pro. Does he need to purchase Lion now from the App Store while in the recovery mode OR if he doesn't have to buy it, will he get it free?


texts: Big Sur - unresponsive dialogs to mouse actions

texts:
Sometimes at the beginning of 2021, I started to have a problem with the "File upload" dialogs in the web browser. The dialog is unresponsive to the mouse. I can use the keyboard for navigation, but the Tab key only switches between the left panel and the "Search" field and I'm unable to focus the main area with files. Thus I'm unable to select a file, but I can escape that dialog with Esc and, as this regards also "Save as" dialogs, I'm able to select some directory in left panel's "Favorites" and confirm with Enter.
As time passes, I realized, that this problem applies to almost all native dialogs. I'm currently unable to open e.g. Pages or TextEdit, as it starts with the "File open" dialog, which I'm unable to handle.
And yesterday, I needed to tweak some configuration in "Security & Privacy" in "System Preferences" and I realized it has the same symptoms. I can click on the top navigation panel and return back to the "System Preferences" main screen, but I'm unable to click on anything in the "Security & Privacy" main section. The keyboard navigation works, but, again, the Tab key only switches between the left list and the "Search" field, and I'm unable to click on "Click the lock to make changes" so, it's all helpless.
I Googled for similar issues, but so far found nothing heplful.
Does anyone have some idea where to look, what to try?


texts:
Is there a way to force a MacBook to stop charging the battery when it hasn't reached 100% and then run off of AC power? There was a way to do with with MagSafe 2 chargers.. What about USB C MacBooks?

I know battery topics are a bit contentious, but hopefully people won't argue about that too much. The best charge level to keep a Li-ion battery is around 40% and I'd like to elongate my battery health when keeping my MacBook stranded on the desk for extended periods of time. I ask also just out of curiosity as this was possible with older MacBooks. I would appreciate it if no one submitted an answer explaining to me why I am wrong—if you want to do this, please view this question as a curious thought from an Mac enthusiast.


texts: Can I script my mac to reboot and login at a specified time?

texts:
Can I use shell scripts, AppleScript, or some other form of scripting to get my mac to reboot and login at a specified time?
If so, how?


texts: Is there a reader for iPhone or iPad that supports many formats?

texts: I'm looking for a reader application that can open many ebook formats, specifically I am looking for pdf, djvu, epub, fb2 and txt.


texts: "Setting up your Mac..." at every login (10.15.5)

texts:
Every time I log into my Mac, I see the desktop/dock, then the "Setting up your Mac" screen appears over the top of the desktop. After a few seconds, previously launched applications start and can be used as usual, but the "Setting up..." screen remains and covers the desktop.
Additionally (and possibly related?), the set of application that re-opens at login appears fixed and is not affected by ticking/unticking the "reopen applications at login" box on the logout/restart confirmation popup.
This issue doesn't present itself when I start in safe mode.
Based on OSX 10.13.4 'Sets up your Mac' every login, I attempted to uninstall my anti-virus software (Eset endpoint security), but this had no impact on the issue.
I also tried creating the file /private/var/db/.AppleSetupDone as mentioned in How to stop Setup Assistant from showing up on every restart on Mac Mini with OS X Mavericks?
I'm fairly sure that some 3rd party software is causing this issue, as reinstalling OSX resolves the issue, however I'd like to find out what the real problem is.
Is there anything else I can check/try?


texts: After using my MacBook Pro for a while, it becomes very laggy (Swap usage high)

texts:
I have a decent spec MacBook Pro:
The MBP has 64GB of RAM.

This is the output of htop command after 6 days uptime:
As you can see, the Swp usage is quite high.

Note: I do have Docker and JetBrains PyCharm running often.
Is the Swp usage impacting performance, and how do I fix this?
After restart, it's fine for a while, but then reaches a critical point where even Safari lags a lot.
Update
As requested, here are some pics of Activity Monitor:


texts: Can AppleScript be used to brute force a FileVault drive where the password is lost?

texts:
I make a terrible mistake. I totally lost my paper with the secret password for my encrypted external GUID hard drive. This external drive contains many pictures but also some works documents very usefull. So it would be very interesting for me to get through this password.

I can remember maybe 50% of my password.I calculated that with the known part of my password I will have a maximum of 250 000 possible combination. A program like crunch could do the list of all the combination but I think it is not the most difficult part of this mission.

I have to build a small program to fill the dialog box and trying all the 250 000 combination. I already tried to do this with Apple Script but I didn’t found the command to fill in the combination in the dialog box “Enter a password to unlock the disk”. This dialog box appear when we plug the disk to the mac.

Does somebody know well applescript to helping me to interact with this unlocker disk dialog box? Or maybe somebody have an other solution to unlock it without applescript?

If somebody is interested to helping me I will be very grateful.


texts: How to add title metadata to videos with AppleScript?

texts:
Moving to a Plex Media Server I realized a majority of my video archive doesn't have metadata and when I render the videos through Plex's UI I see Episode # when I want it to render as Episode Foobar.

Per research (add new and non defined metadata to a mp4 file) I found that ffmpeg can be used so I did a brew install ffmpeg and verified with a man ffmpeg it was present.

Built my AppleScript to detect the volume, load the folder contents as a list, take the formatted name for plex, example:

- Foo Bar
-- Foo Bar - s01e01 - Into the Foo.mov
-- Foo Bar - s01e02 - Into the Bar.mp4

Everything after s##e## - but before . as the title, such as:

ffmpeg -i Foo Bar - s01e01 - Into the Foo.mov -metadata title="Into the Foo" Foo Bar - s01e01 - Into the Foo.mov

I verify the title was modified with:

ffprobe -v quiet -print_format json -show_format -show_streams Into the Foo" Foo Bar - s01e01 - Into the Foo.mov > result.json

and under format I see:

"format": {
        "filename": "Foo Bar - s01e01 - Into the Foo.mov",
        "nb_streams": 2,
        "nb_programs": 0,
        "format_name": "mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2",
        "format_long_name": "QuickTime / MOV",
        "start_time": "0.000000",
        "duration": "652.342000",
        "size": "13507029",
        "bit_rate": "165643",
        "probe_score": 100,
        "tags": {
                "major_brand": "qt  ",
                "minor_version": "512",
                "compatible_brands": "qt  ",
                "title": "Into the Foo",
                "encoder": "Lavf58.12.100"
        }
}

but with a do shell on the quoted form.  When I load it to Plex and run an update then run a Refresh Metadata the titles still render as:

Episode 1
Episode 2

in AppleScript how can I properly add the metadata to read file title metadata on videos?  Is there another approach to this I'm missing?


texts: I have an old MacBook Pro (2011) which I use with an external 27" Thunderbolt Display. I'm now thinking about getting a new iMac. Is it possible to connect my Thunderbolt Display to the iMac as a secondary screen?


texts: I have been exploring the OS X accessibility option to control the mouse from your keyboard (as described here) and I am curious if there is a way to make it go faster.


texts: How can I manually force a file of a Fusion Drive to the SSD?

texts:
From what I understand, the implementation of the Fusion Drive is at the OS level (coreStorage). Yet, I want to know if it's possible to manually interfere in the management for a specific file or directory.

E.g. Most Photos in iPhoto are rarely used, yet I would like to push the entire directory ~/Pictures/iPhoto Library.photolibrary to the SSD.


texts: How to exclude certain particular files from Spotlight?

texts: I know that you can exclude entire directories or files with a particular extension from Spotlight. But can I hand-pick files not to be searchable by Spotlight, preferably with a file system flag? I am a writer and keep old copies of my drafts but they muck up Spotlight with lots of search results.


texts: How can I find out when my Macbook Pro turned itself on?

texts:
I'm trying to track down a problem where my MPB occasionally turns itself on while still closed. Perhaps if I can identify the time it happens, it will reveal something useful. In the most recent case, I found it on at 7:25am, and the battery was at 73%, so I'd guess it hadn't been for more than an hour.

There's not much in system.log. At 4am these messages appear, but that's it:

Feb  6 04:02:08 Steves-MacBook-Pro-3 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.sandboxd[6466]): Service exited due to SIGALRM | sent by kernel_task[0]
Feb  6 04:02:08 Steves-MacBook-Pro-3 syslogd[56]: ASL Sender Statistics
Feb  6 04:02:09 Steves-MacBook-Pro-3 Dropbox[892]: [0206/040209.126924:WARNING:dns_config_service_posix.cc(326)] Failed to read DnsConfig.
Feb  6 04:02:13 Steves-MacBook-Pro-3 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.bsd.dirhelper[6657]): Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.bsd.dirhelper
Feb  6 07:25:40 localhost bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1549398340 0

Where else can I look?

Update:

Edited section of pmset -g log:

2019-02-06 00:00:30 +1100 Assertions            PID 113(hidd) TurnedOn UserIsActive "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle.4294970902.3" 00:00:00  id:0x0x900008dda [System: DeclUser kDisp]
2019-02-06 04:02:08 +1100 Kernel Client Acks    Delays to Sleep notifications: [AppleThunderboltNHIType2 driver is slow(msg: WillChangeState to 2)(366 ms)]
2019-02-06 04:02:08 +1100 Assertions            PID 71(powerd) Created InternalPreventSleep "Holding in darkwake for up to 30 seconds to update inactivity prediction" 00:00:00  id:0x0xd000093b4 [System: DeclUser SRPrevSleep kCPU kDisp]
2019-02-06 04:02:08 +1100 Assertions            PID 113(hidd) TurnedOn UserIsActive "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle.4294970902.3" 00:00:00  id:0x0x900008dda [System: DeclUser SRPrevSleep kCPU kDisp]
2019-02-06 04:02:08 +1100 com.apple.sleepservices.sessionStarted    SleepService: window begins with cap time=180 secs
2019-02-06 04:02:08 +1100 DarkWake              DarkWake from Standby [CDNP] due to RTC/SleepService: Using BATT (Charge:97%)
2019-02-06 04:02:08 +1100 HibernateStats        hibmode=3 standbydelay=10800                                                          34
2019-02-06 04:02:08 +1100 WakeTime              WakeTime: 1.693 sec
2019-02-06 04:02:08 +1100 Kernel Client Acks    Delays to Wake notifications: [AppleIntelFramebuffer driver is slow(msg: SetState to 1)(495 ms)]
2019-02-06 04:02:08 +1100 Assertions            PID 183(mDNSResponder) Created MaintenanceWake "mDNSResponder:maintenance" 00:00:00  id:0x0xd000093ba [System: PrevIdle DeclUser PushSrvc SRPrevSleep kCPU kDisp]
2019-02-06 04:02:09 +1100 Assertions            PID 183(mDNSResponder) Released MaintenanceWake "mDNSResponder:maintenance" 00:00:00  id:0x0xd000093ba [System: PrevIdle DeclUser PushSrvc SRPrevSleep kCPU kDisp]
2019-02-06 04:02:09 +1100 Assertions            PID 113(hidd) TurnedOn UserIsActive "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle.4294970902.3" 00:00:00  id:0x0x900008dda [System: DeclUser PushSrvc SRPrevSleep kCPU kDisp]
[repeats ~10 times]
2019-02-06 04:02:09 +1100 Notification          Next largest inactivity window start:'2019-02-07 00:00:00 +1100' end:'2019-02-07 04:00:00 +1100'
2019-02-06 04:02:09 +1100 Assertions            PID 71(powerd) Released InternalPreventSleep "Holding in darkwake for up to 30 seconds to update inactivity prediction" 00:00:00  id:0x0xd000093b4 [System: DeclUser PushSrvc kCPU kDisp]
[repeats ~165 times]

2019-02-06 07:25:47 +1100 HibernateStats        hibmode=0 standbydelay=0                                                              0
Sleep/Wakes since boot at 2019-02-04 19:28:51 +1100 :0   Dark Wake Count in this sleep cycle:3


texts: Can anyone explain to me the difference between terminal apps, CLI, CLT and Prompt?

texts:
I wish to understand at a conceptual level, the difference between a terminal app, Command Line Interface (CLI), Command Line Tools (CLT) and Prompt. I am confused as to what the difference is between them?
The thing that threw me off was realizing that Apple does not ship macOS with CLT (Command Line Tools) pre-installed, and I have to download and install it separately. Doesn't that mean that Terminal.app is useless unless I download the CLT?
I am using zsh as my shell running on macOS Catalina 10.15.6.
Clarification
My confusion is stemming from Xcode CLT. I don't understand what a CLT is?

Is Xcode CLT a compiler? And if it is built into macOS, why do I need to download Xcode's CLT?

Why do I need an app like Terminal.app to access the CLI. Isn't the CLI an interface to begin with?

Does Homebrew (which is a package manager) considered a CLT that has its own CLI that I interact with using Terminal?

I can't seem to wrap my head around these concepts and the connection between them.


texts: Experience with using AT&T (GSM) iPads in Europe?

texts: I've been told that it's possible to use an AT&T (GSM) iPad in Europe by buying a microSIM card and a chunk of service from a local carrier, and swapping the card into the iPad while in that region. Q: Has anyone actually done this?  I've also been told that visitors may not be able to buy the cards because of residency requirements or something.  Just trying to get some real data...


texts: How to reset the terminal before command execution?

texts:
I've been looking at spicing up my Terminal experience by among other things, adding some color. I used the tput command to build a nicely looking prompt. This is part of my .bash_profile:

BLACK=$(tput setaf 0)
RED=$(tput setaf 1)
GREEN=$(tput setaf 2)
YELLOW=$(tput setaf 3)
BLUE=$(tput setaf 4)
MAGENTA=$(tput setaf 5)
CYAN=$(tput setaf 6)
WHITE=$(tput setaf 7)
BOLD=$(tput bold)
REVERSE=$(tput rev)
RESET=$(tput sgr0)

export PS1="${WHITE}$(date "+%H:%M") ${MAGENTA}\u${WHITE}@${MAGENTA}$(scutil --get ComputerName)${WHITE}:${MAGENTA}\w\n${GREEN}\$ ${REVERSE}"

Notice the ${REVERSE} (or $(tput rev)) at the end of the prompt, which makes the commands I type stand out by adding a background color.

My problem however is, that when executing any command, the style is not automatically reset upon pressing enter, which in this case adds an undesired green background to the command's output as well. How can I reset the terminal right before command execution?


texts: Many programs are not removed from the dock when quitting them (using apple-Q) or when closing their visible windows. I know this behaviour is on purpose, but I don't like it. Is their a way to consistently enforce that programs are really closed (i.e., the process is terminated), and hence removed from the dock when quitting / closing the windows?


texts: Reset iPhone 5s (iOS 8.4) WITHOUT updating iOS

texts:
I own an old iPhone 5s. It hasn't been hooked up with a carrier for a year and a half. I wish to reset it to get all my personal data, contacts, etc. off and then give it to a new user. I want the phone to continue using iOS 8.4. I DO NOT want ios to update to a newer version when the new user connects the phone to a carrier.

Q: If I reset the phone via Settings, will iOS 8.4 remain on the phone after reset? And, if so, will it remain on the phone after a new carrier is set upfor the device?


texts: How do I change which AirPod audio input comes from?

texts: My AirPods are suddenly not working for audio input and I remember there was a way to force the OS to use the left or right one but I don't remember whether it was iOS or macOS. Sound Preferences on the macOS doesn't seem to give me the option.


texts: How to change the volume of Skype for Mac, independent from the system volume?

texts:
After the upgrade to version 7.25 (around April 2016) of Skype for MacOS, the ability to change the conversation volume in a way independent from the system volume seems to have been removed. To be clear, I am referring to the ability to change a Skype conversation audio volume, while leaving the System volume unchanged, so that System's sounds and other applications sounds stay the same.

In the past versions this was done via two entries in "Conversations" menu, or via the two keyboard shortcuts cmd-alt-up_arrow and cmd-alt-down_arrow.

Is there a way to have that functionality back?


texts: Can I delete files in /Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Logs?

texts:
My MacBook is becoming unstable due to limited disk space the major culprit for which is a mysterious category called "Other". Poking around a bit (a lot actually) I find that I have over 650 GB of Other, 330 GB of which is in a single file in
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Logs/Mail

called
imap-mail.outlook.com-<GUID>.txt

What is this file? Is it safe to delete it?


texts: Can a late 2013 Mac Pro (cylinder) support dual 5K displays?

texts:
I know the late 2013 Mac Pro can support the Dell 5K monitor, using two DisplayPort cables from the Mac to the monitor.

Can the Mac Pro support two 5K monitors simultaneously (using four cables total)?


texts: How to Identify Safari Javascript Alert Dialog using AppleScript?

texts:
In a particularly 'pesky' website, a dialog box pops up to block (or cover) automated entry of the userid input box.

I have used the following code attempting to get a reference & to close this window, but have been unsuccessful.

tell application "System Events"
    key code 15 using {command down}
    key code 36        // return key

end tell

tell application "System Events" to tell process "Safari"
    set numSheets to (count of sheets) & " sheets" as text       // 0 sheets
end tell

set numDocuments to (count of documents) & " documents" as text  // 1 documents
set numWindows to (count of windows) & " windows" as text        // 1 sheets

What else is available to find and close that alert box?

Edit: The key code 36 will sometimes close the alert, and other times, when it's not present, will submit the page too early.


texts:
I am running os 10.8.4 and would like to switch between full screen applications that are already open using hotkeys. I can only use cmd + 1 to move to space 1, but cmd + 2 does not work if you have windows maximized. This is a know limitation. Is there a third party app that I can get that can do this? (I have tried witch, alfred & QS). I am not looking for shortcuts to open a new app - I want to switch between apps that are already open.

I have chrome, iterm2 & remote desktop that I use all the time. I'd like assign a hotkey to each of these 3 apps, and would like to switch to any of them with a hot key.

I was able to do this in 10.6, and this is the one single feature that they got rid of on 10.8.


texts: How to use audio impulse response filters / digital signal processing in macOS?

texts:
I've used Room EQ Wizard to generate impulse response filters. These filters can be loaded into a Digital Signal Processor which will then correct the audio signal according to the speaker and room acoustics.
I'm using these filters with Shairport-Sync on a Raspberry Pi and they work really really well.
I want to also use them with my Mac, but I haven't found a way to do it yet. What I'm hoping for is that there is some piece of software that can read in the audio stream, apply the filter and then output it seamlessly - whether that be some sort of plugin for macOS itself, or whether it means routing audio through a software processor using something like Blackhole.


texts: Can I restore my regular iOS apps after jailbreaking?

texts:
I'd like to have a go at jailbreaking my iPhone 4. I've backed up the phone in iTunes and transferred my apps to my computer, as I understand that the jailbreaking process is much quicker and more reliable on a totally wiped phone.

Once I've jailbroken the phone, can I then simply restore my apps, contacts and settings? If so, how? Also, can I still use the regular App Store on my jailbroken phone?


texts:
In the Mail, Contacts & Calendars Preference pane, you can have Notes synchronize with a Gmail account.
I've already got it setup to work nicely with iCloud, but..
Where do I go in Gmail to read these Notes? They don't appear under the "notes" label.


texts: Having same information on several devices

texts: I have several ipads that I would like to be identical in terms of apps, music etc. Once I take the time to put on the appropriate apps, sort into folders etc then I would like that exact same configuration on the other two iPads. Is this possible? Many thanks


texts:
I am using the

brew install emacs

version of gui-based emacs.  After using the mac shortcut to access the Menu bar, I am able to use the mnemonic to access the individual top level menu items: e.g.

  ALT-F  for file

The problem is that then hitting down arrow key or return does not dropdown the menu items.   Well .. with two exceptions: the

Alt-E (Emacs) and
Alt-H (Help)

dropdowns actually work.  The others? Nothing happens. Only by using the Mouse (which is unacceptable to me for common commands in an editor).

Any hints/ideas on this?


texts: You cannot remove the first volume on the disk - Mac

texts:
How can I remove "First Volume"(Macintosh HD) on the disk. Minus sign is grayed out.
Unable to remove it via recovery either.
Even if I erase the volume, I can't use that space for macOS10.12.1... volume.


texts: External SSD contains GBs of memory even after data is removed from it

texts:
Just bought a new Samsung T7 SSD 1TB which I'm using for my MacBook Air. Before I stored anything on it, space was 1TB, after storing around some files of around 2GBs, things were okay. But once I removed those files from the SSD, it still occupies that 2GBs of space.
So, can anyone explain:-

Why these 2GBs of space was still showing even after the files were removed? Also, can we factory reset the device?

Also, the format it is using is ExFAT, does Mac uses it by default or it depends on the SSD?
The other ones are listed in the below screenshot:-


texts: I'm trying to restore my iPad because the screen passcode was changed and cannot be remembered correctly. When attempting to restore from an iTunes backup, an error message says to first turn off Find My iPad in iCloud settings. I cannot access any setting in the iPad because of the screen lock passcode. Is there another way to do a reset or full factory reset while screen-locked?


texts: Using Bluetooth speaker and headphone jack simultaneously

texts:
I can connect my normal speakers to my headphone jack. I can also connect my Bluetooth speaker and it plays great too, But I can't play them at the same time.

I have Wi-Fi speakers around and they will play fine, but once the Bluetooth is paired anything through the headphone jack is silent.

Is there some setting I'm missing?


texts: Does the iPad Air stay cooler whilst charging than the previous iPad?

texts:
My iPad 4 gets quite hot whilst charging, even without a case. As I get this with every one of my iOS devices, as well as Macs, I always expect this from a device now.

However, the iPad Air is much thinner than the previous iPad, and consequently has this had any impact on the temperature of the iPad Air whilst charging?


texts: Setting the value of a Numbers cell using AppleScript

texts:
I'm trying to write a numbers script (to do this, as it happens), in which I need to change the value of a cell.

However, if I do something like

tell application "Numbers"
    activate
    tell document 1
        tell sheet 3
            set the value of cell "E1" to 1000
        end tell
    end tell
end tell

then I get the error

 error "Numbers got an error: Can’t set cell \"E1\" of sheet 3 of document 1 to 1000." number -10006 from cell "E1" of sheet 3 of document 1

but this contains no information about why it can't set that cell. The document, the sheet and the cell all exist.

I guess this might depend on my particular spreadsheet, but is this the correct way to set the value of a cell, and if so, what else can I do to understand why it's not working?


texts: Need help taking a screenshot during Keynote presentation

texts: I know Cmd+Shift+4 is how screenshots are normally taken of visible areas on Mac OS X, but this shortcut does not work during a Keynote Presentation.


texts: How to delete undeletable songs from an iOS device

texts:
I have songs on my iPhone 4S that I never intentionally downloaded and can't seem to delete. I have tried to delete them through iTunes but I just cannot seem to get rid of them.

Swiping left on the undeletable song will not show any option to delete the song (oddly enough, swiping left on other songs allows me to delete them).

Going into Settings > Usage > Manage Storage allows me to delete all of the songs on my iPhone except the undeletable song.

(I'm reposting https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6554655 here for greater visibility. I have long searched for an answer for this issue and only now have found an answer that works.)

This is not a duplicate question, because in this scenario, iTunes Match has never been activated.


texts: OS X Messages.app images are out of sync with Contacts

texts:
I synchronize my contacts on OS X under Internet Accounts. I have contacts selected under iCloud, Google, Facebook and LinkedIn.

I've updated contact images using this profile aggregation and it shows up in Contacts.app. The trouble is they won't synchronize with Messages.app.

Is there a way to force a synchronization? Can it be done without deletion of messages?

I really don't wish to delete my past conversations if possible.


texts: Converting a float to hours:minutes in Numbers

texts:
Probably this is a very easy thing to do, but as handicapped as I am using Apple's iWork applications, I just can't find it.

I have made a calculation in Numbers which results for example in 14,25 or 16,5. All I want to do is to have this output formatted in hours like 14:15 or 16:30.

I just can't find where to do it. I've tried to change the valuetype to 'duration' ('Duur' in Dutch). But that doesn't help. When I try to use =HOUR(value) it's not giving the correct output and it says the value is not a valid date.


texts: Is there a way to programmatically retrieve total VRAM, free VRAM and GPU usage?

texts:
I am looking at profiling my app, although there is no facility that I was able to find, that is giving me VRAM data for my ATI GPU, like total VRAM on board, used and free VRAM amount and GPU load in percentage.

I can use third party software maybe; but I wonder if it is possible to use terminal or something like python to get this info. On Windows the issue does not seem to be present; but on OSX for some reason, getting such data seems to be quite involved, especially for ATI cards.


texts: How to map buttons on my mouse with AppleScript?

texts:
Since BetterTouchTool is becoming paid, I was looking for an alternative solutions to map my navigation buttons (prev. page, next page) on my mouse (Logitech MX518) that I enjoy using for browsing websites. Right now these two button perform the same action like pressing the scroll wheel.

I already tried Logitech's own software but that seems to be a rather overkill solution and apart from using too much resources, it is also too obtrusive while booting up.

So I was wondering if there is an easy solution with AppleScript that I could write to just do this trick of mapping a button on my mouse to possibly a swipe gesture (like on trackpads)?


texts: I cannot open an iCloud account on my device because ‘the maximum number of free accounts have been activated’

texts:
I cannot open iCloud account on my device. When the Apple ID & password are input, I get this message:

  The maximum number of free accounts have been activated on this iPhone.


texts: How can I enable rEFIt boot volume choice after waking up from hibernation mode?

texts:
There are pretty clear answers to the question 'How to put my Mac into hibernation mode voluntary', but there is still an issue for me.
I use Bootcamp Windows and rEFIt to select which sistem to load. But when I wake from the hibernation mode I have no option to choose - just Mac OS is loading. How can I enable boot source choose after waking up from the hibernation mode?


texts:
I use an iMac with Target Display Mode from a Macbook Pro. Sometimes when I enable Target Display Mode, the iMac screen stays black, even if my Macbook Pro's display suggests that another monitor has been plugged in (apps move away from the screen).

How can I fix this?


texts: Macbook 15" Mid-2015 - Wifi Occasionally Slow

texts:
I am encountering a weird issue regarding the Wi-Fi speeds on my (Apple Refurbished) Macbook 15" Mid-2015. On my home network, sometimes the wifi speeds would be extremely slow. I ran "ping google.com" in terminal and the ping times are >1000ms. The weird thing is that this rarely happens on my school network, only when it is connected to my home network is when this issue begins to arise.

Solutions attempted -

Switching between 2.4 and 5 Ghz networks. Issue still persists.
Deleting a .plist file which stores wifi configuration information. Issue still persists.
Removing the Wi-Fi service in system preferences and added it back in. Issue still persists.

I have also tested if the problem exists on a ethernet connection, and it does not happen on it. Other Wi-Fi connected devices on the network never had this problem, even my old macbook didn't seem to have it aswell.

Macbook Specs -

Intel Core i7 2.8Ghz
16GB 1600Mhz DDR3
1TB Flash Storage
Intel Iris and AMD graphics.
OSX Sierra 10.12.5

I might go to the apple store and see if it can be fixed there since it is still under warrenty.

Thanks


texts: Will my invitation only app be approved on the appstore?

texts:
I am developing an ipad app and wish to publish it to the appstore. The problem is that the application currently is not very impressive as it's still in ongoing development.

I wish to show my users a welcome screen and allow only those users who have been invited to continue and see the entire application. Users who weren't invited will see a teaser and an option to signup for their own invitation.

My question is: Based on your experience will such an application be approved on the appstore?


texts:
My Snow Leopard crashed while I was switching from Itunes to the browser.

Basically everything got stuck and a the current song second started to run in loop.

Is that normal ? Can it happen very rarely ? Or should I worry ?

thanks


texts: Can I transfer videos from iTunes to an iPad not associated with it?

texts:
I've got some (non-DRM) videos in iTunes that I'd like to transfer to my wife's iPad. She bought the iPad and set it up without ever connecting it to a computer, so it's never been synched with iTunes anywhere.

When I plug the iPad into my laptop, I'm asked if I want to register. When I click Register Later, I see this:

I'm concerned that selecting Set up as a new iPad will wipe out my wife's settings and / or content. Can I select that option safely, or is there some other way of getting my videos onto her iPad?

Update: I should note that I can't simply drag video files to the iPad in the iTunes sidebar. The iPad shows up like this:

Right clicking on the iPad in the sidebar produces only two options: "Eject iPad" or "Restore from backup". No option to Transfer Purchases, though the iPad and Mac are both configured to use the same Apple ID for the iTunes Store.

I assume I should be looking for the iPad to show up, as an iPhone does, with a list of media types underneath it so that I can view / drag things to its library.

I've also confirmed I can't drag video downloaded from the iTunes Store, either, so it's probably not a format conflict.


texts: What is Visual Studio Code? Is it an efficient tool for Swift Development?

texts:
Scrolling to the #Linkedin feeds I have come across the term #VSCode. Please, anybody, explain the pure purpose of the tool or it's really trending in development

  Visual Studio Code combines the simplicity of a source code editor with powerful developer tooling, like IntelliSense code completion and debugging.

I have a doubt it's a code once and export to multiple platforms like a tool.


texts: Can 3rd Party Keyboards Access Data from Other Keyboards?

texts:
It's known that granting 3rd party keyboards "Full Access" allows them to record all your keystrokes while using the keyboard. But will the keystrokes you enter into Apple's main keyboard be accessible to a 3rd party keyboard with full access? I would think the answer to be "no, of course not," but I'd like if there was some kind of official documentation to that effect.

This user answer on Apple's website says the answer is no, but they don't provide a source. Is there some way to be relatively certain that this is in fact the case?


texts:
Problem

I am a jailbreaker, having used Unc0ver to jailbreak my phone. But I cant verify the profile. When I do it just untrusts it again. I have trusted it before. Being on Wi-Fi doesn't seem to make a difference, although I did take my phone camping and that's when it first stopped trusting the profile.

Research

I have tried to look at other forums on this website, but they didn't help because they were talking about illegal apps (such as AppValley and PandaHelper).

How might I try resolving this?


texts: Password no longer works on MacBook Air Yosemite 10.10.2 I need to reset the password, without logging in

texts: I do not know why, but my password is no longer working on my MacBook Air v. 10.10.2 Yosemite. I have tried several things including restarting in Recovery Partition, going to terminal and typing "resetpassword." This does pull up the standard screen that allows me to change the password, but then the volume containing the user account never shows up, which means I can't select it to change the password. I have also tried the older method of deleting the /var/db/.applesetupdone file through terminal, but it seems this file doesn't exist for v.10.10.2. I've looked at the Installer Log, and some things I noticed are "keyboard layout identifier -16899 has been replaced with -28673" and other related messages, as well as "Can not connect to /var/run/systemkeychaincheck.socket: No such file or directory", and "Could not read prev-lang:kbd to set keyboard". I don't know if any of these messages are related to the problem.


texts: Key combinations CTRL+SHIFT+D/E/F not working

texts:
I found that the key combinations Ctrl-Shift-D/E/F somtimes are not working

I really do not know what caused this, but a few tests are as follows,

Restart the computer or logging out and back in is the only two ways I know to temporarily solve the problem, but the issue comes back after some period (no idea what triggered this);
The hardware is OK (I think). I used the Keyboard Viewer and can see that only these three combinations have problems. Specifically, I can see that when SHIFT and CTRL are pressed, pressing D,E,or F has no response. Others are fine, for example, CTRL+SHIFT+T works fine;
While on screen saver, the key combinations works fine while I experiment on the passwords I typed.

How can I resolve this?

PS: I recently updated to Mojave, but I recall that the issue happened once before the update. Also the model is MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), and currently I'm not using an external keyboard. (I just tried plugging in another keyboard, still not working.)


texts: When quitting one application, quit additional ones

texts: I'm trying to figure out a way to do the following: when I quit Logic Pro X, I want to also automatically quit other apps that I use with it, as they are no longer needed. Is this possible?


texts: Is there a way to hide some events from an Outlook calendar?

texts: I have an Outlook calendar synced to my iPhone which has a lot of "reminders" that I don't really want to see on my actual calendar.  How can I hide some of these items from my iPhone, without deleting them entirely from Outlook?


texts:
I have a MacBook Pro8,1. For experimental purposes I've installed Windows 7 to USB (it's NOT an installer, a real OS on USB) via WinNTSetup on other PC. When I'm trying to boot from the USB with the command (I've unmounted the disk before):

sudo bless --device /dev/disk3s1 --setBoot --legacy

It doesn't work – it just boots to Windows 10 installed on the internal HDD with legacy method + Hybrid MBR too.

Here's my partition table:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS HDD                     379.8 GB   disk0s2
   3:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                119.9 GB   disk0s3

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

/dev/disk2 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +127.8 GB   disk2
                                 Physical Store disk1s2
   1:                APFS Volume w32u SSD - Data         11.0 GB    disk2s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 24.5 MB    disk2s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                708.8 MB   disk2s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      8.6 GB     disk2s4
   5:                APFS Volume w32u SSD                11.1 GB    disk2s5

/dev/disk3 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *125.1 GB   disk3
   1:               Windows_NTFS                         367.0 MB   disk3s1
   2:               Windows_NTFS                         124.7 GB   disk3s2

Can I actually boot from USB with the MBR bootloader on Mac or not? I've tried any way, including rEFInd, but it results again in booting to Win10 installed on disk0 HDD.

UPD: I've noticed that my USB drive is detected as internal, that's not true. macOS Catalina Patcher's fault, I guess.


texts: Is it possible to see a who has purchased an app in the iTunes Connect financial report?

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Our company requires to book every sale we make in our SAP system against a customer name. So when we publish the apps under our developer license, we will need the information of each customer who bought the app.

Is there a way Apple will give me detailed information?


texts: Creating a bootable Linux distro compatible with Mac OS X

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I have downloaded the appropriate Linux distro (in this case Fedora Xfce Live) and I have partitioned the USB with Disk Utility and attempted copying both the Fedora iso, and a Fedora iso converted to the Mac .img format.

When I booted (holding option key) the USB with Fedora didn't show up in either case in boot manager.

What needs to be done for Mac to consider the USB "bootable" and for it to be visible in "boot manager" when holding option key?


texts: New MacBook Pro won't wake from sleep without restart

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My girlfriend's new MacBook Pro will sometimes seem not to wake up from sleep. No amount of spacebar hits, enters, clicks, etc. seem to awake the computer. She's resorted to hard restarting the computer which is obviously not ideal.

It seems to happen regardless of its state as it goes to sleep (closed lid, idle).

Anyone else hear of this or have any ideas?


texts: Simulate shift-tab with Automator/AppleScript?

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OSX 10.9.1, Late 2013 MBPr

I am trying to make a Automator workflow to connect to another machine on my network. How can I do this with Automator? I have it all set up up to the point where I have to enter and admin's name and password, but I can't find a way to simulate keystrokes that actually works. I found a method that sounded legitimate here, but this did not work for shift-tab (as the field selected on launch is the password, and I need to edit the username and password).

I tried this AppleScript, which is what that post told me to do:

on run {input, parameters}

tell application "System Events"
    keystroke (tab) using {shift down}
end tell

return input
end run

The Automator workflow claims to have finished with no error, but the field selected on launch is still selected. How can I successfully select this field? Thanks!


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I am regularly seeing the top edge of another Chrome browser window in the bottom right of my Macbook Air screen (OS 10.11.6). I can't see enough of the window to view the contents, but it only last about 2 seconds, and then whooshes off the screen. It often happens when I open a new tab or window while using Chrome.

Has anyone else experienced this? I don't have a screen shot because it happens so quickly.