texts: How to approve a lot of executables with unrecognized developers?

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So I've downloaded a program by a developer that macOS doesn't recognize, and when I want to run it I get the usual "we don't know who wrote it, would you like to trash it in one click?" warning. This is easy to bypass.
Instead of coming as one executable it's actually ~120 separate executables that the main one will call, or maybe they can call each other, and my computer will interrupt and quit the program every time it wants to call a new one. I would just grind through them if I thought that the program would call every one every run and I could clean them all up at once, but my guess is it's just going to call a handful at a time so I'll never know if I've gotten them all.
I ran ls -lha on the directory and they nearly all have the same output:
-rwxr-xr-x@   1 <user>  staff    92M Oct 29  2019 <name_of_exe>

a few are different, but there's no difference between the ones I've already approved and the ones I haven't.
After signing them with the command find . -name "*" -exec codesign --force -s - {} \;, the error message changes and it says:

Unable to open "<one_of_the_binaries>" because Apple could not check for malicious software.
This software needs to be updated. Contact the software developer for more information.
Firefox downloaded this file <time> from <site>.

After I go to the Privacy & Security menu to approve it, the next time I run the program I the the same warning, but now with the option to run anyway. But then when the next new executable is called, it will do the same thing with that one.
Is there some way I can quickely approve all of them at once?
MacOS 11.2.2.


texts: How can I tell if a MacOS App is notarized or sandboxed?

texts: I'm running MacOS Catalina.  How can I tell if a particular MacOS App downloaded from the Internet is notarized and/or sandboxed?


texts: How to enable Three Finger Drag from command line

texts:
I'm trying to write a shell script that will automatically set the trackpad to use the three-finger-drag option that you can find in the system preferences. I've tried a number of different things, but none of them seem to work. Here's what I've got right now:

defaults write com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad TrackpadThreeFingerDrag -bool true
defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad TrackpadThreeFingerDrag -bool true

I've scoured all the settings I could find from the output of defaults read, but I've found nothing else useful. These are the settings that system-prefs changes when I manually change the settings. Is this a bug?

I'm running Mavericks on a 13-inch mid 2012 MacBook Air. The three-finger-drag works fine when I enable it manually.

EDIT: I restart my machine each time I run this.


texts: How do I get the Terminal command files (.command files) ask for words?

texts:
I'm making a command, but there is no way to get the command files (known as .command files) to ask for words.
like confirmations such as:
Continue to make directory? y/n

And commands use to confirm and ask.


texts: How do I edit name and logo for boot menu of Windows 10 EFI drive?

texts:
I have a new Windows 10 EFi formatted drive, and I am wondering what is the proper way to customize the boot menu logo and the name? For example, changing the orange drive logo to a picture, or changing the boot menu name "EFI Boot" to "My Drive".

My Mac is running macOS Catalina.


texts: Is there a way to rescue the contents of this messed up Fusion Drive?

texts:
I got a Mac in to support with a weird problem with a Fusion Drive. Basically it looks like this

admins-iMac:~ admin$ diskutil corestorage list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 31FF02A7-1707-4C28-9FC8-B46D2BA07CF6
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Offline
    Size:         999345012736 B (999.3 GB)
    Free Space:   -none-
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 36937114-03B4-46C5-9D0A-D0106985C1AC
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   (No properties)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 860ADA37-CD9F-4074-8341-58085C2C6FB5
        ----------------------------------------------------
        Index:    1
        Disk:     disk0s2
        Status:   Checking
        Size:     999345012736 B (999.3 GB)

So the logical drive is the same exact size as one of the physical drives (which I assume is the internal spinning hard drive).
When I open Disk Utility it gives me the "This Fusion Drive is missing a disk" error but the list of disks that will be erased to fix it is empty.

Output from disutil list:

admins-iMac:~ admin$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         999.3 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.1 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *32.0 GB    disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Yosemite Boot           12.0 GB    disk1s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS Utilities               19.5 GB    disk1s3

I have no idea how it came to this state. Naturally I cannot boot from it and no file rescue software that I have tried will work on it.
Looking at the info for the physical HHD, it doesn't look like it has any file system info on it at all, which doesn't look promising (?):

admins-iMac:~ admin$ diskutil info disk0s2
   Device Identifier:        disk0s2
   Device Node:              /dev/disk0s2
   Part of Whole:            disk0
   Device / Media Name:      iMac HDD

   Volume Name:              Not applicable (no file system)

   Mounted:                  Not applicable (no file system)

   File System:              None

   Partition Type:           Apple_CoreStorage
   OS Can Be Installed:      No
   Recovery Disk:            disk0s3
   Media Type:               Generic
   Protocol:                 SATA
   SMART Status:             Verified
   Disk / Partition UUID:    EAF593A1-5313-4880-9C16-BD20876F969E

   Total Size:               999.3 GB (999345012736 Bytes) (exactly 1951845728 512-Byte-Units)
   Volume Free Space:        Not applicable (no file system)
   Device Block Size:        512 Bytes

   Read-Only Media:          No
   Read-Only Volume:         Not applicable (no file system)
   Ejectable:                No

   Whole:                    No
   Internal:                 Yes
   Solid State:              No

   This disk is a Core Storage Physical Volume (PV).  Core Storage Information:
   PV UUID:                  860ADA37-CD9F-4074-8341-58085C2C6FB5
   LVG UUID:                 31FF02A7-1707-4C28-9FC8-B46D2BA07CF6

First question: If I delete the logical volume with diskutil, the underlying disk(s) should become visible in Disk Utility and otherwise. Is there any chance, seeing as in practise the Fusion Drive only consist of one drive, I will be able to retrieve information from that disk? Either that it will mount normally or I will be able to extract files from it with for instance Data Rescue?

And secondly, is there a chance Disk Utility will be able to actually fix this, if I click the 'Fix' button, and restore the disk with all its contents?


texts: Does Apple have a warranty on their hard drives?

texts: I got a hard drive installed about a year or so ago and now the hard drive seems to be failing. Making intermittent beeping noises. I got the hard drive installed at the genius bar. Is there an automatic warranty that comes with these hard drives or did I have to pay an extra amount to get the warranty. This hard drive was installed fairly recently so It shouldn't be failing like this.


texts:
My 2013 iMac crashed and I can't access it any form. Not Safe Mode or Recovery. I removed the drive and want to access some of the files. It's old and was slated for replacement later this year. Should I be able to mount the drive on a different Mac and see its file structure, assuming the disk is okay?
Update:
Output from diskutil list, after attaching HDD as an external drive to another Mac.
/dev/disk3 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk3
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk3s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            999.3 GB   disk3s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.1 MB   disk3s3

diskutil cs list

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 879B94FC-E0C8-4DEB-838A-9F65078FFDA3
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Offline
    Size:         999345012736 B (999.3 GB)
    Free Space:   -none-
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 5CA40245-A547-42CE-A283-8A855191C7F5
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   (No properties)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume FF551275-7077-4759-870E-2AA51B847383
        ----------------------------------------------------
        Index:    1
        Disk:     disk3s2
        Status:   Checking
        Size:     999345012736 B (999.3 GB)


texts: Swap SSD between two 2011 MacBook Pro 2011 machines

texts:
I installed OS X on a 128gb SSD in a 2.3Ghz Core i7 MacBook Pro (2011) and I want to move the SSD instead to a 2.2Ghz Core i7 MacBook Pro (2011), all of the hardware is pretty much the same other than the different CPU.

Will this work WITHOUT re-installing OS X on the destination machine ?


texts:
I've lost /usr/bin/as. How does one reinstall it?

There's no as in the /usr/bin of my recovery partition. Reinstalling XCode and command line tools didn't help. I haven't been successful compiling gas from source because I get a linking error. (Is the default in fact gas?)

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24308125/linking-errors-and-bfd-bfd-gnu-binutils-2-24-assertion-fail

I suspect that the gas program I'm trying to compile might solve the compiling problems I'm having but that does me no good.


texts: How can I open a Pages file prepared with Yosemite in OS X 10.8.5?


texts: Contacts missing after syncing with I cloud and gmail

texts:
I already synced my contacts on my iPhone 4s to my Gmail but I noticed that
not all contacts were transferred.  I am missing 170 contacts so far still sitting on my IPhone.
 Any explanations? How to make Gmail pick up all contacts?


texts:
Anyone knows how do I solve high memory consumption of the process "kernel_task" ?
I tried to delete .plist files from folder bellow, but the problem still continue
My Mac: Macmini6,1
/System/Library/Extensions/IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin.kext/Contents/Resources/


texts: display partial file path on Finder tab title

texts:
Question
Is there a way to change the Finder tab title to include the name of the containing folder?
Problem
I work on projects that have the same standardized subfolder names (e.g., code), which makes it difficult to switch between projects without going through each tab to identify the containing folder.
Current state: ambiguous Finder tab titles for three different subfolders

Goal
I'd like to display the containing folder name as part of the Finder tab title. Extending the example, this would look like: projectA/code, projectB/code, etc.
Ideal solution (blue text only to emphasize the change):

Related questions and resources

My question is more general than a previous question that sought to edit individual Finder tab names.
Displaying the path in the Finder title bar only works for the selected tab, and does not solve the problem of distinguishing Finder tabs.
This answer suggests a possibility with DragThing, but doesn't make it clear how to implement the solution. UPDATE: DragThing is being retired.


texts: Open a terminal tab at a specified directory from command line

texts:
I am looking for a script-based solution executed in the command line.

Open a new window of terminal at specified ~/desktop

open -na terminal ~/desktop

Open a terminal tab

osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to activate' -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "Terminal" to keystroke "t" using command down'

How to open a terminal tab at a particular dir.


texts:
I have a brand new MacBook Pro (16" 2019 2.6 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7) and this keeps happening in Google Chrome. I have restarted several times and it eventually goes back to this. Just doing a hard close on Chrome doesn't work.
I'm using macOS Catalina 10.15.7 and Google Chrome (86.0.4240.193).
So far, it's only Google Chrome that this happens to. Anyone have any debugging tips?


texts: Dynamic XFA PDF forms on a Mac and Safari

texts:
I am using Mac OS 10.13.6. I have downloaded and installed the latest version of Adobe Reader. I use Safari as my browser.

I am going to a website which has Dynamic XFA PDF forms. Each time I click on the link I get the error message

If this message is not eventually replaced by the proper contents of the document, your PDF viewer may not be able to display this type of document.
You can upgrade to the latest version of Adobe Reader for Windows®, Mac, or Linux® by visiting http://www.adobe.com/go/reader_download.

I searched the web and most solutions (like download the form) didn't work for me.

I don't know what more can I do. This is so infuriating that in 2019 I cannot fill forms on the internet (thanks to curse and cancer of Adobe)


texts: Apple TestFlight iOS 8 - What is the limit for external beta testers?

texts: I have an iOS developer account and I would like to test 2 apps with the new Apple TestFlight service. Is the 1000 limit for external testers per app or per developer account?


texts: What does the 'J' icon on a photo in the Photos app mean?

texts:
For some reason on some of my photos there is this 'J' icon:

What does it mean?


texts: How to allow non-identified developpers'app

texts:
I'm wondering how to allow non-identified developers' apps since I updated my MacBook Pro to macOS Sierra.

This option seems to have disappeared.

Can someone help?


texts:
I am in a dead end.

I am trying to settup mobile account on 10.8 Server, with 10.8 clients.

So far, I got my Open Directory seted up server.name.private
I created a new user in the Users tab, named test
The Home Folder is setted up for my Homes folder, which is on a secondary hard drive.
This file is shared with File Sharing, and have read/write permission for the group of my user.
If I check the folder permission in the Finder, it is strange, but I don't know how to clean them. Each group is there two times, and they have Custom privilege

With Workgroup Manager, I selected my user, went to the Preferences tab, and setted up the Mobility section.
The options for Account Creation are Manage: Always, Account Expiry are Manage: Never and under Rules, Home Sync, I selected Once.

On the client side, I activated the mobile account option, and entered the Open Directory adress.
And when I log in, I put my info test/password, and the message You are unable to log in to the user account "test" at this time. Logging in to the account failed because an error occured.

And here is the log from the server

CFPreferences: user home directory for user kCFPreferencesCurrentUser at /var/teamsserver is unavailable. User domains will be volatile

Does someone have a clue for me?

Thanks!


texts: Can't connect two monitors via elgato 3 dock

texts:
I've got a MBP 2020 with 4 thunderbolt displays and Intel Iris Plus Graphics + an Elgato 3 Thunderbolt Dock. I can't connect two displays (both Dell U2415) via the dock. I've connected one display via mini display to usb-c cable. This one works. I tried to connect the second one using an hdmi cable with an hdmi to usb-c dongle. This one doesn't work. The system doesn't register that monitor at all, like it's not connected. However, if I connect the monitor directly to the second thunderbolt dock of the computer, it works dine.
On a side note - I see that the dock isn't fully functional. There are 2 usb-a ports on the dock, but it looks like I can connect only one device to either of them. Tested this using three different docking stations and multiple monitors (same cables/dongles in all situations though).
Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated :).


texts:
What is the meaning of the SKUs of Mac mini:

Difference between "MGEM2GU/A" and "MGEM2D/A"?


texts: How to focus the list of songs in iTunes after typing the search query?

texts:
Is there any way in iTunes to move the focus from the search query to the list of songs?

I just typed something, the list of songs got updated and I'd like to play the first (or any song) from the list so I'd like to use my keyboard to navigate through the results.


texts:
I shuffled the icons in the Manu Bar around, and now decided, I would like to have the default ordering back.
How can I reset the custom ordering to the default ordering?
Rainer


texts: How do I use a glob with parentheses in Zsh?

texts:
This:
cp ./hb_(lys|gln|thr|glu|ace|nhe)*_aacH*.ptraj ./

Works just as intended when executed in the terminal. However, putting the same line in an executable script does not work as I receive a
syntax error near unexpected token `('\

I tried escaping \, does not solve the problem. For bash there seems to be some thing you need to do with extglobthough I can't find any similar suggestions for zsh.
Any help appreciated.


texts: Windows 7 reports mDNSResponse.exe caused a problem with Bonjour

texts:
Windows 7 Action Ceenter reports:

  Address a problem with Bonjour

  Bonjour has stopped working properly.

  The name of the file that caused this
  problem is mDNSResponse.exe.

  For information about possible
  solutions to this problem, go online
  to the following Knowledge Base (KB)
  article:

  Click to go online to the Apple Inc. website for the KB article

When clicked, the browser opens to the Bonjour Print Services for Windows download page.

One could infer this means "Download and reinstall Bonjour Print Services for Windows."  Is that what we are supposed to do?

All messages in the Event Viewer where the source is Bonjour Service are of severity Informational.  They alternate between Service Started and Service Stopped(0).  My guess is the (0) is the return value.

I am asking here rather than some other stack because the malfunctioning software is a Windows executable authored and controlled by Apple.  When an application experiences a problem, it is the application which has the first responsibility for diagnosing and reporting the problem.  The operating system is responsible for faithfully executing the services the application requests, but it is unreasonable to expect the operating system to explain to a user why exactly an application ended abnormally.  Thus, this is an Apple issue, not a Windows issue.

After reinstallation of Bonjour, the problem was no longer reported.  However, that does not mean the reinstallation was fix; it could be that the problem is transient.


texts: Warn if a Time Machine backup is still in progress before shutting down or sleeping a Mac

texts:
Before I shut down or sleep my Mac, I want to be warned if a Time Machine backup is still in progress.

Is there such a thing?  Or at least something that makes it very obvious that a backup is in progress, so that I avoid shutting down the machine before it is finished?

Right now the only visible sign that a backup is in progress is the little spinning circle up in the "task-bar", it's very easy to miss.

I searched but could not find a solution for this.


texts:
I am looking for a good alternative of Microsoft Visio for Mac OS X.
I need an application to create a schedule of the month or something like this and then to print it.


texts: iTunesConnect does not show submitted binary

texts: It is quite often I am submitting binary, and it does not appear in iTunesConnect. Why? my strategy is that I resubmit it. But it is often that resending does not help. Do you know the reason why Apple does not let it appear?


texts: What is the CAS latency of the memory in a Mac Mini 2018?

texts:
I'm researching a memory upgrade for a 2018 Mac Mini (in advance of purchase). I thinking to buy it configured with the base 8GB and upgrade it to 32GB with aftermarket memory modules, at a savings of about 50% ($300) from the $600 extra of ordering it with 32GB.

The spec as far as DDR4 2666 MHz 260-pin SODIMM seems quite clear, but I haven't been able to find a CAS latency value for the RAM I'll find installed in the Mac mini. I wanted to get memory with a matching latency or perhaps something below. I'm not looking for extra performance; I just want to make sure it's as compatible as possible and not slow it down.

Here's the conundrum:

The Kingston and Crucial memory selectors both lead to CL=19 modules for Mac Mini 2018.
An offhand mention in an Amazon review stated that CAS latency for memory on iMac 2017 was CL=17.
Kingston offers HyperX modules (targeted toward PC gaming) that have CL=14 at a comparable price to the CL=19 modules.

So I was hoping to find an authoritative source for what the original-equipment CAS latency was for the Mac Mini. If it's CL=19 I'll go with the Kingston-recommended modules, but if it were CL=17 I'd probably go for the HyperX modules. Unfortunately, an hour of Googling around has met with no joy on that count.

Is there some place I can find that spec online or does someone just happen to know and could share that?


texts: What are locked files (already inside Trash)?

texts:
I was cleaning my desktop and I put a lot of unnecessary files into my Trash. In one particular folder I was asked to provide administrator's password, so I did. Everything went to Trash very smoothly. Below prompt appeared when I decided to empty Trash.

What are locked files?
What locked them?
Why those files have been locked?

After clicking on Remove All Items the trash was successfully cleaned however I would like to get answers for those questions.


texts: How do I setup Python3.3 and Sublime Text 2 correctly on OS X 10.8.2?

texts:
I am trying to setup Sublime Text 2 so that the build command correctly runs Python3 / Python3.3 scripts.

I have installed Python 3.3 via the installer obtained from python.org and installed Sublime Text 2 via the Sublime Text 2 installer.

Following this I added a custom build entry called:

Python3.sublime-build

into Sublime Text 2's Python folder with the following contents:

{
    "cmd": ["python3", "-u", "$file"],
    "file_regex": "^[ ]*File \"(...*?)\", line ([0-9]*)",
    "selector": "source.python"
}

I'm getting the following error when trying to run the script:

[Errno 2] No such file or directory
[cmd:  [u'python3', u'-u', u'/Users/user/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 2/Packages/Python/Python3.sublime-build']]
[dir:  /Users/user/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 2/Packages/Python]
[path: /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin]
[Finished]

I have read somewhere that symlinkng python3 from /usr/bin might fix the issue but after creating the symlink in /usr/bin through Finder, Sublime Text still cannot build as it gets a permissions error.

What is the best way to set Sublime Text 2 up to allow for running Python3 scripts?

[edit]

If I place the PATH for the python3 simlink generated by install, Sublime Text 2 can build the script,

    {
        "cmd": ["usr/local/bin/python3", "-u", "$file"],
        "file_regex": "^[ ]*File \"(...*?)\", line ([0-9]*)",
        "selector": "source.python"
    }

But when I tried adding the PATH to the ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist as advised without the defined PATH I get the error. Could anyone point out why this is not working?


texts: I make Java programs, many of which require input from the command line before they actually open a window. When I'm using the Terminal in fullscreen mode and I run java Program, it jumps over to an open desktop and then does nothing, causing me to have to switch back to the Terminal to do the stuff it's asking and then switch over. I know it's a really simple fix of not using fullscreen but is there any way to let the focus stay on the command line until the program is ready to open the window?


texts:
Following on from my previous question (which I answered myself),

Configuring OS X 10.7 Lion Server to serve Rails Apps via Apache

...I'm now looking to set up SSL.

Again, I have the config working fine under Snow Leopard, but I want to set this up on a new i7 Mac Mini, so running Snow Leopard isn't an option.

I'm using the named virtual host kludge described in the link answer above, but I've been unable to get SSL working.

The Snow Leopard config I'm basing my Lion config is included below.

Tips on configuring the equivalent under Lion would be very much appreciated. Thanks.

<VirtualHost 10.0.1.1:80>
  ServerName bonk.example.com

  Redirect / https://bonk.example.com/

</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost 10.0.1.1:443>
    ServerName bonk.example.com
    DocumentRoot "/Rails/deployed/bonk/current/public"
    RackEnv example_production
    RailsEnv example_production
    <Directory "/Rails/deployed/bonk/current/public">
      Order allow,deny
      Allow from all
      Options FollowSymLinks
    </Directory>

  SSLEngine on
  SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP:+eNULL
  SSLOptions +FakeBasicAuth +ExportCertData +StdEnvVars +StrictRequire
  SSLCertificateFile /private/etc/apache2/server.crt
  SSLCertificateKeyFile /private/etc/apache2/server.key
  SSLCertificateChainFile /private/etc/apache2/ca.crt
  SetEnvIf User-Agent &quot;.*MSIE.*&quot; nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0

  RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-Proto "https"

</VirtualHost>


texts: I need a high quality web cam - what specs should I look for on the box?

texts:
I need a high quality EXTERNAL web cam - what specs should I look for on the box?

Mac Book Pro OSX Snow Leopard


texts: Big Sur can't see pre-Big Sur Time Machine saves

texts:
My Big Sur upgrade had severe problems, to the point where I had to reformat the disk and install as a fresh system. Once I got the "fresh" install done, yesterday, I started restoring individual files and directories via Time Machine.
Today, I can't access any Time Machine backups before 2200 local, last night, which is well after the reinstall and restore.
I know the data is on the Time Machine disk, because I was using it. How do I troubleshoot this, and how can I continue to restore files?


texts: Is there a Quick Look plug-in for ZIP files?

texts: Is there a Quick Look plug-in that works with ZIP files, and that lists all the files contained in the archive? It is also fine if it lists at least some of the files.


texts: Safari wont open web pages (maybe other browser either)

texts:
so I recently upgraded to High Sierra (formating the entire HDD of my MacBook Pro)

Everything worked alright for a week or two but two days ago browsers stopped working.

I usually use Firefox as my default browser but it  started throwing some weird message I have never before seen so I uninstaled and open Safari trying to redonwload it. Open Safari and when I try to open google.com it just stay still "loading" the page.

No error code shown, no web content shown. Just there loading.

I suppose this is exactly what happened to Firefox...

The thing is: any other app using internet seems to work just fine and every other computer on my house is working just fine.
Just trying all the options I run MAMP and noticed not even the Localhost page is loading

Also tried starting in secure mode and plugging the ethernet cable and turning off wifi.

Any ideas on what can be the problem and/or how can it be solved?

Thanks a lot.

EDIT: I was able to download Chrome via Terminal and it is working just fine, I also realized that neither App Store nor Mail are working propperly, thanks


texts: Large zip files created in OS X cannot be opened in Windows

texts: When I compress a large directory in OS X, like 5-6 GB the resulting archive cannot be browsed in Windows / Total Commander. It hangs the app and stays at 100% cpu usage, like its trying to extract it or something. Does anybody know whats causing this? Smaller zips that have like 2-3 GB can be browsed instantly.


texts:
Every time my Big Sur Macbook Pro does an automatic overnight update and reboots, it presents a checkbox offering to enable Siri.  Can this perpetual nag be disabled?
(In System Preferences, I leave the checkbox "Enable Ask Siri" unchecked.)


texts: Linking between tables in different spreadsheets in Numbers

texts:
I wonder if it's possible to link tables from different spreadsheets.
I have several live projects running at the same time, for each I have a "Project finance" sheet, in which I have different tabs (Labour cost, Material cost, Project summary).
I would like to create a SUMMARY sheet with all my project, where I can link/mirror copy the project summary tables from all my projects. This needs to be "live", i.e. as we make changes in the project finance sheets (as the projects progress), on this summary table it would update automatically.
In Google sheet this is the formula I would use, but I only recently started using Numbers and I couldn't find anything similar in there.
=importrange("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/138XdwtZoMVsdMwJOzT4R8Zzg2NNc9pxTV-ARDPvHoj8/edit#gid=63426406","Customer finance!A1:N100")

You can basically create a "live carbon copy" this way.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: How can I delete a paused application download on my iPhone?

texts: I started installing an application from the App Store but forgot to check its size. When I check now, it is 50 MB. Now I don't want to download that application any more because I'm on 3G plan which is costly. I paused it but don't know how to delete it. Can anyone help me on how to delete a paused app download?


texts: I read on the HFS Plus Wikipedia page that the default sector size on a Mac is 512 b. However, I also read that Macs support 4kb sectors. How can I determine which I have, 512 b or 4 kb sectors? I think 512 is the right answer, but I would like to be sure.


texts: In the light of the FREAK TLS vulnerability, how may I disable insecure cipher suites manually in Safari?

texts:
A research group named SMACK has released a vulnerability known as FREAK which can be used for man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. The vulnerability is due to an old ghost created by USA Government (NSA, more specifically) where in, years ago, they convinced several organizations to use weaker keys, known as export-grade keys for any software that was to be used outside the borders of USA. While the use of strong keys is wide spread now, several servers still have support for the weaker keys.

The group discovered that this vulnerability can be exploited by using a client and making a connection via a weak key. Once the key is generated by the server, it is reused until the server is restarted which can potentially be months. The group was able to crack this weak server key in 7.5 hours using Amazon EC2. Once this is cracked, potentially all the communication can be downgraded to use weak keys and MITM'ed.

The attack mainly addresses OpenSSL (e.g. Android) clients and Apple TLS/SSL clients (Safari) in conjunction with vulnerable web servers but not Firefox, Chrome or IE.

How may I disable some or all of the insecure Cipher Suites manually on the client side by e.g. editing some configuration files in Safari, using an appropriate Safari extension or modifying binaries directly to immediately fix the vulnerability especially in older Safari versions probably not updated by Apple? Is it possible at all?

The Cipher Suites in question are:

CipherSuite TLS_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_RC4_40_MD5         = { 0x00,0x03};
CipherSuite TLS_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_RC2_CBC_40_MD5     = { 0x00,0x06};
CipherSuite TLS_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA      = { 0x00,0x08};
CipherSuite TLS_DH_DSS_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA   = { 0x00,0x0B};
CipherSuite TLS_DH_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA   = { 0x00,0x0E};
CipherSuite TLS_DHE_DSS_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA  = { 0x00,0x11};
CipherSuite TLS_DHE_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA  = { 0x00,0x14};
CipherSuite TLS_DH_anon_EXPORT_WITH_RC4_40_MD5     = { 0x00,0x17};
CipherSuite TLS_DH_anon_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA  = { 0x00,0x19};

and maybe some more.


texts:
Normally I would connect to a SMB share on my network using Finder.

I have found that sometimes the result is a connection to the share but my folders that I expect are not there. I suspect a miss-configuration either on the client or on the server.

As I do not have control over the server-side I would like to have more control over the connection on the client-side.

Are there ways of getting more control on the connection from the client side?

I use MacOS Sierra.


texts: Moving the cursor using the touchpad inserts "C"

texts:
This problem happens when I use Parallels (Windows) and Beyond Compare.
When I move the mouse using the touchpad, it will automatically insert C in any place that can input characters.

My OS X is 10.10.5.

Update 2015-12-29
I find when I move the cursor, the Edit will shines, also I imagine C related to copy.


texts:
When I have an application that I use the contextual menu for 'Show in Finder' it opens finder, but it always opens it in the 1st space, never in the current space i'm in. For example, I have Xcode in space 3 always, and when I right click and show item in finder it opens the finder window in Space 1 always, same across all other applications and instances. Even worse, it doesn't autonomically teleport to the 1st space I have to manually do it. I'm running 3 monitors which makes it a little more aggrevating

Heres my settings :

Altering any of the group choices etc don't have any effect.

I would love to have it open in the active or current space i'm in.


texts:
I have an iPhone SE with iOS 13.2

Recently I noticed that no SMS messages arrive to one of my contacts (using an Android phone).

The contact has multiple phone numbers and I suspect the SMS is sent to a wrong one (not currently in use).

I think this started happening with the update to iOS 13.

No matter what I do, the messages don't arrive.

I had a similar problem before, because the Messages app does not show the used phone number, but only the contact name, so I was sending messages in thread A (the right contact, but wrong number) instead of thread B (right contact, right number).

But with iOS 13 it seems all threads of a contact are merged and I'm stuck with it.

If I try to start a new thread, select the contact and the correct number, I get transferred to the existing thread. Then if I type and send a message, it does not arrive.

Interesting detail: when I do the above (new message), when selecting the contact, by default the wrong phone number is selected. Apparently this number is used, no matter what I do.

One more detail: if I try to see which number of a contact was used, using his "simple" procedure: open thread, tap contact name on the top, tap "info", tap the ">" sign at the far right, then the "RECENT" mark is on the phone number that I last selected for sending SMS. But this seems just to be a GUI thing, as the message never arrives.

I don't have problems sending SMS message to other contacts (most of them have a single phone number).

I also have no problems receiving messages from this contact. They appear in the mentioned existing thread. I just can not answer.


texts:
When I plug in my usb memory card reader nothing happens. It was working ten minutes ago when I used the xbian installer to put it on the sd card, but now nada.  Something briefly flashes up then disappears in Disk Utility.  I see this in the system.log

Mar 26 17:22:52 Johns-iMac kernel[0]: USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 000000009744 0x5e3 0x716 0x9744, 2
Mar 26 17:22:53 Johns-iMac.local com.apple.kextd[19]: Can't create kext cache under / - owner not root.
Mar 26 17:22:53 Johns-iMac.local com.apple.kextd[19]: IOBluetoothHostControllerUARTTransport.kext has no Info.plist file.
Mar 26 17:22:53 Johns-iMac.local com.apple.kextd[19]: Can't create kext cache under / - owner not root.
Mar 26 17:22:54 --- last message repeated 2 times ---
Mar 26 17:22:54 Johns-iMac kernel[0]: disk4s1: I/O error.
Mar 26 17:22:55 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 26 17:22:55 Johns-iMac kernel[0]: disk4s1: media is not present.
Mar 26 17:22:55 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 26 17:22:55 Johns-iMac.local diskarbitrationd[38]: unable to mount /dev/disk4s1 (status code 0x00000047).

The owner/group of the root folder is my user account and staff

Johns-iMac:~ john$ ls -al /
total 93
drwxrwxrwx   34 john  staff   1224 26 Mar 17:04 .
drwxrwxrwx   34 john  staff   1224 26 Mar 17:04 ..
-rw-rw-r--@   1 root  admin   8196  5 Mar 19:38 .DS_Store

Who should own the root folder? root or me?

The real problem is that the system can't read my memory card.  How to fix?


texts: Turn off autosave drafts in mail on OS X El Capitan and Sierra

texts:
I am having a bit of an issue here with the default mail application in mac OS El Capitan. I am using my gmail account on the mail client and it is autosaving drafts when I compose messages ... I have done some searching and found various answers saying that I can turn it off by going to Mail --> Preferences --> Accounts and after selecting the account in "Mailbox Behaviours" box just uncheck the "Store draft messages on the server" check box ... as explained in this tutorial that I have found How to Configure Apple Mail to Avoid Duplicate Drafts with Gmail ... But there is a issue ... I don't have that option in my preferences .. please see this screenshot of my preferences screen.

I am really confused on this ... Oh forgot to tell this is my first Mac experience. Looking forward to your answers. Thanks :)

UPDATE: I have upgraded to macOS Sierra ... but the issue still persists ...


texts:
I can connect to the PC via Remote app on the iPhone, but the iPhone can't see the PC to Sync and the PC won't recognize the iPhone. I've done syncing over WiFi before.

I'm using iPhone 3GS w/ iOS 6 and Windows 8.


texts:
So out of nowhere, my Macbook pro 16" laptop from work keeps shutting down as soon as I try to start it. The fan would spin for a second and the Apple logo would appear, and then things would turn off. None of this happens if the power is not connected. I have tried resetting SMC and NVRAM or PRAM, none seems to be working. What could be the issue?
Help would be much appreciated!


texts: How can I disable the tweet sound when using Click to Tweet in Notification Center?

texts: I really like being able to send tweets on Twitter from Notification Center, but I can live without the sound that plays when you click Send. Is there a way to disable or customize the tweet sound?


texts:
I noticed a very interesting aspect about the MacBook air's battery over the years. I bought a MacBook Air 2013, and recently I replaced it with the new MacBook Air 2018 13 inch Retina display.

I ran coconut battery on both devices, and surprisingly the 2013 MacBook Air had a design capacity of 7150 mah, while my 2018 MacBook Air has a design capacity of only 4381 mah!! Both my macbook's battery are in perfect condition.

So what is going on here? Obviously every year the MacBook gets better battery life, so is the battery usage just more efficient as time goes on? Thanks for any reply.

EDIT: I just have a bad feeling my new MacBook has a defect. Does anyone else have the 2018 MacBook Air and have a bigger battery? If so I'm returning this computer for sure.


texts: Apple Developer Account enrollment language

texts:
I'm trying to get enrolled to apple developer program so i can publish my apps on the app store, currently i live in Turkey so whenever i open the enrollment page to pay 100 USD the website redirects me to the Turkish version and change the currency to Turkish Lira, i don't speak Turkish and i don't want my account to be in Turkish, so my question is: will i be stuck with a Turkish developer account or i can change the language after i pay ?

Thanks in advance.


texts:
Is there a hack to make the items in Safari's Favorites bar be left-aligned rather than centered?

I've never gotten used to having to scan visually for the folder I want.


texts: How to fix freezing mplayer on Mac for music play?

texts:
I want to play music on a MacBook Air (10.14.6) with mplayer on the command line. But sometimes when I load a page in a browser, the music briefly stops, and then continues. Sometimes even for some seconds. This is very annoying. I want to listen to the music continuously (while using a browser!).
I have tried to run the following command:
sudo nice -n -20 mplayer -shuffle Music/...

Is there anything else I can try?
Maybe there is a better command line tool?


texts: Can I use a Mac Mini as an Airplay audio receiver?

texts:
I don't have an AppleTV (yet), but I do have a Mac Mini hooked up to some decent speakers.  Is there something I can run on it, so that it acts like an Airplay audio receiver?

(Video support isn't important to me.)


texts: External Monitor Flickering when Chrome is running

texts:
I have a new macbook, v 10.14.3. It is connected to two external monitors --  both of them DELL which are connected via a DELL docking station using mini Displayport cables which came with them.

My monitor is blickering sporadically and I am mostly certain that it only happens when I use Chrome browser (in particular when I open a new tab or load a new webpage). But on the other hand both monitors including the one where browser window is not launched are flickering.

Any way to solve this? I did find a link suggesting resetting SMC -- but did not try it out as I could not make any sense why such an act would resolve it if it happens only for Chrome


texts:
Had a problem with iphone 5 so took phone to Apple rep proceeded to put my phone in restore thinking my photos were all in icloud....well no majority were in camera roll and didnot make it upon the restore.
So can I get these photos back or are they gone for ever?


texts: How to make OS X not remember ssh key passphrase

texts: I have a passphrase on my ssh id_rsa key, and OS X  asks me for the passphrase the first time I want to use it, but even if I decline to add it to my keychain, it doesn't ask me for a passphrase again until I reboot. How can I make it ask me for a passphrase every time I try to use it?


texts: What is the minimum partition size for Mac OS 10.10 Yosemite?

texts: I'm about to set up a Mac mini to dual boot Mavericks and Yosemite for software development purposes. What's the recommended minimum size of a Yosemite partition?


texts: What's the simplest way to password protect a text file?

texts: I'd like to password protect a text file. Not necessarily a .txt file - just a file that's got text in it that I can edit with a standard text editor. I'd like to set a password and be prompted for it every time I open the file in any app. What's the best way?


texts: Add keyboard shortcut to print custom characters

texts:
I would like to map the Alt (Option) + (a/u/o/s) to ä,ü,ö,ß

Is there a native way, or a software for it?


texts: Really confused about how to reset SMC and PRAM and NVRAM on my Macs and iPad and iPhone?

texts:
Sometimes I find from searching Google that I can reset the SMC, PRAM and NVRAM. But different sources provide different instructions on how to do this.  I have a MacBook Pro and iMac. I also have an iPad Mini and an iPhone 5c and wonder how these can also be reset if needed.

Can someone please clear this up for me, or send me links to some info I can trust.


texts:
I'm in India.

I bought an iPhone 4 some time back. The vendor informed me that it is a factory unlocked version (iPhone 4 is officially not launched in India yet).

So, my questions are

Is there a way to find out whether it is a genuinely factory unlocked version?
If it's indeed a factory unlocked version, will I be able to update to the latest iOS version without getting it locked?
Since it is either a Canada/UK version, will updating the iOS in India create any problem (auto IP detection, time zone blah blah)?

I tried installing an .ipa file directly and it didnt work. What I'm guessing through that is that my iPhone is not a jailbroken one. I read somewhere that to unlock an iPhone, one needs to jailbreak it first. That concludes, it is indeed a factory unlock version since any GSM SIM works.

Do you think my logic is correct?


texts: How do I send text messages to non-iPhone owners using the iMessage app on a Mac or the Messages app on an iPad?

texts:
TL;DR

I was on ATT for years and could text iPhone and Android users with the iMessage app on my Macs and the Messages app on my iPad. I switched to T-Mobile (and ported over the same phone number) and now I can no longer use iMessage or Messages to text Android users except on my iPhone itself. How can I send and receieve text messages with Android users once again?

Devices that I Own

iPhone 6 running iOS 8.4 on T-Mobile Pre Paid with a ported phone number from ATT
iPhone 5 running iOS 8.4, but no cell signal. Used as iPod.
iPad Air WiFi running iOS 8.4
MacBook Pro Late 2013 running Yosemite 10.10.4
MacBook Air Mid 2012 running Yosemite 10.10.4

The Longer Story

I was on AT&T for years with multiple iPhones and I was able to use the iMessage app on my Mac laptops and the Messages app on my iPads to send text messages to people who used Android phones. Apple users received texts via the iMessage protocol and those messages showed up across all devices as blue. Android / non-iPhone users in general always used SMS/MMS and texts showed up as green across all devices. I could switch between devices and continue conversations with no problem. All devices were always aware of each conversation as they happened.

I recently switched to T-Mobile and ported over my ATT number. I can no longer use the iMessage program on my Macs nor can I use the Messages app on my iPad / iPod (okay, iPhone 5 with no cell signal) to text message friends that are not themselves Apple iPhone users. I can only text message non-Apple users by directly using my iPhone 6 running iOS Also, all devices are logged in with the same Apple ID.

I'm uncertain if the change of carriers has anything to do with it, but that's the only significnat change that's taken place that I'm aware of, and correlation always implies causation... right? Right.

How can I SMS/MMS non-iPhone people from my iPad / iPod / Macs?


texts: AppleScript to toggle dark mode with fading

texts:
I have a script to toggle dark mode using

tell application "System Events"
    tell appearance preferences
        set dark mode to not dark mode
    end tell
end tell

However, this causes every application to instantly change from light to dark mode, as soon as it can. If I use the system preferences to toggle dark mode, all apps simultaneously have a slow fade from light to dark mode (or vice versa). Though this is a very minor aesthetic change, I would like to have the fade occur when I use my script to toggle dark mode. Is there a way to toggle dark mode the same way system preferences does so that it initiates the fading toggle?


texts: iTunes opens directly to music, not the store

texts:
When I open iTunes it opens directly to the store. How do I set iTunes to open to my music?

Note: I am running Windows XP


texts: Is there a way to import Illustrator vectors as shapes in Keynote

texts: As the title states: Is there a way to import Adobe Illustrator vectors into the shape library in Keynote? I'd like to import shapes and be able to change its color and resize it within keynote.


texts: How can I delete all voicemails from my iPhone?

texts:
I would like to bulk delete all the voice mails from my iPhone but it appears I need to first delete each one (multiple taps on each message) and then bulk delete them all from the "deleted items" sub folder.

Is there a way to more efficiently delete all voicemail?

n.b. I have an iPhone 5 with iOS 7 on Verizon that isn't jailbroken but would welcome any answers that work for whatever OS / carrier even if a jailbreak is needed


texts:
I have a Mac Mini that I use as a build platform, from within Visual Studios 2017 for Windows, to write and debug iOS apps.

I've noticed that when I establish a connection between VS and the Mac, I have to log into the Mac remotely (I use TigerVNC) before launching the connection process. If I don't establish a remote desktop session on the Mac, the connection will fail part way through because the Mac has gone back to sleep (i.e., the power LED has gone dark).

This is a different behavior than what I'm used to when accessing a Windows machine remotely. For them, once you establish a connection, the machine stays awake until the connection is closed, and the sleep timeout period expires.

Is this by design for Macs? Is there a setting that I can change to make it stay awake without first creating a desktop session?


texts: What is the difference between an Apple Macbook pro ME 293LL/A and an Apple Macbook pro ME 293D/A?


texts: How can I search for an App in the ITunes App Store in a webbrowser

texts:
I would like to search for an app in the apples app store in a webbrowser, if this is possible. I know it is possible by installing Itunes, but I don't like to do that and I hope, that it is not needed to do a simple search for an App. This way I could send a link of an URL to someone to show the app.
Is this possible? In GooglePlay it is so simple and intuitiv, but in the MAC-World I am lost again with such a simple request.

I know, that the app exists, because I wrote it myself and I can find it with the "App Store" - App on my IPad, so I am sure it exists.

Would be happy if someone would guide me to this search-feature, if it exists.


texts: Disk mount error: 49244; repair exits with code 8

texts:
I have a fairly new LaCie d2 4TB hard drive (roughly one year old). Some days ago it wouldn't show up anymore and now I looked into the issue.
In disk utility the disk is unmounted. When hitting "mount" I get this error:

(com.apple.DiskManagement.disenter-error 49244.)

When trying to repair the disk I get the exit code 8 and

Invalid node structure (8, 0)    Invalid B-tree node size (8, 0)

I also have Bootcamp installed and Windows can see the drive; it seems normal to me there. But it is formatted as Mac OS Extended so Windows can't do anything with it. Do you have any idea what I can do other than reformat?
I read the in a different post that you can try the repair process in the terminal or boot into windows and eject the drive properly (yet, Windows isn't even mounting a Mac OS Extended journaled drive, so how should I unmount it. Also a normal shutdown should do this job, too, and I have done that multiple times in both macOS and Windows). I have tried the terminal commands from the mentioned post, the only interesting part is, when using the sudo fsck_hfs -r -d /dev/disk5s2 command I get this error, where it also shows error 7.
** /dev/rdisk5s2
    Using cacheBlockSize=32K cacheTotalBlock=65536 cacheSize=2097152K.
   Executing fsck_hfs (version hfs-522.100.5).
** Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
   The volume name is X-d2
hfs_swap_BTNode: offsets 1 and 0 out of order (0x0000, 0x0000)
   Invalid node structure
(8, 0)
   Invalid B-tree node size
(8, 0)
** The volume X-d2 could not be verified completely.
    volume check failed with error 7
    volume type is pure HFS+
    primary MDB is at block 0 0x00
    alternate MDB is at block 0 0x00
    primary VHB is at block 2 0x02
    alternate VHB is at block 7813365342 0x1d1b67e5e
    sector size = 512 0x200
    VolumeObject flags = 0x07
    total sectors for volume = 7813365344 0x1d1b67e60
    total sectors for embedded volume = 0 0x00
    CheckHFS returned -1317, fsmodified = 0

(The files are backed up, so it would be ok to reformat, but I would prefer being able to repair it)
I would be very happy for any answers. Thank you!


texts: Troubleshooting issues with third party mouse?

texts:
I'm having trouble using third party wireless mice with Sierra.

I've tried 2, and they both have a lot of issues - they are very laggy and generally hard to use. Both work fine with Windows.

These haven't been helpful:

modifying the tracking speed in the mouse settings
USB Overdrive
disabling the mouse acceleration with: defaults write .GlobalPreferences com.apple.mouse.scaling -1

Any suggestions for other things to try?


texts:
How do I sync my phone contacts with icloud?
I will change my iphone so I need to sync my phone contacts on ICloud and then I want to recover the contacts on the new Iphone, what I have to do?


texts: Delete unnecessary files in /System/Library for Mac OS X

texts:
I happen to have some unused/obsolete python libraries in System directory, especially in /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python, the issue is that I can't delete any file in the library anymore. I guess it's happening after upgrading to 10.11.

I tried sudo rm -rf, but I just can't delete any file in it.

python> sudo rm -rf *.pyc
Password:
rm: easy_install.pyc: Operation not permitted
rm: pkg_resources.pyc: Operation not permitted
rm: pylab.pyc: Operation not permitted
rm: pyparsing.pyc: Operation not permitted
rm: six.pyc: Operation not permitted

What might be done to remove them?


texts: MacBook Pro 2016 Orange Smudge on Screen

texts:
My Mac has been having this problem lately with the display. Whenever I have it vertical in my backpack, it has an orange smudge (or line sometimes) somewhere on the screen when I open it up. The smudge disappears after sometime but reappears after having it my backpack again.

I've read some things on here, and I don't think its heat and I do not think it's a pressure mark. I do believe that the cause is having it vertical because when I opened it up today, it was the worst I've seen it so I did a test, I had it in my backpack, lying horizontally whenever possible for a few hours or so, and when I opened it up, it was nearly gone. I'm ruling out a pressure mark because all of my books and papers were lying on my Mac while it was in my bag horizontally.

I just do not know why having it vertical causes these smudges? I'm out of warranty so Apple is out of the question. Any suggestions or thoughts or whatnot?


texts:
OK.  So I worked around this error:

/sw/bin/xemacs: Bad CPU type in executable.

but I don't understand why what I did worked and am curious.  All I did was replace /sw with what should have been an identical copy.

A little background...  I've had this copy of xemacs since around 2000.  I love it and it's all configured just right.  Building xemacs from scratch was something I used to do way back when, but it was always such a pain that I tarred up /sw (probably originally installed using Fink) and have copied it from computer to computer since forever ago. I did this recently back in Jan '14 onto my brand new iMac running Mavericks and everything works fine.  Even more recently, I upgraded from 10.7 to 10.9 on my MacBook Pro at home.  I just installed xquartz and when I went to run my copy of xemacs, I got the bad CPU error.

I couldn't understand why I was having trouble since my newer iMac at work could run it no problem.  After struggling with it for awhile, I tried simply tarring & copying /sw from the work iMac to my older laptop, and all of a sudden, it worked!

But /sw SHOULD be identical in every case here.  They both originated from the same copy of /sw that I've been using since ~2000.  Why would a fresh copy of /sw make any difference?  Here's some pastes from the command line:

% /sw/bin/xemacs &
/sw/bin/xemacs: Bad CPU type in executable.
% sudo mv /sw /sw-old
% sudo mv /Users/robleach/Downloads/sw /
% /sw/bin/xemacs &
%

Home Laptop:

% uname -a
Darwin #### 13.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 13.3.0: Tue Jun  3 21:27:35 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.110.17~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

Work iMac:

% uname -a
Darwin #### 13.4.0 Darwin Kernel Version 13.4.0: Sun Aug 17 19:50:11 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.115.4~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

Did the update from 10.7 to 10.9 muck around with what was in /sw?  Why did the new identical copy make it work?  From what I've read about this error, it seems like xemacs shouldn't even work at all since 10.7 - but it does!  I use it all the time at work.


texts: Why is my launchctl program not accepting external connections?

texts:
I am trying to set up the Check_MK agent with launchd on a Mac server, to return data over port 6556 when another machine connects to it.

(The agent itself is essentially just a shell script that outputs various information about the machine's status in a vaguely machine-readable format.)

I am able to connect to it from the machine itself, e.g. with curl localhost:6556, but if I try to connect externally, it just times out.

I have a .plist file set up like the one at de.mathias-kettner.check_mk.plist, stored in /Library/LaunchDaemon:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
        <dict>
                <key>HOME</key>
                <string>/var/root</string>
                <key>PATH</key>
                <string>/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin</string>
        </dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>de.mathias-kettner.check_mk</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
                <string>/usr/local/bin/check_mk_agent</string>
        </array>
        <key>Sockets</key>
        <dict>
                <key>Listeners</key>
                <dict>
                        <key>SockServiceName</key>
                        <string>6556</string>
                </dict>
        </dict>
        <key>inetdCompatibility</key>
        <dict>
                <key>Wait</key>
                <false/>
        </dict>
        <key>AbandonProcessGroup</key>
        <true/>
        <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
        <string>/var/log/check_mk.err</string>
        <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
        <string>/var/root</string>
</dict>
</plist>

(The only difference is that the check_mk_agent is /usr/local/bin instead of /usr/bin, because I couldn't create the file there.)

The check_mk_agent file itself can be found at: check_mk_agent.macosx

The strange thing is, if I point the .plist file to something like /bin/date, then it works externally as well.

The only thing I can conclude is that the task runs with different permissions depending on the IP or interface the connection comes from, but I don't know how to change the permissions it tries to run with.


texts: I am doing some development on my MacBook and I would like to use my desktop to access it remotely as I have a dual monitor setup. Is there a way to do this? My desktop is Windows and my Mac is a 2015 Retina MacBook Pro.


texts: What Is The Path Where Apache Is Located?

texts:
When I check logs (Apache, Ruby on Rails) it appears that my development Mac Mini Server is being scanned.  I would like to install mod_security.  I'm currently running the latest version of Mavericks but plan to install Yosemite within couple of days.  I use Apache 2.2.26.

Where are the Apache modules located on the Mac Mini Server in Mavericks and Yosemite?

If there is a better way to protect my service, such as turning on the Firewall in System Preferences, I'm open to that.  I just don't know enough about how to set that up where I can do what I normally do and add my websites to it.


texts: How to merge APFS volumes because of low perfomance

texts:
Recently I bought a used MacBook Pro 15' with a i7 2,3 GHz processor, 16 GB RAM and 512 SSD total. But the machine runs very horribly. It's performance is nothing like you'd expect with this setup. I can't have Chrome opened with Sketch since it all gets very laggy and horrible. Normal interactions run very slowly, like opening launchpad, option+tab to a full size screen, and so on.

The machine came with a Boot Camp volume. I didn't erase it with native Boot Camp Assistant, but went to Disk Utility and erased it in it, after restoring the notebook to factory settings. But, I couldn't manage to merge the three volumes it had.

Macintosh HD
Home
Container disk1

The Macintosh Volume is the one I use, where I install and keep all my stuff. The "Home" one is APFS and filled with 130 GB of I don't know what. The other one, Container disk1, APFS as well, has the same amount of storage as the other two but it's empty.

I've been searching ways to merge them all wondering it will improve my notebook perfomance a whole bunch. I have no idea whats lowering my perfomance and what is filling the other volume. I do not have another user too.

I am attaching some screen shots here, if it helps a thing.


texts: How can I easily run multiple sites with PHP, Apache and mySQL for free on mac?

texts:
How can I easily run multiple sites with PHP, Apache and mySQL for free on mac with OSX? I use XAMPP on Windows and it works really well. When I want to add a new site on XAMPP in windows, I only create a new folder in htdocs and visit http://localhost/newfoldername to visit the site.
I know mac OS already have PHP but missing mySQL. However, I thought it was messy when I tested it.
XAMPP - (https://www.apachefriends.org) is not the same on mac and Windows. On mac you need to mount a drive to access the htdocs folder and it was hard to have multiple sites.
MAMP free - (https://www.mamp.info/) can't find how I add multiple sites. I tested to create a new folder "test" with a php-file in htdocs but the webserver could not find the site when I visited http://localhost/test
MAMP PRO - I want to use a free solution (freeware or open source) and you need to pay to use MAMP PRO.
I can live with digging in configuration files once but do not want to do it every time I set up a new PHP site in localhost.


texts: See private browsing history in High Sierra

texts: I was on private browsing mode (on a MacBook Pro / High Sierra) and searched and found websites that I need for my work. Unfortunately I did not realize it and now I don't even know how to retrieve my history of private browsing to see the exact websites I visited. Is there any possible way?


texts: How to Reset Full-Screen Terminal.app Preferences to Factory Defaults

texts: On an iMac running Mac OS X version 10.7.5 I have accidentally resized Terminal.app to full-screen (272 x 76) and am unable to resize Terminal.app to a smaller size.  How do I resize Terminal.app to the factory default size or a size where I can use the mouse to resize Terminal.app?


texts: Cannot get option to paste text. All I get is the magnifier

texts: I have an iphone 5S, I use to be able to long press and select paste (to paste copied text) but now I just get a magnifier instead, I have tried to reset all my settings but still get magnifier.


texts: How to upgrade to macOS Server from server running OS X 10.9.5 and OS X Server 3.2.2

texts:
How do I upgrade to macOS Server from a server running OS X 10.9.5 and OS X Server 3.2.2? I would assume that I simply upgrade the OS X to macOS, then buy/download/install the macOS Server app from App Store. Of course, I will have a full backup of server before taking these steps.

Currently, we are only using the server for File Sharing and Time Machine. Am I missing any other steps? After upgrading, should my existing file shares and Time Machine backup still be configured as before?

I tried to upgrade to macOS Sierra and got this message:

  macOS Sierra supports macOS Server version 5.2. To upgrade your Server
  data you will first need to install OS X 10.10 or 10.11 and OS X
  Server version 4 or 5. Installing macOS Sierra on this volume will
  disable the current server functionality. Are you sure you want to
  continue the installation?

I am unable to find OS X 10.10 or 10.11 in the App Store. If I continue installation, and then upgrade to macOS Server, will I have to reconfigure my server or will it be upgraded?


texts: What is the reason of sound from the attached file?

texts:
From time to time I hear this sound without any visible notification: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwUf1IftWc6YUk1BWDFoQ1A2SW8/view

What is the reason of it?

Usually I have the following apps opened: Chrome, Skype, Telegram, Sublime Text, IntelliJ, iTerm, Commander One, Postman.
macOS 10.12.3


texts: How to make AirDrop images save on all OS devices?

texts:
Myself and my partner both have iPhones and usually take it in turns to take photos when we are together (so we do not end up with duplicates!). We then AirDrop them to each other's phones and they save in 'All Photos' on our iPhones.

Having recently bought a Mac and also owning an iPad, I have noticed that these photos do not sync into photos across all devices, even though they are connected using iCloud and would usually sync.

Is there a way to do this?


texts: How to backup data for Shazam app from iPhone 3GS

texts:
NOTE : I just want to backup only the data associated with Shazam app, not the full iPhone backup.

Apple recently swapped my iPhone 3GS due to some issues on the speaker, but I am having issues with 3G and WiFi after the swap. When I go and visited the Genius Bar, he suggested to restore the iPhone and set it up as a New iPhone, and not to restore via a backup copy of iPhone.

But the real problem is all the existing data is lost when I do this. So I want to take a backup of Shazam app and when I setup new iPhone, I can put this data back into the app.

How can I do this ?


texts: Karabiner - ESC held down mapped to CONTROL_L

texts:
I would like to do the following with karabiner, i am trying for the past hour, and couldn't get it to work. I want

ESCAPE key to work as ESCAPE, when it is pressed and released. When ESCAPE key is held down, it should work as CONTROL_L.

This is what I came up with, after many attempts, based on looking through the sample.xml.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
  <item>
    <name>Change HoldingEscape to Control_L.</name>
    <identifier>private.holdingEscape_to_Control-L</identifier>
    <autogen>__HoldingKeyToKey__ KeyCode::ESCAPE, KeyCode::VK_NONE, KeyCode::CONTROL_L, Option::NOREPEAT</autogen>
  </item>
</root>


texts: Can I turn off memory compression for one specific app?

texts:
I am using MATLAB on my Mac. Well, MATLAB is running well but not fast -- while there are plenty of free memory, my Mac still compresses MATLAB's memory - from ~2GB to ~600MB -- not to mention the Java VM overhead on which MATLAB is running.

I was wondering if there's any Terminal command I can use to turn off memory compression for this specific app, just like the OS won't compress kernel_task. Thanks!


texts: macOS Time announcement -- how to speak a longer phrase

texts:
In macOS (Big Sur), ever since I did:
defaults write ./com.apple.speech.synthesis.general.prefs TimeAnnouncementPrefs -dict u -bool YES

the system announces the time as, for example, "four-thirty," whereas it used to announce the time as "It's four-thirty" (with the word "it's" and, on the hour, "o-clock").
Here's the prefs structure (~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.speech.synthesis.general.prefs):
{
    TimeAnnouncementsEnabled = 1;
    TimeAnnouncementsIntervalIdentifier = EveryQuarterHourInterval;
    TimeAnnouncementsPhraseIdentifier = ShortTime;
    TimeAnnouncementsVoiceSettings =     {
        CustomVolume = "0.2046729";
    };
 }

I've tried:

With and without TimeAnnouncementsPhraseIdentifier.
Deleting the file com.apple.speech.synthesis.general.prefs and then turning on the time-anounce checkbox in System Preferences.  That restores the file, but not the long speech.
Using Time Machine to restore an old version of com.apple.speech.synthesis.general.prefs.

After each change, I've killed the Dock to reload the preferences.
How do I get back the "it's" and "o'clock" wording?  What values can TimeAnnouncementsPhraseIdentifier take on?
Edit: here's the System Preferences pane:


texts: 60w charger only delivering 5.5w to battery?

texts:
I've just bought and installed a replacement battery for my 15" late 2012 MBP (non retina).

The battery is not OEM but from iFixit as they are in my opinion the next best thing.

I was interested to see how the new battery fares, so I installed this battery monitor app to see how it was. See screenshot of report from battery app monitoring app below.

I'm currently charging on a 60W original Apple charger (as I understand it,  the 85W is optimal, but not necessary).

Is it correct that the charging with value = 5.5w, shouldn't it be c. 60w?

I'm also getting very long estimated charge times, it first started at c. 5hrs, and was slowly charging. But now it seems to be slowing down at around 40% charge, and is saying time to fill the battery is c. 10hrs.


texts:
I'm looking to rename a large number of files based on the folder name in which the file resides.  Most folders only contain one file (usually a PDF but could be Word or other files) and I am looking to only change the file base name and not the extension.

Current folders:

Preferred outcome:

Note: It's unlikely that there will be two of the same file types in a folder.  I'm keen to avoid sequential numbering to all files but if there is a way of adding sequential numbering only in the event of two or more of the same file types then that would be great (although not essential).

I've had a look at Automator but I'm a novice.


texts: Mac mini SMB File Sharing and Sleep Mode

texts:
I've a Mac mini (Mid 2010, El Capitan 10.11.6) which acts as file server. I enabled file sharing (SMB).

The Mac goes to sleep mode after 10 minutes (as configured). If a PC client tries to connect to the share (of the Mac mini) it wakes up (as it should). But after the PC is shutdown and there is no user connected to over SMB the Mac mini never goes to sleep mode again. Why?

I've to restart the Mac mini and then it goes again to sleep mode. The Mac mini is connected over an ethernet cable to the network.

Update

Using the following command pmset -g assertions in terminal before a PC client has connected.

2019-01-05 15:06:26 +0100
Assertion status system-wide:
   BackgroundTask                 0
   ApplePushServiceTask           0
   UserIsActive                   1
   PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep    0
   PreventSystemSleep             0
   ExternalMedia                  0
   PreventUserIdleSystemSleep     0
   NetworkClientActive            0

And after the PC has connected and shut down.

   NetworkClientActive            1


texts: Will getting my new iPad engraved delay its delivery?

texts:
I've looked on Apple's site and I can't seem to find any information on whether having an iPad engraved will add a substantial amount of time to the shipping. Does anyone have any first hand experience?

Will there be a delay? If so, for how long?

I'm based in London, I'm not sure if that will make any difference.

Also: I'm not bothered by the idea that I will be "devaluing" my iPad by getting it engraved. I tend to use electronic devices until the end of their life.

Thanks!


texts: Deleted partition in Windows 8.1 (bootcamp) and now macos won't boot

texts:
I made this partition to move my data to Windows

I deleted the partition because it was basically useless.. When I deleted the partition the recovery drive showed up... I think the boot disk was that partition.. Please help I do not wanna lose any data..


texts: How to command+tab on the current window?

texts:
I have started using a mac for my daily work and one thing I cannot figure out is how to make the command+tab window appear on my current monitor when working with more than one monitor.
As soon as I hit command+tab I end up seeing the list on the main monitor not where my mouse is located. Is there a way to change this behaviour?


texts: Screen doesn't work properly - iPhone SE

texts: I have an iPhone SE in almost perfect conditions (I never dropped it). I bought it 9 months ago, but since 3 weeks (and maybe more) the touch screen don't always works, I mean that when I touch, sometimes it doesn't understand that I'm touching, and that's very very annoying. The problem happened at least 1 time per hours and I already tried to clean the screen and restart my iPhone, do you have any ideas?


texts: How do you set the maxopenfiles limit in Yosemite?

texts:
How do you set a soft limit for maxopenfiles in Yosemite?

I installed Yosemite last night, and now it's ignoring my settings in my /etc/launchd.conf file:

$ cat /etc/launchd.conf
limit maxfiles 32768 65536

$ launchctl limit maxfiles
    maxfiles    256            unlimited


texts: How to use iMessages without giving out phone number?

texts: I want students to text me at iCloud and I want to receive the messages on my iPhone and reply to them by iCloud. In essence, I don’t want them to have my personal phone number.


texts: Is there a way to hide the icons in the dock and just show text of the app name instead?


texts:
This happens every now and then. Just this time rebooting my iPad doesn't solve it.

Any idea what caused this? Unfortunately I'm on the go and this makes safari practically unusable.


texts: Shortcuts-app automation to prevent iPhone screen from going to sleep

texts:
I was recently playing around a bit with the new Shortcuts app on the iPhone.

Is there an action to "prevent screen from going to sleep". Ideally, I'd want to activate it when a certain app is running. While the condition is easy to set, I can't find any way to then assign a "prevent sleeping" action.


texts: I used to use Visipics and completely loved it, it's simple yet powerful. However it's only for Windows which I have abandoned. Are there any OS X (Lion) programs that do the same? I'm sure there are, am just wondering if there are any that stand out. After taking all the files from multiple computers and putting them on one hard drive to be organized and regrouped I'm sure there are a lot I will find of varying quality. I would prefer free software, since Visipics is free and worked fine, however if there's something outstanding that costs money I'll consider it.


texts: Random keyboard input on shutdown will power up Macbook Pro

texts:
I am using a 2018 15" Macbook Pro (MR932). It is the base model for the 15". My mac is on Mojave (OS X 10.14).

After I shut down my mac, any random key input will switch my mac back on. I have tried resetting my SMC and the problem still occur. Is it related to software or hardware? It is quite annoying since that sometimes I need to shut down my mac to clean my keyboard. Is there any solution to it?

Assertion status system-wide:
   BackgroundTask                 1
   ApplePushServiceTask           0
   UserIsActive                   1
   PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep    0
   PreventSystemSleep             0
   ExternalMedia                  0
   InternalPreventDisplaySleep    1
   PreventUserIdleSystemSleep     1
   NetworkClientActive            0
Listed by owning process:
   pid 208(mds_stores): [0x0000cfd0000b9a16] 00:00:00 BackgroundTask named: "com.apple.metadata.mds_stores.power"
   pid 178(coreaudiod): [0x0000cc0c00019977] 00:16:04 PreventUserIdleSystemSleep named: "com.apple.audio.BuiltInHeadphoneOutputDevice.context.preventuseridlesleep"
    Created for PID: 384.
   pid 100(hidd): [0x0000c85b00099855] 00:00:00 UserIsActive named: "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle.4295221011.3"
    Timeout will fire in 300 secs Action=TimeoutActionRelease
   pid 6959(Folx): [0x0000cccb000199de] 00:12:53 PreventUserIdleSystemSleep named: "PreventUserIdleSystemSleep"
   pid 254(UserEventAgent): [0x0000cce4000b99e5] 00:12:28 BackgroundTask named: "com.apple.AddressBook.ScheduledSync"
    Created for PID: 12084.
   pid 12084(AddressBookSourceSync): [0x0000cce4000199e4] 00:12:28 PreventUserIdleSystemSleep named: "Address Book Source Sync"
    Timeout will fire in 1051 secs Action=TimeoutActionTurnOff
   pid 56(powerd): [0x0000cc19001082f6] 00:02:31 InternalPreventDisplaySleep named: "com.apple.powermanagement.delayDisplayOff"
    Timeout will fire in 148 secs Action=TimeoutActionTurnOff
No kernel assertions.
Idle sleep preventers: IODisplayWrangler

UPDATE

Apple have reply to my Bug Report and it happened to be a feature instead of a bug.

  This issue behaves as intended based on the following:

  This a new feature with laptops where lid open and key presses cause
  system to boot.

  It is called boot on any key press feature.

  We are now closing this bug report.

  If you have questions about the resolution, or if this is still a
  critical issue for you, then please update your bug report with that
  information.


texts: How can I use the desktop version of Google translate on my iPhone?

texts:
The desktop version of Google Translate has features that are not available when using the App on an iPhone (e.g., the phrasebook).  I’ve tried to use  these features by accessing the desktop version of Google Translate on my iPhone via the “request desktop app” feature in both Safari and Chrome without success.

Is there anyway to use the desktop version of Google Translate while on an iPhone?


texts: Why does sudo ask for a password in terminal?

texts: Why does sudo ask for a password when one can sudo su without a password and perform the same commands? Is there a way to make sudo not ask for a password when you're logged in as the an admin anyway?


texts: How do I regain all unallocated disk space to add it to macOS after removing Linux partitions?

texts:
I originally came across this post with a possible answer but, I do not understand how to go about the process, especially when 2 drives are both not showing there full size. This originally happened when I had Ubuntu Gnome installed alongside OS X (one drive (SSD)).
  I have dedicated the SSD to my OSes and the other HDD to my home folders.

When I attempted to delete the Linux partitons (one on each drive) they are now completely gone out of sight. I am unable to regain that space to add it to my system and home partiton on the drives.

Both are 500 GB drives but only 250 GB are used. I have a mid 2012 MacPro

(Incase your wondering how I have 2 drives in this mac I replaced my optical drive with a hard drive caddy)

When trying to read the gtp/pmbr scheme this is what it spits out
disk0 is osx disk1 is home.

  zackerys-MacBook-Pro:~ gefiltefish1478$ sudo gpt show disk1
Password:
      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  488050672      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  488460312       2024
  488462336     260096      3  GPT part - 0657FD6D-A4AB-43C4-84E5-0933C84B4F4F
  488722432  487790592
  976513024     260096      4  GPT part - 0657FD6D-A4AB-43C4-84E5-0933C84B4F4F
  976773120         15
  976773135         32         Sec GPT table
  976773167          1         Sec GPT header
zackerys-MacBook-Pro:~ gefiltefish1478$ sudo gpt show disk0
       start        size  index  contents
           0           1         PMBR
           1           1         Pri GPT header
           2          32         Pri GPT table
          34           6
          40      409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
      409640   499902768      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
   500312408     1269536      3  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
   501581944   498372488
   999954432      260096      4  GPT part - 0657FD6D-A4AB-43C4-84E5-0933C84B4F4F
  1000214528         655
  1000215183          32         Sec GPT table
  1000215215           1         Sec GPT header

This is the output when I run df.

df
Filesystem                       512-blocks      Used Available Capacity iused      ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk0s2                      499902768 130185800 369204968    27% 1249077 4293718202    0%   /
devfs                                   375       375         0   100%     651          0  100%   /dev
/dev/disk1s2                      488050672 465813600  22237072    96%   89020 4294878259    0%   /Volumes/HOME
map -hosts                                0         0         0   100%       0          0  100%   /net
map auto_home                             0         0         0   100%       0          0  100%   /home
localhost:/KJdZJAu-3rlfljye4LGYtx 499902768 499902768         0   100%       0          0  100%   /Volumes/MobileBackups
/dev/disk1s1                         403266        15    403251     1%       0          0  100%   /private/var/tmp/MP4XJX8Y

I'm extremely wary about rewriting any GPT without someone else's input.
Needing help; I know @klanomath was able to fix this issue hopefully he can have some input on my situation.  Possibly someone can make a bash command line to automate the process for other users who may encounter the issue.

Possible future GitHub project if I figure out how to do this on my own.


texts: iPhone 4S not always plays foreground app on external play command

texts:
I've got an older iHome iPhone dock model which, among other things, has an alarm clock feature that I use regularly with my iPhone 4S. My standard procedure for setting my alarm is this: I open the app I want to play as an alarm, then lock the phone, then put it in the dock. Most of the times, this works well: at the alarm time, the app gets the play signal from the dock, and the app in the foreground starts playing music.

However, with some web radio apps (especially bad with the app of the otherwise fantastic Radio Paradise), this fails often - though not always. The app is in the foreground when I dock the phone (and stays there - no crash), when I press play on the dock just after docking to test it, the right app starts playing, but the music that starts playing in the morning is that from the phone's standard music player, even though it was not even running before.

What could be the source of this behavior, and how can I avoid it?

I suspect the following things:

It's not relevant where the play signal comes from, be it a dock or the headset remote (though I only have experience with the dock)
It has something to do with the delay of loading/buffering the web radio stream, and somehow the phone just handing over to the standard app after some sort of timeout


texts: Can't get folder to inherit permissions on add no matter what I try

texts:
This is the Parent Folder:

This is a folder I just added to the parent folder:

I've been trying for hours to get the permissions on the New Folder to inherit from it's Parent folder. This is what I did:

sudo chmod -Rf +a "group:admin allow list,add_file,search,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity,file_inherit,directory_inherit" "/Volumes/Mavericks Storage/GioCloud/"

This does nothing because when I add new folder after running this, it still does't have "Read & Write" set for the group "admin"(I also want do the same for groups "staff" and "everyone"), what the heck am I missing?


texts:
Safari 7.0.2 on OS X 10.9.2 stopped using keychain and doesn't remember passwords any more.

That's on my iMac. On my Airbook it still works.

I checked in the keychain application and some of the passwords are stored there and some aren't (but used to be). But Safari is not using any of them.

Any ideas?


texts: Can I change the browser resolution on a mac with retina display?

texts: I have to use a virtual desktop client for my job and the client sets the resolution of the stream to the resolution of the browser, which is substantially less than the number of pixels available (because I'm using a retina display), so the picture ends up looking blurry. Is there a way to force my browser to render at a different resolution without changing my whole display to render at that resolution?


texts: Can't activate 1280 * 720 scaling on my 2K external monitor but 1280 * 800 works

texts:
I'm using a Lenovo 1440p display on my MBP through a DP to TB3 cable. The UI looks way too small on the native resolution so I'd like to achieve a 2x scaling to 1280 * 720. However, it seems I just can't enable 1280 * 720 for some reason, but 1280 * 800 works (although with the black bars on the side because it's 16:10 on a 16:9 monitor.)
In SwitchResX, I can see the 1280*720 HiDPi option but notice that the "scaled" checkbox is unchecked while it should be checked, and selecting it doesn't do anything.
Can anyone spot the problem here?


texts: I have an AT&T family plan.  My niece has an HTC smartphone and hates it.  I have a 3G iPhone.  I want to give her my iPhone and get a newer one with my upgrade.  I don't know how to transfer ownership of my 3G iPhone to my niece.  Do iPhones have SIM cards and if they do, how do you get to it?  Thanks so much for any help.


texts: The excel doesn't show chinese characters

texts:
I download an excel file which contains chinese characters, but the excel on my macbookpro/osx/snow leopard is not able to show these chinese characters.

However if I copy a chinese character from somewhere and paste it into a cell, it is able to show the chinese character.

What might be going wrong?


texts: I know it's possible to turn off sound alerts app-by-app in notification center, but is there a way to turn them off altogether. I hate all system sounds!


texts: What sub-format of Word document does Pages use for export?

texts:
I am using Pages '09 (v 4.3) and LibreOffice under OSX. When exporting a document from Pages into Word format, I am unable to open it in LibreOffice. (I would swear I had done this successfully many times before.) I think LibreOffice doesn't know which of the many Word formats to use. It shows me these specific options in the Open dialog:

I was assuming it was not the most current because the extension is .doc instead of .docx but I tried changing the ext and it still fails to open correctly.

Any tips on which of the formats to select or how to get my document to open in LibreOffice? (I need to do "compare two documents".)


texts: Recycle Bin isn't working: all the files are deleted immediately and completely

texts:
Well, I don't know what happening on my MTL 10.8.4, but yesterday file deleting became very strange. When I press cmd+backspace dialog window with two variants is shown: Delete and Cancel. So the Delete button removes a file completely, and bin is empty then.

So how I can fix that?


texts: How to print to USB printer connected to AirportExtreme via ethernet port?

texts:
I have a AirportExtreme router and a new AT&T Fiber router that comes with faster Wi-Fi.

AT&T router <--ethernet-- AirportExtreme <--USB-- USB printer
            <--Wi-Fi-- MacBook

I'd like to print to the USB printer from my mac via the AT&T Wi-Fi router and Airport Extreme. Is there any way to do this? Currently, I switch to AirportExtreme Wi-Fi to print something, then switch back to AT&T router for faster connection speed. I feel computers connected to AirportExtreme's ethernet should be able to print to the printer too, but i'm not able to set this up. Please advise.

My AT&T router doesn't support USB printers, unfortunately.


texts: Keyboard shortcut to a Service is not respected when Emacs is open (Emacs takes precedence)

texts:
I defined the keyboard shortcut Cmd-Ctrl-5 to a Service via System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Services. It should work globally and indeed works well except for when Emacs is open. In that case I see C-s-5 is undefined in Emacs which means that Emacs tries to interpret the key combination. How can I give Cmd-Ctrl-5 "higher" precedence over Emacs, so force macOS to execute the keyboard shortcut (rather than Emacs)?
(A lot of webpages I found discuss the exact opposite, so how to give Emacs precedence over macOS, but interestingly enough I couldn't find the above question asked before. Note that it is not the problem that Emacs interprets the key combination [as it says, it's undefined], it just tries to interpret it when active, which is what I would like to avoid so that macOS can interpret it. I don't think it matters, but I'm on macOS 10.15.6 [Catalina]).


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Just a few months ago, I bought the latest 2011 MacBook Pro. Now, a few months later, I have a problem. It seems like my notebook is rejecting my hard drive (which is an SSD).

How it all began: yesterday, business as usual, I wanted to log in. After typiing my password and pressing enter, something strange happened. OS X was loading, and loading, and loading, till finally it froze (or gave an error, don't know for sure). But anyway, I couldn't get in, so I restarted my laptop. But it didn't start, it just hung with a no-entry directory. At home, I started to search on the Internet. I repaired my disk, several times. When I inserted another hard drive in my laptop, it worked. When I put my SSD in another MacBook, it works. When I plug my SSD externally to my MacBook, it works. But when I put my SDD inside in my MacBook, it doesn't work.

Has anyone had experience with this problem and know how to solve this without a reinstall?


texts: iPad apps randomly going gray screen or Home

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Apps on my iPad 2 are randomly switching to a gray or black screen or dropping me back on the Home screen.

I am on a slow wifi connection
All accessibility features are turned off
Battery is charging normal and is fully power
Problem happens whether charger is connected or not
Problem affects all apps

How can I diagnose and/or solve this?

I'm less interested in "just reset / reboot" and more interested to know how it happens and / or if there's a remedy.


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I have an iPhone 5. The only issue it's had is that the battery life wasn't so great as it once was... until now.

Earlier the battery went flat and it switched to this screen

Totally normal.

So I plugged it into a portable USB battery that I use in situations like this. But after 30 minutes it still didn't turn on. Then I tried it through the original mains plug and 12 hours later it still didn't turn on. Then I plugged it in via a computer's USB port and 8 more hours it still won't turn on.

Now it's been 72 hours and probably 48 of those plugged into power without turning on.

Unlike many others who have asked this or similar questions, my phone isn't damaged...

I've tried holding the power button.
I've tried holding the power button and home button - for 10 seconds.
I've tried charging it with different cables.
I've tried charging it with different power sources.
I've tried plugging it into a computer running itunes.

How do I get my iPhone running again?


texts: What is this symbol? ⎋ (it is listed as menu shortcut)

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The shortcut the Apple menu reports for the Force Quit menu item is ⌥⌘⎋. (the last character is the one Unicode calls broken circle with northwest arrow.)

What key should I press to invoke the Force Quit menu item?


texts: My project has disappeared from iMovie -- can you help me get it back?

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I have been working on a project on iMovie and yesterday I opened iMovie to continue working on it but I can't find it.

It says I have two projects but it only shows me one project and I am freaking out because I am suppose to show this video at my graduation for my whole school and every things gone but I don't know where it went.

Can you please help me find out where it went and get it back?


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The sound output is not stuck in digital mode, actually the output is stuck in "headphones mode". It works when the headphones are plugged in.

Plugging in or replugging the headphones does not change mode from headphones to digital, it stays on headphones. It does not solve the problem either. There is no red light. Instead there is a white light. Blowing at it failed to work.


texts: When I open iTunes I don't see anything that says "file" so I can't select "transfer" in order to transfer files from my devices (iPhone or iPad) to my iTunes library, which should be done before I can update the devices.  When I open iTunes the play, rewind, and fast forward arrows are on top.  under that I see the music, movies, and tv icons, followed by my device icon and a battery life indicator.  No "File"  So, why doesn't my iTunes menu bar have "file" for me to click on?  It's not anywhere on the iTunes page that I can see.  I've been trying to update my devices for quite a while but I always wind up with the same dilema


texts: Use Built-In Microphone as Input and EarPods as Output

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I am trying to record singing in Logic Pro X. I have a background track that I want the signer to be able to hear through EarPods or Beats. However, I don't want to use the microphone that comes with them; I want to use the internal microphone.

Here's System Preferences with the EarPods in:

As you can see, the only options are the microphone on the EarPods and the empty Line In port (I have an older MacBook Pro).

Without the EarPods, I get what I want:

How can I use the Internal microphone with EarPods in?


texts: Are there any specific configurations for SSD's on mac?

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A couple of months ago, I bought an SSD for my MBP. At that time, I remember to have stumbled upon a blog/article suggesting a few options to activate/deactivate.

I cannot find that page again. What are the things to activate/deactivate?

PS : for example, I remember desactivating something about spotlight indexation.

Thanks,

EDIT : (Irrevelant to the question)

A little feedback about the SSD experience. Well I bought my MBP about a year ago. I work in IT sector and create a quite a lot websites. I had the "classic" hdd before it (250go). After a few months, the disk started to make noise. Clicking and ticking. My Mac being absolutely critical, (without it I can't work) I decided to take no risk and to buy an SSD for two reasons :

First of all, it's shock resistance. I have to move around a lot and my MBP follows me everywhere. And thus is shaken from time to time.
Secondly beacause of the performance gain.

There are a few other reasons but they were not really decisive in my case.

Such as noise reduction. Working mostly with a headset noise or not, I won't hear it.
Battery is supposed to last longer since SSD are less power consuming. In my case, I haven't seen any changes about it. It is not lasting longer or running out of power earlier than before. No changes about that.

Let's say, SSD is a total change. You can buy a new processor three fo four times faster than the one, you had before, double your ram, chagne your motherboard, do whatever yo want. Nothing is going to provide the same performance boost as an SSD.

Even now, nearly 8 months later, performance is still present and not impacted by usage.


texts: How can you connect two airpods to one apple ID?

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We have two people on the family on one Apple ID.
We have two Air Pod Pros and two iPhones.
We can't figure out how to get each person to use their iPhone with their own AirPods.
We renamed the AirPods so they have distinct names.  But when we try to connect them separately then each iPhone syncs and it messes up the configuration.


texts: Can I have both iCloud-synced and local-only Safari bookmarks?

texts: Can I have some Safari bookmarks synced via iCloud to other computers and at the same time have some that are just local to my computer? If so, what is the best way to do that?


texts: Whenever I wanted to call my land line at home, I would instruct Siri to "call home" (my home number is listed as home in my contact list) She would respond by saying "calling home" and the call would be made. Now she says "I dont have a home number for John" (this is my name). A friend is having the same problem. What has happened?


texts: My mac is slow on slow internet connection

texts: We have internet connection problems on my country. For security reasons blocked almost all social networks and app store aswell.(app store blocked to stop downloading vpn). For this period i noticed, that my macbook pro is too slow. Some application opens in 1-2 minutes. When i turn off wifi everything works fine. What to do in this case? Why macos tries to connect to apple servers?


texts: Single keystroke shortcut to undo autocorrect

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Is it possible to quickly revert an autocorrect with a single keystroke or combination?  As described in Shortcut to revert autocorrect change , the "correct" way to do it is:

backspace
wait
down-arrow
enter
space

This is far too slow, and I often reflexively hit Command-Z instead, which has other unintended effects.

Are there other options, ideally without the use of backspace, arrows, or waiting?

Any advice welcome, Thank you!


texts: What is the maximum resolution for using two external monitors with a Macbook Pro 15" Retina?

texts: I've got a MacBook Pro 15" retina with the NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB. I'm looking for two high-resolution monitors to hook up to it. Can anyone tell me what the maximum resolution is that is supported for both monitors in this setup? Specifically, can it support two 3840x2160 monitors? I've got the MacBook screen itself set to 2880 X 1800.


texts: Will an iPhone only activate using the SIM card that it was originally activated with?

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I read this question and was wondering if I need to have a SIM card that has previously activated an iPhone in order to activate an iPhone.

I'm inheriting my mother's old 3Gs to use as an iPod / for development purposes, and I was wondering if when I restore it to factory settings I'll need her old SIM card to activate it.


texts: How to authorize iTunes in Mavericks (OS X 10.9)?

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I've got my new iMac OS X 10.9
I'm using iTunes on my new iMac, running Mavericks. I would like to download music/movies which I've purchased.

But then a pop-up displays:

  Your computer is not authorized; You must authorize this computer
  before you can download previous purchases.

How can I authorize my computer?
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