texts: General computer slow-down while transfering files

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I frequently need to transfer files between 10 GB and 1 TB as part of my work, typically between external drives and network servers. Whenever I transfer files, the computer slows down to being completely unusable. E.g. it can take five minutes to open a terminal window or browser, even if the application is already running.

Because of an "air gap" situation (isolated network) I have two Mac Minis, one with 16 GB RAM and one with 8 GB(not upgradable). The 16GB machine doesn't slow down much while transferring. The 8 GB mini is pretty slow in general, but works fine for mail, browsing. This one slows to a crawl, so in practice I can only start transfers when leaving the office. The transfer speed itself remains pretty OK -- typically 20MB/s limited by the remote server. I use FileZilla, scp or rsync, the computer slows down all the same.

I use different external drives, but it is also slow to transfer to/from the internal drive.

Is there any parameter I could adjust, and are others seeing this?

System / transfer parameters

Computer model: Mac Mini Late 2014 / 2.6 GHz / 8 GB 1600 DDR3
Operating system: macOS Mojave v. 10.14.3
Internal disk: 1 TB SATA 5400 RPM APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662 formatted as Encrypted APFS
External disk  2 TB SATA formatted as Encrypted Case-Sensitive Journaled HFS+
Alternative external disk: 2 TB exFAT formatted (not encrypted)
Network protocol: SSH-based protocols (scp, sftp). Other protocols also seem to be affected, including HTTP download via the browser.

Before transfer:

Network I/O:

After uploading for 15 minutes the computer is very slow. Memory status again:

But it seems to have improved a bit in comparison to how it was before. I'm able to edit this question and take screenshots etc. with only a little bit of patience. I believe it gets worse after a while though.

CPU usage during transfer depends on current speed, but it is not excessive:


texts: SIGSEGV when trying to install Java EE SDK 7 on OS X Mavericks

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I tried to fresh install Java EE SDK 7 Update 45 on OS X 10.9.1

I did

export DISPLAY=:0

then

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

and

export JAVA_HOME="$(/usr/libexec/java_home)"

followed by

sh Downloads/java_ee_sdk-7-jdk7-macosx-x64.sh

This results in

Extracting the installer archive...
Extracting the installer runtime...
Extracting the installer resources...
Extracting the installer metadata...

Welcome to GlassFish installer

Using the user defined JAVA_HOME : /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home
Entering setup...
SwixML 1.5 (#144)
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x000000011eb05ab9, pid=844, tid=50439
#
# JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (7.0_45-b18) (build 1.7.0_45-b18)
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (24.45-b08 mixed mode bsd-    amd64 compressed oops)
# Problematic frame:
# C  0x000000011eb05ab9
#
# Failed to write core dump. Core dumps have been disabled. To enable core     dumping, try "ulimit -c unlimited" before starting Java again
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# /var/folders/yj/fk34rncs79vcfyq_853334qr0000gn/T//hs_err_pid844.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
#   http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
#
/tmp/install.123113224830/install/bin/engine-wrapper: line 139:   844     Abort trap: 6           ${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java ${JAVA_OPTIONS} -    Dinstall.engine=${theInstallEngine} -Dinstaller.resources.url=${MEDIALOC}/ -Ddefault.resources.url=file:${INSTALL_HOME}/lib/resources/ -classpath ${theCP} -Dsims.native-file-dir=${INSTALL_HOME}/lib     org.openinstaller.core.EngineBootstrap ${INSTALLPROPS}

What could cause this problem?


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How could I improve the performance of my MacBook and stop throttling?

Although the CPU load is not by 100%, the CPU cores heat up to 100 degrees.


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I have a 27" iMac running Snow Leopard.  In a wide range of applications I often need to use a straight edge to compare different values on charts, even sometimes charts generated by different applications.  To do this I have made do with clumsy solutions like creating a floating and transparent Sticky or using Shift + Command + 4.  I've also tried a small app called Crosshairs.

None of these things do what I really want.  Ideally, I'd like a full screen crosshair centered on the cursor.  Another way to think about this, it would give me a full height vertical and full width horizontal line that would show up over (on top of) any and all applications, just as a cursor does. Nice to haves it would give the coordinates of the display and have toolbar or right click access to turn it on or off.

Any suggestions?


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I'm quite puzzled by the following issue. I tried to open XQuartz after some time I hadn't used it and I got a dialog box saying "The application "XQuartz" can't be opened." I went through all the usual troubleshooting steps (deleting preferences and caches, and reinstalling the application) to no avail. After further troubleshooting I discovered that:

it only happens in my account; i.e., XQuartz works for other accounts on the same laptop;
it only happens when trying to open XQuartz from Finder; i.e., if try to open XQuartz from the command line with xquartz or open /Applications/Utilities/XQuartz.app, XQuartz opens properly.

I suspect the issue has something to do with environment variables, possibly the PATH variable, for applications launched through Finder, but I'm not sure how to troubleshoot that. Any suggestions? I'm on macOS Catalina 10.15.7


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I just replaced my 6 year old MBP with a new 16" MBP which requires the addition of adapters to connect just about anything external. So I got a USB-C hub with HDMI, RJ-45, USB-3.1 and SD card connectors. If it helps, it is from Networx, model no. Y-9115-S. It works, but gets ridiculously hot (40 - 50˚C) with only a USB stick or an ethernet cable plugged in.

No, I am not running ffmpeg on the hub's internal processor.

This happens with the hub on both the left and right side ports. It comes with its own power supply but I don't use it and run the hub unpowered. The hub temperature certainly is a design flaw in a first-generation product, but I wonder if it is normal. Have others experienced the same or is my hub defective?


texts: Macbook Air Mid 2013 screen flickering after using in clamshell mode

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I've been using my MBA in clamshell mode connected to a Samsung B2330 LCD monitor for about 2 days, using an Apple Mini Thunderbolt to DVI adapter. After taking it out of clamshell mode yesterday to use as a laptop, there was a heavy flicker on the screen. It seemed to affect mostly the startup screen and background image. Panicking, I started googling for solutions, people reportedly fixed it by resetting the SMC and PRAM. I tried that a few times and I don't think that it worked. But after a few minutes the flickering started to gradually go away, until it eventually became normal again. I'd say it took about 10 minutes to become normal again.

My procedure for taking the MBA out of clamshell mode is:

Put MBA to sleep from the Apple menu.
Switch off external screen.
Unplug peripherals from MBA.
Open up MBA and use as laptop.

My question is, does anyone know why this is happening, and what the fix is?


texts: Is a firmware update required to read APFS volumes in Startup Manager in not so young Macs?

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Last week I plugged an SSD with a bootable APFS volume with macOS into the USB port of a Macbook Pro 2010.  It wasn’t seen in startup manager, as I had suspected.  This macbook had never been used as it had been stored in an exposition, so its firmware had never been updated.  It had its original and never used macOS 10.6 Snow Leopard installed.

Please correct me if this assumption is not correct:

Any mac whose firmware was never updated after APFS was first launched by Apple won’t see APFS volumes in startup manager because the logic board firmware wouldn’t be able to read APFS.  If any mac with installed macOS releases such as Yosemite, El Cap, Sierra can see a bootable APFS volume in startup manager, it’s because it’s firmware has been updated to be able to read and write APFS.   Is this correct???
The 2010 macbook mentioned above admits macOS up to the latest release (now High Sierra).

Any clarification much welcome.


texts: Is there an app to control preferences/desktop/dock based on an environment

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I use my laptop for personal use and work. Is there a way to be able to reconfigure my preferences, desktop icons, and dock apps with a script or app?

I personally would like something like f.lux where the settings can change based on the time, so I can set something like work mode between 9a-5pm.


texts: What environment variables are set in .profile for OS X?

texts: I accidentally overwrote my .profile file and I believe deleted my environment variables. To be honest, I don't really understand how the operating system handles environment variables. My rough understanding is that there are configuration files like .profile which the operating system looks at, or runs, automatically and sets the environment variables that way. But how does the system know which config files to run? Are there default config files? Is .profile a default config file in OS X? If .profile is one of these default config files, is there a way for me to retrieve it or else the environment variables that it sets by default. What are the default values for .profile in OS X?


texts: How is the Apple Watch connected to the Internet?

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The Apple Watch uses the Internet for a lot of things : Siri answers, sending messages...

But how is the Apple Watch connected to the Internet ?

I have searched a bit, to no avail. This information must be too technical. ;-)


texts: I have a 2nd gen AppleTV unit. I would like to know if there is a way to use the AppleTV remote to put the unit to sleep (e.g. hold a key down)?  Currently, the only way I know to do this is to traverse the menus back out to Settings, and then select Sleep Now.


texts: Using screencapture when remotely logged in to a headless mac via ssh

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I'm trying to use screencapture from the terminal, when logged in over ssh, to a mac that has no screen attached. I can screen share to the machine, so I'd like to capture the same display.

However when I try it, I don't get an image file.

Here's what I've tried...

screencapture -tpng /Users/slomojo/Desktop/image.png

and...

sudo screencapture -tpng /Users/slomojo/Desktop/image.png

and finally,

sudo launchtl bsexec $(ps -ax | grep loginwindow.app | awk '{print $1}' | head -1) /usr/sbin/screencapture -tpng /Users/slomojo/Desktop/image.png

None of which work... (note that the last attempt is getting the PID for loginwindow.app and attaching the screencapture process to it as suggested by the OS X man page.)

Update

FYI I'm running OS X 10.6.8.

Additional update.

I didn't mention that the machine doesn't have a screen attached, (I usually connect to it via VNC/Screen Sharing) I jumped to another machine on that network and the command works ok, (of course I guess!)

I should also mention that, as I'm logged in on the remote machine on the same account as the local GUI session, the first version of the command works fine.

In fact, just the following without all the launchctl stuff works fine:

screencapture -tpng ~/Desktop/image.png

However, I still need to figure out how to screencapture on the headless machine, ie. capture the same display I'd see over screen sharing.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think that the screen sharing session may create/teardown a virtual screen device when it's connected/disconnected. So I'll try to do the screencapture when I can get a screen sharing session running at the same time.

Update #2

I tried doing the screencapture while another machine had a screen sharing session open on the same user account as the ssh session, no dice.

However, interestingly enough I was in the same room as all the boxes in question and the target box made the "shutter" sound when I ran the screencapture remotely.

Looks like it's not possible to screen grab on a displayless mac, without some serious additional work, I will VNC to it remotely instead.


texts: How can I create a shortcut to switch to a specific keyboard layout?

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See I installed some chinese input methods, and some of them have already shortcuts, I'd like to add a shortcut for the one I use mainly so I can come back from chinese quickly without grabbing the mouse.
I inspected the pref pane for keyboard shortcuts but couldn't find out how.

PS: Mine is ArgenPinYin, a customized keyboard layout


texts: How to unlock my iphone 6+ after factory reset in Iran?

texts: I'm living in Iran and Apple does not provide direct support here. I had to factory reset my phone due to some problems and after that my sim card is not recognized any more. It seems (some service guy said) that the phone is locked to some operator abroad (I don't know which, I don't know how to find out, and I don't know if knowing it can do any good). Anyway, I have no idea how it was working during past 4-5 years but I can no longer use it with any iranian operator. Does any one have a clue what to do?


texts: How to hibernate MacBook Pro without a battery

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I have a Late 2008 MacBook Pro, that runs only on charger (wall power), because the battery died a long time ago. With battery it used to be able to hibernate to disk, but it seems like I can not get that feature to work now, because the battery level never gets low enough to trigger the hibernation to disk - there is no battery.

I want to be able to close the lid and for the system to get into safe state, where I can remove the charger and later restore my work from were I left off, when I plug it in again.

After reading
How to add hibernate mode to MacBook Pro and it seems like my only option is to switch to hibernatemode 25. This is quite old model so it does not support  standby and autopoweroff:

$ sudo pmset -g
System-wide power settings:
Currently in use:
 womp                 1
 Sleep On Power Button 1
 halfdim              1
 autorestart          0
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 gpuswitch            2
 sms                  1
 networkoversleep     0
 disksleep            10
 sleep                0
 hibernatemode        3
 ttyskeepawake        1
 displaysleep         15
 acwake               0
 lidwake              1

Is there a combination of settings that maintains the system state in memory but also always hibernates to disk that works on this model?


texts: Memory usage on Mac OS, how Activity monitor works?

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I have these stats, but is the system really using almost 4GB?

This Inactive memory... Can't I use it? How should I interpret these stats?


texts: 2016 MacBook Pro sometimes loose fingerprint on restart

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I have the 15-inch 2016 MacBook Pro. About every day I have to restart my computer because of some problems. I notice that sometimes when I restart my computer all my fingerprints are gone to nowhere. I then has to put all of my Touch ID fingerprints back into my computer. This doesn't happen on every reboot, I think there is about 1/20 chance of it happening but it is still annoying. Anybody else also have this problem?

EDIT:

I found out that the Touch ID fingerprint only get lost during force restart (when my computer lock up and I power it down with the Touch ID button).


texts: Chinese calendar keeps showing up when I attempt to add a 2nd birthday to anyone’s contact profile!?  The 1st birthday I add is perfect and in English. BUT... It will not allow me to add any more birthdays to their contact other than using Chinese calendar!


texts: I am using Safari 6.0.1 on OS X 10.8.2 and Safari does not remember my toolbar arrangement or other setting like the default search engine, homepage, etc.


texts: Catalina is in Turkish but some apps are in Russian

texts: I have a MBA and the language is in Turkish. However, some apps are in Russian. The only Russian-related thing on my system is a keyboard layout. Aside from that, env in terminal shows nothing Russian related. The latest app I came across having Russian in Aegisub. How can I stop this behaviour?


texts: Reverse scrolling direction every time i use a different app

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I'd like to reverse my scrolling direction every time i use a different app (i use a regular mouse). For example, when i use Chrome or the OS in general, i want my scroll direction to be set "natural".

But when i use Photoshop i want my scroll direction to be the other way. I've installed an app which sits in my menu bar and i can quite easily (without going into settings) change my scroll direction. But if i have to do this like 50 times a day it's quite annoying.

Is there a way that every time i'm using photoshop, my scroll direction changes automatically?

Thanks.


texts: "Sent" Email Disappeared; No swoosh sound

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Macbook Pro Mojave 10.14.6

Yesterday I composed an email w/2 attachments [46MB].  I clicked the Send arrow at top of email but did not hear swoosh sound.

I checked all Sent boxes but this email was not in any mailbox.  I contacted Applecare tech support but they could not find it on my system.

The email has not been rejected/returned and I haven’t heard from intended recipient as to whether he received it.

How can I be sure the email was sent out as intended?


texts: Inheriting Time Machine and merging old history

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Last year I replaced my MacBook Pro's internal OEM SSD with a larger one from Other World Computing.  A side effect of that migration was that my main drive was renamed from “Macintosh HD” to “OWC Aura SSD.”  Two months ago, I upgraded operating systems (which took a lot of work because of the third-party internal SSD), and managed to get the main drive renamed back to “Macintosh HD.”

Now I notice that when I changed the name of the drive, the name of the snapshot volumes changed as well.  So I have in my Time Machine file system /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/My MBP/2017-09-26-102523/Macintosh HD, but the next one is /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/My MBP/2017-10-23-131237/OWC Aura SSD.

My latest snapshot is April 6, and contains a OWC Aura SSD volume, but now my drive is called “Macintosh HD” again.  Time Machine is failing to back up, and complaining about the TM drive not having enough space. I'm gathering that's because it wants to do a full backup on what it thinks is a new drive.

Through some research and the tmutil man page, I think that I should use a command such as

# sudo tmutil associatedisk -a "/Volumes/Macintosh HD" "/Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/My MBP/Latest/OWC Aura SSD"

That should tell Time Machine that the current “Macintosh HD” is essentially the same drive as the Latest/April 6 “OWC Aura SSD”.  Please correct me if I have that wrong.

But my main question is: Is there any way to go further back and stitch together the changes between 2017-09-26 and 2017-10-23?


texts: Accidentally formatted an OS X Journaled disk to one exFAT partition

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I was stupidly doing things too fast and accidentally formatted my WD 1TB drive instead of a thumb drive.  The drive was originally OS X Extended journaled encrypted and the operation attempted to format it to exFAT.  Both would have had only one main partition.

I tried to follow the answer to this question

but had no success.  A couple things were different for me though, so I thought someone out there might be able to help.

My format to exFAT did not complete successfully as I had files and other items from the WD drive open at the time I clicked format.
My partition table after doing a sudo get -r show /dev/disk2 was the way klanomath said an HFS+ table should look before doing anything.
When performing a diskutil cs list the only CoreStorage device is my internal disk.

This sort of leads me to suspect that something has gotten messed up with the CoreStorage data, but I'm no expert.  Any help is greatly appreciated as there are some photos and audio recordings on there that I would really like to get back.


texts: Suddenly cannot mount Sandisk External SSD Extreme - APFS error 49218

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After a reboot I am suddenly unable to mount an external USB-C SSD with Catalina 10.15.5

Disk Utility is recognizing the disk, I can see a "disk3" container with my APFS volume , but once I try to activate it I get a com.apple.DiskManagement.disenter error 49218

When trying a diskutil repair I get :

Started file system repair on disk3s1 1TB - SSD
Repairing file system
Volume is already unmounted
Performing fsck_apfs -y -x /dev/rdisk3s1
Checking the container superblock
Checking the space manager
error: (oid 0xa550) cib: invalid o_cksum (0x0)
error: failed to read spaceman cib 0xa550
Space manager is invalid
The volume /dev/rdisk3s1 could not be verified completely
File system check exit code is 0
Restoring the original state found as unmounted
Finished file system repair on disk3s1 1TB - SSD

But disk still cannot be activated afterwards.

I already tried disk utility from recovery mode, no success... Also tried to connect the disk with another USB-C cable with no success...

Any idea on what to do to try to recover my data ?
Is the disk damaged ? It's only 4 months old :o


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I tried to install Rockbox on my 6th generation iPod Classic using the Rockbox utility from this page.

When I get to the step of rebooting the iPod, it just turned off, and now it doesn't turn on. I´ve tried to turn it on pressing Select + Menu, but nothing happens. I think it is bricked.

How can I fix it?


texts: How do I uninstall a program completely on a Mac?

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I come from a PC background... every time I want to uninstall an application, I must use add/remove programs. On the mac, you can simply run a .app file from wherever you want, and many say that the way to uninstall them is simply delete this .app file.

However, I have noticed that many apps save files in the ~/Library/Application Support/ directory. So when I delete the .app file, all those files are retained in the Application Support directory. Isn't there any way to uninstall an app and have it remove everything it installed on my hard-drive?


texts: Is there a way to send a text message via voice command in iOS after dictating it?

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I know that there are voice commands for inserting a new line or inserting punctuation, but I was wondering if there's a voice command to send a text message once it has been dictated. I tried saying the word "send," but that didn't seem to work. Is this possible?

P. S. This question was written using the voice dictation feature! :-)


texts: Purchased new MacBook Pro on 16th October 2011; question about Up-To-Date program

texts: I purchased a new MBP and am eligible for their free Lion upgrade program; I applied for it but it would take anywhere between 5-7 business days for my country. If I purchase Lion now, will I get a refund after entering update code into iTunes?


texts: How can I change the language for dictation on the fly?

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With English not being my first language, I usually need support for at least two languages when using features like auto-correct and dictation.

Is it possible to toggle the language which is used for dictation via a shortcut?

As of now, I always have to manually navigate through the menus in the System Preferences which if far from convenient. I've tried to see if there are any pre-defined actions in Automator, but found none.


texts: Why does a full screen application black out the other display?

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When I go into (at least some) full screen app(s) the other  display gets blacked out. An example is Zoom.  Is there a workaround for this that would allow me to continue using the unused display for other applications?
Note there is a similar question here : Is there a way to run one application in Full Screen mode on one display and still be able to view and access applications on a second display? .  However that question  is very old (2012 OS/X Lion) and does not have any OS/X builtin answer but instead depends on a third party library.
I am on catalina on a macbook PRO.


texts: Can I use the same iTunes Library on both Mac OS and Windows?

texts: I'm running Boot Camp, and once in a while I'd like to listen to music under Windows too. Is there a way I can use the same library under both Mac OS and Windows? Just changing the "iTunes Music" folder in Windows iTunes' preferences won't do it.


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I have a 13' 2016 Macbook Pro with touchbar and, really frequently, after I wake up the Macbook, the touchbar is completely disabled. I mean, even in the system settings I don't have the touchbar settings. The touchbar is plain black (off) and I have to restart the laptop every-time in order to make it work again.

Any idea how to solve this?


texts: I am unable to update Xcode: after entering my user id and password I am getting "Your Apple ID has been disabled" error.


texts: New 2013 MacBook Air connects to routers everywhere but home, older MacBooks connect fine

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A different situation from what most people experience on here: A new Air will not connect to the Internet via our home router (though other MBs will) and the Air will connect to the Internet via other routers at other locations.

We bought my mother a new 13" MacBook Air (so: purchased May 2014). From the start, it's had issues connecting to our LAN. Other computers, including my 2011 MacBook Pro, connect fine.

I've tried multiple times running the Wireless Diagnostics and connection wizards that come with the Air, which offer no help. The Air also can connect to the router via Ethernet and gets the Internet connection, but obviously we don't want to do that all the time.
My mother brought her Air to her work today and connected to that Wifi network without issue.

At home, our computers connected to the Internet run an IP address in the range of 173.195.x.x. Hers runs at 166.x.x.x whenever it doesn't connect properly, but if I renew the DHCP lease a couple times and keep switching settings randomly then I can connect the Air to the network until the Air sleeps. It's an unreliable method.

Specifically, the Air has this IP address but does not say this address is self-assigned. It also does not tell me that I 'won't be able to connect the Internet'.

My suspicion is currently with the router. It's about 3.5+ years old at this point, a Netgear WND3400 N600. I think it may just be that it's a wireless-n and the Air is wireless-ac, but the Air should be backwards-compatible.

I haven't updated the firmware on the router, I'm about to do so now.

Does anyone have any ideas for me to try out?


texts:
I want to edit three lines of file

Whenever I try to edit it this comes up

I already gave myself permission to Read & Write (I'm 21muffinp)

The same thing still comes up, saying I do not have perimission.


texts: Dialog pops up everyday for less than a second

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I'm running Mac OS X Lion, I've noticed that about once a day (at different times of the day) a dialog pops up in the center of my screen, then disappears within half a second. It doesn't stay on the screen long enough for me to read anything on the dialog. All I can tell you about it is that it has the big yellow warning icon, perhaps 2 buttons, and some text.

I would like to find out what application is causing this dialog to appear, and what it says on the dialog.

Any suggestions as to how I can go about doing this?

I was thinking of using some screen recording solution, and then when it happens to play back the recording. The software would need to have a really high frame rate in order to record the popup because it disappears so quickly. Any suggestions as to a product that would work and wouldn't use too much CPU?

Are there any other ways I could solve this problem?

I tried getting a list of running processes right after it happens, but there's more than 100 of them, and its not guaranteed that the dialog is still running after it pops up on the screen. Plus, I don't really have anything to diff the processes with to find the problematic process because as far as I can tell, my system is always running the process that causes the dialog to appear.

More info:

It's about the size of the standard unlock form in System Prefs (i.e. what pops up when you press the unlock icon and it asks for you password), but as far as I can tell, it doesn't have the two text boxes at the bottom.
It seems like the foreground app doesn't matter either. I've seen it popup when Safari is in the foreground, as well as other apps.


texts: Why does the Finder sometimes refuse to receive a drag-and-drop of a URL from a web browser?

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For years I've been annoyed by how most of the time I can drag the favicon from a web browser's address bar to a window in the Finder to create a bookmark file but sometimes the Finder has a tantrum, refusing to accept any more such drags.

I can never figure out the pattern. Many macs later, many versions of Mac OS X later, and still the same occasional stubbornness by the Finder.


texts: Faster way to expand submenus using keyboard

texts:
Consider the nested menus structure (from Intellij) as shown in the screenshot:

Using the right arrow key will cause the Find submenu to expand. But the right arrow key is inconvenient/slow to reach.

In Linux/Windows the Menu actually opens automatically: is there some faster key combination  - than the awkward ^F2-<E>-<F>-<Right Arrow Key> way to nudge OS/X to "move along" a bit faster?

Note: Intellij has over 150 menu items so comments/answers like "Why not use Hotkeys?" are naive/impractical.


texts: iPhone 4 and Cisco WRT320N connection issues

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I've recently acquired an iPhone 4 (iOS 4.0.1) and hooked it up to my Cisco WRT320N wireless router.

For whatever reason, my iPhone drops of the network constantly.  Sometimes before I can even load a single page in Safari.  When it does work, its quite slow.

This behavior is independent of distance from the router, and the iPhone is showing full bars for the network when its connected.

The router is configured as follows:

Wireless Band: 2.4 GHz
Network Mode: Wireless-G only
Channel: Auto
Security Mode: WPA Personal
Firmware Version: v1.0.03  (which seems to be the lastest)

There's no MAC filtering or the like going on.  A laptop was recently used to connect to this configuration - without issue - so I'm fairly certain this is an iPhone-specific problem.

So, any ideas on how to fix this?


texts: Grayed out "Redirect" option in OSX Mail.app

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Running recent Mavericks (10.9.5)

I am wondering why I can only sometimes redirect messages, as opposed to forwarding, as in principle being offered via "Message > Redirect".

Sometimes this works, sometimes not, i.e., "Message > Redirect" is a grayed out option.

Ts there a somewhere documented pattern for this behaviour?


texts: Is it possible to have one menu bar while having displays as separate spaces in Mavericks?

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The Mavericks feature "Displays have separate spaces" is nice except for one thing: With vertically arranged displays, you need to aim for the menu bar in the lower display.
This breaks the primary advantage of having the menu bar on the top of the display, which is that one can just throw the pointer upwards, and it will hit the menu bar and stop. (Fitts' law.)

Is it possible to have the best of both worlds: Separate spaces for my displays, but only one menu bar, located in my main display?


texts:
I have HDD connected to my Mac which is formatted with HFS and I use for backups.
I have noticed a problem while running fdisk and fsck_hfs:
sudo fsck_hfs -rd /dev/disk1s1
Password:
journal_replay(/dev/disk1s1) returned 0
** /dev/rdisk1s1
    Using cacheBlockSize=32K cacheTotalBlock=65536 cacheSize=2097152K.
   Executing fsck_hfs (version hfs-522.100.5).
** Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
   The volume name is Backup
** Checking extents overflow file.
** Checking catalog file.
** Rebuilding catalog B-tree.
BlockFindAll:  found 1489232 blocks but needed 1572864
   Disk full error
** The volume Backup could not be repaired.
    volume type is pure HFS+
    primary MDB is at block 0 0x00
    alternate MDB is at block 0 0x00
    primary VHB is at block 2 0x02
    alternate VHB is at block 1953521662 0x74705ffe
    sector size = 512 0x200
    VolumeObject flags = 0x07
    total sectors for volume = 1953521664 0x74706000
    total sectors for embedded volume = 0 0x00
    CheckHFS returned 8, fsmodified = 0

The disk is not full.
Is there anything I can which does not involve reformatting or buying a new disk?
It's a WD Red 1TB about 5 years old. Perhaps it's time to buy a new one after all?
Thanks


texts: AppleScript bug when using Myriad Tables Library: "types" is replaced with "type"

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I downloaded the Myriad Tables Lib v1.0.8 AppleScript script library from here.

Run the following code, and you will notice that the code will run without error:

-- use script "Myriad Tables Lib" version "1.0.8"
use AppleScript version "2.4"
use scripting additions
use framework "Foundation"
use framework "AppKit"

on fetchStorableClipboard()
    set aMutableArray to current application's NSMutableArray's array() -- used to store contents
    -- get the pasteboard and then its pasteboard items
    set thePasteboard to current application's NSPasteboard's generalPasteboard()
    -- loop through pasteboard items
    repeat with anItem in thePasteboard's pasteboardItems()
        -- make a new pasteboard item to store existing item's stuff
        set newPBItem to current application's NSPasteboardItem's alloc()'s init()
        -- get the types of data stored on the pasteboard item
        set theTypes to anItem's types()
        -- for each type, get the corresponding data and store it all in the new pasteboard item
        repeat with aType in theTypes
            set theData to (anItem's dataForType:aType)'s mutableCopy()
            if theData is not missing value then
                (newPBItem's setData:theData forType:aType)
            end if
        end repeat
        -- add new pasteboard item to array
        (aMutableArray's addObject:newPBItem)
    end repeat
    return aMutableArray
end fetchStorableClipboard

Now, un-comment the very first line of this code:

use script "Myriad Tables Lib" version "1.0.8"

Once you compile your code, the following line:

set theTypes to anItem's types()

will automatically change to:

set theTypes to anItem's type {}

The issue is that types is changed to type. The effect is that this code no longer runs.

Does anyone know a workaround, or how to prevent this from occurring?

OS X El Capitan, version 10.11.6.


texts: Dropped frames during playback of 4k/2160p video on Mac mini 2014

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I have a Mac Mini late 2014 2.6Ghz Intel Iris 1TB 5400rpm HDD 8GB RAM model. So far it has been great, does everything I need, no issues with performance. I use it more as a media center than a pc. It's currently hooked up to a 32" 1080p LED TV through HDMI.

I'm buying a 4K TV in some time, and just curious I decided to download some 2160p videos, they were very choppy, CPU usage went up to 400% with 20+ threads. It just wasn't working right. RAM usage was around 1.5 GB.

I've tried using VLC and IINA. Currently running on High Sierra.

So my question is if I should try upgrading the HDD to an SSD, as some people suggested me to make it faster?
Should I be using the Thunderbolt port instead?

Or is it just time to upgrade my Mac, which I don't really want to right now tbh.

Thank you very much for any suggestions you can give me.

Edit - Problem seems to only occur when I'm using HEVC/H265 videos in 4K, not H264.


texts: How to close a new mail without Mail.app becoming active?

texts:
When I am working on something and get a notification about a new mail I click it and the mail opens for me to read it in front of whatever application I was using as expected.

Then, when I am done reading it and close it Mail.app becomes active and blocks my view of whatever I was doing before getting the mail. I then have to alt-tab to get back to what I was doing before.

It's a tiny thing but having done it for years I've had enough..

Is it possible to disable this behaviour somehow?


texts:
man mDNSResponder suggests that sudo killall -USR1 mDNSResponder will enable warning and notice logging, and that sudo syslog -c mDNSResponder -d will enable log levels Emergency to Debug. Additionally sudo killall -INFO mDNSResponder should dump current state to /var/log/system.log.

None of these have any effect on macOS Sierra. None of the commands fail, but they don't actually log anything in /var/log/system.log either.


texts: F3 key not working (on High Sierra 10.13.2)

texts: Pretty straight forward question: I just updated to High Sierra 10.13.2 last night, and my F3 key isn't allowing me to see all the windows I have opened. I have tried using multiple different keyboards.  Does anyone know how to fix?


texts: Open shell script from Finder interactively

texts:
I am running my manual backups with a shell script that asks me for a password. However, when I open the script from the Finder, it terminates immediately.

How can I get a script to run interactively when double clicking on it in Finder?


texts:
I have moved certain sections (downloads, music, pictures) of my user directory from my SSD to my HDD via symlinks. I have successfully changed over the image of the folder which can be seen in the finder.

After removing the original folder the item is also removed from the sidebar, after creating the symlink I have added the folder back to the sidebar but have noticed that the default icons for such folders is no longer present and simply presented using a blank blue folder.

How can I get the original icons displayed in the sidebar?


texts: How to put a application in fullscreen using shell command in Mavericks?

texts: I would like to ensure a application is running in fullscreen using a shell command (or script). I've seen some approaches that tell the application to execute a keyboard shortcut (cmd+ctrl+f) but that will toogle the fullscreen mode, not ensure.


texts: how to install inkscape in Mac OS X 10.9.1

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I need help installing inkscape on My MAC OS X 10.9.1

I have followed http://www.inkscape.org/en/download/mac-os/ to install inkscape

but not able to run inkscape and facin problem for x11 preferences

please help through installing inkscape in my mac os X 10.9.1


texts:
After iChat is open, I click the menu named 'iChat', inside it says "log into pancake44@me.com" (which is my Apple ID). I've clicked on that item but nothing else prompts me for a password afterwards.

The buddy list still says 'Disconnected'. I am using Leopard (10.5.8). I have changed my password before, but I'm never prompted to actually log in and update it.


texts: BK3001BA Keyboard not connecting after entering correct passcode

texts: I can't seem to connect my BA3001BA Bluetooth keyboard to my mac. It pairs, and then asks for a passcode. I enter the passcode and I get the spinning beachball of death and shortly thereafter, it says the pairing wasn't successful. I managed to connect the device to an Ubuntu Laptop by bypassing the passcode, but it's not possible on a mac.


texts: configtest error AH00526: Syntax error in httpd-autoindex.conf

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I've been using the tutorials here as well as here in order to host a web page using Apache on macOS Catalina Version 10.15.1. The problem was that I couldn't access the localhost and kept getting a 404 error.

Upon entering the line sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl configtest in the terminal, I get the following error message:

  AH00526: Syntax error on line 21 of /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-autoindex.conf:
  Invalid command 'Alias', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration.

This was the line that was giving me trouble:

Alias /icons/ "/usr/share/apache2/icons/"


texts: Is there a method to target an open Finder window from the "Save" dialog?

texts:
In some ancient version of the Mac OS, I seem to recall that, while in a "Save" dialog, there was a way (or an extension which provided a way) to click on an open folder in the Finder in order to specify that directory as the save target. Does that functionality still exist?

Context: I needed to save a new AppleScript (using Script Editor) into the ~/Library/Scripts directory and could not find a way to do it without manually navigating to the directory through multiple clicks. The dropdown menu in the "Save" dialog did not list the directory because I had not saved to it recently. The directory was open right next to the editor. I know about the accelerators to navigate to the top level directories but those don't help in this case.


texts: What happens when macOS "Turns the display off"?

texts:
When I run this command:

sudo systemsetup -getcomputersleep

I'm getting this:

  Computer Sleep: after 55 minutes

And that corresponds to the setting in the "Energy Saver" Preference panel, the setting "Turn display off after".

So now I'm wondering what happens exactly after 55 minutes? Does the computer actually go to sleep (i.e. all activity is stopped) or is it only switching off the screen?

The command line and preferences use wordings that for me means completely different things so I'm just wondering which one is right?


texts: What happens at a low level when a directory from Finder is dragged to an app icon, such as TextMate?

texts:
The directory that was dragged will then open in the application it was dragged to (if the app accepts the path). What happens at the low level?

How does the application know it can open that path?
How does Finder provide the application with the path to open?


texts: Find duplicate images in iCloud Photo Library in Yosemite

texts:
I moved to Photos and iCloud Photo Library, and I am happy so far. Because of previous imports, crashes and re-imports, several thousand duplicates (identical pictures - not of the same photo) in my library. Now I would like to identify these and delete them.

I have upgraded my Duplicate Annihilator from Aperture to Photos but my 56000 photos seem to be to much for it, because they claim that it is Photos API which is causing problems and slowness.

Is there an other way of finding duplicates and deleting them from my iCloud Library?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  iPad organizing photos

What is the criterion for sorting photos, are used by iTunes, when you are uploading them to iPad?

I'm just trying to arrange photos in right order, before uploading to iPad, but without success, they are still unordered, when i open this album on ipad :(

I've

renamed all photos as "0001.jpg", "0002.jpg", etc
removed all EXIF information from this files
set identical creation and modification time

it helps in most cases, but not always :( what i'm doing wrong?
I don't believe that it can't do such basic things as a ordering of photos in photo album.

Maybe there exists are an tool for that? ideally an app for ipad.


texts: Why I need to reset frequently SMC controller in my MacBook Pro with touch bar (Intel, T1 Chip)

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I have a MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and an Intel processor. I need to reset the SMC controller every time I open the MacBook Pro. It does not start automatically unless I do this.
I've tried many solutions, but it doesn’t work. I've also updated to macOS Big Sur.
When I shut it down, the screen shows a green screen or RGB color pixels and lines.
Model: MacBook Pro 2016 Model
macOS: Big Sur(11.1)
This issue also present in my previous version macOS Catalina.


texts:
I have a jailbroken iPhone 6s running iOS 12.2. It was working well until I used Chimera to jailbreak and it went into a reboot and then got stuck in the Apple logo. (I used Chimera multiple times to jailbreak after a reboot and it had worked pretty well)

I have been trying to boot into safe mode with the volume up key but doesn't seem to work. I don't want to use iTunes to restore because it will upgrade to 12.4 and I won't be able to jailbreak it again.

Is there any other way to boot into safe mode other than the keys? Or is there a way to reset the iPhone with 12.2 itself?


texts: How to connect to an AFP server from a Windows PC?

texts:
I would like to connect to an AFP server from a windows PC (XP/Vista/7).

The AFP server is a Time Capsule with file sharing over WAN enabled. It seems from my research on internet that it is not possible to setup the Time Capsule to use SMB for the file sharing over WAN.

I know that windows don't support natively AFP. Is there any third party applications which would allow a windows PC to connect to an AFP server. Is installing Bonjour on the PC could help?

I already tried this : https://superuser.com/questions/119923/connect-a-pc-to-mac-os-x-server

Thanks for your help!

Benjamin

From : https://superuser.com/questions/196562/how-to-connect-to-an-afp-server-from-a-windows-pc
(I don't know how to migrate my question to here...)


texts: Install Latest OS X version with Internet Recovery

texts:
This is on a 2012 MacBook Air.

I just used Disk Utility and erased the SSD, booted into Internet Recovery, connected to the network and let it do its thing. Its prompting me to install Lion. From this point, how can I perform a fresh install of 10.9.4?


texts: Can I use a t-mobile contract free iphone 6 in europe with a sim card from a local provider? Or: How do I know if my country has a compatible network?

texts:
A friend of mine is going to NYC. I'd like him to buy a contract free t-mobile iphone 6 for me cause they are cheaper in the US. I would like to use this phone with my european sim card provider. Is that possible?

When I've googled this I've seen some contradictory information on forums (can't post more than two links here cause I'm new) and in various websites. An apple customer rep told me: "As long as your preferred wireless provider is compatible with the T-Mobile GSM network, then it will work." What does compatible mean here? Is it a matter of frequencies and stuff that is fairly standardised? If I'd be able to connect to the local carriers network (ie. roam) with a t-mobile sim while travelling does that mean the network is compatible?

It seems like you might be able to discover if you're phone is useable in other countries for sure by looking at the per country coverage lists you'll find if you google "International Plans Calling Abroad Traveling T-Mobile".

The question "When I buy an iPhone 6 from the Apple website and select contract-free from T-Mobile, is the phone carrier unlocked?" that's already available on this page might be seen as an answer to this question. However clarifying what "compatible carriers" mean and wether information on where roaming is possible answers the question "are there compatible carriers in my country?" might be nice for other users, at least it'd be nice for me.

http://store.apple.com/us/question/answers/iphone/is-iphone-6-for-tmobile-unlocked/QU2A7TAHD7HYCJPD9

http://hothardware.com/News/Want-An-Unlocked-iPhone-6-Pick-Up-The-TMobile-Version-ContractFree/

EDIT:

For LTE coverage info, I think you can compare supported LTE bands on the different models of iphones with LTE bands on networks in your country:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_6 (see LTE bands)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTE_networks (look for your country)


texts: Can I set the iPhone to vibrate except for one contact?

texts:
iPhone 5s, iOS 9

I currently leave my phone almost exclusively on silent mode using the switch on the side so that it vibrates on notifications. But I want it to ring when one particular person calls me. Is this possible?

I've seen a similar workaround using the do not disturb function, but I don't think that solves my issue. I want it to vibrate on all notifications, texts, and calls, except ring when one particular person calls.


texts: Where does OneNote for Mac store its notebook files?

texts:
"Create a new notebook" with OneNote for Mac is not possible in offline mode. :(
Editing and updating your notebook, however, works flawlessly in offline mode.

My question is: where does OneNote for Mac store its Notebook files (for offline work)?

Also, I would love to find a workaround to use OneNote in offline mode and to block sync in my firewall.


texts:
I'm wondering if there is any way to run Rosetta on macOS Sierra. In this post, someone mentioned that Rosetta may uses the Carbon framework, which appears to exist in up to macOS Sierra. Are there any missing frameworks in macOS Sierra that Rosetta requires?

I'll attempt to install Rosetta on macOS Sierra soon, and will update the question after doing so

Update: it turns out that Rosetta is a file named translate which is placed in /usr/libexec/oah/. When running /usr/libexec/oah/translate, either as when installed by the Snow Leopard Rosetta installer, and installed by Pacifist, I get Killed: 9. But, when running ~/Downloads/Rosetta/usr/libexec/oah/, which was extracted by Pacifist, I get the following:

$ ~/Downloads/Rosetta/usr/libexec/oah/translate
objc[21035]: Objective-C garbage collection is no longer supported.
Abort trap: 6

After looking more into Rosetta.pkg (which isn't actually located in Optional Installs.mpkg somehow), I noticed that aside from postinstall and preinstall scripts, there was a folder named postinstall_actions which contained a script named registerRosetta. Here are the contents of that script:

#!/bin/sh
if [ "$3" == "/" ]; then
    logger -p install.info Registering Rosetta
    /usr/sbin/sysctl -w kern.exec.archhandler.powerpc=/usr/libexec/oah/translate
fi

So, I decided to backup /usr/sbin/sysctl and then try running part of the script. This is what happened:

root# /usr/sbin/sysctl -w kern.exec.archhandler.powerpc=/usr/libexec/oah/translate
sysctl: unknown oid 'kern.exec.archhandler.powerpc'

I don't know about this stuff, but it looks like something is missing.

Update 2:
I've discovered this discussion about getting Rosetta to run on OS X Lion, which unfortunately seemed to stop in 2011, without having provided (as far as I could understand) a conclusion to whether Rosetta can be run on OS X Lion. I'm going to look into modifying macOS more, to make this work. I have no idea how much is going to need to be done, but I can hopefully get an idea by continuing where the discussion on InsanelyMac forums left off.


texts: Backup app to use with Amazon Cloud Drive?

texts:
I am backing up my iMac locally using Time Machine, and now I am looking for a cloud backup to provide offsite redundancy. I have signed up for Amazon's unlimited storage option for their Cloud Drive, and I have been testing Arq as a local backup app. Arq works okay, but it's lacking some features, such as the ability to restrict uploads to certain hours, such as 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM.

Can you recommend a backup app that works with Amazon Cloud Drive, and provides good configuration options? Thanks for your help.


texts:
Dropbox, PushBullet, Thunderbird and a dozen other apps create notifications. Is it possible to log these in a Unix-like way?

I dislike the tiny messages popping up for a few seconds and then disappearing without a trace.

Basically, I want to be able to grep a file which contains a line for each notification.


texts: Reformat URLs using Applescript or Automator

texts:
Currently I have a process that downloads image URL from a website.  Then I filter out URLs I don't need and am left with a list of good image URLs.  I want to reformat these URLs by adding [IMG] before and [/IMG] tags after so these images are ready to post on sites that require these tags.  So far, I'm not finding a good way to accomplish this.

Any ideas or suggestions?


texts:
I recently upgraded my mac Mavericks at the same time as I swapped the hard drive for a new, larger capacity one, making for a fresh install (i.e. not an upgrade of the software). I kept the old hard drive, mounted it into an external caddy, and I am now trying to recover my files.

The issue I am having is that I cannot access (or even see) the old NTFS Boot Camp partition. I can access it with a windows laptop, so I know the partition is there and seemingly healthy. My mac can access the old HFS+ boot partition, but Disk Utility doesn't even identify the ntfs partition as existing. The disk has a GUID partition table if that makes any difference (I suspect that isn't the problem however, since it can see the size of the HFS+ partition).

I am finding this to be a difficult problem to diagnose, as every search I attempt reliably informs me that all recent versions of OS X have read-only support for NTFS built-in, and thus most articles and forum posts are about how to enable write support. While writing to the disk would be nice, I only really need to be able to read from it for now.


texts: My iPhone 4 is not showing me on my text message when I have a message

texts: My iPhone is not showing me when I have messages on the Messages app, and is also not ringing when I have text messages even though my settings are set to alert me when I get one.


texts: apply a terminal conversion command to each file in a folder

texts: How do you apply this terminal command ffmpeg -i $f -ac 2 -codec:a libmp3lame -b:a 48k -ar 24000 -write_xing 0 $f_converted; to every file in a directory? ($f is the filename and $f_converted is the converted name)


texts: VNC viewer which support a repeater server for Mac OS X Sierra

texts:
I'm looking for a VNC viewer which support a repeater server like the UltraVNC one.

I tried to use SSVNC but it is not starting. So I'm wondering if anyone has been able to make it work on macOS Sierra, or has another Open Source alternative to suggest.


texts: Apple watch still paired to an iPhone I no longer have

texts:
I used to have an iPhone from work and my Apple watch was paired to it.
Now that I've bought a new iPhone and given back my old iPhone I am unable to pair my apple watch to the new phone.

My Apple watch says: "wrong code, go to Apple Watch app and..."
There is no chance to enter the code manually.

But in the App I can only start to pair a new device, but the watch is still paired.

What steps do I have to do?

My Apple Watch is from series one and I don't know the software version nor how to determine it.


texts: Is Bluetooth battery information readable in Windows on Boot Camp?

texts: Is there any way to see the battery level of a Bluetooth device (e.g. magic mouse) in Windows with Boot Camp?


texts: Internal microphone only works when Siri is activated - MacOS 10.13.2

texts:
https://imgur.com/a/jNpvW (video of the bug)

Internal microphone works only when Siri is activated.
I started noticing this after installing Boom 2 (I think), which I've uninstalled now and the problem still persists. I've tried restarting, creating a new user, resetting PRAM, and resetting SMC.
I've also tried messing around with the Audio MIDI Setup.

I've noticed something interesting there which might be relevant. I tried muting the microphone and activating Siri, the microphone is automatically unmuted when Siri is activated and re-muted when Siri is deactivated.


texts:
I just got back to school today after using Ethernet at home.

The WiFi claims to be connected to my Macbook Pro, but I can't get any internet out of it here after an entire semester of working.

I tried resetting the PRAM. And "-"ing Wifi on the Network Settings.

The Ethernet at the University still works, but I can't stay plugged into the wall once classes start.

Anybody help?


texts: Set meta/command/⌘ key as Launchpad shortcut?

texts: I would like to set the command key ⌘ as the shortcut to open Launchpad, is that possible? I've tried in the System Preferences, but it won't let me.


texts: Re-directed screenshot location via defaults file doesn't work

texts:
I'm sure everyone knows about the standard changing default location where captured screenshots are stored.

A simple

sudo defaults write com.apple.screencapture location <enter path to folder>
killall SystemUIServer

should have sufficed but nothing happens.

My screenshots still save to desktop but the worst part is, when I read the file I've just written to, it tells me that the location that screenshots are being saved in is the folder that I've redirected to!

sudo defaults read com.apple.screencapture

gives

{
location = "/Users/Me/Documents/Screenshots/"'
}

However it continues to save them to my desktop. The folder remains empty; it's not as if it saves it to both the folder and the desktop.

Ideas?


texts: Can a Verizon iPad (4th Gen) be used on AT&T GSM/HSPA+?

texts:
I have seen a lot of old information about this, but nothing new or recent.

I have a Verizon iPad (4th Generation) running iOS7 and want to switch to AT&T.

Can I drop an AT&T SIM in and run on AT&T's network (obviously sans LTE)?


texts:
I decide to open a url in a new window with command:

$ open -na 'Google Chrome' 'https://www.etymonline.com/'

It opened a new window in blank.


texts:
I would like to remove custom HTML elements from websites - mainly ad banners or it could be anything. It looks like this functionality is not allowed with the latest ad blockers in the extension gallery (please correct me if I am wrong). So far I have tried Ghostery Lite, Adblock, Ka-Block, UBlock, 1Block, etc.

I am curious if this could be done with a custom extension that I only use locally:

keep a list of unwanted HTML elements per site
remove elements on site visit

Before I spend hours on this, is this doable?

Mac OS X: 10.15.5
Safari: 13.1.1


texts: Concerns re: upgrading to an OWC Aura Pro SSD on my 2015 Macbook Pro 15" retina

texts:
Looking to upgrade HD space on my 2015 MBP 15" — considering purchasing the OWC Aura Pro 1TB drive, but am quite wary of the many negative reviews I've seen surrounding it (overheating, battery issues, trouble booting)..

Does anyone have any real positive experience with this drive upgrade, or any other recommendations?

I'm honestly feeling most confident about purchasing a Samsung external SSD and velcroing it to the front of my machine.

Any thoughts greatly appreciated :^)


texts: SNTP timeout after 15 seconds but default is supposed to be 68 sec

texts:
Using sntp to query an NTP server times out after just 15 sec.

Stevens-MacBook-Air:~ Steve$ sntp -d time.nist.gov
Starting to read KoD file /var/db/ntp-kod...
sntp sendpkt: Sending packet to 2610:20:6f15:15::27... Packet sent.
sntp recvdata: select() reached timeout (15 sec), aborting.
sntp recvpkt failed: -1.
Server unusable
on_wire failed for server 2610:20:6f15:15::27!
sntp sendpkt: Sending packet to 216.229.0.179... Packet sent.
sntp recvdata: select() reached timeout (15 sec), aborting.
sntp recvpkt failed: -1.
Server unusable
on_wire failed for server 216.229.0.179!

According to sntp documentation and man page for sntp, default is supposed to be 68 seconds. Is this a bug sntp installed in OS 10.11.6?


texts: After PDFs combined, copied text using Inter font is gibberish

texts:
I have been making multi-page PDFs from Sketch. Each page is exported as a PDF. Then I combine these pages into one PDF using a Quick Action, either the built in Create PDF action, or a homemade one of my own.

Here is the problem. After combining files this way, any text with the font Inter causes problems. It is displayed in Preview correctly, but copying text results in gibberish and I'm being told it renders incorrectly on other computers. I've tested this with Helvetica Neue and this font works properly.

Here is the text before using a Quick Action:

  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Mauris luctus est odio, efficitur aliquet justo vulputate nec. Sed gravida, quam at lacinia suscipit, lacus augue finibus turpis, ut ullamcorper augue erat vel mauris. Sed porta eget nisi sit amet viverra. Aliquam eget orci massa. Nulla imperdiet quis augue vel blandit. Donec et accumsan nulla. Nam vel diam erat.

And here that same text after using a Quick Action then selecting and copying it

  '!"#$% '()% +","# )'- .%$-/ 0"1)$0-$-# .+'(')0'12 $,'-3 4.*5') ,0-) $)- "+'"/ $66'0'-# .,'7$- 8*)-" 9*,(-.-$ 1$03 :$+ 2#.9'+./ 7.% .- ,.0'1'. ))0'('-/ ,.0) .2$ 6'1';) -#(')/ *- *,,.%0"#($# .2$ $#.- 9$, %.5')3 :$+ ("5-. $2$- 1')' )'- .%$- 9'9$5#.3 <,'7.% $2$- "#0' %.)).3 =,,. '%($#+'$- 7') .2$ 9$, ;,.1+'-3 >"1$0 $- .00*%).1 1*,,.3 =.% 9$, +'.% $#.-3'

What is causing this and how can I make sure this font works properly after using Quick Actions?


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I have a MacBook Pro (I think mid 2012). About three months ago it started running really slow, so I renstalled the OS with a recovery partition. For a few weeks it ran very well with an overall very seamless experience.

Yet, as of two days ago, suddenly it started running extremely slow again. When I use vim and save a 200 line text file it takes about a minute average. When I want to click an icon or menu bar, it's not unusual to delay even highlighting the widget for 30 seconds.

I thought it might be the hard disk drive, so today I changed to a brand new SSD. This, however, had no effect.

The computer runs at this very slow speed even when system monitor says that there are 1.5GB RAM left and 97% idle CPU.

Does anyone know what the issue might be?

Right now I’m trying to run the recovery partition again, yet even booting from it has already taken me longer than writing this.

Edit

I have only used about 30 GB of my startup disk.

I am not aware of any malware, yet, I canot be sure.

I have 4 GB of RAM (DDR3 1600MHz)

CPU is i5 2.5 Ghz

Update

I got it into recovery mode, and even here it's painfully slow, even if I select a disk i disk utility, it takes quite some time to even highlight the name. Could a reinstall even do the trick here?

More clear details

Computer specifications:

MacBook Pro 13" (mid 2012)

CPU: 2.5 GHz i5

RAM: 4 GB 1600MHz DDR3

Graphics: Intel 4000

Disk: 500GB (now 120GB) Only 30 GB when running slowly.

No retina.

OS: Mavericks, it came with Mountain Lion (It has run well with Mavericks)

SOLUTION

As suggested I tried to replace the Hard Drive cable following this post.

The cost of this was the cable itself (around 32 EUR), and was done with only PH0 and PH00 screwdrivers.

It's been working perfectly for around 30 minutes with no sign of the prior slowdown. The repair was very easy and the effect is just as one could wish for.


texts: "Automatically adjust brightness" nowhere to be seen

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I have a situation where I'm using an app that calibrates my monitors.  I have several monitors attached and when I go into System Preferences -> Displays, I unfortunately don't see any options on any of my monitors to toggle an Automatically adjust brightness setting as per the instructions:

My displays consist of:

1x 30" Apple Cinema HD Display (Display Pane,
Options Pane)
1x Dell U2711 (Display Panel)
1x Acer G257HU (Display Panel)
2x Sceptre E248W-1920R (Display Panel)

I'm running MacOS 10.12.5.

Any ideas on how to disable such a setting that is no where to be seen?


texts: After a long sleep, my MacBook Pro seems always log me out

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Got a new MBP Retina Display May 2015 15'' model.
It is upgraded to OS X El Capitan.

Whenever I put the MBP into sleep for a little bit long ( like 1 day ), when I come back, wake it up and  enter my password to get back to my screens, the applications all seems try to restart and lose the status.
Note in the System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Advanced... the log out due to X minutes of inactivity is unchecked.

I am totally confused and this is very inconvenient.


texts: Scrivener app crashing on macOS Sierra because of growl.framework

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I recently upgraded to macOS Sierra and moved over my El Capitan stuff over via a Time Machine backup. Everything works fine on Sierra except for Scrivener, a writing app. The app constantly crashes, and here is the beginning of the crash log:

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

Exception Type:        EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes:       KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

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

VM Regions Near 0:
-->
    __TEXT                 0000000000001000-0000000000370000 [ 3516K] r-x/rwx SM=COW  /Applications/Scrivener.app/Contents/MacOS/Scrivener

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x945d6172 CFDictionaryGetValue + 34
1   com.growl.growlframework          0xc0001e67 +[GrowlApplicationBridge isGrowlRunning] + 81
2   com.literatureandlatte.scrivener2    0x002d7a67 0x1000 + 2976359
3   libobjc.A.dylib                   0x9ee491b2 CALLING_SOME_+initialize_METHOD + 31
4   libobjc.A.dylib                   0x9ee3c927 _class_initialize + 479
5   libobjc.A.dylib                   0x9ee3c587 lookUpImpOrForward + 117
6   libobjc.A.dylib                   0x9ee3c50d _class_lookupMethodAndLoadCache3 + 30
7   libobjc.A.dylib                   0x9ee3c074 objc_msgSend + 116
8   com.apple.Foundation              0x95d42ad8 __57-[NSNotificationCenter addObserver:selector:name:object:]_block_invoke_2 + 32
9   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x94665844 __CFNOTIFICATIONCENTER_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER__ + 20
10  com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x94665734 _CFXRegistrationPost + 452
11  com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x94665486 ___CFXNotificationPost_block_invoke + 54
12  com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x94623753 -[_CFXNotificationRegistrar find:object:observer:enumerator:] + 1699
13  com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x9462258d _CFXNotificationPost + 637
14  com.apple.Foundation              0x95cfd8e4 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 71
15  com.literatureandlatte.ScrAppKit    0x00525028 -[KBTextStorage replaceCharactersInRange:withString:] + 556
16  com.apple.AppKit                  0x92702f9b -[NSTextView insertText:replacementRange:] + 1744
17  com.apple.AppKit                  0x92702748 -[NSTextView insertText:] + 272
18  com.apple.AppKit                  0x92919c9a -[NSTextView(NSKeyBindingCommands) insertNewline:] + 473
19  libobjc.A.dylib                   0x9ee40d1e -[NSObject performSelector:withObject:] + 59
20  com.apple.AppKit                  0x9281e435 -[NSResponder doCommandBySelector:] + 71
21  com.apple.AppKit                  0x9272009d -[NSTextView doCommandBySelector:] + 181
22  com.apple.AppKit                  0x9271ffc6 -[NSTextInputContext(NSInputContext_WithCompletion) doCommandBySelector:completionHandler:] + 107
23  com.apple.AppKit                  0x9271ff51 -[NSTextInputContext doCommandBySelector:] + 46
24  com.apple.AppKit                  0x9271fe7f -[NSTextInputContext _handleCommand:] + 83
25  com.apple.AppKit                  0x92700a45 -[NSKeyBindingManager(NSKeyBindingManager_MultiClients) interpretEventAsCommand:forClient:] + 1490
26  com.apple.AppKit                  0x92f324d2 __84-[NSTextInputContext _handleEvent:options:allowingSyntheticEvent:

I contacted Scrivener's tech support, and they said it's crashing because Growl is installed.

I checked on my computer, and I don't see Growl running. I don't remember having installed it or ever having used it; I just use the default notification system on macOS.

I checked my ~/Library/Preferences and ~/Library/Application Support, and there is nothing named Growl or growl in there.

I checked via an app remover, and it didn't find anything named growl/Growl on my system either. Neither could I find growl as a running process in the Activity Monitor.

Anybody have a clue what might be happening over here? Thanks!


texts: Application keeps bouncing on dock and won't open

texts: I have a game (Borderlands 2: Game of the Year edition) directly purchased through the App Store. I've been playing this game for a month until it started to have this error everytime I launch it: the application just keeps bouncing on the dock and does not open even for an hour of waiting. Force Quit option do not work but when I click on the "bouncing" icon on the dock, it disappears. The application is not the "Force Quit application" list when I hit command + option + esc. Any workaround on this error?


texts: Trapped: MacBook always shuts down during EFI SMC Update 1.8. Can't boot. How to remove updater from boot routine?

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MacBook Pro i7 Mid-2012 (MacBookPro9,2) running Mac OS X 10.8.5: Downloaded the "offered" EFI SMC Update 1.8 through the AppStore Updates. MacBook restarted, grey progress bar appears w/ spinning wheel, progress bar disappears at 20%, wheel spins a few more seconds, then display turns black and Mac shuts down.

When I hit the power switch, same routine again: progress bar & spinning wheel until Mac shuts down w/ incomplete update. Tried SMC reset and Parameter RAM reset. Nothing helps. Can boot from recovery partition, but otherwise I'm suddenly trapped, which really sucks.

Don't know what to do next. My idea would be to boot in Single User Mode (CMD-S at restart) and remove the SMC EFI Updater from the boot routine via command line. The question is: How?


texts: Remote control of iPad (from a PC ideally)?

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I've had a quick look through the search results, and am not able to find a suitable answer.

My scenario is this - my mother in law in her 70s, is not all that keen on technology. She's also self-isolated thanks to Corona.

We're sending an iPad her way, that we can get 'set up' in advance... but what we really need to be able to do is remote-support it, because we can't go and see her in person.

To that end, I'm wondering what the best option would be for remote support. We have available an iPhone, a PC and an Android phone.

I'm currently contemplating something like teamviewer (the 'quick support' looks to allow screen viewing which would be a start), but if there's a free option out there that'd be better still.


texts: How do you ascertain that the battery drain in an iPhone is software related

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So, my iPhone 6 Plus battery has been draining very badly.

Whereas I used to get over a day on a single 100% charge, I barely make it half a day now. Even the charging in takes whole night even on a 10W iPad charger.

Everything I have observed lends me to believe that it is a battery issue. However the Apple Diagnosis concludes that the battery is alright and the problem probably is software related.

From the battery usage of the last day or of the last week, I don't see any app consuming too much battery - Gmail background activity even when it's background activity has been disabled is the only suspicion.

In the diagnostics and logs, obviously there's a ton of diagnostic information.

Reinstalling all of these and restoring the 64G of data is a painful process, I'd avoid unless I'm sure it would fix the issue that currently exists.

Anyway I can ascertain that the battery drain right now is absolutely software related?


texts: Unable to set up lan in macbook pro ( with retina display)

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In macbook pro there is no lan port, for that I bought lan to usb connector.

But I am unable to setup net-connection.

In System preference > networks there is no ethernet option.

I tried this link https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4835488?start=0&tstart=0


texts: Sending iMessage that supposably does not get delivered

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My niece has an iPhone 8 which is acting up. When she sends an iMessage to another user, the message gets sent and received. She however does not see a status (i.e. delivered or read). Instead, after a few minutes she gets a push message stating that the message could not be sent/delivered. The original message then has a red exclamation mark next to it.

As mentioned, the message however was sent and received. This happens when sending messages to any iMessage user no matter if sent over wifi or mobile networks. It even happens, after the recipient has replied.

I have restarted the device, logged out of iCloud and reset the network settings. Nothing seems to fix the issue.

Does anyone have an idea what the cause could be?

Thanks for any tips

PS: She is running iOS 12.3.1 and it wasn't always like this. It started happening a couple of weeks ago. It happens to roughly 95% of the messages she sends. There is no real pattern to the few messages that get sent successfully, often the next message will already throw an error.


texts: Weird sound/headphone jack problem on Macbook Pro

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I have a Macbook Pro (late 2012/early 2013) running OS X 10.9.4, and it's recently developed a strange problem when I try to play sound through headphones. Instrumental music generally still sounds fine, but speech is so distorted it's impossible to understand, and the vocal line on songs is sometimes OK and sometimes distorted or completely absent. Instead of intelligible speech, I get odd high-pitched tinny electronic noises.
This applies to anything played within my browser (YouTube, Soundcloud, internet radio etc.), streaming apps such as Spotify, and music stored on my computer played through iTunes. It doesn't appear to be a problem with my sound card either, as everything sounds completely normal when played through the built-in speakers. Neither does it seem to be an issue with my headphones: I've tried several pairs as well as external speakers plugged into the headphone jack, and all of them produce the same problem.
I've tried cleaning the headphone socket with a paperclip as someone suggested on another thread, but there's been no improvement; anyone have any other ideas?


texts: OSX opens all recent apps and files after logging in from a lock screen

texts: I've noticed that every other day or so after a stepping away from my MBP (mid 2014, OSX 10.11.6) and logging back in, all of my recent apps and documents will be opened, even though they were not when I stepped away. It usually happens when I close my lid, but have seen it happen when lid is left open, and it's been going on for past several months. It's an odd problem to Google as results are all over the place. Has anyone faced a similar issue or is there a known bug related to this? I have all my updates and I've tried restarting my laptop. I have no items listed in "login items".


texts: Hard reset and restore of iPad from a 2nd desktop computer?

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I'm maintaining a series of iPads used in kiosk context for a client. Occasionally the  iPads become 'locked' and require a hard reset and restore from my Mac which was used for the original deploy.
My question is, can I somehow allow the unlocking and restore on a 2nd desktop (the client's) Mac? Isn't the iPad 'tied' to just one Mac, the one used for the original deploy? Or am I mistaken?


texts: All user accounts on iMac running OSX 10.10.5 vanished on login screen

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So a few nights, ago our iMac (OSX 10.10.5) started to run slowly, so I figured that all 4 family members have active logins – so one by one, I logged everyone out then rebooted the machine.

When it started to reboot, the iMac entered the safe mode loading process and never completely rebooted; it just hangs there around 50%.

I managed to get the iMac to boot up to at least the login screen, but all four users are gone and only the Guest option exists.

None of the usernames and passwords for any family member work. I've tried resetting passwords via Terminal and also to activate and use the root single user, but nothing works. When I run ls /Users, I can still see all the folders of the users.

I'm at a loss as to where to start. I'd happily rebuild the OS from scratch if I could backup the disk from Terminal in some way.

Any suggestions on restoring the user accounts or backing up from Terminal?


texts: Photos.app Edit-mode UI broken after upgrading to High Sierra

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Since upgrading to macos High Sierra, my Photos.app's editing functions have been troublesome. Features such as Retouch simply do not work, and I'm unable to access advanced options, such as the Shadows slider commonly found under the "Light" adjustment.

OSXDaily put out a troubleshooting guide for HS apps today which included a "Create a new account to test app" suggestion, which I did.  On the new test account, Photos.app's Edit features work as they're supposed to; Having not seen it work properly before, I did not know what to expect, nor what was missing prior.

On my original login, Photos.app's Edit screen doesn't show the pull-down arrows that should be to the left of Options.  Without that pull-down, most features are impossible to access.  I've tried re-sizing the window's internal and external dimensions, changing screen resolutions, and changing the scroll-bar behaviour.

I blew away the ~/Library/Preferences/Photos.plist files, to no avail. I'm not sure what other configuration files could be interfering with the Photos.app editing UI.

I'm not sure how to proceed without clobbering my current login account.


texts: Mac Mini 2018 which memory bank is which?

texts: Just installed 2 x 16 GB RAM in my Mac Mini 2018. Only the memory in bank 2 / channelB is recognized, not the one on bank 0 / channelA. But which one is bank 0 and which one is bank 2?


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Is there a way to "cut" certain cells and paste them to another cells or sheet without losing formulas with references to other cells (such as MS Excel does with command+X).
Numbers does not support Excel macros at all?


texts: Finder seems to be broken, Desktop files missing

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I have an old imac mid 2010 with upgraded ram and ssd that works really well. I mostly use it for coding and I did not updated / installed any new apps lately.

Since 24hours ago:

finder seems to be broken (cannot launch it)
cannot access the cmd+space finder
all files in desktop disappeared

Everything else seems to be working. The computer seems to be fine except that. I have access to chrome, spotify, terminal etc through the shortcuts clicking on the bottom menu bar.

Following some instructions, I have tried to locate ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist and there is nothing.

I would like to understand what is happening and fix it. I have run:

sudo sysdiagnose -f ~/Desktop

Here is the result https://pastebin.com/ehp52jBR


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I'd like to rollback to IOS 5 from IOS 6 for an iPad 2.

I don't mind jail breaking if necessary but instructions would be appreciated.


texts: Cannot mount remote USB drive over network after installing network switch

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My previous home network setup was MBP into the single GbE port on my wireless router, a Mac mini into the 10/100 port. Both talked perfectly to each other - both are running 10.15.7
The Mac mini has an external USB drive called Media 2, and I could mount and use it over the network via the MBP.
Today I installed a GbE switch so that both Macs can talk to the GbE port on the router, and now I can't mount the Media 2 drive on the MBP any more. Everything else works, it's just that external USB drive that I can't mount on the MBP over the network.
I get this box every time:

I can connect to the Mac mini using screen sharing and access Media 2 on the MBP that way. While I'm screen sharing the mini via the MBP, I can copy from Media 2 to the MBP. I just can't mount Media 2 directly on the MBP.
I've Googled around, and the most common solutions - restart the Finder or log out/back in - haven't worked.
Any suggestions gratefully received!


texts: Mac Book Pro 2.2 (2008) Core 2 Duo, display and trackpad stopped working

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My Mac Book Pro 2.2 (2008) Core 2 Duo, was working properly, and after waking it up (open the lid), the display was black...

It happened to me before and the other times I reckon it was some kind of bug with it not understanding it was meant to wake up (nothing a lid close, wait a bit and open lid wouldn't solve).

This time none of my previous solutions worked, and I forced a shutdown and then started it, and it remained with a blank (black) screen.

I can connect to it via the screen sharing application, and everything is working except the trackpad, the cursor doesn't move. Incidentally, connecting an external USB mouse, doesn't work, the cursor also doesn't move. (the cursor via screen sharing at least works).

By connecting to it remotely, I can go to the system preferences and can see that under the monitors preferences, it shows the standard display resolutions, and I connected an external monitor and nothing, so I assume the graphic card is gone.

So symptoms are:

no display, no external display;
no USB mouse (but it does read USB pen drives)

What I've done so far:

reseted VRAM
started from an external system

None of these worked and what puzzles me is why doesn't the USB external mouse work? (the rest seems to indicate the graphic card + trackpad are seriously damaged).

What can I do? is there a solution for this?


texts: Is there a way to generate random passwords in Safari, without iCloud?

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I know that iCloud Keychain has a feature where it offers to generate strong, random passwords directly in Safari. Some third-party password managers allow it, but I'd prefer to store the password in the OS X keychain, so I'm really just looking for a password generator, not full-blown manager. For other browsers there is addons that offer similar functionality. It's possible to do it in the regular non-iCloud Keychain Access app, but this is a bit cumbersome.

Is there any way of generating a random password directly in Safari, but without using iCloud keychain?


texts: Is it possible to wirelessly debug iOS app on iPhone?

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I'm setting up my Xamarin development environment and there are issues with iOS debugging. I'd like to have a way to debug my app on iPhone, but it's not so easy. Here's the ways I know:

Install macOS virtual machine on Windows and connect iPhone physically over USB to Windows host. But it doesn't seem legal to install macOS as virtual machine on non-Apple branded hardware (see https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1000131 and Using Mac in a virtual machine legality?)
Use Apple hardware. Not a cheap option, and I don't want to migrate to macOS only to debug iOS apps.
Use cloud Mac, e.g. https://www.macincloud.com. But I haven't found a way for wireless debugging iOS applications. As I see, iPhone must be physically attached to macOS hardware, which is not possible in this case.

The most convinient options would be #3. It would be great to debug iOS app on a real device using Mac in cloud. Is that possible?


texts: How to scan for duplicate files / images in one direction only?

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I am looking for a solution to search for duplicate files / images on my mac but only in one direction: Folders A and B should be compared but I am only interested in files in folder A with duplicates in folder B. If there are any duplicates within B does not matter.

In detail:

On my Mac I have large collection of photos and images. Lets say they are all located in /User/JustMe/PhotoCollection/ or its sub folders.

Within these folders there same known duplicates which where created intentionally. For example I have one folder Summer Vacationand a sub folder which holds all vacation photos which should be used for a photo book. Thus I am not interested in finding these duplicates.

When I import photos from my camera it can happen that some of them have been imported before. Thus I would like to compare the import folder to the existing photos folder and find only duplicates

within the import folder (both files are located in the import folder)
or one version within the import folder and one within the existing photos folder

I am not interested in duplicates within the existing photos.

I tried some known duplicate scanners like Gemini, Cisdem, etc. They all allow to select multiple folders to compare but they don't seem to have an oneway option.

Can this be solved with macOS features or is there any tools which offers this option?

EDIT:

As requested here is an example:

/User/JustMe/PhotoCollection/
    SubfolderA/
       Image1.jpg
    SubfolderB/
       ImageA.jpg
       ImageB.jpg
       Selection/
           ImageA.jpg
    SubfolderC/
    ...

/User/JustMe/PhotoImport/
    NewImage1.jpg
    NewImage2.jpg
    NewImage2_Copy.jpg
    ImageA.jpg

Potential duplicates:

/User/JustMe/PhotoCollection/SubfolderB/ImageA.jpg
/User/JustMe/PhotoCollection/SubfolderB/Selection/ImageA.jpg

/User/JustMe/PhotoImport/NewImage2.jpg
/User/JustMe/PhotoImport/NewImage2_Copy.jpg

/User/JustMe/PhotoImport/ImageA.jpg
/User/JustMe/PhotoCollection/SubfolderB/ImageA.jpg

The first duplicate is within the existing collection and is a known duplicates which should not be deleted / scanned for.

The second duplicate is within the import folder and should be deleted

The 3rd duplicate has one version in the import folder and one in the existing collection. The import version should be deleted.

All duplicate scanners I have tests do not only test the file name but also the capture date, other raw data etc. to make sure files are equal. Additionally they can scan for similar pictures which are not 100% identical but almost the same.


texts: Mac at 100% CPU Usage when plugged into monitor

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I just got this Asus 1080p monitor and I've connected my Mid-2014 13-inch rMBP (2.8GHz Intel Core i5, 16 GB of memory, Intel Iris 1536 MB Graphics, running El Capitan 10.11.6) to it via HDMI. The Macbook is in a vertical dock in closed clamshell mode. It's plugged in with the screen off, and I've got a cheap Anker keyboard and Magic Trackpad 2 connected to it. When it's plugged in via HDMI to the monitor, whether the monitor is on or off, the CPU load is constantly at 100% with the fan spinning rather loudly.

Activity Monitor shows the CPU load is almost all from kernel_task, and ~3% user, ~97% system.

When I unplug the HDMI cable, the fan stops going and CPU usage drops immensely.

Is this behavior from my Macbook as unusual/harmful as I would think, and what can I do about it?

Edit: Google Chrome and Xcode are running significantly slower on the monitor than they do on my Macbook itself.

Edit 2: As soon as a posted this, my fan stopped whirring so rapidly (though CPU usage did not drop from 100), and Activity Monitor showed that CPU usage is about 15% each from 5 different Google Chrome Helpers (?) and only 1% from kernel_task. What on earth?


texts: My iPhone 5 synced contacts from my wife's iPhone 5

texts: My iPhone 5 (iOS 6.1.2) synced contacts from my wife's iPhone 5 (iOS 7.0.2) and changed many of them (changed names to contacts with similar numbers). She uses my Apple ID, but contacts transfer from her phone to mine. Does anyone know why does it syncs contacts?


texts: How to edit videos keeping existing geotagging?

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Videos recorded with an iPhone or with other GPS-enabled phones gets geotagged as they should. When I trim/crop/edit them in iMovie (iLife '09) the GPS tags are gone.

How to keep the tags despite editing or is there a program to add back the geotags to the movie afterwards?


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I am trying to reinstall a clean copy of Leopard Server on my Mac mini server. I have erased both disks and tried to reinstall the OS, but it's always stuck at 36 minutes.

The installation successfully finished once, but then the OS got stuck on the opening screen.

I have checked both disks with disk utility and both appear to be fine.

I would love any suggestions, as I don't know what to do next.


texts: Can I fix my iPhone's "No Internet Connection" problem? Network is fine

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I am typing this question on my mac using my home WiFi network. The internet connection is fine.

My iPhone 5 running iOS 10.0.2, on the other hand, tries ad infinitum to connect to the same network, but displays a "No Internet Connection" in orange text under the network.

I've never had this problem before.

I've tried turning the phone on and off, stopping/starting WiFi, going into and out of airplane mode, but the phone persists. When it tries to connect to the WiFi at my job, it does not display "No Internet Connection", but it also tries ad infinitum to connect without success.

What is causing this problem, and how can I fix it?

Update

I wrote this question quite a while ago. I still do not know what the issue was, and unfortunately I do not remember what fixed it, and I think it may have fixed itself in a few days. If I had to guess, I would expect the fix to involve resetting network settings and restarting BOTH the phone and the modem/router (unplug first, wait 20–30 seconds, then plug back in). I would also tell the phone to check for software updates, and repeat if it installed anything. I think it MAY have been due to either a bug in a software update (which the developers quickly would have fixed), or my router/modem was having issues.

I’m really sorry I don’t remember anything more helpful. I hope that this helps somebody in some way, though!

If anyone finds an answer to this, post it!


texts: How can I setup my mac (OS X Yosemite) as an internet gateway

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It should be possible, but I searched for a day and cannot get a decent HowTo. There seemed to be a Gateway Setup Assistant, but the Wikipedia link only goes to the server app now. Maybe it is easier than I think, but I cannot get it to work.

The setup should be:

Router <-- USB ethernet --> MAC_GW <-- ethernet --> switch <-> internal network

The MAC_GW is a Mac Mini (OS X Yosemite) with an USB ethernet adapter. Internet access is possible from the Mac Mini over this adapter. WiFi is disabled for now.

I installed the server.app and got the DHCP service running, so machines in the internal network get IP addresses assigned. Unfortunately, the server app doesn't show any settings for gateway, NAT, bridging, firewall. The help function is just as helpful as the Apple features website. :(

Now for the question:
What do I have to configure, so machines from the internal network get internet access?

Additionally: How can I setup a firewall to control outside access?

UPDATE:
as @Froggard hinted, Internet Sharing worked in giving access to the internal network. However, I have no control over the DHCP addresses given by the server, firewall, user access, etc. The server.app DHCP is turned off now, because it cannot be assigned to the internal network adapter.

Maybe someone can still give details on how to enable firewall or control the components involved?


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I'm new with using Pages, and testing it for writing a spec for a small software project.

As the spec should be a frequently kept up-to-date document, I would like to have a textfield on the front page that says "Last edited dd.mm". If this text could be made to auto-update, for example on every save or just generally, this would be a major boon.

What I've found so far is that I can insert the current date from the menu - but that does not update the text without selecting it and clicking "Set to today" afaik. An option is to show the revision number, if that is somehow more possible.

The closest thing I could find was this post, which said it wasn't possible after 2014, with the latest update in 2016, v.5.6. Is there a way to accomplish this in Pages 6.2?


texts: My iPhone 5s calendar will not save events. I enter the event on the date needed, set the time and press done.  Nothing appears on the calendar.


texts: Microsoft Lync Mac crashes on 10.9 Mavericks

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I have a similar problem like another user had and followed all possible steps including reinstalling and cleaning up Keychain etc before.

The first time I start Lync after a reinstall, I can even see a Menu bar for some seconds. But before any window gets rendered, the Crash Reporter opens.

This is what the error said:

  Microsoft Error Reporting log version: 2.0

  Error Signature: Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS Date/Time: 2013-10-30
  13:23:14 +0000 Application Name: Microsoft Lync Application Bundle ID:
  com.microsoft.Lync Application Signature: UCCP Application Version:
  14.0.6.130930 Crashed Module Name: libcorecrypto.dylib Crashed Module Version: unknown Crashed Module Offset: 0x0002783a Blame Module Name:
  Microsoft Lync Blame Module Version: 14.0.6.130930 Blame Module
  Offset: 0x002cc862 Application LCID: 1031 Extra app info: Reg=English
  Loc=0x0407 Crashed thread: 0

Any Ideas how to solve this?


texts: Is there a file size limit when sharing files?

texts:
I was trying to use File Sharing to transfer a rather large file (6 GB) from my Mac mini to my MacBook Pro over WiFi, but the file would get constantly stuck at 6 MB and stop transferring.

Is there a file size limit when using File Sharing?


texts: How do I access the information stored in my Game Center on my iPad?

texts: I have a game linked to my Game Center and I need to get the login information for that game since I don’t seem to recall it. However I can’t open the Game Center. It’s not on the screen, it’s only in the settings and it won’t show me the information from there. Please help me. Thanks


texts: How to search a phrase in Preview of OS X?

texts: When I search for a term like "formation water", preview returns everything starting with formation and not the term "formation water". How can I search for a phrase in Preview?


texts: Changing temporary file location from Mac to external hard drive using terminal

texts:
I am using a Backup Extractor app to extract photos/media from a recent backup on my external hard drive. I successfully extracted photos from the backup and saved it to my external hard drive. Now I am trying to extract videos but I don't have enough space on my Mac to store the temporary files while it saves to the external hard drive. So I need to move the location of the temporary files to the Mac itself using terminal.
I don't want to enter the wrong code and have it mess anything up.
Would it be:
mv ~/.local/share/Reincubate Temporary Files/iPhone Backup Extractor/External Hard Drive 1/Temporary files

Reincubate is the name of the extractor app, External hard drive 1 is the name of the hard drive, and temporary files is the folder I want to move the files to.
I also received the location where it saves to from the app FAQ page.
Is that correct?


texts: Just bought the new MacBook Air, 13" and the new AirPort Extreme Base Station. I am curious as to how I get the max connection? Option + Click on my WiFi shows I am connected only using "n" and on the 2.4Ghz frequency. Why would it not be on "ac" and 5Ghz?


texts: Where can I find an explained list of emoji (emoticons) used in iOS?

texts:
Where can I find an explained list of  emoji (emoticons) used in iOS for use on Mac OS X?

Some of them are not quite clear and I would like to see their base meaning (I know that you are free to use them, still as the glyphs they should have an Unicode name).


texts:
I'm a new Mac user (macOS Sierra on MacBook pro).

Coming from Windows, I used PuTTY as my terminal emulator which was fairly simple but quite useful.

I'm looking for a terminal emulation program that copies text to the clipboard upon selection (and not requiring my to hit CommandC), like in PuTTY.

Is there such an app?

Thank you.
Daniel


texts: Icons don't appear immediately for downloaded programs

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I've simply ignored this in the past, but I've always been curious. If I download a new program off the internet and drag it to my applications folder, it shows up as the default missing icon symbol, and doesn't show the actual icon until I have run it a few times, or shut down my mac, or some other similar thing.

Is there any way to automatically show newly installed programs' icons?


texts:
I just read through Fast Charging iPad Pro 12.9 and am intrigued.

However I'd like to use the USB 3 port on my MacBook air instead of buying a new power brick just for the iPad Pro.

Has anybody tried to use an USB 3 -> USB C adaptor in conjunction with Apples USB C to Lightning cable?

I haven't found an USB 3 to USB C adaptor only USB C to USB 3. Maybe that answers my question already.


texts:
I previously had four e-mail accounts (and thus four identities) set up in the Mail app. I have now removed two of these accounts but when I compose a new e-mail the "From" drop-down box still lists four identities.

How do I remove the identities from the removed accounts?


texts: Processing script cannot assign address on 224.0.0.1

texts:
I'm trying to get a Processing script running on my MacBook that streams to a L3D Cube, using this GitHub repo. It's trying to assign a port for the stream but errors:

  opening socket failed: > address:224.0.0.1, port:2222 [group:null]

I've worked through making sure the address is in the routes table but it still doesn't work.

Trying ports 8080/8888 didn't work. Interestingly, it does work on my desktop running 10.13 but not on my laptop running 10.14. I am comparing the routing tables to see if I can figure out if the problem is there.

I'm not very well versed in network issues so any help would be appreciated.

public class Streaming {
    public static L3D_UDP udp;  // define the UDP object
    boolean multicast;
    public static String address;
    private static int port=2222;

    //multicast constructor
    public Streaming()
    {
      multicast=true;
      address       = "224.0.0.1";  // this is the multicast IP -- the router reserves this address,
                                    //and forwards any packets it receives at this address to all hosts on the LAN
      udp = new L3D_UDP( this, port, address );
    }

    public Streaming(int _port)
    {
      multicast=true;
      port=_port;
      address       = "224.0.0.1";  // this is the multicast IP -- the router reserves this address,
                                    //and forwards any packets it receives at this address to all hosts on the LAN
      udp = new L3D_UDP( this, port, address );
    }

Source:https://github.com/amatelin/L3DCube-Processing-scripts/blob/5dc9dfc19e2b0d0caec27bbe7fa2396eef8d2485/earth_weather_data/libraries/L3D/src/L3D/Streaming.java


texts:
I stupidly forgot the password to my MacbookPro. I have locked single user mode 2 weeks ago (for security reasons). How can I unlock single-user mode to get my password back?

Thanks guys :D


texts:
I have never noticed this before, but it seems like MacOS prevents certain key combinations to be pressed.
For instance, try pressing at the same time the keys z s and c on a standard Qwerty keyboard. This works and should write something like "csz". But if the three keys are all adjacent, for instance z s and x, MacOS drops one or two, or all of them, for instance giving you just "z" or "zx" or nothing at all. I've noticed this consistently across multiple Mac devices.
Since I'm programming a software that heavily relies on various key combinations (it's a virtual MIDI keyboard that transforms the computer keyboard into a MIDI controller), how to disable this behaviour?


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In my Disk Utility, I see Other Volumes. It happened without me knowing and I have no idea how to check what that is.

Could you tell me what that is and if I can remove it using Terminal? Or without having to install other programs?