texts:
I tried deleting Cookies in Safari manually, by deleting ~Library/Cookies, ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari and ~/Library/Safari.

The folders gets deleted, but the next time I launch Safari all cookies are restored. I am logged in all websites.

What did just happen? Why can't I delete cookies?


texts: What does the "Resample image" option do in Preview?

texts:
When using Tools > Adjust Size in Preview, there is an option to Resample image which is checked by default.

When it is unchecked, a few things happen:

The Fit into option is disabled and set to Custom
Scale proportionally checkbox is checked and disabled
the option to set the new size in pixels is greyed out

What does this option do exactly? How does it affect the image when it is down-sized vs. up-sized and without the resampling?


texts: Stopping iMessage from displaying texts and iMessages on my MacBook screen

texts: I want to still be able to use iMessages on my MacBook but I want to stop my messages from displaying on my screen (for privacy reasons). It seems you have to completely sign out from all of your iMessage accounts and turn off iMessage to make this happen, but is there a way to keep iMessages functional and just change the display options?


texts: How do I force iBooks to sync highlights?

texts: My iBooks books are no longer syncing highlights between macOS and iOS. Highlights I've make on macOS are not appearing on iOS. How do I force this sync to occur?


texts: Replace iTunes playcount with previous library using Applescript loop

texts:
After updating my iTunes library to iCloud, the play count of some has been messed up. I was thinking of fixing the missing data by using an Apple Script loop.

The loop should scan the playcount of the current iTunes Library file and replace that of an old iTunes Library file. If I just replace the old file, iCloud Music Library will be disabled.

How do I write such a loop using Apple Script?

var metadata = "/Users/evenwerk/Music/iTunes/Previous iTunes Libraries/iTunes Library 2015-07-07.itl"
var count = 0

tell application "iTunes"
    activate
while count < metadata.count {
      set played count of track named metadata[count].name to
metadata[count].playcount
count ++
    }
      return
    end tell


texts: Syncing iPhone 4 for the first time and it's restoring it from another backup

texts: My grandma wanted music on her iPhone 4, so I connected it to a PC. I chose the new iPhone option, but it looks like it is restoring it from my dad's phone. Is there any way to get it back to setting it up like a new phone?


texts: How to view download progress while Finder downloads new iOS version?

texts:
In macOS Catalina, the iOS devices are synced and updated using the Finder instead of iTunes.

Is there a way to see the progress of the iOS-download in Finder?


texts: How can I prevent Opera from closing the window if the last tab gets closed?

texts: I've set Opera to allow empty workspace which should not close the window when the last tab is closed. As closing the window in MacOS doesn't close the application, as does in Windows, maybe this configuration is ignored in MacOS, is it?


texts: Can I view my iTunes wish list in the browser?

texts:
Can I view my iTunes wish list in the browser ?

Can I - for example - copy the link of my wish list ?


texts: How to access DNS server on non-standard port on macOS?

texts: I need to use a DNS server that serves on port 5353, how do I specify the port in the system DNS settings?


texts: Is a DiskWarrior warning about spare blocks applicable to SSDs?

texts:
I got the following warning from DiskWarrior on my Mac Pro in which I installed a SATA SSD:

I know some sort of reassignments are normal on an SSD as it comes from the factory. However, I don't know if this message is normal. I've had this drive for about a year with light use. The Documents, iPhoto and iTunes libraries are on a different disk.

Hardware: MacPro4,1 flashed to a MacPro5,1
OS: macOS 10.13.6
Disk SW: DiskWarrior 5.1
Disk: Crucial MX300 525GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD - CT525MX300SSD1
Disk Installed: 2/7/2017

Other users on forums have reported similar errors from DiskWarrior with regards to SSDs even after a brand-new SSD is installed. How can I tell if this alert is dire or a sign of imminent boot drive failure?

smartctl reports:

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x002f   100   100   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       24
  5 Reallocate_NAND_Blk_Cnt 0x0032   099   099   010    Old_age   Always       -       18
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       331
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       26
171 Program_Fail_Count      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
172 Erase_Fail_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
173 Ave_Block-Erase_Count   0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       10
174 Unexpect_Power_Loss_Ct  0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       6
183 SATA_Interfac_Downshift 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
184 Error_Correction_Count  0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   074   057   000    Old_age   Always       -       26 (Min/Max 19/43)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       18
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0030   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       1
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
202 Percent_Lifetime_Used   0x0030   100   100   001    Old_age   Offline      -       0
206 Write_Error_Rate        0x000e   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
246 Total_Host_Sector_Write 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       4371671528
247 Host_Program_Page_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       138423264
248 Bckgnd_Program_Page_Cnt 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       69337024
180 Unused_Reserve_NAND_Blk 0x0033   000   000   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       1929
210 Success_RAIN_Recov_Cnt  0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       74

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

The two values that match the DiskWarrior error are Reallocated_Event_Count and Reallocate_NAND_Blk_Cnt. If I'm interpreting Reallocate_NAND_Blk_Cnt correctly, the raw value is 18, this maps to 99% remaining. Once there's 10% remaining, an error will be thrown.

Whereas, for my spinning disk, Reallocated_Event_Count is:

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0

Perhaps DiskWarrior believes that Reallocated_Event_Count counts up to a raw value threshold of 10 and it's beyond that now?


texts: How to migrate Projects from Photos to a new MacBook?


texts: iCloud requests fail with timeout after a few minutes of connectivity

texts:
When connecting to a wifi network and waiting for a short period of time (ranging from 20 seconds to 5 minutes), certain iCloud related requests will result in a timeout.

I found the error first in BusyCal, a third party calendar app, when trying to sync iCloud calendars, but it also occurs in the native calendar app. Both apps try syncing for about 20 seconds and give an error sign afterwards. The error even manages to beachball system preference panes for iCloud and internet accounts (sometimes).

I inspected console and found that there are requests failing with a timeout (in German: "Zeitüberschreitung"). Here is a log item for the process com.apple.iCloudHelper:

AOSKit ERROR: Storage usage request failed, appleID=MY_APPLE_ID, url=https://p29-quota.icloud.com:443/quotaservice/external/osx/1060093596/storageUsageInfo, requestHeaders=
{
    "Accept-Language" = "de-de";
    Authorization = "...";
    "X-Mme-Client-Info" = "<MacBookPro12,1> <Mac OS X;10.12.6;16G1114> <com.apple.AOSKit/252 (com.apple.CloudPhotosConfiguration/2.0)>";
    "X-Mme-Country" = DE;
    "X-Mme-Device-Id" = "191F7B8A-ED81-5E19-85BD-5690FA246D47";
    "X-Mme-Timezone" = MEZ;
},
error=Error Domain=AOSErrorDomain Code=1000 "(null)" UserInfo={UnderlyingError=Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=-1001 "Zeitüberschreitung bei der Anforderung." UserInfo={NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://p29-quota.icloud.com:443/quotaservice/external/osx/1060093596/storageUsageInfo, NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://p29-quota.icloud.com:443/quotaservice/external/osx/1060093596/storageUsageInfo, _kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=-2102, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=4, NSLocalizedDescription=Zeitüberschreitung bei der Anforde

Here is another log item for process CalendarAgent:

[com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.mismatch] [Sync report for calendar home iCloud, failed with error Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1001 "Zeitüberschreitung bei der Anforderung." UserInfo={NSUnderlyingError=0x7fa1138a5c40 {Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=-1001 "Zeitüberschreitung bei der Anforderung." UserInfo={NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://MY_APPLE_ID@p29-caldav.icloud.com/1060093596/calendars/, NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://MY_APPLE_ID@p29-caldav.icloud.com/1060093596/calendars/, _kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=-2102, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=4, NSLocalizedDescription=Zeitüberschreitung bei der Anforderung.}}, NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://MY_APPLE_ID@p29-caldav.icloud.com/1060093596/calendars/, NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://MY_APPLE_ID@p29-caldav.icloud.com/1060093596/calendars/, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=4, _kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=-2102, NSLocalizedDescription=Zeitüberschreitung bei der Anforderung.}]

(If there's anything too confidential in there, please let me know.)

The error occurs on 2 different wifi networks. Once I disable and reenable wifi, everything works for a short period of time until the error occurs again. Error is wifi only and doesn't occur when tethered to an iPhone's 3G connection.

Things I tried so far without success:

deleting /Users/MY_USER_NAME/Library/Preferences/MobileMeAccounts.plist,
rebooting in safe mode and
wondering what I might have done to deserve this

I'm on a MacBook Pro with Sierra (10.12.6). Happy to provide more info if needed.

Any ideas? I'm pretty desperate over here.


texts: Open links in Safari instead of relevant app

texts: I updated to iOS 14 and now tapping on Twitter links take me directly to the Twitter app instead of opening in Safari as they used to before. The links can be in an app like Messages or WhatsApp, or a share sheet ("Open in Safari"). I assume other services do this too, but I don't usually click on links related to other apps. Is there a way to disable that?


texts:
In /var/db/diagnostics folder there are some compressed binary .tracev3 log files.

How can I read them what is inside in a formatted way?


texts: How do I move a file from one folder to a different folder in Dropbox? I cannot find any links or tabs to do this from the iOS / iPad app.


texts:
I want to search documents from by disc2 to which I created a symlink to disc1.
However, I think this is not the way to go by creating a symblink to a current folder:

ln -s /Volumes/Disc2/books/Harrison_cd/pdf

because the files are not searchable by Finder, for instance.

I think mounting is an option but not sure here.

How can you search contents of symlink in Finder?

or

How would you mount contents to the location such that search works in that folder?


texts: Custom icons disappeared from folders in Home directory

texts:
I reinstalled macOS couple days back, I found that I couldn't have a capitalized user/home folder anymore (Gio became gio). I'm used to having it with a capital.

Looked around online for a bit finding a way to change it using the root user. I reboot everything is all working well - permission are correct (as far as I noticed).

After updating the username, I notice that the Desktop, Downloads, Documents, Home, Pictures, Music etc. folders in the Home directory doesn't have their custom sidebar and folder icons anymore.

Does anybody know how I can fix this?


texts:
I was recently resizing a partition on my mac (10.13) and a partition came up named "recovery HD", I looked and saw that it only had 650mb. I tried to delete and couldn't along with the partitions that I was trying to resize.

I logged off and restarted to see if that would do anything. I have a Linux Distro duel booting on my Mac which I deleted trying to resize the partitions. I pressed the option key (alt in my case) so I could get the boot options because it will automatically boot Linux if I don't.

When the hard drives come up after pressing the option key, I could not find my Mac OS partition. I also erased my Linux files (not the partition because I couldn't as mentioned above) so I clicked on the Linux hard drive named EFI boot hoping to have the Mac OS somehow moved to the Linux partition, but as expected it comes up with a bash shell and doesn't load anything.

Luckily I can live boot Linux on my Mac and I still have the partition so I might try to install Linux on the partition, but I wanted my macOS back so I did the recovery mode alt + R which didn't work, just completely bypassed my keys and went to the hard drive with nothing on it. When I was on Linux boot Linux mode - Linux mint - I saw that the partition was a bunch of Fs: (I don't know how many Fs there were) FFFFFFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF-FFFFFFF

Should I try to format the partition to APFS or Mac OS Extended (Journaled)? Or should I buy a download disk of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and try to download it to the partition that should originally have Mac on it? Maybe I need to do both, or just format the FFFFFFFFF partition because maybe the boot options cant read the FFFFF format. But still, I have no idea if Mac OS got deleted or if there's anything to salvage. What is the best way to solve this problem, as I am inexperienced? I also don't care if any of the files on Mac OS are deleted. Whatever is the easiest is best. Thanks!


texts: Where to find all Apple Store editors' stories?

texts: I would like to read all stories which were posted in Apple Store on ios. For example.. The app itself only shows Andre, where can I find older ones?


texts:
Can someone please explain how you can quickly set the YEAR within the date and time settings?

If the battery has been removed then the iPhone is reset back to Jan 1st 1970. This means that the network will not sync and you won't get a signal. Therefore the automatic date setting will not work either.

The only way I have managed so far is to literally scroll through everyday of every month of every year up to the present day until it is correct. This is naturally tiresome and also impractical as often in swiping you drag up the quick menu from the bottom.


texts: Connect MacBook Pro Retina to VGA data projector

texts: What's the best adapter to connect a MBP Retina to a VGA data Projector?


texts: I would like to set a default input to be always the internal microphone. Sometimes when I connect my AirPods to the MacBook the input changes to the AirPods' microphones which results in much worse audio quality. The same thing happens with my second pair of BT headphones.


texts: How to delete all iOS Mobile Applications in iTunes except ones being used?

texts:
I have many gigabytes of old iOS applications on the computer, which originate from my iPhone/iPad that are synced to the computer.

These applications are visible in the main roll-down menu in iTunes 12.5.1 under Apps, and on the macOS hard drive in ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Mobile Applications as .ipa files.

I know that iOS apps that are still available in the App Store can be re-downloaded if they've once been purchased (free or not), but that withdrawn apps can only be restored from the aforementioned iTunes library.

I do not care about keeping backups of apps I don't actively use – and I don't keep on the devices any old apps withdrawn from the App store – so I would like to delete everything and then restore apps that I currently use on my iOS devices.

What is the best way to delete all the applications and then restore them? If I delete them in iTunes, will syncing my iOS devices recreate the currently used applications again?
If so, is that done by backing up the application from the device, or downloading it onto the computer from the iTunes "app" store – thereby not backing up the app data itself (assumingly, this is something that is done within the iOS device backup in iTunes, not in the App tab)?

Note: The question is not about how to delete Mobile applications (this can be done by right-clicking the apps in the roll-down App view in iTunes, but not under the App tab under the iOS device view). The question is about how to purge unnecessary Mobile Applications from the Mac.


texts: Is it possible to use Time Machine on a shared USB Hardrive?

texts:
I've a iMac with an external HD derserved to Time Machine. I also have a MacBookPro.

Is it possible to make this config :

Share the disk on the iMac so that the MBP sees it on the network
Ask Time Machine on the MBP to use this shared disk for the backups

?

Note : Currently, I use this HD for Time Machine on both Mac, but I have to change the USB connection from one Mac to the other each time I want a backup to proceed.
I'll prefer just to have to mount the shared HD.


texts:
I have the Mac mini to shutdown at a specific time. However I have a VPN running, and when the Mac shuts down, the VPN asks "Yes or No." Since I'm not in front of the mac, it keeps the shut down from happening.

Any ideas? It's been 20 years since I used any scripting, so even that i would need help with.


texts: How can I enable magic mouse momentum scrolling in Windows 7?

texts:
I have my magic mouse and I've gotten it working with windows 7. Left and right click work as well as scrolling.

Now I want smooth/inertial scrolling as well as middle click. Is it possible?

Also is there a way to imitate the ability in OS X to scroll any window regardless of whether or not that window has focus?


texts: How to type with Hebrew Nikkud on an iPad

texts:
Is there a way to type with Hebrew nikkud/ niqqud (diacritical vowels) on an iPad?
There is a Davka app which allows you to type with nikkud within the app, but I'm looking for a way to type text with nikkud into a graphics app or into the web browser.

I am especially looking for a way to insert the nikkud/diacritical characters for free.


texts: I want to share my media files on my Mac to my home network, however when I tried to access them from my PC I was asked for username and password. I'm sure I entered them correctly (I mean I can log out and log in my Mac no problem), but it kept saying unknown user name or bad password. What could possible cause the issue?


texts:
I've been using my iphone 5C with operator Mobile Vikings (prepaid) without a problem in Belgium. I bought a europe roaming pack and was hoping to use this in Croatia.
But after arriving in Croatia, my APN settings changed and I'm unable to modify them... I can find them, view them, but when i modify them the changes are not saved... Am I doing something wrong?
What's going on? How can I correct this to use mobile internet again?

The phone is unlocked, using iOS 8.2.


texts: How to delete emails instead of archiving them on iPhone & iPad?

texts: This summer Apple changed built-in mail app to support "archive" button (at least for GMail and GApps-based accounts), but I have found that I need to delete emails much more often than archive them. Right now the only way to delete them that I know is moving messages into Trash folder, which is quite cumbersome. Is there a way to bring back "delete" instead of "archive" button or any other way to quickly delete messages?


texts:
It's relatively common knowledge that the Chinese government blocks certain content in China. Most of this won't affect Chinese users. But does iChat censor messages with said content in them?

This Yahoo Answers question says that the content won't be blocked unless it's pornographic or politically extremist. However, I'm not sure if Apple lets China access their messages, so I'm not sure if the Chinese government could do this.

Unfortunately, I don't have a way to test this myself. I've done some research, and I haven't been able to find a definitive answer, thanks to the fact that I can't read Chinese.

Example: I send a message to person 1 in China saying 'Down with the government! Tank Man! Tibet! Liu Xiaobo! Tiananmen Square protests of 1989!' Does Person 1 get the message or not?


texts: How to change mail server for an IMAP account in OSX 10.11 when mail server greyed out?

texts:
I need to change the mail server for a IMAP account in OSX.

But the mail server field is greyed out (see below screenshot). Ideally i dont want to have to setup the account new from scratch a re download all the emails from the server.

Is there a way i can edit the mail server field of an existing IMAP account ?


texts: How do I get my MacBook to stop sending iMessages to non-Apple devices?

texts:
This behavior just started randomly today, with no discernible connection to an iOS update. Though it was around the time I began to sync my iMessages to the cloud.

Using my MacBook iMessage, which traditionally of course has worked sending to both Apple and non-Apple users through the Messaging relay), I craft a message to an Android user. It first sends as an iMessage.

My first thought is, cool, so-and-so now has an iPhone. But then I come to find they don't receive my message. When I try again later it sends as an SMS per normal, and they receive the message.

It seems if this behavior occurs, if I try to send another message within 5 minutes, it still sends as iMessage. After 5 minutes, it seems to work itself out and then sends as an SMS with the green bubble.

The option is NOT available to me to right-click and "Send as SMS" at any point. iMessage treats my initial blue-bubble/iMessage texts to these Android users as legit, with no option to re-send as SMS.

Using Mojave 10.14.5 on a Mid 2014 Retina 15"


texts: Problem with external monitor and MacBook Air

texts:
I cannot connect my MacBook Air to an external monitor. But I am able to connect it to a projector, without any difficulty. My computer detects the external monitor but cannot connect to it. The screen is just black

I have tried everything in the System Preferences > Display > Resolution
category. Does not work, but any clue will help!
I have upgraded everything on my Mac, so that it is now OS
X El Capitan.
I have tried to deconnect and reconnent the cable connecting to the screen.
Other MacBook Air work with the monitors I want to use, and they all work.
I have tried the sleep-mode to get it to detect the mac/screen.
I have tried changing the VGA cable.

I have tried almost everything, what am I missing?


texts:
Is there a way of sorting albums for an artist by year in iTunes?

For example: "Coda" is actually Led Zeppelin's last album, but it appears first for me in iTunes. I'd prefer it if it sorted albums by Year, so "Led Zeppelin" was at the top, followed by "Led Zeppelin II", and so on (and "Coda" was at the bottom).

Is this possible?


texts: Calendar problems with iOS 7 right after updating the device

texts:
Calendar on iPhone 4s does not work with iOS 7. It stopped working 2 days ago. It won't open on the phone. iCloud is working fine and so is iCal on my MacPro.

How do I get it to work again?


texts: Safari mute tab while it isn't playing audio

texts: In Safari 14 on macOS Big Sur 11.2.1, How can I mute the current tab in Safari when it isn't playing audio right now?


texts:
What determines the label displayed in the "Kind" column of an OS X finder window and in search box labeled "Kind"?

For example, I use LaTeX, and all files with the extension .tex are labeled "LaTeX" in the finder Window and I have them set to open with SublimeText.

Did SublimeText set the file "Kind"?

Also, if I want to search for all file of type "LaTeX" the Finder search box only gives me a limited set of options for "Kind", e.g. Application, Archive, Document, etc. Can I change that option box to show "LaTeX".


texts: Sounds are not working on Mountain Lion Notification Center

texts:
Although I see an option in System Preferences > Notifications to enable applications to pop a sound on new notifications, Mountain Lion is not actually playing those sounds.

Has Anyone run into similar problem?


texts: Is it possible to upgrade a MacBook processor?

texts:
I have a 2006 Dual core Duo MacBook. It is fast enough to do basic photo editing on the go, as my job requires, however I would like to install Lion, to bring it in line with my workstation and devices.

This would mean I need a new processor, minimum Dual Core 2 Duo (as required by Lion), although I would rather install an i3 or i5.

Is this at all possible?


texts: Is there a way to temporarily stop the terminal from automatically scrolling down when new output is output to the terminal?


texts: Can Apple Pay be used without an internet connection?

texts:
Can Apple Pay, on an iPhone, be used without an internet connection (no cellular data and no WIFI)?

Can Apple Pay, on an Apple Watch, be used without a connection to the phone?


texts:
I created a bootable thumb drive using the instructions here: How to create a bootable USB stick on OS X. I installed the 32bit and 64bit version.

I got a MacBook Pro (15" End 2011) Processor 2,2 GHz Intel Core i7 Storage 16 GB 1333 Mhz DDR3, Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB & AMD Radeon HD 6750M, 128 GB SSD

When I boot the Mac and press alt I can select the USB drive. Then it starts GRUB and I can select "Install Ubuntu".

Then black screen appears and the Ubuntu sound appears and then nothing happens.

What can I do?


texts: Every ten minutes or so sysdiagnose hogs all my CPU cores. Trying to Google for the problem leads to a lot of advice of how to run sysdiagnose as a solution to other problems. I guess it is another app running it constantly, any way to easily work out which one?


texts: Installing Windows 10 via Boot Camp & official Microsoft retail USB

texts:
TL:DR version.
If I bought an official retail USB key of Windows 10, can I use it as-is in Boot Camp Assistant or do I need to make a new key from a downloaded .iso?

A question on Super User prompted me to try research this, but Apple's Boot Camp instructions are somewhat confusing...
From Apple KB : How to install Windows using Boot Camp
emphasis mine.

2. Get a Windows disk image
When you purchase Windows, it comes as a disk image file (ISO) that
you download, or as an installation disc or USB flash drive. If your
copy of Windows came on a DVD, you might need to create a disk image
of it to work with Boot Camp. If your version of Windows came on a USB
flash drive, you can download an ISO from Microsoft.

OK, deep breath...
Does that actually mean that if someone went to the trouble of going to a real store & buying a real copy of Windows 10, in a box, with a USB installer & serial number on a card - that all they really gained was a serial number on a card & they still have to go through the process of making their own USB stick from a downloaded .iso?

If you follow Apple's KB trail to try figure this out, this is what happens...
You start from Apple KB : How to install Windows using Boot Camp & click the link at

Use Boot Camp Assistant to install a new copy of Windows.

which takes you to How to install Windows using Boot Camp, my opening gambit from above & the link

you might need to create a disk image

which takes you to Create an ISO image for Boot Camp from Windows installation media
the second paragraph of which states...

If your copy of Windows came on a USB flash drive, see Use Windows 10 on your Mac with Boot Camp for more information.

...which takes you right back to where you started, ready to go round again...


texts: Unable to communicate with secure web proxy on iOS 8

texts:
I am attempting to connect to a web proxy server using the Charles proxy application installed on Windows.

I have two iPhones - an iPhone 5 running iOS 8.0.2 and an iPhone 4 running iOS 7.1.2.

I have used both of these phones to connect to my proxy server (both HTTP and HTTPS) for a while now, but this is the first time I have tried to connect the iPhone 5 following the iOS 8 update.

I can connect to secure and insecure on my iPhone 4, but my iPhone 5 does not allow HTTPS and gives me this error:

I have tried installing the SSL certificate again on my iPhone 5, but this has had no effect.

Both phones have identical network configuration and I can communicate with the proxy on the iPhone 5 - just not over SSL.

The Charles error is:
SSLHandshake: Remote host closed connection during handshake


texts: Cloning Macbook Pro HD to external HD and still using it

texts:
I am still on Mavericks and want to upgrade OS X, but since I use a lot of audio apps, plugins etc that would break - I am looking for a way to clone my entire Macbook Pro 1TB SSD as it is right now including OS X to an external 1TB drive. I then want to do a fresh install on the Macobook, but still be able to boot into the Maverick clone from the TB HHD to finish older projects, so I don't have to port everything.

What's the best and especially savest way of doing this?


texts: How can I tell OSX NOT to mount some of the drives in my computer?

texts:
I have a Mac with a Windows drive that I occasionally boot to. Most of the time, I'm using the Mac, and the Windows disk always mounts and shows up on the desktop. I would like to keep it from showing up or prevent it from mounting at all if possible, without affecting the ability to boot to it when I want to. I found an answer on a blog that uses

$ chflags hidden /Volumes/Time\ Machine/

to hide the volumes. I will do that if there's no way to prevent mounting them. Thanks for any answers!


texts: Why do I get "double greater/less thans" instead of double quotes in Word?

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I am using Word 2011 on my Lion iMac.  Sometimes as I write, when I hit the "double-quote" key, I don't get double-quotes, but another symbol that looks like "double-less-thans" or "double-greater-thans" (see the word "gains" in the screen capture below).  My work-around is to delete the unwanted symbols, use the "copy-formatting" command and copy the format from some other paragraph, and then add the double-quotes back.

Why am I getting these unwanted symbols?  How do I stop them from coming back?


texts: Determining source app of IP traffic in NETunnelProviderManager

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I am using NETunnelProviderManager in "routing by destination IP" and am able to get IP traffic from various apps on the device.

The challenge I am having is that I need to determine which application each packet has come from so I can filter and block traffic as needed, so I can prevent a rogue app being created to access an internal location. It is not feasible for me to use NETunnelProviderManager's "per-app" mode since I am not using MDM.

It seems that if I had access to the system's TCB table (or access to the TCB table for each process) I could do this, but it looks like iOS does not publish this information and I haven't found any private APIs either to get this information on a non-jailbroken device.

Any ideas?


texts: How to get Apple Watch 2 to calculate VO2 Max data?

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I have an Apple Watch Series 2 running WatchOS 4.0, and an iPhone 7 running iOS 11.0.1.

One of the new features of the new OS on the Apple Watch is the ability to calculate a VO2 Max for any run longer than 20 minutes.

I have been on 3 such runs since the update, and 0 of those times has the Health App on iOS given me a V02 reading.

Under the "Data Sources" tab for V02, nothing shows up as a possible source, not even my Apple Watch 2.

I have attempted to switch on and off the Privacy Settings in the Watch App on iOS for Heart Rate and Fitness Tracking to get the watch to connect for V02. Both have been on, during my runs. This did not resolve the issue.

How can I force my Apple Watch to act as that data source for V02 Max?


texts: How do I create a folder in the Files app on my iPhone? (not on iCloud)

texts: When I open the files app on my iPhone there's no option to create a folder. I'm stuck with the defaults of Keynote, Numbers and Pages. How do I create my own folders?


texts: External Hard Drive last used / files copied on another computer?

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I have an external hard drive (called SEAGATE Expansion Portable Drive) and I was wondering if there is any way I can tell whether this hard drive has been plugged into another computer any time in the past month?

It went missing and then turned up again. I would like to check whether it has been plugged into another laptop and had any files copied without my knowing - is there any way I can check this??

Thanks!


texts: How to configure an Airport Express router to block a machine after many failed wifi connection attempts?

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There's someone in my neighbourhood that keeps cracking the WPA2 password on my Airport Extreme router, connecting, and using between 5 to 15 Gigs of bandwidth a day.

I've read online that with utilities, even a complex WPA2 password can be cracked within hours or a couple of days.

Is there a way to configure my Airport Extreme router to block connection attempts from a machine after X number of failed password attempts?


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I need some.domain.com:8000 to be linked to 162.251.150.150:80.

So when I load some.domain.com:8000 in my browser - an actual request should be going to 162.251.150.150:80.

I was trying to use pf.conf for that with different settings, but without success:

pass out proto tcp from  some.domain.com port 8000 to 162.251.150.150 port 80
nat pass on lo0 inet proto tcp from any to some.domain.com port 8000 -> 162.251.150.150 port 80

(I've created an alias for some.domain.com in hosts file along with that)

I have MacOS 10.12.3

p.s. I made that working in Ubuntu with following command:

sudo iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 8000 -d some.domain.com  -j DNAT --to-destination 162.251.150.150:80

p.p.s. I saw following question

What is the modern way to do port-forwarding on El Capitan? (forward port 80 to 8080)

My question is specific because of domain name need to be specified


texts: Touch bar on MacBook Pro asks for touch id to login but no login window

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I just looked down and noticed that my touch bar was is asking for my finger to login:

Safari Touch ID to Log In ->

I checked all of my open windows and nothing was waiting to autofill.

This is a recurrent problem on multiple machines running both Catalina and Mojave.

Does anyone know what is causing this?

I am paranoid about some unauthorized app/virus/whatever that would be able to capture my fingerprint.

Mojave 10.14.6


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An iphone 4s at iOS 9.0.2 is asking to upgrade to iOS 9.1

The problem is that we know it's activation locked and we don't have control of that Apple ID.

Since I cant disable it if I can't remember a password. So if i update my iphone this will not block it or leave the phone bricked?

(The back story if it matters is problem when iphone was buyed from second hand user forget remove his accaunt, all was disabled but i make stupid thing i enable Find my iphone and now i cant nothing to do.)


texts: Cannot merge partitions of external hard drive

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I have a 2TB Toshiba hard drive that somehow ended up like this:

diskutil list
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk2
   1:                 DOS_FAT_32 EXTDISK                 43.5 MB    disk2s1
   2:               Windows_NTFS extdisk                 1.8 GB     disk2s2

with those two partitions of 43 MB and 1.8GB. I want to delete and merge into NTFS both of them. When I delete both, using disk utility, it does not merge them. How can I do that?


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I am attempting to run an AppleScript every 24 hours to close a running application and restart it. I have used the following code successfully with other Apps:

 repeat

 delay 84600

 set app_name to "APPLICATION NAME"

 set the_pid to (do shell script "ps ax | grep " &amp; (quoted form of app_name) &amp; " | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}'")

 if the_pid is not "" then do shell script ("kill -9 " &amp; the_pid)

 delay 30

 tell application app_name to activate

 end repeat

However, when I run this script I get the error that Kill: argument must be process or job id.

When I check the value of the_pid, it returns with the correct PID, however, it returns more than one PID. For example, it return 5430 and 5960, one which corresponds to the application and the other to CrashReporter. Hence, I believe that kill command fails due to more than one PID being present in the the_pid variable.

Does anyone know how to get around/fix this? How to make kill accept the the_pid variable when it contains more than one PID? Is it a matter of formating?

I know I can always use killall and pass the name of the application but there is no technical reason why this should not work.


texts: Is there a way to lock macOS so that waking it up requires the user’s password? (Even If normally the password won’t be requested if it is waked up in, say, 1 hour)


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So I am installing a new 1tb hard drive in my late 08 uni. This is a fresh install of both the hd and OS - I'll port any files I need at a later date. I'm running El Capitan on my current hard drive.

I need to create a bootable installer to first load onto the new hd so I can then install the OS.

I'm instructed to download the "macOS installer app" from the App Store, but this app cannot be found. Nothing comes up in this search. At all.

I'm at an impasse at this moment. Does anyone see a solution or know the problem?


texts: Is there an Automator action to create Keynote presentation from text file?

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I need to import a text file (consisting of subtitles) into a Keynote presentation. I need to turn each subtitle into a single slide, interspersed with blank (black) slides. I'd like to create an Automator action in order to do this.

I think the way to do this is to filter paragraphs ending in two line breaks, but I don't know how to do it.


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I'm trying to figure out how to launch an app (in this case Discord) by default with added commands, and as such I figured I'd use Automator to create an app that runs a shell command.
The command in question is as follows:

MKL_DEBUG_CPU_TYPE=5 /Applications/Discord.app/Contents/MacOS/Discord

I put that on Automator, on the "Execute shell script" action, save it as an application, and when I put the app on the Dock, when I launch it, it shows two icons. Well, the cause of this is obvious, it's not launching the app itself with that command, what is in the dock is just a glorified terminal window which always launches the discord app with that command.

My question is: Is there a way I can do it so the command doesn't show two discord icons, and the discord window opens in itself?

Also because language barriers and bad communication are a thing, here are a few screenshots that illustrate my question better than words can

 The Automator app, on the Dock
 After launching the Automator shortcut, this is what happens
 This is what I'd prefer to happen

Edit: I'm not sure if this was clear to you guys, I wasn't even aware of this, but it seems that MKL_DEBUG_CPU_TYPE=5 acts as a command itself, which then runs the mentioned app with it's own properties, it's not a command parameter that Discord.app recognizes

Edit 2: Just to clear things out a bit more, when I run the Automator Application, it doesn't show the white dot that indicates the app is running, nor does it show the notifications number that stock Discord does, and that's what I'd like to happen on the Automator app, while hiding the real Discord icon from the dock


texts: SSD partitioning fails internally, external OK

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I bought a Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB for my MacBook Pro 13'' Early 2011, but am unable to install OS X to it. (Yosemite 10.10.3)

When installing the SSD internally, OS X doesn't find the drive, and diskutil reports the following (tested with Internet Recovery, old install on external drive and own thumb drive installer):

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *250.1 GB   disk0
   1:                       0xEE                         250.1 GB   disk0s1

However, when attaching the SSD via USB (externally) the following is reported by diskutil on the same machine:

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *250.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS SSD                     249.7 GB   disk0s2

Partitioning didn't work, hangs on "Waiting for volumes to reappear…". After installing OS X on the SSD while attached via USB and reinstalling internally, drive is not found again.
Any ideas? SATA cable broken? Chipset broken?

Thank you for your help!

Addition: The old HDD works fine internally, but is very slow (constant beach balls, more that when used externally) and has a negotiated link speed of SATA 1.5 Gbps.


texts: Sound setting for guest user account (Yosemite)

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I have two accounts: primary and guest. In the primary account headphones is using as an output audio device and for the guest account USB is using. Previously all outputs are configured automatically. I mean when I enter in primary account headphones sets as default audio and when I enter as guest USB sets as default. I didn't make any manual switching. After update to Yosemite, the guest account was to inherit the settings of the main. It is possible to set the audio output by default for all accounts except one of them?

UPD: I did some tests and came to the conclusion that the system now does not remember settings for each user, and applies the current setting of audio output for all accounts.


texts: How do I remotely wake my Mac over Wi-Fi?

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I am running a server on my Mac mini at home (using the OS X Server app). I would like to access my home network using it's VPN server, but I understand that I can only do this while it's awake. I have already configured my Mac's server to use its IP address for Wi-Fi (for some DNS settings etc), and so connecting it via ethernet would mean that I would have to change quite a few settings...

I'm running OS X Mountain Lion 10.8

How can I do this without having to connect my Mac to my router via ethernet?

I've searched the site and can't find an answer that makes sense to me since they appear out-dated.


texts: Can you AirPlay YouTube from OS X to a Bose and Apple TV?


texts: How do I stop call log syncing back after iOS erase and install?

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I have been having this issue for quite some time now:

After I restore my iPhone to factory settings and signed in my iCloud account, the call logs would come back mysteriously, even ones dating back a few months that I have deliberately deleted.

This is really scary if you think about it.

There does not seem to be anyone else asking this particular question.

How may I solve this problem?


texts: How can I get Find My iPhone to work on a Jailbroken iPhone on iOS 5 with no data plan?

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I am using Find my iPhone on a Jailbroken iPhone 4 running iOS 5.0.1. My service does not have a data plan. It is T-mobile with only voice and SMS.

When trying to view the location in Find My iPhone, it shows my phone as "Offline" even though I am connected to an active Wi-Fi signal and have location services on. When viewing the Find My iPhone app in iOS, it displays my phone as "No location available".

I've tried all steps in Troubleshooting Find My iPhone under "'No location available' alert", but the issue persists.


texts: In Numbers.app, Is there any function to identify if another cell is a formula, or contains a specific function?

texts: I have a cell in a row that is either a directly entered number, or a SUM() of some other cells. Is there any function I can use in a different cell to know if the value in the former cell was directly entered or the result of a formula?


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I recently started using the Mac mail app. I like to keep the inbox clean and so I want to move every message that I read to a Backup folder ( not Archive for some very silly reason! ).

So, I decided to create a shortcut using System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts.

  When I try to add a shortcut, I have to fill a field named Menu Title where I have to write exact name of the menu command but how would I know which commands the Mail app knows about?

So, my question is How to know about menu commands that an app accepts on Mac?


texts: How to remove /volumes/ from my automator service using existing shell script

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I have this shell script from here. Right now it outputs something like this:

File Path: afp://serveraddress.com/Volumes/Sharepoint/Folder/test.txt Parent Folder: afp://serveraddress.com/Volumes/Sharepoint/Folder

If I were to paste this into a browser it fails because of the /Volumes/ portion of the output.

Is there a way to use this same output but strip the volumes from the output? My current code looks like this:

toTheClipboard="File Path: afp://serveraddress.com$(echo $1 | sed 's/ /%20/g') Parent Folder: afp://serveraddress.com$(dirname "$1" | sed 's/ /%20/g')"
pbcopy<<<"$toTheClipboard"


texts: Major problem creating more problems, spiraling out of control endlessly: cannot install OS

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I started the day by receiving the following message, spontaneously:

  your computer restarted because of a problem. Press a key or wait a few minutes to continue starting up.

So I upgraded High Sierra. But the problem continued, I kept getting the message above.

So I uninstalled all my apps which came from outside the Apple store.  Throughout this process, the problem continued.

Finally, I thought I might as well just reinstall everything. After all, everything I have is in one cloud or another anyway. I started the computer in recovery mode and just wiped the main drive. Easy! And very possibly stupid.

When I went to install High Sierra again, I got the error, though I tried twice in a row.

  could not create reboot volume ...

Yikes. So I started her up again, CMD R, and a little globe starts spinning. Eventually, I am given the option to install OS X Yosemite. Ok, fine, better than nothing.... but then when it says select the disk you want, there are no options... just the external USB drive...

When I go to disk utility, I see “500.28 GB APPLE SSD...” with a little grey “disk0s2” beneath it.

What should I do now? I feel WAAAY over my head here...


texts: ssh is no longer working from the commandline

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I was trying to stop ssh from terminating after 10 minutes.

I followed an instruction here saying to modify a config file and restart the service with:

sudo launchctl stop com.openssh.sshd

Now ssh pi@12.34.567.89 just hangs.

I've reverted the config file and rebooted the machine but it still hangs.

How to fix?

PS sudo launchctl start com.openssh.sshd + another reboot also fails.

[pi@pis-iMac] ~
> launchctl list | grep ssh
-   0   com.openssh.ssh-agent


texts: Reduce the storage space taken up by "System" on my iPhone 6s without restoring and setting up iPhone as new

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I have an iPhone 6s with iOS 11 and I have just noticed that a large amount of my iPhone's storage space being occupied by "System" (12.27 GB).

I have tried the answers for the iPhone 4 explained in the question Why is so much "Other" space occupied on an iPhone 4? (except for factory resetting and setting the iPhone up as new as I need to keep my app data) however those did not solve the problem on my iPhone 6s. I have tried restarting and syncing with iTunes, but neither solved the problem.


texts: Mount and repair disk not recognized (Timed out waiting)

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I’ve a 525 GB Crucial SSD that I can’t mount. It appears only greyed out on Disk Utility but not in Finder or Desktop.
Here's the disk description by diskutil list
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *525.1 GB   disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS SSD500                  524.1 GB   disk2s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk2s3

diskutil verifyDisk /dev/disk2 and diskutil repairDisk /dev/disk2 say The partition map appears to be OK

I tried to mount the disk with diskutil mount /dev/disk2 but I got Volume on disk2 timed out waiting to mount

I tried using diskutil mount readOnly /dev/disk2 but I also got Volume on disk2 timed out waiting to mount

I tried to force mount the disk with a specific filesystem using mount force -t Apple_HFS /dev/disk2 but nothing.

At the end I wrote diskutil repairVolume /dev/disk2 but I got this error that I didn't know:
Error starting file system repair for disk2: Invalid request (-69886)

Here's a gpt output from sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk2 if needed:
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  1023669408      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  1024079048      262144
  1024341192     1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  1025610728           7
  1025610735          32         Sec GPT table
  1025610767           1         Sec GPT header

There're some alphanumeric codes wrongs? What could I do?
I think that the problem is on the disk2s2 Volume (Apple_HFS SSD500)..maybe enter in Safe Mode and use fsck could be useful? Thanks in advance.


texts: Applescript error -1708 when calling a function

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I have written a script for Spotify with a subroutine

tell application "Spotify"
    ⋮
    silentVolume(tmpDur)
    ⋮
end tell

on silentVolume(tmpDur)
    tell application "Spotify"
        ⋮
        set tmpDur to ((duration of current track) / 1000)
        ⋮
    end tell
end silentVolume

Two problems with this

When I call silentVolume with a float I get an error -1708 and the error message (translated to English so this is an approximation) "Spotify encountered an error. Cannot continue silentVolume". Why?
silentVolume doesn't seem to inherit the context (tell application "Spotify") of the main function. Why?

Initially this subroutine was part of the main function and then it worked fine but I needed a recursive solution, therefore I had to break it out into a separate method.


texts: Why would files show zero size in Terminal by multiple KB in Finder?

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I have a folder of font files that are ~30KB in size each. Finder shows this information correctly, but when I go to Terminal, it shows the files as each having a size of 0KB.

ls -ltarh
total 1008
-rwx------@  1 danrumney  staff     0B Jun  4  2002 GothaBol
-rwx------@  1 danrumney  staff     0B Jun  4  2002 GothaLigIta
-rwx------@  1 danrumney  staff     0B Jun  4  2002 GothaLig
-rwx------@  1 danrumney  staff     0B Jun  5  2002 GothaMedIta
-rwx------@  1 danrumney  staff     0B Jun  5  2002 GothaMed
-rwx------@  1 danrumney  staff     0B Mar 31  2003 HTF Gotham™
-rwx------@  1 danrumney  staff     0B Feb  5  2006 Gotham-Bold
-rwx------@  1 danrumney  staff     0B Feb  5  2006 Gotham-Medium
-rwx------@  1 danrumney  staff     0B Jun 17  2009 Gotham-Ultra
-rwx------@  1 danrumney  staff     0B Jun 17  2009 Gotham-Book
-rwx------@  1 danrumney  staff     0B Jun 17  2009 GothaUlt
-rwx------@  1 danrumney  staff     0B Jun 17  2009 GothaBoo
-rw-r--r--@  1 danrumney  staff   6.0K Mar 14 12:24 .DS_Store
drwxr-xr-x@ 12 danrumney  staff   384B Mar 17 09:50 ..
drwxr-xr-x@ 15 danrumney  staff   480B Mar 17 09:50 .

There are plenty of questions and answers around Finder showing different sizes to the Terminal, but in those, the Terminal tends to be the correct one - this appears to be the opposite.

Why the discrepancy here?


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Recently, I've been a bit worried about malware, so I've been examining my system and searching for out-of-place applications/programs, and this one stood out.

For one, when looking at the file in Finder, it's called Wi-Fi.app, but when looking at it via the command line, it's called WiFiAgent.app.  In other words, in Finder, I see only a "Wi-Fi.app", but on the command line, I see only a "WiFiAgent.app".  Moreover, I tried searching for both apps, with neither returning very many results.

What is this app?


texts: Why are past purchases no longer showing after I change country of my Apple ID?

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Recently I've changed the country in my Apple ID account. While everything else is fine there's an issue with my purchases. All Apps that were purchased before the change don't appear in Purchased section of App Store and in the list of available updates as well. However the updates count budge in iTunes shows a dozens of updates available but after being pressed there are only apps purchased after the change had been made in the list.

I tried to delete the apps from library and re-purchase them but with no success. I got them for free as I should but the problem hasn't gone.
Is there any solution?


texts: Split a large folder containing many files into a set of smaller folders

texts:
This seems like a pretty common use case:  I have a folder containing multiple files which I'd like to split into multiple folders, where each output folder is no bigger than a given size.

In short, I'd like dirsplit for Mac!  I thought I'd found it with Folder Splitter, but this download appears to be broken.  Perhaps there's something in homebrew, but I've not found anything so far...


texts: Downloading large files in background on iOS 12

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I usually download large file in YouTube app for offline viewing , also use “Shortcut” app to download large file, I have set background refresh on for both the apps

The problem is that , the moment I switch to other app download stops immediately and restarts when I open the app again , this also happens when screen locks automatically.

Is there any way to download file without keeping screen on till the download completes ?


texts: Why is the process named geod in my iOS simulator trying to access irs.gov?

texts: I'm developing an app that has absolutely nothing to do with anything other than specific external audio-related hardware. While running my app in the iOS simulator, I got a message from my LittleSnitch (that's a firewall) that the process geod (iOS) is trying to access irs.gov. As if that wasn't enough, the next attempt was to azadiradio.org. I blocked both but I'm wondering: what is going on within my iOS simulator?


texts: El Capitan update 10.11.1 stuck at installing update in app store

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When installing the update for El capitan it got stuck at installing in app store. It has said "Installing - less then a minute" in several hours.

Can I somehow restart or redo the install/update?


texts: Disabling Schubert's PDF Browser plugin on Safari

texts:
I use Safari and Firefox. To be able to view PDFs on Firefox on the fly, I use the Schubert's PDF viewer. But, I would like to block it from loading my PDFs on Safari. I like Safari's way of handling PDFs a bit more. How can I disable a particular plugin on Safari?

Thank you.


texts: Macbook air wifi problem when is on my legs

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I've a strange problem with my macbook air. When I use it on my legs, wifi doesn't work or disconnects. I need to raise up the mac in order to get the signal. I'm in a small flat and the signal is very strong.
Anyone has got a similar issue?

thanks

UPDATE 1

It seems the position won't cause the problem, but using a ping command through automator will help to not disconnect.


texts: Easiest way to deploy a slideshow/video onto multiple iPads and have it play by clicking on 1 icon

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Looking to set up approximately 10 iPads for a presentation where each one has a single icon on the main screen that then immediately loads a slideshow/video.

Challenges/thoughts:

Would prefer the video to be saved locally to the iPad so we aren't dependent on the video loading from a shared Internet connection.
Preference is that they click an icon and the video autoloads full screen, would prefer not to have load/select a specific video file and hit play
Ideally want there to be a custom icon on the desktop for this video : this, I assume may require a safari bookmark saved to the home screen (which requires the video to be hosted...)
What is required to initialize 10 iPads at once?  Each will need to be synced to iTunes I assume?  Will they then need to be reset to work in the future with each individuals computer/iTunes?
If the video is stored locally, I was thinking I would use oPlayer or VLC so that the file doesn't have to be synced via iTunes - it can just be stored within the iPad filesystem


texts: Natural Scroll Direction: On with trackpad, Off with mouse

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I already tried this:
Changing trackpad scroll direction with AppleScript in Yosemite

But it didn't work.

What I need is when I use the internal macBook Pro trackpad, natural scroll direction is enabled, and when I use an external mouse, it is disabled.

If this is impossible, how about the following alternative: when I plug in a mouse switch to "non-natural" scroll direction, and when I disconnect the mouse switch back to natural.


texts: My 2015 MacBook Pro has become unbootable after software update for 10.14.5 failed to install. Because I do not have a recent backup, I would like to create a disk image of the entire boot disk. However when booting an external device, mounting the MBP in target disk mode, and selecting New  Image from the file menu of Disk Utility.app, the option is grayed out. As seen in the screenshot shown below. Can anyone suggest why it is unavailable?


texts:
I've just bought an iPod Classic 5.5, and the volume is too low.
I have searched through google and, though i find a lot of people with the same problem, i can't seem to find a solution.

and no, it's not the 'volume limit' option in the settings.

Does anybody know how to hack this?
Thanks


texts: FileVault 2 encrypted Fusion Drive on iMac doesn't boot anymore

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I bought a 2017 iMac, migrated the contents of my 2012 iMac (so I have my data! ) and I wanted to erase the 2012 iMac it replaces using Disk Utility in Recovery Mode.

I had hoped this would be a minor step and after that I could sell my old iMac to partly fund the new one. But when starting the erase the computer got stuck. Because it got stuck I forced a shutdown with the power button.

(The drive is a 1 TB Fusion Drive. In hindsight I think it might have been best to decrypt the FileVault 2 drive before erasing it)

Now the computer starts up with a grey screen where I can type in my password. I think this screen is to unlock the FileVault encryption. But after doing that I get the black progress bar for a few mm. And then lines of bootloader/unix text presented over this grey screen and the iMac resets to the same loop.

I've tried a lot;

Starting in Recovery Mode; both local and through internet but text-lines and reboot again before it works
Starting in single user/verbose mode; doesn't work
Creating an external setup and installation USB to boot from that; can select it after press and hold of the option key at bootup but again lines of text and reboot
Getting a Thunderbolt 2 cable from a friend to connect my MacBook Pro 2013 in Target Disk Mode with Thunderbolt 2 (iMac2017 is Thunderbolt 3/usb-c) and try to boot from the MacBook Pro. Can select this as well but it doesn't work.
Reversed the Target Disk Mode and booted the MacBook Pro from the Fusion Drive which gave the same type of errors on the display of the MacBook Pro.
Tried Disk Utility on MacBook Pro and then mounting iMac-drive on that through Target Disk Mode but the MacBook Pro then resets and tries to boot from the iMac drive.
Whatever I do; when I attach the iMac in Target Disk Mode with the Thunderbolt cable to the MacBook Pro, even if it's in Single User Mode, it switches to booting from the iMac drive (or at least it tries to)
The fact that the MacBook Pro booting from the iMac drive returns the same problems seems to exclude iMac hardware errors but I ran Apple's Hardware Test anyway (D at startup). No errors found.
I attached the external display back which is attached by a Mini DisplayPort to DVI connector. Sometimes in the past the hardware seemed to get a bit confused when I had this screen detached. Attaching would help. Now it doesn't
And of course I have tried resetting NVRAM and SMC by way of cmd-option-P-R and unplugging for min. 15 seconds.

One of the lines at startup says:

  CoreStorage: fsck_cs has finished for group "..." with status 0x00
  panic (cpu 2 caller 0xffffff00029fe39d): Kernel trap at 0x..., type 14=page fault, registers:

Any clues to how I could fix this? The iMac 2012 is the first one with the glued screen glass so opening it up to remove the drives would be the absolute last resort!

Hope someone knows of an external fix!

Update: through Shift-Option-Command-R I was able to start (Mountain Lion?) recovery and Disk Utility. It sees the Macintosh HD but repairing it doesn't work.

  Blocks on device .... are not accounted for by CoreStorage
  Unable to bootstrap transaction group ...." inconsistent crosscheck
  no valid commit checkpoint found
  The volume...is found to be corrupt and needs to be repaired.


texts: Should I put the SSD in the Optical or Main Bay when replacing Optical Drive?

texts:
I have 2010 MBP.

Wanted to put SSD in optical bay (and use it as main boot drive) because main bay has SMS (motion detection) that HDD would use.

The only problem is that optical bay in my computer seems to have lower speed:

Link Speed:                3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed:     1.5 Gigabit

main bay:

Link Speed:                3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed:     3 Gigabit

I have Samsung 840 PRO SSD - would this lower speed be significant and noticeable?


texts: Why does iPhone Music app show me "Apple Music" logo instead of my iTunes songs?

texts:
I synced all of the music in my iTunes Library to my iPhone (like it was an iPod).

I've been listening to the music in my Jeep for weeks by plugging into the USB port and choosing songs and playlists from the in-car radio's touchscreen.  (So I know the music is on the iPhone.)

Today, I want to listen to my music with headphones.  Thought I'd try Siri ... I told Siri to "Play Accept Yourself by The Smiths", and sure enough she played it!  (I thought it was pretty cool that worked, actually.)

When the song ended, I thought I'd chose something manually.

On the iPhone I touched the "Music" app/button on the home screen, it took me to a photo of a girl wearing headphones and the "Apple Music" logo.

No lists of songs, no other options.

I went to the "Settings" app, and selected "Music" and I noticed that "Show Apple Music" was switched to ON.  So I turned it OFF.

Went back to the "Music" app, and there's still nothing but the photo of the girl and the "Apple Music" logo.

What am I doing wrong?  How can I see the songs that are my iPhone?

Thanks!


texts: I am interested in getting netflow data from an apple airport. Netflow is a Cisco and internet standard that is used in network monitoring. My airport extreme supports SNMP and I use that for monitoring ,but netflow would give me a list of hosts. Any idea how to get this information?


texts: Catalina - find: .: Operation not permitted from launchAgent

texts:
I've created a launch agent that uses the find command to look in the downloads folder of a user

files_to_remove=(`cd ~/Downloads/ && find . \( -name "*.csv" -or -name "*.pdf" -or -name "*.sav" -or -name "*.tsv" -or -name "*.zip" -or -name "*.qsf" \) -mtime +5`)

Here is the plist file I've added to the LaunchAgents folder with a 10-second interval to help debug.

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>local.downloadsCleanup</string>
        <key>Program</key>
        <string>/Library/Application Support/downloadsCleanup/downloadsCleanup.sh</string>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <true/>
        <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
        <string>/tmp/downloadsCleanup.err</string>
        <key>StandardOutPath</key>
        <string>/tmp/downloadsCleanup.out</string>
        <key>StartInterval</key>
        <integer>10</integer>
    </dict>
</plist>

Everytime the LaunchAgent runs is get the error
find: .: Operation not permitted

However, running the /Library/Application Support/downloadsCleanup/downloadsCleanup.sh script from the terminal prompts me to give permission to the terminal to access the downloads folder. Once the permission is granted the script works as intended.

I've added the .plist file and the .sh script to have full disk access but that that didn't change anything. What do I need to give access for this launchAgent to be able to execute the find command in the downloads folder?


texts:
I'm developing onto Arduino and sometimes the USB port that is being used stops working. Then I need to plug the device into another USB port. Once all the USB ports stop working I have to restart the machine which is really annoying.

As far as I remember there is a command which is able to restart the USB subsystem individually but I can't remember. How can I restart USBs without restarting the entire system?

I'm using macOS Sierra.

This is different to the question Resetting the USB port on a MacBook Pro as I need software-only solution as my USB ports get frozen - which means they stop working until full system restart. There must be a way of restarting the USB subsystem individually.


texts: Is there a way to reach the multitasking bar on the iPad via a keystroke on the keyboard dock?

texts: When the iPad is plugged into the keyboard dock, you can reach the home screen by pressing the "square" button in the upper left corner of the dock's keyboard. Is there a keyboard analogue to the double-press that brings up the multitasking bar, or do you have to reach for the physical button?


texts: How does Time Machine estimate required space for backup?

texts:
For over 6 months now, every Time Machine backup requrests around 15GB of space for backup, but sometimes only backups up 200MB. That is a big difference.

Does anyone know exactly how the required space is estimated? I'd really like to reduce it because it drives Time Machine to delete old backups unnecessarily.


texts:
Every time I start my laptop, the HTC Sync Manager is launched automatically. I don't mean the automounter which is started when you connect your phone. I mean the the HTC Sync Manager itself which is magically started and places its icon on the top of the screen:

Question: How can I turn off that the HTC Sync Manager is started on every reboot?
I'm running a MacBook Pro with 10.9.
Edit:
When I go to Preferences->Users&Groups->LoginItems then the HTC Manager does not appear there. The directory /Library/StartupItems/ is empty as well.
Edit:
I have made the folder content of certain startup daemons available as requested by Frizlab. Please find here the contents of the command
tree ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ /Library/LaunchAgents/ /Library/LaunchDaemons/ \
   /System/Library/LaunchAgents/ /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/

Additionally, I have reboot the MacBook without logging in and opened an ssh to it. It seems that the HTC application is started after the login. After I logged in, I find the following process
penny:~ patrick$ ps x | grep HTC
  232   ??  S      0:00.22 /Applications/HTC Sync Manager.app/Contents/Resources/HSMMonitor.app/Contents/MacOS/HSMMonitor -runMode autoLaunched
  401 s001  S+     0:00.00 grep HTC


texts: Universal keyboard shortcut for searching/exploring on macOS, similar to Ctrl+E on Windows

texts:
This was initially formulated as a question, then I found out the keyboard shortcut of macOS Chrome on its Google search functionality (inputs are never interpreted as website address even if the input is a website address, e.g., asp.net, Chrome will google asp.net instead of visiting it) on its address bar is the same across many macOS apps. I'll answer my own question :)

Anyway here's the question:

Windows has almost universal keyboard shortcut for searching/exploring, it's Ctrl+E. It always focus (or pop-up) the input to the app's search bar (if there's any), at least on many apps that I tried

E.g., on Windows, Ctrl+E works the same on Windows Explorer, Microsoft Store, OneNote, Visual Studio Code, Edge, Chrome, Firefox

Is there any similar universal keyboard shortcut in macOS?


texts: Linux Mint VM crashes when MacOS sleeps?

texts:
I'm running Linux Mint on Virtual Box (.vdi on my internal SSD) on my rMBP (macOS High Sierra).

While I haven't pinned down a pattern, I think it breaks every time my computer wakes up from sleep. So, I assume its something to do with putting the SSD to some sleep-state which breaks Mint.

What setting can I enable/disable to keep this from happening?


texts: What is the iTunes's working principle for choosing picture for the artists?

texts: I know, with adding a star by album is one solution for changing the picture, but for me that star is annoying. I had change the modification date and creation date by mp3 files, but it didn't help. So, how can I change to my choosen picture?


texts: I just broke a computer with Windows system and I bought a MacBook but I don't know how can I open prompt command in it?


texts: How to get Time Machine disk to backup itself?

texts:
How to get Time Machine disk to backup itself (ie, non-Backups.backupdb on the Time Machine disk)?

Specifically: I moved my /Users folder to a separate parition, a parition that also houses Time Machine backups (for my boot-SSD parition in /Users/Backups.backupdb).  I also want to Time-Machine backup the /Users/ folders, but Time Machine won't (thus far) let me backup folders/files on the same disk where the Time-Machines backups are stored.

From one standbpoint, it makes sense to keep physically-different disks.  (I employ multiple Time-Machine disks for this purpose, including for system above.)  However, most backup needs are not due to physical-drive failure, but a "logical/soft" fault (usually me accidently deleting files), and as such, enabling the backups above would prove quite valuable.


texts: What features won't I get with a Magic Mouse under Windows XP and 7?

texts: I like the magic mouse for the two-finger scroll and other features under Snow Leopard.  Which of those features will not work under Windows XP and 7.  I have XP on a home machine and 7 at work, so I care about both.


texts: 2013 Macbook Air not showing 1440p Option on External Display

texts:
I have a mid 2013 Macbook Air with the Intel HD 5000 graphics chip. I recently purchased a 27" Acer K272HULbmiidp 1440p (2560x1440) monitor that just arrived today. I connected it via a mini displayport to HDMI cable, and was immediately greeted with awful graphics that didn't fit. Turns out its a common issue with external displays on macs, which assume settings for a TV not a monitor. Basically, I fixed it by using a Ruby script to force RGB mode onto the monitor. So that's all good now.

The issue is I can't seem to get the 2560x1440 option on the external display, it will only show 1920x1080. I have heard the mini displayport to display port cable will allow my computer to run an external monitor in 1440p. Is this true? Please suggest what I can do to get the external display running in 1440p. Thank you so much guys.


texts: Shift + T not working on Apple Wireless Keyboard

texts: Yesterday I was doing some typing on my keyboard, when I found that I could not type a capital T with either shift key. I tried a different user account, and even rebooted into Snow Leopard (was using Lion) to no avail. I tried a USB keyboard, and it works fine. I don't understand what is wrong because the shift key still works, and the t key still works, just not at the same time. Any Ideas?


texts: Difference between "Device" and System.log in Console.app

texts:
In console.app, I understand I can stream messages by selecting my computer "Device" as shown here, highlighted in pink.

What is shown there? I understood it was system.log, but it seems to be a lot more.
Though when I grep for some of the things I see in streaming logs, they don't seem recorded in /var/log.
Does the stuff you see in "Device" simply evaporate on reboot, is it live app streams to console, but not recorded?
What's the difference between "Start Streaming" and tail -f on system.log?


texts: open dict://“$word” stopped working for Chinese after upgrading to Big Sur

texts:
Not sure if this question is appropriate for this forum. If not, please let me know, and I will remove it (if I can).
I have a shell script open dict://"$word" that worked well in Catalina for both English and Chinese. It will open the Dictionary.app and look up the word for me.
Problem:
After upgrading to Big Sur, it now works only for English, not for Chinese anymore. If I try to look up a Chinese word, say, to execute open dict://"中", it will give an error in the Terminal.app: The file /Users/USERNAME/dict:/天 does not exist. Looking up an English word, say open dict://'hello', acts normally (i.e., it opens Dictionary.app and looks up "Hello" in the app). I can still look up Chinese words using Dictionary.app's interface.
I'm an amateur in programming. I don't know what I can try to solve this problem.
Any help appreciated! Thanks in advance!


texts: Dual-booting a Linux distribution on a Mac with Fusion Drive

texts:
I'd like to install a Linux distribution alongside OS X on my 2014 5k iMac with a 3TB Fusion Drive (128GB SSD + 3TB HDD).

Most guides about dual-booting Linux I've found focus on regular partitioning, that is, no Core Storage, and I couldn't find one that helped.

I want to keep OS X in case I have to use software that isn't available on Linux, like XCode or PhotoShop.

My goal is to use Linux as my main system, and I want the root (/) partition to live on the SSD to speed up boot, and the home partition to be on the HDD.

Here's the potential solution I found (haven't tried yet):

Split the Fusion Drive
Download and install OS X El Capitan on the SSD from the recovery partition
Boot into El Capitan
diskutil cs revert <UUID> on the Logical Volume which should be marked as Revertible in diskutil cs list
Resize the HFS+ OS X partition to around 60 GB
Install a Linux distro (Ubuntu, at first) on the free space
Create another partition on the HDD for /home
If it's possible, assign both partitions to a volume group using LVM

Is this possible, or have I missed something that will make it fail?


texts: "This is a startup partition. You can't erase it" On Disk Utility

texts: I want to expand my Windows partition. I saw all the tutorials on youtube and they said to drag the drive on the corner. However, the Disk partitions doesn't have a drive for me to drag and said that it was a startup partition so I can't decrease it's size.


texts: Media keeps pausing randomly MacOS High Sierra. Spotify/iTunes/Quicktime

texts:
I'm on a mid-2012 MBP and I've started having this issue since upgrading to High Sierra. Sometimes it'll pause the media and start back on its own or sometimes it'll just stop it completely and I'll have to physically unpause the media.

I wondered if there was some kind of phantom media control issues with High Sierra or if anyone else has seen something similar. All of my Google-fu only pulls up people having trouble with media controls trying to do everything.


texts: Strange thing happening with drag and drop on finder

texts: I have a Mac OS X 10.7.5. Sometimes, when drag-and-drop-ing files on the Finder, a strange thing happens, i.e. the file I'm dealing with "sticks to the cursor" and releasing the trackpad button has no effect, whereas it should let the file be transferred or copied. Btw I've been dealing with this many times, and for a long time, and have just found out today that tapping the trackpad with two fingers eliminates this strange thing, therefore placing the dragged file in the directory the cursor is on, or copying it there if I'm holding the option key. Any idea why this happens?


texts: Ever since I updated my iPad Air to iOS 8, I've been getting constant reminders for the setup cellular data plan. I bought the iPad with the SIM chip just in case I wanted to get data for it, but have so far decided that I don't need it. This popup still comes up even when I go into settings and turn cellular data off. Has anyone else had this problem since upgrading to iOS 8?


texts: Can I script checking for password date changes from ARD?

texts: Basically, I would like to know if the root password as been changed on several machines. Can I have Apple Remote Desktop script this for me and automate this check?


texts:
In my newly-installed Mountain Lion system: when I try to run CrossOver, which requires X11, I get the following error message:

Apple's Web Page indicates that this is not the expected behavior:

  X11 install on demand

  X11 on Mountain Lion now uses install on demand. When you first launch an app that requires X11 libraries, you are directed to a download location for the most up-to-date version of X11 for Mac.

Does anyone know how to download X11 for Mountain Lion?


texts:
I'm running Snow Leopard on a Late 2009 unibody MacBook.

At the moment I was trying to do some late spring cleaning, and clearing up some HDD space. Now here's the weird part:

My User's folder shows that it occupies 179 GB of space. However when I go into the folder and add up the usage of all sub-folders and files within it, it comes to somewhere about 75GB.

I'm just very curious as to where the other 104 GB resides.

Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks!


texts: Has App Store download size limit over Cellular data changed from 150 MB in iOS 12?

texts:
I downloaded a 200 MB app over Cellular data today. Then I tried another 300 MB app, with no warnings whatsoever, and the download completed successfully. Final I tried a 1.2 GB download which failed with the popup warning message.

I understand that App Slicing has appeared since iOS 9. The actual download size is different from the indicated size. But after downloading, I checked in Setting app → General → → iPhone Storage, and the two apps are over 150 MB(198 MB and 211 MB). And they are new download not updates.

Is the size displayed incorrectly or has the upper cap for downloading new apps over Cellular data changed?

PS:I downloaded that two app before but uninstalled it.
Another assumption is that the downloaded content is actually less than 150 MB but there is a process of decompression?


texts: Server App Version 5.3.1 won't take password

texts:
My server app (OS X Sierra) will not take the admin password despite confirming that the password is correct when doing other administrative tasks. I have read that the Server App can 'just die' after the first install and I also read that you can enter sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.servermgrd.plist in Terminal to load it, but that file is no longer located there (It moved in version 4)

I can't administer the server (I need to set up multiple share points) because it won't allow me in.

Any ideas/suggestions would be appreciated.


texts:
Why finder doesn't have 'New File', but 'New Folder'?
Is there any way/tool for having 'New File' in Finder?

ADDED

Pathfinder provides the feature of making 'New File'. I need this function in Finder.


texts: Can AirPods be used “seamlessly” between Mac and iOS devices?

texts:
Apple AirPods are supposed to work for iOS devices, Apple Watches and Macs. Apple states that the OS requirements are:

  Requires iCloud account and macOS Sierra, iOS 10, or watchOS 3 (source).

I am a prospective buyer of AirPods. My question is what the experience is like, when using the same pair of AirPods to switch between an iOS device and  a Mac.

How is pairing/switching done?
Can the experience be called “seamless”?
Are there any caveats that should be known from a user-perspective?

Note: This is not a buying recommendation question, the goal is to produce an objective description of the pairing/switching process between iOS/macOS devices.


texts: iMessage and FaceTime from complete stranger

texts:
I have had the same problem as the previous complainant. I received an iMessage from a @yahoo.com address saying "hi". I then asked who this was and the reason for the message and also how he obtained my number and email. He claimed that he has me stored in his directory as "Abba". I'm certainly no Abba!

I asked him to remove me from his contacts, to which he agreed. Today the idiot messages me again saying hi. I mentioned that I would have him reported, he then called on FaceTime and hung up???? Also sent me a pic of himself!! How do I block him from contacting me, this is rather annoying?


texts: Why MacBook deleted my files and left me only with DS_Store?

texts:
Well this is a very awkward situation. I can't understand why my files are missing after reproducing the following steps.

1 - Copy files from Desktop folder and paste into external pen drive.

2 - Paste files into another computer (Windows).

3 - Delete files from pen drive.

Noticed folders are created on Windows, but empty.

However, when going back to OS X, the original Desktop folder holds all sub-folders but with no files too.

There is only a lot of .DS_Store files remaining there.

Is there anyway to recover these files?

Could it possibly be a pen drive virus?


texts: Showing Windows apps in Parallels Coherence with mac-style title bar with red/yellow/green dots on left?

texts:
On my Mac, I need to use some Windows-only apps in a Windows 10 Parallels 11 VM. One thing I find annoying is remembering to click in the upper-right to close Windows windows but clicking in the upper-left to close Mac windows.

Does anyone know of any Windows 10 solutions that will move the close/minimize/maximize buttons in Windows titlebars to the left side of the window like on Mac OS X?  There used to be an app called LeftSider but I don't think this is compatible with Windows 10.

I don't particularly care whether the buttons look like Mac buttons or not-- just want them in the same spot so I can rely on muscle memory and won't have to think where to click depending on the window.

I run in Coherence mode on Parallels 11 in the latest El Capitan Mac OS, if that's relevant.


texts: iMac won’t power on. 24hrs later it did, but now dead again!

texts:
I updated my nov 2016 iMac to Mojave last week & everything ran super slow. Then I bumped the power cable out and it wouldn’t restart, no matter what I tried.

24 hrs later I tried again & it finally powered up & seemed back to normal. I shut down, but it didn’t completely shut down... Just a black screen with the mouse cursor still visible & working, so I held down the power button to shut it down.

Now it won’t power up again!

What is going on? Anyone had anything like this?

It’s under extended warranty so I can send it off for repairs but I’d like it working sooner if I can :-(


texts: How to add shortcut for Insert Equation in PowerPoint 2016?

texts:
PowerPoint 2016 for Mac finally includes the new-style equation editor (which was already available in Word for Mac and PowerPoint for Windows).  An equation can be inserted using a ribbon button (Insert → Insert Equation).

How can I add a keyboard shortcut for this?  Is there already a keyboard shortcut for it?

For Word I could use the OS settings from System Preferences → Keyboard and set up a shortcut for the menu item named "Equation".  But I cannot find a corresponding menu item in PowerPoint.  I can only find this feature on the ribbon, but not the in menu.  Is there any way to set up a keyboard shortcut for it?

Update:

Since the situation seems to be in flux, here's an update:

Older versions, including the one that was current when I asked the question, have the undocumented shortcut ⌘-⌥-=. There is no menu item in this versions that would allow setting up a shortcut manually. Answer by theoden.
More recent versions do not have a shortcut built in, but they do have the menu item Insert → Equation, which makes it possible to set up a shortcut manually. Answer by suntoch.


texts: How do I delete a new Admin account and its data without knowing the old admin password?

texts: I used my friend's Mac by creating a new admin account.  Now I need to return it and want to delete the new Admin account I created without knowing his password.  In other words, can I delete my own Admin account?


texts: How to get started with interfacing USB devices to iPad?

texts:
The iPad would be the perfect handheld device for controlling some USB devices. I would like to get started with programming iPad applications which would communicate with USB devices.

I guess I could use the dock port USB adapter to communicate with home made USB devices. How should one go about programming communication through that dock port and adapter? I need some directions. Don't know where to look, where to start. Not even sure if it is possible at all.

I ask because I know most devices are not recognized. The drivers are not automagically installed as on desktop or laptop computers. I want to get started with programming low level communication so that the application itself on iPad would possibly manage the whole USB communication with its device.

Thank you very much,

Any helpful input is welcome. Haven't found a lot of successful stories so far.


texts: According to my power assertions, what is preventing my Mac from sleeping?

texts:
I ran the following:
pmset -g assertions

and it says handoff and Built in speaker device are the culprits, right? What does that mean?
2020-12-11 14:48:20 +0200
Assertion status system-wide:
   BackgroundTask                 1
   ApplePushServiceTask           0
   UserIsActive                   1
   PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep    0
   PreventSystemSleep             0
   ExternalMedia                  1
   PreventUserIdleSystemSleep     1
   NetworkClientActive            0
Listed by owning process:
   pid 93793(AddressBookSourceSync): [0x0003027500019a30] 00:02:54 PreventUserIdleSystemSleep named: "Address Book Source Sync"
    Timeout will fire in 1626 secs Action=TimeoutActionTurnOff
   pid 73(powerd): [0x0002c8a000088e3e] 04:09:39 ExternalMedia named: "com.apple.powermanagement.externalmediamounted"
   pid 22920(UserEventAgent): [0x00030275000b9a33] 00:02:54 BackgroundTask named: "com.apple.AddressBook.ScheduledSync"
    Created for PID: 93793.
   pid 22993(sharingd): [0x0003031600019b11] 00:00:13 PreventUserIdleSystemSleep named: "Handoff"
   pid 197(coreaudiod): [0x0003031d0001a4ce] 00:00:06 PreventUserIdleSystemSleep named: "com.apple.audio.BuiltInSpeakerDevice.context.preventuseridlesleep"
    Created for PID: 23168.
   pid 197(coreaudiod): [0x0002c8950001a43f] 04:09:50 PreventUserIdleSystemSleep named: "com.apple.audio.GDAudioDevice_UID.context.preventuseridlesleep"
    Created for PID: 23168.
   pid 134(WindowServer): [0x0003030100099a93] 00:00:00 UserIsActive named: "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle serviceID:10011e210 name:AppleHIDKeyboardEve product:Apple Internal Keyb eventType:3"
    Timeout will fire in 1200 secs Action=TimeoutActionRelease
Kernel Assertions: 0xc=USB,BT-HID
   id=844  level=255 0x8=BT-HID creat=12/11/20, 10:02 AM description=com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver owner=AppleHSBluetoothDevice
   id=845  level=255 0x8=BT-HID creat=12/11/20, 9:57 AM description=com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver owner=AppleHSBluetoothDevice
   id=846  level=255 0x4=USB creat=12/11/20, 10:41 AM description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.00200000 owner=My Passport 260F
   id=847  level=255 0x4=USB creat=12/11/20, 10:47 AM description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.14100000 owner=USB 2.0 BILLBOARD
Idle sleep preventers: IODisplayWrangler


texts: Press home button to upgrade (broken home button)

texts:
I googled everything & everywhere but couldn't find an answer.

I have an iPhone 7 Plus stuck at press home to upgrade screen; the home button is broken. I tried pressing power + volume down. Then tried connecting iTunes: it says enter passcode on phone to connect. Latest iOS.

Advise a solution please.

If this button is repairable or not?


texts: DRM Free Music With iTunes Match & Apple Music?

texts:
If I'm right about this ... iTunes Match uploads files you already have and gives you back DRM free versions in a better quality?

and ...

Apple Music lets you download any file in iTunes library, but with DRM?

... I'm sure this won't be the case but, if you have both, do you get unlimited downloading of DRM-free music downloads from Apples library?


texts: iPhone auto-power-off after power disconnection

texts:
I have an old iPhone 4s that I use as a music player in the car.  It is plugged into a cigar-lighter socket that is only powered when the ignition is on.  The phone's battery life is not particularly good anymore, so after turning off the ignition, the phone, if left as is (powered on), will deplete its battery in a few hours.  Next time I get into the car and turn it on, the phone will be completely dead and have to charge for 10-20 minutes before I can power it up and start playing music.

However, if I remember to power off the phone when I turn off the car, the phone battery will generally be good until the next time I turn on the car.  When I turn it on, the phone will start receiving power again and automatically turn on.

Instead of having to remember to manually turn off the phone when I turn off the car, is there some way I can have the phone automatically power off when it is no longer receiving power?  Ideally it would wait for 10-20 minutes before powering off (if I stop for gas or something), but immediate power-off would be OK too.

I have looked for settings and apps that could possibly do this, but so far haven't found anything.

FWIW I do also have a cigar-lighter socket that is always on, regardless of ignition state.  I could possibly plug the phone in there instead, but I got wary of that - last winter my car battery was a bit weak and I left the phone plugged in like this for perhaps 3 or 4 days without starting the car, and it ran the car battery right down.  I have a new car battery now, but I'd still rather avoid having this continuous drain on it.


texts: Mac Pro 2007/2008 fresh Snow Leopard install with GT120 graphics card?

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I have a Mac Pro from late 2007, early 2008 and I want to perform a clean install but nothing comes up on my monitor. The graphics card is an NVIDIA GT 120 and the hard drive is an Intel SSD. I am assuming the graphics card is the problem but all comments point to it being supported.

How do I do a clean Snow Leopard install with the given hardware?


texts: Do fans stop spinning when MacBook Pro's are in sleep mode?

texts: I have a MacBook Pro Mid-2009 running Yosemite 10.10.3, and I installed Macs Fan Control which is similar to smcFanControl. Basically, whenever I put my Mac to sleep the fans stop spinning (I have them set at 6200rpm) and the Mac is asleep but less than a minute into sleep mode the fans start spinning again (I can tell since they start at 6200rpm) but the screen is still off. Is my Mac really going to sleep or does the fact that the fans are spinning mean that it's not asleep. By the way I have wake for network access turned off.


texts: Lock screen on Catalina has the wrong keyboard layout

texts: After upgrading to Catalina the lock screen (the one that appears when the current session is locked by the user) has a different keyboard layout than the startup screen (the login screen that appears after I turn on my computer), and the rest of the system. When I enable the option to show the input menu on the menubar and login screen the keyboard layout is apparently the same, but that's not the case, because on the lock screen the password that I enter is not the right one even when I'm entering the right sequence of key strokes. What I have to do instead is to select the US layout and press the keys where those characters appear on the US layout. I tried enabling the virtual keyboard from the accessibility options to see where those keys are in the current layout but it only appears on the startup screen, the lock screen doesn't have a virtual keyboard.


texts: Import Google Voice Contacts Into iPhone

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What I'd like to do is have my Google Voice contacts available on my iPhone, not the other way around.  I recently had to restore the phone to factory defaults and it's a pain to manually enter all them all.

When I make a new GMail e-mail account on my iPhone it won't let me import contacts from my Google account, but even if it did I don't want every single contact in my phone.  Google for some reason adds every single person I've ever sent e-mails to into my contacts list, which as you can imagine is quite a large list by now.

Does anyone have any suggestions for how to do this?


texts: I think my phone is broken but I am not sure. I have always been able to access my home internet and I still can. I can run small apps, like Clash Of Clans, but I cannot run any larger apps. I cannot use the App Store (It says I need to connect to wifi to access it even though I am) I cannot use Discord and many other things. And I really do not know why. Like I said, I can use apps that require little data usage but nothing large. It is definitely connected. Even if I switch to my mobile data I still have this problem. Please help.


texts: How to hide Dock on non-fullscreen desktop

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I want to hide Dock on non-full desktops. It takes a lot of space so some applications are hard to use in such small amount of space, but on the other hand I don't want to keep each single application on its own desktop, because of logical grouping.

So is there any way to hide dock and make program take extra space used by Dock. like on the full-screen desktop but keeping multiple applications.

I would be grateful for any help.
Thx.


texts: Why doesn't the red dot shut down the program?

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If I use the red dot in the upper left of the last window of a program, why doesn't it shut the program down?

Except for rare programs that run without windows, what's the point of keeping programs running after all their windows are shut?


texts: Syncing FInder smart folder with images to iPhone

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I created a smart folder using Finder containing images that I would like to sync to my iPhone. When I opened iTunes and tried to select that folder to sync images into my iPhone, the folder was grey and I was unable to select it.

Does any workaround exist that makes it possible for me to accomplish this synchronization?


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I'm trying to restrict internet access for a particular application. This is built in functionality but I can't seem to figure out what interface my VPN is using. Below is the list that is presented to me as options.

There is also a secondary question as to is there a way to clean up unused interfaces?


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Possible Duplicate:
  HTML / CSS / Javascript editor for the iPad?

Is there any IDE like Notepad++ for iPad? I want to create HTML pages with CSS and jQuery on my iPad.


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This morning when I opened by computer, I saw a notification for an event that I never created.

I have not linked my email address on macbook and I'm not even from US. So why is there an event with some random website in my calendar? I checked which apps have access to calendar, and it came up empty. So is it just some harmless ad pushed by Apple or something malicious?


texts: What is the location / path of the finder icons?

texts: What's the location (path) of these icons/buttons for OSX Lion? what is the width, height? What is it called? Finder Icon or Finder Button ?


texts: Will "Auto Delete Old Conversions" delete my messages from all of my devices if using iCloud?

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My wife's iPad is constantly out of space. Most of the space is used up by Messages, where her iPhone Messages sync with iCloud, and her iPad sync with iCloud, and thus, she copies all those large attachments to to iPad and fills up her space.

I found this article that talks about enabling the "Auto Delete Old Conversion" feature. However, before I do this, will enabling this feature on her iPad also delete messages on her iPhone and Mac as well since she is using iCloud Messages? She wants to keep all her messages on her iPhone/Mac since she has ample storage there.


texts: Using ipad as Internet connection in a wifi hub

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I need to set up a network with ten or more wifi connections in a motorhome with a bunch of iDevices, apple TVs etc. and want to have an outside web connection for all those devices. Most of the bandwidth will be internal data and not to/from the web.
I can set up a personal hotspot but am limited to 5 connections.
Is there any way to set up something like an airport express for all the wifi connections and have an ipad on the system as the only Internet connection, since the 10/100 of the hub will not be connected?


texts: I know that with iCloud Drive I can sync the Desktop and Documents folder on iCloud. But I wonder if there is a way I can sync other folders on iCloud such as Applications, Photo Library, Downloads, etc.?