texts: What data can only be migrated to a new iOS device using backup and restore?

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I think this will be a useful community wiki reference: excluding device settings, what iOS user data (the kind of data that is created and stored over time) can only be migrated to a new device through the use of iCloud/iTunes Backup and Restore from Backup?

This can be relevant to anyone buying a new iPhone or other device to replace an old one — if you decide to set the new device up as a "New iPhone", even though you had data on an old iPhone Backup, you will immediately start creating two streams of data that cannot be merged without using 3rd party tools.

This contrasts with data that can be re-downloaded to a new phone after logging in with an Apple ID (iTunes app/music/video purchases, iCloud Mail/Contacts/Calendars/Drive), as well as data that can be migrated piecemeal using iTunes (app documents).


texts: I tried to import my photos and videos from my iPhone to my Mac and it used to work, but this time it wouldn’t let me and would say “the following file could not be imported. the file is in an unrecognized format” what do I do?


texts: Applications occasionally start showing "The document could not be autosaved" dialogs

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Every now and then, some application (usually TextEdit) starts showing dialogs like this when I try to close or save any document:

  The document “2.txt” could not be autosaved.

  Your changes will not be saved until the problem is resolved. You can also duplicate the document or discard your changes to close it.

I'll have to quit and reopen the application in order to save anything again.

I have disabled both Resume and locking files automatically in System Preferences
The files have usually been in normal folders under my home folder and there hasn't been anything special about them as far as I can tell
I have tried repairing permissions
TextEdit's code signature is valid

system.log usually has usually contained messages like this:

5/8/12 9:04:01.358 PM [0x0-0x17b17b].com.apple.TextEdit: [ERROR] GSLibrary.c:_AddGenerationInternal:393  Failed to consume sandbox extension; error 12 (Cannot allocate memory)
5/8/12 9:04:01.361 PM TextEdit: NSFileVersion tried to tried to add a new generation and failed. Versioned file URL: file://localhost/Users/lauri/Notes/2.txt, contents URL: file://localhost/Users/lauri/Notes/2.txt, error: Error Domain=GSLibraryErrorDomain Code=1 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (GSLibraryErrorDomain error 1.)" UserInfo=0x10b24d070 {}
5/8/12 9:04:01.362 PM TextEdit: NSDocument failed to preserve the old version of a document. Here's the error:
Error Domain=GSLibraryErrorDomain Code=1 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (GSLibraryErrorDomain error 1.)" UserInfo=0x10b24d070 {}

Failed to consume sandbox extension; error 12 (Cannot allocate memory)? Does anyone know what's going on here?

Edit: I haven't seen those errors after I replaced TextEdit with TextEditPlus. It's based on TextEdit's source code but it disables sandboxing and makes a few other changes.


texts: Prevent iTunes from importing sound files when they are played

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When I download a sound file and double-click to play it, iTunes opens it (which is fine) but also copies it to the iTunes library. I don't want to copy the file; I just want iTunes to play it.

How do I prevent iTunes from copying it? Checked the settings, but there is nothing in "General" or "Advanced" that would seem to prevent this behavior.

Yes, I know I can set the default audio program to QuickTime.


texts: How to see file name in Finder search results using macOS Sierra

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It appears that Finder search results are displayed using metadata instead of the file name. I want to know the file name for the file in the results.

You can see in the first screenshot there are 3 files that simply say "Altitude" in the Name column, which is extremely unhelpful. The second screenshot shows the folder they are in outside of Finder's search results.


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Is there any way to empty the compressed memory used by an app without restarting this app?

Apps like Memory Cleaner or the purge command do not work!


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On macOS 10.12.6 SIP was disabled (to issue an NVRAM command).
Unrelated to that command, but very possibly related to disabled SIP:
After a reboot the Spotlight icon is gone, the PreferencePane errors with "Could not load Spotlight preference pane" and the Spotlight process crashes constantly.

Launchd reports com.apple.spotlight as status 6971 (the numbers vary) at first and then SIGABRT; and the crash reporter lists:

Crashed Thread:        0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type:        EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Application Specific Information:
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[__NSCFConstantString count]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7fffa84e4d40'
terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException
abort() called

I then tried disabling Spotlight with

 sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist

That executed without an error message.

The command

sudo mdutil -a -i off

also ran without error before disabling Spotlight. Now the error message for that command is:

Spotlight server is disabled.

The ActivityMonitor now only lists SpotlightAggregator as still running, no "Spotlight" no "md*" process appears.

EtreCheck highlights this info:

 System Software:
  macOS Sierra 10.12.6 (16G1408)
  System Load: 2.43 (1 min ago) 2.25 (5 min ago) 1.83 (15 min ago)
    Diagnostics Information (past 7 days):
  Spotlight.app Crash
/System/Library/CoreServices/Spotlight.app
      *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[__NSCFConstantString count]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7fffa90ced40'
terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException
abort() called

The Activity Monitor offering "Spotlight Diagnostics" produces a lot of data, but does not reveal anything apparent.

sudo launchctl list | grep -i md
-   0   com.apple.metadata.mds.scan
-   0   com.apple.mtmd
-   0   com.apple.mdmclient.daemon
228 0   com.apple.mDNSResponderHelper.reloaded
-   0   com.apple.metadata.mds.index
-   0   com.apple.msrpc.mdssvc
222 0   com.apple.mDNSResponder.reloaded
2428    0   com.apple.xpc.smd
80  0   com.apple.metadata.mds
-   0   com.apple.platform.ptmd
-   0   com.apple.metadata.mds.spindump
79  0   com.apple.warmd

The ReportCrash process now hovers on this machine between 40% and 100% CPU utilisation, as Spotlight crashes 6 times a minute..

It would be nice to get to the bottom of the cause of this but despite never using Spotlight a quick fix for the crashes would be nice to have.

How do I fix this error? At least how do I stop Spotlight from disabling the whole computer with its constant crash reports?

Update: Created an installation medium and re-installed with the latest Sierra installer over the old System. System is now downgraded to 10.12.6 (16G29).
Result: Spotlight still crashes.

Update3:
After another clean install

Update2: After a clean install Spotlight worked as advertised. But the most stupid idea ever that is MigrationAssistant did migrate the error as well.
I conclude that the error is not in the binaries that Apple ships out but within a configuration file that MigrationAssistant does not sanitise.

After another clean install of the system I have to observe Spotlight crashing along with AppleSpell, suggestd, CalendarAgant, and SafarBookamrksSyncAgent. On my migrated admin user. (Copied manually just that user's folder).
These symptoms do not appear with another admin user.


texts: How to completely disassociate iMessage from my device?

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I have an older iPhone that I was thinking about selling soon in order to get a new one. I've set up iMessaging on the device.  Normally I would just erase the phone a couple of times and be done with it.  But recently, there has been exposed a glitch in iMessaging whereby users continue to receive other user's iMessages, even after the sim card is removed, and the phone is erased.

So I'm curious: is there any way to prevent this from happening?


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I have a MacBook Air (MacBookAir3,2) with 2 GB ram and still running Snow Leopard (10.6.8). The App Store offers me to upgrade to El Capitan, so I guess the MacBook Air is still supported. But I wonder if you can really enjoy El Capitan with only 2 GB ram?

The reason why I think about upgrading at all (beside security issues) is a new iPhone that won't sync with an old iTunes.


texts: Can I replace the headphone jack on an iPhone SE?

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I have the tip of a headphone jack stuck in the headphone socket in a brand new iPhone SE.

I went to Apple looking for a repair and they said that it wasn't repairable and that I'd have to spend £200 (~$290) on a replacement.

I have found instructions on how to replace an iPhone 5s headphone jack here. Does anyone know if I will be able to follow the same instructions for the 5s using a SE? Also, will I be able to use the same part as it's the same form factor?


texts: Chrome Browser Youtube error net::ERR_CONNECTION_RESET

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Im not able to open youtube.com in Google Chrome browser v. 65.x. While I can open all other website. I tried opening youtube in Firefox, Safari it works fine. Im using MACOSX 10.12.6.
I get following error
Error parsing header X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block; report=https://www.google.com/appserve/security-bugs/log/youtube: insecure reporting URL for secure page at character position 22. The default protections will be applied.

net::ERR_CONNECTION_RESET

------------------ ^_-
Even Im not able to update my Chrome.

I have even uninstalled and reinstalled Chrome. still same issue


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Is there a way to make the Touch Bar esc key emit a "click" sound when it is pressed? This way I'd have some feedback that I successfully pressed the button when using vim.

I'd be happy with an Apple Script, or whatever works.


texts: Clicking on external links opens Chrome but not the link

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When I click on an external link and Google Chrome is not running yet, Chrome will launch but will not open the linked page. Instead, it starts at my last opened tab (which is the behaviour I expect), but the clicked link should also open in another tab.

When I click the link a second time, it will open correctly in a new tab.

Why is this?

EDIT:
For clarification, it's about macOS. Furthermore, I found it behaves different to how I described above. The link is opened in a new window the first time, instead of a new tab in the existing window. The problem is, that it does not come to the front, so the old window from my last session in Google Chrome is in the front. You don't notice the new window behind the old one unless you use mission control to see there is a second window.

EDIT 2:
Since this question got a lot of attention I finally accepted the top voted answer, though this wasn't my problem in the first place at all. I can see that there are two problems here:

When there is a pending Chrome update, Chrome does not open the external link at all, just opens another window with the default start screen. (Bug)
When Chrome is up to date, external links are opened but this time still a new window in the background and not as a new tab when restoring the last session. (bad design)

Hope this should be clear now :)


texts: My Macbook Pro 13" early 2011 has been running fairly cool for the last 4 months, about an average of 32-40C. However, within the last few days, the average temp has gone to an average of 45 - 52C, with the highs being in the 90s! I have tried using SMC fan control, but even at max my temps don't go below 45. I don't run intensive applications. I have been watching my CPU load for weeks as a hobby, and I know that I'm not running anything to put this kind of load. What's going on?


texts: Is my iPhone locked with iCloud or not? I don't have SIM Card yet

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I bought an iPhone 5C from a friend and I'm not sure if it's Activation Locked or not and I don't have a SIM card yet. He hasn't used it and didn't know anything about that, he got it second hand.

When I got the phone it was stuck at the lock screen because of too many password attempts. I've put it in restore mode, and now the phone is "formated/restored"

When turning the phone back on, it first asks my country, then it wants me to connect to Wi-Fi, which I do, and next it says I need to put a SIM card (not pin-locked) in.

If the iPhone was Activation locked, does it ask for the Apple ID after you connect to Wi-Fi or after you put a SIM card in?

Can you provide a step-by-step guide?


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I have an iPhone that was synced to an iTunes library. Then I upgraded my Mac, and forgot to backup the iTunes library and transfer it to the new Mac. Ever since, I have been manually managing my music by dragging and dropping it from the filesystem onto iTunes, and not "syncing".

And things have been working fine for the past few years. But now, after yet another Mac upgrade, and upgrading to iTunes 11, I can no longer manually manage my music on my iPhone. When I try to turn on "manually manage music and videos", iTunes says:

The iPhone “kPhone” is synced with another iTunes library on “kart's macbook”. Do you want to erase this iPhone and sync with this iTunes library?

I don't want to erase the whole phone -- apps, app data, app settings, synced data in apps, videos, books, etc. I just want to copy music onto the iPhone. I have already deleted the music that's already on the iPhone. How do I copy music?


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I've got a weird problem. I recently got a new Philips BDM4065UC UHD monitor for my Late 2013 15" retina MBP (it's amazing), connected it using DisplayPort 1.2 (also set on the display) and when using both the built-in display and the external screen, everything works amazing, the image is butter smooth at full resolution and 60Hz.

However, when I try to use my MacBook in closed clamshell mode (the screen is ridiculously huge, there's no point in using the built-in screen and there's not much space on my desk), it switches back to 30Hz. WTF?

I mean I would understand it the other way, but this just doesn't make sense. Is there some setting I'm missing? Since I'm not using the screen I'd like to use all the video memory for the external screen.


texts: Is it ok to let Mac air run 24 full hours?

texts: I have a MacBook Air (11-inch, 2011) ,I am now downloading iTuneU courses 24 hours.There is only one app iTunes running,is it ok?


texts: Adding email from gmail iPhone app as calendar entry in google calendar on iPhone

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For a given google account, I'd like to be able to do the following on my iPhone:

Open email in gmail iPhone app.
Add the email as a calendar event or appointment on google calendar.

I know I can do this from the web browser. But I have been unable to figure out a way to do this in gmail app on iPhone.

Does anyone know how can I do this ?


texts: Is there a programmatic way to save and re-create launchpad groups in Mojave?

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I have to switch machines from time to time.  I keep a dotfiles that's pretty elaborate, as part of this routine.  I'd also like to make my launchpad folders be portable.

I'm fine with solution that involve the CLI, applescript, or anything that I can do reliably.

A commentor indicated I can run find /private/var/folders -type d -name 'com.apple.dock.launchpad' 2>/dev/null

but it yields multiple results:

/private/var/folders/sy/wnh38ggx3111qkdkjy2gvk940000gn/0/com.apple.dock.launchpad
/private/var/folders/xq/ynvgvft97l9_rx42cvywqx2m0000gp/0/com.apple.dock.launchpad
/private/var/folders/th/gjmmnngn4l13w0_xyxhr4y6c0000gq/0/com.apple.dock.launchpad

A similar question was asked, but that was a while ago.  In an apple forum, someone shared the location of the core / default Dock DB, but not the user-specific one.

If anyone knows how these strings are generated, it might be a viable answer.


texts: Force full screen video in mobile Safari?

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The behavior of how videos play in mobile Safari has changed recently in iOS. For example, when watching videos on Youtube each starts playing inline rather than going full screen. Toggling a video to full screen doesn't persist the option for the next video.

Are there any fixes for this?


texts: Help partitioning "free space" with utility disk

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I've been trying to partition my harddrive to have ~50 gb of unallocated space (right now there's one partition with the operating system on it, so I would like to have that plus the free space). This is for Windows if that matters, and is independent of Boot Camp.

I have more than enough room.I managed to do it once earlier today, but now whenever I try to create the free space partition it automatically formats it to the journaled mac os. I go to disk utility, click on my harddrive, partition, then the plus at the bottom and select free space, resize to 50 GB and apply. and it formats it. Can anyone tell me what is going on?

To clarify: when I try to create a partition of "free space" using disk utility, it is formatted automatically and against my will to HFS+ Journaled. Is there any reason this would be happening? Is there anyway to force a "free space" partition to be created

Sorry for the poor pictures. also please ignore the separate NTFS partition. I am still trying to install Windows while I am waiting for answers, so it was intentionally added and does not affect my problem.

EDIT:

The partition at index 4 was created using the terminal (but it couldve been created using the plus minus in disk utility), and i have no problems whatsoever creating non-free space partitions with either of these methods. When I tried to install windows to that partition at index 4, I received an error saying that the selected partition is of MBR and i need GPT, which indicates to me some sort of hybrid mode where mac reads gpt and windows reads mbr.

I got around this error once by creating free space and partitioning/formating it within the windows installer. However I cant make that free space anymore, as i said before i cannot create a partition of format "free space" within disk utility. I tried dragging the hdd box within disk utility as mentioned and have posted the results. As you can see it does not show up as free space, or at least it does not show up in finder as a free space partition.

Specifically Id like to know what this step does or whats causing the problem,
Remove the new HFS+ volume with gpt and its index number found above:
gpt remove -i 4 disk0

Sorry for only two pictures, apparently I cant post more than two links

System specs: Macbook Pro 15 (mid 2010), Yosemite 10.10.5


texts: help with Karabiner elements custom complex rule

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I have a busted close-bracket key on my keyboard. Previously, I had used Karabiner to map L-control+open_bracket to close_bracket using a custom rule I wrote in the xml-format used by karabiner.

However, now that I've updated to Sierra, Karabiner is out, and Karabiner elements is in. Karabiner elements uses a JSON format. I tried to create a new rule and stick it in the JSON file:

"rules": [
         {"manipulators": [
                {"description": "bracket rule",
                        "from": {"key_code": "open_bracket",
                                 "modifiers": ["left_control"]
                                },
                          "to": [{"key_code": "close_bracket",
                                  "modifiers":[]
                                }]
                }         ]
         }]

However, this rule doesn't seem to work the way I'd like it to (it just maps open_bracket to close_bracket).

Does anyone have an insight into what I'm doing wrong here?


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I'm suddenly not able to preview files in column view, or select them in the Open File dialog. Selecting the file gives me a spinning beach ball, and eventually I end up relaunching the Finder. I've confirmed that .jpg, .pdf, and .app files all do this, so I'm assuming it's an issue with previewing the files. Has anyone experienced this, or have any suggestions on resolving it?

I'm running a G5 PPC Mac with OS X 10.4.11

Thanks for the help.


texts: Absinthe A5 Untethered Jailbreak Severe Crashes and Glitches

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I don't know what you guy's views on Jailbreaking are, but seeing as it's still an iPhone on an Apple forum.. I know a lot about general problems with iOS and jailbreaking, so this isn't something simple..

I jailbroke my iPhone 4S on the day that the untethered Absinthe jailbreak was released and everything has been working seamlessly for the past couple of weeks, more or less - a few apps wouldn't run, a few white/disappeared/appeared icons here and there, system apps appearing out of nowhere, but nothing that bothered me. But recently I've been having some severe glitches, as follows:

1.) Anything Twitter-related results in a crash - tapping on Twitter in Settings crashes Settings, activating iOS Twitter via Activator crashes Springboard, opening the Twitter app crashes the app. This is the most annoying, as I use Twitter regularly.

2.) Tapping the delete button on any App icon results in a catastrophic crash and Springboard relaunches in MobileSubstrate Safe Mode.

It's logical to think, from the timing, that this is likely caused by a recently-installed tweak, but I don't understand how both things still happen even when in MobileSubstrate SafeMode! Either of these glitches causes the iPhone to restart in SafeMode, which is understandable. But what's even more bizarre is that if I provoke one of these glitches in SafeMode, it resprings in jailbroken mode! What is up with that?!

Has this been happening to anyone else? More importantly, has anyone found a fix? I don't want this to result in the "start from scratch" answer that people are always so eager to dish out unless absolutely necessary. I mean, I have no problem with re-jailbreaking and re-installing the all tweaks, but I have a 64GB iPhone 4S.. Resyncing all that data is going to take a LONG time, and I really don't want to do that unless I HAVE to.

Update:

I reset to factory settings, restored from a backup, reinstalled Twitter and it's STILL happening, even though it's not even jailbroken anymore! Help Q.Q


texts: /private/tmp vs /private/var/tmp vs TMPDIR

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What is the differences between these directories?
How long is the files stored in each of them?

The oldest file/folder I could find in each of them were

/prviate/tmp, 13 days old
/private/var/tmp, 28 days old (2-3 days after I upgraded to Lion)
TMPDIR, 1 day old

Note: TMPDIR is what you get when running echo $TMPDIR in Terminal. My TMPDIR is /var/folders/3y/d44gn_2x7vv8d9d67969f54c0000gn/T/


texts: Local hostname changes every few seconds when NOT connected to a network

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When ever I wake my laptop, but before I am connected to a network, I receive  messages similar to the following:

This computer's local hostname
"sojourner-896.local" is already in use on
this network. The name has been changed
to "sojourner-972.local"

If I do not connect to a network and I do not click the "OK" button, the hostnames keep incrementing. If I connect to a network (either wired or wireless), the names stop incrementing.

I reset the hostname in the "Sharing" preference panel when the hostnames get in the 5,000 - 6,000 range (every 2-3 days).

Any idea what would be causing this?


texts: What happens when I've closed all of an application's windows on OSX?

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I'm used to Windows, where applications disappear from my task tray, Alt+Tab menu, etc. when I close their last window; so it's a little unexpected to me that an application's icon still sits in my Dock and in my Command+Tab windows.

Does the computer's memory, CPU usage, etc. change between that state and when I fully close (e.g. Command+Q) an application? (I have OS X 10.8 if that matters.)


texts: Manually Tag People/Faces in Photos for iOS

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Photos for macOS has the ability to manually tag People in a photo where the machine learning algorithm has not yet detected a Face:

Window > Info > Add Faces > Click to Name

These tagged photos then show up when selecting a Person from the People Album in iCloud Photos, just as if they had been recognized by the ML algorithms.
How can I similarly manually tag People/Faces in a photo from the iOS Photos app?


texts: Linked picture is blurred in Excel for Mac

texts: When I copy a linked picture in Excel for Mac (v16 via 365 subscription) the linked image is far larger and blurred.  How do I ensure the linked picture is the same size and quality as the original?


texts: The recovery server could not be contacted

texts:
I factory reset my Mac and followed the steps until I saw this:

I tried running the command:

npdate -u time.apple.com

and

date mmddhhmmyy

It still does not work. How do I resolve the issue?

I think that the problem is not about the date. I tried to check the logs.

This is what showed up.

What do you think is the problem? Thank you for the time I just really need this.


texts:
So I'm no expert when it comes to advanced internet knowledge and I need to update my Wi-Fi router. We have 14 megabits (I think, no pro at this) or something and I have my room in the floor right underneath it and with our current router it's very slow and I called my internet service and they said I should upgrade my router since it's 5 years old.

I figured I wanted to check out Apple's AirPort's but they have two versions but I don't know enough about internet and connection speed and so on to know which one I need. Some people say the Express is good to extend the connection strength. While others says it works great as a main router.

Should I go for the Extreme or Express? There are 2 people connected on the internet every day. Me and my brother.


texts: Getting rid of select calendar invitations completely

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I receive e-mail containing invitations for events that I have no interest in. (I can't unsubscribe because these are work-related events.)  I want to delete these so that I am not even aware that I received them.
Currently, my employer uses Exchange on the back end (though we'll be switching to Google over the next few months) and I created server-based e-mail filtering rules that automatically delete such e-mail.  But I still use Apple's Mail for my client.  This part works: I don't see such e-mail in my Mail inbox.
However, the Apple Calendar application's inbox (in its window title) still shows the events.  I then have to decline them manually. Apparently, having Mail delete the e-mail is insufficient.
Is there any way to completely get rid of events that match my filtering rules?


texts: Macbook PRO 2017 touchbar - Screen won't turn on sometimes

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Sometimes when I open the lid of my MBP, the screen won't turn on.
No black screen - the screen is just completely off.

macOS is definitely running on the background, since I hear sounds, the touch bar is active, and I can use the caps lock key - the light goes on and off.

To get it working I close and open the lid again multiple times, until the screen comes up.

I wonder if this is a sign that I'll have a bricked MPB soon.


texts: Splitting a mac desktop into smaller portions

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Background

I'm using a device called a DualHead2Go that lets me plug two external screens into an early gen Macbook Pro. This device basically presents the two screens to the mac as if they were one gigantic 3840x1080 screen.

The macbook's internal screen is on the right

The Problem

For the most part this setup works really well - the problem I have is that, as far as the Mac is concerned, the middle of this desktop is right in the break between displays. Which leads to situations like this:

Since this is my primary display, notifications and modal dialogs often come up right in the monitor split - not only is this ugly, it's a PITA to deal with.

Solutions

In order of preference:

Some application that would make the Mac work as if the "one display" were actually two. If this were a Linux box, I could do some trickery inside Xorg to present the one display as two.
Some application that would allow me to tile windows, taking the display into account

I've tried applications like Divvy before, the problem there is that they don't cleanly divide the desktop, leading to windows overhanging the split

A tiling window manager, or some other application that allows me to divide my desktop space into set pieces, including where dialogs and notifications pop up.

Are any of these viable?

Questions this is NOT a duplicate of:

Is there a way to Split one 42 Inch TV into Multiple Displays or Virtual Displays? (More than four years old, and the one answer to the question doesn't actually answer the question)

How applications behave with Matrox Dualhead2go? (More than two years old - the application situation might have changed)


texts: How to install Nvidia 9400m driver on El Capitan?

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I have a Mid 2009 MacBook Pro that updated itself to El Capitan.

There are no drivers for El Capitan at the Nvidia site, only for Snow Leopard that work for 9400m Nvidia.

Is there any way i can install this package in El Capitan without breaking my OS?


texts:
So my iMac screen, all of a sudden, gets lines and starts flickering but sometimes it’s back to normal.

What’s happening ?

iMac late 2013 A1418 EMC 2638


texts: Are Lightning headphones only working with iPhone 7 or also with older devices?

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With iPhone 7 Apple introduced headphones connected with Lightning Connector.

Are these headphones also compatible with older iPhones? Are there any limitations by using it with older devices? Which iOS version is needed for this feature?

For example I am currently using an iPhone 6 Plus with iOS 10.2. Will it work?


texts: Should we link our personal stuff with our work computer?

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I already have a MacBook Air, and I just start my new job. My boss gave me a new Mac laptop. It's a little over kill to bring in 2 laptops in everyday for work. I notice another Admin account in this laptop. I was about to link my Dropbox and iMessage in there, but I decide to hold on to it.

I have so many questions right now.

What would you do if you're in my situation?
Should we link our
personal stuff with our work computer ?
What do I need to consider ?
Can Admin see messages,
emails, browsing history on other account ?
Do they have even have the right to see other people personal stuffs ?


texts: How to move huge popup window in Yosemite?

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After upgrading to Yosemite / Chrome updating (one of these two), I have difficulties to submit files via Google Chrome because the popup window for submitting is huge and lower buttons cannot be seen at all. The only way to operate that - double click on the file (I found that after some days!).

Look at the screenshot - it is the lower visible part of the popup window, but it is not a lower border of this window.

Is there any way to resize/move this window?


texts: MacBook thinks it's overheating when it isn't?

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I have a MacBook (oldish late 2012 retina 13") that seems to exhibit classic overheating symptoms, except that it isn't hot.

Under load it tends to shut down after a while, can be turned back on after a few minutes, and can be "fixed" by using iStat Menus to force the fans to always run. (Of course iStat Menus couldn't help during OS upgrade, so to be able to finish that, I had to put the MacBook in the fridge -- that worked.)

However, it's barely lukewarm to the touch, and according to iStat Menus, none of its temperature readings are high. But when CPU Die temp goes above 70C (CPU Proximity ~55C), it shuts down. I think that should only happen somewhere above 100C, correct? Without the iStat Menus override the fans wouldn't even start running yet when it shuts down.

I've already tried SMC reset, PRAM/NVRAM reset, and fully reinstalling macOS; none of these helped. Any further ideas for how I could fix it?


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My MacBook Pro regularly gets into a state where a very lightly loaded system starts processing very slowly: mouse clicks and button presses take a few minutes to process and a couple of useful things can be done in the space of a couple of hours if I'm attentive.  Note that this happens without fans or any other signal that its running close to its operating limits.
Regardless this is undesirable.  MacOS does not seem to recognize this state as a fault or failure, so I need to manually power off, and hence I don't get the "your system was restarted..." message with a crash report on boot (no bugs to be had in MacOS of course).
I have XCode installed (linux developer making due on MacOS).
How do I force MacOS to dump the state of the running processes and reboot?


texts: Downgraded MacOS to Mojave how do I tell the App Store to forget I ever installed things on Big Sur?

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Of course when I say downgrade I just mean "wiped the drive entirely and installed Mojave from scratch" because it turns out that I had both software and hardware that just didn't work on Big Sur, but now the App Store does not seem to have any way for me to say "forget that I was ever on Big Sur" and I can't install apps I had installed before. Even free apps like The Unarchiver or MS Remote Desktop Client refuse to install and show a little cloud-download icon, with no way to say "please just reset yourself, I'm on Mojave, I need the Mojave versions of everything".

I tried Googling for this, but I can't seem to find a single page (either on the web or even just here) that explains how to actually fix this problem. Lots of pages that explain how to get the old version of MacOS itself through the App Store, lots of articles about getting older versions of iOS apps on older iPhones, but not a single result for how to tell the App Store to forget the "newer" version and instead pull the version appropriate for the OS that the App Store is running in...
Is there a way to do this on a machine without backups made before the erase or upgrade?


texts: Is it possible to disable the interlocutor's video in BlueJeans for iOS?

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I use BlueJeans for videoconference on iOS 11. When in a videoconference, is it possible to disable the interlocutor's video?

The motivation is to reduce the network usage.


texts: Do I need two partitions on an external drive when backing up using Super Duper! and Crashplan?

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I have a 1TB external drive which I want to use as a bootable backup of my Mac. I want to use this same disk as a backup destination for Crashplan backups too.
Is it possible to do this without creating two partitions on the external drive?

I would also like to encrypt this disk using disk utility, would this affect the backups?


texts: Using Audacity to Record Skype with External Mic

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i am using Audacity to (attempt to) record a skype conversation.  I am using an external mic.

when i attempt to record skype (via soundflower) in audacity, i only hear the skype output.  I can hear the caller on the other end, but not me.  this is true if i use the external mic or the built in mic.

i would like to have ideally separate tracks into audacity, one for my mic and one for skype output.  but i would be happy if they came in as one track too.  thank you!


texts: MacBook Pro 2017 has problems when live booting from usb into parrot linux distro

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I used Balena Etcher software to flash my usb with the image / iso of parrot linux distro the security edition. the live booting went fine but when it was all booted up I could not move mouse or do anything! can someone help me?

thanks


texts: Retrieving hashed password from Keychain

texts: I'm trying to retrieve a password from an old email account stored in Mac Mail from my keychain. When I view it, it gives me a "hash", it starts with "1/s....." and is 46 characters long. What is the hashing algorithm used here? How can I extract the password from it?


texts: Dell monitor does not run on native resolution of 1600x900 pixel when connected to early macbook pro retina 2015 via thunderbolt

texts: just a few hours ago I got 2 dell E2015HV monitors, they are VGA monitors with a native resolution of 1600x900 pixel and since the macbook pro retina does not have any VGA ports I'm using two VGA to thunderbolt converters to connect the two displays to the computer to make them an extended display, but for some reason none of the displays want to run on their native resolution, and when I option + click on the scaled display setting from display preferences I see a list of custom resolutions but not one of them are the monitor's native resolution of 1600x900 pixel, as a matter of fact none of the resolutions listed in the list box even begin with the number 1600. So, the question now is that is there anything I can do to make them run on their native resolution? Thanks!


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Is there any way to (or existing program which can) modify the keyboard symbols you get when holding down the option key?

I.e. I want to be able to modify these mappings:


texts: iOS Mail does sometimes delete instead of archive with Google Inbox account — why?

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I'm using Google Inbox as my primary email service... sometimes using Inbox as app... sometimes using iOS mail. Although I've configured iOS mail to archive everything (I don't want to delete at all) some emails – not all – are moved to trash instead of being archived. I could not find a clear pattern for this behavior and think of it as a bug with iOS mail. Does anyone of you have that behavior too? I'm looking for a fix... so far without success. I still need to check Inbox' trash folder every 20+ days to avoid auto deleting those emails after 30 days. That's annoying...

Info: related to iOS v10.2.1


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I've never see this before.

Here's the facts:

It appears to be grayed out in the finder
I can not open it by clicking
I can move the folder
The permissions are set to 777 (overkill i know)
I can rename the folder with the mv command
I can view the contents of the folder with ls
When I ls (list) the contents of the parent dir I can see it without -a (show hidden files)
The date is set to from before I was born.
I believe this folder to have been a copy of another

I have a folder and I can't open it. It appears to be grayed out in the finder.


texts: Delete TV episode from iTunes from iPhone without computer

texts: How do I delete a TV episode off of my iPhone that I downloaded from iTunes. I don't want it to stay in my iTunes and I don't have a computer. So please what do I do? It has filled almost all the space on my phone.


texts: Is it normal that iPhone 4S touch screen is not working correctly when charging

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When I use my iPhone 4S's touch screen while charging, sometime it is not working correctly. For example; if I touch something in the middle screen, it acts like I touch some bottom in the border.
Is this normal behavior or should I go back to the Apple Store?


texts: Why is my attempt at downloading Big Sur failing?

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I am currently using a MacBook Pro 13" Mid 2018 with Touch Bar.
Today macOS Big Sur was released and I tried to download it but it's getting stuck at 484.4 MB. Initially, it shows 16-17 minutes left, but as soon as it reaches 484.4 MB it's stuck and the timer goes till 10 hours!
My Wi-Fi is totally stable with a speed of 100 Mbps.
I tried to restart my Mac but it still gets stuck.
Earlier there were similar issues in the App Store (even now they are). The issue was I was not able to download an app unless I connect to the US VPN. I even contacted support but they were not able to help out. It wasn't a big deal as a VPN could be used.
But now even with VPN, it gets stuck.


texts: iPhone X stuck in recovery mode after maxing out storage. Getting "Error Code 14"

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So a couple of weeks ago I restarted my iPhone after it started glitching like crazy, when I tried to boot it up again it got stuck on the Apple logo. A couple of days later I found an article that said something about booting it into recovery mode and then updating it through iTunes would fix it, well big mistake. Now it's stuck in recovery mode. I have tried every possible thing I can think of to boot it out.
Including:
Updating it in iTunes
Updating it in Finder
Switching cables
Switching computers, from Mac to Windows
Using Reiboot to boot it out of recovery mode
Using Reiboot Pro (Paid Version of Reiboot) to "Repair the operating system"
Using 3u tools to repair it.
Using checkra1n to jailbreak it in DFU mode
Using a Windows computer to try to mount the iPhone as a removable storage device
And a couple of other 3rd party tools. None of which have successfully fixed it.
Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
P.S. This iPhone is a business phone with a lot of important information on it that hasn't been backed up in quite a long time, so it's very important for me to try to get the information off of it.
Thanks


texts: How to sync music using other softs rather then iTunes

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I use Ubuntu and every time I need to transfer music to my iPod Touch I need to start VirtualBox where I have WindowsXP especially installed for this occasion.

Is there any easier way to transfer/sync/delete musics in my iPod Touch right from Ubuntu?

Thanks


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I have a "mid-2012" MacBook Air 13" running Mojave 10.14.4

Since around Sierra or High Sierra time I have had a problem where frequently my external display does not come on when I plug it in or wake my laptop. It is inconsistent, but a significant proportion of the time, the screen does not wake.

Screen is a Dell U2417 connected via the TB/miniDP port on the laptop to either DisplayPort input (screen at work) or HDMI input (same screen at home).

Symptoms:

the MacBook recognises that the screen is attached

screen shows in display preferences
the desktop reconfigures as if screen connected (i.e. the laptop screen changes resolution to match the external screen, even though external screen does not wake up)

if I switch the screen off and on it just says "no signal" and goes to sleep
unplugging and re-plugging the screen does not fix the problem, symptoms just repeated (desktop reconfigures, screen does not respond)
rebooting the laptop fixes the problem

Since it works sometimes and works after reboot it seems to me the problem must be a software or firmware one, rather than a hardware issue.

It is a major pain in the neck having to reboot often because of this issue.

NOTE here https://www.dell.com/community/Monitors/U2718Q-MacBook-Pro-won-t-wake-up/td-p/6072760
Dell tech support has basically told Mac users to get stuffed
Perhaps the problem is specific to Dell monitors, I see a few questions about similar issues with Dell + macOS.


texts: Switch windows of an application across desktops

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Is there a way (which does not cost a buck) to switch between windows across desktops with Option Tab? Not between apps, but between windows.

Meaning: if I have a Chrome window on desktop 1 and another on desktop 2, just by Option Tab'ing, I could switch across both.


texts: Is it possible to airdrop a video/photo to another ios device while playing it using airplay?

texts: I have some photo on my Ipad and i am showing them to my friend, using airplay, can i airdrop that specific video /photo to her ios device without stopping airplay?


texts: Create Network option missing under Wifi for P2P ad-hoc networking (I'm a developer using Xamarin build host)

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My goal is to use the P2P wireless networking so the Xamarin editor can deploy on the Mac for development and testing
As of the latest version of Big Sur the option to have a P2P network seems to have been removed, which is unfortunate since while at a hotel, I can't have these two laptops directly connect to each other (P2P routing between adjacent devices isn't working) on the Hotel wifi.
Is there a Terminal option or some other idea to enable this?


texts: Use terminal to request copy of files using Finder

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I can copy files using the terminal like this

cp -r path/to/folder1 path/to/folder2

However, this has some limitations:

Conflicts are not resolved nicely: do I want to overwrite, rename, abort?
Progress bar is not shown

Would it be possible to instead call a third party app to deal with these edge cases for me? What I am thinking in particular is programmatically telling Finder "copy these files from src to dst"

I would expect it to be something like this API

finder --headless --copy --src path/to/folder1 --dst path/to/folder2

Is there a way to achieve this?


texts: Can I "restrain" safari from using large % of CPU?

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Some websites make safari go crazy, and use 70% CPU! This causes everything else on this desktop to grind to a halt.

Is there a way to restrict safari to never go beyond a certain amount of CPU?

(btw - It's not just flash)


texts: Optimal Memory Layout for Late 2015 iMac

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I purchased an additional 2 8GB ram sticks for my iMac.  My intent was to upgrade the original 8GB (from Apple) to a total of 24GB.

When I opened the back, I noticed Apple had installed a 4GB slot in the 1st & 3rd slot.  I thought that odd and would have expected it in the 1st & 2nd.  I googled around to see where I should add my additional 8GB cards, but didn't come up with anything.  So, I installed in the 2nd & 4th slot.

Here's the current configuration:

Just to confirm, this is a poor setup?

I should have the 4s in the same bank together & the 8s in the same bank together?  I.e., 4GB in B0/D0, 4GB in B1/D1, 8GB in B1/D0, and 8GB in B1/D1?


texts: When did Apple add support for 3D models in Quick Look and Preview?

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I just happily discovered that .obj files are viewable in Quick Look and Preview!

I'm assuming this is now standard functionality, rather than the result of some third-party software on my Mac having been bundled with a Quick Look plug-in for OBJ... since Preview appears to have added support at the same time.

Surprisingly, web searches have not revealed much about this feature. All I've found is this GitHub page, but it's for a separate plug-in. Maybe it was released under a license that allowed Apple to make it part of macOS? Curious...

If it is standard, since which version of macOS has this been available? I'd like to know what to tell others when sharing .obj files with them regarding if they can expect to be able to view the data on their Macs without needing to install 3D software.


texts: Why might Finder appear broken with question marks in the toolbar?

texts: Recently I noticed some question marks appear in my finder windows. If I click one of them, my finder freezes and has to be relaunched. I can't for the life of me remember what was there that is now missing that the Finder might be looking for. Is there any way to fix this short of reinstalling Mountain Lion? Here is what my Finder looks like:


texts: How to enable horizontal split in full screen mode in El Capitan

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I use my external display in tower mode. I've been using third party software ( like Moom ) to split my screen horizontally when needed. Now that El Capitan supports split screen in full screen mode, is there a way to split screen natively with two apps in horizontal split, in full screen mode.

I searched everywhere and I am able to place two apps side by side but not top and bottom. I have also tried reducing window sizes of apps so that they fit well when in horizontal split mode. But still I never get the option of putting one on top of another.

Is there any other settings I need to enable? I have enabled Displays have separate Spaces


texts: How to remove/clear the old game data in Game Center?

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I can't remove the old data in iCloud or even in Game Center. I like to play games like Hay Day and Township. I have already uninstalled the games and chose to remove the data but when I reinstall the same game, my level still is the same and won't become level 1 and start all over.

How can I fix this problem?

iPad mini, iOS 7


texts: Prevent enterprise iPad kiosks from asking for Apple ID password?

texts: We have a fleet of iPad kiosks out at our branch locations and all of them ask periodically for the Apple ID password / iCloud password. This is not connected to any app. It's like the system itself asking. End-users do not and will never have that password. Is there a way to prevent this for enterprise fleets?


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Planning to buy Macbook Pro 15 2017 model. Is there a big difference between Radeon 560 and Radeon 555. Which should I go with? To give you background, what I shall be mostly using my MBP for:

Lot of editing in Photoshop/Photos
Quite a lot of Applications being opened (nothing graphical though - Skype with Screen Sharing, Chrome with 100s of tabs)
Playing and editing Videos
Virtual Machine for Windows running in parallel
Dockers shall be running
Vagrant shall be running
Sublime Text with 8 or 9 projects being opened
Xcode
Android Emulator
Multiple external monitors

What should I choose?


texts: VNC (screen sharing) stopped worked after enabling filevault2

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I used to vnc into my Mac mini (late 2012 model) with my MacBook Pro (mid 2011) before I enabled filevault2. Both macs are running mountain lion at this point. I can no longer screen share with my Mac mini. I can connect using ssh and afp but not vnc.

Is there a problem with FileVault disabling vnc? If not how can I trouble shoot this problem. Any tips?


texts: Free programming editor w/ syntax highlighting for iBook G4 running Mac OS X 10.4.11 (PowerPC)

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I am looking for a free programming editor for my iBook G4.

I was going to to get the lightswitch trial until I looked at the sys requirements (needs Intel CPU).

Can someone please point me to a free editor that will work with a G4 iBook running 10.4.11 and supports html, css, javascript, php and c# syntax highlighting?


texts: I'm working on App Previews for my iOS application in iMovie. It contains video footage from device with Disclaimer titles below. I'm looking for a way to localize disclaimer titles. I have 3 videos with 3-5 disclaimers in English and 11 more languages I want to localize it to. Quite a lot of monkey job. Is there a way to automate localization process?


texts: Can't mount Windows Boot Camp & USB on a MacBook OS X Yosemite 10.10.2

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I have a MacBook Pro (Late 2011) 13 inch running OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 and I wanted to mount Windows 8 professional via Boot Camp with USB drive.

I've already watched a ton of tutorials and read a whole heck of stuff, but I see only one difference in my problem so far. I have a 16 GB usb drive, a Windows ISO file and all the rest of the stuff required.

But the only thing that I meet so far is that when everybody else I've seen doing this open Boot Camp Assistant, they have three choices right away. Yet, what I have is only 2 choice variants and my Boot Camp Assistant for some reason lacks the "Create a Windows 7 or later install disk" choice button.

How can I mount Windows in this case, or what am I supposed to do?


texts: Sudden drop in gaming performance (FPS) on a mid-2010 iMac

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About two weeks ago, I had a sudden drop in gaming performance on my 27" iMac with ATI Radeon HD 5750 graphics. While before I could play games without any problems at high graphical settings, suddenly playing Diablo3 for example became unbearable with around 10FPS at the lowest possible settings. Oddly enough I simultaneously started having similar problems when playing games on my Windows Bootcamp installation on the same machine.

I am not noticing any other problems besides those when gaming. Rebooting the machine does not help at all.

What could be the problem and how can I solve this?


texts: How to remove "Start Dictation..." menu item from Word 2011?

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I upgraded my MacBook Pro to El Capitan earlier this year, and ever since it's been driving me nuts when I'm in Word 2011.  (And no, I do not want to go to Word 2016.  I deliberately bought 2011 because it's customisable.)
The Start Dictation menu item seems to like moving itself about, and usually ends up very high in the Edit menu:

This completely screws up the rest of that menu's items.  As you can see, Paste is now Cmd-X, and Cut and Copy don't even have keyboard shortcuts.  I have a macro program which is mostly taking care of these problems, but what really annoys me is that Word now seems unable to Repeat most things, which means I have to manually do them ad nauseum.  This is even for things as simple as choosing a different font.
I have turned off Dictation in Dictation and Speech Preferences, but this damn menu item is always there, screwing things up for me.  Does anyone know how to get rid of it?  Surely if I turn the feature off, the menu item should not stick around!


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I have an Apple iPhone 4s running the last version of iOS that can be jailbroken(the one just before 9.1 I think).

Each time I swipe to unlock, it hangs for a second while displaying the pin entry keypad and then reboots. It reboots to safe mode and then back to normal mode.

This has happened before on version 8.4, but it wasn't connected to WiFi then. Restore fixed it.

I want to know how I can fix it without a restore so I can keep root access. I have root SSH access to the device, which is amazingly still connected to the WiFi. I can also use apt tools(apt-get apt-cache dpkg) and I've removed the last installed tweaks(apt-get purge)(DefaultPlayer and iCleaner).

If I have to restore, is there a way to backup over SSH and restore to a jailbreakable version?


texts: If iCloud backup is off, are the toggled items still being put on iCloud?

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Could someone help explain the nuances of what is being backed up in a situation where I have deleted my iCloud backups and have turned off Backup, but certain items are still toggled "on" in Settings > iCloud?

Attached is a screenshot to illustrate this situation.  Notice how two items are set to "on".  Does that mean they are still getting backed up, even though the Backup option is "off"?  If not, then what does being toggled "on" mean?


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It seems every time I go into iTunes it's duplicated my TV shows again. I could understand if these were shows that I'd ripped from DVDs myself (maybe I'd made a mistake or something), but in the case of CHEERS (see below), all the episodes are purely bought through iTunes.

What's going on? :(

If you click on each of those Cheers you will see exactly the same episode listings across all three. Same goes for WINGS - identical listing. I can't fathom what's going wrong? :( Do I need to rebuild my iTunes database or something?


texts: How to enter redemption code for Snow Leopard?

texts: I have purchased the Snow Leopard from the UK store for my iMac (Version 10.5.8, 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and 2GB 800 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM memory). I received the redemption code 6 months ago and was so confused as it where to put this code. I wasn't around for the last 6 months and now want to try again. It says I need to enter this code in the app store but can't download this app store until I update my software! When I click the apple icon and go on software update, it says my software is up to date! This is such a catch 22, I really don't know what to do!


texts:
Can't believe that I have to ask this question, but...

How to I disable the screen saver on my 2014 MacBook Pro, running MacOS Sierra 10.12?

I have a need occasionally to keep the screen display on, but I might not use it for 20 minutes at a time. I want to disable the screen saver, but the button to adjust the time (I presume it has a 'None' option) is disabled.

How can I enable that dropdown, in order to change the 'Start after' time? Or is there somewhere else I should change it?

I know that I can use hot corners to disable screen saver, but that's too hacky - if I forget to put the cursor in the corner, it doesn't do it, and I only know when the screen saver comes on - which is frustrating.


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I'm looking for a solution to extend my Windows 7 based notebook display to my iMac. The notebook provides the following connectors:

1x VGA

1x Displayport

1x Expresscard/34

I have already tried to connect both computers via Displayport to Thunderbolt adapter but tests showed up that my iMac only supports Thunderbolt to Thunderbolt connections. I have also tried to connect them accross network based software solutions but the notebook firewall which is not under my control prevented this. Any further ideas?


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I own a 2009 13-inch MacBook Pro and a 24-inch Led Cinema Display. I have always been able to resize iTunes horizontally and vertically (both being connected to the Display and not being connected).

However, for no apparent reason, I am not able to do that anymore in both situations. I can't make the window smaller than a certain width and height (being the minimum width approximately the width resolution of the 13-inch MacBook Pro).

I've tried resizing by using option and clicking on the green button, and using option and resizing, as recommended by other users but none of these solutions have worked.

How can I allow resizing again?


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Here is what it looks like (two regular png images which previews were working fine before I upgraded to Mojave). Third one is a folder with custom picture and it was like that on High Sierra too. About the filenames, I like using spaces but using anything else don't change anything.

Here is what I've tried:

Right click on Desktop, then "View options" -> "Show icon preview" (disabling/enabling it doesn't change anything)
Restart computer
Restart Finder
I don't see anything in system.log
I couldn't find much in "Console" in general
I also tried to mess with the IconServiceAgent (stack overflow answer, linked gist with details)

Thanks for the duplicate suggestion, I found this is Console when starting iconserviceagent manually (either root or not):

iconservicesagent[20837]: assertion failed: 18A391: libxpc.dylib + 39253

Finder[870]: objc[870]: Class FIFinderSyncExtensionHost is implemented in both /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder (0x10a018b80) and /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FileProvider.framework/OverrideBundles/FinderSyncCollaborationFileProviderOverride.bundle/Contents/MacOS/FinderSyncCollaborationFileProviderOverride (0x10e74ddc8). One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.


texts: Extract .zip directly to external hard drive

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I have a huge .zip which extracted takes up to 100 GB, and storing that amount of data on my MBP's SSD is not an option.

Is there a way to extract a zip file directly to an external hard drive, without filling up the MBP's SSD?

I tried copying the .zip to the external drive I have and extracting it from there, but it gets unzipped in the Downloads folder.

Does anybody know how to achieve this?

Thank you for your time.


texts: Is there a way to get gnome-terminal on Lion?

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Is there a port of gnome-terminal, or a way to compile it, or some other program that is typographically comparable, under Lion?

There is a typographic difference, and I can't duplicate it in Terminal; I can't even get Terminal to serve up anti-aliased text.


texts: "This certificate was signed by an untrusted issuer" problem after updating to El Capitan

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Most of the https connections returns that. Most of them is signed by Symantec. But not all. I tried to google the problem, but with no luck, seems like I only the one who experiencing this problem.

I checked apple's certificate with https://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-checker.html and all seem to be correct.

Some of the blocked sites can't be reached by Chrome due to HSTS:

This happens when I open iTunes:
After clicking "continue" there are appears more such windows, most of them on apple.com domain just with different subdomains.

Please, help.


texts: Contacts first and last name order inconsistent between iCloud.com and iPhone

texts:
The iCloud.com Contacts interface orders the name fields as following: Last name, First name

On the iPhone, the order is reversed: First name, Last name.

Can this be adjusted so the order matches?


texts: Lost partitions after a botched Windows install attempt via Bootcamp

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I tried to install Windows 8 using the bootcamp assistant, but when I got to this screen,

The BOOTCAMP partition created by bootcamp wouldn't accept the windows install. Meaning, I reformatted it, and normally the little sun button "New" would then allow me to proceed with the Windows install.

I thought it was very weird so I instead deleted the partition, which turned into a 47.3Gb of Unallocated Space.

I tried formatting said unallocated space which created a bunch more partitions, but ultimately the same problem persisted: Can't install Windows.

In OSX, the Disk Utility wouldn't let me actually delete or remove the partitions so I went back to the Windows install menu and turned all the undesirables into unallocated space.

Here's what my Disk Utility looks like now:

As you can see there's some purple stuff at the top and some dark-grey stuff at the bottom, which I imagine represents free space?

Finally, here's a diskutil list readout:

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         121.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         948.5 GB   disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s3
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *1.1 TB     disk2
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2, disk1s2
                                 A952E93D-0902-4BEC-B4D2-93A8BB1CDDD0
                                 Unencrypted Fusion Drive
/dev/disk3
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *16.0 GB    disk3
   1:                 DOS_FAT_32 WININSTALL              16.0 GB    disk3s1

Questions:

WTF happened?
How can I reset everything to the way it was so I can
try bootcamp again?
More specifically, how do I add unallocated space
to my primary OSX partition?
List item

Please help!

Thanks in advance.


texts: Using Command-backtick (⌘-`) to toggle between windows

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As far as I can tell, Command-backtick (⌘-`) behaviour in OSX 10.9 works as follows:

Given a stack of windows for the current application 1 2 3 4 5 6 in order of most to least recently used:

Do it once: switch to window 2 (for the current application).
Do it again: switch to window 3.

However, if you click on window 2 before doing Command-` for the second time, window 1 gets the focus instead of window 3.

This behaviour differs from that of Command-Tab, which seems to always work as though the new application's current window had been clicked on, unless you hold Command in between presses of Tab.  While you continue to hold Command, a little overlay window is displayed to give you a visual representation of which applications are available and are getting the focus.

Is there a way to make Command-` work in a manner similar to that of Command-Tab?  I.E. so that the window stack will be reordered when, and only when, Command is released?  I find it distracting to have to a) remember whether or not I've clicked on the window I'm looking at and b) scrunch a finger down to engage the Shift key.


texts: What tool is best for removing pages from a PDF?

texts:
I have a set of PDF documents that each have a few extra pages. I'd like to remove the first two and last pages from each of them. Preview only lets me look at and annotate a PDF, not edit one. Can anyone recommend a (free/freeware) tool to do this? I'm using 10.5 PPC so that does limit some of my options. Command line or GUI is fine.

Ok, in Preview it seems I can delete pages by hitting ⌘⌫ on the thumbnails, but it will then not give me the option to save. I can then try printing the altered document to PDF, but I am leery of this because I don't want to loose any metadata (I have to double-check all the files to see how much metadata there is if I decide on this course).

Just tried Acrobat at work, that doesn't work. The files are mod-protected by a password.


texts: How to create an identity who can be used for signing code from custom certificate?

texts:
I want to codesign one of my applications by using my own certificate (not created with Keychain Access).

First, I create a v3.ext file:

keyUsage = digitalSignature

Then, I created my certificate with openssl:

$ openssl genrsa -des3 -out passkey.key 2048
$ openssl rsa  -in passkey.key -out mykey.key
$ openssl req -new -key mykey.key -out cert.csr
$ openssl x509 -req -sha256 -extfile v3.ext -days 3650 -in cert.csr -signkey mykey.key -out mycertificate.crt
$ openssl pkcs12 -export -in mycertificate.crt -inkey mykey.key -out certificate.p12 -name "My Company Name"

I imported certificate.p12 into Keychain Access by dragging it on the docker. Now, when I try to sign my application, I have this error:

$ security find-identity
Policy: X.509 Basic
  Matching identities
 11) 5DC3086CAD3848A22FB6E614FB8836BDDBD18938 "My Company Name" (CSSMERR_TP_NOT_TRUSTED)

$ codesign --deep -fs 5DC3086CAD3848A22FB6E614FB8836BDDBD18938 repro.app
: this identity cannot be used for signing code

However, we can see this certificate can be used to verify (CSSM_KEYUSE_VERIFY):

$ certtool y
Serial Number      : 00 F6 E2 FC FC D1 67 A6 7A
Issuer Name        :
   Country         : FR
   State           : Some-State
   Org             : My Company Name
Subject Name       :
   Country         : FR
   State           : Some-State
   Org             : My Company Name
Cert Sig Algorithm : OID : < 06 09 2A 86 48 86 F7 0D 01 01 0B >
   alg params      : 05 00
Not Before         : 15:09:59 May 13, 2019
Not After          : 15:09:59 May 10, 2029
Pub Key Algorithm  : OID : < 06 09 2A 86 48 86 F7 0D 01 01 01 >
   alg params      : 05 00
Pub key Bytes      : Length 270 bytes : 30 82 01 0A 02 82 01 01 ...
CSSM Key           :
   Algorithm       : RSA
   Key Size        : 2048 bits
   Key Use         : CSSM_KEYUSE_VERIFY
Signature          : 256 bytes : 4E F5 B9 35 9D 6A D5 2E ...
Extension struct   : OID : < 06 03 55 1D 0F >
   Critical        : FALSE
   usage           : DigitalSignature

What should I do to allow this identity to sign code?


texts: Troubleshooting Java GUI app that stopped working

texts:
I have a Java app that I use on a regular basis that has stopped launching. The application is a Java program with a Mac GUI tied to it. I suspect that with a recent upgrade of Java on the Mac platform has caused the app to stop launching. I tried stepping back a version of Java installed on the system with no luck.

How can I troubleshoot what is causing the Java program to stop launching?
If troubleshooting doesn't work out, what steps do I need to take to try and use the program for the terminal?

Some background info, Java installed was the most recent. Then I backtracked to Java SE 7 Update 80. At least tried to. This is on a Mac with OS X 10.9.5 installed. The Java App is MusicMount

Thanks


texts: How to restore the default values on a keyboard in terminal?

texts:
I used the hidutil function to remap several keys on my keyboard:

hidutil property --set '{"UserKeyMapping":
    [{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x70000003e,
      "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x70000004c},
     {"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x70000004c,
      "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x70000003e} ,
     {"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x70000003f,
      "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x70000002a},
     {"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x70000002a,
      "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x70000003f}]
}'

My problem is that I made some mistakes in it, and I don't find the way to restore it.


texts: Add a hosts file entry without jailbreaking

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I have an iPad that needs to be able to connect to a server via its short hostname, e.g. http://app instead of http://app.example.com. The network it connects to assigns it a domain name other than example.com so it doesn't work automatically.

Is there a way to add a hosts entry (/etc/hosts) for that server in iOS, or add the appropriate domain name to the resolver search list without jailbreaking?


texts: "This update is restricted" error when upgrading my system to High Sierra

texts:
I uninstalled Symantec from my work computer about a year ago but now that I am trying to upgrade it to High Sierra, I get this blocker:

How do I get rid of this?


texts: Alternative to Preview app to search for text in multiple documents at the same time

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I need to search for texts in several PDF at the same time. Preview does the job: I select the files in the Finder and open them together in Preview. Then, searching for some text happens simultaneously in all the PDF: great! But is very unstable. When searching, it often crashes.

Is there an alternative to Preview with the same feature?

My system is 10.11.6 and Preview is 8.1


texts:
I just want to use AppleScript to open an existing group in Mac Address Book (v7.1).

tell application "Contacts"
    set selected of group "friend" to true
    activate
end tell

above is the sample code for what I want.


texts: Is it possible to disable iPhone sounds and vibrations when the phone is unlocked?

texts: I have been chatting extensively on my iPhone via text messages. I always have my phone on silent and the vibrations seem to really run down the battery. It's a waste because a lot of the time I have the person's text window open already and I don't need a non-visual alert. But if I have the phone locked in my pocket I want it. I assume the answer is no but is there any way to disable sounds or vibrations when the phone is unlocked? Even though Apple can be stingy with settings this seems like a worthwhile one to add doesn't it?


texts: Using Lightroom as external editor for iPhoto, how to save image back to iPhoto

texts:
I setup iPhoto to use Lightroom 5 as the external editor. Now when I open an image in iPhoto and click edit, it opens in Lightroom and asks me to import the image. Once I click import and make my edits, there is no option to save. I must export the image to some folder and drag/drop it back into iPhoto (which means I now have a duplicate).

Is there an easy way to make quick edits in Lightroom and just save over the original file so the original is updated automatically in iPhoto?


texts:
for some reason my /opt /private folders are not hidden anymore while the rest of my finder's hidden files are.  What would cause these to be visible again, and how do I change them back?  I know it has something to do with permissions, or fixing it might involve using "chflags"command.

update: so I fixed it after some searching around by using chflags

  sudo chflags hidden /opt /private

though Im still curious what caused these files to change.  Do you think it would have anything to do with developer tools or SDKs? I recently installed a bunch for mobile testing/development


texts: How can I prevent the administrator password prompts?

texts:
When deleting files, installing new applications, running AppleScript code, etc, I am prompted to enter my administrator password:

How can I set it so that everything I do is authorized to where it doesn't require a password?

Note: I'm running OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 (14F27).


texts: Make locator.updatedb run daily on Snow Leopard w/o hacking /System/Library?

texts:
On Snow Leopard, the locate database is updated once a week by a launchd job, /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.locate.plist. I'd like to make the updater run daily, but AFAIK it's considered very bad form to edit anything in /System.

What's the best way to change its StartCalendarInterval so it runs once a day?


texts: Is there a way to download a Skype broadcast on Mac?

texts:
I was sent a link to the video recording made in Skype, and can watch it on the web-based player.

I'd like to download the broadcast to play it on a different device, process it via other tools.

Is that possible at all?


texts: Keynote - need individual letter graphics that can be moved/manipulated to create words on slide

texts:
I teach kids who failed to learn to read in school, online. I am making a series of presentations for very simple words like "is," etc.

I need to have some large alphabetic letters at the top of the screen that I can make bounce, slide down into place, and so on. I think they would be called graphics, but I don't know what phrase to use to search for on the web to locate some sets in various fonts. I found individual letter .jpgs/pics, but they all seem to have too much space on the sides to put them close enough for words.

I tried making my own by taking screenshots of each letter, but lots of them keep having a thin grey line show up on the pic. No clue how to stop the thin grey lines, but I know they'd interfere with my struggling kids' learning.,

I'm a graphics nincompoop, and know nothing. Any ideas or suggestions would be infinitely appreciated.


texts: How to make .command file execute at its location

texts:
When you execute a .command file it is not at the location where the file resides. You can place a .command file anywhere with the command pwd in it, and it will always print your Users folder.

I need the file to execute at its location because I am trying to run nodemon my/file.js and currently it is looking for Users/(myname)/my/file.js which is wrong.


texts: How can a Mac mini drive 3440 pixels wide display instead of 1920?

texts:
I've bought a new 21:9 IPS screen with a native resolution of 3440x1440px. The display has only two inputs: 1x DisplayPort which is connected to a workstation and 1x HDMI port which should go to my Mac Mini (Late 2012).

Unfortunately on the Mac, I only get 1920x1080@60hz in the system settings. Probably because HDMI hasn't enough throughput. My plan was to lower the Hz to 30. But this isn't possible. Only 60Hz and 50Hz are selectable under El Capitan.

The Mac Mini has two different outputs. 1x HDMI and 1x Thunderbolt/Mini-Displayport.

Do I simply need a different hardware adapter to get 3440x1440@30hz on the thunderbolt port using a HDMI<->Mini-Displayport adapter?


texts:
I am attempting to set up multi user screen sessions on Mac OS 10.7.3 and I run into the error Attach attempt with invalid pid(xxx)!.

If set it up as follows:

Initial configuration of system:

Make the proper permisions for the screen command

sudo chmod u+s $(which screen)
sudo mkdir /var/run/screen/
sudo chmod 755 /var/run/screen/

Screen setup

From <user_sharing_screen>

Initialize the screen with specified session name:

screen -S <session_name>

Make the screen multiuser:

C-a :multiuser on
C-a :acladd <user_to_share_with>

From <user_to_share_with> on the same system connect to the shared screen

screen -x <user_sharing_screen>/<session_name>

Then I get the error message Attach attempt with invalid pid(xxx)!


texts:
My MacBook Pro 2017 under heavy loads (gaming, rendering videos in Camtasia, recording screen casts with OBS, etc.).

Here's a video of it

It keeps crashing and it gives me what I call the screen of black death from Apple:

.

Or my games will simply shut down when playing in Windows 10

I notice when it crashes when I run OBS, the cores and other areas don't seem to be overheated the instant it crashes.

When I bought this PC I was able to render video and play games with no problem, even at the same time...but after about 4 months it's now crashing whenever you put any intensive load on it period.

I've also heard a weird buzzing noise as if a robot were to die when it crashes sometimes.  That noise doesn't happen often but has when it crashes in Windows.

It's crashing in both windows 10 and OS X High Sierra, doesn't matter.  I've dual booted it with bootcamp.

Already ran a diagnostic (where you reboot, press D and whatever) and also they ran a light diagnostics test in the Apple store.  They said next step is for me to have to bring it in for a few days, where they run a heavy diagnostics on it for 5 hours.

Also opened the bottom and took a can duster and cleaned out the fans and vents.

This sucks cause I'm a programmer and it sucks because I just paid 4k for this fing laptop.  My Macbook 20-15 started to do this last year in fact!  And that's why I bought this one!  It's weird, my macbook 2015 isn't crashing anymore after turning it on after about a year, my kids are playing minecraft on it just fine but about 6 months ago that PC was crashing all the time even after I had reinstalled OS X. I don't know, I give up.

So is this normal?  I've seen it spike even over 200 degrees on the cores and I'm not even doing any rendering or gaming right now in OS X.  I'm just doing Chrome granted I have a lot of tabs open but no hard core streaming, rendering, or playing games.

Here's what that looks like:

Don't know if this is typical but I see 210 threads for kernal_task:


texts: Cannot see/accept/decline invitations from Exchange

texts:
My wife and I send each other calendar invitations from time to time. She is on an Exchange account, while I am not. I have a variety of email accounts, including iCloud, Gmail, and non-iCloud, non-Gmail accounts.

When my wife sends me an invitation, regardless of which of my accounts she sends it to, it doesn't appear in the Calendar app on either my phone or my Macbook. Instead, it simply shows up in the Mail app as an email with a .ics attachment. I can't see anything about the invitation without opening the attachment. This is especially bad with updates and cancellations, as I can't see what has changed, and cancelled items never seem to get deleted from my calendar.

When I send her invitations, she has the same problems; invitations come through as attachments.

What could be causing this?

Note: we were both on the same Exchange server in the past, when we both worked at the same place, and had no problems sending, viewing, and accepting invitations on our phones and PCs. But we have had the problems above ever since I left that employer.


texts:
I got an Airport Express to use to wirelessly extend my existing Airport Extreme (which is plugged into my cable modem). I'm also using the Airport Express to send music to the stereo. Unfortunately I'm getting audio dropouts.

How do I track these down? Could I save the Express some work by running an ethernet cable between the two units? Are there any other settings that specifically affect Airtunes?


texts:
I have an iPhone 5s, I have had this phone since 2014. It is pretty beaten up... But it still works. My question is;
If I accidentally restore an older back up on my phone, will I be able to go back into iTunes and restore the most recent back up to get all my current information back on my phone?


texts: What is the best configuration for a Triple System?

texts:
i'm a new Mac user. Just bought a MacBook Pro 13' .
So i want to use all 3 Systems ( Ubuntu , MacOS , Win7 ) on my Machine.

I Thought about using Boot Camp for Windows and a Virtual Machine ( which one ?! ) for
Ubuntu.

Can you give me any advice on that ?
I'm really new to MacOS, so every little advice is appreciated !


texts: Does turning airplane on and off constantly on my iPhone 6s ruin my hardware or ruin the iPhone in any way?


texts: Does Apple allows restricting In-App Purchase DLC Non-Consumable Content to one device?

texts:
I have been reading the review guideline: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/

I see section about for subscription its has to be available for all iOS devices of a single user:

Content subscriptions using IAP must last a minimum of 7 days and be available to the user from all of their iOS devices.

But does that apply to Non-Consumable Content as well?
I am worry Apple will reject our app because of this reason.


texts:
I recently moved my home folder to another internal HDD on my MacbookPro (early 2011 OSX 10.9.4). I'm having an issue where in-app file dialogs cannot display my new home directory or its contents. I thought about trying to repair disk permissions but the option is greyed out in Disk Utility and I get the following error when trying to run it in terminal

sudo diskutil repairpermissions /Volumes/Data
Error starting permissions repair for disk1s2 Data: Unable to determine the Mac OS X version on the targeted disk (-69831)

I also tried rebooting into recovery mode and using the repair option in the resetpassword dialog but the /Volumes/Data disk does not appear, only the main boot volume.


texts:
I have been experiencing a lot of problems with my Macbook Pro slowing down and crawling through small tasks like getting mail and opening Launchpad. I have 8 GB of 1333 MHz DDR3 memory and a 2.2 GHz Quad-Core i7, so this seems very odd. I downloaded the Intel® Power Gadget before upgrading to Mavericks and it was showing 1.0 GHz for my CPU, even while playing Diablo 3 and running Netflix. I booted up into the Mavericks GM seed and it easily moved up to 3.4 GHz with the same apps running. I figured that upgrading to Mavericks on my main partition would solve this, but I am now stuck at 0.8 GHz.

What could possibly be causing it to stay at 0.8 GHz, and how do I fix it? I can barely get my Macbook to do anything at this speed.


texts: How do I troubleshoot Airplay devices not showing up?

texts:
I use the Airplay feature of my laptop at work and at home.

With no change that I'm aware of, my laptop can no longer see Airplay devices (Apple TVs) to connect to at work.

Other people's at work have no problem.

I have no problem at home.

What could cause Airplay to suddenly not work, only for me, and only at one location?


texts: How to create an event for a specific calendar?

texts:
I'm using Mountain Lion. My default calendar is "Personal". But I also have a "Work" calendar.

I'd like to be able to create a new event on the Work calendar by doing something like Cmd + click.

In Calendar, is there a way to create an event for a specific calendar rather than having it first get assigned to the default calendar, then clicking to edit the event and then changing the calendar?


texts: iOS 10: Storage Almost Full Warning (But I have free space)

texts:
I am running iOS 10.2.1 on an iPhone 5S, with a doubleH3lix jailbreak. The phone was receiving the "Storage Almost Full" warning before I jailbroke it. I reset the phone to factory settings (got the error after installing one app), jailbroke it, and ran two different cleaning apps, one of which is iCleaner.

I am guessing that whatever cache iCleaner is looking at is the same one causing the warning. But, as you can see, I still have 9GB of free space on this device.

Is there a way to clear this cache and correct the free space showing in iCleaner and stop the warning from being triggered?


texts: How do I find my screenshot directory (I already changed it)

texts: How do I find my screenshot directory? I already know how to change the screenshot directory, because I did it a long time ago, but now I don't know what it is, because I've done it on several different computers.


texts: Does Magic Trackpad 2 work with Mac without Bluetooth?

texts:
A simple question for owners of Magic Trackpad - Is it possible to connect it through cable, to a computer that doesn't have Bluetooth?

Or does the cable work just for charging, and the communication is Bluetooth-only?

EDIT: The document linked in Nimesh Neema's answer might mean either connect through lighting cable to use it wired, or connect it through cable to pair Bluetooth automatically (similar to how you plug Pencil into iPad to pair them).

So there seem to be three posssibilities:

cable is only for charging
cable serves for charging and pairing (BT is still needed for use)
cable actually serves for communication (BT is not necessary)

And it's either 2 or 3.


texts: Audio completely broke in Bootcamp win 10 on 2020 16 inch MBP

texts:
Bootcamp Windows 10 1909 (On external SSD) on a 16-inch MacBook Pro 2020.
Completely no audio, speakers/mic could not be discovered by system therefore unusable. Headphone plugged in but not discovered either. Apparently its the driver's problem, but i cant find a solution to fix it.
Any idea what sound card the 16-inch is using? Where can i get the driver for it? is there any other way to fix this?
Thanks


texts: Notification Center stuck over ¾ of the screen, so can't power off

texts:
My notifications are blocking it ¾ of the way and it really sucks. I thought it might have had something to do with the really laggy server I was on in Minecraft, but apparently not, because I saw the other question.

Is there any way to turn an iPod touch off without needing the slide to power off?

iPod touch 5th generation


texts:
Mac Mini Server, OSX Server 10.6.8, dual drive

I cloned the first hard disk (HD1) to HD2 using CCC, thus creating a bootable copy.
However, now I discover that when I startup from HD2, Spotlight has been indexing only HD1.

Using a Terminal command to rebuild the Spotlight index doesn't help.
I get the message for HD2: There is no index.
Using the option for all volumes, it only rebuilds for HD1.

This problem is nasty, as I intend to use an Automator script that filters files, and for this it uses Spotlight (I get an error now).

Any ideas how to bring OSX to build an index for HD2?


texts: How can I filter http requests by type in Safari 6 Developer Tools?

texts:
In older versions of Safari and Chrome you can filter http requests to only show xhr requests for example. This seems to have been removed in the Safari 6 developer tools.

Am I missing something, an undocumented hot key?


texts: How to make a high-resolution capture in the Preview application on Mac?

texts:
everyone. I use the Preview Application on Mac to view my PDF/JPEG/PNG files. Generally it works fine. But I've got some troubles with the "Select Tool".

I want to capture a part of a PDF file, like a graph or a chart etc, and insert the captured image into Evernote. That's how I do it:

Scale the PDF file so that the graph/chart looks big enough.
Command-3 switches to the Select Tool.
Select the graph/chart.
Command-C copies the selected part.
Go to Evernote, Command-V pastes the selected part, inserting it as a JPEG image.

Well, the problem is the resolution of the pasted image is so POOR. I don't know who to blame, Preview, or Evernote?

One more thing. I try to paste the selected part into PhotoShop. However, Command-V pastes the WHOLE PDF page. It seems that Preview, Evernote and PhotoShop say different dialects when copy/paste something.

Thanks for your help, guys.


texts: Where do I start to debug a network problem?

texts:
I am unable to ping outside of my mac from the Terminal, and yet the internet connection (as seen from Safari) is otherwise just fine.

Where do I start to debug this issue?


texts:
I also asked here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252766813
I wrote an applescript which requires access to disks. But when adding it to the allowed applications, the security prefpane crashes. I'm using OS X 10.14.7 on an iMac. When trying with another user on the same Computer, it crashes as well. When adding another script I wrote a few years earlier, the prefpane does not crash and the script gets added.
When adding the script on my MacBookPro with 10.15.7, the script is added. No crash.
Weird thing: I compiled the script using osacompile. That version makes Security Pane crash.
Then I compiled using Skript Editor. That version does not.
Differences are in
Contents/Info.plist
Contents/Resources/applet.rsrc
Contents/Resources/Scripts/main.scpt - which is weird as I see no difference when looking at them in Skript Editor
Only in the Skript Editor version: Contents/Resources/description.rtfd

I'm clueless what's going wrong here.
If you want to take a look at the script: https://github.com/Skeeve/eject-e-Book-Reader/releases/tag/V1.0


texts: (Mojave 10.4.2) Missing top right items (clock, network, battery etc.)

texts:
I don't know what happened. I restarted mac and since then I don't have top right icons: network, sound, battery, clock, notification but from time to time it blink and for a moment become visible but immediately disappear.
I tried (and with sudo):

killall -KILL SystemUIServer
No matching processes belonging to you were found

I restarted mac and still same.
Is there any way that I can reset this icons settings?
And I repeat wired thing is that it blink as I move cursor and from time to time for a moment I see items.
And also skype, dropbox and spotlight icons are always there.


texts: Is there a way to modify keychain item ACL descriptions?

texts:
I'm importing my digital ID (X.509 certificate and private key for signing, verifying, encrypting, and decrypting messages) into the keychain.  In the GUI I see my certificate and the corresponding key and I can modify their descriptions and can write a note describing their usage, etc.

However, when Mail.app tries to get access to the private key it displays a dialog window saying 'Mail wants to use your confidential information stored in "privateKey" in your keychain.'.

Now, I have multiple digital IDs for different addresses, so that message doesn't give me any idea which key it tries to access.  I investigated a bit and it turned out that when you import a key an ACL list is also created inside the keychain.  Each item in that ACL list has an optional description.  I believe that when there is no description defined it the mentioned dialog will use key's description, but if there is an ACL description it will be used instead.

When I dump my keychain with "security dump-keychain -a" I'm getting the following:

keychain: "/Users/galaxy/Library/Keychains/login.keychain"
class: 0x00000010
attributes:
    0x00000000 <uint32>=0x00000010
    0x00000001 <blob>=0x646[...]00  "galaxy@domain.tld\000"
    0x00000002 <blob>=<NULL>
[...]
    0x0000001A <uint32>=0x00000001
access: 3 entries
    entry 0:
        authorizations (1): encrypt
        don't-require-password
        description: privateKey
        applications: <null>
    entry 1:
        authorizations (6): decrypt derive export_clear export_wrapped mac sign
        don't-require-password
        description: privateKey
        applications (0):
    entry 2:
        authorizations (1): change_acl
        don't-require-password
        description: privateKey
        applications (0):

First of all, I want to change the description from "privateKey" to "galaxy@domain.tld (Encryption)" for ACL entry 0.  I searched a lot, but so far I found only references to OS X API to do so.  Is there a tool to do that?  If there is no such tool, how can I set it up at the time of the import?  I'm asking since when StartSSL automatically forces Safari to import the digital ID the ACL description is set to 'www.startssl.com', so I know that it's possible to set it up.

Finally, a bonus question is there is a tool or a way to customise ACLs?  For example I want to drop export_* from entry 1's ACL (I've also seen that done by StartSSL with their digital IDs).

UPDATE: Since Apple has released their Keychain Access GUI as Open Source I checked the sources for the PKCS#12 import and there they do have an option to set the description and ACLs up at the time of the import.  However, I never coded anything for OS X and it hard to figure out what condition should be met to get the description of ACLs and ACLs themselves right at the time of the import.  The logic is located in the Security package in pkcs12Crypto.cpp:

[galaxy@home:~/xcode/Security-55471.14.18/libsecurity_pkcs12/lib]$ grep -B5 -A5 '"privateKey"' pkcs12Crypto.cpp
        try {
            CssmClient::KeyAclBearer bearer(
                cspHand, *privKey, Allocator::standard());
            SecPointer<KeychainCore::Access> initialAccess(access ?
                KeychainCore::Access::required(access) :        /* caller-supplied */
                new KeychainCore::Access("privateKey"));        /* default */
            initialAccess->setAccess(bearer, maker);
        }
        catch (const CssmError &e) {
            /* not implemented means we're talking to the CSP which does
             * not implement ACLs */

Unfortunately in all my import attempts I'm still hitting that hardcoded "privateKey" description and when I have, say, 5 different digital IDs they all request access with "privateKey" in the dialog and it's confusing.


texts: Testing an iPhone 5C without a battery or screen

texts:
I have a previously broken iPhone 5c that I removed the offending parts from. The screen was shattered beyond repair, and the battery was in pretty bad condition. I'm planning to buy some new parts and repair it, but I don't want to spend around $100 and find out that other parts are broken and it's non-salvageable.

Is there a way to test the phone, maybe by making it ring or vibrate, without a battery or a screen?

Update: It works, it's charging and vibrating, but it seems to be trying to notify me of something important, as it is vibrating every 3 seconds. is this normal or what


texts: iPhone sends messages by itself after sim swapping

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I have an iPhone 6 running iOS 10.3.1. I use two sim cards and when I swap them, I noticed that the balance gets lower, every single time.

This looked fishy, so I contacted telecommunications company, and they sent me the last 5 deals and I discovered that they all were messages sent from the phone to an international number 447786205094, and I checked it many times, and every time I swapped the sim card the phone always sent a message to the previous number.

I made sure that iMessage and Facetime are disabled.

What is happening here?


texts: Can OS X services be split up across multiple OS X Servers at different locations?

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My company has two offices, in two different cities.  I'd like to use a colo to host our OS X Server, which will manage Open Directory data, device management, VPN, shared file storage, mail, messaging, and most of the other services that OS X Server offers.

At each office, then, I'd like to have a Mac mini running OS X Server to manage that office's LAN and, hopefully, be that office's hub for Software Update service.

Is it possible to divvy up services across multiple OS X Servers in this way?  If so, are there any pitfalls I should be wary of going forward?


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I've recently got hooked to listening to white noise at work because it helps me focus amidst all the noise. I use the brown noise generator from SimplyNoise for this. I was trying to measure if it was safe to actually listen to noise for around 6-7 hours a day.

For evaluating this, pretty much the only references I've found was that listening to noise at 64dB for 6-7 hours a day is considered "safe" which lead me down this road.


texts: iTunes starts playing when disconnecting Bose Soundlink Mini

texts: i have a Bose Soundlink Mini connected to a Macbook Air. When the Soundlink turns off after a time (because of energy saver mode), iTunes automatically starts playing music. I didn't find any option to disable that, nor any information about others with the same problem. Do you have any idea, why this happens and how i can solve it?


texts: Android message merge with iCloud Message history

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I had an iPhone, and used iMessages with iCloud enabled. Then I switched to an Android for a while, which contains new messages. I've now switched back to an iPhone, and am trying to migrate these new text messages into the iMessages app on my new iPhone.

My first try was to restore my new iPhone from my last iCloud backup, and use the dr.fone tool to import these messages, but they did not appear.

Second try was to reset the iPhone (so not logged into my iCloud), and copy the messages to it with the same tool. This worked fine until I logged into iCloud to upload these messages and they vanished.

Does anyone have a solution to this, that will end up with my existing Messages history intact, with any new messages being migrated across and synced properly into Messages in iCloud?


texts: How to mute a tab in Safari when it isn't playing audio?

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The "Mute this tab" menu item is greyed-out on http://www.donttap.com

I think that's bc the tab doesn't play audio except in the moment you click a tile.

But I don't want it to make noise when I click a tile later.

How can I pre-emptively mute tabs that I know will be noisy in Safari?


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Is there any way to batch export PDFs, instead of going through each one and going Export as PDF? I was thinking there must be some utility I can run from terminal.

This is to basically get around an issue with Preview having some issues displaying unrendered equations - if I export the PDF from within Preview there are no issues viewing it.


texts: How to compile/build DownZemAll from source?

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I have recently come back to using a Mac and want to use a download manager (DownZemAll https://setvisible.github.io/DownZemAll/) that I was using on Windows. While the website says it is "for Mac OS X", there is no actual installer available.
I have Xcode and Homebrew installed, but have searched online for instructions on how to compile/build without success.
I am using Catalina, if that helps any. Thanks.


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I am trying to plot with gnuplot on my Mac (OS X 10.8.5). I have installed X11 and XQuartz 2.7.4 and after that I installed gnuplot, but unfortunately gnuplot couldn't plot.

Simple plots like the following fail to render and have no error message to help understand what is amiss:

 [1/10/13 $gnuplot >plot sin(x)


texts: Shift, CMD, Option and Alt disable my left/right mouse clicks

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I've noticed that for a few days now, on my computer running Mojave 10.14.6, that if I hold any of the modifier keys down, I lose the ability to left or right click, preventing me from using any application that uses the modifier+click combo or selecting multiple items in a list  that aren't right next to each other

I use a Corsair K70 Mk.2 keyboard and Corsair M65 mouse with the ckb-next driver, the Magic Trackpad doesn't work for this either.