texts: How do I create an easily accessible directory outside of /Users/?

texts:
I want to sync/backup my entire Home (/Users/) directory to other computers using Bittorrent Sync.  Right now my Home directory contains my DropBox folder, which (at 17GB) I do not want to be part of this sync/backup.

I thought an easy way to do this would be to create a Dropbox directory at the /Users level, but even after I set the permissions of that directory to 777, the Dropbox app won't let me move Dropbox there.

I understand that an alternative is to exclude just the Dropbox directory from the Bittorrent Sync (I assume that's possible - I haven't tried it yet), but I think it would be cleaner to have an easily accessible but separate (outside my Home) directory. Is there any way to do this?


texts: WifiScan Security Exception System Segmentation Fault in System Log? (SUBSYSTEM: locationd / accountsd : com.apple.locationd.Position / GeneralCLX)

texts:
I'm seeing a startup WifiScan segmentation fault (security_exception) in my O/S console system log after a fresh system reboot / startup.
Has anyone else seen this?
Is this related to removing and redoing my security system keychain?
WifiScan System Log Error
(locationd subsystem:com.apple.locationd.Position or com.apple.mDNSResponder com.apple.geod / GeneralCLX) its followed by a deny() trusted() security exception kernel error?
just before the segmentation fault (same second of operations) I see a accountsd security_exception UNIX horror exception "17" with com.apple.securityd from a mDNSReponder?  See the screenshot below...

Let me know if you have any ideas about this?
Thanks!
Asher :)


texts:
I haven't been able to bookmark a page using keyboard shortcut command + D or star icon in the address bar for about a month.

At first, I assumed this shortcut might've been removed in upgrade to version 25.0.1, 26 or 27.0.1 but after going through their change log at http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/releases/ I couldn't find any of that.

Is there a way to troubleshoot this without losing my existing bookmarks?


texts: Will I ever spoil my iPhone by placing it on top of my laptop?

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Does anyone know if I will ever spoil my iPhone by placing it on top of my laptop?

I mean I don't know about these electronic/magnetic stuff and I want to know if there may be any problem putting them close together (especially when my laptop is running and heated)


texts: 8GB model iPhone 4S is only showing 5.4GB capacity (4.2GB available)

texts:
It used to say 8GB capacity in the General > About Settings menu. Now it only says 5.4. I've done a "restore as new" but it's still showing the same.

Help?


texts: How can I hide an existing user - El Cap

texts:
I found commands about how to create a user that is hidden,
sudo dscl . create /Users/USERNAME IsHidden 1

but how can I hide an existing user?


texts: Typing into Safari on iPad extremely slow

texts:
We have an iPad mini 2 running iOS 9. Ever since upgrading, any text field in Safari is painfully slow, generally taking 2 to 4 seconds before responding, and then doing so in fits and jerks. This does not appear to happen anywhere else that I have seen.

I'd like to fix this, but I'm not sure where to start. There do not appear to be any Safari extensions, so it seems to have something with the Safari install itself. Is there any way to do a clean re-install Safari.


texts: How to see the directory path or navigation bar in Finder? Is there any ubuntu or windows like directory bar?


texts: How can I make my Mac Mini 1,1 display 1080p?

texts:
I have an early intel Mac Mini (1,1 Late 2006) that I'm resurrecting for the purposes of a media centre (intend to replace with a modern device when finances allow). This model is furnished with a DVI output, I'm going direct to VGA via DVI-VGA cable. It is giving me a headache because it will not connect at 1080p. Running 10.6.8, fully updated.

I'm getting a huge list of possible resolutions in Display Prefs, each with different freq's, here are the some:

1280 x 1024 (displays correctly)
1344 x 1008 (no display)
1400 x 1050 (displays correctly)
1600 x 1200 (displays correctly horizontally, must be scaling vertically)
1920 x 1440 (no display)
2048 x 1536 (no display)

I've tried using ScreenResX, but when I add a custom resolution of 1080p and restart, the custom resolution is not available "not activated - invalid?". According to tech specs the mini is capable of outputting to 1080p. How can I get this machine to output correctly?

I can successfully output to this LCD TV at 1080p (native res) from:

Powermac G5 2GHz (directly via DVI->VGA cable)
Macbook Pro (miniDisplayPort->DVI adaptor, DVI->VGA cable)

Many thanks for any suggestions!


texts: macOS status bar: Change keyboard layout icon

texts:
Can I change from this:

low resolution language icon to this:

simpler icon?

I do like the lock-screen version more.


texts:
I need to remove the orientation "flag" of a batch of images (jpeg images), without changing the displayed orientation of the images.

Trying to make it clear : if I have an image in portrait orientation with an orientation flag, I want it to keep this portrait orientation, but get rid of the orientation flag, as it seems some application are not able to handle it correctly. It's a kind of fusionning the image with its orientation flag.

I guess this means recompressing the image, but that is not a problem.

I tried to do it with automator, but was not able to do it. Is it possible ?


texts: Homepod is on same wifi network as my other devices but doesn't show up for airplay or personal requests

texts:
I'm having odd behaviour with my Homepod.  It feels like a bug.  It has internet (plays music fine) and is definitely on the same wifi network as my iPhone and my other mac computer (I've verified this in my router admin area, and it is not on a guest network or anything that might have network isolation).  It shows up fine in the 'home' app of my iPhone.  However it randomly disappears as an airplay option (from any other device), and if I try and a do something that requires my iPhone like add a reminder I get the 'Before I can help with Personal Requests, the iOS device associated with this HomePod needs to be on the same Wi-Fi network.' message.

Note I'm on the latest firmware and iOS as of today (12.x)


texts:
I have cronjobs doing various cleanup tasks:

$ crontab -l
0 * * * * find ${HOME}/Downloads -depth 1 -d -mtime +12h -exec /usr/local/bin/trash {} \;
* * * * * /usr/bin/defaults delete com.apple.Spotlight userHasMovedWindow > /dev/null
* * * * * /usr/bin/defaults delete com.apple.Spotlight windowHeight > /dev/null

However, it seems the jobs, for some reason, never exits. Instead they linger on and show as (cron) companioned by either (find) or (defaults) in the output of ps and in the activity monitor.

It happens for all jobs.

After hours or days, the computer freezes as the OS won't allow any more processes to spawn.

$ sw_vers
ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.15
BuildVersion:   19A583


texts: MBA 13" 2011 (with TB) as a display for PS3

texts: I wonder if I can use my new MacBook Air 13" 2011 as a display for PS3 (of course with the help of some adapter, e.g. Kanex XD/Belkin AV360™)? I know it sound weird, but that's my situation.


texts: I'm using OS X 10.6.8 and cleaning up my almost full hard-drive using the free tool Disk Inventory X. I stumbled upon the /data/db folder which weighs more than 600Mb. Before deleting some of its content I'd like to understand: what is it? Is it system critical? Note that I'm a web developer and I often create databases on my computer. It seems that the name of the files matches some of the databases I previously created, but not sure it's a 100% match.


texts: Apple Pages: Make a cell span two columns

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I have a table. I want a cell that spans two columns, so that text in this cell with span two columns. In Microsoft Word, I can use erase tool to erase a line between two cells but I don't know how to do this in Apple Page. Please teach me.

Thanks :)


texts: Ran Disk Utility to Repair Permissions but not sure it's doing the right job

texts:
I wrote a script to parse Disk Utility log and output and permission changes that give more access than before.

There were 5 results:

2014-09-21 21:42:31 +1000: Permissions differ on “usr/lib/libruby.2.0.dylib”; should be lrwxrwxrwx ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
2014-09-21 21:42:31 +1000: Permissions differ on “usr/lib/libruby.dylib”; should be lrwxrwxrwx ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .
2014-09-21 21:42:32 +1000: Permissions differ on “Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/Safari.help/Contents/Resources/index.html”; should be lrwxr-xr-x ; they are -rw-r--r-- .
2014-09-21 21:42:34 +1000: Permissions differ on “Library/Printers/InstalledPrinters.plist”; should be -rw-rw-rw- ; they are -rw-r--r-- .
2014-09-21 21:43:09 +1000: Permissions differ on “System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/libruby.2.0.dylib”; should be lrwxrwxrwx ; they are lrwxr-xr-x .

What is going on here: 2014-09-21 21:42:32 +1000: Permissions differ on “Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/Safari.help/Contents/Resources/index.html”; should be lrwxr-xr-x ; they are -rw-r--r--
?


texts: Are there any iOS devices that run iOS 7 but won't be upgradable to iOS 8?

texts:
I'd like to know if I need to keep a iOS7 device laying around for a test case or if ultimately every iOS 7 device will be upgraded to iOS 8.

I have several iOS 6 devices that cannot be upgraded to iOS 7.


texts: Connect 2 external monitors to a MacBook Air (Mid 2012)

texts:
I need 2 external monitors but I am having difficulties to do it on my MacBook Air mid 2012. My monitors are 2 Ausus VG278Q.

I tried different docks. Latest one (which I believee was my best shot) is a Belkin Thunderbolt 2 Expresss Dock HD.

Later I found out that the Mid 2012 don't support more than 1 external monitor at all.
Is there any solution to that problem ?

I've seen this other question: Will the Macbook Air (Mid 2012) support dual monitors?

My understanding is that your monitors need to be have a thunderbolt 2 entry, so you can daisy chain then. Is my understanding correct? If that is the case mini DP entries are enough or it needs to be really Thunderbolt 2 ? This is already old technology and having to buy monitors to fit this requisite is quite limiting and very likely not future proof.

Any other solutions?


texts: Under what conditions are image files downloaded by chrome tagged with the quarantine attribute?

texts:
Seems that if I download a jpeg with Chrome or Firebox it has the quarantine bit set.

Does this mean that OSX has detected something off kilter in this file?

Under what conditions can this be ignored?

Is there a way to turn off the attribute for files downloaded under normal circumstances, but still not leave my self open to other download threats?

Edit:  I've found two places so far that claim that malware can be packaged in an image, and that it can be exploited by a browser.  Apple may have a good idea.


texts: Homebrew and existent software in /usr/local

texts:
Is it ok to install homebrew in default(for homebrew) deirectory /usr/local if I've already have installed software there.

In other words, if Mysql and GPGTool already installed in /usr/local and then I'll install homebrew also in /usr/local. Will it work correct or I should install homebrew in another directory.

P.S.: I know that homebrew has mysql but I need special version that already installed.


texts: I've been avoiding updating my OS because I didn't want to lose the use of older applications. I just bought a new Airport Extreme which requires OS X 10.7.5 or later. I'm currently running OS X 10.6.8 and need to know if I upgrade will it run Creative Suite CS5?


texts: FaceTime/FaceTime Audio calls to ipad and iphone simultaniously from overseas (15 calls)

texts:
Yesterday I received a call from a strange number: +7 (987) 753-20-26 via FaceTime and FaceTime Audio to my ipad and iphone simultaneously.  I did  not answer because I didn't recognize the number, but each time my face was visible (as though I was on a call).  I had a repairman at the house and as soon as his face was the one that was visible the calls stopped.  There were 15 calls, rapid fire, one after the other often at the same time on each device.  It sort of creeped me out, but then I wondered if our system could have been hacked.  Again, it is an unknown number.

Is there something I need to do to be sure I wasn't hacked?  Could it be a stalker?  Thank you for any suggestions/comments.


texts:
Is there a way to work offline on a Google Drive document on an iPad?

I'm aware it's possible on a desktop or laptop when using Chrome, but I can't seem to see an option for such a functionality in the Google Drive app.

You can make a file available offline, but you can only view it if you do that.  I can't seem to be able to edit it though.

I was reading an article on the Google Docs blog, but it doesn't seem clear to me whether offline editing is one thing and the app is another, or if offline editing is a feature of the app.


texts: Best way to connect a MacBook Pro to a projector

texts:
I recently purchased this projector that has HDMI, VGA, and S-video inputs. Also, I have one of the first versions of the MacBook Pro, from around 2007/8. Currently I have connected both devices vía VGA using the Apple DVI to VGA adapter. The thing is that even at 1440x900, I have trouble making out text.

This is an 1152x870 picture taken with iPhone:

I was wondering if one of the Apple DVI to HDMI adapters will help to get a better image? Would a clone be okay?


texts: Can I display top charts in my app using album artwork from iTunes?

texts:
I have used this iTunes API to display the top charts in my app but recently I received an email from Apple about the complaints that Recording Industry Association of America  (RIAA) want to take my app down because of the infringement of album cover artwork. I have seen a lot of others apps are showing the artwork, like:

iMusic
Music Player & Unlimited Songs 4+

and many more.


texts: Moving or creating Recovery Disk with dual internal SSD with RAID

texts:
I have removed my optical drive and installed a second SSD in its place.

To do this I partitioned the first SSD to hold macOS Sierra. The other partition was RAID0 with a second SSD. I seem to have my Recovery HD on disk1 instead of disk0. This causes my Recovery HD not to show up when the option key is pressed prior to startup.

YES, it is the option key for my 2010 MacBook, not commandR or optionR or anything else. This is verified. All that appears with option is the standard macOS

Here is my map with diskutil list:

But as you can see from the screenshot above, trying to use these solutions failed. Here is another screenshot showing that the answer of this forum failed.

I would like to be able to use my Recovery HD because I need to change csrutil, which is not available for me to change via Internet Recovery nor Bootable USB.

Why do I want to change csrutil? So that I can modify my DVDPlayback file to read the DVD player I removed from the Mac, that is now in an external USB case.

I have already tried what's in the following:

How to change the "Recovery HD" partition to type "Apple_Boot"?


texts: Using Location services abroad without roaming charges

texts:
I have an offline maps application (maps.me) on my iPhone 5S GSM.

Can I use the location services function abroad without getting charges for roaming when Cellular data is turned off?

(Only data is turned off. The normal telephone network is active and online.)

Please see the screenshots below for my current configuration:

If you need any further information, please ask in the comments.


texts: Mac OS X Lion to mountain lion upgrade failed "NO Recovery"

texts:
I'm trying to upgrade from OS X Lion 10.7.5 to Mountain Lion. The installation failed with a message stated something about "no recovery" and a link to Apple site with Recovery update. I downloaded the update, but it could not run.  Currently, my system is not at the state it was before I started the whole thing.  For example, Safari, Disk Utilities, Startup Disk, Security (firewall setting tool), etc. could not start.  Also, I used to connect to a NAS smb drive, but it does not show up now. Some other third party apps still work fine, Firefox, etc.

Apparently the upgrade process did not do a rollback when it failed.

So, what are my options?

Edit:  I found this article http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718 that shows you how to fix this.  But it requires the use of Disk Utilities to create an external recovery partition but my Disk Utilities currently would not run.


texts: Will Siri work with 3rd party apps after update from iOS 9 to 10?

texts: I want to purchase iPhone 6s having iOS 9. I will update from iOS 9 to 10 but I want to know if after updating the iOS version Siri work with 3rd party applications or not? Are there any changes in Siri features in iPhone 6s to iPhone 7? I want to work with 3rd party applications using Siri in iPhone 6s. Is it possible?


texts: A player with global hotkeys in Mavericks for back/forward

texts:
I want to use Dictatation in order to dictate a text that I listen in a headset. I would like to be able to pause and go back/forward without switching between the windows of the text editor and of the player.

Using global keys for this would be a  way. I already have the button f8 for pausing, but what about back and forward?

Is there a player with such global keys?


texts: How do I stop a 2012 iMac internal Fusion drive from powering up

texts:
I want to completely stop my internal Fusion drive from powering up, since I no longer use it and it is very noisy.

My late 2012 27” iMac came with a Fusion drive, which has long since stopped working correctly. In fact, I long ago began using an external Thunderbolt drive for macOS and documents; now using Mojave 10.14.6.

I no longer use the internal drive(s). I also disassociated the two parts of the Fusion drive and reformatted them as 2 separate drives, one becoming a 120GB SSD, and the other a larger hard disk drive. The Fusion drive is labeled as follows: “Type: SATA Internal Physical Volume” “Device: disk1s2”. The SSD part of the disk still usually mounts. The SATA hard drive only mounts occasionally at start-up, and often dismounts itself after unsuccessfully getting stuck reading. (It will show up for a while sometimes and start to show the hierarchy, before shutting down.)

I prefer not to physically open the iMac to remove the drive (apparently, it's not a simple operation).

My big problem is the noise from the internal disk trying to spin.

I would like to completely disable the internal Fusion drive. I see some suggestions online from many years ago, and many previous versions of macOS, using Terminal commands, but am unsure if they would still work, and I don’t have much experience.

Suggestions? (This Mac has run 24 hours a day since 2012. I’m not tossing it. It still works great.)


texts: What's the terminal equivalent of Windows' netsh wlan add filter?

texts:
On my windows wifi devices I am able to add wireless network filters to disable connectivity to unwanted signals.

First I whitelist any networks I deem secure using the following command:

netsh wlan add filter permission=allow ssid=myNetworkName networktype=infrastructure

Then I blacklist all the others using:

netsh wlan add filter permission=denyall networktype=infrastructure

I recently got a MacBook Air and now I want to do the same thing with it.
What are the terminal equivalents of these cmd commands?

Thanks in advance!

Edit:

This question is not a duplicate. It's alright if you don't have the answer, but don't mark it resolved just for the sake of it. Leave it up in case someone else knows the answer.

First of all, that script fails to connect most of the time. Secondly, I need a way to stop non-administrators from connecting to ALL networks other than the ones I've white-listed. That solution has you list the 'bannedList' of networks one by one. And it doesn't mention how to force non-admins to connect through the script rather than just using the regular WiFi list or network preferences.

I refuse to believe there is no solution to such a trivial network security question. Especially since it was so easy on Windows.


texts: How can I copy/sync SMS messages between iPhones

texts:
Is there a way (built in or 3rd party) to sync SMS messages (not iMessages) between 2 iPhones?

The scenario is that I have an old iPhone and a new iPhone that is already configured. Because of this I don't want to use the method of restoring a backup of the old iPhone onto the new iPhone. I'm primarily looking for a way to get the messages from the old phone onto the new phone, rather than keep them in sync.

One possible limitation is that the old iPhone is an iPhone 4 so is only running 7.1.2


texts: How to downgrade from iOS 4.3.5 to iOS 4.2.1?

texts:
Just got a defect report that application is crashing in iPhone3GS using iOS 4.2.1. No problems with iPhone3GS using iOS 4.3.5 or iPhone4 using iOS 4.1.

Question: How can I downgrade some device to iOS 4.2.1? Actually trying to upgrade iPhone4 running iOS4.1 to 4.2.1 using "restore" feature, if that makes any difference. Btw that device has never been upgrades, since iOS 4.1 was defined as lowest supported version.

Found iOS 4.2.1 restore file for iPhone4 using google. Trying to install it gives error note:

The iPhone "Device Name" could not be restored.
The device isn't eligible for the requested build.
[More Information / OK]

When following the More Information link I get to page with a checkilist. Here's my answers:

Yes, I'm admin
Using iTunes 10.4.1, which is latest available. Too new?
Using Snow Lion 10.6.8, but I guess this should be enough
No other USB devices connected
Security settings should be ok, this computer has never been used for jailbreaking

iPhoneUpdater log says something about "iTunes: Restore error 3194" and that "can't find SSOClient.framework". First is according to google related to jailbreaking i.e. some redirection. I don't think that's the problem here (at least etc/hosts file is clean, no changes there). No idea what the second error note means or whether it's just a side-effect of the first one.

Laptop is using Point Check harddisk encryption, but that shouldn't interfere in this way either. Right? Trying DFU mode didn't either help, not able to install 4.2.1.

What could be the problem? What could I try next? Is jailbreaking REALLY the only possible solution... Why would Apple want me to do that? No, forget the last question.

I'm using the device ONLY for development and got it (as well as the laptop) from customer. Could there be something about my login username not being allowed to update firmware, since device was first time used/registered/whatever by another username maybe in different machine?


texts: Is there any difference in the number of hours different generations and models of MacBooks take to "fast-charge" to 80%, or to fully charge?


texts: I suspect this is malware. How do I remove it?

texts: Several pop-ups have recently begun appearing on my MacBook screen.  They coincide with my attempting to update Adobe Flash Player.  I suspect I was careless.  I have never seen pop-ups constantly appearing on my Mac before.  They have no name, so I cannot easily search for where the program is residing and get rid of it. Does anyone recognize these who would be able to instruct me on how to locate and eradicate?


texts: What is main difference in a portable external HDD and a regular external HDD?

texts: I have an external 3 TB WD drive for backup. I think it is shot so I want to replace it. I don't need a portable drive but if they are more durable I'd like to get one. The cost difference between portable and regular is negligible at Amazon. Are there any issues associated with using a portable HDD for a Time Machine backup?


texts:
I have created a macOS High Sierra install USB as a backup for my Mac and Windows. I want to be able to use one 16GB USB drive for my Windows and Mac. I think that this is possible using Clover.

I have downloaded the macOS High Sierra installer using dosdudes1.com app and I have used Install Disk Creator to create a 7.5GB HFS partition. I have installed Clover on the EFI partition that contains the Windows install but Clover will not find this install partition.

How do I find out what is going on and why will it not boot this partition?


texts: Is there a practical ePub book reader program for Mac OS X?

texts:
Adobe Digital Editions has some capabilities but is essentially an orphaned product with no support.

Stanza only displays text in ePub books, and again, is an orphaned product with no support.

Calibre is mostly for building e-books. It has a text-only ePub reader but it's even more primitive than Stanza for Mac.

Scrivener can compile and output ePub format, but I don't think it can display them for reading on your Mac.

There are various apps for iPad and iPhone, but I already know about them.

And let's not discuss DRM issues; what we all want is a reader that will let us display ePub books (without DRM, or perhaps certain forms of DRM), one that supports displaying significant formatting and graphics and photographs if present.

Is there anything out there at present other than what I've noted above?

Let's exclude Window, Linux, or anything that would require X11. I'm hoping somebody knows of a native Mac app, or something you can run in a Web browser.


texts: 17" mid-2009 MBP, 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo: can it take 16GB RAM?

texts:
Does anyone have this unibody from mid-2009? Has anyone upgraded it to 16GB RAM? If so, is it good news?

Thanks!


texts: Disabling password saving for certificates

texts:
I work in a HIPAA environment where we purposefully put passwords on our certificates. However, when connecting to one of our servers via SSH, it seems keychain is 'remembering' the password between restarts and hasn't been prompting me each time (as it needs to).

How can I disable this session-like behavior, so certificate passwords produce a prompt each time they are used?


texts: I have a Macbook Air 2014 - 128 GB, and I am running out of space.  Is it possible to upgrade the SSD to one of bigger capacity?


texts:
I was prototyping some USB things and I was wondering if the Mac USB ports have any short-circut protection.

If I were to connect Vcc and GND directly together would it break my Mac? Would the motherboard be borked?

Specifically, I'm using a Mid-2012 Retina 15" MacBook Pro and am looking to know if it has any protection or resilience against damage of this sort?


texts:
I have a set of scripts that need to run on system boot and stay alive. I have the plist saved as /Library/LaunchAgents/net.vps.tunnel.plist and it has the proper permissions:

-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  516 Nov  6 22:03 net.vps.tunnel.plist

The script is stored in the root /Library/LaunchAgents, NOT the user ~/Library/LaunchAgents directory, so it's supposed to run on boot as the superuser. If I manually run the script via sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/net.vps.tunnel.plist it runs fine. But despite the fact that it is supposed to run on boot, it doesn't. When I check launchctl list immediately after boot, I see that it has not been loaded. Trying to start via sudo launchctl start net.vps.tunnel fails with the error "launchctl start error: No such process".

If I log in via the GUI, suddenly launchd loads all of the scripts. However, they run with my user permissions and some of them do not work properly. In the plists, I have specified the UserName key as a daemon user, but they all run under my user credentials.

Here's the plist file in question, located at /Library/LaunchAgents/net.vps.tunnel.plist and with -rw-r--r-- permissions for root:wheel:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC -//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd >
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>Label</key>
                <string>net.vps.tunnel</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
                <array>
                        <string>/Users/_tunnel/tunnel.sh</string>
                </array>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
                <true/>
        <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
                <string>/Users/_tunnel</string>
        <key>UserName</key>
                <string>_tunnel</string>
        <key>KeepAlive</key>
                <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

And here's the tunnel script, with permissions -rwxr-x--- for _tunnel:_tunnel:

#/bin/bash

logger "Opening VPS tunnel..."

ssh -i ./.ssh/id_rsa -gnN tunnel@********.com &
PID=$!
logger "VPS tunnel is now open."

wait $PID
logger "VPS tunnel is now closed."
exit 0


texts: 'Wallet and Apple Pay' missing from Macbook Pro settings

texts:
I have macbook following version.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014), OS: Mac OS Sierra 10.13.2 (17C88)

I am using the following link to setup Apple pay for Mac.

https://www.imore.com/how-set-and-manage-apple-pay-mac

But i can't see the option of 'Wallet and Apple Pay' in the System Preference.


texts: iphone 6 water damage, screen black, responds to iTunes

texts:
Was caught in the rain on Sunday last week, and on Monday afternoon my phone stopped working. Was checking my email and the screen slowly turned purple, then black w/ the backlight on. I let it sit for a few days near some silica gel packets but when I plugged it in to charge the backlight did not come on. Here's the current status of the phone:

The screen is completely dark, no backlight.
Connected to my computer iTunes recognizes the phone, but says I need to unlock it.
The phone does not vibrate when the ring/silent switch is toggled.
Doesn't respond to headphone button, doesn't ring when called, iCloud "find my phone" does not report the phone as powered on.
Holding down power and home iTunes says the phone is in recovery mode.

To my knowledge it never directly got wet but the liquid contact indicators say otherwise. :(

Figuring I had nothing to lose, I opened the phone up, pulled the logic board and scrubbed everything with IPA.

There were signs of corrosion in the upper-right corner of the logic board near and on the screen connectors, and on the backside near the wifi module, see below. I thoroughly cleaned all these. I also removed the black cover on the underside of the logic board but found no signs of damage. I have not removed the EMI shields, but looking in the corners with a microscope there doesn't appear to be any signs of water intrusion near those components. I also took the back cover off the screen, removed the home button and selfie camera but found no evidence of water damage there.

Looking for suggestions on what to try next. Thanks!


texts: Uncommanded Logout during Photos initial upload to iCloud Photo Library

texts:
I am performing the initial long upload of my local Photos photo library to iCloud photo library. However, when I leave my computer on with the Photos app open for a couple hours, my computer seems to try to logout and, in the attempt, it tries to quit Photos. when I return to my computer, I see the message:

"Photos" interrupted logout.
To continue logging out, quit "Photos".

Unlike the help documentation that shows up when I type this error into google, I don't want my computer to sleep, logout, or shutdown. As such, I have my system settings set as such. (I have confirmed my computer is set to not sleep, screensaver, logout, or shutdown due to inactivity.) I am therefore confused as to what is going on here and need it to stop. I want to leave my computer alone for long periods to concentrate on uploading my photo library. This problem seems to prevent the upload from occurring.

Edit: It is very possible that this error occurs after a consistent period of time. However, All system settings are set to never sleep, screen saver, etc... So I don't know where said specific period of time is coming from.


texts: Need help creating Automator Service to perform similar tasks to a residual uninstall

texts:
I've been having an issue with a program I use heavily every day, where it it acts like it is recovering from a crash even when it was quit properly and all files saved. The app is FontLab Studio, not that it should matter.  What happens is that it loads all the files I've worked on recently, which can be several dozen, and even if I click out of them all, it happens several more times throughout the day.  Or, something causes it to crash as I'm exiting these files so that I have to relaunch and it starts all over.

What I've been doing to avoid this, is to run AppCleaner, the free uninstaller, and delete everything but the App itself and the license info.  This works great, but given the frequency this is becoming necessary, I'd like to be able to create something I could access really  fast, like an Applescript that I could put in my dock.  Or an Automator service located in the contextual menu items.

I don't know any Applescript, but I tried to make an Automator workflow. The first step, "Get Selected Finder Items."
One has a static location, the second may change, I'm not sure.

~/Library/Saved Application State/com.fontlab.studio5.savedState

/var/db/BootCaches/34D6C504-2F5B-416F-9C91-0C9D019BF446/app.com.fontlab.studio5.playlist

The second step in the workflow is to move to the trash, and that's where it fails.  I suspect because these require a password?  If possible,  it would be great if I could enter it once and it remember, otherwise, how I'll need it to prompt me to enter my passkey.  I don't know the best way to do any of this.

I just had another thought, though it may not work as it would require FontLab to be open at the time, would be to accomplish this with a Python script, because FontLab is partially built in python and can install third party scripts.  I am open to whatever help anyone could offer.

Thanks in advance!


texts: Compile CFLite requires some unknown dependencies

texts:
I've downloaded CoreFoundationLite - CFLite from apple open source of OSX version 10.10.5, and attempted to compile it on my own mac (I'm running 10.11.5 and Xcode 7.2.1). notice that this code compile under regular make, and doesn't use Xcode SDK ...

According the the README file, it should just require using the default makefile. However, it failed on the following issue :

/usr/bin/clang -O2 -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -c -x c -pipe -std=gnu99
Wmost -Wno-trigraphs -Wno-deprecated -mmacosx-version-min=10.10
-fconstant-cfstrings -fexceptions -DCF_BUILDING_CF=1
-DDEPLOYMENT_TARGET_MACOSX=1
-DMAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED=MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_10
-DU_SHOW_DRAFT_API=1 -DU_SHOW_CPLUSPLUS_API=0 -ICF-Objects/normal
-DVERSION=1153.18 -include CoreFoundation_Prefix.h
 CFApplicationPreferences.c
-o CF-Objects/normal/CFApplicationPreferences.o

In file included from CFApplicationPreferences.c:30:
./CFInternal.h:759:10: fatal error: 'dispatch/private.h' file not found
#include <dispatch/private.h>

it seems like I'm missing dependency named libdispatch.
is it because this library was removed from 10.11.5 and exist in 10.10.5 ? where can i find it (couldn't trace it on apple source code)


texts: Will my time machine back up go crazy if I changed my password for file vault?

texts:
I was thinking of changing my FileVault password to a stronger one - and that got me wondering if that will mess up my time machine.
Can i ask what is the proper way to change the password of your file vault (I am assuming that the password to file vault is the same as the password when you login to your Mac)


texts: Does any data go into SSD from bootable OS USB (besides OS itself)?

texts:
I made a bootable OS 10.6 in my external HD with Disc Utility's partition & restore functions (with the "source" (as OS disc) and "destination" method...)
And I used that to do a clean OS install on a new SSD.
I then found out I need to return this SSD because of some issues.
So, before returning, I'm just worried, did any of my personal data go into SSD from my external HD? All I did was to use the HD's OS partition to install OS on the SSD. The HD has another partition that is a time machine backup, but I didn't use that for SSD. This HD had been used as various data backups before I made any partitions in it. I guess what I'm trying to say is, can data that's currently on another partition or was stored in the past on the whole HD unknowingly transfer into the SSD by just fresh-insalling OS?


texts: WindowServer and kerneltask using a lot of CPU in Big Sur

texts:
I have seen these two questions
WindowServer high CPU usage, spikes when moving cursor on M1 MacBook Big Sur
MacBook Pro - High CPU Under Low Workload
and I have the same problem with WindowServer on both a Macbook Pro 16" and an Macbook Air 2020, but I also have problems with kernel_task.
According to the script here https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/393207/31395 my Air's total awake time since last restart is 1 day, 22:07:19.374478 (uptime returns 9 days, 13:59, 5 users, load averages: 5,04 5,11 4,79).
Looking in Activity Monitor, WindowServer has used 42h05m since last restart (since the awake time is 46 hours, that is over 90 % on average) while kernel_task 14h19m ≈ 31 % (I will update this question with corresponding number for my MBP later on).
I mostly use this machine for web browsing and office tasks. These numbers are completely unreasonable! The computer is updated and reasonably "clean". Since I have the same problem on my other machine I don't think it is anything specific to this setup.
The only slightly odd usage is that I use Firefox - a well known resource hog - and it is hard to test if Firefox is the culprit since I need to use it 80-90 % of the time. A different browser isn't really an option.
Any ideas what might be going on here?


texts: How can I upgrade my MySQL 5.1 to MySQL 5.6, and migrate data

texts: I previously installed MySQL 5.1 using the installer, since then created a number of users/databases, and now would like to upgrade to 5.6. What is the procedure to do so?


texts: Editing $PATH variable for apache on mountain lion

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I've just installed ImageMagick using macports and am trying to use it from a php site running on Apache, but nothing I do works to add /opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin to my path.

So far I've tried

adding an export to .bash_profile (macports already did this for me)
adding an environment variable declaration to or.apache.httpd.plist, which totally overwrites the path (using $PATH to refer to the previous path doesn't get recognised)
redefining the PATH in /usr/sbin/envvars
using export in /usr/sbin/envvars
using setenv in launchd.conf
using export in launchd.conf
adding to the list in /etc/paths

Any ideas


texts: In iTunes 11, how do I download all existing shows for a podcast?

texts:
Recently, I've started listening to more podcasts on my iPhone. I've found a few that I like and want to listen to past episodes. Ideally, I want to just download. I can't seem to figure out a way to queue up all unplayed episodes for download in iTunes.

I found in the settings for the podcast I can have it automatically download all new episodes, but this doesn't apply for older episodes.

Ideally, I don't want to have to click the download button for each episode (there are a couple hundred episodes).


texts: Mac crashes every time I try to run boot2docker

texts:
I recently got a new MacBook Pro running OS X 10.10.2, and I installed boot2docker 1.5.0 on it. Aside from Chrome, this is the first program I installed on my new machine. However, when I try to run it, the terminal window opens up for a few seconds, saying boot2docker is up, and then my computer restarts automatically.

I tried to uninstall 1.5.0 and install 1.4.1 (as that is what I was using on my last machine), but I encountered the same problem.

The last thing I see before my laptop restarts is this:

The error report my computer shows after the restart is this:

Has anyone every had this problem before, or know how I can address it?

EDIT: I downloaded the installer from boot2docker's github repo: github.com/boot2docker/osx-installer/releases


texts: Recover GoodReader data after iOS 7 upgrade?

texts:
Today I upgraded to iOS 7. I did a backup to my computer (Windows 7) using iTunes first. Later when I restored the backup to the phone, I found all apps were gone. I then went and downloaded GoodReader (once again). I expected the GoodReader app's data to be back after the reinstallation but it didn't.

I also updated iTunes after the upgrade to iOS 7. I tried an app called Dr. Fone but that only gives me photos, contacts, etc. How can I get back my GoodReader data?


texts: I use save my PDFs to my Evernote account.  I would like to automate this process at the end of the day.  Can I use Automator to call the existing service "Add to Evernote" at the end of the day?


texts: AppleTV 3 on a LAN network (no internet) with a PPC Mac and iPhone

texts:
I have had a few different things told to me on this situation. I have a wifi local area network set-up with  NO Internet connection.  I want to know if AppleTV will

work at all with a PPC Mac
mirror my iPhone ie AirPlay
work at all without Internet (again Mac and iPhone on wifi LAN).

I do connect to my Mac from iPhone 4S for a number of things now , and sync via USB (although I've heard that's not possible).


texts: How can I configure my keyboard to be backlit at the login screen?

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I recently had to reinstall Lion.  Now, when I boot the keyboard is not backlit when at the login screen.  It used to be backlit when at the login screen.

I'm using a Macbook Air 11" July 2011 model.  In System Preferences I have the checkbox: Automatically illuminate keyboard in low light checked.  The setting for Turn off when computer is not used for: is set at Never.


texts: Connect MacBook Pro to two external monitors

texts:
Is there a way to connect my MacBook Pro to two external monitors (either VGA or HDMI; no Thunderbolt) in such a way that the Mac screen serves as a third monitor?

What hardware do I need?


texts: How to determine why my Mac temporarily freezes?

texts:
Every couple days, my Mac will simply freeze for several seconds to a few minutes.  Any audio stops playing, and the mouse stops responding.  Then it's back to normal.  The 99.9% of the time it's behaving normally, it's just as snappy as the day I bought it.

How can I figure out what is causing this?

My Mac is getting old so I accept that it could simply be normal (if excessive) lag, but I don't know what aspect of my system I would need to upgrade to mitigate or minimize this.  More RAM, faster RAM, faster GPU, more VRAM, faster SSD, faster CPU, more cores?

I'm on a cheesegrater Mac Pro running Sierra, so it's not the newest Mac in the world, but it has 16GB RAM and a mostly-empty SSD and quad Xeons, so it's certainly not the slowest, either.


texts: nsurlsessiond makes numerous calls to apple.com over port 80. From other posts I have learned that some of this is iCloud, system updates and similar data. Is there some analysis available about what exact data is transmitted?


texts: New Safari 14.0 Intelligent Tracking Prevention vs DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials

texts:
I've recently updated Safari to version 14.0 and now there's a new Intelligent Tracking Prevention panel showing blocked trackers.
I've been using DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials extension for blocking trackers for 2 years now, and I'm now ondering if it is still useful after this safari update?
In the Safari panel there's this message:
Known trackers are independently identified by DuckDuckGo.

So they probably works the same. Can I remove DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials extension, or I will lose something doing so?


texts: How can I find out what is deleting my ~/.Trash folder?

texts:
Some application or action is deleting my ~/.Trash directory. I obviously don't know when this happens, save for the "Are you sure you want to delete..." dialog box.

I can restore the Trash, by restarting the Finder, as per this question, but I would like to figure out what is doing this.

Is there a way to monitor a directory (i.e., .Trash) and determine when it changes? So when my Trash is deleted, I'll know.


texts:
Is there a CLI front-end to the Contacts.app (formerly Address Book.app) database?

Example:

mycontacts --email '*@google.com' # to get Googlers


texts: How do I switch between signatures when modifying a PDF using Preview?

texts:
I have more than one signature, however when selecting Tools -> Annotate -> Signature, only the most recent signature is inserted.

Is there an option to change the default?


texts: Bug? macOS Sierra Preview/Quick Look issues with rendering colors of images when using any icc profile other than the macOS standard

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When I installed Sierra I also profiled my display (with a spectrometer) and have been using the created icc profiles since then.
Both Quick Look preview and the macOS preview app when displaying images will show weird colors though: cutout deep burned shadows!
The strangest thing is that on the quicklook preview, the colors will be fine until I zoom in the image: After that it will darken, and never recover (until I reopen the preview).

This behavior happens for images (tested jpg,png and raw) that have an embedded profile, a referenced profile or are not color managed at all. Even with the Screenshots that one can grab with Cmd+Shift+3.

Photoshop and Affinity Photo display colors properly (and rather consistently) on all the above scenarios.

I discovered that it won't happen when the original display profile (named imac) is used, but will happen with all the other profiles, created both by basICColor and ArgyllCMS.

Here's a sample:

From left to right, the rendering of the same file in Preview(quick look is the same), Apple Photos App, Photoshop and Affinity Photo

Anobody having a clue what is going on? It's been bothering me for months!

Edit (an interesting discovery): I discovered that unchecking "embed color profile" while viewing the Export As.. dialog on Photoshop, exhibits a similar darkening issue that is fixed if I revert my System Preferences to using the default display profile. The file saved is fine though. Probably Adobe is using macOS's previewing capabilities inside their Export As... dialog? I wouldn't know....
Apple Photos app is exhibiting a similar behavior, but the results is not so exaggerated as it is in the preview/quick look tool

Here (on the left) is how QuickLook shows an image when I first open it, and then (on the right) when I double tap (with my magic mouse) to cause it to zoom. When the image is already 1:1 scale like this one, it won't zoom further, but the color weirdness does kick in anyways. Zooming out, doesn't solve the problem. One has to close QuickLook to recover original colors.


texts: WD External Drive shows empty in Finder, won't unmount or repair unless unplugged

texts: Symptoms: after coming back from sleep, the external WD drives show empty in Finder. But if you look at the info, it reports the used capacity correctly. Disk Utillity First Aid will fail to check it. WD Drive Utilities will fail also. You can't eject it, even though it should not be in use. The only cure I have found is to manually disconnect the drive, and reconnect it. Once it remounts, the drive appears healthy on both Mac and WD disk utilities. Happens on my iMac under High Sierra, but has been reported numerous times with many older and newer versions of MacOS. Both of my external WD drives (Passport and WD Ultra) do this. Does not seem to happen with other hard drive brands. Sounds to me like a big bad driver bug, maybe from WD. Have seen many complaints, but no solution to date. Anyone good with drivers has a solution for it or a way to investigate this further? Where should I report this so it gets developers attention?


texts: How do I uninstall Mountain Lion Server?

texts:
Ok, so, here's my situation:

I had Mavericks running on my computer, and I managed to downgrade (ugh). Anyways, all my OS X server data was corrupted because OS X Server 10.8 attempted to "fix" it, when it had no idea what this 10.9 magic was. So, I executed a simple rm -rf /Library/Server and used AppZappr to wipe all plist's from the computer, except for the .app. However, it goes and tries to recover that data. It now cannot read any preference data for any service. How can I remove the whole thing so it thinks it is a new install?


texts: Can I prevent my full screen windows from being mixed around?

texts: I use my Mac for personal, school, and work use and as you can imagine it's really easy to get cluttered up with a ton of windows. The solution I devised is separate desktops for home and work, separate full screen safari tabs, separate Xcode windows, etc. The only problem is macOS loves to jumble to ordering around. When I click links in mail they will open in safari, but then the safari window will move around in mission control. I don't want that. I want the work windows to stay together and the home windows to stay together. Is there any way to keep these windows in their place?


texts: Mac mini (2018) Macmini8,1 Linux usb-c will not recognize certain usb device types

texts:
The Mac mini (2018) Macmini8,1 is running Linux with rEFInd. The mini has 2 usb-a 10 Gb/s ports, and 4 usb-c 10 Gb/s ports
Problem: On usb-c ports, "dangerous" devices are not recognized by the kernel, they are ignored on plugin like nothing happened

"dangerous" devices include storage Samsung T5/T7 or networking
Realtek 8153
"safe" devices like mouse, keyboard and display works

Everything works on usb-a ports
uname --kernel-release
5.8.0-36-generic

to run with T2:

applesmc brcmfmac blacklisted
tg3 so buggy it is not used
csrutil disable
Startup Security Utility: No Security, Allow booting from external or removable media

How can any type USB device be made to work on usb-c ports?
February 1, 2021: it is discovered that only devices that decide to use 480 Mb/s or slower work. No device selecting 5 or 10 Gb/s will appear in dmesg --human --follow
February 5, 2021:
The usb ports that are capped at 480 Mb/s are off the Thunderbolt controllers:

lspci -knns7e:0
7e:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation JHL7540 Thunderbolt 3 USB Controller [Titan Ridge 4C 2018] [8086:15ec] (rev 06)
    Subsystem: Intel Corporation JHL7540 Thunderbolt 3 USB Controller [Titan Ridge 4C 2018] [8086:0000]
    Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
    Kernel modules: xhci_pci
lspci -knns8:0
08:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation JHL7540 Thunderbolt 3 USB Controller [Titan Ridge 4C 2018] [8086:15ec] (rev 06)
    Subsystem: Intel Corporation JHL7540 Thunderbolt 3 USB Controller [Titan Ridge 4C 2018] [8086:0000]
    Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
    Kernel modules: xhci_pci


texts: Strictly limit macOS Photos library size using "Optimize Storage"?

texts:
I want to use the Photos.app option "Optimize Mac Storage" to free up space on my Mac, rather than downloading my entire iCloud Photos Library to my small laptop SSD.

Is there any way to strictly limit the space given to the Photos library?

I want to give, say, 40 GB to Photos. The app can "optimize" that space as it sees fit, but I never want it to take more than 40 GB.

  iCloud Photos > Optimize Mac Storage

  If your Mac is low on space, full-resolution photos and videos are automatically replaced with smaller, device-sized versions. Full-resolution versions can be downloaded from iCloud anytime.


texts: Adapter for retina macbook pro to external monitor

texts: What adapter will provide the best resolution/image quality for extending my late 2013 macbook pro retina display to a 24" AOC 2436VH monitor? The monitor has HDMI and VGA (d sub). Do I want mini display port to HDMI, or just an HDMI cable or VGA? I will mainly use it for working/writing, not for movies or anything (if it matters).


texts: Script to start my VPN if I'm connected to a specific Network / SSID [El Capitan update]

texts:
I'm searching an AppleScript to automatically start my University VPN if I'm connected to the University network.
I already found some solutions for older OS X Versions, but they're not working anymore on El Capitan.

Edit: An existing solution does not work on El Capitan, I'm getting this error:

  Can’t get current configuration of service
  id "B7124700-2559-4F93-BC2A-205723054B5B" of network preferences.
  System Events got an error: Can’t get current configuration of service id "B7124700-2559-4F93-BC2A-205723054B5B" of network preferences. (-1728)


texts: GPU disable on boot was successful for months – but cannot execute sh /force-iGPU-boot.sh anymore from Single User Mode

texts:
I am new to this platform and hope that you can help me out with this one.
I had this common GPU issue on a 2011 MBP that I was able to solve with the super detailed post by the user "LаngLаngС" (thanks so much!) as found here:
GPU problem - Boot Hangs on Grey Screen
Unfortunately a new problem occured that prevents me from running the script. I'll explain:
To solve the GPU issue I everything as written in LangLangC's post and I also had the executable sh script on my desktop – so when I had to boot the Mac again, I did this in single user mode with CMD + S, and then typed "sh /force-iGPU-boot.sh" and then reboot. This would boot my machine always as normal with the internal GPU.
So far so good – until yesterday. When trying to reboot again from Single User Mode, I got this new prefix "sh 3.2#" and the lines looked different. It says that the volume is "read only"-. When I try to execute "sh /force-iGPU-boot.sh" it says, file or directory not found. I cant run "sudo" commands as it says "command not found". When I try to remount with "mount -uw" it doesn't work – it always says "device is write locked.
When I type exit or reboot the system actually seems to boot "normal" – if there wasn't the GPU issue! Meaning that if I cannot run the script "force-iGPU-boot.sh" from the single user mode, I cannot boot the GUI Mac OSX properly. Unfortunately I also cannot execute the sudo commands. I also tried to boot the Mac in target mode and "repair" the drive with the disk utility of another Mac, but that never worked either.
I was googling a lot and tried a lot but nothing worked yet. Since I am not very familiar with these kinds of issues, I was hoping to find an answer here, where I found the first answers to my GPU problem.
Basically my "new problem" is that I cannot run the automated script that I saved on the desktop or the sudo commands from the single user mode.
Hope you can help me! Many thanks in advance.
This is the output of sw_vers: https://ibb.co/g41TtQQ
Best,
Alex


texts: Why does iTunes Connect say that the day isn't over yet in all regions when it is?

texts:
I'm trying to look up Sales and Trends data for yesterday in iTunes Connect, but it says that the day isn't over yet in all regions:

But it is:

Is it just a lag in reflecting data in iTunes Connect, or are today's clicks being attributed to yesterday? :(


texts: I want to disable App Nap globally on a late 2009 iMac desktop running Mavericks, is this possible?


texts:
In the past week or so Apple's language translation widget (which uses SYSTRAN for translation) has stopped working, and in searching for a replacement widget I noticed that a lot of former widget developers have now abandoned support for their widgets, citing Apple's lack of support for Dashboard itself.

Are there any announcements or plans by Apple regarding the future of Dashboard?

UPDATE (2-Aug-2017) - The Translation widget now seems to have been fixed, after a few weeks of being broken. It's not clear whether this was an Apple problem or a SYSTRAN problem. The above question still stands though - does Dashboard have a future ?

UPDATE (2-Nov-2017) - I just upgraded to High Sierra (10.13.1) and while Dashboard is still very much alive, the Translation widget has now completely disappeared !

UPDATE (15-Oct-2019) - With the release of Catalina, the Dashboard is now officially removed from OSX. Mojave (10.14) was the last version of OSX with dashboard support.


texts: Color Calibrator auto-calibrates after every change

texts:
I want to calibrate my display using the built-in calibrator (Preferences > Displays > Colors > Calibrate). This worked great in the past, but since last week it behaves strangely.
When I start a calibration and move the value-sliders (like in the "can you see the apple" step) the display automatically re-calibrates after I release the slider. That means: I set the slider to make the apple vanish, but when I release it the display flickers and is recalibrated, so that I can see the apple again.

The same happens when I switch the color profile. The profile is applied for about 1 sec but then the display "calibrates" and changes its colors, while the profile stays selected in the Preferences.

I have checked my display's hardware settings (on-screen display) for some kind of auto-calibrate setting but there is nothing as such.

I have also tried to reset the Parameter-Ram of my Mac, but this had no effect.

What could be causing this odd behavior?

I'm on Mountain Lion.

Update:
This occurs for my admin user only. When I switch to another user everything works fine. So this must be a Mac OS issue, no hardware problem.


texts: SSH not working after macOS 10.15.6 update

texts:
I am experiencing a timeout connection error when using ssh from my MacBook to connect to an external server. The problem started immediately after having updated to macOS 10.15.6. I could connect smoothly before that. The server is working correctly, I can connect from other machines.
$ ssh -v T800
OpenSSH_8.1p1, LibreSSL 2.7.3
debug1: Reading configuration data /Users/XYZ/.ssh/config
debug1: /Users/XYZ/.ssh/config line 22: Applying options for T800
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 47: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] port 22.
debug1: connect to address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx port 22: Operation timed out
ssh: connect to host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx port 22: Operation timed out

/etc/ssh/ssh_config contains a bunch of commented lines and then:
Host *
        SendEnv LANG LC_*

While /Users/XYZ/.ssh/config for T800 is:
Host T800
        Hostname xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
        User john
        Port 22
        UserKnownHostsFile ~/.ssh/know_hosts

The firewall of my MacBook is turned off, and the one on the server is correctly configured. I can ping the server from my MacBook and I can access it via ssh from other machines, including my second MacBook wich is still running an older version of macOS.
A similar (yet different) problem is described here, I tried the solution proposed but it didn't work in my case.
Any clue?


texts:
Does iOS support IPsec IKEv2?

If not, is there any way to get IPsec IKEv2 working on iOS?


texts: Writing EOF (End of File) on Windows 7 with bootcamp

texts:
I'm looking for a way to input the EOF char into the command line on my MacBook Pro with Windows 7 running in Boot Camp.
I've tried several suggested shortcuts and the on-screen keyboard but none of it works.


texts: iPad mini iOS 12.0 - Can't move Notes to Gmail

texts:
In the Apple Notes app, I see an ICLOUD folder and a GMAIL folder. When I select "Edit" -> "Move All" the only option is to select ICLOUD. GMAIL isn't an option.

I am able to copy notes to the ICLOUD folder (but I have a bunch of notes and that seems annoying) and I am also able to "Save to Files" my Drive account. In both cases, the note does reach my google account so I don't think it's an account issue.


texts: Is there a way to hide certain apps from the cmd+tab menu?

texts:
Is there a way to hide certain apps from cmd+tab?

The problem I'm facing is that I have some apps (like iTunes and of course Finder) always open. But when I'm working and switching between apps that are relevant for me (Chrome, Sublime, Terminal) with cmd+tab I'll always see these 'irrelevant' apps in the menu.

Thanks


texts: How to run terminal commands when terminal itself isn't responding?

texts:
Mac paused all my running apps (including Terminal) when the OS was low on memory. Now due to a Mac bug, the paused apps wouldn't continue even while I had clicked resume. I'd like to send SIGCONT (kill -cont) to the Terminal app.

Is there an alternative Terminal?


texts: I would like to know if one can send and receive text messages on the iPad without having to bother those who are texting you to join IMs etc.


texts: I need to extend the range of an Airport Extreme?

texts: I bought an Airport Extreme and need to extend it's reach. I currently own a TimeCapsule.  I believe the TimeCapsule also has the wifi creating capabilities of the Airport Extreme.  Can I hook up my TimeCapsule to my modem and use my Extreme as an extender? If not, can I buy an Airport Express to do this?


texts: Mail Connection issues to aol with yosemite 10.10.1

texts: After I upgraded my macbook pro to yosemite 10.10.1, suddenly the mail won't connect to the aol mail.  It returns with error message "Mail cannot connect to aol account" and continuously asks for the password.  The password and account info is correct as I can log in using the same credentials on the web and the same mail was working just before the upgrade.  Anyone has any ideas?


texts: Transferring Apple ID purchases to another Apple ID

texts: My old email along with my Apple ID were registered as aol accounts. When I switched to gmail I had to create a new Apple ID under the new gmail account. Is there anyway to transfer the purchases and information from my old Apple ID to my new one?


texts: Every time I restart the computer the link for Atom stops working

texts:
I use the Atom editor and I like to open it from the command line. For that purpose I execute the following line:

ln -s /Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/atom.sh /usr/local/bin/atom

The problem is that if I restart the computer, the link stops working, so I have to delete the file

rm /usr/local/bin/atom

and execute the first line to create the link again. I don't understand why this happens.


texts: Keyboard's brightness controll buttons are disabled

texts: My MacBook Pro doesn't adjust the brightness when I hit the brightness controls on my keyboard (F5/F6). I've tried turning off automatic brightness to no avail. How do I use the function printed on the function keys?


texts: Which exact processor model do the macbook pros have?

texts:
The new 15 and 17 inch macbook pros only list the processor model as quad-core core i7.
However what is the fully model number of the processor?
Are the quad core processors really dual cores with hyperthreading or are they really quad core?
Do any of the models have hyperthreading?

As requested pasting info about the macbook pro model to enhance this page:

Model Name:   MacBook Pro

Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,2

Processor Name:   Intel Core i7

Processor Speed:  2 GHz

Number of Processors: 1

Total Number of Cores:    4

L2 Cache (per Core):  256 KB

L3 Cache: 6 MB

Memory:   4 GB

Boot ROM Version: MBP81.0047.B04


texts:
On my Mac, I have some applications that were recently made in Java that I will be using quite alot. I want to know, is there a way that I can bind a shortcut on the keyboard to open the file?

For eg. CTRL + CMD + OPTION = Open test.jar located on Desktop.

Is there any 'vanilla'  way or if there is, any 3rd party software that can allow me to do so?


texts: How can I fix poor Java performance caused by Mojave update 10.14.6?

texts:
I installed the 10.14.6 macOS update yesterday, and now Java is performing very poorly.  This is especially noticeable when using Maven to build Java applications.  There are projects I build frequently that used to really tax the CPU, but now they barely use the CPU at all and they take many times longer to build.  Activity Monitor shows that the CPU, memory, disk, and network spend most of their time idling during the builds.

I installed a newer Java SDK and updated Maven to see if that would help the performance, but it made no difference.


texts: How to fix login keychain ruined after upgrade to macOS Sierra

texts:
update on Oct 19:

I am still suffering from this. I tried a lot of ways. For instance, I removed the login KeyChain and created a new one. But it can't hold new items inside except I secured WiFi network. All the rest passwords can't be saved here.

I recently updated to the latest macOS Sierra. Though I am not completely sure whether this is the cause, my "login keychain" was totally ruined since then.

Every time I restart my Mac, I got a popup alert like this:

(Please ignore the scar on my screen)

And when I opened the KeyChain App, I got this:

It says it's "Read Only".

Now I have to re-enter every password again (like check my email, log in my StackOverflow account, log in my facebook/twitter). And this happens every time I restart my Mac. It's so annoying. What should I do to fix this?

Thanks!


texts: Cycling Between Mission Control Windows with the Keyboard

texts:
Is there any way to cycle between Mission Control (⌃+↑) windows with the keyboard? I'm referring first and foremost to moving between the windows shown in the bird's eye view, see image.

Either native or 3rd-party solutions are most welcomed.

Thank you.


texts: iPad 2 downloaded iOS 6 trouble with downloading apps

texts: I have upgraded to iOS 6 now every time I try to download a new app it asks my password and then asks me to set up security questions when I finish and hit one it tells me it timed out. I have tried the reset in Settings > General. This did not resolve the problem!


texts: Opening/saving encrypted zip file from iOS mail app

texts:
I have a problem with opening an encrypted/protected by a password zip file from an e-mail in an iOS mail app.

I can enter the preview of the file, however it is a blank page with the file name only and the text: "zip archive", but the action button (the square with the arrow) does nothing.

I have WinZip app installed  on the device.
Anyone knows the solution to this problem?


texts: I downloaded some apps off of iTunes and it shows up as downloaded in iTunes but doesn't show up in Launchpad or Finder. I tried opening them from iTunes or dragging them in Finder or desktop but they show up as files. How do I open and use these apps?


texts: I tried to enroll my company to Apple Enterprise program, but get message "Cannot enroll in Apple Developer program"

texts:
I don't know whether to post this on Stack Overflow or on Ask Different. But please try to help. I know this has been asked on this forum, but none of the answers helps my case.

Here's the situation. I work at a software house which has a client that wants to distribute an app in-house (enterprise). This means the client has to create an Apple ID and enroll to the Enterprise program. The client has created the Apple ID and made sure that the age is over 18. But when they tried to apply for the Enterprise program, they get an error "Cannot enroll in Apple Developer program".

I read from Apple's documentation that a D.U.N.S. number is required. But the problem is, I don't see any field where I should put my D.U.N.S. number. Apple just put a big sentence "Cannot enroll in Apple Developer program" without even providing any solution. I read this article that Apple is supposed to "magically" can pull the D.U.N.S. number from D&B for my client company. Is this the case? The main problem for me is that I don't see any field at all to put the D.U.N.S. number, so in this case I'm worried that I overlooked the important thing or settings to input this, so that the verification process can begin to enable the client's company to create Enterprise account.

Can somebody help me? Thanks.


texts:
I'm trying to install Google Calendar app on my IPad Air 2.

Couldn't find it in App Store on my IPad. So I found it on a web page
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-calendar/id909319292?mt=8
then I sent this link to my IPad and App Store installed it on IPad but...
It was installed like for IPhone, everything was big and huge so i had to remove it.

It looks like there's no Google Calendar app for IPad. Am I right?

How to install Google Calendar on IPad?


texts: Does iOS 4 break iPhone compatibility with music docks?

texts:
When I plug my iPhone 4 into my Bose SoundDock Series 2 I get a popup message saying "This accessory is not optimized for this iPhone" and the dock will not play audio from the iPod or Pandora apps, presumably others as well.  (Interestingly, if the iPod is playing music from its built-in speakers it will play through the Bose briefly when I plug it in but stops with the popup.)  Fearing a problem with the SoundDock I tested on my father-in-law's iHome speakers and I get the same message and audio failure.

The "Apple Support Communities" pages have many threads with people discussing the same problem and it appears to be a bug introduced with iOS 4.  I've ensured I'm up-to-date with iOS 4.3.3 (8J2) but it seems to exist with every iOS 4 version.

Are there any known workarounds?  (Enabling Airplane mode doesn't work.)  Is there a planned fix or official statement from Apple?


texts:
I have an old Power Mac G4 here that stopped working recently. It just doesn't start anymore when pressing the power button, not even a light or anything. It just doesn't react to the power button at all.

I have an old Power Mac G4 Digital Audio here that doesn't start anymore. The suspicion fell immediately on the power supply, as that had failed before and was already exchanged once. This time we bought an adapter that allows the use of a standard ATX power supply, but that didn't work as well. Nothing at all happens when pressing the power button, not even the fan of the new power supply starts.

I tried a PMU reset in a few variants, with or without removing the battery. This changed nothing. I also checked the battery itself, and it only provides around 3V, not 3.6V as it should.

Can the battery alone cause this problem? I would expect battery problems to occur later, and not stop the computer completely from starting.
Are there any ways to circumvent the power button and give the signal to start up the computer directly?
Any other ideas on what the exact problem could be, or how I could troubleshoot this further?


texts:
I am trying to write to a vim file, fortran.vim. I gave myself access to root following these guidelines. I also saw this SO post, but the answers did not help.

sh-3.2# ls -l fortran.vim
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  4043 Sep  9  2010 fortran.vim
sh-3.2# whoami
root

root seems to have read/write access to the file, and I am indeed logged in as root. Any idea what the problem is here?

Update after comments:

:w! doesn't work
I am in directory /usr/share/vim/vim73/ftplugin/
Running ls -dl returns: drwxr-xr-x  178 root  wheel  6052 May  1  2014 .


texts: Playing and editing DV-AVI files on a Mac

texts:
I have loads of video files that I have transferred from MiniDV tapes and onto my computer. I used firewire cable and something called WinDV to transfer them and as far as I know they are saved in the DV-AVI type 2 format.

I copied the files onto an external hard drive for a friend, to edit on his Mac. But there is a problem. The files are there, but won't open on the Mac. They play fine on all my PCs.

What do we do? Is this a file type incompatibility issue, or a software issue, or what? I was under the impression that the files on MiniDV tapes are natively DV-AVI (or is this wrong?). Do you have to convert these to MOV or something else while transferring if they are going to be used on a Mac? What do we do?


texts:
I have a recently developed a strange problem with my iPhone 4S. If I start playing audio (the two apps I've noticed this problem with are RSSRadio7 and Spotify, although I assume it affects other audio-based apps too), approximately 50% of the time the audio stops (it quickly fades out and the phone "pauses" it) after about 1-2 minutes, although the exact time period seems to be random. Sometimes it happens almost straight away. Sometimes it seems to happen when I put it in my pocket, sometimes when it's on the desk. I'm confident that I'm not touching any buttons or the screen. If I turn the phone on, I can see on the homescreen that the audio is paused, and if I hit "play" it continues, although sometimes it then pauses again shortly afterward in the same time. This never used to happen (started a month or so ago, I've been using the phone and those apps for years).

I'd love to hear if there are any potential software causes, as then I could investigate and come up with a workaround.

I can't think of anything significant I've changed recently, settings-wise
I can’t imagine a hardware fault which might cause this

What could be causing this?


texts: How to automate deleting what's inside the search box in the Dictionary app after 3/5 seconds?

texts:
I use the Dictionary app many times when I'm reading a very old novel, and sometimes I write two words side by side without realising it (until I get no result), with that said, I need to tweak the Dictionary app so that it'd delete the word I've searched for after, say, 5 seconds of writing that word in the search box. Is it possible to do something like this?

Sorry for being verbose.
Huge thanks in advance.


texts: Identify the web site loaded in web view iOS application?

texts: I have an iPhone application that just shows a web page when you use it. I don't know the URL of the site it loads. Is there any way I can get the URL of the page the application loads?


texts: How to extract photos from iPhone backup files

texts: I used iTunes to back up an iPhone. Now I want to get all the photos that were on the phone when it was backed up. Is there a way to do this without restoring the backup to a phone?


texts: How do I highlight PDF text properly in the Preview application?

texts:
I've been using the Preview application to view and annotate PDF files for quite a while. You can use Shift-Command-A to display the Annotations Toolbar. Then you can select the Highlight tool and choose a color (such as yellow for a standard highlight color).

Strangely, the highlighting tends to get lighter after I save and re-open a file and I can't figure out why. It may be that the highlighting gets lighter with each repeated Save of the PDF document, or that the older highlights are being made lighter for some reason.

In other words, the new highlights that I create look fine. And even after I save the document they appear to be fine. But if I look at the highlighting that I did yesterday on the same document (with the exact same settings), those highlights are in a much lighter shade of yellow. This is sort of defeating the purpose of highlighting the text since I can barely tell that I did so.

I think this only tends to happen on OS X Lion and may be a byproduct of some of the new save functionality. If there is an option to turn of "Highlight... um... lightening" then please feel free to let me know. I'll also take recommendations for a better method to annotate PDF files more effectively.


texts: Can I proxy traffic / domains through my phone by tethering to carrier data?

texts:
Would it be possible for me to proxy example.com to http://google.com/example.com/, through my jailbroken iPhone? I would tether my connection to my laptop, so to my laptop it connects to Google's IP address, but my phone then rewrites it to the actual destination.

On my computer (connected to my iPhone's connection), I type http://google.com/yahoo.com/

My iPhone connects to yahoo.com, gets the contents, and sends it back to my computer.

To my computer, it appears I've being connecting to google.com, but I'm actually connected to yahoo.

One way I think it might work is to run a web server with mod_rewrite on my iPhone and a simple php include script, but I'll have to be able to make my web server respond to google.com. Another tack might be to run a custom DNS service on the iPhone. Has anyone taken what seems plausible in theory and accomplished it in practice?


texts: Cannot login to macbook pro due to keyboard not working. Mouse can move, but not click

texts:
I was just watching a youtube video on chrome with no other programs running, when my keyboard stopped working.

I could still move the mouse with the trackpad, but not click. I could use the upper row of keys (brightness, volume…) but not the other ones.

I left the computer alone for a few minutes, thinking it was lag, so it logged me out.  Now I cannot log in because the keyboard does not work, and although I can move the cursor around on the login screen, I cannot click the switch user button.

In the past this issue has been resolved by resetting PRAM and restarting, but as the keyboard failure happens randomly, it is very frustrating to loose all my unsaved work every few weeks when this happens.

7 hours later, testing my keyboard every hour, I discovered the problem disappeared as it appeared.

Is there anyway to fix this without restarting?

How can I prevent this from happening again?


texts:
Some of my coworkers are having troubles on their Macs - DNS resolution does not work under Mac OS X. They're running Snow Leopard 10.6.8. They can use DNS in a Windows 7 virtual machine (VMware Fusion 3.1.3) running under OS X. The computers are 15" MacBook Pros, early 2011 model.

Things they've tried that have not worked:

turning airport on/off
rebooting
using wired connection instead wifi
deleting connection credentials and adding it again
turning off Mac firewall
using fixed static IP
manually setting DNS servers
restarting mDNSResponder
the fixes from this other question

EDIT response Martín's answer:

• Can you ping the DNS you want to use?

$ ping apple.com
ping: cannot resolve apple.com: Unknown host

• What is/are the IP address(es) of the DNS(s) you want to use?

This is a company DNS server that is given with DHCP, it works well for
other people. I've also tried Google's 8.8.4.4 and 205.171.3.65 (which I found from GRC's DNS Benchmark to be the fastest).

• Have you tried using 8.8.8.8 (google) or any of the OpenDNS
   208.67.222.222 or 208.67.220.220?

It doesn't work, see Google Chrome output:

  The server at www.apple.com can't be found, because the DNS lookup failed. DNS is the network service that translates a website's name to its Internet address. This error is most often caused by having no connection to the Internet or a misconfigured network. It can also be caused by an unresponsive DNS server or a firewall preventing Google Chrome from accessing the network.

• Can you ping those hosts?

$ ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from
8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=0 ttl=58 time=3.925 ms

• creating a blank user

A guest user account was created, the DNS issue was still there when using
the guest account.

• nslookup and dig both work fine

$ nslookup www.apple.com 8.8.8.8
Server:  8.8.8.8
Address: 8.8.8.8#53

Non-authoritative answer:
www.apple.com canonical name = www.isg-apple.com.akadns.net.
www.isg-apple.com.akadns.net canonical name = www.apple.com.edgekey.net.
www.apple.com.edgekey.net canonical name = e3191.c.akamaiedge.net.
Name: e3191.c.akamaiedge.net
Address: 184.24.141.15

$ dig @8.8.8.8 www.apple.com
; <<>> DiG 9.6.0-APPLE-P2 <<>> @8.8.8.8 www.apple.com
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 11298
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.apple.com.   IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.apple.com.  1041 IN CNAME www.isg-apple.com.akadns.net.
www.isg-apple.com.akadns.net. 38 IN CNAME www.apple.com.edgekey.net.
www.apple.com.edgekey.net. 8794 IN CNAME e3191.c.akamaiedge.net.
e3191.c.akamaiedge.net. 17 IN A 184.24.141.15
;; Query time: 4 msec
;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
;; WHEN: Tue Oct 4 09:25:28 2011
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 158

• also flushing the DNS cache was done but it didn't help

sudo dscacheutil -flushcache
sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

EDIT 2:

$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
#
# Mac OS X Notice
#
# This file is not used by the host name and address resolution
# or the DNS query routing mechanisms used by most processes on
# this Mac OS X system.
#
# This file is automatically generated.
#
domain {redacted}.com
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 208.67.222.222


texts: How to save the sent items in the folder where I'm replying from, in MS Outlook on Mac?

texts:
Same question has been asked before on how to fix this in the default Mail app on Mac, but I'm wondering if there is a solution also to the Microsoft Outlook app on Mac?

This is the link I found before and can confirm the the answer provided worked for the Mac Mail App:
How to save sent messages in same folder as message being replied to?


texts: OS ask me every time password if I remove migrate file

texts:
I have a problem with the files permissions. I make a new install of Catalina (many bugs in Big Sur) and I copy/paste the file from my TimeMachine in my new OS. In the paste, I have the message "You may need to enter the name and..."
I enter the password to proceed the copy and every time if I want to edit or move a file in bin. I need to enter my admin pass. I make a ls -l to see permissions and all seem ok, I am the owner.
Permissions inside the copied folder :
-rw-r--r--@ 1 kiwi  staff   102680 Nov 18 22:25 Screenshot 2020-11-18 at 22.25.08.png

Permissions inside desktop :
-rw-r--r--@  1 kiwi  staff  38315 Nov 27 10:59 Screenshot 2020-11-27 at 10.59.13.png

I fix permission with :
diskutil resetUserPermissions / `id -u`
sudo diskutil resetUserPermissions / `id -u`

I run a repairHomePermissions in recovery mode.
I've been thinking about ACLs. I made a test by deleting them with chmod -RN
But nothing change and I don't find what is the problem. Why the OS ask me every time for the password or unlock the file if i change or move file in bin.


texts:
Is there any way to log the use of / gather statistics in Mac Dictation, such as the following:

Use of commands (e.g. log command name, timestamp)
Use of words (e.g. log wordl, timestamp)

?


texts: Headset Microphone Not working on Bootcamp

texts:
I have an iMac(5k Retina, late 2014) and I have installed windows 10 via bootcamp. I have a Razer Kraken X that has a microphone.
So first of all let me say that the problem is not my headphones or my headphone jack. When I plug in my headphones in Mac OS everything works fine, sound and microphone. When I go to bootcamp however, My headphone audio works but the microphone does not work. When I plug in my headphones, the output device changes, but my microphone is still set to the default integrated mic. I've tried using a different headset with a mic but that same thing happens. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling my drivers using windows support software from apple, same result. Windows just doesnt detect my mic. its not a privacy issue or the mic is disabled, ive tried all of those. my last resort is to buy an external usb soundcard or remove the bootcamp partition completely and reinstall windows.


texts:
I had originally done a Bootcamp install in the past but had to uninstall it for unspecified reasons, which I mistakenly did so using the Disk Utility in Recovery Mode. However, I'm now stuck with an unwanted Volume that's labeled as a "PCI-Express". For demonstration purposes, here is my volume log from entering 'diskutil list' into the Command tool.

    /dev/disk0 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                         28.0 GB    disk0
   1:                  Apple_HFS Untitled                28.0 GB    disk0s1

/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Machintosh HD           999.3 GB   disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s3

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS TOSHIBA                 499.8 GB   disk2s2

And a screenshot...

What I want to do is completely remove this volume and restore everything to a singular non-Fusion drive (it was created as a Fusion Drive when I installed Bootcamp). Any tips will be useful, even if it means going to Disk Utility and wiping everything clean again.

Thanks.


texts: Where are Apple's default desktop images stored?

texts:
When I go to System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver, I see many images in folders such as "Desktop Pictures", "Nature", "Plants", etc. Where are these images located?

I want to use them in an application such as SpaceSuit to set them as background images for different spaces.


texts: Can i use the cd/dvd from an older mac mini as a cd/dvd for a newer one via a thunderbolt cable?

texts:
I am not a power user of macs but i have an early mac mini with a dvd drive and a 2011 mini without a dvd drive, and wondered if i can connect the 2 to use the older mini as an external dvd drive and possibly storage for time machine?
Also i have put in an ssd into my 2011 mini and want to put on a fresh copy of the snowleopard o/s [which i have] onto the ssd using - if i can - the older mini's dvd to do so.
Any help would be appricated


texts: How can I move an iTunes library from one computer to another?

texts:
I'm getting a new laptop and I want to move my iTunes library from the old to the new computer. How can I do this? Of course I want to preserve as much information as possible: metadata such as ratings and play counts, cover art, my purchased content from Apple.

I also own an iPhone which I used to sync with the old computer and now I want to sync with the new one, preserving my apps, contacts, purchased content, etc.

What would be the best way to do this? Is just moving the whole “iTunes” folder from one computer to the other an option?


texts: Connecting Raspberry Pi to iPhone HotSpot and using SSH

texts:
I am trying to connect my Raspberry Pi to my iPhone 5 with iOS 8 HotSpot. This works so far without problems, but when I try to connect to it with SSH, the connection always times out. I tried connecting to pi@raspberrypi, pi@raspberrypi.local and then went on trying to connect to a bunch of adresses in the DNS Range like 172.20.10.1-5 but without success.
Does anyone of you know whether it is possible to establish a ssh connection this way?

Thanks in advance for your help.


texts: Email client with Send Later and colour-coded flags features

texts: Is there an OSX email client, which allows schedule sending emails and has colour-coded flags?


texts:
I use Macs a lot to host applications running on Linux boxes via X Windows, but tend to find that, after some period of time, I can no longer open new X Windows clients on the Mac - I get messages like:

xterm: Xt error: Can't open display: localhost:103.0

This can occur even when I am attempting to launch the application from an existing X Windows client (eg an xterm).

My X server is XQuartz 2.7.4, but I have this problem when using the native X Windows support also.

Update: Just to make it clear, I am using ssh with X forwarding to log in to the remote host eg ssh -X remote_host


texts: How to stop OS X from system sleep when the Display sleeps?

texts:
On OS X Yosemite I found that all operations interupt once I switch of the monitor for a while. Most notabaly copy processes of large files, simply pause. Every time OS X puts the Display to sleep (or if I switch it of manually as well!), VirtualBox virtual machines also will be put to sleep.

How can I prevent this?


texts: Image Capture "Delete After Import" Disappeared

texts: There used to be a checkbox when I import pictures from my camera that said "delete after import" or something like that. It's not there anymore. Any ideas?


texts: FusionDrive + Encrypted CoreStorage Volume - Problems writing to volume

texts:
Has anyone had experience with encrypted (home made!) FusionDrive volumes and intermittent failure of writes to this disk?

I'm on a Late 2011 MBP 13" with (currently) 4 GB RAM, a 128 GB SSD and a 750 GB SATA disk.

When I'm trying to rsync data (from a TM backup) onto it, I get write failures.  I also could not successfully decrypt the volume when I tried.

I have stress tested the disks and they seem fine, and checked RAM, so other than a fault with the drive controller, which I doubt, I don't think it's a hardware problem.

Can anyone post success or similar failures with this kind of setup?


texts:
I would like to know if there is a way to reset the apple application Bootcamp Assistant to its factory settings.
I changed the info.plist into the wrong configuration and I cannot reverse it back.


texts: How to make Spotlight index PDF documents to search faster or on my command?

texts: I need to search some words in many PDF documents. It worked very well when I searched over old documents but my OS X has not indexed yet the new PDFs. How can I search over the new PDFs?


texts: Is there a way to take videos on iOS, with music playing?

texts: I came over a bug last month that enabled me to legitimately record a video on my iPhone's camera app without having to pause the music that was playing. But I shut my phone off and back on and it stopped working, I wish someone knew how to trigger this again or inform me if it was patched by apple in a recent update, but yea, that's basically it.


texts: mp3s set as "Audiobook" have stopped showing up in iBooks

texts:
For a while now I've been importing mp3s, setting them as "Audiobook" and listening to them via iBooks, like normal. However, for some unknown reason a few weeks ago, this stopped happening: Even though they show up in "Audiobooks" on iTunes, they WILL NOT show up in iBooks anymore—they still appear in the Music app, like a regular mp3. Nothing I have tried will force it to show up in iBooks again.

Edit, to clarify: The problem is that I add an MP3 audiobook to my iPhone via iTunes in the normal matter, but it shows up in "Music" and NOT "iBooks" EVEN THOUGH I set the file type as "Audiobook." iTunes—on multiple computers!—correctly shows the audiobook, but not on the phone. Furthermore, I deleted an old audiobook on the phone yet iBooks STILL shows it!

This is on iOS 10.3.3, iTunes 12.7.1.14, and reconfirmed on iOS 11.2.2, iTunes 12.7.2.58.


texts: How Many USB Controllers Are in the Late 2014 Mac Mini?

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I am transferring a lot of data to a large number of iPads from a Mac Mini, over USB. I am finding that the late 2014 Mac Mini is significantly faster at completing the transfer than the Mid 2011 model.

If it's relevant - I'm connecting to iPad 2s.

I think I can rule out any CPU / Ram differences.

Have Apple added more USB controllers to the new Mac minis?
My understanding is that the old models had 2 controllers, is it possible that the 2014 model has 4?


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I'm using Skim to add bookmarks my pdfs and have some questions:

Skim seems to have it's own bookmark manager with folders and bookmarks that allow you to open bookmarks inside pdfs that aren't currently opened. Where are these bookmarks and folders stored on my machine? If it's in a plist is it possible to get xml/plain text format?
I'm able to access the bookmarks by going to the main menu and clicking Bookmarks and then manually searching through a drop-down menu. Is it possible to search this? Is there a hotkey to access search?
I want to be able to search Skim's bookmarks via a ruby/bash/applescript without Skim being open. Is this possible? Can you point me to an example?


texts: Spaces (Mission Control) jumps to a space but won't stay there

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I have two spaces. When I try to jump from the left space to the right one using the swipe gesture, the right space shows briefly but then the screen immediately jumps back to the left.

As a result, I can't get to my right space. As you can imagine, this is quite annoying. I just noticed this happening in the last couple of days.

In my left space I'm running Sublime Text 3. I also have a few Google Chrome windows. In my right space I have more Chrome windows.

I'm running Mac OS X 10.8.3. I have none of the checkboxes checked in the Mission Control section under System Preferences.

There are a few "workarounds":

If I move all of my Chrome windows to the right space, I don't have the problem anymore. This hardly solves the problem.
As a last resort, I can kill the right space, which at least gives me access to those windows. This does not address my core problem (which comes back shortly).

Any ideas on the culprit? What can I do to fix, other than a workaround (such as the ones I list above)?


texts: Make universal color adjustments to MacOS

texts: Does anyone know of an application that would allow me to make universal color adjustments to the OS? This would mean being able to adjust saturation, black points, white points, or even ideally apply a LUT (Look Up Table) to everything displayed on my Mac. For those of you that are video production savvy, this would be like a much simpler version of DaVinci Resolve but for everything on screen. I know it's possible because applications like FLux have control over the universal color temperature.


texts: How to uninstall Xcode IDE without completely removing the dev tools

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I wanted to enable the developer libraries in Mac (RoR, Perl, gcc etc.) so I installed Xcode 3.2. I am only interested in these command-line tools and will not be using Xcode (or other GUI tools with Mac and iPhone developer bells and whistles that are part of the SDK) at all, as I generally like to use a text editor and the command line.

How do I remove just those IDE tools while still keeping my programming environment intact? I'd rather reclaim the disk space.


texts: Crash after sleep when Bluetooth Trackpad and Keyboard are used

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Since I am using the Bluetooth Keyboard and the Magic Trackpad, my MacBook Pro crashes during the sleep (it doesn't wake up and becomes very hot). Then I need to switch it off using the hardware on/off button.

I found out that the setting that makes the bug appear is the "allow bluetooth devices to wake this computer" from the Bluetooth settings:

But if I disable that option, after the sleep, the computer takes several seconds before to reconnect to the Bluetooth Keyboard and the Magic Trackpad...

To recap. If I allow bluetooth devices to wake my computer, this makes my computer to crash randomly. If I disallow that option, the computer doesn't find the Bluetooth devices after the wakeup, sometime for several seconds.

Did anybody found a solution for this problem?

I am using a MacBook Pro (Late 2008) with Mountain Lion.


texts: I have got the mid 2013 AirPort Time Capsule. Is it possible to set it up so that each user has a certain quota on the device? Either that, or even limit the size of the Time Machine data sets, so that I can allocate a bit for auxiliary data storage?


texts: Remove old user from Remote Login permissions list

texts: On OS X 10.8 I deleted a user account which had Remote Login permissions.  Now, in the Sharing tab of System Preferences, that user shows up as "Unknown User", and clicking the minus button won't remove it.


texts: "Cannot Verify Server Identity" - Cannot find source

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I'm getting an odd error suddenly and presumably due to an old certificate that I probably accepted many years ago when I used to use Adium on macOS via iMessage / Messages.  Suddenly, just today, I started getting the following popup in all sorts of apps on iOS 13 on my iPad and iOS 13 on my iPhone:

Since I can’t determine if this message come from the front most app or system settings I’ll need some help with how I can locate what setting or app is calling a site that no longer has a signed certificate that iOS trusts.

What steps can triage this?


texts: With two iPhones using separate SIM cards, can I use one to make a call from the other?

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I have two iPhones using separate SIM cards. I'm already able to answer incoming calls to one on the other – but how can I use one phone to make a call from the other?

And importantly, I mean calling ALL numbers, not just FaceTime users.

Thanks!


texts: How to investigate very high kernel writes: 850GB of data in 44 days?

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This is what my current setup looks like:

It WROTE 850GiB onto my poor 128 GiB disk in 44 days.
I'm not quite sure what to make of that, especially since I use this machine for light browsing.

It means there's a whopping 20 gigs per day pushed down onto my (now) 9 years old SSD. 20% of the capacity is being rewritten all day long.

Do you guys know how I could investigate what is the reason for this amount of write?


texts: How can I switch between the two Java versions in Mountain Lion now that Java Preferences is gone?

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I have two versions of Java installed with Mountain Lion:

Apple's Java 6 Update 37 (Java for OS X 2012-006)
Oracle's Java 7.

The update from Apple removes Java Preferences. In another question someone wonders about the removal of that utility.

My question is different:

how can I switch between the two versions now that Java Preferences is gone?

I previously used Apple's utility to set Java preferences with ease. Without that utility, is there an easy and fast way?


texts: Tab, Caps lock, Tilde/backtick, Escape keys stopped working on Apple Wired Keyboard after macOS 10.14.6 update

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I am using Mid 2015 15" MBP with Thunderbolt display and Apple Wired Keyboard. Recently after an update to macOS Mojave 10.14.6 certain keys on my Apple Wired Keyboard stopped working. Keys are:
1. Escape
2. Tilde / Back tick
3. Tab
4. Caps lock
I have confirmed the same using Keyboard Event Viewer

I have tried the following:
1. SMC reset using Cmd+ Opt + P + R
2. Rebooting the system
3. Adding a USB extension between mac and Apple keyboard
4. Tried on different USB ports

Any suggestion on what could be causing this?