texts: 'localhost' stoped working as an alias for '127.0.0.1' for SSHing into my VirtualBox VM. Why, and how to fix?

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The question explains the problem. For months I've never had any problems along these lines. Then, yesterday morning, I couldn't get into my VM! Took a long time to troubleshoot but here was the solution:

Brendans-Mac-mini:~ Brendan$ ssh -p 3022 user@localhost
ssh: Could not resolve hostname localhost: nodename nor servname provided, or not known
Brendans-Mac-mini:~ Brendan$ ssh -p 3022 user@127.0.0.1
user@127.0.0.1's password:
Last login: Tue Jul  1 22:37:59 2014 from 10.0.2.2

So, why would this have happened, and more importantly, how do I fix it?

I tried dig localhost, which seems to tell me that there's still some kind of connection between localhost and 127.0.0.1:

Brendans-Mac-mini:~ Brendan$ dig localhost

; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> localhost
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 28989
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;localhost.         IN  A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
localhost.      655360  IN  A   127.0.0.1

;; Query time: 7 msec
;; SERVER: 10.0.1.1#53(10.0.1.1)
;; WHEN: Wed Jul  2 09:44:44 2014
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 43


texts: Downgrading from "Java for OS X Lion Update 1"

texts:
I recently ran Software Update and installed "Update 1" for Java for Lion. Unfortunately this broke about the only thing I use Java for - a webcam applet to check conditions at a ski area. The applet hangs Safari until I close the tab and force quit the process, and in Chrome it simply displays the Java Applet loading screen with no progress.

So, the questions:

How can I remove this update?
Where can I get the original version? The only download link I can find now leads to the updated version.


texts: Is there any software to put certain "widgets" on the desktop, such as notes or a clock? I would like to have apps permanently affixed there, rather than being open as separate apps or hovering over other windows.


texts: How can I move videos back into the Camera Roll?

texts:
Every so often I move all the pictures and videos off my phone onto my desktop in order to free space on the phone. I have this app called 1 Second Every Day which uses video clips from my Camera Roll to build longer videos.

I moved all my pictures and videos off of my roll before realizing I'd need them to make this month's video. Is there a way I can restore videos taken with the phone back onto the Camera Roll?

I'm running Windows 10 with iTunes 12.3.12.25.


texts: I tried to delete OXReserved in order to delete Bootcamp using Disk Utility in Mojave, but I can't see OXReserved in Disk Utility. Is it the tiny slice on the pie chart next to the Bootcamp slice? Cuz I do have the option to "minus" Bootcamp, but the tiny slice next to it has "minus" greyed out. Thanks for your help. Larry


texts: Flaky DNS/connection issues when using Wi-Fi in Japan. Fifty-percent of page/images load if lucky

texts:
I'm living in Japan (if that's relevant) and often to go net- manga-cafés (or Starbucks) for my internet fix (too expensive to get it at home, ATM).

After connecting to a Wi-Fi network, however, I'm left with about fifty-percent of web pages loading, but usually the page fails to load completely (can't reach server error). Sometimes I get a 'spike' of access where everything seems to work for 5 minutes or so, then goes back to iffy/nothing.

Back in the USA with the same MBP + OS, I didn't have any issues downloading / loading pages so I'm not sure if it's my computer or OS or not.

I have ssh access to a friend's server in the USA which I often use as a secure proxy (or way-around government firewalls, etc.) when traveling but I can't even access that half of the time.

  (connect to host server.myfriendssite.org port 22: No route to host

I've setup BitTorrent to download large files since the connection is so flaky, but interestingly BitTorrent is the least affected. It seems to download relatively steadily even when I'm constantly getting "connection failed" pages.

Because of this I've assumed it's a DNS issue (BitTorrent isn't DNS affected???). I've tried adding various DNS servers in my network-settings (Google DNS, OpenDNS) but with the same flakey results.

While BT is downloading, I can't even ping google or trace route google, either. Then 10 minutes will go by, and Safari will auto-refresh and loads my tabs that have been sitting on their error page.

Some websites seem to load faster more steadily than others. Reddit (for example) loads relatively quickly and constantly, but occasionally hiccups. Sometimes I only get images, sometimes only the raw HTML (no CSS or images).

My only laptop is a MBP (Retina) so I've only tested with Mac OS X (El Capitan). I'll try to install Windows in BootCamp soon to see if it's something with my OS or hardware, perhaps. At the manga-cafés, the desktop PCs setup in the booths don't have these same loading issues: everything loads normally (as far as I can tell).

Any ideas or tricks or commands I can use to narrow down the causes of these severe hiccups and network blockages? While it'd be great to solve it, I really just want to find out the cause/source of what's going on. It's so strange. Thanks for any tips!

I should also add I've tried all browsers (Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Opera).


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i have a 2009 macbook pro. it has been working fine till now. since the past 2 weeks when i open an application or browse the net it freezes. i see a message saying waiting for cache or waiting for Appcache. this happens almost every 5 minutes.

any ideas on how i can stop this and get my macbook back to normal?

can third party apps like mackeeper resolve this? anyone out there with a similar issue that has used it?


texts: Online backup strategy or software for computer and external drive

texts:
I'm looking for an online backup strategy for my photos but there's something that none of the systems I've looked at addresses...

I keep my most recent photos on my mac and move them off to an external drive from time to time. I can't keep them all on my computer because I don't have enough space.

Most systems I've looked at can backup both the computer and the external drive. But when I move photos to the drive they will be removed from the computer backup and re-uploaded to the drive backup. This is not only a waste of bandwidth in re-uploading but I'll have to leave the drive plugged in until they are done uploading again. There could even be a time when they are not backed up - after they are 'deleted' from the original location and before they are uploaded again from the drive.

Can anyone suggest a system that handles this or a better way for me to manage my photos?

My photos are all in Lightroom, there are about 500gb so far, I guess I'm adding a few gb per week.


texts: Internet dosn't work when connecting hdmi / usb hub

texts:
I have bought a brand new MacBook Pro 15' and when I am connecting my screens, the wifi is still connected but the internet doesn't work.
when I am disconnecting the HDMI, the internet comes back.
I read that this is a known problem, but I didn't get any solution...

What should I do?


texts: Removing Spotlight index for a no-more-existent Time Machine drive

texts:
Suppose that an old full Time Machine drive is attached to a new macOS installation, and configured as the main backup storage (but no backup of the new position already begun). Spotlight started indexing the old drive, as usual.

How would I clear indexing data and related for this disk, if it has been successively erased (ExFAT) with Disk Utility?


texts: How to specify between identical menu command names when making custom shortcuts.

texts:
I commonly set custom keyboard shortcuts in System Prefs.

I tried setting a shortcut (command-shift-a, mirroring command-shift-j to move to junk) for Mail app to move messages to archive, since the default shortcut is rather weird (command-control-a).

But the menubar command is "Message / Archive", so what I enter in "System Preferences / Keyboard / Shortcuts / App Shortcuts" becomes simply "Archive". Thus it's getting confused with "Mailbox / Go to Favorite Mailbox / Archive".

Is there a way to specify which is which, to avoid the naming collision?


texts: Which apps offer picture in picture on the iPad with iOS 9?

texts:
I want to try watching a movie while using other apps.

Do you know which movie apps will let me do that?

The only one I know of us Instapaper, which does PiP for YouTube and Vimeo videos.


texts: block list across devices using different appleid

texts: I understand if I block someone on one device, the person will also blocked on my other devices. I always believed this is done through iCloud, but something weird happened. I use different apple id on my iDevices and my computers, so they do sync contacts using different apple ids. What I found was block and unblock anyone on my phone get reflected on my macs and vise versa. I'm so puzzled. How does the block list get synced? I suppose it's still via iCloud, but how do they sync between two different apple id? Anyone knows how this work?


texts: Trying to make an Attachment reminder using a RegEx, but the filter doesn't work

texts:
So basically, in Mail, I'm trying to set it up so that if the word "attach", or "attachment" with any casing is detected and there isn't an attachment on the e-mail, it prompts me to add an attachment to the e-mail. I have Mail Act-On as a plugin to help me add more filters onto my Mail as it comes in and out.

I've made a RegEx in the javascript form for it to find out whenever I type the word in. I've tested it in a website and it comes back as true for the cases of words I've put in, but in Mail.app it doesn't work.

Does anyone have any ideas?


texts: "Operation not permitted" for root when trying to ls or chmod -R /Users/user/Desktop

texts:
"user" can't do it either. Permission of Desktop/ is set to 700 and owned by "user". Here's the sderr output for ls -R command in the home directory:

  ls: Desktop: Operation not permitted
  ls: AddressBook: Operation not permitted
  ls: CallHistoryDB: Operation not permitted ls:
  CallHistoryTransactions: Operation not permitted
  ls: com.apple.TCC:
  Operation not permitted
  ls: com.apple.sharedfilelist: Operation not
  permitted
  ls: CloudKit: Operation not permitted ls:
  com.apple.ap.adprivacyd: Operation not permitted
  ls: Calendars:
  Operation not permitted
  ls:
  com.apple.CloudDocs.MobileDocumentsFileProvider: Operation not
  permitted
  ls: com.apple.Home: Operation not permitted
  ls:
  com.apple.Safari: Operation not permitted
  ls: com.apple.news:
  Operation not permitted
  ls: Cookies: Operation not permitted
  ls:
  HomeKit: Operation not permitted
  ls: IdentityServices: Operation not
  permitted ls: Mail: Operation not permitted
  ls: Messages: Operation
  not permitted
  ls: CoreSpotlight: Operation not permitted
  ls:
  PersonalizationPortrait: Operation not permitted
  ls: Safari: Operation
  not permitted
  ls: Sharing: Operation not permitted
  ls: Suggestions:
  Operation not permitted


texts: How to use your iPad as an input pen tablet paired with an iMac?

texts: I currently own an iPad pro with an Apple Pencil, and I must say that Apple Pencil's accuracy is one of the best in the market. I am an illustartor and I don't have any WACOM tablets right now, so can I use my iPad as the input tablet and use it just like any other digital pen table and make illustrations in Adobe illustrator?


texts: Should I move my home folder to my HDD to reduce writing to the SSD?

texts:
I recently added an external SSD to my 2012 Mac mini, connected with a USB 3.0 cable.
I also have a 500 GB HDD and everything works fine.

I am just wondering if it's recommend to move the home folder to the HDD to reduce the writing to the SSD.

One more thing, since the addition of the SSD, I'm avoiding entering sleep mode (again, to prevent pointless writing to the SSD) and I'm turning the computer off instead.
Is there a solution for this?


texts: How to get the system language or the language that was selected when Mac OS X was installed

texts: I know the common sudo languagesetup to set the system language. Does someone know how to get the system language or the language that was selected when Mac OS X was installed?


texts: What is the meaning of 'no acceptable variant' ERROR message?

texts:
I have a Mac mini Server with Mac OS X Server 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard), where I run a WebDAV Server for syncing my OmniFocus (Mac <> iPad). But I don't use the Web-Server itself (only WebDAV).

When I do a sync in OmniFocus from my iPad, I can see the following ERROR message in the apache2 error_log file:

[..14] [error] [client IP] no acceptable variant: /usr/share/httpd/error/HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED.html.var

OmniFocus has no problem and sync just works fine (debug logfiles show clearly that WebDAV works as intended and the client has the needed User permissions & rights).
Only the Web-Server is making trouble.

I suppose that an ERROR message in my WebServer logfile means that something is not configured as it should be?!

I understand that it has something to do with 'Multi Language Custom Error Documents' which is on by Default and is dependant on several Apache Modules. But even after reading several Readme files and studying online Tutorials it is far beyond my understanding of how this works together.

My Mac mini Server is still not in productive mode and turned off most the time. I only turn it on to resolve this last remaining ERROR message.

What I tried so far:

• extensive Google search / even on SE sites
• read all possible (available) Apple Server manuals
• started reading the Apache Server manuals
• I spent several nights trying to fix the problem (fiddling with .conf files)
• I did reset to default settings for the Apache Server
• I talked with some hackers about 'Apache Modules' at the 30C3 Congress in Hamburg
• Installed a 2nd Mac OS X Server on another Volume to recover default conf files/values

• Could someone please explain me the meaning of 'no acceptable variant' ?

• Why does this ERROR matter? What do I need to understand to fix this ERROR?


texts: Using two 30" LCD screens with a MacBook Pro

texts: How can I use two 30" LCD screens with my 2011 MacBook Pro?


texts: Mac OS S Snow Leopard Single User - can it be used on more than one machine?

texts: Does this only apply to the family software? I purchased a single user copy of OSX Snow Leopard so that I could upgrade to lion. Once I have upgraded my memory, I will download lion.  could I then sell my copy of Snow Leopard? can someone else use it once it is off of my home Mac? what if I sell the disc now? can someone else use it?


texts:
Is there any way to shut down Apple TV (new, 2G, second generation) by remote controler?
I can do it by holding middle button on remote controller but only if the TV set is on. If I just listen to the internet radio without TV set on, I cannot do this.


texts: What are the differences between Dreamweaver_14_LS20.dmg and Dreamweaver_13_LS20.dmg?

texts:
I find that there are two versions of Dreamweaver CC for Mac OSX, one is Dreamweaver_14_LS20 and another is Dreamweaver_13_LS20. Can anyone tell me what is the exactly differences between these two versions.

By the way, where can I download the full installer of Adobe Software on the official web site? I only find the CreativeCloudInstall which will download the others later.


texts:
So after multiple startup problems with my Macbook Air i managed to get it to boot once upgraded the OS to Catalina hoping that it would solve previous startup problems.

Also ran First Aid from Disk Utilities but it still will not boot normally.

I can access Safe Boot but cannot access Recovery or MacOS Utilities ..

I have checked the RAM in System and they both have OK Status so i believe this to be some other hardware or driver issue.

My question is if i cannot access MacOS Utilities or Recovery mode how can i format and reinstall OS to rule out software issues ?


texts: How Do I Know if my MacBook Pro is Using WPS?

texts: I have learned that WPS is not secure. There is a WPS button on my XFinity modem; but how do I know if it's enabled so I can know if I need to adjust my router settings (or perhaps decline to use an insecure network that I cannot control)?


texts:
I was using Aitplayit on my iPhone and iPad and it worked perfectly.  After updating to iOS 7, it no longer works properly. After visiting their website over some time, it definitely appears its no longer supported.

I looked for replacements, and I tried a few, but none seemed to work as well as Airplayit did.

Any suggestions for a replacement?

PS I use a PC for the server


texts: Double-clicking on a song in Finder launches Music.app but doesn't play it

texts:
Back in the day of iTunes, when double-clicking on a song in Finder it oppened iTunes and started playing it.
Now, using Music, the same action only open Music and copies the song into it. Then I have to it play from the app (and search for that new song I just added).
How can I get back the open & play feature ? I checked in Music's preferences and searched same issue on the web but nothing came up.
I'm using a 2017 Macbook Pro on Big Sur 11.3.1 and Music 1.1.4.110


texts:
So I upgraded to iOS 7 this morning. I checked Control Center a bit later and saw an AirPlay icon going to "iPhone Speaker". I have no idea why (we don't have any air play devices, let alone with that name), I don't know how it got selected, and I'm no longer seeing it. So… is that normal?

I noticed it again while playing a voicemail. It seems to directly control if the speakerphone is on or if it goes through the earpiece (not surprising really). But, can anyone explain what this has to do with AirPlay?


texts: How do you turn on a iphone 4 when your power button doesn't work and your phone wont charge?

texts: This is the second time my phone turns off on full battery and I cant turn it back on last time i waited two days i guess it drained the battery and all but this time my phone was on 30 % I've called apple and they've only sent me to the apple store I NEED my phone. I tried plugging it into the base and pressing the home button and then connecting it to a computer but my phone wont show up as a device and its quite frustrating. can some body please please help me!?


texts: Opening specific URL in a not-default browser no matter from where it's called from (without using Choosy app)

texts:
I need a certain URL to be always opened in a browser that's not systems default browser. Problem is, that this should happen even if the URL is called automatically from within a hardcoded 3rd party app.

Answer Force URL link to open with a specific browser on one hand is focussing on .webloc and .url files or is using "Open with …" menu item. On the other hand it is mentioning  Choosy App; same does this answer: Open specific links in specific browsers.

How can this be accomplished with on-board resources like a script?


texts: Can Pages 5 (a.k.a. Pages '13) import Pages '08 documents?

texts: I have quite a few documents created using Pages '08, both in document and page layout mode. I see a fair amount of information about importing from Pages '09 into Pages 5 (the most recent version as of this writing), but haven't found any mention about Pages '08. So can it import from this version? If so, are there any additional caveats I should be aware of?


texts: How can I lookup the IP address of a Bonjour host?

texts:
Normally, if I want to point to a Bonjour-capable host on my local network, I can use its local network hostname, hostname.local, as in:

$ ssh pi@raspberrypi.local

Unfortunately, this doesn't work for all programs. I get DNS lookup errors when I try this notation in Cyberduck, for example.

So I tried the usual ways of looking up hostnames so I could just type in its IP address. First try, thanks to muscle memory was whois:

$ whois raspberrypi.local
% IANA WHOIS server
% for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org
% This query returned 0 objects.
%
% You queried for raspberrypi.local but this server does not have
% any data for raspberrypi.local.

Duh. Of course this of course didn't work because the Internet has no idea who my local machine is. I tried some more:

$ nslookup raspberrypi.local
Server:     1.1.1.1
Address:    1.1.1.1#53

** server can't find raspberrypi.local: NXDOMAIN
host -a raspberrypi.local
Trying "raspberrypi.local"
Host raspberrypi.local not found: 4(NOTIMP)

Oops. That's also asking the Internet. How about…

$ host -t NS raspberrypi.local
Host raspberrypi.local not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

Still no luck. Help me out folks, how can I lookup the IP address of another machine on my local network if all I know is its Bonjour hostname?

Update: Apparently, Cyberduck gives the misleading DNS lookup error if you accidentally type the username into the Server field, as in pi@raspberrypi.local instead of raspberrypi.local. ♂ It's still a valid question, but not a great premise.


texts: Raid 0 - Why am I constantly losing data?

texts:
I have a Mediasonic 4 bay drive enclosure like this with four 3TB Toshiba HDD's attached to my hackintosh machine.

The drives are in a RAID 0 configuration setup with Disk Utility. I've had this setup now for several months and it seems to be very unreliable in terms of actual data loss.

I'm constantly reading and writing large files and often they just disappear from the folders they are in. Other times the drive will become totally unresponsive and I will have to use Drive Genius to repair it.

Usually when I un-mount/re-mount the drive, the lost+found folder will appear with some data that was lost. I'm hoping some of you might have suggestions for me as to possible causes and solutions?


texts: How to subscript/superscript single character in Text Edit?

texts:
I would like to know how to subscript/superscript "single" character in Text Edit.
I have followed this question: Entering superscript text (exponents) in TextEdit?, which is format-font-baseline-Subscript
but it subscripts/superscripts single line, even if I highlight single character. I tried to use different fonts, but it seems like I cannot select single character and then subscript/superscript it. Thank you for every answer.


texts:
In a shell script, I need to determine the device for a file, subsequent use with diskutil, eg...

# ??? Assign device to FileDevice, based on full path.
diskutil info $FileDevice


texts: Changing the icon on the "window bar" Mac OS X

texts:
I was wondering how I could change the icon in the "window bar" of my Mac app
I've also added a picture of the icon I want to change since i believe window bar isn't the correct term.

Thank you in advance! :)


texts: Remove seconds of silence at end of GarageBand exports

texts:
Whenever I export a song to disk from GarageBand, it automatically adds a few seconds of silence to the end.

I don't want that silence, as the files I'm exporting are sound effect mixes to be played manually one at a time. I know that I can go into Audacity and manually remove all of the silence at the end, but I'd rather avoid spending that much time cleaning up after GarageBand.

Is there a way to tell GarageBand not to add silence to the end of tracks it exports?


texts: 'Latin (Helvetica)' Format in Word 2016 (High Sierra)

texts:
Word 2016 for Mac is styling text as 'Normal + (Latin) Helvetica' when I paste it into a new document. I cannot remove the '(Latin) Helvetica' style by reapplying 'Normal' or directly formatting the text. How can I remove all instances of '(Latin) Helvetica' and substitute 'Normal'?
Below: 'Normal + (Latin) Helvetica' on the left; 'Normal' on the right.


texts: Hotkey to switch button in confirmation window

texts: Is there a hotkey to choose another button than the highlighted in a confirmation window, like:


texts:
I connected Apple's magic keyboard to an iPhone 7 and started to experiment if I can take it with me on a journey.

I soon realized that it does not have any special characters to my language. I started to search for a button that alters the letters to get those special chars (alt + letters; cmd + letters). After a while I discovered some strange behaviors of this keyboard:

I can not type capital T with left Shift.
Backspace works as delete button (removes text from right side of cursor).
Right and left arrows works as HOME and END buttons.

Also I noticed that arrow keys and backspace works if I reconnect with device. Whenever I hit left SHIFT + T the phone opens dropdown menu to select onscreen keybord type (Emoji and two other options). After this again arrows and backspace does not work.

My guess is that I accidentally activated some mode to get a Latvian layout and now need to reverse that. Any way to fix this?

Keyboard model: A1314

Also I found a whole thread where people have exactly the same problem, but no solutions for years: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3357507


texts:
There are a number of ways I use my Dropbox with OS X apps, or iOS devices.

Some of them include:

Recipe tracking: I keep a 'recipes' folder inside Together's dropbox-synced-library, so from my Mac I can drag recipe web pages to the folder keeping them as PDF's, and view them on my iPad while I cook. It also works with text-recipes I've created inside Together.
iCal sync: I have The Hit List synced with iCal and keep its library to Dropbox, so iCal's library is being synced to all computers, along with all other apps relying on it (Alarms app)
PDF to iBooks: The easiest way to send a PDF to your iBooks..

I can't wait to read about yours clever/unique/nifty ways you're using Dropbox on your Mac / iOS devices.

Rules

One answer per post
Please search before answering. Duplicate answers will be deleted.
Please keep the answers relative to OSX/iOS. No general Dropbox uses!
It would be nice if you provide a bold title to your answer. That way it would be easier to parse/search them.


texts: How do I keep my session when I reboot in OS X?

texts:
When I reboot my machine, I'd like it to reopen all my programs and windows, and put them back in the same place, after restarting. how do I do this?

(I'm on 10.6, and use spaces)


texts: What exactly do I get when I purchase an older version of Mac OS X?

texts:
I recently acquired an older iMac 5,1 with 3 GB RAM, currently running Mac OS X 10.6.8, and from what I can gather online it is able to run "Mac OS X 10.7.5 Lion". I found that it is available for purchase on Apple's website for $20, but I do not consider $20 worth fixing up this old machine.

However, if this purchase was tied to my Apple ID or something and worked on multiple machines, that would be nice since it would mean I could fix up any other vintage Mac computers with this version of Mac OS X by signing into my Apple ID?

So, if I purchased an old version of Mac OS X, such as 10.7.5 Lion, what do I get exactly? An upgrade for just one machine? A license tied to my Apple ID? An ISO file for installing Lion? Do they ship a physical disc? Also, am I able to do a clean install or is it just for upgrading?


texts: iTunes doesn't open and give a blank message

texts:
I've been having troubles with iTunes :
it was working yesterday morning, and after I restarted my computer it will no longer run, it just gives me an empty message box

and if I leave it for a moment an error appears:

The problem occurred when I was on a old version of OSX, so I updated to Sierra and to the newest version of iTunes as well, didn't change a thing.
What I have tried :

restart computer
Install Sierra with iTunes 12.5.4
Try to remove iTunes, I just have a message : iTunes can't be modified or deleted since Mac OS requires it
Try and download iTunes from the Apple website : the available one was 12.4.3, so when I try to install it tells me a newer version is already installed and stops.

Any ideas ?

Thanks in advance.


texts: How to dump the content of keychain from the shell?

texts:
I'm testing the following command-line in the Terminal:

sudo security dump-keychain -d login.keychain

which I'd like to use to save all my passwords into a file.

However when I run it, it keep asking me for each item if I want to allow the access, despite I'm selecting 'Always Allow'.

Is there any workaround?


texts: iPhone keeps losing signal right after picking up a call

texts:
We have an old iPhone 5 at work that is used as a general incoming-calls phone. It’s used for very little other than just making and receiving calls.

In general, its reception has always been good and stable, with no unexpected problems.

Lately, however, an issue has started repeating with annoying frequency: when we receive a call and pick up the phone, the conversation goes smoothly for about 20–30 seconds or so, then you hear three short, rapid bleeps (‘doot-doot-doot’), and the connection is dropped. A few seconds later, the signal strength indicator at the top of the screen says “No signal” for about 10–20 seconds. Then full signal comes back and you can continue to make calls as usual.

I haven’t experienced this issue when calling out—only when receiving calls. When calls are not being made, signal strength also seems to be normal (at least I haven’t noticed it cutting out at other times).

The actual signal strength is excellent, so it’s not because of dodgy coverage. We have about ten other phones, both iPhones and Androids, that manage just fine, and this is a recent issue with this one phone as well. Wifi signal/connection is not lost.

I’ve tried Googling for a solution to this issue, but all I’m able to find are countless reports of either people who can’t receive calls at all on their phones (which we can), or people whose phones just generally have bad reception/signal (which ours doesn’t).

I’ve tried toggling basically all the reception/signal/connection-related settings I could find, and the phone has been restarted and switched off/on several times, with no effect.

Is this a known issue that my weak Google-fu is just unable to unearth? And more importantly, is there a solution for it?


texts: Some contact names missing from Messages, but initials still visible?

texts:
This is recent (popped up in the last week), and I don't think it came up with any updates; most recent thing I can think of is watchOS 4.2. I'm on the iPhone 7, with iOS 11.2.

Only in my Messages app, some contact names are still visible, but most contact names have been replaced with their phone numbers. The contact "picture" on the side still has their initials though.

Any ideas on how to fix this?


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First of all: No I didn't get the phone off of someone else and no I can't get the password by going to iforgot.apple.com (because the email address used for the account has been deleted, so emailing doesn't work)

The iPhone is currently in the state where it acts like you just got it (because I tried to reset the phone by typing the wrong passcode 10 times), but after going through a few steps it will ask for the iCloud username and password. I don't care about any of the data on it, I just need to delete everything off it, so I can actually do something with it.


texts: Does the time capsule router log web history? How?


texts: What is the opposite of “Allow” for undoing a terminal command

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I'm looking to undo a command that I have executed through ARD to allow access to non admin users to make changes to NETWork PREF. As I now need to remove the access it seems that I'm not able to find the right "word" to execute the command.

/usr/bin/security authorizationdb write system.services.systemconfiguration.network allow

All I need to know, is what the oppsite of "allow" is as "deny" doesn't seem to work. Any help on this would be much appreciated. Thanks


texts: Do not require password for a specific app

texts: I have an app which requires me to enter my password every time I launch it. Can I somehow make this app access root account so that it runs automatically without having me enter the password? This dialog pops up every time:


texts: How can I encrypt or prevent access to a user's files to another user in the system?

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I need to take my macbook pro (MBP 15 mid 2015) to a mac repair shop for a screen replacement.

I don't want to leave my files exposed to another user in the system. I plan to create a second admin account so they can check whatever they need.

Is there any way to prevent access to all my files? Let's say everything under my home folder.

Last time I checked, the macos feature called "File Vault" didn't fit the use case since a second admin account would have access to the files.

It doesn't need to be efficient, I'll just encrypt this before leaving it at the repair shop and later remove it.

I want to avoid doing a full back, clean everything and then restore the backup, but I'm open to ideas.


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Today I looked at the interfaces on my Mac and so I saw the adapter "utun0" on the Mac, this is just for VPN Connections or "Back to my Mac" thought. I have never VPN enabled and "Back to my Mac" is not enabled. Is the adapter creates by default or what program creates it?
Something is afraid of malware / adware / viruses, etc.

I use Sierra.
It's a FE80 also a local address ... I mainly installed Firefox and Photoshop

Best regards


texts: I deleted my Downloads folder, why can't I remove the items pinned to my sidebar?

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I moved my download folder on to an external hard drive and then deleted the folder on my Mac.

I clearly had folders I had pinned to the side bar with a root folder in the download folder I deleted.

As a result, when I click on one of those items in the sidebar, it does not respond.

All I am able to do is ctrl click which gives me the option to open sidebar preferences.

How can I unpin these from my sidebar?


texts: Upgrading Leopard Server from 10-client to Unlimited

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I need the lowest-impact way to allow more than 10 AFP sessions on my OS X Server running 10.5.8. If I buy a boxed retail copy of 10.5.4 Server Unlimited, will I just have to enter the new license key in Server Settings? Is it OK if the version numbers don't match up exactly on this type of upgrade?

The specific product I'm looking at is here on Amazon. Apple product ID MB605Z/A.


texts: What is safe to delete in order for system to work properly?

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I'm looking for anything that can be deleted and that don't required by system to work properly.
So far I'm delete DVD Player.app, Chess.app, Photo Booth.app, Stickies.app, Dashboard, Launchpad.app and Mission Control.app (still works after reboot with gestures!)

In terminal.app:
sudo rm -rf DVD\ Player.app

What else ?

If you want to free up some disk space: How can I free up some disk space?


texts: Why is my screen bowing out on my iPhone 5?

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Why is my screen popping out of my iPhone 5? And how can I fix it?

Update: I fixed it! Here is what the old battery looked like:


texts: Block all unknown numbers not in my Contacts from calling and messaging on my iPhone

texts: I know I can block a number from messaging/calling me, but I can only do this after the event. Is there a way I can stop unknown numbers from messaging/calling before the event, i.e. for numbers that aren't in my Contacts list? My iPhone is running iOS 11.2.6.


texts: How to Uninstall non-drag-and-drop Program?

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I dragged a software (Abbyy Finereader 8 - old version) to external disc and noticed that it does not work there.
I dragged it back and noticed it does not work there because of some internal problems, probably in registers.

I removed the drag-and-drop Abbyy Finereader 8 and installed it again.
The same problem persists.

How can you clean the registers and other materials related to the installation?
I want to install the app then afterwards again.
The installation package does not have any app to fix the application.


texts: Durability of plastic screen on latest Retina Macbook Pro?

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I am in need of a new MBP. I do development (Ruby/Rails) on my mid 2009 13" MBP running Mavericks, and I find it is getting old enough that I'm getting some lag when I'm running DB and web server, Rubymine, browsers, etc. all at once. I would buy the latest 13" MBP today, as I don't need more than the 8GB/256GB setup. My issue is the screen itself. I LOVE the glossy screens, but I went to the Apple Store and touched the screen on a new RMBP. The LCD distorted as it flexed. Apparently these are plastic screens? A while back I was looking at a friend's MacBook Air. I didn't realize the screens were plastic, no glass like my older MBP. I get why they are using plastic, but it seemed like he had to use a screen protector on his MBA because oil from the tips of his fingers would collect on the keys, and the keys would touch the screen when it was closed. This happened on my old Pismo Powerbook and my 12" PowerBook. The oil actually attacks the plastic and mars it permanently.

My question is for current MBP owners, Have you experienced any transfer of dirt and oil from the keys to the screen? I noticed at the store that the screen is inset from the gasket around the edge, so it seems like it SHOULDN'T touch. But being plastic it is much more likely to flex. Also has anyone seen scratches even when cleaning carefully with microfiber and an approved cleaning liquid?

I would buy the Non-Retina 13" MBP in a heartbeat, and just replace the optical and HDD with a couple SSDs, if it was running the Haswell processor that the RBMP has. I don't care so much about the resolution, but more about the processor already being "previous gen". Can't seem to find any signs if they plan on updating the Non-retina models with the latest processors.

Thoughts and experiences?


texts: OSX Mavericks: AppStore wring out my credit card number, but I haven't got any

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My problem is that I can't even update my system or download a free app from AppStore, because it demand my payment information. There isn't any None payment info statement, so looks like it's obligatory.

Question: How can I skip entering that info?


texts: I cannot lock my MacBook Pro with Shift + Alt + Eject shortcut

texts: I have Apple keyboard (with numerical pad) connected to my MCP, but I can't lock my screen with ctrl+shift+Eject. Is there other way to fastly lock screen or some way to fix that?


texts: pfctl to add rules at runtime WITHOUT editing /etc/pf.conf?

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I have an app that (while it is running and only while it is running) needs to make changes to the packet filter (pf) so that it blocks or allows certain traffic. These rules should be in addition to the user's own rules in /etc/pf.conf - but i do not want to directly edit /etc/pf.conf as this is extremely intrusive.

I can do this trivially in linux using iptables and even in windows using wfp without altering any on-disk files, can i accomplish the same thing in osx with pf ?

Solution only has to work in yosemite (10.10) and above


texts: Option + E accent not working on Google Chrome - Macbook pro

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A few days ago my Macbook stopped displaying the ´ character when I use Option + e.
The same happens if I try to use the ´ in the keyboard viewer.
Option u and option n work to make umlaut and tilde as expected.
Catalina 10.15.4, input sources US and US International PC.
Everything else is working as usual. I tried the options suggested in this question
Option + E not working but nothing changed.
Anyone have any ideas what may be happening? I haven't installed anything new either.
Edit: This seems to only be happening in Google Chrome


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I have a Leopard system which feels rather sluggish, and which I suspect may be disk-I/O-bound. While I know how to check which app is using CPU or memory (top or Activity Monitor), I don’t really know how to check which application is heavy on disk-I/O, or if (and how much) swapping occurs on my live system.

So, is there any application out there that would monitor and report disk I/O operations for me (in whatever unit is relevant)? Same for swapping: how can I check if (and to what extent) my swap memory is used?

This is related to “Give a new life to my 2007 MacBook Pro”


texts: how to change "§" (section symbol) key to write "`" (back quote)

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I'm using back quote many times but never use the '§' symbol.

I'd like to change the key to always write back quote instead. does anyone know how can I change it programtically?


texts: How to debug MacOS/iOS calendars discovery process

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I'm putting together a Caldav server and both iOS 14 and MacOS Catalina seem to be ignoring the XML responses and then both continuing to try different URLs until giving up.
I've posted details here:
stack overflow question
How can I figure out what is going on?


texts: Specific Wifi network connection history in OSX

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Is there a way to see the history of connections to a specific wifi network in the last couple of months.

The idea is to focus on one particular SSID and on which days my laptop connected to that network over a period of time.

Is this logged or available for review after the fact?


texts: Is it possible to have a Mac drive a display as a mirror image (and not simply rotated)

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I need to flip the screen of Mac X 10.4 either vertically or horizontally. I should emphasis that I do not want to rotate 180 degree I want to have mirrored output. Is there any way of driving a Mac's display as a mirror image (and not simply rotated)?

Several answers have jumped on rotation, so please don't confuse rotation with actual flipping. A mirror image (either vertical or horizontal) distorts text in a similar manner to taking a sheet of nearly transparent paper and literally flipping it so you see the words from behind the paper.

Here is an illustration of rotation (not what this question seeks)
: rotate display 90, 180 or 270 degrees.

What I seek is horizontal display flip.


texts: Why do some websites have weird scrolling mechanics?

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I'm not sure if this issue is specific to macs, but I'm guessing it is because mac has its own special scrolling features.

Almost every website and app on a mac has a specific feel to its scrolling. You get familiar with it after a while, and your fingers adjust to it so that you feel comfortable scrolling through webpages, apps, etc.

But then once in a while, I come across a website where the scrolling feels totally different. It starts slow, and then suddenly accelerates mid-scroll and doesn't slow down at the rate I'd expect. It's hard to describe what's so jarring about it, but it's really annoying given that any mac user has probably adjusted to the typical mac scrolling mechanics.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about.

Is there a way to disable this, or are we at the mercy of the website designer?

EDIT: Better (or worse) example


texts: If i close my Macbook Pro laptop whilst it's connected to an external monitor of lesser resolution, will I have more CPU processing power as it's pushing fewer pixels?


texts: Using Carbon Copy Cloner 4 to create encrypted bootable HFS+ clones from APFS source

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Background

According to the Carbon Copy Cloner documentation CCC4 cannot clone the Recovery HD from an APFS source to an HFS+ target:

  Note: CCC v4 requires an HFS+ formatted source for creating Recovery HD volumes on HFS+ formatted destination volumes. If your source volume is formatted APFS, CCC v4 will not be able to create (or update) a recovery volume on the destination. CCC v5 adds support for APFS recovery volumes.

According to other CCC documentation, spinning platter target disks should be formatted as HFS+:

  Starting in macOS High Sierra, both APFS and Mac OS Extended (Journaled) are acceptable formats for a backup of macOS 10.13. Mirroring Apple's recommendations, we recommend that you choose APFS if your destination device is a Flash storage-based device (e.g. an SSD) and will be used to back up 10.13 or higher. Choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) if your destination device is a spinning-platter-based device (i.e. a hard disk drive, or HDD), or if you are backing up an operating system older than 10.13.

Anyone who's upgraded to High Sierra with an SSD internal disk knows that your startup disk was automatically updated from HFS+ to AFPS as part of that upgrade.

A Recovery HD on an external clone might not seem like that big of a deal: you could use a bootable USB thumb drive, or maybe Internet Recovery, if needed. However, FileVault requires a Recovery HD in order to encrypt the volume, according to Apple's support documentation:

  Without a Recovery System, FileVault won't encrypt your startup drive.
  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204837

  You don't need a recovery system to install and use macOS, but without it you can't use FileVault, set up a firmware password, or use Disk Utility to repair the disk.
  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201316

The Question

Given all of this, how can I create a bootable, encrypted clone of my APFS High Sierra source drive using Carbon Copy Cloner 4 (CCC4) and using external HFS+ disks?


texts: What color wallpaper makes page control dots on iPhone invisible?

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What color wallpaper do I need to use to make the page control dots invisible?

I know, you can't really hide them, as in remove from the screen (without iOS jailbreaking) but you can make them almost invisible if you select the right color of the wallpaper.

I have tried using two different wallpapers, while one makes them almost invisible the other does not, but the dots are over the same color on both wallpapers.


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I have a Windows 7 computer that I am trying to print to from a Mac. I have added my printer using a smb:// protocol and it works and says Idle, however when I try to print I get the following:

Status: On Hold (Authentication required)

Job Message: Session setup failed: NT_STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER

I have tried as a guest user and logging in to an account on the computer. It is shared and I can print fine over the network using another Windows computer. The printer will not show up under Windows printers in the add printers dialog (from System Preferences -> Printers). I have also tried as an LPD (yes I did enable it on the Windows side) and that didn't work either.


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I have a strange situation, where I see multiple versions of a single contact. When I search for a name I see

current version (from iCloud)
old version (don't know from where)
an even older version (don't know from where)

When I try to open the new one, contacts.app start and I see the correct contact. When I try the old one, the app starts but no contact is shown.

I tried clearing spotlight data (block my drive and then unblock it). The contacts first were absent, but soon they reappeared. I guess somewhere on my drive there is a data file which stores the old contacts, but the contacts.app can't access it.

How can I find this file and remove it? It especially annoying in photos which (as it turns out) allow me to tag a photos with three faces and when I search for a name also all three show in the list.


texts: Apple Numbers SUMIF with multiple conditions

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I recently switched to Numbers from Mac Excel and a formula is not working. I am taking the sum of a range of cells where a SUMIF condition is met. The formula worked in Mac Excel but Apple Numbers returns an error "The formula contains a number outside the valid range." It's obvious that SUMIF condition syntax is not valid in Numbers, but I cannot find any documentation or example to correctly format it. I have looked at SUMIFS with the same result.
For example, this works in Numbers
SUM(SUMIF(A2:A114,{"Blue"},F2:F114))

but this does not
SUM(SUMIF(A2:A114,{"Blue","Green","Black"},F2:F114))

Please use a working formula example in your answer. Thanks.


texts: How can I force iPhone to resync contacts from server?

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I sync email, contacts and calendar to my company's Exchange server. This morning all of my contacts are gone from my iPhone (iPhone 4, iOS 4.2.1). Facts that further explain:

My contacts were good last night
I haven't synched to my computer, updated any apps or changed any settings since then
I'm getting email and my calendar entries are all good.
I see all my contacts when I log into the web mail interface to the Exchange server

Is there a way to tell the iPhone to wise up and realize that it has screwed up its contacts?


texts: Is there a keyboard shortcut in Xcode to go to the previously viewed tab like ctrl+tab in IntelliJ? This would allow you to toggle between two tabs.


texts: iPod in recovery mode, how do I make it stop?

texts: Why is my iPod Nano 6th generation playing in recovery mode? How do I take it off of recovery mode?


texts: iOS App Store Connect Sales and Trends show "Desktop" users

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We recently noticed, through our App Store Connect Sales and Trends page, that our iOS app has some confusing statistics. Our app shows that we have Desktop devices in our metrics.

Although iOS apps can now be made to run on macOS, we have explicitly declined/disabled that feature (at least we think we did...) for now both in the Xcode build and in the App Store Connect availability.

The phrasing is a little confusing to me. The checkbox mentions Silicon/M1 devices explicitly, but I thought Desktop compatibility applied to (potentially) any macOS device on Big Sur. Either way, it's unchecked!
Further, none of the App Store Connect analytics seem to show that we have Desktop device entries for our users/units. Only the "Sales and Trends" page shows any Desktop data.
This is befuddling. How could a Desktop analytic event have gotten in there? I'm willing to accept it's some weird fluke, but also want to make sure we're not missing something and a certain subset of macOS users are somehow able to run our iOS app.


texts: Change Local Admin passwords across the network

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Is there a way to change admin passwords for all my Macs connected to my network.

I know the local admin password for all PC's in my network and I need to just to change password for Username: admin

What I have to do is physically go to each Mac, login and change the password manually.  Remote Login is disabled.

How can I do it faster?


texts: localhost refused to connect after running Django server

texts:
I have looked at the questions similar to this and found none that matches. I was running PCcharm and Python and had to start the Django server. The first time I ran it worked fine but when I edited some of the files to change the website that Django created, I can no longer get to localhost to see the website that I created.
I have tried rebooting, rebooted router and lastly under network preferences and proxies, I added in the localhost address, 127.0.0.1
Anyone, please help as I cannot continue with my Python class without localhost as that's where the wesite I am creating is displayed!


texts: Disable specific IAP for iPad devices only

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I have submitted an app to the appstore which contains an In-App Purchase for removing ads. However when running on iPad ads are not served due to being in compatibility mode (the app is targeted for iPhone devices only).
So my app got rejected saying "Apps that do not perform as advertised by the developer will be rejected" (Regarding the "Remove Ads" iap)

My question is can I disable this iap (i.e. remove the option from the app's user interface) when running on iPad only? (while on iPhone devices ads will be served and the purchase option will be available)

(I also sent a question to the Apple support team but was hoping someone here already dealt with it and might reply faster)


texts: Can I format the internal HDD in my iMac if using an external drive for the OS?

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I have an iMac Mid 2014, I am looking to use an SSD as an external bootable drive as per this video.
This will result in the old internal drive showing up in finder with the old OS files and therefore is it possible to format this so I can use it for backup storage? Is there any advantage to keeping this internal drive as is with the OS files that are not used on there? would they be required for recovery in future?


texts: How can I set the screen refresh rate for a CRT VGA monitor in Leopard?

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I need to operate a CRT monitor in 100 Hz (1280 x 1024) on a Leopard Machine.
The same monitor was working fine on a Tiger machine in the mentioned range but I switched to Leopard and it does not show the 100 Hz option in the list any more (but I am sure the monitor can support it).
Is there a way to manually modify the list?


texts: Can't change install location for package (.pkg) file in Installer

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I'm looking for a way to change the folder location that a .pkg installs to. When I run .pkg and Installer opens, it only gives me the option to install on my main disk.
How do I change this so I can specify where on my disk for the .pkg to install? Is there a 3rd party installer that would allow me to do this? Or would this require me to convert .pkg and edit the scripts? I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing, and I wouldn't call myself an advanced user, but more of an above average user...
What I'm trying to do is move all my applications to ~/Applications rather than the default /Applications, but one of the apps I'm trying to move and reinstall is in a .pkg and I'm not sure how to run the .pkg and install the app and make sure all of its corresponding files correctly show that the app is in ~/Applications.


texts: iMac making strange electrical clicking noises

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I have a late 2014 5k iMac with 256GB SSD drive. Last night my iMac started making noises similar to that of a disk drive when it's reading and writing.

After poking around I found that the noise must be related to the GPU because:

The noises increase when scrolling a webpage or change workspaces and then subside when I stop.
Running a web GPU benchmark or watching a video will make the noise constant until I close it
Also changing the brightness causes the noise

I doesn't sound like a bad fan as it's a very clicky noise versus a whine or hum.

I ran the hardware diagnostic test (Holding D when you restart) which resulted in no errors. I tried to blow some air in the GPU vents which didn't change anything.

I feel if I take the iMac in and describe the issue they will send the iMac away for few weeks and it will be sent back saying there isn't any issues.

Any suggestions?

EDIT

Here is what it sounds like. It also makes this sound when the display is off, so it could be like @Allan said that it is the power supply.


texts: My Spotify app won't open, can't be deleted and won't force quit on macOS

texts:
...and yet when I try to, a dialogue box tells me I can't delete it because it's already open.

Any ideas what I can do?


texts: iphoto versus imovie - wanting to get features from both places

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Origami is very nice. However, detailed control is, in my case, very hard to live without. I am setting up a 10-minute slide show. I want to use several pieces of audio cued to different points in the show. I want to have some sections, and origama shuffles my pictures across the section boundaries. Even text slides don't clue it in that this might be a good place not to shuffle across. Some of my consumers find the plain 'Ken Burns' transition in imovie positively sea-sickness-inducing.

I can predict that the answer will be that, inside iphoto, I'm in the traditional 'Steve Jobs is the reincarnation of Henry Ford' situation, and I won't be finding any way to exercise detailed control. So, can anyone give me a running start on how to introduce other transition effects to imovie?


texts: Creating a bootable macOS installer errors with ‘dyld: Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/IAESD.framework Versions/A/IAESD’

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I'm following How to create a bootable installer for macOS guide by Apple, but it's giving me an error. When I execute

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/disco

It gives me this:

dyld: Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/IAESD.framework/Versions/A/IAESD
  Referenced from: /Applications/Install macOS Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia
  Reason: no suitable image found.  Did find:
    /Applications/Install macOS Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/../Frameworks/IAESD.framework/Versions/A/IAESD: mmap() error 1 at address=0x103C4F000, size=0x00006000 segment=__TEXT in Segment::map() mapping /Applications/Install macOS Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/../Frameworks/IAESD.framework/Versions/A/IAESD
    /Applications/Install macOS Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/../Frameworks/IAESD.framework/Versions/A/IAESD: mmap() error 1 at address=0x103C65000, size=0x00006000 segment=__TEXT in Segment::map() mapping /Applications/Install macOS Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/../Frameworks/IAESD.framework/Versions/A/IAESD
ADMINs-MBP-2:~ ADMIN$

I'm using OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 on a Macbook Pro 2015.

The USB device is a 1TB External Hard Drive, Mac OS Extended formatted.


texts: Screen Share requires confirmation on the same Apple ID

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When I try to connect to my Mac Pro from my MacBook Pro (both running Catalina) via Screen Share I’m prompted to accept the request to screen share. Once I do screen share works correctly.
My issue is I need to access it without being there to accept the invitation to screen share. It’s my understanding that as long as I’m using the same Apple ID then it should just automatically connect. Note that it does this when I connect on the same local network, but not remotely.
Both machines have a login with the same full name and password but different ‘usernames’ that is the short 1 word username is different. Not sure if this is an issue in authenticating users?
Things I’ve tried

Unlogging and re-logging in via my Apple ID on both machines
Turning off and back on remote management and screen sharing on both machines
Adding iCloud address as an alias to the account on both machines

The only weird thing I note is my Apple ID is a @gmail address but when requesting screen share it shows as @icloud is requesting. Hence why I added the alias above.
I can see both machines under my Apple ID as devices and can find my mac, use messages, iTunes etc perfectly on both machines.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Chris


texts: Will it be possible to disable the Auto Save feature in OS X Lion?


texts:
I was trying to update my system path, followed some directions online and accidentally types:

touch ~/.profile

Did I overwrite my .profile file? Does this mean that I have destroyed all of my PATH information? If so, how do I fix this?


texts: Catalina reopens app windows upon login despite turning it off

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I noticed this issue as soon as I updated to macOS 10.15(Catalina). The OS opens every previously opened windows even when the Reopen windows when logging back in is unticked.

Another bug I noticed was the same problem occurring with bluetooth. The weird part is, if you turned on the bluetooth while working and then turned it off before shutting down, it'll be turned on when you'll log back in.

Is this an update bug for macOS Catalina or has anyone experienced this before. And if so, what are the ways it can be resolved by?

Other Helpful Information:

The apps that are reopening are just the ones I used last before logging out. In fact and I double checked none of them are present in my Login items.
I usually close the apps with CMD+Q which quits the whole app and not just an instance.
I have just one user account and no guest accounts


texts: How to execute an equivalent function of Xcode's Instruments > "File Activity" in shell?

texts: I need to be able to show and capture the same output that Xcode.app/Contents/Applications/Instruments.app captures while in Terminal.app (in the shell).  Is there a dtrace function / script, or some such equivalent, that can be run in order to capture this data directly?


texts: I disabled SIP and removed System Python. Now Xcode won't let me export apps

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I was pissed about having 20 different versions of Python on my Mac, so in an effort to clean it up I deleted every single instance of it. I disabled SIP and cleared out the system default one.

I then used Home-brew to install Python 3.7, Python 3.6, Python 2.7 (The versions I use).

However Xcode now gives an error when trying to export apps. It went from saying that it couldn't find python:

ipatool failed with an exception: #<RuntimeError: Couldn't locate python in /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/local/bin /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/libexec /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/local/bin /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Tools /usr/bin /bin /usr/sbin /sbin>
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool:180:in `locate_tool'
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool:160:in `unicode_equal?'
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool:1882:in `block in MakeFileSystemNode'
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool:1882:in `each'
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool:1882:in `detect'

So I then copied over python 2.7 from home-brew into that directory and renamed it "python". I now get a different error, instead it says: The operation couldn’t be completed. No such file or directory. The error logs show nothing of importance.

Thank you.


texts:
How can I add this line on Pages? Is there a shortcut? I can only repeat press -.

If this is not possible on Pages, similar layout will also be OK.


texts: How to create this static route on macos?

texts:
I am trying to set up an xdebug inside a docker such as it communicates with PhpStorm. I have found steps for linux which sounds promising. However, the following command fails to run on macOS (sudo: ip: command not found). I failed to translate the following Linux command to a macOS command.

sudo ip addr add 10.254.254.254/24 brd + dev wlp4s0 label wlp4s0:1

How to run it on macOS?


texts: In macOS iBooks I can add a book to "Wish List" while in iOS iBooks I can add a book to "Want to Read". Are these lists not related? Is there no way to see the on iOS books I expressed an interest in while I happened to be on macOS, or vice versa?


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MacBook Air running 10..8.1.

I have a script that I'd like to add to the Login Items for a managed account.  When logged in as the Administrator, the Login Items button is present.  When I select the managed account, the Login Items is missing.

Parental Controls are enabled for the managed account.

How can I access the Login Items for a managed account?


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Catalina 10.15.7, Mail 13.4  2015 iMac.
My IMAP iCloud Mail setup has lots of mailboxes. Out of the blue, I see at the bottom of the left side: "Downloading 8,547 of 10,633 messages"
I look around as this is going on and see that a major mailbox/folder is missing. ("COMPUTERS" !!)
I see there is a new master folder "!Mail"  and at then bottom of it, a newly created  mailbox/folder "COMPUTERS" with just one message in it.
Where has the original COMPUTERS mail folder gone???
Thanks for any ideas....
Charly


texts: What is a good GTD app with cloud sync on iPhone, iPad, and Mac?

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I am looking for a good GTD (todo/task/project management) app that has cloud sync. I'd like it to be on my iPhone, iPad and Mac. Web app would be nice, too.

OmniFocus is the closest thing I've found but it seems too expensive.

Things don't have clound sync... only WiFi sync is available for Things.

Do you know of any GTD app I'm looking for?
Thanks!


texts:
I installed Outlook 2011 and imported a pst file form my old Outlook program. Outlook continues to crash and gives me the following error. It also gives me double "sent" messages for every one I send out, and won't send/receive automatically even though I have that feature on.

Microsoft Error Reporting log version: 2.0

Error Signature:
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS
Date/Time: 2013-09-24 14:05:44 +0000
Application Name: Microsoft Outlook
Application Bundle ID: com.microsoft.Outlook
Application Signature: OPIM
Application Version: 14.3.7.130812
Crashed Module Name: libsystem_c.dylib
Crashed Module Version: unknown
Crashed Module Offset: 0x0003cdb3
Blame Module Name: OutlookCore
Blame Module Version: 14.3.7.130812
Blame Module Offset: 0x000541ea
Application LCID: 1033
Extra app info: Reg=en Loc=0x0409
Crashed thread: 8


texts: iPhone 7/ iOS 11.4.1: why does "Other" content consume all available storage?

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I am user of iPhone 7 32GB on iOS 11.4.1 and I have this trouble since last month. Here is my memory usage :

Other is "System" on iPhone

This freaks me out. I should restore my phone every 3-4 days, because when I restore it I got my 6 GB for System, but in 3-4 days it takes all available storage.
How may I fix it?
I already restored it with DFU, restored without backup and nothing.
Also I don't have officially Apple in my country.

Thanks


texts: Are there any third party displays that have similar resolution and image quality to the Thunderbolt Display?

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The cinema and thunderbolt displays are expensive. As such, I'm thinking about a third party display to attach to my MacBook. I currently have a Dell 24" monitor, but the color is waaaay off. The IT guy at work was telling me about this other 27" monitor that has the number of pixels and IPS, just like the 27" iMac. (I'm still wondering about color temperature etc.)

So, are there any third party monitors that are similar, if not identical (casing and stand/mount aside) to the Thunderbolt display?


texts: Volume Randomly Goes to Maximum with Bluetooth Headset

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I have tried using two different bluetooth headsets with my iphone 6 and when using the headset and hitting the "call" button on the iphone, the volume will sometimes go to maximum level.

Basically I push the "call" button on the bluetooth headset and sometimes the "beep" noise that brings up Siri is extremely loud. To remedy the issue, I have to turn down the volume on the bluetooth headset, but when I do this it shows the volume as minimum on the iphone. For some reason this actually does bring down the volume, but is only temporary. Randomly it will get set back to maximum.

Is there any way to fix this?


texts:
I would like to keep track of how many abdominal crunches I can do. All the Workout Activity Types are based on Calories (some also distance) and the Start and End time.

Are there any Workout types or any other data types that fit my need to log just a number?

Maybe there are a third party app that can log special types to the Health App?


texts: "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer." How do I access info on USB flashdrive?

texts: Same message with other computers. Worried that I may have ejected incorrectly. Is there a way to retrieve the information on my USB flashdrive?


texts: Why does 0^0 in the macOS and iOS calculator give different results on different versions?

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I have checked the result of 0^0 in the calculator on different versions:

iOS 10.3 => 1
iOS 11.4 => Error
macOS 10.12.6 => 1
macOS 10.13.5 => Not a Number

What is the reason for the difference?


texts: Display problem after installing Win 7 on Macbook Pro 15 (2011)

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After installing Win 7 on my macbook via BootCamp I get a black screen on booting my macbook. And the brightness is very low  on Win 7 I cannot see any thing on Windows. But On mac all thing is fine and I have no problem. How can I solve this problem.
I really appreciate any suggestion.


texts: How do I keep my mac from going into sleep mode?

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I have tried setting the energy saver setting sleep to never. I tried both Caffeine and NoSleep apps. I've tried setting pmset sleep to 0. I read somewhere that it might be the lid sensor which is on the ribbon cable for the battery light indicator, so I disconnected it but it would still go to sleep. I've also tried resetting the SMC, and it made no difference. Not sure what is wrong. I'm running 10.9.3 on a Macbook Pro mid 2009.

Update: http://pastebin.com/7Q3aVZam Power Management logs


texts: Applescript that efficiently listens for changes to the clipboard?

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I'd like to do something whenever clipboard content changes.  I have a solution working now where I get the clipboard value and store it, then I start an infinite loop where I look up the clipboard again, see if it's changed, then sleep for 0.5s and do it all over again.

This definitely works, but I want to do this better! Would prefer if I can listen for a notification that just tells me when the clipboard changes. There's a UIPasteboardChanged event in UIKit that lets you do this, but would prefer not needing to write this in Swift code to accomplish my goal. :-)

Any ideas on how to do this in Applescript/Automator/Python?  Thanks!


texts: How will the free update to Mountain Lion work?

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I am planning to buy a MBP 13" in the coming days. Although as soon as I buy it I will remove its HD and replace it with Crucial M4 256 SSD. Will that stop me from getting free update to ML?

If so, backing up the HD on TM and then restoring from that on SSD would solve the problem ?


texts: What is a good, inexpensive HTML editor with FTP support?

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I just finished the two-week trial of Coda, and I really like it. The only issue is, I am a student, and the $99 license fee is a bit over my budget.

I do a lot of work on live sites, and an IDE with built-in FTP support really makes my workflow much faster.

My question is: Are there any free or cheap web code IDEs that have built-in FTP support? I have used TextWrangler, and that works passably. However, I would like something with an interface a bit more like Coda or HTML-Kit.


texts: "No device connected" for Wacom One tablet

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I have a Wacom One attached via mini-USB to my macbook pro 2020 running Catalina.  This device is still supported under Catalina / macOS 10.15:

The Wacom driver was successfully installed and can be seen as running via Activity Monitor :

The various settings were also set properly:
Settings | Input Monitoring

Settings | Security & Privacy | Accessibility

However the Wacom Desktop Center reports that the tablet is not connected:

What else should I check/do ?
Update I rebooted with the Wacom One connected but still get the "No Device Connected" fro the Desktop Center.


texts: Can someone clarify how many (and what types) of display the new MacBook Pro can use?

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I have the new (late 2013) MacBook Pro 15" with Retina display, the model with Intel Iris Pro graphics and not Nvidia.

I was wondering, firstly, how many displays it can possibly drive at once without buying Thunderbolt displays. 1xHDMI and 2xThunderbolt adaptor?

And secondly, can this drive a 4K display properly? (When I say properly, I mean at a smooth frame rate, such as 30fps +). If I use a 4K display, how many other displays can I have attached? Could I have a 4K display + 1080p display? Two 4K displays? etc.


texts: Trying to boot El Capitan, High Sierra, and Win7

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UPDATE:
Thank you for your responses and helpful ideas! I was able to fix the Mac-related issues by upgrading to Sierra - not High Sierra - which can support both Logic Pro 9 and Logic Pro X 10.4 concurrently. This is not stated at all on Apple's site.
At any rate, I was able to now only need a Mac partition and a Windows partition. I have had some other catastrophes to deal with in the meantime, so I have not had the time to fix the Windows side of things yet. I will report back when I do!

I'm going to try to run down this issue as succinctly as possible, but bear with me; it's convoluted.

Last year my main 1TB HDD in my mid-2010 Mac Pro showed signs of failure. I proactively bought a new 2TB SSHD, made an image of my El Capitan Mac partition, and did the same with my Boot Camp Windows 7 partition. I formatted and partitioned the new drive appropriately and restored those images onto the new drive.
MacOS worked great, but the Bootcamp partition refused to boot, no matter what I tried. However, I could still boot into Windows from the old drive just fine, so I left it in the machine. I ended up using a Windows program to repartition that drive into its own Windows drive, using the entire 1TB.
I left the Bootcamp partition intact on my new drive in case I figured out how to fix it.

Another weird quirk of this configuration is that when I am booted into OS X, I can't see my Windows drive at all. It shows up in Disk Utility but is completely unreadable. However, when I am in Windows, I can see all my Mac drives as normal.

Fast forward to yesterday. I am a music producer and game composer, and the project that I'm working on would really benefit from me upgrading to the latest Logic Pro X from my current Logic Pro 9.
Logic Pro X 10.4 requires High Sierra.
Logic Pro 9 does not work in High Sierra.
I need both for backwards compatibility reasons; Logic Pro X ditched the 32-bit bridge, and I still have many projects in progress that use 32-bit plugins.
I need both. So I just finally ditched that Bootcamp partition that didn't work, cloned my MacOS partition, booted into the cloned partition, upgraded to High Sierra there, got the new Logic working.......

And now I can't boot into Windows.
It's on a separate hard drive! I thought this would circumvent the 4 partition limit.

To clarify and summarize this issue, my main hard drive now contains two partitions; one for El Capitan, and one for High Sierra. I have a separate HDD that contains Windows 7 which was originally set up via Boot Camp Assistant, but went through the aforementioned changes.
I need to be able to boot my Mac Pro into any of these three OS'es at any given time.

What in the world can I do? Can I finally have some peace and harmony in my computing life for once? Has anyone encountered anything quite like this? I'm pretty frustrated.


texts: Forward-looking dock/hub for 2012 Macbook Pro Retina

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My main machine is a 2012 Macbook Pro Retina, AKA MacBookPro10,1. Its fastest ports are good ol' fashioned Thunderbolt 1. I would like a dock for it.

I would use such a setup with a keyboard, monitor, and USB devices.

I could buy a traditional Thunderbolt dock, but I would prefer to buy something future-proof. And Thunderbolt 3/USB-C docks are cheaper than traditional Thunderbolt docks now that the connector is getting common. Apple offers a USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 1/2 adapter: http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MMEL2AM/A/thunderbolt-3-usb-c-to-thunderbolt-2-adapter
Everything I have read indicates that a Thunderbolt 3 dock would work with an adapted Thunderbolt 1 port.  (I understand that such a setup wouldn't work as a power supply with my present laptop).

Does anyone a Thunderbolt 3 docking station with a Thunderbolt 1 adapter in practice? Does it work as it ought to in theory?


texts: I am writing to find out the best option to amplify the existing WiFi signal in my house in order to be able to be online in my backyard with my MacBook Air. Would purchasing an AirPort Express be a good solution, or a simple extender/repeater would do the job?


texts: How to remove locally stored Exchange emails?

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VIP in company who uses several people's mail boxes purchased Mac Air. Outlook 2011 by default insists on locally storing everything.

50k+ items, plus attachments later the HDD is full. I've set the accounts to download headers only, but the HDD is still full. How do I remove the locally stored mail, because it's still on the exchange server where it belongs?

The computer is so full it can't really do anything anymore and I can only come to this Office once before Christmas.


texts:
As of today, with the announcement of 'new iPad' (not iPad 3), they squeaked out the update/new AppleTV.

Does anyone have any actual details what changed? As it looks like a very nasty UI update (which I don't plan on updating to as I still have my ATV2 which is jailbroken).

I looked over the store, and checked specs, but I cannot for the life of me see any difference of the 'new AppleTV' except for the software?

Did I get it spot on? Is it just a software update? Or is there something hardware wise that I would get by purchasing a new $99 unit?


texts: How can I temporarily run a resource intensive process without overheating my CPU?

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I have a 2015 Macbook Pro with 2.5 GHz, 16GB.

I'm trying to run someone's deep learning python script on my macbook. The program has to take in training data and process it. It maxes out my CPU. I ran the fans on max speed and it got part way through the process but because my CPU cores were hitting 90 degrees I had to quit the script early.


texts: Problem activating TargetDisplay Mode for Mac Mini (2014) connected to iMac 21'' (mid-2010)

texts: I'm trying to use iMac 21''(mid-2010, Mavericks) as a display for newly purchased Mac Mini (late 2014) and I'm unable to activate TargetDisplay Mode. The devices are connected using MiniDisplay Cable and pressing Command-F2 or Command-Fn-F2 does nothing (tried in when logged off as well), the screen doesn't even blink.


texts: Merge existing iPhone contacts to my iCloud

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Due to switching between iOS and Android over the years my contacts have been strewn about between all the services I use. The current situation I'm dealing with is that about half of my contacts are on iCloud, and the other half are coming from my Gmail account that I setup through the Settings app. I'm kind of OCD with this stuff so I would prefer to have them ALL on either iCloud or Gmail.

I don't know of an easy way to do this. In the iPhone Contacts app I can turn on/off two groups, the iCloud group and Gmail group. But there is no "merge" or "sync" option. Am I SOL? Apparently you can do this easy with a Mac but I haven't had access to one since college.


texts: Leaving macbook plugged in and on 100% all the time

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So for the past few years, I've been under the impression that with any modern macbook (e.g., 2015 and later), it's better for the battery health to leave it plugged in as often as you can since the battery deteriorates based on cycle count, so if you leave it plugged in, it's not using the battery and thus not increasing the cycle count. Then I saw this article from last summer https://www.macworld.com/article/3564563/dont-keep-your-mac-laptop-charged-to-100-percent-all-the-time-heres-why.html that seems to contradict what I've seen suggested the past few years, which is recommending that your unplug your laptop daily and let it drop to 30-40%.
So I am confused on what advice to follow. Each dichotomous suggestion seems to have a basis, but which one is valid?


texts: What functionality does the in built Mac speech recognition have?

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At the moment I use windows speech recognition which is quite good out of the box.  Specifically, I find it quite good for the following:

List item
Dictation for emails
Macros for programming
Mouse clicking and dragging
Spelling character by character for command prompt/unix
shell

Does the in built speech recognition support all of the above?


texts: MacBook is attacked but can't find any threats

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Recently, I was installing an unofficial software on my mac. It's a mistake, I know, but I was so confident that I can register if something is going wrong.

Coming to the point, I give the permission to run from an unidentified developer and start the installation. However, I did noticed that the installation is weird, you can tell with a little bit of experience, so I stoped it immediately, but it was too late. My mac is going too slow, even when I'm just browsing the internet and not doing any hard work, it's getting overheated and I also noticed that the battery is wasted significantly fast, even on sleep mode. So, I'm pretty sure that there is some sort of viruses running in the background.

I did tried several antivirus programs, malware scanners etc. but it all says the same "No viruses or malware found". Really don't know what to do, anyone have suggestions for advanced scanners or something like that? Just without formatting the device please.

Here is a screenshot from my Activity Monitor:


texts: Music 1.0.5.10 on MacOS Catalina 10.15.7 not showing 'Up Next' list in Mini Player

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I click the 'up next' button, I get history.  I don't see 'up next'.  I see nothing in view, preferences or window menus.  Available docs refer to this as the 'up next' button and do not indicate how to switch from/to history.  Is there a mystery meat UI control I am missing?
In IOS I note that the UI provides a way to switch from history and up next: after scrolling to the bottom of the history list, the 'up next' list appears beneath it.


texts:
I read about Medical ID in the Health app on my iPhone 5S, and have created one.

The app talks about "tapping Emergency" when locked to access.

Where is this "Emergency"?

Is there any way of entering details from my Mac.
I already have these in text files, and don't want to retype.


texts: Cannot share a Windows 7 external drive with a Mac

texts:
I am having a bit of a strange problem. I have a PC with shared folders on 2 separate external drives. I can successfully access the share on one of the drives but I cannot access a share on the second drive. I have tried creating new folders and sharing them and I still get the same results. The message I get when I try to access the problem share is:

  The operation can't be completed because the original item for 'folder name' can't be found.

I can successfully access both shares from another Windows 7 box.

Anyone have any useful ideas?


texts: Recreate old aliases in bulk to reduce their file size, keeping their name and creation date

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I noticed that in recent versions of macOS, aliases I create are smaller than they used to be. I have a folder full of old aliases whose sizes range from 50 KB to 6 MB, but new aliases seem to be always less than 1 KB.

I want to recreate all my large, old aliases to save disk space. I know I can update an individual alias by finding the file the alias points to, deleting the alias, and option-command-dragging the original to where the alias was. However, this loses the Date Created of the alias, and more steps are needed to preserve the name of the alias if it is different from the original file. Also, this would take too long to do for my hundreds of aliases. How can I shrink my aliases in bulk while preserving the name and Date Created?

There is another, very similar question Recreate an alias with the same name and timestamp programmatically. The difference is that that question requires an answer that doesn’t change the Date Modified of the alias. I am fine with the Date Modified being updated, as long as the Date Created is unchanged.


texts: How to transfer app documents from Mac to iOS on iTunes 12.7

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iTunes 12.7 removed the apps section. I've been pushing multi-gigabyte videos from my Mac to my iPad's VLC's application documents folder using iTunes.

How do I transfer app documents from Mac to iOS? (before you ask: AirDrop would be too slow and unreliable for that)


texts: Dock icon not refreshing when icns file is changed on Yosemite

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I'm experiencing an issue where the Dock won't reload an icon I changed for one of my applications. I changed the icon by replacing the .icns file within the application package. The version I replaced it with is currently still there, but even after rebooting and killing the dock process multiple times, the old icon won't budge.

Strangely enough, I managed to change the icon for another app with no issue, following the same procedure and rebooting.

Are there any new gotchas with the way this works change in Yosemite? How can this be achieved?


texts: iOS 10/macOS Sierra: Merging Faces between iPhone and Mac

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I have iOS 10 installed on my iPhone and macOS Sierra installed on my iMac. I'm using the iCloud Photo library on both.

On my Mac, I've spent a lot of time tagging faces and have done so on many of my ~35,000 photos. However, they do not seem to sync onto the iPhone Photos app. There, I'm supposed to do the whole tagging again, which I certainly don't want to do, given all the effort.

From what I've read so far, it seems that Apple has somehow not included this feature yet. Is that correct? Is there anything I can do about it?


texts:
I am using Xcode 7 on a MacBook Air without mouse. Just the trackpad for navigation.

I don't know how to create an outlet to a label using trackpad.


texts: Is it possible to upgrade 2.26 GHz processor to 2.4 GHz?

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I recently bought a 2009 macbook that I thought would have a 2.4GHz processor (along with 4GB of RAM) but instead has a 2.26GHz processor with 2GB of RAM. (I expected it to be 2011.) I got it fairly cheap so I'm not entirely surprised, and the seller takes the blame for sending the wrong one out, but doesn't have any replacements and I really can't afford to buy another one even after a refund (shipping prices, ugh.)

The laptop itself is fine, and I wouldn't mind keeping the 2009 version if it wasn't for the specs. Is there a way to increase the processor speed without breaking the bank? I bought the laptop in the hopes that it'd be able to run (mainly) PS CS5 and the sims 4. This only fulfills one of those tasks, and is actually slower than the 2007 model I had before, which had 4 GB of RAM. I can take care of the RAM issue, but I really do need the better processor. Thanks!


texts: Find IP address of ethernet printer when Location is “Home”

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I want to find the IP address of my home ethernet printer. When I follow instructions like here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGK3DUbFz2c
in both cases, it says that the Location is Home. How do I do this?


texts: Mouse cursor moves to left edge of screen with no input

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I can surfing and the mouse cursor will abruptly move to the far left of the leftmost screen.  This can happen even if my hand is not on the mouse.

The mouse will also turn off at random intervals, requiring that I unplug and replug it in. (Mouse is a standard microsoft usb corded optical mouse with scroll wheel)

Both problems are happening more frequently, the mouse jump several times an hour, the power off several times a day.

Hardware Mac Pro 2012;
Yosemite current.

In my search I've found other people who have this problem, but so far have not found one that either explains it or provides a solution.


texts: How do I fix non-responsive keyboard and trackpad after sleep on MacBook Pro Retina 15?

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I'm having a problem with my MacBook Pro Retina 15.

I close the screen to put it to sleep.  When I open it back up, the screen wakes up, but the keyboard and trackpad do not work.

If I plug in a USB keyboard, it works fine and I see a message on the screen that says:

Bluetooth Mouse or Trackpad Setup

There isn't a wireless mouse or trackpad connected.

I'm running 10.8.5.


texts: I planning to buy a 13 inch MBP this month. Is it a good idea to stick to the standard 4GB of ram and 500GB harddrive, and upgrade it myself to 8GB/1TB? This would save me about $350. I have experience opening/repairing laptops, but I never had a MBP.. would this void my warranty?


texts: Yosemite Finder Column View Modified Timestamp

texts: Upon updating to Yosemite, My finder column view preview window displays the Modified and Last Opened options as "Today" or "Yesterday" etc. I need to see what time yesterday in the column view without the extra step of having to Get File Info. Is there a way to get an actual timestamp to display in the column view? I see no option in settings for this.


texts: ICloud Password won't work on iPad but will on iPhone

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I guess the title spells it out. A bit of background into - I have an iCloud password associated with an old email. It also has a secondary email set up so I still get email when I reset the iCloud password etc.
I had problems with my iPhone not backing up. I thought it strange as it shares the same iCloud account as my iPad. So I reset the password on my iPad but when I try to login I get told the password is incorrect. I've switched off the iPad and rebooted same things happens. I try my iPhone and I have no problems logging in. It's driving me made. Any suggestion, anyone?


texts: UI controls in Firefox, Opera, etc. are broken, old-fashioned or blurry (Retina)

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I got these ugly controls in Mountain Lion when I bought my MacBook Pro with Retina display. After upgrading to Mavericks the problems still persist.

Blurry drop-down list and other old-fashioned low-definition controls are everywhere (even in Apple apps such as iTunes);
In Microsoft Office 2011, the controls used are different from what I see in screenshots on the web (with stripes in background, most noticeably), and I don't get the full-screen toggle button on the top right corner;
In Firefox and Opera the controls are even broken, apart from being old. When I scroll the page the scrollbar gets partially stuck (see the picture).
In Adobe Acrobat XI the tools on the right do not expand. If I make them expand by clicking the arrow and restarting Acrobat, the tools cannot be applied onto the content and soon the app loses response.

I am sure that these apps run in Retina resolution. But why (and how) do they get the old controls? Can I make them use the modern controls? I don't remember installing anything to change the look-and-feel of the system, but what might have I installed to produce such a situation?


texts: What does "Add to Library" and "Remove from Library" mean in Podcasts?

texts:
They're just podcasts. Episodes should be either downloaded or not downloaded, and podcasts should be either subscribed to not subscribed. But it seems an episode can be "in your library" without being downloaded, and a podcast can be "in your library" without being subscribed. What does that even mean?

(I'm referring to Podcasts on both Mac OS and iOS.)


texts: “Hey Siri” does not respond while playing music

texts:
It seems it’s impossible to wake Siri up using the “Hey Siri” functionality while playing music (using either internal speakers and headphones.)

Is there a way to solve this issue?


texts: Automatically Adjust Sampling Rate Based On File

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I have an Apple Lossless audio file recorded at 96 kHz but the light from my DAC is signaling that its a 44.1 kHz file when I play it.
When I go into the Audio MIDI Setup and change it to 96 kHz the light turns to green signaling its a higher sampling rate.
I have a lot of tracks at 44.1 kHz which I don't want to upsample but still want the HiRes files played at their maximum sampling rate for the best audio quality.
Is there anyway the format setting can be automatically adjusted without manually changing it by hand?


texts: How to have both Swift 2 and Swift 3 books in iBooks library

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I'm a professional software developer who is still supporting clients using Swift 2. However, I'd like to be getting up to speed on Swift 3 since clearly it is the wave of the future.

My copy of iBooks (on my Mac, dunno about my iOS devices) is currently the Swift 2 book, and when I go to the bookstore, it shows the Swift 3 version with a read button. When I click that it opens the Swift 2 book.

I see from another question that I can right-click on my Swift 2 book in iBooks, delete it, and then re-download from the app store in order to update to the Swift 3 book.

However, I need both versions to show up in my library, clearly named, and need to be able to open one or the other at will.

How do I accomplish this?


texts: Restoring iphone 6s with broken home button

texts: I am trying to restore an iPhone 6s with a non functioning home button. iTunes tells me in order to restore it I need to click "trust this computer", however the iPhone says "iPhone is disabled, connect to itunes." , so there is no way to even unlock it to trust it. What should I do?


texts: Time machine out of space / Merging time machine backup

texts:
I have a 15 inch Mac Book Pro that is my main machine. At some point, in the
second half of 2011 I purchased a 750GB external hard drive to configure Time
Machine on my laptop. This is my main method for backup, and I always keep
it up to date. A few weeks ago it started complaining that it did not have
enough space and that it needed to delete the oldest backup to create this new
one. I allowed this to happen at first, but realized that I was losing possible
important historical snapshots of my data.

I want to purchase a new, larger external hard drive to keep my time machine
backups. Before spending a couple hundred dollars in this project I  have a
couple of questions regarding best practices:

Will TM allow me to integrate my older backups into the new hard drive?
While it seems convenient to have my whole history in one hard drive, would it
be smart to do so? Or should I not integrate them? I understand that this would
constitute a single point of failure that is highly undesirable.
What other advanced practices do people have with TM to not have a single point
of failure?


texts: Is it possible to disable audio through speakers, only play through headphones via headphone jack

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Is there an option / setting that allows you to only output audio via the headphone port on your macbook / pro / air ?

So that if i had my headphones on and then pulled them out of the laptop the audio wouldnt come out of the speakers until i turned off this option.

Background : Im running a MBP with 10.9.5


texts: How can I disable ducking for all voice-overs in iMovie?

texts: On my videos I always do voice-overs where I keep the other audio tracks at full volume (no ducking). I know how to set the ducking for individual voice-over clips, but this takes about six extra mouse-clicks for each voice-over and is a royal PITA. Is there a hidden preference somewhere or another way in iMovie to default voice-overs to not duck other audio?


texts: Is iCloud Photo Library setting on OS X device-wide or per local Photo Library?

texts: My wife has A TON of photos and I don't want all of them getting pushed to iCloud if I have iCloud Photo Library turned on. If I have a local System Library for current photos and an archive library for older photos will the Photos app try to push the archived photos up to iCloud when the archive library is opened?


texts: Im curious why Apple support recommended that I download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, an app that is not available for download from the App Store. That seems strange to me. Why is that app not on the App Store?


texts: PowerPoint Macro for Mac - load pictures like "Insert Photo Album"

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PowerPoint on the Mac doesn't have the Insert Photo Album functionality which allows you to select images and new PPT created with one image on each slide.

I have an old macro that does this on Windows---but Mac doesn't support Application.FileDialogue

How can I set this up to work on Mac?

Many thanks!

'This is the Windows code - won't work on Mac
Dim curSlide As Slide
Dim oPic As Shape
Dim Pres As Presentation
Dim picCount As Integer
Dim i As Integer
Dim fd As FileDialog

Set Pres = ActivePresentation

  'Add selected pictures from directory
   picCount = 1
   Set fd = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFilePicker)
       With fd
           .Title = "Select image files and click OK"
           .Filters.Add "Images", "*.gif; *.jpg; *.jpeg; *.bmp; *.tif; *.png"
           .FilterIndex = 2

           If .Show = -1 Then
             For i = 1 To .SelectedItems.Count

                Set curSlide = ActivePresentation.Slides.Add(ActivePresentation.Slides.Count + 1, ppLayoutBlank)
                Set oPic = curSlide.Shapes.AddPicture(FileName:=.SelectedItems(i), _
                    LinkToFile:=msoFalse, _
                    SaveWithDocument:=msoTrue, _
                    Left:=0, _
                    Top:=0, _
                    Width:=-1, _
                    Height:=-1)

         Next i

         End If

        End With


texts: Overriding the default resolution on external monitor

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I have an iMac 5K (mid-2017) and a USB-C to HDMI adapter. I used to have a standard 24" monitor (1920x1080) connected to the adapter, and it worked just fine; however, I have put a video capture device in between and while this device supports a 1080p resolution, macOS keeps on detecting it as running at 720p as its native resolution.

I am able to force macOS to run this external device at 1080p by selecting the "scaled" video modes (and it appears to output a correct 1080p signal); however, every time macOS has a video configuration change (from me e.g. switching between mirroring and extending the desktop), it always defaults back to 720p.

Essentially, it always defaults to "best for display," but thinks that this best setting is 720p rather than my preference of 1080p.

Is there any way to force macOS to change its default resolution for an external device, so I don't have to manually change the resolution every time?


texts: Reset/Remove all entries in Security&Privacy>Privacy

texts: How can I reset (which means remove) all entries in the System Settings > Security&Privacy > Privacy list?


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Right Arrow Key spontaneously stops working after startup

Context:

Sometime today, I noticed that my right arrow key was not responding. I first was unable to skip forward 5 seconds on a YouTube video, but thought nothing of it.
Later, I realised I couldn't move right on some text on Safari. I then tried Microsoft Word, Microsoft OneNote, etc. and had the same result: I couldn't move right.
I've checked my shortcuts (based off an Apple forum I read online) but that didn't work. There is nothing blocking the key either (in fact I have a keyboard protector on it).
Also, the ^ Control + → rightarrowkey function and the ⇧ Shift+ → rightarrowkey function appears to be working (i.e. I can switch desktops using the arrow key and highlight).

Question:

I've honestly got no idea why this has happened. My left arrow key, up and down arrow keys all work. Any ideas to fix this?

Edit 1:

Some more important details:

I've noticed, having restarted my computer twice since I asked this question, that upon starting the right arrow key works! I am able to move initially. However, a few minutes later, it simply stops working and I can no longer move right.

I think this means that it is not hardware but software related? Any guidance?

Edit 2:

So at the idea of IconDaemon,I went to System Preferences and checked the "Show Input Menu in Menu bar" button and Voilà! The right arrow key started spontaneously working again! Magic. It worked for the rest of the day and then died again when I booted up my laptop. This time the Show Input Menu in Menu bar button magic doesn't work, though it started working for a bit at some random period later... Any ideas?