texts: How can I move Macintosh HD out of container disk1?

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I had partitioned my hard drive for Windows to be ran on it through Bootcamp. Everything was working okay, I could run in MacOSX or Windows. After I installed macOS High Sierra I began to have issues. When I was in Windows it would not find the MacOS disk. I was only able to load into OS by restarting Windows and holding down the 'option' key.
I loaded MacOS, then deleted the Windows Partition. Now my disk looks like this:

My diskutil list reads:

Macintosh HD is under a container disk, I have a bootcamp that cannot be used, and I have OSXRESERVED that I do not know what it is for. How can I delete OSXRESERVED, BOOTCAMP, and move Macintosh HD out of container disk1?


texts: Is it possible to disable or remove the iTunes Artwork screensaver?

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The iTunes Artwork screensaver is, IMO, an abomination. I like using a random screensaver but I do not want to see that one, ever.

Apple, in their infinite wisdom, or lack thereof, seems to have decided that screensavers are mission critical and can never be removed, even by root.

Is there a way around this, or has Apple decided for me, again, how I should use my computer?


texts: ImageMagick - Convert multipage pdf to animated gif

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I have a two-page PDF file that I would like to convert to an animated GIF file.  A post on the TeX StackExchange gives the following ImageMagick one-liner:

convert -verbose -delay 50 -loop 0 -density 300 file.pdf file.gif

If I try this on a linux box (convert --version gives 6.5.4-7 2012-04-10) I get this log:

"gs" -q -dQUIET -dPARANOIDSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -dNOPROMPT -dMaxBitmap=500000000 -dAlignToPixels=0 -dGridFitTT=0 "-sDEVICE=pnmraw" -dTextAlphaBits=4 -dGraphicsAlphaBits=4 "-r300x300"  "-sOutputFile=/tmp/magick-XX30a4nG" "-f/tmp/magick-XX690OkA" "-f/tmp/magick-XX3GCKhu"
/tmp/magick-XX30a4nG[0] PNM 1512x1134 1512x1134+0+0 8-bit DirectClass 9.811mb
/tmp/magick-XX30a4nG[1] PNM 1512x1134 1512x1134+0+0 8-bit DirectClass 9.811mb
file.pdf[0] PDF 1512x1134 1512x1134+0+0 16-bit DirectClass 9.811mb
file.pdf[0] PDF 1512x1134 1512x1134+0+0 16-bit DirectClass 9.811mb
file.pdf=>file-linux.gif[0] PDF 1512x1134 1512x1134+0+0 16-bit Palette PseudoClass 111c 2.620u 0:03

[gs is GPL Ghostscript 8.70 (2009-07-31)] and it works as expected.  But if I try this on my mac, using the ImageMagick suite installed by macports (6.8.0-7 2013-01-04), I get this log:

"/opt/local/bin/gsx" -q -dQUIET -dSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -dNOPROMPT -dMaxBitmap=500000000 -dAlignToPixels=0 -dGridFitTT=2 "-sDEVICE=pngalpha" -dTextAlphaBits=4 -dGraphicsAlphaBits=4 "-r300x300"  "-sOutputFile=/var/folders/kf/t7750q1w8xjcjy0059bpyx180000gq/T/magick-15750GLLaATgky5I1" "-f/var/folders/kf/t7750q1w8xjcjy0059bpyx180000gq/T/magick-15750ljasKifrwJcW" "-f/var/folders/kf/t7750q1w8xjcjy0059bpyx180000gq/T/magick-15750w8mj9AZrkJA8"
/var/folders/kf/t7750q1w8xjcjy0059bpyx180000gq/T/magick-15750GLLaATgky5I1 PNG 1512x1134 1512x1134+0+0 8-bit sRGB 64.5KB 0.050u 0:00.049
file.pdf PDF 1512x1134 1512x1134+0+0 16-bit sRGB 64.5KB 0.000u 0:00.000
file.pdf=>file.gif PDF 1512x1134 1512x1134+0+0 16-bit Palette sRGB 106c 0.410u 0:00.409

[/opt/local/bin/gsx is GPL GhostScript 9.06 (2012-08-08)]
This time the resulting GIF file has only one frame, the first page of the PDF.

My workaround so far has been to use pdftk file.pdf burst to split out each page of the PDF to its own file, then convert [options] pg_*.pdf file.gif.  This works fine, but I'd prefer a one-line script.

The mac versions being more recent, I would guess it's a matter of implementation.  The only major difference I see between the two is -sDEVICE=pnmraw for the linux version and -sDEVICE=pngalpha for the mac.  Can I tell convert to pass options to gsx?


texts:
After iOS 10.3.3 I cant backup my iPhone due to the "iPhone disconnected" bug.  I used a sync analyzer software and it reports the backup error occurring on an Application located in /var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/4D762153-8922-432E-AE2B-2A02A1F1F710.

How can I identify the app name from this UUID so that I can try uninstalling it?


texts: Weird Google Chrome errors in system.log

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I'm using Mavericks and Google Chrome Version 34.0.1797.2 dev.

This is the error I receive:

Jan 25 17:09:12 genesis Google Chrome Helper[46267]: Process unable to create connection because the sandbox denied the right to lookup com.apple.coreservices.launchservicesd and so this process cannot talk to launchservicesd. : LSXPCClient.cp #426 `___ZN26LSClientToServerConnection21setupServerConnectionEiPK14__CFDictionary_block_invoke()` q=com.apple.main-thread
Jan 25 17:09:12 genesis Google Chrome Helper[46267]: Process unable to create connection because the sandbox denied the right to lookup com.apple.coreservices.launchservicesd and so this process cannot talk to launchservicesd.
Jan 25 17:09:12 genesis Google Chrome Helper[46267]: CGSLookupServerRootPort: Failed to look up the port for "com.apple.windowserver.active" (1100)

Any idea on what might be causing this? I've googled around and found no clue...


texts:
I previously had Memcache running on my localhost/127.0.0.1 port 11211. Unfortunately, I rebooted my computer and now port 11211 isn't open and I don't know the command to open this port.

Can someone help with this?


texts: Restore data from iPhone with Restore Screen

texts:
I have an iPhone X. Yesterday suddenly the phone restarted by itself and this screen appeared.

Apple support said that this means that the operating system has broken down and needs to be reinstalled. However, this also means that the entire data on the iPhone will be wiped out. I have really important stuff in there that hasn't been backed up on icloud <-- 5GB of basic storage was insufficient. I know that I should have purchased more...
My question is, whether there is a way of recovering photos form the phone and documents from program Files before restoring the system?
I would very much appreciate any help!


texts: Trouble with Snow leopard VPN. Doesn't start at machine startup

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I use VPN client that comes inbuilt with Snow Leopard OS to connect to VPN on the macbook. Mac OS uses “racoon” process internally to make any vpn connections work. This process starts when the machine boots up and runs in the background even if vpn is disconnected. Racoon won’t run in the background anymore when the vpn is disconnected.

As a workaround, I have to start this manually each and every time and it works:

cd /usr/sbin
sudo ./racoon

How can I make it just like it used to work before? FYI, I don't have Time Machine on...


texts: Show caller ID and number on incoming call on iPhone?

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I looked around quite a bit for an answer to this question but can't find one, so maybe I'm overlooking something obvious.

I recently starting paying my carrier for caller ID. This is great sometimes, but now when receiving calls only the caller ID name is displayed, not the caller's phone number. I can't find any setting to get the caller ID name to display along with the phone number before I answer an incoming call. This is especially difficult when the caller ID text is UNKNOWN CALLER or something similar since I can't tell if the number looks familiar before I answer.

All of this applies to receiving calls from people not in my contacts list.

Is there some way to make callers' phone numbers appear along with caller ID text when receiving incoming calls?

This is an iPhone 6 Plus with iOS 9.3.1 on T-Mobile (US) in case any of that is relevant.


texts: Are Mail rules still applied when a Mac is in Power Nap mode?

texts: I understand that when a Mac is Power Napping it will periodically check for new emails via Mail. Will Mail rules still apply to any new emails that are received when the Mac is in Power Nap mode?


texts: iPhone 8 randomly resumes playing podcasts and music when I plug in my headphones. Any way to stop?

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I listen to music at my desk and when I get up to do something and return and plugin my headphones the music or podcast sometimes resumes.

Thing is, whatever app resumes playing isn't necessarily what I was listening to before. It could be a podcast, Spotify or the Music app. It's also isn't consistent and is an unpleasant surprise, particularly if the volume is up.

How do I stop this from happening?


texts: Dragon Dictate often turns the microphone on after mistakenly believing I have said "wake up"

texts: In Dragon Dictate 4, the voice command "wake up" can be used to turn the voice recognition on (provided that the microphone was asleep, not off). It tends to get triggered too easily: when I discuss around with colleagues as the microphone is asleep, Dragon often believes I have said "wake up", and subsequently turn the microphone on. Is there any way to avoid this situation?


texts: Is it possible to have only one notification for a text message until the message is read?

texts:
I've been looking for a while but I cannot find out if I can limit it so that I only receive the first notification and no others until I've read the message.

There is a notification setting that will prevent the same text message from generating a follow up notification after a period of time (default is 2 minutes I believe).

I'm looking for a solution for Person A sends me 4 texts in the span of a minute. I'd like to not get a notification for messages 2 through 4 unless I've read 1.


texts: I have one lacie 2big thunderbolt 4th unit setup as raid 1. I want to add a lacie 2big thunderbolt 4th unit. How do I get it set up so the entire unit 1 is mirrored onto unit 2(Raid1)?


texts: Mail.app does not fetch mail regularly with Exchange accounts on Lion

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I have this stupid symptom with my mac mail since upgrading from 10.6 to 10.7.

I have multiple exchange accounts; a couple times a day the inbox for 1 or 2 of them will be blank, quitting mail and re-opening will re-download all the mail.

Search also only works by person, not 'message contains'

So - I made a new user, everything works perfectly.  Symptom gone.

I formatted and restored from time machine, still have the problem.

This is a dev box with tons of customization - I want to properly PURGE the mail and accounts settings at the file system level, since I know a 'new user profile' is a proper fix for the problem.

Emptying the mail folders doesn't fix it, it re-downloads everything and the problem is still there.

Removing the accounts and re-adding doesn't fix it either.


texts: How to get calendar invites to come in as iCal when i use a gmail address as my appleID?

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I use myname@gmail.com for my appleid username. If i wish to send an invite to my icloud calendar, how can i do so? I have myname@icloud.com and myname@me.com email addresses that are associated with my appleID (contactable at). I have tried sending the invite to these addresses but nothing has been received. Any ideas how i can send an invite to my icloud calendar?

Note this is a different question to "How to get calendar invites to come in as iCal and not as Google Calendar invites?" That asks how to get invites sent to a gmail address show up in ical without adding a gmail calendar. I am happy to send the invite to a non-gmail address.


texts: How to stop headphones activating Voice Control (even though it’s disabled) when unpausing music?

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I use a pair of in-ear, noise-cancelling Sennheiser headphones with my iPhone 6S. I don’t know exactly which model they are, but something like the CX 5.00i isn’t far off. The headphones have a little inline remote control which I use a lot to pause and play songs.

The trouble is that about half the time I do so – particularly if a song has been paused for more than about 30 seconds, and particularly if I’m moving rather than standing still – hitting the button on the remote doesn’t restart the music like it’s supposed to, but instead activates Voice Control (with that VERY loud ‘dun-dun’ sound rendering me half deaf every time).

I have Voice Control disabled as described in the answer to this question, and long-clicking the home button on the actual phone doesn’t activate it. I also have Siri completely disabled.

It seems to be a fairly common issue that Voice Control randomly activates itself while music is playing, but in my case, of course, music isn’t playing when this happens. I’ve only been able to find a few other cases where unpausing is specifically mentioned: there’s a post in a MacRumors thread (no answer in the thread) and a previous question here (which doesn’t mention whether Voice Control has been disabled and also has no answers).

I’ve tried changing to the standard Apple headphones – no change. Unpausing using the headphone remote still activates Voice Control if I wait more than 30 or so seconds or neglect to stand completely still.

Why/how does this happen? How do my headphones manage to activate Voice Control when it is otherwise disabled as much as it can be? And more importantly, is there a way to stop it?


texts: How can I copy MP3s from PC to iPhone (which isn't currently synced with the PC)?

texts:
I have an iPhone 4 (with iOS 6.x on it) that is not synced with any computer.

How can I copy MP3s from a PC to my iPhone? iTunes is not synced with the phone so I cannot put the MP3s into the library and sync.


texts: OSX connection configuration issue to rack application

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I am on mac ElCapitan 10.11.6 (15G31) and running simple rack application rackup -p 5004. I can connect to it with http://localhost:5004/ and http://[::1]:5004/

But can't connect with http://127.0.0.1:5004/ and http://192.168.0.111:5004/.

This looks like mis-configuration on my machine. I get different errors when try to connect with IPv4 and IPv6.

$ nc -v -4 192.168.0.111 5004 # and nc -v -4 127.0.0.1 5004 and nc -v -4 localhost 5004
nc: connectx to 192.168.0.111 port 5004 (tcp) failed: Connection refused

$ nc -v -6 192.168.0.111 5004 # and nc -v -6 127.0.0.1 5004
nc: getaddrinfo: nodename nor servname provided, or not known

But I can connect with nc -v -6 localhost 5004

My hosts file is pretty simple:

$ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1       localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost

I need to make it work with my host machine IP address 192.168.0.111 so I can connect within Docker container. How to fix this?

Additional information I found on different topics

scutil

$ scutil -r 192.168.0.111
Reachable, Local Address, Directly Reachable Address

$ scutil -r 127.0.0.1
Reachable, Local Address, Directly Reachable Address

$ scutil -r localhost
Reachable

$ scutil -r ::1
Reachable, Local Address, Directly Reachable Address

# but note, ???
$ scutil -r qwerty
Reachable

lsof port usage

lsof shows port is by ruby executable and the interesting part is localhost:avt-profile-1. Checking what avt-profile-1 is gives results for "Real-time Transport Protocol media data". More info here. Also interesting is when I stop the rackup application there is no port usage, so this is not service/daemon running on my machine.

lsof -i :5004
COMMAND   PID USER   FD   TYPE             DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
ruby    12167 kode   16u  IPv6 0xf3c39e30b59c5321      0t0  TCP localhost:avt-profile-1 (LISTEN)

Here I have different application running on port 5000. It's reachable via the host IP at 192.168.0.111:5000. Note the NAME *:commplex-main. Addittionaly I would like to know what this is used for.

lsof -i :5000
COMMAND   PID USER   FD   TYPE             DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
ruby    12889 kode   14u  IPv4 0xf3c39e30b22fcbe9      0t0  TCP *:commplex-main (LISTEN)

host address name

host 192.168.0.111
111.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa has no PTR record

arp

$ arp 192.168.0.111
? (192.168.0.111) at a0:99:9b:17:16:1d on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]

nslookup

$ nslookup localhost
Server:     192.168.0.1
Address:    192.168.0.1#53

Name:   localhost
Address: 127.0.0.1

$ nslookup 127.0.0.1
Server:     192.168.0.1
Address:    192.168.0.1#53

1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa  name = localhost.

$ nslookup 192.168.0.111
Server:     192.168.0.1
Address:    192.168.0.1#53

** server can't find 111.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa.: NXDOMAIN


texts: How can I figure out what program is starting and quitting?

texts:
I'm running 11.1 on an M1 MBP. A couple of times an hour, some app starts up, very briefly puts an icon in the Dock, and quits. It's kind enough to also steal focus when it starts up, so if I'm typing, suddenly my typing goes somewhere else.
Is there a way I can track what apps start and quit, so I can figure out what is doing this and make it stop?
I thought maybe I could use execsnoop for this, but it tells me the SIP is turned on and exits.


texts: Why does 'uname -m' says 'i386' even if I'm on Macbook Pro on Intel Core 2 Duo?

texts: My Macbook Pro is running on Intel Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz. OS - Leopard 10.5.8. My assumption is that all Core 2 Duo processor systems are 64 bit. But uname -m command outputs i386. Why is it so?


texts: Code-signing issue. Getting a Build failed, with no specific error

texts:
I have just signed up for the Apple Developer Program (ADC), and did all that is necessary to make an app run on the device itself.

I created an empty project and succeeded in running it on my device.

I am using RouteMe for my project, and inside my project are several sub projects.
The problem now, is after I build the project, I can run it on the Simulator, but not on the device.

It is weird that no reason is given. Anyone knows what this could be?

Thanks!


texts: MacBook Pro 5,1 will only turn on after SMC reset

texts:
Resetting the SMC every time the machine is turned off is the only way to turn it back on and when it is on the fans run at max speed etc. etc. (SMC issues).

Have tried to swap out HDD and RAM. Software is current at Mavericks will all updates installed.
Have tried to manually reinstall the SMC firmware but the system says that is not needed or something to that effect.

Anyone have any ideas what this could be or how I can install the SMC file anyways (bypassing the error that it isn't needed)?


texts: Is only Sleep Mode good for my MacBook Pro?

texts:
I'm a web designer and I haven't gotten any chance to shut down my macbook pro often with my busy schedules. When I'm not working (sometimes on weekends), unfortunately I forget to shut down my Mac for 8-10 hours! However, yet I can charge the Mac after its battery shows 15%.

So, is being always in sleep mode a weakening it's battery life? and does it hurt the logic board, honestly?


texts: Delete MacOS Sierra Installer .dmg after Update

texts:
I downloaded the "Install MacOS Sierra.app", it says there I have to move it to /Applications and then run it afterwards to update my OS on local machine.

Now, after it ran through, can I cleanly remove the installer and any related files  AppCleaner offers me? Or are there some mixups with the updated OS Sierra system files?

I don't need the installer to use disk space, but of course don't want to crash my System by accidently removing something from ~/Library or wherever and then stand there with an unusable system.

Anyone already made some experiences with this?

Cheers,
Tobias


texts: Can I use CapsLock as Hyper in a keyboard shortcut for window tiling?

texts:
[Update: Per agarza's suggestion below, I've looked into Rectangle.  It's based on Spectacle so it was familiar enough.  I checked "Remove keyboard shortcut restrictions" in settings, and that allowed my now-Hyper CapsLock key as a usable modifier.
Second update: It looks like "Hyper + Left Arrow" is actually registering as Home, which means I can't use the Home key on my USB keyboard as intended.  I suspect it's just treating Hyper like a second Function.  So I'll leave this open for ideas for now.]
My goal is to use CapsLock + Left/Right Arrow for left/right window tiling.
I use Spectacle for my window tiling.  I currently have Command + Option + Left/Right for the window tiling shortcuts. In general, I'm keen to use a shortcut that could not possibly have a purpose in any app. I would like to free those up for their intended use in Excel. I just set up Karabiner-Elements with CapsLock mapped to Hyper.  I had hoped to remap the tiling shortcut, but Spectacle only recognizes the standard modifier keys.
I prefer a FOSS solution or at least a no-cost one. I'm looking into ShiftIt.  I know Spectacle is no longer actively maintained, and ShiftIt hasn't updated its README in 14 months, so I'm not sure.  Is there something I haven't thought of?  What works for you?


texts: MacOS Catalina Time Machine restoration to Mojave failed; MacOS Recovery failed (-1008F)

texts:
I was in the process of restoring my Mac Mini 2018 running macOS Catalina 10.15.1 to an earlier Time Machine backup encapsulating the latest version of macOS Mojave via macOS Recovery, when the process failed. I got the message:

  An error occurred while restoring from the backup. Try restoring from a different backup or reinstall macOS and then transfer your information from a Time Machine backup using Migration assistant.

I then restarted the Mac, and tried to enter macOS Recovery (⌘+R on boot). I saw the "spinning globe" icon for about 4 minutes, but then it gave the error:

  apple.com/support
  -1008F

I have since reset the NVRAM (⌥+⌘+P+R) but I continually get the "-1008F" error when trying to access macOS Recovery. However, in this Reddit thread regarding this nominal issue for the macOS Catalina Beta, they suggest to try another Recovery key combination (⌘+⌥+R on boot), and this indeed gets me into some sort of Recovery mode where I'm first asked to enter my Apple ID, and I can afterwards see the usual Recovery options like Disk Utility, Reinstall MacOS, Restore from Time Machine backup, etc.

However, I am unsure on how to proceed from this point. As mentioned, my previous Time Machine restoration failed from macOS Recovery (the backup is located on a Synology NAS on my network; I have an additional concurrent backup on another Synology NAS which I haven't tried yet).

Furthermore, according to some sources I found on the net when searching for the "-1008F" error, it can be indicative of hardware failure and some people seem to have had hardware parts replaced. I did notice that when I entered macOS Recovery the first time, it was lingering a very long time on the state: "Examining available disks...".

When checking Disk Utility, I have two Mac HD Partitions apparently since installing macOS Catalina: Macintosh HD for the OS partition and Macintosh HD - Data for user data. Since macOS Mojave doesn't use this setup, do I need to "merge" these partitions to successfully restore from the Time Machine backup or reinstall macOS Mojave from scratch? I wonder this because when I navigate to the Time Machine backup process, it asks me which partition to restore into – and I can select both the Macintosh HD and Macintosh HD - Data partitions. This doesn't feel right, as macOS Mojave uses one partition for both OS and user data.

If I indeed need to "merge" the two partitions (e.g. by reformatting them into one "Macintosh HD" partition), how do I do that? A user in this Reddit thread regarding the MacOS Catalina beta suggests to "Erase the APFS container and format it again as APFS", but I don't understand what the user means by the "AFPS container". I don't see a single container encapsulating both partitions, rather they appear like two separate things seen in the images below:

To make a long story short: how do I best resolve this problem and restore my Time Machine backup to my macOS Mojave system from the now broken macOS Catalina system?

Do I need to reformat the drive first, and can I then restore from my Time Machine backup – or should I install a fresh copy of macOS Mojave and then attempt restoration via the Migration Assistant?


texts: Friend with Android phone and Mac computer defaults to iMessage in Messages

texts:
I have a friend who uses an Android mobile phone and also a Mac. My iPhone contact page for him shows a FaceTime icon which I suppose is correct because it would go to the Mac when available but if I choose the speech bubble next to his phone number my iPhone goes to Messages and shows "iMessage" in the empty box. There's no speech bubble next to his email.
The messages that I send him are delivered succesfully via iMessage (blue bg) but how can I explicitly send him a regular text (sms) message to make sure that it's delivered to the Android phone and not to the Mac? I'm using iOS 9.3
Please note that I don't want to disable iMessage altogether.

Thanks


texts: How can I deal/inspect a suspicious file on my mac short of installing and creating a full blown virtual machine instance? On windows when I want to open a suspicious file I use the sandboxing app sandboxie Is there something comparable/safe on mac?


texts: How to disable Command + Left keyboard shortcut in Yosemite

texts:
CMD + LEFT is a really important shortcut that i use in multiple applications on my mac: (go to back in google chrome, to put the cursor in the beginning of line in any IDE...etc.). however, it seems that in Yosemite(?) this command seems to move my window left.

how do i disable this keyboard shortcut? (same with CMD+RIGHT)

i looked in mission control and system settings keyboard, but couldn't find anything


texts: How to check which currency conversions that spotlight supports? Is the currency supported by different regions different? Currently, I set the area to Hong Kong, supporting most currencies including HKD TWD RMB EUR USD SGD. But does not support Turkish lira(TRY) and Vietnam Dong(VND).


texts: Where are my "exchange" reminders in mac OS?

texts: I created reminders and lists in exchange section. I remember making some changes in internet accounts in system preference the other day. My notes disappeared after that. Can I recover them?


texts: I am planning to install a second OS X on an external HDD, I was wondering when I boot in external HDD will it in any ways affect my first OS X installation? Will it have the permissions to write or read from it? Or will spotlight start to index that HDD? If yes how can I isolate my first installation from being affected? (without using third-party apps or FileVault)


texts: Can I get Siri to not bleep out Bitches Brew when I ask to hear that album?

texts:
I use Apple Music and have HomePod and Siri bleeps out some album titles rather than pronouncing them.

One is “Hey Siri, play the album Bitches Brew”

I see no place in the home app to set explicit music allowed or banned.
My region is US and my date of birth confirms I’m over 21.
I see no place at https://appleid.apple.com to opt in to less bleeping.
If I search the settings app on iPhone or iPad, there is no setting I can find for the search term explicit.
iOS 13.3.1

Another reproducible album is Honky Chateau by Elton John.

I’m fine if these bleep by default, but I’d like Siri to be able to tell met what song is playing or confirm my selection of potentially upsetting terms.

I’d like to know if I can get Siri to relax about albums I’ve explicitly added to my personal library and requested she play and announce by name and not by omission.

Am I missing a lever that I can pull to get Siri to bleep music names less or entirely?


texts: A1181: How to run ASD or AHT on this macbook?

texts:
I have Lion installed on this 2007 macbook. OS was installed from A1384 USB drive.

How do I run AHT (or ASD) on this macbook? I tried hitting / holding "D" during normal bootup and it will start normally. When inserting the stick it will run into Install screen with no options or menus for AHT/ASD.

Is there a source for a CD/DVD to burn with those tools?


texts:
This evening I decided to Boot Camp my laptop. I had done it before, a few years ago, but quite recently my laptop got an SSD instead of it's former hard drive, so I had to Boot Camp it again. Since it's been such a long time since the last time - almost four years - I don't really remember how I tackled problems with it back then.

So far so great. Everything seemed to be going smoothly at first; I did what Apple's guide told me, and it worked.
My mac restarted, I selected the partition it had to use, formatted it, the installation seemed to take off, but then I ran into a problem.
I got an error that the process couldn't continue, due to a software or hardware change (it was in Dutch, so this would be a rough translation, not a literal quote) and it recommended I insert the windows installation disk and restart. But I can't. I inserted said disc, but nothing really happened.
Pressing escape didn't do anything and enter did not restart, but instead lead to the next screen that only gave me the options of starting windows normally, in safe mode, etc.
I tried safe mode, but as Windows at this point wasn't actually installed yet, that caused things to circle back to the previous screen, the one with the first error. And from there I was completely stuck.

So, after having tried all that made sense without any response from the laptop, I held the power button until it went out. Restarting however, resulted in exactly the same situation. Power button. Rinse, repeat.
I then went back to the OSX partition, which thankfully hadn't suffered from all this in any way, but I still have not been able to solve the problem, nor find a solution online (I'm probably wording my problem the wrong way, but I don't know how else to phrase it) so now here I am, mildly desperate.

Does anybody know how I would go about solving this? Or is there more information needed? If it's necessary, I could try taking a picture of the error screen (screenshots aren't exactly going to work at this point :')  ) but it is entirely in Dutch.


texts:
I've been getting a problem with Chrome where it keeps crashing when I try to refresh a web page. Bear in mind this only appears to happen on a local .html file that I'm building.

So I tried to reset Chrome through it's settings menu, but it doesn't appear to work. I just get the spinning circle which never ends, and then I have to force quit.

On restarting Chrome, it looks like 'some' of it has been reset (e.g. I have to log back in to websites) but I still have things such as my history and bookmarks.

Does anyone know another way I can reset it? Perhaps by just removing a folder from my computer?


texts: Problem installing Devel::REPL using cpanm

texts:
I tried following the instructions for installing CPAN modules at this link:

http://www.cpan.org/modules/INSTALL.html

However, when I try to install Devel::REPL, it fails.

Here is the log:

[user@machine] cpanm Devel::REPL
--> Working on Devel::REPL
Fetching http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/E/ET/ETHER/Devel-REPL-1.003025.tar.gz ... OK
==> Found dependencies: Module::Build::Tiny
--> Working on Module::Build::Tiny
Fetching http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/L/LE/LEONT/Module-Build-Tiny-0.036.tar.gz ... OK
==> Found dependencies: TAP::Harness::Env, ExtUtils::Helpers, ExtUtils::InstallPaths, ExtUtils::Config
--> Working on TAP::Harness::Env
Fetching http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/L/LE/LEONT/Test-Harness-3.30.tar.gz ... OK
Configuring Test-Harness-3.30 ... OK
Building and testing Test-Harness-3.30 ... OK
Successfully installed Test-Harness-3.30
--> Working on ExtUtils::Helpers
Fetching http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/L/LE/LEONT/ExtUtils-Helpers-0.022.tar.gz ... OK
Configuring ExtUtils-Helpers-0.022 ... OK
Building and testing ExtUtils-Helpers-0.022 ... OK
Successfully installed ExtUtils-Helpers-0.022
--> Working on ExtUtils::InstallPaths
Fetching http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/L/LE/LEONT/ExtUtils-InstallPaths-0.010.tar.gz ... OK
Configuring ExtUtils-InstallPaths-0.010 ... OK
==> Found dependencies: ExtUtils::Config
--> Working on ExtUtils::Config
Fetching http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/L/LE/LEONT/ExtUtils-Config-0.007.tar.gz ... OK
Configuring ExtUtils-Config-0.007 ... OK
Building and testing ExtUtils-Config-0.007 ... OK
Successfully installed ExtUtils-Config-0.007
! Installing the dependencies failed: Module 'ExtUtils::Config' is not installed
! Bailing out the installation for ExtUtils-InstallPaths-0.010.
! Installing the dependencies failed: Module 'TAP::Harness::Env' is not installed, Module 'ExtUtils::Helpers' is not installed, Module 'ExtUtils::InstallPaths' is not installed, Module 'ExtUtils::Config' is not installed
! Bailing out the installation for Module-Build-Tiny-0.036.
! Installing the dependencies failed: Module 'Module::Build::Tiny' is not installed
! Bailing out the installation for Devel-REPL-1.003025.
3 distributions installed

Output of sw_vers:

ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.9.5
BuildVersion:   13F1066


texts: Is this a feasible security measure for my retail iPod Touches?

texts:
I'm considering using several iPod Touch devices as mobile computers in a retail setting.
If I did do this, I'd have to provide some measure of security for them.  I'm thinking of using the retail anti theft towers.

I've found some two inch by two inch stickers that are designed for library books.  In theory all I'd need would be towers of the same frequency as the stickers.

The fourth generation iPod Touch teardown shows that the screen is easily lifted from the body of the device and shows an EMI shield covering the rest of the device.

Would it be possible to attach one of these stickers and still have the screen close flush against the body?  Would it sitting between the screen and the bulk of the device interfere with the ability of the detection tower to detect the sticker?  Would the sticker interfere with the performance/lifespan of the iPod Touch?

Basically, is this a feasible security measure?
If someone knows how Apple secures their retail iPod touch/barcode scanners that would also be very useful.


texts: How to mirror MacBook Pro screen to Apple TV?

texts: I have a MacBook Pro with OS X 10.9.5 and I would like to mirror its screen to an Apple TV via AirPlay. Is it possible? And if yes, how can I do it?


texts: Automating Terminal Commands with AppleScript

texts:
I have an Arduino-based device (www.picobrew.com) and needs firmware updating.  The company wrote a little app to do it for Windows users, but us OS X users are out in the cold.  Fortunately, we were able to use the Arduino app and some terminal commands to get around not having their app.  Some people, however, are a little afraid to tinker in Terminal.  I found this post, which seems like a good start, but I have two variables, the file name of the firmware file and the name of the Arduino serial port that I'm not quite sure how to get into the script without hardcoding.  Here is the script:

/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avrdude -C /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf -c arduino -P /dev/tty.usbmodemFD121 -p atmega1284p -U flash:w:$HOME/Desktop/Zymatic_RC_1_1_9.hex

I can find the name of the serial port with this command:

ls /dev/tty.usb*

But how can I populate the first script with the result of this one?

Additionally, is there a way to prompt for a file location?

Apologies if any of this is super basic.  I have extremely limited Terminal experience and zero AppleScript experience.  Thanks for any help.


texts:
I was writing some AppleScript code when I came to the following result :

tell application "QuickTime Player"
set paths to file of document of windows
get paths
repeat with theItem in paths
    display dialog POSIX path of theItem
end repeat
end tell

Basically it get the path of movies open in a QuickTimeX window.

The AppleScript path is OK : Macintosh HD:Users:MyUser:Downloads:aMovie#.mp4

But in one posix output I got :  ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX/Data/Downloads/aMovie2.mp4

Any idea why this (and what ~/Library/Containers/ actually is ?), since the AppleScript was ok ? In the path above Downloads is a link to ~/Downloads.

Edit : ~/Library/Containers seems to be used for sandboxing (sandboxing on dev.apple.com).  But why do I have 2 differents POSIX path for the same AppleScript paths ?


texts:
I'd like to have a bookmark for a webpage, shown on my desktop that, when clicked, opens that page. I know there are workarounds (applescript etc.) but is there a direct approach?

I'm using Google Chrome on OSX 10.9.4


texts: How to know which Apple ID is used to lock iPad if the display is dead?

texts:
I bought an iPad mini (Wifi only) and gave it to my nephew as a gift.
He switched on the device and set it up with his apple ID. He did not set up (Find My iPad/iPhone) feature.

After a month of usage, he noticed the device is heating up when connected to the charger. Suddenly, the device display is off, and can not be charged.

When connected to a USB port on a mac, or PC, it does not get detected.

I tried to hold Power button+Home Button for 10 seconds then releasing the Home button, but it did not work.

I tried to put the device in Recovery Mode, DFU mode, but nothing worked. The device does not get detected by Windows or Mac.

I toke the device to the service center I bought it from (Not an Apple Store, we don't have Apple Stores in Saudi Arabia).

At the service center, they have a policy not to service any iOS device if it is locked using Find My iPhone feature from iCloud.

I told them that the feature was never turned on. They checked http://icloud.com/activationlock and entered the serial number, and found out that the device [Activation Lock : ON ]. So they asked me to login to icloud using the apple ID that was used to activate the lock and remove the device from [My Devices] in iCloud.

I logged in to icloud.com using my nephew's apple ID, but could not see the iPad in the list of devices.

I thought maybe the activation lock was done using another apple ID, so I tried mine, my brother's, all of the apple IDs I tried, none of them had this iPad listed among the devices in iCloud.

Now, I can not get service for the device because they think I stole the iPad.  Although I have an invoice that proves the purchase.

I know that revealing the apple ID might be considered a breach of security, but if I could just get the first and last letter of the email of Apple ID used to lock the device, then we can reduce our efforts in this hassle.

My question is: how do I know the apple ID that is used to lock the iPad knowing only the serial number of the device?


texts: iPhone 5s not registering steps data in iOS 8 Health app

texts: I am using the new iOS8 Health app and I'm confused. The steps and walking & running graphs are showing but without data. I've restarted, updated, and tried again and again but it is not functioning.


texts:
Microsoft Outlook for Mac (version 16.21) is frequently unable to find email messages using the search feature, even in the case of emails that were sent relatively recently. I presume that the search index is broken.

Solutions are available for PC, and I have even installed a Mac-specific tool called "OutlookSearchRepair.app", but this doesn't ameliorate the problem.

Are any other solutions available?

Edit: There is little else to say (to increase the detail of this question), save that the emails that aren't found are seemingly at random, and are not found on subsequent searches either. I have not limited my search results in any way.


texts: Disable moving fullscreen windows when clicking on a Dock app

texts:
In order to organize my workspace I arrange my fullscreen apps in appropriate order, so I know what app is on the left and on the right from my current position.

However when I start an app by clicking on a dock icon and move to the desktop, my current fullscreen window places to the first position automatically, right next after the desktop.

How can I prevent macOS from this automatic change order of windows? It's very annoying to replace them manually again and again.


texts:
is it possible to use wake on lan via wifi on the macbook air 2018?

What iOS app (or terminal command?) can you recommend to use?

I want to wake of the MacBook Air with my iPhone which is in the same network.


texts: Why is my Mac in "Presentation Mode" after a clean reboot?

texts: I see the following in Notification Center after a clean reboot. Any idea if there's a way to tell why the Mac thinks it's in Presentation Mode?


texts: How to transfer a PDF file to my picture album on my iPhone

texts: I have an iPhone and when I was saving some pictures I saved them as PDF in iBooks. I want to transfer them to a picture album on my iPhone. Can I do it?


texts: Have I been hacked or compromised from an answered face time call from South Africa?

texts: at 603 EDT I received a face time video call but somehow hung it up without answering (I was sleeping) at 605 they called back and since I was sleeping didn't really pay attention to it and answered it.  It looked and sounded like a party in the video so I immediately hung up. The line was open for 3 seconds and I have since blocked the number. Here is the number +27 (64) 6528179. Do I need to do anything to further protect my iPhone iPad and Mac? Thx, Oscar


texts: I am looking for software to copy a DVD home created without copy guard.  Roxio Toast stopped working after installing Yosemite


texts:
I have an MTS file recorded from my Lumix GX1. Before I reinstalled OSX 10.8 I could play these videos fine in VLC, however now they're in black and white (not greyscale, just black or white).

When I upload them to YouTube they seem fine! What codec am I missing?


texts: Are there ways to have Mac OS recognize my password "better"?

texts:
Basically I am "at odds" with Mac OS on how to properly type my password.

Meaning: when I used Linux (ubuntu with unity to be precise), I really didn't care about the "state" of my Linux box. If the screen saver/lock was up, I just started typing my password and hit enter. And ... I was logged in. Because the Linux screen lock was smart enough to understand that the string I typed + Enter is my password.

With Mac OS, on the other hand, I have to be much more "careful". I often find myself first type a letter, and press enter, and then when the input text field starts reflecting me typing ... I slowly type my password, and carefully press Enter. Because: if I don't do that, Mac OS will try to use maybe 5 out of 8 chars I typed. Or something else. So far too often, it takes me two, three turns before I successfully unlocked my screen.

Long story short: is that me not fitting Mac OS (so I have to change my attitude of just typing pretty fast) - or are there ways to adapt Mac OS to my style of entering the unlock password?

(And yes, when I have the lid open, I use the fingerprint reader, works fine - but within the office, the lid is down.)


texts: How to duplicate the content of a MiniDV to a DVD?

texts:
I'd like to save the content of some miniDV tapes to DVDs. I can use iMovie to do it, but iMovie creates a lot of video files and sort them by date. It will be a titan job to reorder them by hand and burn a DVD after that.

Is there a way to ask iMovie to just create 1 giant clip with the content of a tape? or any other way to sort the clips as they stands on the tape (import order will be fine)

Or, eventually, Is there another app that does the job?


texts: Accidental upgrade of iPhone SE to iOS 10, any way to go back to 9?

texts:
I'm fairly sure this is not possible but had to ask anyway.

My wife's iPhone SE was on iOS 9 which she loved, and she hates iOS 10 (has tried it on my phone and can't stand it).  Today her phone popped up a dialog to upgrade and her finger slipped just enough to hit "OK" rather than "Cancel" (or whatever the precise wording, I forget).  Now she's on iOS 10 and is absolutely miserable.

Is there any possible way to revert?  I'm aware of the new "prometheus" option but as she's never jailbroken or had any interest in such things, she has no saved blobs for her phone from any prior OS version.  I know this is a long shot but... fingers crossed.


texts: Disable Mail notifications on a per account basis

texts:
In the iOS Mail app I have two accounts configured.
It is possibile to have notifications (banner and sounds) turned on only for one of the two accounts, or the setting in Notification under Settings is global for all the accounts?

I'm using an iPhone 4 with the latest version of iOS 5.


texts: How Do I Upgrade VirtualBox from the Command Line

texts:
I need to remotely log into a Mac to upgrade VirtualBox.  The problem is screen sharing is just abysmally slow and I don't want to use 3rd party screen sharing utilities.  I prefer to do this in Terminal (SSH) as it's much more efficient for me.

Is there a way to upgrade VirtualBox from the command line?


texts: Nvidia MCP79 SATA controller caps link speed

texts:
Why is my SATA controller capping the link speed? This is what it says in my System Profiler under the Serial-ATA page:

Vendor:                 NVidia
Product:                MCP79 AHCI
Link Speed:             3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed:  1.5 Gigabit
Description:            AHCI Version 1.20 Supported

The link speed is as expected (3 Gigabit), but I don't see why it is negotiated into a 1.5 Gigabit link speed.
The drives attached to the SATA interface are a Hitachi 320GB 5400rpm hard disk drive and a MATSHITADVD-R UJ-868 superdrive.

I have a MacBook Pro 5,3 with Snow Leopard 10.6.8. My question is why the negotiated link speed is lower than the actual link speed.


texts: Changing the name of app containers in the iCloud Drive on OS X?

texts:
I am using the iCloud Drive, and sometimes the name of an app folder is too clumsy and too long to own a place on the Finder sidebar. Per the previous attempts by others, the Finder sidebar uses only the original folder name, but ignore the alias name for all its items. So using alias isn't a viable approach to workaround the name of app containers.

As known from the iCloud Programming Guide, the name of the app containers is actually specified by a key in the app-provided plist. The file hierarchy of the iCloud Drive does prove this, but the plist doesn't seem storing together with the Documents folder for each app. Is there a way to change it?


texts:
I have this problem that all of a sudden my ESC key completely stops working, it’s not the actual key because it happens with other keyboards. This happens regularly but on a random basis.
I am running version 11.2.2 (20D80)


texts: how to add iTunes album artwork in Mojave

texts: I do right click > Album Info > Artwork > Add Album Artwork, then I choose a picture (jpg) and then hit "OK" but the artwork isn't added.


texts: how to block plugin.64 from asking for access to keychain

texts:
how do I stop this message from popping up on my MacBook 12":

com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64 wants to use your confidential information stored in "v4.services.acrobat.com" in your keychain

it asks me to enter Password, then click DENY or ALLOW. but no option for ALWAYS DENY.


texts: I have a mid-2010 27" iMac. I want to speed it up some and I have decided to get an external SSD. I want to make this my boot disk as well as data storage. The SSD I'm considering is 3 TB. My concern is the connection speed. The 2010 iMac has USB 2 I believe and a Firewire 400. The drive I'm considering has USB 3.0/3.1 and a Firewire 400 connections. Will these be sufficient to use with my iMac? Which connection would be better-suited speed-wise. The Firewire 400 or USB 2?


texts: How do I revive the Magic Mouse after replacing batteries?

texts: When I replace the batteries in my Magic Mouse, I turn the mouse off, replace batteries and turn the mouse back on. The problem is that the system does not notice the mouse after this procedure, the mouse cursor stays stuck. I have to put the computer to sleep and wake it again to make the mouse work. Is there a better way to “wake” the mouse, maybe using some keyboard shortcut or a special click combination?


texts: Is there an app/extension to have UTC appear in the Sierra Finder (10.12.2) menu?

texts:
Is there an app/extension to have UTC appear in the Sierra Finder (10.12.2) menu ?

I bought "UTC Bar" version 1.31 from the Apple Store, but clicking on "Open" doesn't appear anywhere in the "Date & Time" preferences nor in the Finder Menu - No indication it was installed anywhere.

I prefer toggling UTC to be displayed in the menu rather than bring up the Dashboard each time.

thanks


texts: Is there a faster way to copy time machine files from one disk to another?

texts:
I'm trying to move my time machine backup files all under Backups.backupdb to another drive. I initiated a file copy overnight (b/c I saw that it took OSX forever to prepare for the copy...it basically was counting the files for hours). In the morning I saw that only certain backups(folders with dates) got copied over. I then tried to copy over the ones that didn't get copied...but the OS wouldn't allow me to do that. I got and error that "The operation can’t be completed because backup items can’t be modified." So my plan is to delete the incomplete copy on the new drive and then try to copy over the Backups.backupdb folder again.

Pretty frustrating. Is there a faster way to copy these files via a terminal command so that it doesn't perform all of that file counting prep?

I probably can tar up the entire folder and then do a copy, but will that interfere with any of the file permissions, etc.? The one thing with this approach is that I don't have any more space on my source volume for the tar.

UPDATE

I've tried some of the methods that people have suggested below, specifically using Disk Utility's restore function and it's giving me some error messages and unexpected results (at least to me).
I've tried to do the restore two ways:

With "Erase Destination" checked : Each time (I've tried twice), when the restore has finished I see a message "Could not restore - Invalid Operation" and "Could not restore - Invalid Argument". However, my destination disk does get a copy of my TM files. The weird thing is that my destination disk is EXACTLY like my source disk...even the size. My destination disk is actually 1 TB but after the restore, it shows as 200 GB when I get info from the finder. But in Disk Utility, it shows a 1 TB partition!

I then tried to verify/repair the disk and got:

    Invalid B-tree node size
    Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
    Invalid B-tree node size
    Volume repair complete.
    Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.
    Error: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.

Don't know if I'm even suppose to verify/repair a TM disk...

With "Erase Destination" UNchecked : The restore never starts and I get:

    Could not restore - Operation not permitted


texts: iPhone 7 Plus stuck at Recovery Mode after downgrading from iOS 11

texts:
Understand that some people managed to resolve the "stuck at Recovery Mode" by installing back the iOS 11.

iPhone 7 Plus stuck in recovery mode and can't restore/update even in DFU

Would someone walk me through the steps in some detail the process of how to do this?


texts: Yosemite Upgrade changed numeric keypad "Enter" key to issue "^[33OM"

texts:
On Mavericks and previous, the "ENTER" key on the numeric keypad mimicked  the "ENTER" key on the main keyboard.  I can't find a way to map this back to working like an "ENTER" key again.  Where this is showing up is while using the Terminal app in xterm emulation.  It is only a problem in Terminal.  I am using a full size Logitech Illuminated K740 keyboard.

Any clues would be greatly appreciated. This has been my default/habitual Enter key.

Thanks in advance for clues...

Jeff


texts: Does macOS support Ethernet over USB without a 3rd-party driver?

texts:
As we all know, the MacBook and MacBook Pro do not have Ethernet ports.

Apple makes a Thunderbolt Ethernet adapter (which requires no driver), but with the change to USB Type-C, this is no longer an option without an additional adapter.

Now Apple sells a USB-C Ethernet adapter made by Belkin, but according to the reviews it appears it requires a 3rd-party driver. I've also looked around on Google about this and other adapters, and I'm getting conflicting information on support for Ethernet over USB without 3rd-party drivers.

Does macOS have the ability to support USB Ethernet adapters without 3rd-party drivers, or is searching for one a wild goose chase?


texts: Spotlight not indexing full drive on High Sierra

texts:
I'm running 10.13.5.

Spotlight wasn't finding stuff, like recent email and so on, so I rebuilt the Spotlight index for the boot volume (APFS) via mdutil. mdworker and such churned for a while, but not really that long before it fell back to say .2 cpu time (500gb) and it's still borked. Can't find applications, recent folders, etc. Oddly, it seems most of the stuff it can find is old, like 2017 or earlier old. It's also borked on an external APFS SSD.

I've also tried rebuilding via adding and removing drives in Sys Prefs. Deleted Spotlight prefs. Deleted Spotlight cache. Ran First Aid on both drives; they're fine.

I was thinking it was maybe some permission thing, but there seems to be no pattern.


texts: What are the historic OS X versions' 'selling lines'?

texts:
OS X 10.7 (Lion) is advertised on the Apple website as

  The world's most advanced desktop operating system advances even
  further

The beta page for OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) goes:

  The world's most advanced desktop operating system moves even further
  ahead

I was wondering what the previous OS X version were advertised as, as Apple just seems to recycle the same mantra. Is this somewhere available online?


texts:
I recently bought a NAS drive (WD Personal Cloud) and it seems great - for everything but streaming video, it is very quick. However, when playing video files (480 and 720p) despite there being no other network traffic, VLC still occasionally pauses for about two seconds, then continues to play.

This happens about every ten minutes, and I was wondering if there is a) a better app, b) a way to tell VLC to cache ahead of time or c) something I'm doing wrong.

I'm on a Wireless N network, zero other traffic - I was thinking it might potentially be the mac doing other internet related stuff in the background, but that's just an idea.

Thanks!


texts: Recommendations for iPhone Bluetooth Headsets for Listening to Music?

texts:
I have a Motorola ROKR S9-HD headset and the Previous and Next buttons don't work with my iPhone 4.

I'm thinking about buying a different headset to replace it.  What options exist and which are the best?  Does the previous and next function work on any of them, or is this an iPhone problem?


texts: How can I work with highlighted text annotations from Good Reader in Preview?

texts:
Good Reader on the iPad has two forms of annotating PDFs:

You can press and hold a location, and press Note to create a note icon with an annotation.
You can select text, and then press highlight. You can then tap the highlighted text and press open to add a text annotation to this highlighted text.

I sent an annotated PDF to my mac via email. Preview handles the first annotations very well by displaying an editable note. The problem is with the second form of annotations. While Preview does show the highlighted text, there doesn't seem to be a way to easily modify, view, or copy the annotation that goes along with that text.

If I hover over the text, I can see the annotation text that goes along with the preview. What I would ideally like to do is one or more of the following:

Identify which highlights have text or don't have text. Currently it is very difficult to know if a highlight has text or not. The only method I know of is to hover over the text and see if it contains a tooltip or not. Ideally I want the annotations list on the right panel to show me which highlights have text annotations.
Copy the text from the annotations. It's currently located in a tooltip which cannot be selected.
Modify the text in the annotations, e.g. using the same interface that normal text annotations can be modified.
Convert these highlighted text annotations to the standard text annotations that Preview handles well.


texts: Cant get iOS 10.2.1 and OSX 10.10.5 devices to allow phone calls from OSX

texts:
I'm having trouble getting my iPhone 6s (running iOS 10.2.1) to be able to make calls and SMS texts from my Mac, running OS X Yosemite 10.10.5.

I've followed this guide online: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph18756?locale=en_US

And setup computer as per the following screenshots. (Both the iPhone and Mac only have 1 iCloud account on them which is the same on both devices)

In Facetime on OSX I get the following in preferences, which would seem to show that it's enabled.

However, when I go to make a call I get the following error:

I've double checked the settings on the iPhone under Settings > Phone > Calls on Other Devices, but when I click enable I get this error:

Any ideas where I'm going wrong?


texts: How can I search for MP3 files by the "Purchased By" field?

texts: As I sort through thousands of MP3 files in iTunes, I notice that I have many files that are DRM and "Purchased By" another Apple ID (that I have no access to).  How would you locate those MP3 files, searching for the name in the Purchased By field?


texts: How to download contacts from iPhone to Mac?

texts:
I was able to do a backup of the phone using iTunes, but how do I see and access the contacts?

Do I need to import them into Address Book?

Is there a better way to download contacts from iPhone to Mac?


texts: Start headless screen sharing session via local command

texts:
I have a mac mini with users X and Y. The mac mini auto-logins to user X on startup. I often use that mac mini via screen sharing for user Y.

Is it possible to run a command on that mac mini, so that a local (disconnected/headless) sharing session is launched for user Y? This would just sit in the background waiting for someone to run the screen sharing client via user Y.

My goal would be to use that command in launchctl daemon/agent that runs on startup (i.e. on boot, after a system restart) to have user Y start a headless session in the background.

So after a restart, the monitor would show user X logged in (as per the "Automatic login" preference in the "Login options" of "Users & Groups" in "System Preferences". At the same time though, user Y is also logged in (with startup programs restarted etc) and is rendering headless. If I were to run "ps -ef" I would see processes from user Y active and if I use screen sharing to access user Y from my laptop, I would not have to wait for a "login" but rather be met with a desktop of running programs as soon as I enter the password...


texts: How can I know on which device I get Apple verification code?

texts:
I have one Mac, two iPhones, and 2 iPads. There are 4 Apple accounts used on those devices, with some of them switching to each other. It is also common that on some device the system and App Store account used are different.
Now, it is very common that whenever I log in to my Apple account on a device, the popup shows up, forcing me to type in 6-digits code that is sent to another device(s). But I'm not sure which device I got the code on.
It seems that all of them happen. The code is sent to:

The device that logged in to either the same system or the App Store account
The device that logged in to the same system account
The device that logged in to the same App Store account
The device that does not log in to the same account (neither system nor App Store)
No device gets the code but the popup still forces me to type in code

Also there is even a case where the device got the code when I tried to login from one device but doesn't from another...
So on what rule is the verification code sent?
In all of these accounts I already lost my phone number, so it is not possible to get the code via SMS.


texts: Does Sys Prefs > Software Upgrade > "Automatically keep my Mac up to date" automatically install Catalina on a Mac running Mojave?

texts:
Given a Mac running macOS Mojave, does turning on the checkbox "Automatically keep my Mac up to date" in System Preferences > Software Update mean that Catalina will automatically be installed?

I want only minor updates and security patches to be installed automatically, not the major OS upgrades. I do not yet want to step up to Catalina.

I found this useless Apple support page about the Advanced panel that simply repeats the text of the checkboxes’ labels as a pseudo-explanation. (Tip: Click the Helpful? > No button at bottom of that page as feedback to Apple.)


texts:
My understanding is that resetting an iOS device by using Erase all Content and Settings is considered secure deleting, as the key for the encryption is obliterated and no data can be recovered.
Just to be sure: is that still the case if I set up the device with the same Apple ID afterwards? Will iOS generate a new key, or will the system somehow recognize my Account and use the same key all over again?


texts: Touch Bar - Alternate Key Combination to Show App controls

texts:
Hope someone can help.

I have my touch configured like the following. This is basically the same setting that you got with the Mac Book Pros 2012 - 2015 as default.

I am a developer and use code editors so it's very important to me that my function keys are the first class citizens on my keyboard. I also want access to the control strip for screen and volume control using the fn keys (How else can I easily get to these?).

Great!

So now how do I access the "App Controls" as well? Surly I should be able to configure say fn+option to give me these?

Finding this very frustrating, makes the touch bar seem even more pointless if I can only have the settings I was used to with a "Real" keyboard. Seems I have to give something up to use the touch bar's app specific controls.


texts: Desktop shows only background image – how to return to default behavior?

texts:
I have an iMac running macOS High Sierra. Recently I setup my system so that my Desktop does not show the connected drives and doesn't show anything on my Desktop.

My desktop is completely clean. I also had many files and folders on my desktop. All those are hidden as well. I can't remember how I did that and now I'd like to change settings or turn it off but can't. Does anyone know how you would do what I have done and can tell me?

I have all the boxes checked in the Finder preferences panel so thats not the issue.

I remember a pull down menu with several options for displaying the desktop. I just don't recall how I got to the pull down menu.


texts: How to disable "Slow Motion" function in QuickTime Player control panel

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I found that when I use QuickTime Player to play videos, it shows different control panels. Sometimes it shows the normal one like this:

I can click the time and change it to frame.
For some reasons, it may display control panels like this:

There is a controller to enable the edit of slow motion. And in this mode, it is impossible to click the time and display frame number.
I tested with the same format videos (MP4), and it seems which control panel it displays is kind of random.
I was wondering how can I manually enable or disable the "slow motion" bar.


texts:
What determines whether podcasts are played individually or sequentially on an iPod?

Basically, I have a lot of podcasts on my iPod.
At one point, it would play just one podcast, and then stop. There was a period of a few weeks where I didn't listen to podcasts, and now when I go to listen to a podcast, when I finish one, the iPod begins playing the next.

This is an issue for me because I generally listen to podcasts when going to sleep. As such, the iPod generally goes through maybe ~10 podcasts overnight, and I loose track of where I was.

Basically, originally my iPod played podcasts one-by-one, I changed something, and now it does not.

However, I've been through the menus on the iPod, and I cannot see anything that looks like it would be related to the podcast playback behaviour. Whatever was changed, It's not readily apparent the effects it has.


texts: What steps do I need to take to replace my Apple TV 4 remote?

texts: We broke our Apple TV 4 remote, and bought a replacement. However, the new one does not appear to control the Apple TV. Do I need to take any steps to get the new remote to control my existing Apple TV 4?


texts: Cannot copy from MBP and paste on iPhone

texts: I used to be able to use the copy/paste part of continuity just fine between my Mac and my iPhone. I can still copy from my iPhone and paste on my Mac, but I cannot copy on my Mac and paste on my iPhone. Both devices are supported. Both operating systems are supported. Both have bluetooth on and are on the same wifi network and both have handoff turned on. Any ideas?


texts: Is the CD version of iWork '09 updatable to the newly released version?

texts: Can I update the apps from iWork '09 installed from the DVD to the new versions in the App Store?


texts: Understanding Disk Utility: external drive returns I/O error but Disk Utility says it's OK

texts:
Having recently purchased Backblaze, I'm currently backing up to the cloud my 4TB WD external drive (7 months old). The backup process can run without problems for a few hours (ranging between 4 and 10 or so), but will inevitably stall on I/O errors with the external drive. Running First Aid using Disk Utility returns that everything is fine. I've tried a different USB port and a different USB cable, all to no avail.

Obviously the process of backing up the entire drive is accessing sectors that I might otherwise not have accessed for a long time, and which might be corrupt. But why does Disk Utility say the drive is OK? Does it only scan the headers etc.? Might the problem actually be with Backblaze? Is the best solution here to exchange the external HD under warranty?


texts: Apple Mail is not retrieving mail automatically from Exchange

texts:
I have an Exchange account set up in Apple Mail. When I click the "Get new messages" button it successfully retrieves mail from the Exchange server.

I have the "Check for new messages" setting in Mail to "Automatically" but it is not retrieving them automatically, I have to manually click the "Get new messages" button again to get the messages.

I have also tried setting "Check for new messages" to "Every minute" but this does not work either.

Initially restarting Mail seems to fix this, but the problem seems to re-occur every time I wake up my computer from sleep/hibernation. I don't want to have to restart Mail every time I do this.

Is there a known fix for this behaviour?


texts: RAW images taken in iOS 13 not visible in Image Capture or Lightroom on macOS?

texts:
I have a brand-new iPhone 11 Pro and have used Halide to take some photos in RAW format. My standard method for processing is to plug the phone into my iMac (currently running 10.14.6) and import them into Lightroom then edit from there. However, anything I shoot in RAW will not show up in Image Capture or Lightroom. I've tested under Catalina and Mojave, and my wife used Obscura to take some RAW photos on a recent trip with her iPhone 7 also running iOS 13.2, and is having the exact same problem.

Has anyone else a) run into this, and b) managed to fix it? It's supremely irritating. :(


texts: Faulty graphics card or maverick's issue?

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I've started to get strange artifacts on my 2010 MacBook Pro after updating to Maverick's. I'm not sure if they occur systematically -- I am running a CPU intensive script this time, but have run the same script before without issue. Restarting seems to fix it.

From other posts, it sounds like it most likely is a graphics card issue, but I was wondering if it is potentially an issue relating to the Maverick's update, rather than a graphics card problem.


texts: How do I find the windowid of Google Chrome to pass to screencapture -l

texts:
I'd like to use screencapture -l to do automated screen captures of Google Chrome. This requires knowing the windowid of the Google Chrome process that's running.

For apps that support Applescript, this question has the answer. But that solution doesn't work for apps that aren't scriptable, like Google Chrome.

Is there any way to retrieve the windowid from a running Google Chrome process from a Python script? I know that the Quartz Debug app can do it, but that's a GUI app, so it can't be invoked via script.


texts: Downgrading an iOS application - how to download a previous version?

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On my iPad, I updated to a new version of YouTube that I don't like. Is there a way to downgrade?

Would it be possible if I have the application link to the old version? How do I get the old link?

I did not use iTunes for sync so I do not have any old versions saved.


texts: First cycle of MacBook battery: runs at 97% capacity, is this normal?

texts:
I ordered my brand new Macbook Air with 8 GB RAM and picked up from Apple Store two days ago. However after fully running out of battery for first time, I recharged it to 100% and coconutBattery says the capacity is 97%.

I think 3% is considerably high for Macbook batteries, they can still last at 70%-80% capacity after 2-3 years.

Is this normal, or should I return the device? Any thougts are appreciated.


texts: Normal Fan Speed for an early 2011 MacBook Pro

texts:
I have an early 2011 Macbook Pro and I noticed today, strangely for the first time, that the fan(s) are always running and audible. I have to admit that I usually have some background noise when using that machine but I've noticed the fan noise now that it's quiet.

I checked the RPMs and they are both (left/right side) at 1995-2000 and CPU temperature is ~36℃ - which all seems like normal readings to me but just to make sure, the fans do run all the time, right and for an idle machine (10.9.2 on it with nothing else running) fans running at 2000 rpms is normal.. or not?


texts: Sync only favorite songs from iTunes to iPhone

texts:
I want to synch my iTunes library favorites only to my iPhone 5s. That's about 550 songs. The complete library is too large to synch to my iPhone so I only want to synch favorites.
How do I do this?


texts: Was there ever any iPod I could manage like Mass Storage device (without iTunes)?

texts: I want an iPod for my car because it looks cool, but I can't/don't want to use iTunes/alternatives to manage it. Was there any (old) iPod ever, which I can use without iTunes?


texts: Since Big Sur update iMessage and FaceTime no longer work

texts:
Since I've updated my MacBook Air to Big Sur I have not been able to use iMessage or FaceTime, when I try to log in it just loads for some time then says " An unknown error has occurred"
Can anyone help with this issue?


texts: I try to install Windows 10 on my Mac. After the installation I rebooted my Mac but it got stuck in Windows boot mode like in that picture.


texts: Move iPhone sync home computer from someone else's to mine

texts: I don't have a computer, so I've been using someone else's to do the software upgrades to my iPhone 4. Later this year, I'm getting my own computer. I want to delete my iTunes on his computer and put on my computer (when I get it). I'm scared I will lose my music, movies, and apps. And what if I want to give him some of my songs as a thank you?  I don't want to lose anything.


texts:
I have these two Applescript commands in which they both point to the same file

alias "Macintosh HD:Users:scott:Dropbox:Downloads:AppleScriptFinderGuide.pdf"
file  "Macintosh HD:Users:scott:Dropbox:Downloads:AppleScriptFinderGuide.pdf"

The alias command works just fine.  However the file command does not as it reports this error:  "Can’t get file "Macintosh HD:Users:scott:Dropbox:Downloads:AppleScriptFinderGuide.pdf"."

Any idea why the file command fails?

Thanks in advance, Scott


texts: Possible to disable custom Javascript keybindings in Safari?

texts:
I have a couple of decades experience using Emacs, so the Emacs-like keybindings for text editing on Mac OS X are very nice.  Unfortunately, some websites (ahem) choose to override these with Javascript.  For example, one of them makes controlB insert the text **strong text**, rather than going back one character.

Is there any way to make Safari ignore Javascript keybindings that try to remap the standard OS X keybindings?


texts: How do I make in-app purchases appear within my apps on all of my devices?

texts:
I have purchased an in-app purchase for flightradar24 on my iPhone, and the in-app purchase has not appeared on my other devices.

The app itself has synced to my other devices, however, when I purchased the add-on 'Arrivals & Departure' for £1.99 it only appears on the device I purchased it from, not on my other devices.

How can I get the 'Arrivals & Departure' in-app purchase to appear on my other devices as well?


texts: When is the copy of files to iCloud done?

texts:
I copied files under my filesystem on Mac (saved to hard disk) to iCloud directory (~/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs). The copy took 3 hours (about 40GB file I think) with the indicator on a separate window on Finder. And I assumed that after that, the copy is done.

Then, after the copy seems to have finished, I found there is another indicator on the bottom of Finder main window, and these seems to be that files are going to be uploaded. There are also icons on each file, some with the cloud icon and some with dotted cloud icon, and some without any.

So I wonder, is the upload still under progress? If that is the case, then how can I know whe the upload will be done? Right now the status bar only shows how many files are going to be uploaded, but I don't know how many in total, so cannot know appoximately when they are done.


texts: Cron job not exiting in Catalina; leaving zombie processes

texts:
I just upgraded to catalina a few days ago. I'm still using bash which has been installed with homebrew.

The ps aux | grep bash command is showing a new bash process is forked every minute. After a few hours I'll have hundreds of bash processes running in the background. Each of these is accompanied by a cron process.

The cron job in crontab -e is:

* * * * * /Users/me/bin/sync_task

This task runs a bash script for syncing my taskwarrior projects:

#!/bin/bash
TASKRC=$HOME/.taskrc_uc_team
/usr/local/bin/task synchronize
unset TASKRC
/usr/local/bin/task synchronize

Does anyone know why the bash and cron processes might not be exiting?


texts:
I'm trying to subscribe to an app (downloaded from the MacOS App Store) and I keep getting the error

Account Not In This Store
Your account is not valid for use in the U.S. store.
You must switch to the Brazilian store before purchasing.

But I AM logged into the Brazilian store. I've seen a few mentions of this error, tried to follow the suggestions (logging in and out, restarting the computer, change store region and change back) to no avail. Does anyone have any idea how to solve this?

Thanks in advance


texts: What is the best way to set up Gmail on IPad?

texts:
I just got an iPad and want to know, what is the best way to set up Gmail on the iPad? As far as I can tell there are three methods to set up the account:

As a Gmail account
As an Exchange account
"manually" (I.e. you enter in all the information on the servers yourself).

According to this website, manual setup allows you to store your drafts on the server, but exchange allows for push. Can someone please explain the differences between the options and the best way to set up Gmail?


texts: How can I efficiently use Web apps on my Mac?

texts: I find that Web apps slow down my workflow a lot.  If I leave browsers open I accumulate lots of unused tabs that slow things down a lot, and new tabs launch in old subject-specific browser windows.  OTOH, if I keep them closed (what I usually do) then I have to wait 10-15 seconds for the browser to launch each time, which is 2-3x the startup time of any reasonable app, and worse I usually must log in again.  How can I keep web apps from slowing me down?


texts: MacOS intermitently shows system messages in wrong, non-default language

texts:
So at some point last year I set MacOS language to my native language. I didn't quite like it, so after a while I switched back to English. Since then, MacOS keeps sporadically showing me messages in my native language, usually in low level scenarios (during startup, shutdown or update, in some system dialogs like Disk Utility repair disk log, etc.).

I tried every solution I could find (re-add and remove the other language, do it in safe mode, set English as default through the terminal, etc.) with no luck. Messages in my native language keep popping up from time to time. The weird thing is that the same message (like in the attached photo, which shows the restart computer dialog window) will sometimes be displayed in English, sometimes in the other language, with seemingly no logic as to why.

Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? Thanks!


texts: How do I set up Apple Mail to show me e-mail priority?

texts:
When somebody sends me an e-mail that is marked as "High priority" it does not show up any differently than other e-mails.  I am expecting to see a red flag or other indicator to show that the e-mail has been marked by the sender (which could, for instance, be my boss) as more important or urgent and in need of immediate attention.  Other e-mail clients I have used in the past did this automatically.

I have poked around a bit in the preferences and in the menus but I haven't found anything to enable such a feature.  How do I enable Apple's default mail app to show me the information in the overview of my messages? (My mail window comes up with mailboxes/folders on the left, followed by a list of e-mail summaries (sender, date, subject, and the first few words of the e-mail) to the right of that, and on the right is the actual contents of whatever message is selected.  I don't see any indication of priority anywhere.

Technical note: the sender is setting the following headers to indicate priority:

X-Priority: 1 (Highest)
X-MSMail-Priority: High
Importance: High


texts: External drive for Time Machine cannot be mounted, formatted or repaired

texts:
I just upgraded my MacBook Air to 11.1.
I used to run regular backups on a WD 1TB disk using Time Machine. But for a couple of days, the backup has not completed, issuing a "cannot find disk" error. It just managed to complete a backup two days ago after the upgrade to 11.1.
I have erased the disk through Disk Utility, but I encounter the following errors when trying to further format or mount it. The disk's name is disk2s2.
Mounting on Disk Utility
Could not mount “disk2s2”. (com.apple.DiskManagement.disenter error -119930868.)

diskutil eraseVolume ExFAT MyName disk2s2
The target disk is in use by APFS as a Physical Store; use diskutil apfs deleteContainer

sudo diskutil eraseDisk HFS+ backupMac /dev/disk2s2
A volume was specified instead of a whole disk: /dev/disk2s2
Specify a whole disk, or instead use diskutil eraseVolume to erase a volume on a specific partition

diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         250.8 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +250.8 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintoch HD - Data     142.2 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 293.3 MB   disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                613.6 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      5.4 GB     disk1s4
   5:                APFS Volume Macintoch HD            22.7 GB    disk1s5
   6:              APFS Snapshot com.apple.os.update-... 22.7 GB    disk1s5s1

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS                         999.8 GB   disk2s2

sudo diskutil repairVolume /dev/disk2s2
Started file system repair on disk2s2
Error: -69564: Unable to find an APFS Container Reference

sudo diskutil verifyVolume /dev/disk2s2
Password:
Started file system verification on disk2s2
Error: -69564: Unable to find an APFS Container Reference

I feel out of ideas.


texts: finding the remote IP address used by a mounted SMB share

texts:
Using Finder, I have mounted an SMB share which resides on my NAS . When I use the mount command, the NAS is listed with the name it advertises (nas-smb).

mbp:~ me$ mount
/dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
//me@nas-smb._smb._tcp.local/myshare on /Volumes/myshare (smbfs, nodev, nosuid, mounted by me)

Edit:
Is there a way to translate this to the IP address of the NAS or otherwise learn this information?
Is there any way to find out the IP address of the NAS which is used to mount this share?

The tricky part is that my NAS can be reached on two different IP addresses (direct wired 1Gbps and wireless through my router).

On different sessions from the transfer speeds alone I have concluded that either of the IP addresses were in use. So I can't definitely tell to which of the two addresses I am connected for the SMB sharing.

The host command didn't works only with the wireless interface. I have also tried lsof -i -n but it shows no SMB related connections.

I hoped that smbutil lookup nas-smb could tell me what I want, but it doesn't. When the speeds show that the wired interface is in use, it still returns the address of the wireless interface.

Thanks!


texts: Why might one USB port be problematic on a MacBook Pro?

texts:
Background

I sometimes find that the frontmost of three ports on a 2009 MacBookPro5,2 is less capable than the other ports.

This frontmost port with an independent bus seems:

good enough to charge an iPhone 1
sometimes problematic for devices that have their own power sources
sometimes problematic for simple bus-powered devices, for example a Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical.

Maybe more problematic when the laptop is booted from something other than the internal drive (Serial-ATA).

In some problem situations, reconnecting the device to an alternative port might work around … at least temporarily.

I read of comparable problems with:

a 2010 MacBookPro6,2
a 2011 MacBookPro8,1.

Expectation

One port should provide up to 1100 mA at 5 V subject to the conditions given in Apple article HT4049.

Question

Why might just one USB port of a MacBook Pro be problematic with a device that draws little power, or with a device that has an independent power supply?

Environment

MacBookPro5,2 with 8 GB memory, checked twice with Apple Service Toolkit (AST) by an Apple authorised service provider.

To the best of my knowledge/recollection:

when I find trouble with the frontmost port, neither of the other ports has requirements exceeding 500 mA at 5 V
I have no device that requires more than 500 mA.

Rearmost port

USB High-Speed Bus:

  Host Controller Location: Built-in USB
  Host Controller Driver:   AppleUSBEHCI
  PCI Device ID:    0x7f8b00000aa9
  PCI Revision ID:  0x7f8b000000b1
  PCI Vendor ID:    0x7f8b000010de
  Bus Number:   0x26

Central port

USB High-Speed Bus:

  Host Controller Location: Built-in USB
  Host Controller Driver:   AppleUSBEHCI
  PCI Device ID:    0x7fb200000aa9
  PCI Revision ID:  0x7fb2000000b1
  PCI Vendor ID:    0x7fb2000010de
  Bus Number:   0x26

Frontmost port

USB High-Speed Bus:

  Host Controller Location: Built-in USB
  Host Controller Driver:   AppleUSBEHCI
  PCI Device ID:    0x7250505300000aa6
  PCI Revision ID:  0x72505053000000b1
  PCI Vendor ID:    0x72505053000010de
  Bus Number:   0x24

Always on bus 0x24: the built-in iSight, which requires 500 mA when not in use.

Other buses

USB Bus:

  Host Controller Location: Built-in USB
  Host Controller Driver:   AppleUSBOHCI
  PCI Device ID:    0x7faf00000aa5
  PCI Revision ID:  0x7faf000000b1
  PCI Vendor ID:    0x7faf000010de
  Bus Number:   0x04

USB Bus:

  Host Controller Location: Built-in USB
  Host Controller Driver:   AppleUSBOHCI
  PCI Device ID:    0x7faf00000aa7
  PCI Revision ID:  0x7faf000000b1
  PCI Vendor ID:    0x7faf000010de
  Bus Number:   0x06

Links

How do you check how much power a Mac USB port can deliver?

Apple Computers and Displays: Powering peripherals through USB – article HT4049.

Some time after posting this question I learnt that USB is amongst the focus areas for Build 12B13 of OS X 10.8.1. I'll review this question, and answers, after 10.8.1 is released.


texts: How to create a VPN connection via terminal?

texts:
I have a macbook pro with mavericks running. I am looking for a way to connect to a VPN network in terminal.

The reason why I want to do this is that I want to write a small program in Python which automatically detects the fastest VPN server among 30 servers. This is a self-motivated practicing project so I think I'll stick to Python language. So I break down the task and think the program may need to connect to one of the server first and after that, run a speed test.

So I'm now stuck in this first step because I realised establishing a VPN connection seems to be under system level because I can't find pre-written VPN module in python. So I guess it will be like I tell Python to tell system shell to connect to a VPN server.

As I poking around and I found a command by typing apropos vpn. It's called vpnagent. But man vpnagent doesn't provide useful information nor which vpnagent tells me the utility is not installed in my Mac. Another interesting thing I found was pppd but setting up the configuration file was very frustrating. I didn't manage to do that.

So is there a way of connecting to VPN using terminal? In addition, since I'm new to programming, any comment on my project is also welcome. Thank you in advance.


texts: How do I view a previous day's steps in the Health app?

texts: The iOS 8 Health app shows the current day's data for steps in the Dashboard and when viewing Steps individually. If you pick View Data, you can see individual recording of steps; there are many of these per day, usually 5-10 steps at a time. However, I see no way to view the totals for a previous day, i.e. if I walked 10000 steps yesterday, is it possible to see that within the app?


texts: After replaced SSD (970 EVO) on MBP mid 2015, Mac didn't start after a workday but after changed back to orig SSD?

texts:
I have an Macbook Pro Mid 2015 with an 512GB SSD. Because I alway ran out of storage I wanted to upgrade to an Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB.
For reasons I don't know I couldn't clone the system to that SSD (CCC always crashed after 30-40GB).
So I decided to with to an Samsung 970 Evo 1TB.
Yesterday (26 of Feb.) I made an APFS disk, cloned the original disk, swaped the SSD bars and booted.Adapter was an Kalea Informatique (http://www.kalea-informatique.com/mag/fr/product-10457969.htm)
 Everything worked as expected, I could work a whole day without any Issues.

In the evening I had to work with a couple of VMs and system was running under full load, I finished and shutdown the system.

But afterwards the mac didn't want to boot...
I could hear the fans, but no start sound or any output on the screen, tried a PRAM reset but nothing.

Next day (I thought it was maybe to hot) I tried it again but nothing...
I changed back the SSD disk and voila it booted, I swap again to the EVO 1TB and it booted too.

I tried to simulate the situation of running couple of VMs and do a stress and load test, but the System booted correctly.
I even changed the adapter from the Kalea to System-S converter card (http://www.system-s.com/Hersteller-A-C/fuer-Apple/MacBook/SYSTEM-S-12-16pin-zu-M-2-NGFF-M-Key-SSD-Konverter-Karte-fuer-A1493-A1502-A1465-A1466-fuer-Macbook-2014-2015::46423.html).

So now I am really confused. Does anybody had the same effect?
I am not sure if I can trust the system with an EVO SSD.


texts: Is there anything like /etc/hosts at user level in mac?

texts:
I want to block some websites for my son who does understand difference between parental controlled vs "not working" sites.

He is addicted to youtube which I don't want him to use since there are lot of terrible and bad and disgusting videos out there.

I would use /etc/hosts but I sometimes have to go youtube. So is there anything I can use at user level?


texts: OS X 10.10.1 /etc/hosts & /private/etc/hosts file is being ignored and not resolving

texts:
Like the title says, running os x 10.10.1. if i have an entry in my hosts file and do a dig or nslookup it still shows a different IP than what is in my hosts file even after trying to flush various caches.

I have tried the following..

flush mdns and udns caches by running:

sudo discoveryutil mdnsflushcache;
sudo discoveryutil udnsflushcaches;

flush cache using dscacheutil -flushcache
reload the discoveryd.plist file

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.discoveryd.plist
sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.discoveryd.plist

my hosts file looks like this..

% cat /private/etc/hosts
##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
##

127.0.0.1   localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost
166.78.60.102   admin.devsite1.com


texts: Can iOS apps request updated permission to selected photos?

texts:
Recently while using the iOS Twitter app (8.36.3), I chose to grant access only to selected photos. I selected one photo that I wanted to share. Later I wanted to share another photo. I was taken to a UI for selecting photos which showed just one photo—the one I had selected before. There was no way to change the selected photos. Only by navigating into the iOS Settings > Privacy > Photos > Twitter do I get an option for "Edit Selected Photos". That is a very burdensome way to grant an app access to additional photos.
Is this situation a limitation of the new iOS photos privacy SDK, or is Twitter not written to correctly re-request access to selected photos? Thanks.


texts: Cannot drag links onto existing tabs in Safari 5.1

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I have become very used to dragging links, from within the browser or other apps, onto existing tabs in order to have the link open in that tab. Safari 5.1 seems to eliminate this behavior and it is driving me batty.

Is there a way to change this behavior? Maybe through defaults write on the command line, or some kind of extension?


texts: Connecting Dell U2715H to 13" MacBook Pro (mid 2012)

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I'm new to this area and slightly baffled. I've just bought a Dell Ultrasharp U2715H display to connect to my 13 inch mid 2012 MBP. I just need it as a bigger monitor for word docs and web sites. I might later upgrade to the latest 13 inch MBP but for now I've no idea how to set up the monitor.

I've bought a mini displayport male to HDMI female 4kx2k adapter to use with an HDMI cable but it's not working very well (nothing usable). My MBP is running OS X El Capitan version 10.11.6 and the graphics card looks to be Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536MD. I've 4GB of memory installed.

I've hunted around and tried to google a route through this but I'm not technical enough. I just want the cheapest, easiest way to get this monitor up and running.

How can I connect my 13" MacBook Pro (mid 2012) to my Dell U2715H display?


texts: MacOS 10.14: Disable headphone volume key repeat (prevent continous volume increase)

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(Macbook Pro late 2013, 10.14.6)
The behavior I want to prevent: If I hold a headphone volume control button pressed, the volume continues to increase (decrease) all the way up (down). I'd like to restrict this action to one increment by press, even if it's a continuous press. Any known way for this?
Or maybe a way to disable volume key repeat for the keyboard? I could imagine it would also affect the headphone buttons in a desired way.


texts: Hard drive and power consumption of current Time Capsule

texts: What kind of hard drive is build into the current Time Capsule? Is it a SSD? Also, how energy efficient is the current Time Capsule, how much energy does it consume? I can't find this info on Apples product pages.


texts: Whenever I install a font using Font Book it copies a zero byte file into ~/Library/Fonts/

texts: But it still works if I manually copy fonts there. These empty files have the following permissions: --wxr-xr-x    1 mcb  staff        0  7 Okt  2011 Lekton-Regular.ttf. What could be the problem here?


texts: Is there a way to search for old iCloud accounts?

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My wife's old MacBook got destroyed and I have no idea if it was ever backed up or not.

Sometime before it got destroyed we bought iPhones and had to set up the Apple ID with our emails.  Our iPhone pics and videos are uploaded to iCloud but her old Mac pics and videos are not there.

Since we had to set up Apple IDs I'm assuming she didn't have one for her MacBook.  But I know for a fact that she used to buy songs from iTunes and download them to her MacBook, so I'm assuming she had some kind of Apple ID back then.  We just don't know what it was.

I would love to figure out a way to recover those old photos if possible. I assume finding the old iCloud account would allow us to log in and check what's there.

Can anyone suggest a way I might be able to achieve this?


texts: Any way to make nicknames appear rather than full names?

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When creating contacts, you can enter nicknames. Is there a way to make these nicknames appear when your contacts call/text you as opposed to their full names?

Thanks.


texts: Internet Sharing to iPhone over USB not working

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I'm unable to share my macOS Ethernet connection with my iPhone over USB. I tried both the 'Internet Sharing' and the 'Content Caching' methods. I can see the iPhone in Finder but the iPhone does not connect to the internet. I can also see and select 'iPhone USB' inside 'Internet Sharing' when the iPhone is connected.
macOS: 10.15.7 - iOS: 14.1
I'm testing in an iMac 2020 with a built-in Ethernet adapter and the iPhone is directly connected to a USB port on the Mac. There is only one Ethernet port in System Preferences > Network
Should it suppose to appear as Ethernet on the iPhone?


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I wanted to install the Apache-Module X-Sendfile as shown in http://elivz.com/blog/single/mod_xsendfile/ on my Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) setup.

After downloading and unpacking the files, I've used the command  sudo apxs -cia mod_xsendfile.c to run the install.

After fixing the Error "Not a directory" by creating a symlink (shown in this answer), a new problem occured :

lduer:mod_xsendfile-0.12 lduer$ sudo apxs -cia mod_xsendfile.c
Password:
/usr/share/apr-1/build-1/libtool --silent --mode=compile /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.9.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc    -DDARWIN -DSIGPROCMASK_SETS_THREAD_MASK -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include/apache2  -I/usr/include/apr-1   -I/usr/include/apr-1   -c -o mod_xsendfile.lo mod_xsendfile.c && touch mod_xsendfile.slo
env: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.9.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc: Not a directory
apxs:Error: Command failed with rc=65536

I haven't found any solutions by searching the web with the error code.

Edit 2013-12-13: I want to mention that the requested Path where the Error Not a directory occured (env: /Applications/[...]/bin/cc)is a symlink, linking to the file "clang" in the same directory. Maybe this helps to answer the question.


texts: Pressing a wrong key sheds blue light on whole screen in iTerm

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Pressing a key that doesn't do anything, sheds a blue light on the screen for a moment, and it's quite annoying.

For example, in iTerm, since pressing Down Arrow Key doesn't do anything, so it sheds blue light on the screen to let me know there is something with what I'm doing, but it's pretty annoying.

I use Vim for development, and time and again, I press Esc to switch between different modes, and this thing annoys a lot. Is there a way to get rid of it?


texts: My Ipad locked on it on I don't remember my I cloud ID or Password How do I unlock it? It came up on my Ipad Activation lock.


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I had brought an external hard disk to use as a time machine. There was a problem while trying to partition, so i booted into single user mode and ran the ffsck command. This returned an error, and after that, my mac stopped rebooting. I tried many things, from safe mode to repairing in disk utility, but nothing works. All im getting when i try to boot is a progress bar that stops when its about 1/9 done, and then the computer shuts down.
What the hell happened?
I have no back ups whatsoever...

EDIT: is there a way i can somehow get the files off my hard disk using the same mac? I have no other computers.


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On http://repl.it, I accidentally created an infinite loop in Python 3. I tried to close the tab, but Firefox already stopped responding. It wouldn't respond even after a while, so I force quitted FF. Then, I tried to reopen it, and it bounced for a while. It wouldn't reopen, so I force quitted and reopened again. Now, it is just sitting on my Dock with the little black "open" dot below it. Clicking on the icon does nothing.

How can I fix this? (I hate Safari) I don't mind using Bash/Terminal, if it makes a difference. Also, it would be nice if it didn't reboot all my other apps as well, but if worst comes to worst, this is okay. Thanks!


texts: How do you access network preferences from the Terminal?

texts: I can't seem to find how to open the network preferences from the Terminal. What Terminal command will open up the Network preferences window as if having gone by System Preferences > Network ?