texts: Don't open new windows in full screen mode

texts:
This is most relevant when I'm working on multiple monitors. I will, for example, have a full-screen Microsoft Word app on one screen. I then press Cmd+N to open a new document. The new document opens a new MS Word window, as expected, but automatically puts the new window into full-screen mode. If the original window is not full-screen, then the new window is also not opened in full-screen mode. This occurs for other apps as well (e.g., Chrome).
Is there a way to stop macOS from opening new windows in full-screen mode? That is, I always want windows opened in non-full-screen mode (window-mode?), regardless of whether or not there are existing windows for that app in full-screen mode.
macOS version: 11.0.1


texts: How to view text/rtf message part in .eml files which are ignored since Mail 6.0 upgrade?

texts:
I have a bunch of .eml files that contain the message part encoded as

Content-Type: text/rtf
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: inline

Up to OS X Lion, Mail and Quick View both happily displayed the message.

The new Mail 6.0 included in Mountain Lion seems to ignore this part of the message and shows only a blank sheet (same for Quick View, of course).

Any ideas if that is intended or a bug and how I could resolve this?


texts: How do I change the Icon for a USB device?

texts:
My phone uses a standard icon when mounted. I just want to replace that icon with a custom one.

I'm opening a PNG image in Preview and copying the image, then pasting onto the icon in the Get Info window, but I get the system PNG icon instead of the image itself:

How do you use a custom image? OSX gives you no feedback on this at all.

Update: After some further investigation, it appears that the image is being set correctly in .VolumeIcons.icns

So for whatever reason, Finder is refusing to display it correctly. Is there some kind of icon format requirement that Finder isn't telling me?

Update: Now the cut-n-paste method works fine. I have not changed anything, so I have no idea what was wrong before. I can only chalk this up to a Finder bug.


texts:
I am experiencing an issue with OS X 10.8.3, where it takes a very long time to login. It seems like it has something to do with which network I am connected to.

Explanation of the issue:

I get home from the office and wake my MacBook Air up from sleep
I login with my regular account (in these groups: Admin, Managed, Mobile)
It can anywhere 15 seconds and several minutes before I get logged in

While I'm at the office, it takes less than 1 second to login; it's pretty much instantaneous. The interesting thing is that, it seems like it only occurs the first time I login from home, or subsequent times if the computer has been sleeping for a longer period of time.

It seems like it's somehow related to which wired/wireless network I am connected to; as if it's trying to authenticate with something before logging me in. I've tried many different things (turning on/off wireless, VPN, changing user groups, etc.) but I haven't been able to determine the source of the problem.

Has anyone here experienced something similar?

Many thanks in advance,

– Leif


texts: Boot Camp restarted back to OS X instead of Windows

texts: I just tried to install BootCamp for Windows 8.1 on my new retina MacBook Pro and it was making the USB stick for like 1 hour then it partitioned the disc and after that, when it should restart to install menu, it automatically restarted back to OS X. So now my disk is split but I can’t run the installation since it has automatically booted into OS X. Any solutions?


texts: Can I update my 4.0b iphone to 4.0.1, and not to 4.1?

texts:
I am looking for a way to update my iPhone 3Gs to 4.0.1, and not to 4.1 so that I can jailbreak.

Can anyone help?

EDIT - I have now tried, and failed on two seperate machnines  to restore from DFU mode to 4.0.1 The device is has 4 beta on it.


texts: Change colour of thin 1 pixel grey border around browser window

texts:
I'm using Firefox on Mac OS Catalina.
It has a thin 1px grey border around the browser window.
I would like to change the colour of this border to black so it blends in better and is less noticeable.
Is this possible?


texts:
I created some rules in Mail 6.6 application.

Now, I want to apply these rules on my existing mails in mailbox, not just to the inbox, that is going to my mailbox after creation of the rules.

How can I achieve this?


texts: How to tell if iTunes in the mini player mode from applescript

texts:
Is there a way to tell if iTunes is in mini player mode from applescript?

Using Mac OS X 10.8.4 Mountain lion.


texts: After Forced Reboot, Passwords and SSL Not Working

texts:
I was having problems with my Mac Mini, stuff like the Finder not responding, so I restarted.   I tried it the 'correct' way to begin with, i.e. apple menu, and then restart.  All of the windows seemed to close down correctly, and the Dock and menu bar were the only things visible.  This was taking a while so I went out and did some errands.  I got back two hours later and the same screen was showing.  I started the Terminal and ran sudo reboot.   Again, two hours of nothing.

I cycled the power.

The Mac is now working in that I have access to Finder etc.  But every single browser I use (Firefox, Safari, Opera and Chrome) has stopped storing passwords and has hosed all the passwords that were previously stored.  And I can no longer send mail from Mail.app as there is an SSL error.  Server-side, the log says:

Apr 29 12:13:12 mail sendmail[15639]: xHdsgddff9dfD: xxxx.invalid.com [192.168.1.31] did not issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during connection to MTA


texts: How to free up space and see remaining storage?

texts:
Firstly, I seemed to have messed something up in the About This Mac storage tab as I can't see the remaining storage.as seen in this picture.

And while I'm at it, what is the best way to free up storage?


texts: Update 'Find my iPhone' location with new wireless network setup

texts:
Apple used to use Skyhook Wireless to do geolocation on wifi devices to assist with GPS.

Now, according to their recent location services press release, as well as previous iOS release notes,  they switched to an internal service to handle this. The recent PR said that they do still collect some of this information for their anon database.

Due to some changes in my wireless network (adding another base station), Find my iPhone isn't as accurate at my home anymore. It used to be very precise (could tell which side of the house a device was on), but now it shows the device across the street or in the trees.

Is there a way to manually update or refresh this location information? You used to be able to go to skyhooks website to enter your location and MAC addresses, but since Apple doesn't use that anymore - thats not helpful.


texts: What version of iWork can I use with Snow Leopard Ver 10.6.8?

texts: I have tried to use iWork 09 but my machine is only Core duo and not Core 2 Duo so will not load.


texts: How do I debug stalled out package verification?

texts:
Every time I try to install any new software this happens...

The package starts verifying, but then makes no progress.  Eventually I give up and cancel the install.  How can I diagnose this so I can start doing new things with my computer again?

I've tried examining the Console, but I see no related error messages.


texts: MBP Late 2011 15" Windows 10 Installation Problems

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Just two days ago, the machine had a Windows 8 partition on it, but it was full of malware slowing it down and hurting it. I backed up all important files and formatted the drive, so to install Windows 10 from a WININSTALL USB drive, I created on a different computer. I've tried as many things as I could think of, or find online, even going as far as to do a full wipe of the entire Hard Drive.

Boot Camp Assistant, when functional, give me the error that "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has a mbr partition table, On EFI system window can only be installed to GPT disks."

Installing on a partition of pure Free Space returns the error "Windows could not update the computer's boot configuration. Installation cannot proceed."

I've done some reading, and it seems this older model isn't EFI compatible. If this is true, what alternatives do I have? If not, what can I do to move things forward. Thank you!

-Dan


texts: Change Terminal.app's Default Shell to BASH

texts:
How can I change Terminal.app's default shell to BASH?

For some reason, my friend's Mac (10.6.6) defaults to using TCSH instead of BASH. The obvious remedy is to choose /bin/bash as the command to open shells with (as below), but then it fails to load .bashrc and .bash_profile (even if I give a --source or --rcfile parameter).

How can I switch it to use bash the right way?


texts: I created a .inputplugin file per Apple's guide to use with a custom font I have. When I try to install it, it does nothing and doesn't appear in my input menu. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!


texts: Where can I see the full key-to-character mapping for a language-specific keyboard?

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I'd like to know which character is output from which key, including with modifiers like  ⌥ ⌘  ⇧ ⌃, including the character and its Unicode number.
Only the primary characters appear on my physical keyboard, but some less-known ones are produced with the modifiers.
This can actually be seen under System Preferences->Keyboard->Input Sources; Select language and then press modifier keys. However, I cannot screenshot the image of the keyboard with a modifier because the screenshot key-combination overrides the modifier key; and in any case this  is a tiny  image of the keyboard, whereas I would like a precise listing in text form.
Is this in a configuration file somewhere on my Macbook (2017 15 inch; OS 10.15.7), or can I output it with a certain command?

[Edit]: In addition to the answer below, using Ukelele, note this  code which processes Ukelele output into a searcable document.


texts: Hiding home shares on file sharing computer

texts:
Due to my email backup software, I had to create 'real' users on my 10.6.6 install rather that create 'share only' users.

Now when users connect to the shares, they see a full home folder as well as the shares I have setup.

Is there a way for me to turn off sharing home folders?

EDIT:

When a user logs onto the server, I only want them to see the assigned shares, not the automatically made 'home folder' share.  For instance, I make a user on the server called 'Bob', and three shares called "One', 'Two', 'Three'.  When Bob logs onto the server from another computer via finders 'SHARED' list, he sees four shares 'Bob', 'One', 'Two', 'Three', I do not want 'Bob' to show up on that list.


texts: Audible alarm for iPod Touch low battery

texts: I'd like my iPod Touch to play an alarm sound whenever the battery is low (for example, 10% power remaining). Is it possible to do this?


texts: Can't add DHCP Reservation with Airport Utility

texts:
I just bought an AirPort extreme (bought December '12). I'm trying to assign a static IP for my printer.

With Airport Utility 6.2, under Network, I click on the plus sign under DHCP Reservations. All I get is a beep and it doesn't do anything.

Router mode is set to DHCP and NAT.

What is preventing me from adding a DHCP Reservation?


texts:
While I was using my MacBook Pro, I went to setting and ironically I disabled all the finger touch option from Trackpad. Now I can't click anything just the icon is moving around. I tried to plug in another keyboard and mouse in the USB drive was showing press to continue. Sadly I can't click at all.

Anyone with the idea how to restore the option as I am having lots of difficulties.


texts: AppleScript prints out keypresses, doesn't execute them

texts:
I expect this script to switch applications (command tab):

$ cat hello.applescript
tell application "System Events"
 key code 48 using command down
end tell

But it just prints out a tab:

$ osascript hello.applescript
⏎

I'm on OS X 10.9.4


texts: How to use different SOCKS proxy for different CLI apps?

texts: based on some politics I cannot use proxychains* utilites ( no preload accepted ). As I understood is no chance to achieve it using sandboxes and no netspaces yet in OSX. I can play with the firewall little bit, but it looks complicated. Is there a way to redirect all traffic to the SOCKS proxy per specified cli app?


texts:
I have a late-2010 MacBook Air (11inch, 3,1), running Snow Leopard.  I hadn't run software update in a month or two, so I plugged it into the wall and ran software update last night.  Unfortunately, the update failed, giving the informative message "An error occurred."  Nothing happened for an hour or so after this, so I forced a restart.

Now the MBA won't boot up at all.  It hangs on the grey screen, with the little grey wheel spinning forever.  I was wondering what additional steps I should take before bringing it in to the apple store?  I've already:

Booted from the provided USB drive and repaired permissions.  Permissions repair finds lots of SUID issues it can't repair, but I guess I can ignore these.
Booted from the provided USB drive and run disk utility.  It runs without issues.
Re-installed Snow Leopard from the USB drive.
Re-set PRAM
Re-set the PMC
Ran the apple hardware test (the short one, not the long one) from the USB drive. Everything passed.

None of these procedures fixed the issue.  Ominously, when I try to boot in single user mode, this also fails.  It displays lots of errors messages, and never actually gets to a command prompt.

Have there been any recent firmware updates for the 3,1 macbook airs?  It doesn't seem to be a software problem, but I'm stumped, and any help is appreciated.

Thank you.

Edit: Here's what the screen looks like:

Edit 2: I did a "Safe Boot" and that appears to hang too.  Here's the last few lines of output:

fsck_hfs: Volume is journaled. No checking performed
fsck_hfs: Use the -f option to force checking
launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisory.plist
systemShutdown false
AppleMCP89TMS::powerGatingDown(0): Done

and nothing more for over an hour now.


texts: Unable to Sign Out of my Apple ID on my mac

texts: Whenever I clicked the sign out button, this error is prompted in my screen. The same problem persist when signing out iCloud. I'd tried resetting my password in browser, but that doesn't helps. BTW I'm using catelina V 10.15.3 (19D76)


texts: Lost my iPhone 5s, can I get non-iMessage texts back after I replace it?

texts: I recently lost my iPhone, and have some important non-iMessage texts from android devices on it -- is it possible to restore these after replacing the phone, or am I out of luck here?


texts:
Where are CUPS backend scripts and filters stored on Mac OS X?

On linux they are in /usr/lib/cups/backend, but I can't find them on Mac OS x


texts: Only root login remains (all other users gone) and even root hangs, so can't access!

texts:
We have been locked out of our iMac running on El Capitan. Basically all known user accounts have disappeared. Only "other" remains which seems to the "system administrator" or "root" and when trying to login with this one, it hangs (endless turning white circle). Have been on forums and tried many of the First Aid (and second aid) tips and tricks, including fsck (where I found out initially "MacHD had been modified", and eventually got to "MacHD seems to be working fine").

Someone suggested the problem may be in Launch Services area and to access the Mac through FireWire and Target Disk Mode, but I don't have the possibility for such connection, plus without step-by-step I am not tech savvy enough to dare the programming challenge it seemed to require.

Any help would be wonderful. I would bring it in, but as always when things fail, several important docs on the hard drive hadn't been backed up yet, so there we are.


texts: Copying Time Machine sparse bundle on NAS

texts:
Do to corruption problems with Time Machine on my Drobo NAS, I have decided to have two shares housing the TM backups so that they back up in a rotation.  I have already completed the initial backup to TM_A, but it takes over a day.  To save time, I want to duplicate TM_A to TM_B.  I want to use the Drobo to handle the copy it's self and avoid the slow down of using the wifi network to send data from the Drobo to my Mac and then back to the same Drobo.

However when I SSH into the Drobo as Admin and look inside the shares, the sparsebundle is a directory, yet not a directory I can enter.  Using either CP or Midnight Commander, copying only copies the directory, but not the full sparsebundle.  How do I copy the entire sparsebundle, files included, and not just the directory?

Setup:

NAS: Drobo 5N
Computer: MBP running 10.13.5
Backup disk 1: TM_A, 500 GB allocated
Backup disk 2: TM_B, 500 GB allocated
Connection type: Wi-fi


texts: Is it possible to automate FTP in Terminal?

texts: I want to add an FTP command to my crontab to automatically download a file. How do I do this?


texts: Is it possible to install Xcode 7 in 10.9 OS X?

texts:
I have very slow Mac with an HDD (MacBook C2D 2.24Ghz/2.40Ghz) and there is no possibility to install El Capitan or Yosemite (very,very slow).

I want to use a newer Xcode to learn programming though.

Is there a way to install a newer Xcode with OS X (10.9) – maybe there is patch for Xcode or some hack for exec?


texts:
about a year ago i had to change my email because my old one got hacked. i changes my apple id to fit my new email and deleted my old one. the old email i used does no longer excist as i deleted that one too, but everytime i try to update my apps, itunes ask me to log in to my old Apple ID with my old email saying "sign in to itunes store. enter the password for your apple ID (old email)? i have made sure my new email is registered on my phone and it is the email that is used in app store, it is also the one displayed in the settings.
how can i fix this????


texts: Hitting Play/Pause key (F8) ends FaceTime call

texts: In High Sierra, hitting the Play/Pause (f8) button now ends a FaceTime call if one is in progress. This is quite frustrating as I often pause music after I answer a FaceTime call, is there any way to disable this?


texts:
The iPad was bought 5 years ago, it runs iOS 9.3.5 and claims to be up to date.

The battery is fine - it does hold the charge, and it does charge fast (when it decides to charge).

The cable is also fine - I bought a new thick cable and plug it into a "travel adapter" which outputs 5.1V/0.7A (same behavior with a 5V/2A adapter).

Problem: when I plug the cable into the iPad and adapter, the charge indicator (lightning next to the battery icon) does not come up.

However, after I

Unplug the cable (either from the iPad or from the adapter)
Turn off iPad
Plug the cable back

the iPad turns on right away, and usually starts charging (and then it charges fast and holdw the charge fine, as mentioned above).

What do I do to get the device to charge reliably?


texts: Update from Mac OS Sierra to High Sierra causes App to crash

texts:
I have a file sharing application which works like DropBox and Google Drive. The application works fine in Mac OS Sierra 10.3.2 and older. However when we update the OS to High Sierra (10.3.3) the app crashes.
Apple did move from Openssl to Libressl in the update.

Scenario.

I have a synch folder with 25,000 files. The desired behavior is for the application to push those files to the server.

Behavior.

After the 1000 file the app crashes. From the crash logs, it appears to be crashing on libcrypto.35.dylib

Theories.

I have a few theories as to what is happening here.

I have a race condition in the application that has been exposed in the OS update. This would explain why I do not see it in the previous Mac OS versions.
There is a bug in Apple's new version of Libressl. However I have not seen many complaints about this issue.

Crashing Thread Report

Process:               fileSync [8888]
Path:                  /Applications/file Synce.app/Contents/MacOS/File Sync
Identifier:            com.hds.osx.fss.File-Sync
Version:               9.0.0
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           File Sync [8888]
User ID:               503

Date/Time:             2018-03-22 16:28:17.837 -0400
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.13.3 (17D47)
Report Version:        12
Anonymous UUID:        FBE3606C-ABD0-D8A2-E971-ADD1A3955EFC

Sleep/Wake UUID:       45EAC198-3478-40FC-B89A-613ECA3EB94A

Time Awake Since Boot: 150000 seconds
Time Since Wake:       6000 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread:        12

Exception Type:        EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes:       EXC_I386_GPFLT
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Termination Signal:    Segmentation fault: 11
Termination Reason:    Namespace SIGNAL, Code 0xb
Terminating Process:   exc handler [0]

Thread 12 Crashed:
0   libcrypto.35.dylib              0x00007fff51d47ffa ERR_STATE_free + 58
1   libcrypto.35.dylib              0x00007fff51d48fac int_thread_del_item + 252
2   libcrypto.35.dylib              0x00007fff51d47f78 ERR_remove_thread_state + 104
3   libcurl.4.dylib                 0x00007fff5205a25b Curl_close + 186
4   libcurl.4.dylib                 0x00007fff52075c08 curl_multi_cleanup + 227
5   com.hds.osx.fss.File-Sync   0x000000010cc3e317 CurlHttpClient::~CurlHttpClient() + 263
6   com.hds.osx.fss.File-Sync   0x000000010cd430ab AwRestClient::QueryFileSystemChanges(unsigned long long, std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char> > const&, AwFileSystemChangeList&, AwRestResponse&) + 539
7   com.hds.osx.fss.File-Sync   0x000000010ccd9fb7 AwFssMgr::PullRemoteChangesPrivate(unsigned long long, std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char> > const&, std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char> >&, unsigned long long&, unsigned int&) + 471
8   com.hds.osx.fss.File-Sync   0x000000010ccd9c36 AwFssMgr::PullRemoteChanges(unsigned long long, std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char> >&, bool, unsigned int&) + 214
9   com.hds.osx.fss.File-Sync   0x000000010cc72c46 AwController::RemoteNotificationListeningThread() + 2950
10  com.hds.osx.fss.File-Sync   0x000000010cc720ad AwController::RemoteNotificationListeningThread(void*) + 29
11  libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff539e66c1 _pthread_body + 340
12  libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff539e656d _pthread_start + 377
13  libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff539e5c5d thread_start + 13

Question

Is there a bug in High Sierra that explains this behavior/crash report
If not what are the possible causes for this crash ?


texts: How to debug Active Directory binding issues?

texts:
When trying to bind the mac to the AD using the Directory Utility I get:
Authentication server encountered an error while attempting the requested operation

How can I find out what the error is? I checked on the server running the AD the Event Viewer under Applications and Services Logs under Active Directory Web Services and Directory Service, nothing. I also checked on the mac under /var/log/opendirectoryd.log, also nothing. Where else can I get information about what is going wrong?


texts: Need some advice/solutions on having 2 external displays set up

texts:
I have a 2015 13" Retina MacBook Pro that comes with 2 Thunderbolt ports and an HDMI port.

I have 2 monitors which have same resolution (1920x1080) and same size, and they also only have DVI and VGA ports (no HDMI ports on both monitors).

I have already connected one of the monitors to my rMBP via a Mini DisplayPort to VGA adaptor. I'm looking to connect the other monitor using a Mini DisplayPort to DVI adaptor.

Now, is there any problem with using different formats of adaptor in this case? Are there any problems/obstacles to set up both external monitors using 1 VGA and 1 DVI adaptor to Mini DisplayPort?


texts: Import movies already on computer into iTunes

texts:
I have a bunch of movies/TV programmes on my computer that I want to transfer to an iPad. As far as I know, the only way to do this is to first add them to iTunes (on a computer), then synch iTunes with the iPad.

Some of these movies are .avi files and others are .mp4 files. I've selected the Films section of the iTunes Library and opened the "Home Movies" tab. I've tried several ways of add the files including:

The "Add File to Library..." menu item (in the file menu)
The "Add Folder to Library..." menu item (in the file menu)
Dragging the file from windows explorer and dropping it into iTunes

For some reason this fails for all the files except one. The one that works is an .mp4, but strangely none of the other .mp4 files (or any of the .avi files) appear in iTunes after I try to add them to the library.

Is there some reason why this one particular .mp4 would work but not others? Is there another simpler way to transfer these files to the iPad? I'm using iTunes 11 on Windows.


texts: iPod lyrics hiding things in  ... workaround?

texts:
I bought a CD, ripped it and copied it to my iPod Touch.  Then I found the lyrics on the internet, confirmed that they're the same as in the album booklet, and pasted them into the lyrics section in iTunes.

Everything's great, except for one track.  It's a collaboration, and in the lyrics, before each section, it says who's doing that part by putting their name in <>.  For one artist, it looked fine, but for the other, the line was blank!

What gives?  And what workaround is there to make both artists names appear?


texts: Whenever I install a program via MacPorts, it gets and installs lots of dependencies. When I uninstall said program, how do I make MacPorts recursively remove all unused dependencies with it?


texts: Mac mini 2018 problem with USB pen drive

texts:
When I insert a pen drive in the USB slot of my Mac mini 2018 the Bluetooth mouse and keyboard lose connection. Anyone knows how to solve this?

I have Mojave 10.14.2 and both mouse and keyboard are Apple.


texts: Strange behavior after a scheduled shutdown

texts:
On my Mac Mini running Catalina I've set it to shutdown each night at 10:30PM, which it does without problem. However, on booting by hand the next day the screen is extremely unresponsive to the keyboard and mouse and it may take several attempt to login. But when I do login the screen is black except for any notifications. The screen does respond when I force the Force Quit Applications window to open, but shows no applications running. Clicking on a notification does open the correct application, as does using Spotlight which brings me to the strangest behavior. If I use Spotlight to open Terminal, intending to force a manual reboot, the terminal session says
NO LOGIN: System going down at 22:40

Login incorrect
login:

and refuses new logins. The given time 22:40 is the time of the scheduled power off
When I force a power off and on reboot everything reverts back to normal behavior. Any ideas anyone?


texts: Which file system for an SD card permanently mounted on my Mac?

texts:
To extend my limited Macbook Pro storage I keep a 128 GB micro SD always mounted in the SD card reader (thanks to Nifty Minidrive). I use it for static files:  music, photo and video files I need to refer to, but that don't change often.

The SD card is formatted in exFAT and from time to time it gets disconnected when I bump my Mac during my commute, and to fix the file system corruption I need to mount it on a Windows PC (since Disk Utility doesn't seem to be able to fix it).

Since I'll use this SD card only on my Mac, should I format it as HFS+ instead?
I've read that a journaled file system can cope better with this kind of problems, and Disk Utility could repair it if needed.

Is there any risk (i.e. excessive wear on the SD card) in formatting my micro SD in HFS+?

Will be HFS+ more reliable than exFAT?


texts: Is OS X on VirtualBox on Windows suitable for iOS app development using Xcode?

texts:
I am trying to install OS X on VirtualBox VM on Windows 7, but it is giving me a message that "hardware acceleration" is missing on my PC.

How can I deal with this problem? …and is this suitable for iOS app development using Xcode?


texts:
Example : [i539] (https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/files/form/i-539-pc.pdf)

I can fill the form and "Export As PDF..." but I can not save the pdf so that I can continue to fill later.

Errors:
File > Duplicate : "The file couldn't be saved"
File > Save... : "The document 'I-539-pc copy" could not be saved as 'I-539-pc copy.pdf'"

OS: macOS Catalina (10.15.3)

This happens for most such forms.

And, I don't have admin access to install any other pdf software.


texts: DNS fails over time. Reconnecting to wifi solves it momentarily

texts:
The DNS lookup fails after some time of being connected. I can get it back working if i reconnect to my wifi. However it seems to happen more frequently.

I enabled debugging in the mDNS responder to see what happens when the error occurs.

21/02/16 16:22:14,721 mDNSResponder[100]: --------------
21/02/16 16:22:14,721 mDNSResponder[100]: -- Sent UDP DNS Query (flags 0100) RCODE: NoErr (0) RD ID: 10907 30 bytes from port 61929 to 8.8.4.4:53    --
21/02/16 16:22:14,721 mDNSResponder[100]:  1 Questions
21/02/16 16:22:14,722 mDNSResponder[100]:  0 skydrive.wns.windows.com. AAAA
21/02/16 16:22:14,722 mDNSResponder[100]:  0 Answers
21/02/16 16:22:14,722 mDNSResponder[100]:  0 Authorities
21/02/16 16:22:14,722 mDNSResponder[100]:  0 Additionals

After disconnecting wifi and enabling it again is works again:

17/02/16 18:53:52,278 mDNSResponder[30063]:  1 Questions
17/02/16 18:53:52,278 mDNSResponder[30063]:  0 ap.spotify.com. Addr
17/02/16 18:53:52,278 mDNSResponder[30063]:  9 Answers
17/02/16 18:53:52,278 mDNSResponder[30063]:  0 TTL     115   21 ap.spotify.com. CNAME ap.gslb.spotify.com.
17/02/16 18:53:52,278 mDNSResponder[30063]:  1 TTL     115    4 ap.gslb.spotify.com. Addr 194.132.162.248
17/02/16 18:53:52,278 mDNSResponder[30063]:  2 TTL     115    4 ap.gslb.spotify.com. Addr 194.14.177.3
17/02/16 18:53:52,278 mDNSResponder[30063]:  3 TTL     115    4 ap.gslb.spotify.com. Addr 194.132.162.198
17/02/16 18:53:52,278 mDNSResponder[30063]:  4 TTL     115    4 ap.gslb.spotify.com. Addr 194.132.162.18
17/02/16 18:53:52,278 mDNSResponder[30063]:  5 TTL     115    4 ap.gslb.spotify.com. Addr 194.132.162.196
17/02/16 18:53:52,278 mDNSResponder[30063]:  6 TTL     115    4 ap.gslb.spotify.com. Addr 194.132.162.147
17/02/16 18:53:52,278 mDNSResponder[30063]:  7 TTL     115    4 ap.gslb.spotify.com. Addr 194.132.162.3
17/02/16 18:53:52,278 mDNSResponder[30063]:  8 TTL     115    4 ap.gslb.spotify.com. Addr 194.14.177.37
17/02/16 18:53:52,278 mDNSResponder[30063]:  0 Authorities
17/02/16 18:53:52,278 mDNSResponder[30063]:  0 Additionals
17/02/16 18:53:52,278 mDNSResponder[30063]: --------------

Have anyone tried anything similar and found a solution?

Edit: sometimes it just starts working again, without reconnecting to wifi.

Hardware: Macbook pro 2015, with dedicated gfx.


texts: Can't run Python script from anywhere, even after PATH variable was edited?

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I was trying to set up my Mac to run custom Python scripts from anywhere without having to type python [script.py] or the explicit file path.

The script is called "testscript". I put the script in my own bin directory (separate from /usr/local/bin), called /User/Patrick/bin, and added it to my path so when I type echo $PATH it comes up correctly like so:

/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/User/patrick/bin:/usr/local/go/bin`.

I already added the line #!/usr/bin/env python to the top of the file, I already did chmod 700 testscript, but I still can't call testscript from anywhere.
Have things changed since OSX Yosemite?


texts: How can I stop Finder from trying to 'pre-load' audio files?

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I have a lot of audio in my storage devices.

Finder for Mac OS X Snow Leopard tries to get a 'snapshot' of the audio whenever a folder is opened and this can take a while if there are lots of files. It seems to integrate iTunes with the Finder so that audio can be played directly from the Finder icon and not just in iTunes.

I don't want Finder to do this, I just want it to list the files with normal icons and then I can pick which to play. Normal listing happens almost instantly whereas audio pre-loading takes a while.

Any help?


texts: MacBook Pro display turns black when unplugging external HDMI monitor

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Whenever I unplug my HDMI monitor, my MacBook Pro (mid-2010) display turns black. This persists through reboots. Is there a way to reset the display settings for my laptop?

I've tried resetting the display cache (option-command-p-r when rebooting), without success.

I am running Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.3.


texts: Why does Siri not set Geofence reminders on iPhone when used in conjuction with an Exchange account?

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I have been trying to use Siri to set a Geofence reminder to no avail. Apparently there seems to be some type of conflict with the phones local reminders and syncing (via Active sync) with Exchange servers in general. Siri will setup a standard reminder but review of the created task none of the Geofence options are present. I have read through Apple's forums and other 3rd party forumns. I have found a thread on Apple's forum that can be found here that involves turning off reminders and the Exchange account and enabling them on your iCloud account. Upon testing, this potential work around was unsuccessful for me (Siri still refuses to utilize Geofence options). I am currently syncing to an Exchange 2010 server (mail, contacts, calendars and reminders). Can any one provide or point to:

A canonical answer as to why this occurs?
Are there any potential workarounds that will allow an Exchange account
and built in Siri Geofence functionality to work in tandem with
each other?

The information that I have been able to locate to date reflects conflicting views with some parties saying it can be done and others saying it can't be done. I have yet to find a definitive answer on Apples general site.


texts: Trouble setting up separate iTunes libraries for iPhone and iPod

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I've searched on here and elsewhere on the tubes on how to use separate iTunes libraries but it does not seem to be working.

My iPhone 5 has all my podcasts, about 4 albums worth of music, books, and some iTunes U stuff. It's library is on dropbox and the path is /Users/Admin/Dropbox/iTunes

My iPod classic has 50GB of music. I want it to have it's own library. Currently the library is located on my Desktop.

I Option+click to open iTunes and choose the iPod library but Preferences still points to the iPhone library on Dropbox. Also, even with "Prevent iPhones ... from syncing automatically" checked my iPhone is located via wifi and appears in the iTunes device section next to my iPod. I can't find any option to disable this. (ETA: Found the button to disable wifi sync. I swear it was missing all afternoon.) Maybe put my iPhone into airplane mode, then connect iPod? But that's kind of an annoying solution to have to do every time.

I'd appreciate any assistance in getting each device to reliably sync with it's own library/directory.


texts: My playlist won't sync to my iPod because there's Apple Music mixed in the playlist. I didn't think I had any Apple Music in my library. How can I tell which song is Apple Music and which song I own?


texts: How to list previously approved apps from "Filter Network Content" pop-ups?

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It appears that when an application needs to filter or monitor network content MacOS asks the user for approval.
How can I check (either GUI or command-line) which applications have been approved before?
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicemanagement/webcontentfilter


texts: MBP 13" 2020 x64 starts unbelievably slow (10 mins for restart)

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I received a new MBP 13" 2020 x64 in January this year. It was already updated to Big Sur (Currently 11.3 is installed). Since the beginning, it seems to have issues when starting up. E.g. I removed some Canon tools and rebooted the MBP and it took me way more then 10 minutes to restart. The login screen won't recognize Bluetooth devices like my Magic Mouse or Magic Keyboard directly. It takes some time but also not all keystrokes are recognized (like 3 out of 8). So it is impossible to type my password with it.
Once it is in operational mode, it works almost flawlessly. This is why i just log out instead of turning the MBP off. But this shouldn't be the case.
My last MBP 13" 2019 and 2016 worked like a charm. No issues at all.
I found some resources stating resetting the NVRAM or SMC might help, but they didn't or I did not reset them properly.
Does someone here has the same issues?


texts: Minecraft Immediately Crashes On Launchup

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I'm running Mavericks 10.9.5.
This is my java version:

Whenever I started Minecraft up, it would immediately crash.

I tried:

Reinstalling Minecraft
Deleting the minecraft folder in Application Support
Reinstalling Java

Hints for the problem:

Downloaded the most recent Java. Version 8 Update 45.
Ran this command in terminal:

sudo mv /usr/bin/java /usr/bin/java-1.6

Ran this command in terminal:

sudo ln -s '/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/bin/java' /usr/bin/java

I was having troubles with running a plugin, so I thought it was my java. After I did all of that, java wouldn't work at all. I tried to enter "java -version" in terminal, and it would say "unknown command".

After that happened, I went to Apple Java, and installed the most recent build, found here: https://support.apple.com/downloads/java

I installed "Java for OS X 2015-001 Beta.

After that, I could type in "java -version" with no problem. After I restarted my computer, Minecraft wouldn't launch. When I try to run my own server, it starts up, and then it fails and crashes.

Note: Java Control Panel also crashes on launch.


texts: Little Snitch uninstalled properly but Little Snitch Helper still here

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Long time ago, I uninstalled Little Snitch with the built-in uninstaller.

I also ran CleanMyMac and checked all possible leftovers on Hard Disk: /Library and inside Home Folder: /Library such as :

/Library/Caches
/Library/Preferences
/Library/Application Support
/Library/LaunchAgents
/Library/LaunchDaemons
/Library/PreferencePanes
/Library/StartupItems

But today I spotted a remaining of Little Snitch in setting > Privacy > Location : Little Snitch Helper.

If I right-click on it and do open in finder nothing appear and I'm not able to find it !

How can I get ride of it ?


texts:
I just installed Picasa on Mountain Lion, but the fonts are really ugly and aliased:

This is a MacBook Pro with Retina display, if that makes a difference.
Is there something I can do about this?


texts: Terminal (bash) - copy files from Windows (SMB) shares without mounting

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In past OSX versions, one could copy files from SMB shares like so:

smbclient //my-server/foo -U USER%PASS -I 127.0.0.1 -c "get my.file"

However, in recent versions, sbmclient has been replaced with smbutil which does not have copying capabilities. As far as I can tell, the only replacement is mount -t smbfs. I am not aware of any way to install smbclient on OSX (Print file from terminal via smb).

Mounting is pretty annoying though:

You have to create a folder for the mount point (what if it already exists?)
If the same folder has already been mounted on a different folder, mount will fail (with a pretty misleading error)
There's no "structured" way to tell which shares are mounted where (that I know of), meaning you'll have to grep/sed the output of df to try and work around the issues above

Basically I just want to reliably copy a file from an SMB share in a bash script, and the issues above make it more complicated than it should be (and already was before smbclient was dropped).


texts: Can I link an image without embedding in Mac MS Word 2016?

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Earlier versions of Word for Mac let me link an image without embedding it, so that

a) the Word file itself didn't bloat, and

b) I could modify the image once, and have the changes show in every document that used it.

None of the web tips I've found applies to Mac Word 2016… the options they mention have gone from the Insert Picture interface. Is there an Easter egg hiding somewhere?


texts:
Under mobile account preferences I have selected "Home folder". What exactly is the home folder and how can I find out where mine is? What else does it include, for example does it include the folder Movies and Images? In mobile accounts is there a way to exclude certain files?

I forgot to ask but does enabling "sync home folder" mean that only the current user the account synced or all users of the computer have there home direcotry synced?


texts: Display week numbers using ISO 8601 week-based year in Apple Calendar app on iPadOS?

texts:
In other words, the same as this Question, Standard (ISO 8601) week number in Calendar.app?, but for iPadOS rather than macOS.
When turning on the “Week numbers” switch in “Calendar” preferences, I get week numbers. But those are not standard ISO 8601 weeks.


texts:
The iPhone has a great "Memory Movie" feature that that assembles pictures and videos of one person into a little music video.

Can you do that on the Photos app too? I could only find the slideshow, which isn't the same thing. For instance it doesn't play the "live photo" videos, it just shows stills.


texts: Get 'special' folder icons in sidebar after Music, Pictures moved to 2nd drive

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I moved my Pictures and Music folders off my boot drive (now SSD) and onto my second larger drive. Creating shortcuts to these new locations in the sidebar creates standard folder icons rather than the original special ones (eg musical note for Music). So it seems that Mavericks only creates the 'special' icons if it recognises those folders in the Home folder.

Is there a way to trick the OS into thinking these are the 'real' music and pictures folders, so it creates those picture icons again? I saw other answers talking about symlinks, but I haven't used symlinks here (I don't know how to do that). Maybe that is the way to go if it does create the result I am seeking?


texts:
I am having trouble with Wake On Lan for my Mac. I am trying to wake it over the internet from my phone so I can log in to TeamViewer and control it remotely. I don't know if it is my router that is the issue or something on the Mac. Here is my setup:

OS: Yosemite 10.10.3
Machine: MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)
Router: Xfinity Arris TG1682G, forwarding Ports 7, 9, 22 over UDP to my static IP machine
Apple TV: 4th Gen

I can SSH into my Mac on my phone from the outside (i.e. on it's LTE connection) while the Mac is turned on. I've been trying for hours to figure out how to wake it first when it is off. I have turned on Back to My Mac and tried to use the remote login and screen sharing features but nothing works.

I thought having an Apple TV on the network would help wake up the Mac, but no. I also have the option turned on to Wake for Wi-fi Network Access in Energy Saver settings. I have tried using some WOL iOS apps like Mocha WOL and SimpleWol, sending to both port 7 and 9. I still can't wake it to SSH into from my phone. My laptop is open and and not clamped shut.

I can't for the life of me get this working, any help is much appreciated :)

EDIT: It is connected via WiFi if that makes any difference, though I believe it shouldn't


texts: Can you change the text background color in TextEdit

texts:
The context is that I took some notes in TextEdit and copied command examples from my green-on-black Terminal window.  The text appears in the style and color of the source:

But I wanted to change it to a more readable black on yellow:

But to my amazement I can't find any way to change the background color within TextEdit.  I can change the text foreground color to black easily using ⌘T but I can't find any way to change the background color to yellow.  This is curious because obviously TextEdit can handle background colors.

I tried to change the Document color in ⌘T, but this changes the default color, that is all text except the colored text I want to change.

So, is there a way to change the text background color in TextEdit without copying the text to another application and back?  If not, what would be the simplest way?  To produce the example above I created a new profile in Terminal with a black on yellow font and copied the texts again.


texts: USB Optical Mouse not working with Mac Mini

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I have a Mac Mini. I also have a cheap optical mouse.

The two do not seem to be able to co-exist.

I've tested the mouse on a Windows PC. I've tested the USB ports of the Mac with the keyboard and another, similar mouse (but one which is rather terrible ergonomically).

Can anyone suggest things I could try to reolve this?

I've turned the Mac on and off several times but it's done nothing. Occasionally a mouse pointer will appear for a couple of seconds under the Apple logo in the top left of the screen, but it won't move and clicking has no effect.


texts:
I'm trying to automate CCleaner, so far I can start the application and click the button that starts the cleanup job, however I'm relying on a delay to determine when I should move onto the next portion of the script.

tell application "/Applications/CCleaner.app" to activate

tell application "System Events"
    tell application process "CCleaner"
        click button "Run Cleaner" of window 1
        delay 10
    end tell
end tell

I don't particularly like this approach and would prefer to detect when CCleaner is finished running (it may be much sooner or later than the 10 second delay).

While CCleaner is inactive, the button text is "Run Cleaner"; when CCleaner is active, the button text is "Cancel".  Can someone advise how I check the text on the button?  If I know how to do that I can do something like this:

tell application "/Applications/CCleaner.app" to activate

tell application "System Events"
    tell application process "CCleaner"
        click button "Run Cleaner" of window 1
        delay 10
    end tell
end tell

repeat
    # ?
    # ? if button text is "Run Cleaner" then exit repeat
    # ?
    delay 1
end repeat

# do more stuff


texts: How to close specific URLs with Applescript

texts:
I'm trying to write a little applescript that closes tabs that have URLs that do not contain certain text, but I can't get it to work.

Right now, my script closes every tab regardless of the URL. When it should only close specific URLs.

Can anyone tell me where I've gone wrong?

Here's the script…

tell windows of application "Google Chrome" to close (tabs whose URL does not contain {"business.facebook", "pinterest"} as text)


texts: Move 1Password vault from old Mac to new Mac?

texts:
I did a clean install with a new hard drive in my MacBook, with old drive externally connected.

How do I move my 1Password vault from the old drive to the new drive?

Is there a single file I can copy?
If no single file approach, will File > Backup work?I have no idea how to do the restore. When I launch 1Password, it keeps asking for a "Secret Password" as well as a "Master Password". I have a "Master Password", but not a "Secret Password". Their documentation seems to suggest that the "Secret Password" is related to their newer online ongoing accounts. I have no interest in getting an online ongoing account, I only want the local storage option.
Is local "syncing" an option?Their documentation web site suggests "synching" a vault to a thumb drive. The doc talks about choosing the thumb drive in a "file browser", but their dialog box for "syncing" shows only a strange bread-crumb style path through several files. There is no way to redirect that bread-crumb path to the thumb drive. So I am stumped by that approach.

At this point I am giving up on 1Password, and just copy-pasting the passwords manually out to a text file. Surely there is a better way.


texts:
I'm looking to upgrade the RAM in my late 2008 Macbook, see the spec below.

A few people have mentioned getting Crucial RAM but I'm unsure of what specific RAM to get and what the limit is. Or if there's better/cheaper options than Crucial.

I'm looking to get the max amount possible I can fit in.

Thanks


texts: USB-C cable for MacBook Pro 2019 16" - fully supported charging cables?

texts:
I can see this question has been broached before but I want to clarify if anything has changed with the MBP 16", which is a 96w device.

Does this have any special additional standards / features that are required in the usb-c to usb-c cable?

I wanted to get a second backup cable. I am a big fan of Anker so I was thinking I would get theirs over the official cable. However, both Anker and Apple seem to be coy about fully supporting the MBP 2019 16".

For example, on the official Anker website the product listing doesn't mention the MBP 16" outright, and seems like it doesn't fully support it:

And even the official Apple store listing stops short of declaring support:

It's about six months since the MBP 16" came out.

Is everyone just behind updating their listings, or is it some special tech in there that is going to need a faster rated cable of some kind?

Update - Apple's Recommendation

It seems that Apple has a page which says you do in fact need the correct usb-c cable to get the 100w charging:

  For the best charging experience, you should use the USB-C charge cable that comes with your Mac notebook. If you use a higher wattage USB-C cable, your Mac will still charge normally. USB-C cables rated for 29W or 30W will work with any USB-C power adapter, but won't provide enough power when connected to a power adapter that is more than 61W, such as the 96W USB-C Power Adapter.

Update 2 - Thunderbolt 3

It also seems that USB-C is only a physical form and if you start looking at active thunderbolt 3 cables then they speak of being able to make use of the full 100w charging.

Anker have a product which says:

  High-Speed Charging: Supports rapid charging currents of up to 100W, with a compatible charger.

And the offical app store sells a 2m Belkin branded one which says:

  Take advantage of up to 100W power delivery

But as yet I have not found anybody discussing this, and if there is a real improvement, for charging, between a usb-c 3.1 cable vs an active thunderbolt 3 cable.

The price is certainly much higher, but is that just because it supports 40gb/s transfer instead of 10gb/s, and the high speed 100w charge is the same as a usb-c cable or is it really an improvement?


texts:
My iMac has slowed waaaaaay down to the point where even just running a browser feels like running a marathon or locks up my machine completely.

I'd like to do a fresh install of OSX, but I've lost track of about 90% of my software keys for things like Office, the Creative Suite etc...

Is it possible to do a fresh install of OSX Mav without losing my Applications?

Cheers!


texts: Switching to windows from the dock causes other windows to open

texts:
Occasionally when clicking on an open application in the dock (e.g. Finder.app) another window will open with it, the best example I can give is that when I am in Photoshop and need to get something from Finder I click on Finder and Firefox (which was already open) shows it window. This is very inconvenient and I cannot find a correlation between when this happens and when it doesn't.

EDIT:

As it turns out this can also happen when using Cmd + Tab.


texts: Can I still add friends to Game Center on iOS 9?

texts:
My iPhone and my daughter's iPod both have iOS 9. I have tried to add her as a friend in Game Center using both her email address and her nickname. But nothing seems to work.

She has also sent a request to me. But nothing seems to get through.

I have read that game center does not allow adding friends in iOS 10. Does that mean it also doesn't work I iOS 9 now?

Note: my daughter is under 13 and we have entered her age as such. That does kind of limitations in some games. But I had not heard that it would block her from using Game Center friends.


texts: Exclude files and folders from Finder search

texts:
I seek to excluding files when searching in Finder:

When I perform a search in Finder, it will also show system and application files.

I know I can save a search which only searches my user, but I want to know if this is possible to turn off for a regular Finder window search or perhaps by creating a saved search that excludes a specific folder from the results?

This has been asked before:
How can I create a Saved Search that excludes a specific folder from the results?

but unfortunately none of the solutions worked for me for reasons that aren’t easy to list here.

I'm on High Sierra.


texts: How do I setup a NetBoot of El Capitan using Lion Server?

texts:
I have an old MacBook running Lion Server that I want to be an El Capitan NetBoot server. I downloaded the Install El Capitan Application on a supported computer, and then copied it to the Applications folder of the server. When I launch System Image Utility to create the image for El Capitan, there is nothing under the "Sources" dropdown.

TLDR: My Mac running Lion Server, but I need it to host an El Capitan NetBoot Image. How do I go about doing this?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Partially delete path in zsh (Option + Backspace)

texts:
In zsh Option + Backspace deletes the whole path on a prompt. For example:

ls /usr/local/bin

Option + Backspace returns:

ls

How can I set the same behavior so that the shortcut deletes just one word, till the next delimiter, like:

ls /usr/local/bin

Option + Backspace should return:

ls /usr/local/


texts: Mirroring content/photos between devices — Tripple the iCloud backup?

texts:
I own an iPhone 7+, an iPad, and most recently a new MacBook Pro…  so I'm starting to look at the more intelligent syncing of content between devices.

If I mirror my photos (for example) or other documents between devices through iOS, does that effectively tripple the storage used in iCloud to back up that content, or is there a bit of intelligence to avoid backing up synch'd content multiple times?


texts: How do I upgrade my iPhone 4 to run iOS 9.0? Can this be done without a computer? I need it to download Facebook, YouTube and WhatsApp.


texts:
I am running OS X 10-6.8 on a 2007 iMac and have noticed lately, that whenever I run Appleworks, the USB string seems to be dead.  I have not found a way to re-activate the USB short of Restart.  Is there a better way to get USB working again?

I feel I have to stay with 10.6.8 as I have a ton of documents that don't port easily to other software.  I have not found an integrated word processing/database/drawing program. Nor have I found a set of apps that will talk to one another like Appleworks is able to do.  I know I can buy individual apps such as Word, Filemaker, and some version of a drawing program, the they cost big $$$.

Meanwhile, if I run Appleworks and want to run the scanner or connect my camera, I have to restart or shutdown/restart before the USB devices will work.

kennyS


texts: How to stop using iCloud Music Library on Mac and iOS?

texts:
While trying Apple Music this summer, I must have switched on the iCloud Music Library functions. I finished using Apple Music, and I would like to get rid of that iCloud Music Library.

I'd like to return to...

having my music on my Mac
syncing selected playlists, albums and artists to my iOS devices
NOT having my music on iCloud at all

I am on OS X 10.11.1 and iTunes 12.3.1 on the Mac and iOS 9.2 on my iPhone and iPad.

How can I accomplish this?

Update:
of course, I have googled this, resulting either in

partial (iOS only),
outdated (iTunes 12.x seems to have had a switch in Preferences that 12.3. doesn't have) or
immensely unattractive (restore iTunes Library from TimeMachine - I would have to go back to June, it is November now...)

solutions.

On my iPhone, I was able to have it show only music that is stored locally on my iPhone.

On my Mac in iTunes, it tells me to log into iCloud regularly. Often, I see duplicate entries in my playlists. When I rip a CD, it will get uploaded to iCloud. Sometimes, I cannot see my music library but the spinning circle with the message "connecting to iCloud".

I don't like this at all, and frankly, I'm quite upset about Apple's policy...


texts: How do I get all music off my iPhone without losing my audiobooks?

texts: I never purchased any music and am not subscribed to iTunes Match. Everything in settings is set to "no" or "off". I have unwanted, unpurchased music and want to get it off my iPhone. However, I have two audiobooks, sync'd through iTunes from my computer, that I do not want to lose. I have to ask Seri to open them, because I have no Audiobook section and can't find them otherwise.


texts: How to make Macbook Pro recognise gigabit speed of ethernet adapter dongle via USB-C connection?

texts:
It works with up to 100mbps, and it shows in Network as "USB 10/100LAN", but I know it can do up to 1000mbps, but when trying to add + a new interface, the "USB 10/100/1000 LAN" does not appear as an option. The rest of the dongle works. Ethernet adapter works up to that speed.
How can I make the Mac recognise the full speed of the dongle, namely connect under a "USB 10/100/1000 LAN" connection and actually run full speed?
It says in the box 1000mbps.

I had another adapter, different model, that stopped working, that did show as "USB 10/100/1000 LAN", and did run close to 1000mbps in tests.

It reaches 1000mbps in other laptops and the seller has confirmed other clients, presumably using other laptops or OSs, don't have the problem.
It's a non-branded dongle. I have tried installing Realtek drivers but it didn't solve the problem.


texts: Setting up key bindings of Corsair Vengeance K70 to work with OS X

texts:
I recently purchased a Corsair Vengeance K70 and am trying to get set the ctrl windows alt keys to match the ones on a mac keyboard, control option(alt) command. Currently the windows key acts like command.

So far I've tried setting the key bindings by going to System Preferences -> Modifier Keys -> Corsair K70R Gaming Keyboard and testing different configurations of key settings though this appeared to have no effect.

I also attempted switching the BIOS switch on the keyboard though that seemed to have no effect.

Any suggestions?
Thanks!

Update: By opening the on screen keyboard I can confirm that the problem is that the windows key is synced with the alt key and command with window so I need a reliable way to switch those.


texts: How to tell which resolution my iTunes movie is playing at?

texts: For Apple TV 4K, if an iTunes movie has 4K available, but possibly due to my other Internet usage, the speed required (25Mbps recommended) is or is not possible.  Then how can I tell which resolution the movie is playing at currently? (whether it is playing at 4K or not).


texts: Why is macOS Sierra taking so much system space? 160+ GB for system files?


texts: Should apps on iPad Pro work just like on any other iPad

texts: iPad Pro resolution size is  2732‑by‑2048. iPad air 2 resolution is 2048‑by‑1536. So if an iOS game was built specifically for all iPad's from Apple, and the app is currently out, does it mean on the new resolution iPad Pro the game app will look like it doesn't fit on the screen?


texts: How to use the Terminal application to search or print a man page

texts:
I often need to search or print a man page. Executing the man [-a index] name command invokes a readonly navigable viewer of name[(index)]. For example, the command below displays open(1).

man  open

The command below displays open(n).

man  -a  n  open

Is there a way to use the Terminal application to involve a viewer where I can search and/or print a man page?


texts: Changing macOS Calculator to degrees mode?

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Right now I am currently working on a few things that have to do with trigonometry. More specifically, Sine and Cosine. I am trying to use my computer's calculator to do so. The problem is, the answers always come up wrong. I read online that this is the result of your calculator not being in degrees mode. I have little idea of how to do this. Here's a screenshot:

Notes:

I am aware of this already answered question. But, what is the D function? Does that even work anymore?


texts: Minimum required specs of a Mac for iOS App development

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I'm planing to develop an app with React Native for Android and iOS. I need to buy a Mac to run Xcode for iOS app development.

I do not have a high budget, which is why I would prefer to buy a (used) Mac with the minimum required specifications that is able to run the latest version of Xcode and iPhone simulator. The app I want to develop is mostly running in the background, so there will be no heavy graphics or computations.

I know this has been asked before, but it's been a few years since then, that's why I ask again.

I'm happy about any comments about RAM, Processor, manufacturing year or anything else.

Edit (November 2019):
Just wanted to give future visitors an update: I spent a few hours to test macinacloud, however since it felt pretty slow and a bit overcomplicated,  in the end I decided to get a used Mac Mini from late 2014 with 8 GB RAM. In general I am very happy with it, everything works fine (not super fast, but not too slow either). Sometimes I am hitting the limits (for example when running an iOS simulator and having too many other programs running at the same time), however I am always able to just close the ones I am not using right now and get everything to run fluently again.

Thanks for the advice everyone, I hope this can help some other iOS-developement-beginners :)


texts: Set time range for iTunes Recently Added

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Currently iTunes' Recently Added section only extends back around three months (I think) and I'd like it go back further than that, like 1 or 2 years, say.

Does anyone know how to change this?


texts: Not able to access localhost via local IP

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I want to connect to my local Web Server (NodeJS server) which runs on my MacBook with my iPhone.

On my Mac I can access the server via http://localhost:3000/.
Now all it should take is to replace localhost with my Mac's local IP address like this http://192.168.0.13:3000/. However, on my iPhone I cannot access the server this way and even when I try to open http://192.168.0.13:3000/ on my Mac there is no connection being established.

This is definitely a problem with my Mac and not with my program because when I run the server on Windows and try to connect to it with the local IP address it works just fine.

Also trying this in another Wi-Fi Network does not help or changing the port does not change anything either.

I am using Mac OSX 10.11.5 and my firewall is turned off.

How can I solve this problem?

Routing Tables (netstat -r)

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I wanted to download these Stanford and MIT lectures. Unfortunately, they are all privatized by iMac. Do you see that all download links bring to itunes.com site? BTW, why are all the best world universities are subsumed by Apple? I have installed the iTunes, but I still do not see the Download button. All it does is play online.

Here is how the iTunes download page looks like

You may enjoy the DPI-aware perfect Mac interface. But, where is the "Download" button?


texts: A little help writing a Homebrew formula for Apache Nutch?

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I'm trying to automate the installation of Apache Nutch by writing a Homebrew formula. The official tutorial requires users to download a TAR.GZ / ZIP from a mirror, extract, cd, run ant runtime, and finally, get the binaries into PATH. That's a pain to do over and over, so I'm trying to write a Homebrew formula to automate this for fellow Mac users. The trouble is, my formula isn't working for some reason.

When I run brew install nutch --verbose, the build process appears to succeed, but the runtime/ directory is missing from the Cellar, resulting in a failed brew test nutch.

Could someone help me debug my nutch.rb install formula?

require 'formula'

class Nutch < Formula
  homepage 'http://nutch.apache.org/'
  url 'http://mirror.reverse.net/pub/apache/nutch/2.2.1/apache-nutch-2.2.1-src.tar.gz'
  sha1 'c5d5d535a87d518aad41e89047c1eeb4331b74d2'

  def install
    system "ant runtime"
    prefix.install Dir['runtime/']
    bin.install_symlink prefix/'runtime/local/bin/nutch'
  end

  test do
    system "#{bin}/nutch", "parsechecker", "http://nutch.apache.org/"
  end
end


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I'm looking for a way to use the built in iPhone alarm app, but I want it to display a customizable message when I wake up. I've heard of ways to make siri speak a message, but I want it to be purely visual on the screen.

Has anyone done this or know how to do it?


texts: Are the results of Apple Photos processing shared between my computers?

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I have a MacBook and and Mac mini with same Apple ID. My photo library size is 55,109 photos, 3,670 videos, 68 items.  photoanalysisd has been running for 7 days on my MacBook.  It doesn't appear to be running on the Mac mini.  On the Mac Mini, Photos.app is not running (and thus should not be pausing photoanalysisd).

Do both computers share the analysis results, or does each computer repeat the analysis?
If the information is shared, is there a way I can coerce photoanalysisd to only process on the Mac mini, to make processing faster using the two computers?


texts: How to export multiple PDF pages into 1 PDF

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I have opened all of my PDF's in Preview (Mac). I then drag-n-droped the PDFs to make a master list of PDF's.

Question

How do I export all of the pages into 1 PDF?

What I tried

File -> Export as PDF (This just made a PDF of 1 page)
Selecting all PDF thumbnails, File -> Export as PDF (Same as above)
Selecting all PDF thumbnails, File -> Export Selected PDF Documents (This exports each page as an individual PDF document)

I have also seen people just say do a file -> print but I am not sure what setting to use because it will then ask to print the files as 1 document size for all the PDFs. The PDF's I have combined vary in size.


texts: How to use Applescript to type in a application?

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I'm trying to type in another application using Applescript, and it keeps giving me this error: Can't get keystroke of "string".
This is my code.
on run {}
    tell application "My Application"
        set str to "string"
        repeat
            keystroke str
            keystroke return
            delay (random number from 5.0 to 10.0)
        end repeat
    end tell
end run

Also, when I replace application with process, it types into the Script Editor instead of the desired application. It would be preferred if I use the application name instead of it's process ID, otherwise I'd have to change the Process ID variable every time.


texts: Panic Report initproc exited exit reason namespace 2 subcode 0xa description none


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Is it possible to run two external monitors with WQHD resolution (2560 x 1440) with a Mac mini or with a MacBook Pro via DisplayPort?

According to Apple website the Mac mini is capable of handling two external monitors with a resolution of 2560 x 1600 px. But I ask myself whether this resolution is the total maximum resolution or the maximum resolution for each of the two monitors. I'm running two Dell U2715H (supporting DisplayPort chaining).


texts: How does Time Machine behave when the backup drive becomes full?

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Let's say I have a particular folder, that has never changed, in the first backup, eg my MP3 music collection from 2009. (I know my important files should be saved elsewhere, but it's just an example).

In one scenario, I deleted the folder, and in another, the folder is still in my home folder.

I dont understand what this means: The oldest backup are deleted when your disk becomes full.

Does it means that when there is not any space left on the drive, Time Machine will start deleting my music ?

Obviously if there is no more space left and Time Machine wants to backup new files, it has to delete something. But what exactly does it delete ?


texts: How do I enable fine volume control via a keyboard shortcut in Lion?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Is fine volume adjustment possible in OS X Lion?

Is there a way to re-enable the fine volume control using

shift + option + volume

It has been removed in Lion, but I use it often.
Maybe there is a globals pref that works?


texts: How to put music on someone else's device without erasing their data?

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I have a friend who wants me to put my music from my iTunes onto her iPad.

The problem is her iPad has not been backed up onto another computer, so when I plug it in it asks to set up as new iPad or restore from settings or something like that.

How can I do it that her apps and data won't get erased, because she has very important work on there?

It is fine if her music gets deleted but nothing else. Is there a way I can put music onto her iPad without erasing data?


texts: Can I download iphone apps from the online iTunes without having access to the iTunes program?

texts: I'm not going to have access to my iTunes on my home computer nor my iPhone today. But I would like to download a few apps that are on sale today only (like this one). Is there a way to do that? Or maybe not download them, but earmark them in my account to download later?


texts: Replacing macOS with elementary OS. Computer boots normally into elementary OS, but boot menu (option key on boot) doesn't show anything

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I want to replace macOS with elementary OS on a Mac.

I formated the entire hard disk, inserted the elementary OS bootable USB, selected EFI boot on the boot loader (only option) and installed elementary OS. Everything works well.

The computer boots normally into elementary OS, but if I press the option key on boot, nothing shows on the bootloader.

If I install, choose something else and create just the root and swap partition i get a Windows partion on the boot loader. This leads me to think that is something related to installing in the EFI mode.

Does anyone know what could be happening?

Also, why when I insert the live USB, I only get the EFI option and not the windows (bios mode) option when I press the option key?

Edit:

The first method provided by David Anderson worked.

I just want to add that i made a systemd service to clone the grubx64.efi on every reboot/shutdown so that even if this file gets updated, BOOTx64.EFI are updated as well. This will also automate the solution given by David.

This is what i did:

1 - Create a file named startup-manager-fix.service with the following text:

[Unit]
Description=Show EFI Install in Apple Startup Manager
After=rc-local.service

[Service]
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=true
ExecStop=-/bin/mkdir /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/
ExecStop=/bin/cp -a -f /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu/grubx64.efi /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTx64.EFI

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

2 - Copy the above file to the folder /etc/systemd/system/

3 - Open the terminal and insert this command to activate the service that will sync both files.

sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable startup-manager-fix.service && sudo systemctl start startup-manager-fix.service && sudo systemctl daemon-reload

4 - reboot and the next time you access the apple boot selector (press the option key on startup) the elementary OS ( or other Ubuntu based distro) EFI Installation should be present.

Thanks again to David for the solution.


texts: Copying Individual Photos from Messages in 10.12.6

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I recently sent 7 photos to myself using iMessage from my iPhone so that I could have access to them on my Mac (it's faster than AirDrop for me). They appeared in Messages on my Mac, and I was able to double-click on them and look at them individually.

However, when I tried to copy and paste any one of the 7 photos, either from the text or from their own (Quick Look) photo window, pasting would just paste all 7 photos, instead of the one I’d copied.

I tried copying using shortcuts and menus. I tried pasting into Messages. And I tried simply pasting into a blank file. All those actions resulted in my only being able to copy and paste the 7 photos instead of the desired 1.

I was able to drag-and-drop with a single photo, though this seems insufficient given how unpolished this feature seems to work within Messages and elsewhere.

If copying and pasting individual photos is possible, any info would be much appreciated!


texts: Create a keyboard shortcut for macOS Share Menu

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UPDATE: Added screenshots to clarify what the macOS share menu is. This is located on iOS and macOS as an arrow icon on Apple applications (a majority of them). The screenshots are from Safari's share menu.

I'm looking for a way to toggle the Share Menu you can find on many apps such as Mail, Safari, Messages, Finder, etc.

I've looked everywhere for a way to create a shortcut for a specific option on the dropdown. Such as the Message share menu or Reminders. The dropdown application option I want is not an apple native application.

This discussion is exactly what I'm looking for however their resolution was to not create a successfully working shortcut for the Share Menu.

Any help would be appreciated. Per usual, searching anything macOS related gives apple.support results that don't have anything to do with you search keywords therefore that was no help.


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I have opened a number of ports, and am familiar enough with pfctl, but even though I have opened various ports, then show up as "filtered" - which means of course that they are not open.

How can I open them, or is it a function of having a suitable app using them?
For example

pass in proto tcp from any to any port 53

In a scan this shows up as

  53 dns Filtered

How can I open this port?


texts: Is it easy to mount my Time Capsule after a clean install (without any restore) so that I can copy individual files from it?

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People say it is possible but I am suspicious. I want to clean install and start fresh with nothing. Then I can access my Time Capsule that has my backup and copy any files I want. How easy or difficult is to use my Time Capsule as a external hard drive from where I can copy stuff? What I am particularly worried about is:

1) Will my new, clean and fresh Mountain Lion installation be able to recognize and mount Time Capsule on Finder?

2) Will I be able to easily locate, browse and copy the files from my last backup to my computer?

3) Will I have any permission problems to copy the files?

4) Will my new computer try to use Time Capsule to make backups and wipe out my previous backup? (that would be very bad!)

Thanks!


texts: MDM software on iPhone - Monitoring hotspot use?

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I have a company phone (iPhone 8) which I use as a hotspot for my personal phone sometime.

My company uses Blackberry MDM. In "rights", it says they can "list network information." What does that mean?

Can you they monitor my hotspot use (i.e. what I am using hotspot for? Websites visited, photos/messages sent etc.)?

I read somewhere that Apple does not allow monitoring of browsing details by MDMs - is this true? Does it apply to browsing when on a hotspot?


texts: Icon export @x ratio from iPhone 5 to 6+?

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If I’m designing icons/images in native iPhone 5 resolution, what @x multiple do I need to export them at for iPhone 6+? Just use @2x? That’s too big right? Example: an icon is 44px x 44px. If I export at @2x it’s 88px. That’s too large for 6+ right? What’s the right multiple or ratio from 5 to 6+.

In the past, from non-retina to retina the ratio was just doubled. So an icon of 22px would be 44px. Very annoying for Apple to do this... :/

Thank you!


texts: AppleScript App to start a Slideshow in Finder

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I want to write an AppleScript App that starts a full screen slideshow with all pictures in the currently active folder in Finder (on Big Sur/Apple M1).
Manually, in Finder I would have to open a folder, press command ⌘+ A to select all pictures (or files) inside, then press option ⌥+ spacebar to start the slideshow.
I want to write a Script-App, that does all that for me (and which I then can put in Finder's toolbar). I am a newbie to this all, so please explain it for the dummy I am!


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I´m working on a script that need to read files inside a FIND loop.
Something like this :

DIRINI=/Volumes/dados/App\ Data/DATABASE.noindex/30000
for FILE  in `find "$DIRINI"  -type f ` ; do
stat $FILE
stat "$FILE"
stat '$FILE'
done

The problem is : when the foldername  has a space inside , i  have to put the var $DIRINI inside a ""  and this  make FIND works , but  the other commands inside the loop that use $DIRINI  does not work ,   they split  foldername in two use one half in each cicle.

Does someone have an idea of what can i do ?
Thanks in advance


texts: Paralells Desktop changes default Application to play .mp4 files

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Even though I have selected the option "Always Open with" Quicktime Player for my .mp4 files. The changes never take effect and instead when I open a video, parallels desktop launches Windows Media Player.

Is anyone experiencing the same problem?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks


texts: Yosemite Server / Domain Configuration advice

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I'm configuring a mac mini server (latest Yosemite) and I'd like some advice/guidance.

I have a registered domain in use for my website, mail and some subdomains – all externally hosted.

I'd like to add a subdomain that points at my mac mini server for public access to jenkins, profile configuration, vpn, etc.

I'd also like the mac mini to handle DHCP, OpenDirectory, and local DNS for the local network.

I've been fighting this for a few days, where pointing the subdomain at my server and then giving the server the appropriate hostname subdomain.domain.com causes all kinds of DNS issues, presumably because I've now started, inadvertently, implementing a split-brain DNS configuration. I'd really like to avoid the maintenance of split-brain DNS going forward.

I'm currently running a thunderbolt adapter for ethernet so that the mac mini sits between the modem and the internal switches. With this, I'm able to use Internet sharing to get DHCP working on the network, but the DHCP server service doesn't seem to be active.

Can anyone give me some guidance? I've followed all of the Apple documentation, but I don't see any sections that address either of the 2 main issues I'm running into. They seem to assume that if you're running DNS on the server that it's the DNS for the entire zone (fair assumption on their part).


texts: Merge audio and video in a monitored folder

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I want to create a script on mac that monitors a folder and merge the video and the audio.
But if file01 exists (previous merge file) I want it to create file02 and if this one exists I want it to create file03,... I would be very happy if the older files could be deleted because of disk space. But this one is tricky because I monitor the folder through folder action setup on mac. This is what I get so far:

#!/bin/bash
now=$(date +"%d_%m_%Y_%Hu%M")
cd "/Users/tomvanwinkel/Documents/Convert/Merge"
for filename in *.mp4; do
    stub="${filename%.*}"
    /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -i "${stub}.mp4" -i "${stub}.wav" -c:v copy -c:a aac -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 "${stub}_ok".mp4

    FILE="${stub}_ok".mp4
    if [ -f "$FILE" ]; then
        cp "${stub}_ok".mp4 "${stub}_ok01".mp4
    fi
done


texts: Getting a new iPhone 5 and handing down my old 4S

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My wife is getting an iPhone 5 next week and I have the iPhone 4S. I will use the new phone and she is going to use my old 4S.

I'm new to the iPhone world, so this may be a dumb question but how do I keep my photos, contacts, etc. without it all popping up again when she syncs her iPhone? Will I have a new iCloud and she have mine? Or will that all change also? Will the apps come back or do they delete?

I don't want any old contacts texing her or old photos popping up when its her phone!


texts: Late 2008 MacBook Pro loose Battery cover fix

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I acquired a Late 2008 MacBook Pro. The bottom cover is a split bottom design. The battery cover is loose around the edge of the laptop. I'm guessing there was a magnetic strip holding it along the edge. It looks like there was a metal strip previously lining the edge but it is missing. The latch is only toward the inside (middle) of the laptop. Could someone confirm/explain how the edge of the cover is held in? I'm hoping I can get some magnetic tape to line the edge of the battery cover.

I'm trying to avoid spending $15-$30 on a replacement cover.

This is what the battery cover looks like.


texts: Remove "Windows" Entry from Mac Boot Loader

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Background

A while back, I installed Windows 8 on my MacBook Air (mid 2013 model) using Bootcamp. It never really worked, (it would freeze all the time, the WiFi would cut in and out, etc.) so I got rid of it. I tried to do this through Bootcamp again, but for whatever reason this didn't work, so I booted up on a live Ubuntu USB and manually erased the NTFS partition for Windows.

Once back in OS X (Mavericks, but it was Mountain Lion when I installed Windows), I expended the default HFS+ partition to fill the full space of the SSD. So now I've got a nearly out-of-box Macintosh HD partition; everything on the Mac side works fine.

But lately, I find myself getting increasingly annoyed at the BSD coreutils among other things, and so I'd like to be able to dual boot into some version of Linux (probably Ubuntu or Xubuntu, but this is kind of arbitrary).

My Issue

So but it turns out that when I "uninstalled" the Windows partition, something didn't quite update in the boot loader (I'm kind of fuzzy on my knowledge of the difference between a boot loader and a boot manager, so I might be using these terms incorrectly). When I start up my Mac holding down option, I get the following...

which is weird because this is what my main hard drive looks like in Disk Utility

and again with gpt:

$ sudo gpt -r show /dev/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  489562928      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  489972568     262151
  490234719         32         Sec GPT table
  490234751          1         Sec GPT header

To Be Fixed

I can't see where these icons would be coming from. In the end, I'd like to just have both of these gone (and I guess any other hidden remnants of Windows that they might be indicating).


texts: How to simultaneously access IPv4 devices on 2 different 10/24 networks when using 2 active VPN connections?

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After a company is sold to different parties, you might end up with a situation where the old 10.0.0.0/8 network is split in two or more different networks, like 10.0.0.0/24 and 10.0.1.0/24.

Now I wish to access both networks at the same time using Mavericks built-in VPN client. One VPN network is on L2TP, the other PPTP.

However only the devices in the first established VPN connection can be reached, and not the computers on the second network. The only exception is the remote IP (gateway) of VPN connection #2.

How can I fix this set and forget?

Note: With set and forget I mean I don't want to have extra steps when "dialing" an already existing VPN connection profile.


texts: iPhone photos phantom storage (13 photos take up 13 gb)

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I have a storage problem on my iPhone X. I have iCloud photos and a massive cloud library of ~700GB which used to be all squished into my 64Gb iPhone X, taking up around 22Gb. I recently wanted to free up space to do a WhatsApp backup, but that required 13Gb of free space which I didn't have, so I decided to untoggle iCloud Photos and delete all my local photos except for my 13 most recent ones.
After hours of manually doing that, and emptying the recently deleted photos, I made sure that there was literally thirteen photos on my phone. But somehow Photos is still taking up 13Gb... What is going on???
My only possible explanation is that my Whatsapp takes up 12.5Gb, and the system is double counting the media on it. Could that be why? Then I'm in a dilemma because I need to free up another 5.5Gb according to WhatsApp to do a full backup


texts: Is there an easy way to remove some of the built-in apps on macOS Mojave?

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In the past I was able to do sudo rm -rf /Applications/<app name>. The following resources indicate that this will no longer work without dealing with System Integration Protection (SIP):

How delete an application that is bundled with macOS?
https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/976402-how-to-remove-defaultbundled-apps-in-macos-mojave/

The motivation is that I am not motivated to accept updates for apps that I do not expect to use within the foreseeable future.

Is there an easy way to remove some the built-in apps that I do not wish to update, such as GarageBand, Keynote, Pages, etc., without dealing with the SIP tool?

P.S. (edited): I completely understand that there may not be any easy or even difficult way to remove some built-in apps such as Safari, Siri, System Preferences, etc. This scope of this question is hereby limited to the some apps such as GarageBand, Keynote, Pages, etc.


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This isn't exactly a technical hardware question, but policy and strategy regarding the iPhone Forever Plan.

Recently, I had my iPhone Forever Plan phone stolen, and I'm not sure what to do.

AppleCare+ does not cover or help against theft.
AT&T insurance does not cover iPhone Forever Plan phones
My credit card does not cover phones that are paid over a payment plan spanning more than 90 days.
My renter's insurance also does not cover subscription payment items.
I actually have a few suspects, but the police does not seem to care enough to get warrants to search, claiming stolen phones are very low on their priority.

Is my only solution to pay back the iPhone at a loss, and start a new plan?

Is there anything else I can do?


texts: Lion special characters input at Snow Leopard

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Is there any 3rd party app to enable special character input on holding key for Snow Leopard same it is at Lion?

Thanks a lot.


texts:
On my desktop I have some folders, they all have custom icons.

I'm now trying to add alias' to my desktop with custom icons, how can this be done?

I've tried

Custom icons on a alias folder
Creating symbolic links to all the folders inside the folder (like below)

ln -s ~/Google\ Drive/Personal ~/Desktop/Google\ Drive

The second option has the bottleneck of not being dynamic; if I add a folder/file to ~/Google\ Drive, I'll need to create a new symbolic link and visa versa, if I delete a folder I'll need to delete the folder which represents the symbolic.

I could run a script that does this but this to me seems like i'm over complicating the problem.

Something like

# bash
rm -r ~/Desktop/Google\ Drive/*
rm ~/Desktop/Google\ Drive/*
ln -s ~/Google\ Drive/* ~/Desktop/Google\ Drive

Update:
Using @frdmn methods I get exactly what I want but using my method above I get what I want, bar trivial excess computation, but I also get the ability to show the number of items in the folder. Which could be useful.


texts: Help Keeping Audio Lesson Playlists separate from Music

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I am trying to sort out the music on my iPod into play lists, the thing is I have a bunch of playlists that are audio lessons which I'd like to appear after the music playlists.

I know if I put the same special character before them they will all appear at the start of the list, but I'd like to make them appear at the end of the list. Is there a character tha my iPod/iTunes, will put after z?

Alternatively is there a way to have these MP3's listed as podcasts so that they don't clutter my music and I can keep track of which lessons I've listened to?


texts: Keyboard shortcut for launching Apps in Dock

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In Windows 7, Win
 + 1, 2, 3 ... 9 launches the first, second etc App in task bar.

Is there a similar keyboard shortcut in OS X in order to launch Apps that are in the Dock?


texts: Can I control an iPad with an Apple TV remote?

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Normally I watch TV and Movies using an Apple TV. I love being able to easily Pause and Skip Backward/Forward using the Apple TV's Siri Remote.

But in other places in the house I might watch on an iPad. Or even sometimes on an iPhone.

When I'm watching, I often prop the iPad up on a table or otherwise out of reach. So it's inconvenient to touch the screen. In the worst case, tapping the screen might tip over the iPad. I really just want to use a remote.

Is it possible to control an an iPad with an Apple TV Siri Remote via Bluetooth?

Note: I'm not asking about controlling an Apple TV with the iOS "Remote" app. I want the the reverse.


texts: How does Fandango know my real credit card number through Apple Pay?

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The Fandango app recently released an update featuring Apple Pay support. I just bought movie tickets using Apple Pay, but when I got my e-receipt, the "Payment Summary" section said:

Payment Summary
MasterCard ***********_ _ _ _ (Apple Pay):    [total cost]
My Total Order [total cost]

The "[total cost]" and the four underscores are my edits for my own security, but the email displayed the actual last 4 digits of my credit card number. I've made purchases using my credit card on my Fandango account in the past, but if I used Apple Pay here, shouldn't Fandango be seeing only my device-specific number?
(iPhone 6, iOS 9.2 Public Beta 3)


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iPhoto '11 has beautiful email templates that make it a great choice for sharing pics with friends. I can't seem find a way to send emails with the recipients in a BCC field, forcing me to break a cardinal rule of mass emails--putting all the addresses in the TO field OR first email myself and then forwarding the email, which is kind of a pain.

Any fix for this from iPhoto itself?


texts: iPhone X overheating after drop on floor

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I dropped my iPhone X and a 1cm vertical stripe of the OLED screen got super bright white so that in I had to tape it in order to continue to use my phone. Now I also noticed that the phone also in normal use gets really hot and fast battery drain. I was thinking to get a new screen on iFixit but I don`t know if it will fix the issue?
Thanks


texts: How do I switch monitor focus with the keyboard?

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I have 2 monitors connected to my Mac.
Each monitor has multiple spaces setup, for example - monitor 1 has Desktop 1, 2 & 3 and monitor 2 has Desktop 4 & 5.

ctrl+← and ctrl+→ only move between spaces on the currently focused monitor.

However, I can't find how to switch monitor focus using the keyboard.

If focus is on monitor 1, I need to point and click my mouse on monitor 2 and only then can I switch spaces on monitor 2.

Even if I switch to an application open on monitor 2 using ctrl+tab, the monitor focus and space switching still occurs on monitor 1.

Using Yosemite.


texts: Touch Bar not turning on after waking computer from sleep

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Specs:

MacBook Pro, late 2019, 16-inch
macOS Catalina v10.15.2

About 50% of the time (and increasingly more now), when I wake my computer from sleep, the touch bar does not wake up. It doesn’t light up or react to touches — it’s just a piece of black plastic. This is usually fixed by a restart, but when my computer goes to sleep again it’s a crap shoot of whether the touch bar will wake back up again. It’s getting really annoying to have to restart my computer after almost every time I wake it from sleep, especially just to access essential controls like volume and brightness.

Here are some things I’ve tried that didn’t work:

Force-quitting the TouchBarServer from the Activity Monitor
sudo pkill TouchBarServer
pkill "Touch Bar agent"
Resetting the SMC (shutting down, holding power button for 10 seconds until the fans spin, and then booting up again)

One thing I did notice is that the touch bar turns back on when I log out of my account or switch accounts, and when I log back in to my account again, the touch bar turns back off. This is really weird because I can’t think of a reason why this would be related to my user account. I haven’t tried deleting my account and creating a new one, because that’s a lot of work and I’m not sure it would even fix the problem. But I would be willing to do that if I knew it would definitely fix it.

I tried searching online but found nothing; it seems the community hasn’t come across this problem yet. Is this likely a common problem with new MBPs or Catalina, or is it just the luck of a draw with my machine?


texts: I've been calling it the "keyboard dismissal button," but I'd like to know if it has an actual name.


texts: How can Growl trigger an shell script or AppleScript (NOT vice versa!)

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When a Growl notification gets issued I want to trigger an AppleScript. I had a look at the "Actions" in the Growl preferences, and you can trigger things like an email or a text-to-speech call, but not an arbitrate shell script  or AppleScript.

Any idea how to do this? Does a Growl plugin for this exists? I searched the net for it, but could only find solutions for the other way around (i.e. issuing a notification from a script).

Many thanks in advance!


texts: Plex Media Server for Mac with a Pansonic Viera TC-P50S30

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I have a Panasonic Viera TC-P50S30 that is connected to my home network with a wired connection. I also have a MacBook Pro that is running Mac OS 10.9.1 and Plex Media Server 0.9.8.18 and connected to the network with a wireless connection. Despite the seemingly simple setup, when I go to the DLNA Server option on my TV, I get an error message that says "DLNA server not found".

Does anyone know what steps I can take to try and troubleshoot this issue?


texts: I have an iPhone 5s running iOS 10.0.2.  My iTunes version is 12.5.3.17.  I have synced them together but I cannot see my Music playlist in iTunes.


texts: TimeMachine backup over DDNS AFP Causes Consistency Issue

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I have a TimeMachine backup to a local NFS (1Tb partition) on a WdMyBookEX2. The backup works fine when I'm connected locally over ethernet/wifi (takes a while to backup about a TB).

When I'm away from home, I have setup DDNS, port-forwarding for AFP, etc. So I can connect to my WDMyBookEX2 remotely over AFP and run the backups normally.

I typically add it as a '2nd Volume' in the prompt from the TimeMachine wizard.

However, I've discovered that typically after the verification of the backup is done, the wizard reports that it has "become inconsistent", and that TimeMachine suggests I start a 'new backup' in order to ensure consistency. (Don't have message in front of me right now)

Is there anyway to avoid this? I would prefer to continue running backups while I'm away from home, even remotely.


texts: Safari won't display the all page (to wild)

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I noticed that some webpage won't be displayed correctly in Safari since 10.11.
The page are to wild and we can't see the left side (even if trying to scroll right)

Actually its not even the page itself, even if you try to do a search ( CMD + F ) we won't even see the search field.


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The upper case of my (5,2) Macbook has stopped working so I'm not able to use the power button to turn it on. I'm currently using an external keyboard/mouse. Here's the problem- In order to tun it on, I have to short the power pads on the logic board which I think is pretty risky if not done properly. I wanna avoid the risk of making the mistake and frying the logic board.

under system preferences -> energy saver -> power adapter, I found "restart immediately after a power failure"

So if there is a "power failure', I should theoretically be able to turn the mac on the next time I plug in the magsafe adapter, right?

But what counts as a power failure? Is just taking the battery out while the magsafe adapter is still attached considered a power failure?


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Using The Swift Programming Language 2.2 from iBooks, i can't seem to copy the text (many lines of code from inside the book) to then test.

Does anybody know why this is happening? In the past I have been able to copy the text from the book however now it is not letting me (it's greyed out).

For example

Here is another example of what I mean.


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Since I installed Mavericks, I cannot access internet (Eduroam) on my university, and they said are working on an solution (2 weeks ago) and I can't wait anymore, but my iPhone and iPad still can access the Wi-Fi network. What options do I have?

Is there any possibility to share my iPhone or iPad Wi-Fi with my MacBook using iOS 7 without jailbreaking it? I can't turn on my hotspot option, without turning on the cellular data sharing.

Should I downgrade Mavericks and solve the problem with the Internet? Or should I downgrade one of my devices, jailbreak it and install an app to share the Wi-Fi connection?


texts: Macbook Pro 2009 15” Recovery mode non existant os x 10.5.8

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I have a number of issues with a MB 2009 15” running Leopard.I wish to upgrade to El Capitan if possible. Do I alter the computer time and date so it corresponds with the download as I can remember from past experience on an imac i had to do just that..I used internet recovery but cmd r or cmd option alt r doesnt seem to show it rjust goes straight to the front login page, perhaps leopard doesnt have that function.I dont have the original leopard startup disks For this model only a 2009 mb 13” which probably wont work.if someone could give me a guide on what exactly I should do it would be most appreciated..
Secondly I have I have blue/white vertical bar on center left of the screen . It doesnt show up when I linit to an external monitor..
Thank you for your time..
Macbook Pro 2009 4 gb ram
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texts: Lion Server:Cannot enable address book server

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I bought lion server and would like to set up an address book server to keep contacts synchronized.

With the address-book side panel is selected I click the On/Off switch, which should turn it on.  I then click off that side panel, and back on and nothing it is once again in the off position.  No errors, no feedback nothing.

If there is an error, where would I find the log?  Is there another service in Lion I need to turn on first to enable this?

Any help appreciated.  Thanks!


texts: Removing items from Reading List in OS X/Safari

texts: How do I delete items from the Reading List in OS X/Safari? Little grey X does not show up, which is what it says to click on?


texts: How can I get rid of this icon in my menu bar?

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I have this icon (which I never use) in my menu bar:

What is this icon for and how can I get rid of it?