texts: What is Tri-band 2G CDMA (800 (CDMA over ESMR), 850, 1900 MHz) in Iphone 5 CDMA model?

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In this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iphone_5, it said

iPhone 5 CDMA model (A1429) support "Tri-band 2G CDMA (800 (CDMA over ESMR), 850, 1900 MHz)."

So what does it means?

So before iPhone5, CDMA customers can't make the 2G call or something like that?

Why Apple support very old 2G technology in iPhone 5?

Is it cos CDMA customers complained they can't make 2G call on iPhone 4, 4s & that is why Apple start to support 2G CDMA on the iPhone 5?


texts: How many external HD (not 4K or 5K) displays can I use with the 2016 13" MacBook Pro with Touchbar?

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How many external HD (not 4K or 5K) external displays can I use with the 2016 13" MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, using multiple HDMI to Type-C adapters?

The Touch Bar models also have 4 Type-C ports and an Intel Iris Graphics 550, not an Intel Iris Graphics 540 like the base model.


texts: How do I change the color depth of a monitor in Lion/10.7? I vague remember it being an option in the display prefs or the display menu bar in an older OSX version, but it seems gone in 10.7?


texts: New iPhone XS People & Places People album not populating - nothing

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I have a new iPhone Xs running iOS 12.4 syncing to MBP using Mojave 10.14.6 via iTunes version 12.9.5.5. Using usb cord to sync selected items - pics, music, etc..

The People album under People & Places will not populate.  Can anyone help to get it working?  Not sure what to do.  Here is a pic of how it looks now.  Have left the phone locked and plugged into power outlet days at a time and nothing shows in album.

Interestingly, the 5 has now changed to 7 pictures synced when I now look at the phone. It changed after I took these 2 screen shots to post....  Weird.


texts: Looking for information about the inner workings of Back to My Mac

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I'm looking for a source of information on the inner workings of Back to My Mac. I'd like to know things such as:

Each protocol used (Bonjour, UPnP, mDNS, etc., IPSEC, TLS, etc.)
The sequence of each transaction (i.e. sequence diagrams for connection setup)
What router information is stored on Apple's servers
Which servers are used for which purposes (members.btmm.icloud.com, p34-btmmdns.icloud.com., etc.)

Take Control of Back to My Mac had some of this information, but it's no longer available. The replacement book, Take Control of iCloud has very little information on this topic.

While most users just give up in frustration when BTMM doesn't work, if one wishes to troubleshoot connections and see exactly where the problem is occurring (akin to looking under the hood when your car won't start), the information above is critical.


texts: iPod Classic can't be seen by iTunes 12.7 on Windows 10

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I have a used iPod Classic 5th Generation (A1136) that was purchased for a parent as it is compatible with all their 40-pin gear. One of the parents already has an identical model which was "working fine" (although hadn't been synced for over a year). By this I understand that syncing has worked on their family PC (running Windows 10) in the past, but updates may have been run / fiddling may have taken place since the last successful sync.

However, I plugged in this newly purchased iPod to the family PC (via USB) and strange things began to happen. The iPod appeared to connect, then disconnect and reconnect again in a loop until eventually Windows gave up and said the device had malfunctioned. iTunes doesn't detect the device at all, but once the connect/reconnect loop gives up the iPod appears as a mass storage device - but iTunes continues to ignore it.

Things I have tried

different computer - tried it on another Windows 10 machine with an identical version of iTunes (12.7.4.76) - works flawlessly (with the same sync cable)
different USB port on the same computer - all behave identically
uninstall iTunes, reboot, reinstall iTunes, reboot - same behaviour
reinstall Apple Mobile Device Support driver (usbaapl64.inf) - same behaviour

Honestly, I'm tearing my hair out. Short of a clean Windows 10 install I don't know what else to do. Any ideas?


texts: How can I save the Mavericks download from the App Store to minimize downloads?

texts: I really don't want to download 5.5 gigs on every Mac in my house - how can I recover and reuse the Maverick's download from one Mac to another?


texts: conversation numbers corrupted after restoring

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I restored my new Phone from the itunes back up using the iSkysoft due to lack of storage (selective restore). After restoring I wasnt able to send messages to anyone, later turned out that numbers have been corrupted. In the below image the number should be either 0346 3897737 Or +923463897373 but it missed the 0 at the beginning.
I tried again and again, but every time it has the same problem.
Is there any way I can get them back.


texts: What is [com.apple.diagnostics_agent] and [AMPDeviceDiscoveryAgent]

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ReportCrash is constantly using CPU based on Activity Monitor.
I looked into it, and system.log repeatedly shows this:

Oct  9 11:16:20 Jackys-Macbook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.diagnostics_agent[1063]): Service exited due to SIGABRT
Oct  9 11:16:20 Jackys-Macbook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]
(com.apple.diagnostics_agent): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing
respawn out by 10 seconds.
Oct  9 11:16:23 Jackys-Macbook-Pro AMPDeviceDiscoveryAgent[441]:
Entered:_AMMuxedDeviceDisconnected, mux-device:69
Oct  9 11:16:23 Jackys-Macbook-Pro AMPDeviceDiscoveryAgent[441]:
Entered:__thr_AMMuxedDeviceDisconnected, mux-device:69
Oct  9 11:16:23 Jackys-Macbook-Pro AMPDeviceDiscoveryAgent[441]:
tid:8b17 - Mux ID not found in mapping dictionary
Oct  9 11:16:23 Jackys-Macbook-Pro AMPDeviceDiscoveryAgent[441]:
tid:8b17 - Can't handle disconnect with invalid ecid

In fact, when I looked at it last night, it was only the com.apple.diagnostics_agent line. What is going on?


texts: Ping `hostname` stuck about 5 seconds on macOS Sierra

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I will describe this problem details in shell interaction records:

$ host `hostname`
Host myhost.local not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

$ cat /etc/hosts | grep 127.0.0.1
127.0.0.1 localhost myhost.local

$ ping `hostname` # stuck about 5 seconds (maybe a DNS query timeout)
PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.108 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.028 ms


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I have been trying to update to Big Sur all morning but it keeps getting reset.
So far, it has used up over 40GB data by re-downloading the update again and again. It gets to 12.21GB and stays there for a while and gets reset to show that an update is available.
When I click to update, it starts downloading all over again. Getting sick of this nonsense and there are a few questions on the site like this but none of them have an answer. So, please don't mark it as duplicate.
Anyone knows what to do?


texts: Install software from an unverified source

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I'm using a MacBook with the latest Yosemite update and I need to install a tool from a 3rd party website. (not from the Mac App Store)

I'm new to Mac OS X, can the tool access my files after I installed it?

I read that apps are sandboxed but does that mean that viruses, keyloggers and that stuff are not able to harm the MacBook?


texts: How to disable auto-capitalization in Apple Mail app (really impossible?)

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I am on an iPad Pro running iPad OS 13.2.3 and using the included Mail app from Apple.

I have disabled auto-capitaliztion globally by going to Settings -> General -> Keyboard and flipping the switch next to "Auto-capitalization". However, it is still auto-capitalizing inside the Mail app. This behavior has continued after force-quitting the app, restarting the iPad and reopening the app.

Apple Support is telling me that it is impossible to disable auto-capitalization after a period within the Mail app. I am a biologist and need to be able to type things like "E. coli" without the "c" being capitalized. Is this truly impossible? Do I need to use a third-party Mail app just for this?


texts: Unlocking iPhone 7 without touch the Home Button

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I've been running for 4 years and today I've encountered problem when I wanted to run with my iPhone 7. I was using the armband with my iPhone 5 and iPhone 6s and everything was great. I've placed my iPhone 7 in 6S's armband and it's impossible to unlock the screen because of the thin layer of transparent material. I've always been running with my screen off so when I was finishing my run I used to unlock my phone and stop the activity when I stopped (without removing it from the armband)
Is there any way to unlock the iPhone 7 without physically touching the Home Button? I'd like to do as I used to in iPhone 6s - touch the home button and unlock the screen by typing the password (I know that Touch ID doesn't work in that case)

Edit: Ok, it's possible with assistive touch. Any other options?


texts: OS X Lion Excel 2011 data lost and undeletable Excel file

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OS X Lion 10.7.4. I did work on a Microsoft Excel 2011 spreadsheet (saved in .xls format) and noticed a file on my desktop that said it could not be trashed. It disappeared when I re-started the Finder. But the next time I opened the Excel spreadsheet, the work I had done had been lost — except for a 'sum' field which displays the total from the lost fields but says it contains the function  '=SUM(#REF!)'.
Perhaps the Excel file on my desktop was a temporary storage file for the new data I added to the spreadsheet. Getting rid of this file may have trashed the data it may have contained.
I've just done work on another spreadsheet and a new 'non-trashable' Excel file has appeared on my desktop. I hesitate to re-start the Finder in case I lose the work I have done. Has anyone else experience the same problem, and is there a solution?


texts: What does the 2 temperatures mean in the Weather app?

texts: In the Weather app, there are 2 temperatures for each day. What does these mean?


texts:
On a 2020 Macbook Pro. Big Sur 11.0.1 (20B29). Rebooting or shutting down my machine. All the apps close the dock disappears leaving the desktop background. A stick white spinner appears in the middle of the desktop and then nothing. I have to manually force power off the machine by holding down the power button.
This only happens after the machine has not been rebooted for turned offfor a while. If I start the machine from cold, then immediately reboot, it reboots cleanly. So it seems as if maybe there is a process running on the machine that is blocking it from powering down?
Is there a specific log file I could look at to help identify this?


texts: MacBook Pro 2011 Unibody 10.7.5 fatally crashes even after recent repair, (lines across screen, graphics glitches, freeze up)

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Out of nowhere, my MacBook Pro 2011 unibody running 10.7.5 began to crash. After the crashes, in the boot sequence you could see very thin horizontal red lines. The red lines were so thin that I can't take a picture as the lines won't show up in photos. While you could see the red lines across the screen, the computer will not boot up, not even to recovery. After leaving the computer off for a few hours, it will boot-up like nothing happened.

After diagnosis of the whole comp, it turned out I had over 60 bad sectors and naturally I needed a new hard drive, although at first it was suspected that I had a bad graphics card. So a new hard drive was installed and the computer was working 100% ok again. However, as soon as I migrated my old user from the backups and logged into the migrated user, the computer began to crash in exactly the same way as before.

The waits between when the computer could finally boot up became longer and longer, up to 24hrs.

Now this is the interesting part, the computer works completely fine when I'm logged in into the default user that I have from installing the new hard drive, it's as soon as I log into the migrated user that the computer completely blocks up.

I thought maybe the ram has gone bad, so I checked it with memtest and it seems to be completely ok. I then checked the temperatures while running a stress test. and Although the CPU cores under max load reach up 95ºC, the heatsinks manage just fine staying at 50ºC. While playing HD videos the graphics processor is staying relatively cool without any spikes in temp.

I check the permissions of the disk and I did find a massive amount of errors which I repaired but apart from that there shouldn't be anything wrong since it's a new hard drive.

TL:DR

2011 MacBook Pro 10.7.5 crashed — shows very thin, horizontal red lines across screen.
Full diagnosis revealed bad sectors in HD. Graphics, RAM, CPU, and temps are ok.
After installing new HD everything worked fine.
After migration, when using the old user from the migration (backup), the computer crashes again.
Using default user results in no crashes.


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I don't understand ...

Apple emails my iCloud 5GB is nearly full. From the above screen, it's 833.7MB + 450.2MB, why only 118 MB is left?

How can I check how/where the space is consumed?

p.s.  Settings > iCloud > Backup is OFF

Here is the screen from my MacBook:

Here is the Photos app setting:


texts: How do I display long list of client on a page using keynote

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In keynote each page has a fixed size. Just to impress people I am developing a page which will list around 40 clients.

I want the list of client names to appear one after another and the list will scroll down.  Sort of like the reverse of a credits scroll at the end of a movie. How do I do that with Keynote?

For simplicity you can also imagine as having a single page that lists from 1 to 100 vertically.


texts: I have the new iOS 8, and am having problems deleting texts. I have restarted my iPhone several times and it fixes it for about 2 minutes-then the camera pops back up and no trash can at the bottom left.


texts: Behavior of login shell vs. Linux, 'sh -c'

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I have a seemingly-valid command that works fine on Linux boxes but fails on OSX, and I would like to know why.

sudo su - validusername sh -c 'whoami'

On Linux, this will echo 'validusername' on the console.  OSX however, shows an error:

/bin/sh: /bin/sh: cannot execute binary file

Is this an OSX particularity?  Or is it due to the fact that OSX uses bash 3.2, while our linux boxes are on bash 4.x?

EDIT: I figured out a workaround quickly (sudo -u), I am mainly interested in learning why this happened.  Thanks!


texts: I've got an unknown Airplay device on a network that keeps showing up as "Apple TV" on my Mac and iPhone. I don't want to connect to it, but I would like to get some details on it (ideally a MAC address and/or IP address.) Is there a CLI utility buried in MacOS that I can use to enumerate Airplay devices and get more detail on them?


texts: All of WiFi passwords seem to be lost on my iOS devices

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Recently, I confirmed that my iPhone wasn’t connected to a WiFi network of a cafe I frequent. So I have to ask the staff for letting me know the password again.
At first I thought the cafe renewed the password recently. But later, I found out that the same happened to every cafe I have ever visited. It seems that all the WiFi network name and its password stored on my iPhone were lost. Also, the same happened to my iPad as well, which uses the same iCloud account.
This happened in the past as well, but I’m not sure what is the cause of it. I don’t like it to happen it again. So why does this happen and how can I prevent it? I’m sure I didn’t reset it manually, though it is possible that I have done something wrong that caused it to happen (e.g. logging out of the iCloud on one iOS device, reset my another iOS device that uses the same iCloud account, etc)...


texts: Random email address attached to my Apple ID

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I logged into the Apple ID website, and it lists my contact address as usual. But then it also has some other contact address there too. I know who it is (some random hobo who I gifted my old iPhone to). But i don't want their email address attached to my account. But for some stupid reason, there is no option to remove his address. How can I do this?

I'm talking about the "we can contact you at.... xyz" part of the Apple ID settings website.


texts: Transferring photos from iPhone to windows computer

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I recently purchased an iPhone 5. I was using an android device before this. When I made the switch from android to iPhone I synced my photos from my android device onto my iPhone 5. When I synced those photos over it made duplicates of every photo and stored them in a photo album (not camera roll).

How can I get the photos from that album on my iPhone onto my windows computer and delete the duplicates?

I am running the Windows 7 OS. So far I have tried importing photos and the only photos it will import are those from camera roll.


texts: Clean Install of Lion OS X / Optimizing My Machine

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I downloaded Lion OS X (an upgrade on top of Snow Leopard) but my MacBook pro is becoming quite slow now. I'd like to install a fresh new copy of Lion OS X. I know how to do that, I can just re-download Lion from the App Store and there are a ton of tutorials online on who to do a fresh install.

My question is, how would I back up my documents? Logically, I would like to keep almost all my files and apps. I do have Time Machine. Can someone suggest to me how I should back up and then restore my apps and files and all that? That also includes apps I purchased not through the App Store, like Office and Mailplane. I'd like to continue to use those..

If someone knows of a way to optimize my machine without going through all this, could you please suggest to me what to do? It's becoming really slow and I hate it.

Thank you!


texts:
I just downgraded my MacBook Pro from macOS 11 Big Sur to macOS 10.15 Catalina. While on macOS 11 I opened the Photos app which altered my photo library. Now on 10.15, the Photos app cannot open my library because it was changed by a newer version and tells me to update the app.

How do I get my photos back? Installing macOS Big Sur isn't an option, though I can install it on an external drive if needed.


texts: What's a good camcorder that will record video in any of iPad's supported formats?

texts:
I'm looking for a camcorder that will save me the video conversion step to display said videos on an iPad.

Does such a camcorder exist?


texts: How to get the release version of Apple's "The Swift Programming Language" iBook

texts: I have the prerelease version of Apple's "The Swift Programming Language" book. No matter what I try, Apple won't let me update it to the release version. Has anybody else encountered this problem, and better yet, solved it?


texts:
I would like to list all files in folder without one. I created this command ls /Users/MyName/Library/Safari | grep ! "Extensions". The problem is that the Terminal doesn't understand the not (!). How to change that it works?

Thanks!


texts: What is a keyboard shortcut in Keynote to edit a text object without clicking it?

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Suppose I have a text object currently selected on a slide. I'd like a keyboard shortcut that lets me edit the text without erasing it, just like F2 does in the Microsoft world. Return is close: it enters text editing mode, but erases the contents of the text object.

Anybody have any ideas?


texts: No horizontal scroll in Safari. Bug, or pref?

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Mac Pro 5,1 Mojave, Safari [latest] 14.1
Since the last Safari update in the last week, I've lost the ability to shift/scroll to move horizontally.
Fine in Chrome, Finder etc, this seems to just be Safari.
Did a pref slip somewhere? I've never really tried to find if this is a pref, I thought it 'just happened'.
If it's a bug I'll report it, but I'd like to know if I missed a pref.
Screenshot hopefully wide enough to display this. Click the image, then if you see a magnifying glass with a + in it when you hover your cursor over the letters, click again so it goes beyond your window size [or repeatedly tap  Cmd ⌘   +  until it no longer fits the window].
Hold Shift & scroll mouse wheel.

It would be interesting to know if this affects trackpads too, but I don't have one to test.


texts: How to enable file sharing for the new 'private' folders in Catalina?

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The new data protections in Catalina make some folders inaccessible by default (for example the 'Documents' folder).  When an application tries to access one of these folders the OS presents the user with a dialog box to ensure they intended the access.

See the Data Protections section here.

This seems to have had the effect of breaking home folder network shares.  If you enable file sharing in macOS, any registered user is able to access their home folder using their own credentials.  This works in Catalina, but the special private folders (Documents, Downloads, Desktop) can't be interacted with.  Attempts to interact with them result in an 'access denied' error and no dialog is presented to the user on the server machine that would allow access.  On the client machine, in both Finder and Terminal these folders simply appear empty and you get a permissions error if you attempt to create a file.

I can see no configuration in either the Security and Privacy settings for these files or in the File Sharing settings that would solve this problem.

How do I allow access to these folders as part of the user's home share over a network in Catalina such that it works as it did in previous versions of macOS?


texts: Getting the error installing ejson by brew

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Would like to install ejson on Mac 10.14.6 - Mojave.
First installed brew-gem:
brew install brew-gem

Then I see the error on installing ejson:
brew gem install ejson
dyld: Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/libruby.2.0.0.dylib
Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/ruby
Reason: image not found

I see that Ruby.framework/Versions/2.3 is installed but the installation asks for 2.0.
What is the best way to handle?


texts: Which Linux distro best to install on a Mac mini 2011 server?

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I own a Mac mini 2011 server which I use as workstation. Currently Mac OS X Lion and Windows 7 Professional are installed in parallel (via Boot Camp). Both are 64-bit operating systems.

I'd like to install a Linux system on the machine. Which distro would you recommend the most? I thought of Ubuntu but I'm not sure about the 64-bit support in it (which I believe is needed to make use of the full 8 gb RAM).

By "best" I mean "best hardware support". Specifically:

drivers for 64-bit operation
support two displays
support Bluetooth in general
Bluetooth support for Magic Trackpad, specifically
good WiFi support

Of the above, most important would be full support for:

Two displays are connected, one via HDMI, one via Thunderbolt
A Magic Trackpad via Bluetooth


texts: QuickTime component causing errors when running osascript command

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If I run a simple osascript from the command line:

osascript -e 'tell app "Safari" to activate'

I get hundreds of this error:

2019-01-19 13:07:31.224 osascript[3908:9313907] Error loading /Library/QuickTime/EyeTV MPEG Support.component/Contents/MacOS/EyeTV MPEG Support:  dlopen(/Library/QuickTime/EyeTV MPEG Support.component/Contents/MacOS/EyeTV MPEG Support, 0x0106): code signature in (/Library/QuickTime/EyeTV MPEG Support.component/Contents/MacOS/EyeTV MPEG Support) not valid for use in process: mapping process is a platform binary, but mapped file is not

I have to wait for the errors to finish running before the script actually runs, which is annoying.

I tried using codesign to fix the issue:

codesign --architecture x86_64 -f -s "My Cert" 'EyeTV MPEG Support'

But it didn't help. I believe the error is caused by Mojave's security policy.

One way to fix this is to remove the the QuickTime component from this folder. But I'm hoping there is a better fix as the EyeTV app requires this component to run.

Thanks.


texts: How to save a black & white photo as a color photo with Preview App

texts:
I open a black & white photo (.jpg) with Preview App (Version 10.1):

Then i copy and paste a colored icon:

But after saving the picture and open it again the color is missing:

I cannot find an easy way how to save this photo (originally saved as b&w) as a color photo with the Preview App.


texts: Is is possible to use remote desktop to a Mac via direct cable or wireless?

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I develop on Windows, but I need a Mac for iPhone development.  So I'm thinking of getting a Mac mini or a MacBook for the Mac part, and connecting to it as needed from my Windows machine. A mini, in particular, doesn't come with a monitor or keyboard or mouse, so this would be the only way to use it.

The question is: sometimes I travel and so I'm away from my network.  In this situation, is it possible to plug a cable directly from my Windows machine to the Mac and do remote desktop this way, or do both machines have to be on the same network and router and the sharing done via IP address in the usual way? Alternatively, can I skip the network entirely and remote desktop machine to machine via wireless signal?


texts: Watch movies from Time Capsule on Apple TV

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I just acquired a 2 TB Apple Time Capsule and copied over all my movies onto the device, using the method described in this video.

My question is this: Can my Apple TV device access videos on the Time Capsule, and play them on my TV?

I searched the web and found this help thread, but when I try to drag and drop files into the Movies folder of iTunes like it says to, nothing happens.


texts: Can I in general upgrade to one of the latest MacOS but not the most latest one?

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For example, on one Macbook, I have Mavericks. If I consider the Catalina too new and might not be too stable yet, can I choose and upgrade to either Mojave or High Sierra?

(App store won't show search result for Mojave or High Sierra. I had to use a link and open in Google Chrome to get to either Mojave or High Sierra in the app store.)

The real question is, can I upgrade from one MacOS to another freely? That's because, if there are 7 versions that are commonly used by people (Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina), then upgrading from one version to any one is "7 choose 2" and therefore there are 21 possibilities, and is that supported?


texts: Are there more capable music DJ programs for OS X than Tangerine?

texts:
I'm looking for an application which can take a playlist of all of the track I'm listening to at the moment and re-arrange them so that they are in a logical sequence (based on BPM etc) then mix them all together as a mix.

I've tried Tangerine  but I wasnt very impressed as it didnt have a way to automatically sort the tracks and the analysis of the music wasn't very good. (In fact, it often got things pretty wrong).

Can anyone suggest DJ software with better sorting and analysis features?


texts:
Which mouse is able connect to MBP 2011, But not apple brand.
I'm looking for mouse that can connect without need to use the USB port permanently.


texts: Trying to get Sublime Text 3 working from terminal

texts:
I am trying to get the Sublime Text to work with Git from the following tutorials
http://www.sublimetext.com/docs/3/osx_command_line.html and https://help.github.com/articles/associating-text-editors-with-git#using-sublime-text-as-your-editor

I created a bin directory with mkdir ~/bin and run the line ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl I have then tried the command subl --help but get the following error

-bash: subl: command not found

If I go to my Finder I can see subl in the bin folder in my username. What am I doing wrong?


texts:
I recently switched from Linux to Mac OS X, and one little tweak that didn't survive is disabling the blue highlight "glow" that Firefox adds to App Tabs when they have updates. Any idea how to do that?

I followed these instructions to disable it on Linux, but they don't work on Mac OS X. I have this in my ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/personal/chrome/userChrome.css file:

.tabbrowser-tab[pinned][titlechanged]:not([selected="true"]) {
    background-image: none !important;
    background: none !important;
}

...but no luck. Putting other CSS rules in that file does work though.

I'm on Firefox 19.0 on Mountain Lion (10.8.2).


texts: Scheduled Ringer Volume Change for Work Hours

texts: Can I schedule the ringer volume to drop during work hours and then go back up at the end of work?


texts:
My friend's MacBook Pro was recently stolen. Fortunately, it was protected with a password. How secure is the built-in protection ?

Can thieves access the data on the hard drive, and at what difficulty?


texts: Brand new 10.10 Yosemite mail.app can not work with Yahoo Mail?

texts:
As of January 2015, I have a brand new Macbook Air running all fully updated Yosemite 10.10.

I have been simply trying to configure the mac OS mail app to work with a simple, normal Yahoo Mail account.

I add the account, it appears correctly in the Preferences settings as an internet account with "mail" checked... it creates entries in the left pane of the Mail window.   BUT... nothing ever appears in the Inbox.   AND, it DOES succeed in loading the many sub-folders within the mail account that I have configured in yahoo... AND, if I click on one of those, then after 20 seconds, it loads the folder's contents fine. AND, when I SEND mail, it sends out just fine.  But nothing in the normal, plain Inbox!

I have created it several times. Once I even tried to force it to allow me to "manually" create the inbox without it sniffing that it was a yahoo account and applying the official yahoo settings it knows. I did that by initially putting extra false characters in the yahoo domain name, and then setting up all the IMAP and SMTP stuff manually, and then changing the initial domain name entry to remove the wrong characters.  But the results were exactly the same -- empty inbox.

AND, when I have yahoo set up in the normal way (but not working right...)  and I go to the Connection Doctor... it scans through and gives the green-light indicator saying that IMAP and SMTP are working fine!

Any info, tips, or similar issues with Yahoo Mail and the mail.app in Yosemite?

THANKS -- Eric


texts: Are old users eligible for introductory pricing?

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We are introducing a free trial using the introductory pricing provided by Apple in StoreKit. The subscription has been available for a long time. My question is, if a user had subscribed before the introduction of Free Trial and has now cancelled the subscription, will this user be eligible for Free Trial now?

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/storekit/in_app_purchase/offering_introductory_pricing_in_your_app

In the above link, under the subheading Determine User Eligibility, in point 2

Will either Subscription Trial Period or Subscription Introductory Price Period be true for the above user?


texts: How do I use Handoff in the middle of a call?

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I received a call today, and the Handoff box popped up on my screen as usual. I took the call on my phone and the box disappeared.

Then, partway through the call, I wanted to "hand off" the call back to my computer. But I couldn't figure out how to do it, and the Apple help page wasn't very clear.

How can I take a call on my iPhone and then pass it to my MacBook? I'm running iOS 9 on an iPhone 6S, and OS X El Capitan on a MacBook Pro retina -- so I know my hardware is capable of it.


texts: Siri calls random numbers even though it is deactivated

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I have Siri deactivated in the General --> Siri settings.

Nevertheless, if I press the Home button long enough, Siri starts to listen, and then calls some random number.

Resisting the urge to rant about Apple delivering such a shame of a feature, I'm simply asking:

How can I REALLY deactivate Siri?

Again: I deactivated it in the General --> Siri settings, but it's still not deactivated.


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When using dictation, I can't make it spell my wife's first and our last names correctly.  I have tried entering phonetic & pronunciation fields, to no avail.
Wife's name is Rindy, but dictation ALWAYS writes Randy.  Last name is Hoke, but it always writes one of 3 other variations.   Grrr...very annoying

Any suggestions?


texts: How can I hide **some** birthdays in iOS Calendar?

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I have entered the birthday for several of my Contacts, and these birthdays show up in Calendar. I know that I can enable or disable all birthdays by selecting or deslecting "Birthdays" from Show Calendars in the top corner of the Calendar app.  But I only want to see some of my contact's birthdays in the Calendar; for example, personal contacts but not ex-coworkers.

How can I prevent the display of certain birthdays?


texts: How to prevent "Incorrect block count for file" file system errors from occurring?

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On our 10.7 Lion installation, 3 out of 9 drives are repeatedly suffering from

  Incorrect block count for file

errors when running a diskutil repairVolume command.

The drives are having capacities of 3TB and 4TB.
The drives are attached via a SATA bus.
There is no relation between drive capacity and these errors occurring.
A 4TB drive is listing roughly 5000 file and 1500 folder entries.
Of these 5000 files, 3000 files are more than 64K in size.
4 Out of 5 of the 3TB drives are not experiencing these "Incorrect block count for file" issues.
The drives are encapsulated in silicon jackets to reduce vibrations.
The faulty drives also have IO issues in application software, resulting in write() errors.
Each 3TB drive with 512 byte sectors is partitioned and formatted with commands similar (replace disk number and Volume name) to these:

diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2
sudo gpt destroy /dev/disk2
sudo gpt -p 1 create -f /dev/disk2
sudo gpt label -i 1 -l E disk2
sudo gpt add -t hfs /dev/disk2
sudo newfs_hfs -b 65536 -c a=1,c=8,e=1 -n e=1024,c=4096,a=4096 -v E /dev/disk2s1
diskutil mountDisk /dev/disk2
cd /Volumes/E
sudo rm -fr .{,_.}{fseventsd,Spotlight-V100,Trashes}
mkdir .fseventsd
touch .fseventsd/no_log .Trashes
sudo touch .metadata_never_index .com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent
sudo mdutil -dE -i off /Volumes/E
sudo tmutil addexclusion /Volumes/E

Update #1

When ( 33% of the data {1.3TB of free space} is moved to a different drive OR 5 drives were unmounted by the system and manually re-mounted), 1 of the drives does no longer have issues, and the other faulty drive does still have write() issues.

Question

What can be done to prevent these "Incorrect block count for file" errors from happening in the first place?


texts: Can I disable automatic "copy/look up/share" on my iPhone SE?

texts: The "copy/look up/share" pops up when I am reading and scrolling and I never want it to.


texts: How to play videos in HD on youtube.com in Safari on iPhone 6

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I just got my first iPhone. There’s an issue with connecting to the App Store, so I’m watching videos on youtube.com in Safari. I’ve noticed that the videos are low-res. I don’t see the setting to turn on HD video sources. (I’m connected to my WLAN.)

Is it not possible to view HD videos on YouTube in Safari?


texts: How can I download ipa file from ipad on El Capitan?

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Unfortunately Stash got removed from the iOS App Store, but I need to transfer it from my iPad onto my new iPhone. How can I do that? If I'm right first I need to download it and install it with iFunBox. Where does the iTunes store the ipa files when I do a manually backup?

PS: I tried to restore phone from iCloud backup, it tries to download it but it stuck on "Waiting.." status. The most important thing for me is the data in the app. I tried to contact the developer but I got an automatic reply.


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/Volumes/Macintosh HD is mounted multiple times, what is happening here and I see files/folders within each folder
/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Volumes/Macintosh HD


texts:
After I purged Xcode 4.2 and installed Xcode 4.3 from App Store, I can not find autotools (automake/autoconf) through the command line. I've tried to run find /Applications/Xcode.app -name 'automake', but apparently they are not there..

Does anyone knows what is Apple's point to remove these essential toolsets?


texts: Is it possible to buy a legal third-party MacBook (Pro) charger?

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Apple owns the MagSafe patents - I realize this. On eBay, there are a ton of chargers, but no doubt of dubious origins. Are there any third party creators of chargers?

If a company wanted to create a new charger for the MacBook line, can they legally do so?


texts: Main display black and can not recover it

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I know this is somehow a common issue, however none of the solutions I found worked for me.

I have a macbook pro 15" late 2016 with high sierra. I have my laptop connected to external displays most of the time. Suddenly yesterday when I arrived at home I found that the main display was black, while laptop is running (I can ssh into it, or play with the touch bar...)

I tried every thing I found out there:

reboot
reset SMC
reset non-volatile RAM
I have done all the items above with both external displays connected and without any peripheral connected (just power).

Since this could be caused by a third party app I will list below the ones that have something to do with displays:

Disable Monitor (this could be the issue, however I have not used this app during the last 2 months and it was not even installed...).
Spectacle
flux

The display does not seem to be detected by the graphical card, if I go to about this mac -> hardware -> Displays only my external displays are showing there.

Edit

I just noted that the apps that were using Touch ID don't ask for it anymore. Could it be because of the SMC/NVRAM reset?

To fix I had to add the fingerprint again

OS update

I updated mac osx to 10.13.4 just right now and nothing changed...

What else can I do ?


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I don't want anybody turning on my Mac seeing my name and user account picture (all user account configured on the computer, actually!) just because it defaults to choosing a user to unlock the drive.

How can I get two simple username/password text fields instead of the "personal" login screen? This is possible for a "normal" login screen...


texts: Using Software Update server without binding Mac to Lion Server domain

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I've got a Mac Mini Server running Lion Server. Right now, it is serving the Netboot and DHCP services. I'd like to set it up as a Software Update server so Mac users in my office can run their software updates more quickly.

This is the only Mac server in the office. All of our other servers are all Windows based. Most of the machines (Macs included) are joined to our Windows domain. All the Mac users in the office use portable MacBooks Pro that go home with them at the end of the day. They need to still be able to run use the Apple Software Update server when not in the office.

I'm looking for a way to have these Macs only use the Software Update server on my Mac Mini Server when in the office and for it to default to the Apple Software Update server when they're not in the office.

I found this, but it does not run on Lion.

Is this possible?


texts: Why I have 3 different Java versions on my Mac?

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today I was looking after my Java Version and I got very confused. I found three different ones:

If I look in Webstorm it uses: 1.6.0_65
If I make java -version I get: 1.7.0_45
If I look in the system settings I get: 1.8.0_45

What can I do to just have system wide ONE Java version which will be the version which I update via my system settings: 1.8.0_45?


texts:
If photos are not automatically uploaded to icloud due to some transient error (environmental or otherwise), does icloud try again? Or do they get just one shot and if that doesn't work, they don't upload?

The Apple Genius just told me that they get just one shot and if that doesn't work, I have to do it manually.


texts: MacBook Pro Mid 2007 Not Showing Linux USB In Boot Menu

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I have a mid 2007 MacBook Pro that I want to get Ubuntu Linux on as the only OS. I have tried SO MANY TIMES to get a bootable USB working, but nothing is working. I have reset PRAM, used many different software, and more. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

EDIT: I have gotten it to boot, but it gets stuck on this line:

[    15.419970] fb: switching to radeondrmfb from EFI VGA


texts:
I would like to run a iMac 18,3 (Radeon Pro 580, i7 4.2 GHz) with two external 5K monitors (LG 27" 27MD5KL).
In Apple's description (https://support.apple.com/kb/SP760?locale=en_US) I found:

Two Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports with support for:
DisplayPort
Thunderbolt (up to 40 Gbps)
USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10 Gbps)
Thunderbolt 2, HDMI, DVI, and VGA supported using adapters (sold separately)

However, this document also states that two 5K external displays are not supported:

Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display
at 1 billion colors and:
One 5120‑by‑2880 (5K) external display at 60Hz with support for 1 billion colors, or
Two 3840-by-2160 (4K UHD) external displays at 60Hz with support for 1 billion colors, or
Two 4096‑by‑2304 (4K) external displays at 60Hz with support for millions of colors

Is there anything I could do to run two external 5K monitors? E.g. replace the iMac's graphic card or use an eGPU?


texts: How can I delete saved game data off Iphone?

texts: I am trying to delete saved game data on my phone for a specific app so that I can start over. Problem is I have tried every way i can find including the icloud storage way. Everytime I redownload the game the saved content still comes back...can anyone help me???


texts: How to sync folders between iPad and Mac?

texts: I have a jailbroken iPad and a Macbook Pro running OS X Yosemite with PPSSPP (PSP emulator) installed on both. What I need is to make folder with saves automatically sync every now and then. My first thought was BitTorrent Sync, but it seems it can't sync system folders. Is there any way to do this or I'm stuck with playing only on one device?


texts: my ex is telling me he has timestamps of when I entered certain contacts into my computer/phone.  And he is spot on.  How could he access this info without access (that I know of) of my devices.  Could he find this through social media (WhatsApp, Venmo, etc)? I feel like I have no privacy.


texts: Kernal Panics, High Sierra : Late 2013 MacBook Pro Retina 15"

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I've fully wiped my SSD and installed a fresh copy of high sierra using internet recovery. I've made sure to not install all the apps I usually use. I still get a Kernal Panic every now and then and it's worrying.

I've attached a pastebin link with the Problem Report that generated.
Kernal Panics Macbook Pro retina - [link]pastebin.com/f2UhbLMH)


texts:
I have AppleTV 4K and Sony X900E. AppleTV picked Chroma 4:2:0 with an option to select 4:2:2

Which one to use? I don’t know what those are supposed to do but I just want to take the most of my setup


texts: Oops! Terminal is opening all applications with texteditor after Open with:/Change All

texts:
I messed up. I was opening a text file with no visible extension and macOS defaulted to opening it as an executable. I changed it to open with TextEdit then did the "Open with:"/"Change All..." via the info menu.

Now, I'm trying to open a program through terminal and it's opening that program through TextEdit. How do I change it back to opening all non-extension files as .exe files?


texts: Configure 3rd-party apps using MDM or Apple Configurator on iOS?

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I am using MDM to configure e-mail accounts on iOS devices using Mail/Exchange ActiveSync payload. Is there a way to configure 3rd-party iOS apps like OneDrive and DropBox using MDM or Apple Configurator?

I am aware that using MDM, an iOS device can be configured to come pre-installed with 3rd-party apps, but is there a way where the apps themselves can be configured too, like logging into one with a specific account?


texts: How do I disable mobile Youtube redirection on iPad?

texts:
When I click a Youtube link, say, in the newly released Skype app, the iPad will open the link in Safari, which will load the mobile site. Also in Twitter's built in browser the mobile site is displayed. This sucks, because the site is slow and often fails loading a video at all.

Is there a way to stop Youtube redirecting to m.youtube.com on iPad?


texts: My new 2020 MacBook Pro is getting very hot

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I got this laptop roughly a week ago and have not used it for anything too computationally extensive as of yet. Using it on Zoom has got my laptop incredibly hot, yet the use on my CPU doesn't peak about 20% according to activity monitor.
Is this a defective laptop, or is it just how they usually work?


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I want to keep keep track of which files belong to which application, so that when I uninstall an application, I can be sure all of its files are gone, including configuration files, dependencies it might have installed, etc.

There are GUI applications that can be downloaded and just dragged and dropped into the Applications folder, like GIMP or TextMate. Is this the best way to install those apps, or should I use a package manager for them? Can I be sure that these applications do not install anything outside of their Application folder? Is deleting an app from the Application folder a "clean" uninstall?
There are applications such as Python which come with an installer (.mpkg). Is using that installer the best way to install these apps, or should I use a package manager for them? How do I find out which files these installers touched, and how would I undo everything that installer does in a clean way?

I'm interested in some kind of best practices, for which using a package manager is recommended, and when just installing it like said above is "clean" enough.


texts:
I have had an ongoing problem, where Photos (on both my Mac and my iPhone) is not updating people. The message I get says something about quitting Photos and letting it update people in the background whilst being connected to power.

I have visited many forums and tried many different techniques, but I am still not having any luck after 6 months!!!.  I only have about 4,000 photos, so really wouldn't expect this process to take long.

I have decided, the best thing to do now is to literally untag everyone in my photos and start from scratch.  I am prepared to tag everybody individually if it really came to it, but what I would ideally like is for Photos to forget every person and start from scratch, asking me who each person is.

And there lies my question. How do I make Photos completely forget about a person. I have right clicked a person in my People library and selected "Remove this person from library". That does remove the person, but when I open a photo, that person is still tagged under their name.  I have tried rebuilding my library (CMD + option whilst launching Photos), but that just tries to re-tag everyone under the existing names.

How can I make Photos forget everyone and let me start again?


texts: How to use Sublime Text with the built-in Apple spellchecker

texts:
Question in title. Is it possible at all with Sublime Text 3?
Now I can download different spellcheck packages or use the built-in ST spellchecker. However, I would like to use the Mac OS spellchecker as it does a great job in auto-correction and auto-detection of language.

I'm on the last Mountain Lion with Sublime Text 3.

Edit:
I found a plug-in that interfaces with the Apple Spellchecker. It's called CheckBounce. Unfortunately it's broken with the current version of Sublime Text. So any alternatives are still welcome.


texts:
I have a .dsk file, as used by Apple II emulators. It's DOS 3.3 format. How can I get the individual files off it as single files?

Nice would be either an existing tool or documentation of the sector structure of DOS 3.3 (I don't mind writing code, not at all).

(I used tag apple2gs since it already exists, and rep 101 not enough to make new tags.)


texts: Activation lock when I'm the only owner that my iPhone ever had, asking for my AppleID

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iPhone 5C, iOS 9. Was bought in the Apple Store and activated by me with my Apple ID a few years ago.

Today, on 10:00 pm, when I was riding a subway train, connected to its free wi-fi, black screen with white apple appeared suddenly, when I was browsing, as if it was rebooting. It glitches like that sometimes, very rare and not very long (unlike the real reboot). But this time after the logo there was something different - on the lock screen in the notification area, there was the text "Activation required" with an icon of a circled exclamation point.

After swiping the screen, the system said that this iPhone is linked to the Apple ID, and offered me to enter my Apple ID and password, the ones that "were used to set up this iPhone". It also was showing my email with some hidden symbols. The screen was titled "Activation lock". It looked similar to this, but with my email dotted: https://phoneunlockingshopca.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/official-bypass-icloud-activation-lock-remove-icloud-account.png

I successfully logged in, and then there was an iMessage alert: "Your carrier may charge for SMS messages used to activate iMessage", as if it was the first setup. But all my data remained in place.

Then I went to https://www.icloud.com/activationlock/ and it said that my activation lock was on. And didn't say how exactly to turn it off. How to bring it back to normal?

When I google about the activation lock, everything seems to be about "previous owners" cases. But there were no previous owners, and I am able to unlock my phone for now. And no cases like mine in the search results.

I'm interested, what could have triggered it? What data could have been compromised? I remind you that there were no messages about lost mode or erased iPhone, no scammer messages asking for money for the unlock, nothing like that. But still, it's pretty creepy. My email's and Apple ID's passwords are different and pretty secure, I have 2-factor auth on them too. Also, when Pokemon Go came out, I created second Apple ID to download, but surely didn't log in back to that account for weeks, just used my main one as always. And never had any other Apple IDs on my iPhone.

What a person should do to trigger what I experienced today? What data did he need to know? And can a free wi-fi network be a factor? And what about the time, as if it was scheduled? Or was it an iPhone glitch without any third party involved?

What can I do to secure my phone and accounts besides changing passwords?


texts: iTunes Connect Users & Roles for limited app access

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Let's say I have a developer account under ‘agent’ and I have 3 other companies that are helping build Apple apps for me.

As for the role access, is it possible for me to limit this Company A to only allow him to see Application A that he help build under iTunes Connect?  The same goes for Company B, to only allow them to see Application B apps they're helping me to build?

I'm a bit confused as to which role should I select from iTunes Connect FAQ: What user roles are available on iTunes Connect and which permissions does each user role have?


texts:
I've had issues with the stock iOS podcast app for a while now- syncing was broken, it kept crashing while downloading, etc etc. I decided to move to Downcast. Anyways, after deleting all my podcast subscriptions, and then telling iTunes not to sync any podcasts to the device, I still have 3.3 GB of "documents and data" from the Podcasts app.

Obviously, I'd like to clear that space up. The Podcast app still will not open for me (white screen to crash every time), but there shouldn't be any Podcasts to delete in there anyways. Without being able to delete a stock app, is there any way for me to remove this waste of storage space?

Would prefer not to wipe the phone. iPhone 5, iOS 8.1.1


texts:
Is there an iPad app that that can open Mac files over WiFi on the iPad?

I'm looking for something like Dropbox, I really like the feature it has where you can open the files in Dropbox in other apps on the iPad. I need something like that, just for regular files that are not on Dropbox. Something like Air Video but sends the files to the appropriate application instead of just playing videos in the app.

To be clear, I'm not looking for Splashtop or a similar VNC app. I want to use native iPad apps to open these files.

I'm open to a jailbreak solution, too.


texts:
Whenever I start the Terminal app in OS X Lion, XQuartz starts automatically. Is this intentional?

I recently turned off much of the resume functionality because too many things were starting without being called. Now, this is the only unexpected one.


texts: Transferring notes into a particular folder

texts: I added a new folder in Notes but I don't know how to transfer new or existing notes into the folder.


texts: MacBook Pro 2011 having problems with sleeping and screen brightness after removing GPU drivers (it had failed)?

texts:
My MacBook Pro 2011 GPU has failed earlier last week, I had to remove the GPU drivers to get it to work again.

After doing so,
it either doesn't sleep at all (when closing the lid),
or it goes to sleep when you choose Sleep from the Apple menu but never wakes up.

It also has an issue with overheating and screen brightness.

I'm wondering if there is any solutions to any of these problems.


texts:
I was updating Rider app from Jetbrains Toolbox and I went out for a couple of minutes and when I came back half of macbook apps were gone. There wasn't any error message on screen. Before this I had 10GB of free space now It says 30GB of free space. All of my other files (documents, music, pictures, downloaded files) are untouched. Does anyone know what is wrong?
I searched for deleted applications in finder and they weren't anywhere. I noticed that many of the deleted apps weren't installed from Appstore.
I'm using MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) and Catalina 10.15.4.
I restarted and did SMC Reset but none of them were helpful.


texts: App Store Updates does not renders correctly in High Sierra

texts:
It has been around a week that my Updates tab in the App Store looks like this:

All the other tabs are looking normal.
The only thing I tried was a restart, the iMac does not have any other weird behaviour.
Here are my details, serial hidden for privacy:

Thank you.


texts: Is it okay to rely on CocoaPods when deploying an app?

texts: Can I deploy my app to AppStore with 5-10 cocoapods? All pods have MIT licence.


texts: MacBook Pro Retina 15 connecting a 4k monitor

texts:
Just got a new MacBook Pro 15 Retina (mid 15). I have an Acer 4k-monitor which I'm looking to connect to the MacBook but I can't figure out how. The Apple website and FAQ's weren't helpful.

I want the monitor to run 60hz, so I figured out I must use the Thunderbolt/Mini-DP connection. Since only HDMI 2.0 supports 60hz-4k (and I couldn't find out which one the MBP has).

Can I buy a Mini-DP to Mini-DP cable or is it going to work with Apple's Thunderbolt-Thunderbolt cables?


texts:
I am able to sync when the iPhone is connected by cable, although its not possible through WiFi.

On my previous mac, the iPhone would be visible in iTunes at all times while both connected to WiFi.

Although now its not visible whether its connected to power source or not. Also from the iPhone my MBP doesn't appear available. Both devices are registered under same Apple ID.

How can I fix this issue?


texts: Is there a remote desktop solution that will transfer sound output to the client?

texts:
I'm looking for a secure and hopefully free remote desktop client that will allow me to interact with my Mac OS X 10.6 machine from a 10.5 machine that will also transfer sound to the client.

At a minimum, the software must support a tunnelable connection.

If there is a vetted iPad app out there that will do it, that would work, too!

Any suggestions? I found this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_remote_desktop_software but it's a little heavy and doesn't readily indicate community acceptance/worthiness.


texts: Flash content only shows a quarter of the image when played in full screen on second monitor

texts:
I have macOS Sierra 10.12 installed, and Google Chrome 54.0.2840.71(64-bit) with Flash Player 23.0.0.205.

I'm using the second monitor to watch movies. When I try to open full-screen Flash Player on the second monitor, I see only the top-left quarter of the image. Everything works like a charm with HTML5 video players.

I tried to install Flash Player from Adobe's site (both NPAPI and PPAPI), but the version is only 23.0.0.185. Moreover, I can't change the version in chrome://plugins as it's not showing there, so I can only enable/disable plugin.

I'm 100% sure everything was OK yesterday, but today something has happened and I can't find out what exactly. Does anybody has same problems? Do you know how to fix it?

Reported bug: https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=4197639


texts: Supported USB-C Alternate Modes on MacBook Pro (15" 2016 and later)

texts:
I am curious as to exactly what USB Type-C alternate modes (and variations of those modes) are supported on the 15" 2016 MacBook Pro and later. I've done some searching on the Internet, but I've been unable to find any credible source of information on the subject. I would consider a credible source of information to be:

Official Apple technical documentation explicitly describing all supported USB Type-C alternate modes which are supported on the device. (All I've found so far is marketing info, which isn't specific enough.)
Analysis of USB PD traffic which might indicate supported alternate modes and capabilities.
Some sort of command-line utility or tool which is able to dump this information.

I already know that the USB Type-C ports on this machine support the following alternate mode configurations:

4 lanes using Thunderbolt 3.0.
4 lanes using DisplayPort 1.2.
2 lanes using DisplayPort 1.2 and 2 lanes using USB 3.1.

But I'm pretty sure it supports additional variations.


texts: MacBook Pro Retina thinks internal display is LG TV inside ColorSync utility

texts:
So, about a month ago, my MacBook Pro Retina 13" (Late 2013) display died. When I went to an authorized service provider, they tested it out and said that it needed to be replaced (the display). They said that it would take a week before the display was shipped to them, and in the meantime, I could use my MacBook Pro on an external display.

A year before this (around April 2015), my display had died, but it revived itself overnight somehow. I used it on my external LG TV, and after it revived itself, it used "HD-709 A as the default color profile, and even if I changed it back to "Color LCD", the HD-709 A would stay on the login screen.

Now, I went home after seeing the service provider and used the TV as my external display. After I got my computer back from replacing the display, I saw that the same thing had occured. I dug a little deeper into ColorSync utility, and now, the main display is called "LG TV", even though it is on the internal display, in systeminformation, it shows a built in retina display (but in ColorSync utility, it says LG TV is default, and the internal Retina one doesnt even show up, and the default profile for my computer is again HD-709 A.

In System Preferences, however, it is called "Built-In Retina Display". I can still use Color LCD, but the TV's main profile is stuck to the computer for now. When it happened the first time, a reformat fixed it. Is there a way to make ColorSync utility recognize that my internal display is default and completely remove the external one?

Inside ColorSync

Inside SysPrefs


texts:
I use a new Mac Mini in my stereo system. It has a monitor but does not have Keyboard or mouse. It is controlled with screen sharing from a Mac Book.  My question is related to viewing DVD movies, the store bought kind. With screen sharing active a DVD is inserted into the drive and movie window appears and the sound starts but the playback window is grey.  To get the picture to appear I have to turn off screen sharing. Only then can we watch the movie.

How can I continue to use screen sharing and view DVD's.


texts: Running a command with access to "System Events.app" granted

texts:
I am updating applications installed via Homebrew from command line. iTerm2 requires access to "System Events.app" to be correctly updated, which ends up in a process that is not fully automated and requires clicking on the OK button.

Is it possible to avoid it, i.e. grant access to that kind of changes for a given command?


texts: Problem setting modified date for iCloud directories

texts:
I wrote a shell script to change the modification date (using touch) of a set of directories to be the same as the date of the most recently modified file in the directory. (To make it easier to sort projects by date.)

This works perfectly for directories that are not stored on iCloud. But for iCloud directories, the date is changed and then immediately changes back to today's date.

I tried moving the parent directory out of Documents so it was no longer on iCloud. I ran the script and all the folder modified dates were set correctly. But when I copied it back to Documents, all the dates were reset to the current date/time.

Any suggestions as to why this happens and how to get round it?


texts:
I am not sure why my iPad will not charge in India which I got in US. Did the power fluctuations kill the charging part or do I need to charge it in some other way? How do I test or find out the reason why the iPad wont charge?
It was charging well for a year and now it does not.

I am using the charger for iPad and not the iPhone. Help me. Thanks.


texts:
Is it possible to copy the link of the current played video/stream in iOS in the Safari or another 3rd party Browser? Have a look at the screenshot below in the bottom left corner.

In OS X I'm able to do it with a right click on the video/stream and then Copy Video Address.

Does someone have an idea?


texts: What is a PPP server, and why do I keep getting disconnected from it?

texts:
I am using a Huawei e160 USB modem and I regularly lose connection to the internet with the following error: You have been disconnected from the PPP server.

It has nothing to do with reception, and I am always able to connect immediately back up. Does anyone have any ideas as to why this may be happening? Or at least explain to me what a PPP server is? Thanks.


texts: Finding iPad games that can be played over the internet

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What is the best way to find new iPad games that can be played over the internet? (Not splitscreen, not bluetooth, not WiFi, only the ones that can be played over larger distances)

(I know there are a lot of game review sites out there, but none of them seems to have the filter options I need.) The answer could be a set of search terms I could use, or a review site, but I'm looking for a source to find these games.


texts: How to know from which number a missed call came, if the caller has multiple numbers?

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In iOS 8.4.1, if a caller who has 6 numbers, calls you and you see a missed call. Then, clicking the "i" symbol next to the missed call showed you all the 6 numbers of the caller and the number from which he called, was indicated with blue. This helped in knowing exactly what number he called me from and I could call back on the same number.

iOS 9.0.1 call log does not indicate the number the caller called from with blue (if the caller has more than one number). So, it becomes impossible to call the person back on the same number.

This was one very important feature that made iOS 8 very useful. Apple has taken away a very important feature.


texts: Where are all those audio files on the iPhone?

texts:
My 8GB iPhone 3GS claims, in iTunes, that it contains 3 GB of audio files.

However, in "Music" only 1 GB of files show up, in "Podcasts" are another 72.8 MB and there is nothing in "Books" and "Movies".

Where are the remaining 2 GB of audio files?

Edit: I also notice that there are podcasts in one of my playlists that are not in the "Podcasts" category (or the "Music" category). Whey are they stored? In fact only two podcast episodes are in the "Podcasts" folder but about 10 are in the playlist.

I upgraded from iOS 4.3 to iOS 5.1 yesterday. In the process the phone was backed up and restored a few times. Might that have something to do with it?


texts: How do I verify the checksum or hash of a downloaded file on the command line?

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If I have downloaded a file from the internet, and the source website has provided a checksum or hash (eg. SHA-256), how do I verify that the hash of the downloaded file matches the hash reported on the site?

For example, I’ve downloaded a file, and the website states that the SHA-256 hash for it is:

d9cd63f187db2daea1371289508c63a7a24c46316f15ac61f030a7d6ea423915

I do know how to create an SHA-256 hash of the downloaded file using:

shasum -a 256 /path/to/downloaded.pkg

However, I don’t want to do a manual, a.k.a. eyeball, check of the hash. Instead I want to compare the two hashes using a command like diff, preferably by executing a single command-line.


texts: How to play AAC 5.1 audio through S/PDIF on Mac OSX?

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I've gone through a bunch of tutorials as well as video players (QuickTime, mplayer, VLC, MPlayerX, Movist) and haven't been able to figure out how to get AAC 5.1 to play correctly on my Mac mini or MBP to my receiver.

By default AC3 and DTS are the only formats that gets passed through to my receiver. Everything else seems to get down-sampled to stereo.

Here's some test files:

6ch aac test video: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26249587/6ch_aac.mp4
6ch ac3 test video: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26249587/6ch_ac3.avi

Windows and Linux both have ways to encode AAC 5.1 to AC3 on the fly so it gets passed through to my receiver, but I have not found a way to do it on my Macs. See:

https://superuser.com/questions/390367/how-to-play-mp4-file-with-aac-5-1-through-s-pdif/
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1394553/how-to-play-mp4-file-with-aac-5-1-through-s-pdif
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=160955
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-816278-start-0.html
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=934833

I've confirmed there's nothing wrong with my AAC file. Playback on a Windows machine works and if I use ffmpeg to convert the audio from AAC to AC3, my Mac plays the audio correctly.

I did find this tutorial on macworld:
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20090215033647292

But it's from 2009 and rather involved (I haven't actually tried it yet), using multiple pieces of software to get ac3 encoding on the fly. Given that it's over 4 years later, I was hoping a better solution has come about.


texts: Folder Action for hiding files according to type

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Here's what I need. I need a folder action that hides files according to their extensions. (I do not need a folder action that hides extensions for visible files.) This action needs to apply to every file in the folder and to every file that is added to the folder in the future.

Assistance for a similar task was asked for here, but that was solved with a smart folders workaround that does not work for me because I cannot use a smart folder in this context. Another similar task was asked for here. In response, the moderator bmike said that pieces for this folder action I have described could be put together from other articles on this site. I have been unable to do so. My need for this folder action is also not unique to LaTeX and so the other solutions discussed there will not be of any use. So what I'm looking for has not been resolved elsewhere.

I have tried two things. Initially, I tried to model what was shown here. First, I created an .app through Automator that runs this shell script:

find /Users/USER/FOLDER/* -iname *.EXTENSION -execdir chflags hidden {} \;

Second, I created a script that run the following commands:

on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items tell application "Mac OS X:Users:USER:Library:Workflows:Applications:Folder Actions:FIRSTSTEP.app" open added_items end tell end adding folder items to

As I understand it, this runs the previous Automator app every time something is added to the folder with the action. Finally, I added this script as a folder action to the folder which needs to exhibit the behavior in question.

But this didn't work for me. Any idea what's going wrong?

I have also tried using Hazel to simply run the shell script on the folder. This works to hide the file when it is added to the folder the first time a file is added, but any later file added doesn't work. The error that is given is "Shellscript exited with non-successful status code: 1."


texts: Bidirectional sync between Outlook and iPhone?

texts: I use an iPhone 4S with iTunes 11 on Windows 7. I still haven't found a way to change the syncing direction with Outlook: The first time I used sync, I checked the option "Sync from Outlook to iPhone" (contacts, calendar), and now I'd like to sync both ways. But it seems to be impossible!


texts: Automator -> send file to email (from filename)

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Im trying to create an Automator folder action that sends an email with an attached file.

In my folder the files will be generated with the email as name:
Example: name@company.com.jpg, othername@othercompany.com.jpg and so on.

What I need is an action that copies the filename, remove the extension (.jpg), create an email and put the filename/email into the "To" and then sends the email.

I all ready have a working version where the file is attached to the e-mail and the content of the e-mail is filled out. But I can't find a solution to copy the file name and specify it to the "To" address.

Hope that someone out there can help me :-)


texts:
I updated a 2009 MacBook to OS X 10.9.5. It was running a version of 10.9, but I don't recall which one. After the update, commands like ls went missing. I tried a Repair Permissions via Disk Utility, but it was no help. I'm guessing it was a botched update.

I'm trying to perform a reinstall without the DVD. I'm following Reinstall OS X Without CD/DVD or Apple ID (but I have the Apple ID). I boot with CMD+R and I jump through all the hoops.

At the final install step, I receive an error The item is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. I've been trying to do this for the last 2 hours or so, so I'm guessing its not going to be available anytime soon.

I found one previous question for The item is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. Unfortunately, none of the answers really provide instructions on how to proceed. They are more like guesses at what could be wrong, and prayers hoping things will correct themselves.

How do I proceed?

I have two MacBooks. One is the MacBook discussed above, and the other is a MacBook Pro. Both of them are now broken due to Apple processes. I really need one of them to work.


texts:
I need to get those flag icons:

Question is How do I do it?

As far I've tried :

searching the web for them (duh..),
extracting them from Ukelele package (only non-retina ones are there),
(Unsuccessfully) trying to extract it from this file: /System/Library/Keyboard\ Layouts/AppleKeyboardLayouts.bundle/Contents/Resources/AppleKeyboardLayouts-L.dat

Either pointing me to this resource or any hint on how to "open" this .dat file will be really helpful. Thanks!


texts: Can Mail show a folder's total message count next to the folder name?

texts:
Apple Mail displays the number of unread messages in each folder in its sidebar:

Is there any way to make it display the folder's total message count (read plus unread) in addition to, or instead of, the unread message count?

Plugins/hacks welcome, as I’m guessing this won’t be a built-in option.


texts: How to close apps from Mission Control on macOS Sierra?

texts: I'm used to being able to close my apps from the mission control view by clicking on an X sign in the upper left corner - I don't have this feature in Sierra. How can I turn it back on or do it in a similar way from Mission Control?


texts: How to create AppleID of another country without having a credit card or bank account of that country, but with a country Internet connection?

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What is up-to-date and tried method to create AppleID of another country without having a credit card or bank account of that country?

I am on a short visit in another country (Estonia in my case), so having a genuine-local internet connection is a completed step :-)


texts: What video cards are compatible with Mac Pro (Original)  1,1?

texts: Anyone know which video cards are available/supported/will work on the Mac Pro (Original)  from December 2006 also known as MacPro1,1 in the system profiler?


texts: Selling a Macbook Pro - removing personal information from it

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I have recently upgraded to a 2011 MBP, and I'm finally all set up on it.  It's time to sell my previous MBP.  I've already copied off all of the data I want to keep and deleted the obvious suspects.

What is the preferred approach to prepping a used Mac to be sold to an unknown third party that does not include a complete wipe and reinstall?
If possible, I'd like to leave the activated programs on it. (Perhaps, that is a horrible idea and contrary to prepping for resale.)
Is it enough to create a new user, log in as that user and delete the previous user?

I apologize for the basic question; I realize the nuclear option is probably the recommendation, but I'm thinking it would help my resell value to leave the activated software in place.


texts: When I try to enter a user password to delete an account, it doesn't work. and I know the password I'm using is correct

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I got a new computer today. I my parents logged in with a username I didn't want so I made another admin. Now, I'm trying to delete the old account.

when I go to Users & Groups in System preferences, click on the old account, hit the - sign to delete it and enter the password, the popup shakes like the password didn't work. I'm sure the password is correct because I used it multiple times to log into the account. I tried switching the old account to admin but that didn't work.


texts: Email on Iphone tries to send thru old account

texts:
I have set up two IMAP email accounts on 1 Iphone. Both accounts are set to send via their respective outgoing email server. The first account sends emails properly. The second account tries to send outgoing email via an old mail server that no longer exists.

I have deleted the 2nd account multiple times and re-added it from scratch each time but it still insists on sending via the old non-existent mail server. Is there some other place where this is stored? Any suggestions on how to fix this?


texts: How to view local user password in Terminal?

texts: I have the administrators password and account but I am interested in finding the password of a local user. I am not trying to reset the password but find out the exact password that was already set. I also encounter problems with finding the password in the terminal because if I ever do find a password,It is usually encrypted and does not work when copy-pasted onto the password box.


texts: Alarm clock for iPhone/iPad which permits me to choose custom sound track without apple music, exists?

texts:
I seek a simple alarm clock that permits me to choose an arbitrary soundtrack (mp3 file) from iPhone/iPad without messing with Apple Music/iTunes/etc..

If a built-in HTTP server that can be used to upload the soundtrack from pc via browser, I will believe that this world still has hope for uncluttered apps that do one thing well.

Does this exist?


texts: How to change FAT32 file attributes under OS X?

texts: FAT and FAT32 file systems support file attributes like "read only". How can I change those under OS X? The standard chmod command does not seem to do the trick. How else can I do this?


texts:
I'm using MacBook Pro with Mountain Lion (OSX version 10.8.5) and I want to copy some data from the MacBook Pro to an NTFS formatted external hard drive.

I know that we can use the paid solution from Paragon by purchasing its driver. But I recently discovered that the DMG files from Paragon are provided for free on Seagate site here as well:

https://www.seagate.com/in/en/support/software/paragon/

Has anyone used Paragon Driver from Seagate's site and can I use it safely? I'd like to make sure that this Driver works properly before actually using it. On one hand Paragon charges almost 20 USD for it and on the other hand, Seagate offers it for free.


texts: How to restore /Library/Application Support/Dock/ after deletion

texts:
I crashed Dock.app by using wal on a heic file that included more than one picture.
Then I wanted to delete the Dock database at /Library/Application Support/Dock/desktoppicture.db but I accidentally deleted the whole folder.
After a restart, Dock.app doesn’t start. Opening it manually with the command
sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/MacOS/Dock

Will start the dock for a second - the default Catalina wallpaper is visible, but it will crash right after.
Is there any solution other then reinstalling the entire system?


texts: New Airport Time capsule on dorm network

texts:
This week I purchased an AirPort Time Capsule and attempted to set up my own network in my dorm apartment. The network at my school has two options, one requires me to login with my school ID and password every time I get on the internet and the other is password protected WPA2 which asks for the same information (ID and password) but logs me in without having to type my info in every time.

I plugged my Time Capsule into the Ethernet port on the wall and set it up. When I did, the school had me register an IP address to it, I started using it and everything seemed to be fine, but then I got my older Mac and my new MacBook Pro Retina connected to my Time Capsule network and the new MacBook would disconnect every few minutes and sometimes it would reconnect, sometimes it would give me an "!" in the WiFi sign. Also I tried connecting my Apple TV to it, it said it was connected, with an IP address and everything but, it wouldn't let me use any content—no YouTube, it wouldn't sign into iTunes etc. I have no clue what to do.


texts: How do I programmatically customize a folder's view?

texts:
I'm a software developer who is new to mac.  I'm working on an app that exposes a lot of files through a WebDav connection.

Anyways, I'm wanting to customize the way that the folder shows up in Finder.  I have somewhat gathered that this has something to do with .DS_store files but I can't seem to find any information on its file format.  Specifically, I'm wanting to set a custom background image that Finder will render when machines display the web dav files and folders.


texts:
I know "teleport" will work between two Macs, but is there a way to share a keyboard and mouse between a Mac Mini and an older Dell PC? I'm asking because I received a Mac Mini and iPad for Christmas but still need the PC until I get familiar with the Apples and start tranfering stuff to them. I know just enough about computers to be dangerous, viz-- I just bought a Logitec MX 5500 Desktop with software for the PC with a USB Bluetooth dongle and it does work with the Mac Mini, but I didn't realize you cannot pair with more than one computer even if the other is off.

My son says I can do it with something called a Bluetooth KVM, is this true?

I can use the same monitor because it has both digital and analog inputs and is easily switchable.


texts: Suddenly I'm requested to restore my iPhone to factory settings

texts:
I have an iPhone 4 loaded with unmodified iOS 6. I use it (for two years now) with a virtualbox running Windows XP with iTunes (10.7 currently).

Everything works just peachy most of the time, and when it doesn't I can usually find the fault and correct it quickly.

Earlier today I was synchronizing my iPhone, and it seemed to have worked fine, or so I thought. I wanted to re-synchronize after updating an app via iTunes, and suddenly the software tells me it cannot read my iPhone and that I must restore it to factory settings before I can use it again.

My last backup was two weeks ago, and I fear that deleting it would mean that I cannot restore any data if I end up resetting the phone.

What I already tried:

I checked the iTunes and the cable with my girlfriend's iPod Nano. Everything works great.
I tried to reboot my virtual machine.
I tried to reboot my iPhone.
I tried to reboot my virtual machine after rebooting my iPhone.
I tried to see if there are any "bad" files somewhere that I may delete, some incomplete transfers or so.
I tried to meddle within the log files, but I wasn't sure which ones to check or what to do.

The iPhone works perfectly fine, by the way.

Please help me.

What should I do to correct this, and if I do end up restoring factory settings what happens to all the texts/photos/music/etc. I have on my iPhone right now?

(I have a traumatic experience from the upgrade to iOS 6...)

Edit: Quite some time later, my iTunes still insists that I need to restore my phone. I tried to delete all the previous backups and remove iTunes and whatnot, but nothing helped. I tried to connect it to other iTunes and they all tell me the same thing: I must restore the phone to factory settings.

However, being a "cunning" Linux user I decided that I should try and see if I can access the phone from the Linux part of the computer, and indeed I can. Being able to browse through the files it hit me that it might be possible to fix the problem through manual tempering with some file (or removing some leftover files).

Is it possible to do that at all? If so, is there a guide or some hint on how to find out what needs to be corrected?


texts:
I realized today that an alias is not the same thing as a soft link in Lion. I made an alias of a folder in my Dropbox folder and moved the alias to my Desktop.

When I try to cd into this alias in terminal, the terminal notes that the alias is not a folder. In Ubuntu, I can, however, cd into a soft link.

How can I create a soft link in Lion? It would be convenient for me because I write python scripts that rely on soft links.


texts: Mac OS Software for Creating Video Presentations

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro, and I'm looking for some software which can enable me to create video presentations. This would be similar to a set of slides containing text, images and videos (e.g. made in PowerPoint), but where the video plays the entire presentation (including transitioning between slides, and playing each embedded video within the slides). I have tried a few different software solutions, but each of them has its own flaws:

Microsoft PowerPoint. This is very nice to use and has lots of features, but with the following key flaw: if you are using PowerPoint on Mac OS, and you export the presentation as a video, then any embedded videos will not play and they will just be rendered as images. The videos will only play if you export using Windows. This seems to be a well-known problem that Microsoft are not willing to address.
Apple Keynote. This solves the above problem by enabling you to export as a video, and the embedded videos will play automatically. However, you have less control than with PowerPoint, particularly when it comes to the videos. For example, you cannot loop a video X times; you can either play it once, or play it forever. Other examples are that you cannot crop videos, and you cannot have complex triggers for the timing of when videos start.
Apple iMovie. This allows you to have detailed control over the length of individual videos, but it's very limited for making presentations. Most notably for me, you cannot have more than two embedded videos playing at once. And there is significantly less control over text and embedded images than with PowerPoint or Keynote.
Google Slides. This is fine for very basic presentations, but it is significantly limited when it comes to embedding videos. Furthermore, I don't think there is even an option to export a presentation as a video.

There are also "professional" level video editing solutions, such as Apple Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro. However, these are firstly very expensive, and secondly far too complex for what I need. All I really need to be able to do is create a simple presentation with embedded videos, and then export this as a single video. I don't need to do complex video editing of the individual videos.

Effectively, I am looking for functionality at the level of PowerPoint, but with the ability to export to a video whilst working in Mac OS.

Any suggestions?


texts: Can Time Machine volumes be easily encrypted with FileVault 2?

texts: Now that File Vault 2 can encrypt the entire disk and encrypt external drives, can I have a fully encrypted Time Machine volume?


texts: Now that El Capitan is "rootless", is there any way to get dtrace working?

texts:
I've found dtrace to be an invaluable tool for debugging and troubleshooting all sorts of issues, not to mention the two dozen dtrace toolkit scripts shipped by Apple as part of El Capitan.

On El Cap though, running dtrace usually results in an endless spew of errors making dtrace all but useless.


texts: Where is the folder with color schemes used by vim?

texts:
I use vi on mac os x at work and on Ubuntu at home. I like the colorscheme vim uses on the mac and I'd like to copy the corresponding file on ubuntu, but I can't find it, since there's no ~/.vim folder.
Searching on the web I always find the answer "create it", but this is not the point, since I just want to see (and copy) an already installed colorscheme.


texts: How do i see the size of my trash in iPhoto '11?

texts: I'm just curious how much space I'll retrieve by deleting them.


texts:
I have working, bootable backup on external drive called "SuperDuper" and my internal drive where I want it restored is "Macintosh HD".

I just reinstalled MacOS to make sure it is not a software issue, installed SuperDuper (and nothing else) and still I have this issue:

As you can see all disks are available here, so I'm picking up "SuperDuper" and then:

Wait, what, where is my "Macintosh HD"? :o How can I restore my backup to my internal SSD when I can't select the disk?

What I tried so far:

booting from SuperDuper bootable disk - it works but it's slow as
hell, but the backup is solid and working so here's no issue,
recovering from SuperDuper to Macintosh HD while booted from SuperDuper external disk - it restored everything but Macintosh HD was unmounted and I couldn't boot the system (flashing directory icon with question mark on start)
fixing (first aid) the recovered disk in recovery mode (COMMAND + SHIFT + R on
startup), still unmounted,
formatting the disk and trying on fresh MacOS install - no luck,
    screens above.

Any ideas what the heck is going on here? How can I restore my system? Do I get it wrong or I really should try restoring it after booting from SuperDuper first? And what to do with the unmounted disk? Disk utilities could see Macintosh HD but under it there was dsk02s1 or something like this and it was unmounted and I didn't know how to mount it...


texts: Access permissions for command file created with bash

texts:
I wrote myself a simple bash script which is a wrapper for compass create function, plus it creates a command file in the directory for compass watch (so that instead of manually typing out the directory and watch every time, I just double click on an icon in the project folder). The problem is that I get the following error when opening the command file:

  The file “watch.command” could not be executed because you do not have appropriate access privileges. To view or change access privileges, select the file in the Finder and choose File > Get Info.

I can run it from the terminal with bash watch.command (assuming I'm in the appropriate directory). I tried changing the permissions in finder for the file as well as the folder (read and write for everyone), but I still get the same error (plus I don't want to change permissions manually every time).

Also, if I open text mate and make exactly the same file and save it to my project directory, it runs as expected.

Here is the code for my new_project command:

#!/bin/bash
compass create "/Users/user_name/Desktop/$1" --bare --sass-dir "scss" --css-dir "css" --javascripts-dir "js" --images-dir "images";
echo "#!/bin/bash" >> "/Users/user_name/Desktop/$1/watch.command";
echo "cd /Users/user_name/Desktop/$1" >> "/Users/user_name/Desktop/$1/watch.command";
echo "compass watch" >> "/Users/user_name/Desktop/$1/watch.command";

(the $1 argument is the project name)


texts: Startup disk has no more space available for application memory?

texts:
I purchased a new Macbook Pro (8,3) last April, and have been using it heavily for xcode development, and little else.

This morning a message popped up:

"Your Mac OS X startup disk has no more space available for application memory"

It then suggests closing applications and removing files from my startup disk.

I presume this means virtual memory, however my disk has 600.26 GB available, according to Finder. I do have a time machine backup disk attached to the computer as well, but it has 664 GB available.

What does this message mean when there is certainly plenty of disk space remaining on the primary hard drive?

I have 8GB of RAM, a 750GB hard drive, and am running OS X 10.6.8. If any of the other system info is pertinent, let me know.


texts: Can a Macbook 4,1 use 64bit architecture?

texts:
I have a Macbook 4,1 running Mac OS X 10.7, and I need to install the MESA program, that only works on 64bit machines. Running uname tells me that my mac is working in 32bit mode, and a quick search online told me that it should be able to run as 64bit, which is what I need.

$: uname -m
i386

Following Apple's advice, I tried to get my computer to boot up again in 64bit mode, and verified it with uname again, to discover I'd failed. So, my question is, can my macbook work in 64bit mode?


texts:
Why can't the Continuity feature use only wifi, or even only the Internet? As I understand it requires Bluetooth 4.0 and doesn't work without it. Why? Is it for communication between OS X and iOS? If so, why it's not using other available communication channels, such as wifi or the Internet?

If it is because of security reasons, I don't understand how Bluetooth is more secure than SSL, for example. Or there are some other reasons for requiring Bluetooth?


texts: Mac Mini with Dell UltraSharp U2713H - Not Sharp

texts:
I have bought myself a 2012 Mac mini and have it hooked up to my Dell Ultrasharp U2713H via HDMI. Everything works, but the text and everything else looks fuzzy and not sharp.

Plus from what I can tell everything is blown up to be 2560 x 1440, and that makes stuff look large in size.

Why is this? and how can I fix it?


texts: Tracing the forward use of values in formulas in Numbers

texts:
I use Numbers version 3.1 on Mavericks.

One can easily look at a formula in a given cell and immediately see the other cell references it uses.  I think of this as a backwards look.

Does any means or mechanism exist to do this forward rather than backwards?  By this I mean, can I trace the uses of a value or calculation in a cell as the propagate forward (typically down or to the right) through a spreadsheet - what formulas will use it rather than have used it.

I have used other spreadsheets, which had such a feature,  I just can't find it in Numbers.

If anyone knows how to do this please advise.


texts: What is the Documents & Data item used for in the iCloud preference pane on my Mac?

texts:
I am seeing an item called "Documents and Data" in the iCloud preference pane. I have switched it on, but what can I expect from it? I have searched the web about iCloud, syncing between Mac and iOS devices and how iWork relates to all of this, and I don't like what I see.

Question:
Can anyone tell me what happens when I switch on/off Documents and Data syncing on my mac?

I know that there is a folder ~/Library/Mobile Documents that contains the actual documents and data, that I can muck around in there, use it like a Drop Box, that any iWork documents I put in there get mutilated beyond belief when opened by the corresponding iOS iWork app, and that Apple does not offer support on this matter, but most iCloud users owning a Mac don't, so let me rephrase:

What awesome and easy to use iCloud sync feature becomes available to me when I switch on that particular item in the iCloud preference pane on my Mac?

If the answer really is "None", I'll accept it. I just would like to make sure I haven't missed anything.

Thank you.


texts: Airport Time Capsule no Passthrough for Dual Routers

texts:
The goal is a secondary VPN router since Airport Time Capsule doesn’t have that built-in capability. I’m not sure if Apple Routers have a setting to click for passthrough traffic or if I’m configuring things wrong. Most question research turns up a bridge mode and that isn’t what I want. I am banging my head on a desk since my setup appears correct.

Here are my router configurations...

Router A is an Apple Airport Time Capsule (last gen before discon) with most current firmware.
Router B is an ASUS AC66U-B1 with most current ASUS firmware.

All Masks are 255.255.255.0. The Apple has IPv6 enabled, the ASUS does not.

Router A’s IP is 10.0.0.1. The DNS server is 1.1.1.1. I assign static IPs to my local devices and have DHCP reserved higher up in the list for guests.

I assigned a static IP to Router B - 10.0.0.2.

Router B’s knows it’s WAN address is the assigned static IP 10.0.0.2. It knows the DNS and Default Gateway are 10.0.0.1. I have NAT turned off.

Router B’s LAN is 10.0.1.1 - this way the third octet is different and not assigning similar IPs. DHCP is on for my needs.

I plug in B’s WAN to A’s LAN but anything attached to Router B will not connect to the internet. I can’t figure out why.

Whatever I’m missing is blindly obvious but I just can’t see it. Thanks, experts, for your ideas on this.


texts: history of version / price changes for itunes apps

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I'm looking to get "app activity" type information from pages like these. http://appshopper.com/social-networking/tweetee

only that I want to be able to get such information via "Appid" that apple used for each app on the appstore. anyone have any ideas on how I might do that?


texts: Stop Safari from loading webpages as Preview images

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Everyday, the first time I start Safari, if I go to the history or bookmarks tab, I get the following message:

How can I stop Safari from prompting this message and completely disable the webpages Preview?

I already set the update policy to 2 with this:

defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSnapshotsUpdatePolicy -int 2


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A friend of me just deleted everything by running sudo rm -rf / on his Mac mini. Yeah I know...

(Another friend of us just create a cloud virtual box and invite us to play, that poor friend asked how to play with it, I said "sudo rm -rf /" for joking but oh dear I never knew he ran it on his own Mac, now things became serious)

And Mac mini 2014 the hard disk is fixed on the board. Now what can we do to save the system and recover some important files?


texts: Can I "use" my iPhone SE, through my MacBook Air?

texts: So I just bought this phone BRAND NEW month and a half ago. Must have dropped it today as half of the screen is damaged and unusable (can't see or use touch) Went to Telus where I bought the phone and had some problems about the warranty. Its Saturday and I have to wait til Monday when a manager comes in Store for me to deal with this. The agent did do a factory reset on my phone in case it was just a glitch but its the same. So now its at the original welcome screen. Before I could at least see my texts etc, now its just at the spot where I enter a wifi network and I can't enter the password because I can't use the full screen and keyboard! Im hoping there is some way I can use my phone through the MacBook!! Only been using Apple products a short while though so I'm not familiar with all the mac can do. Can anyone help? I know before I had the phone reset I had it synced with the MacBook so I could see my messages and stuff from there but its not anymore. Shouldn't there be some kind of app I could use on another Mac device to control my iPhone? thanks!


texts: How to sync mac mail app with only unarchived/recent gmail messages

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I recently purchased a Macbook Air and I wanted to use the default Mail app that came with it. When I add a gmail account to it, it tries to download all the mail I've ever received (~10 years worth of email).

In Gmail, I have a habit of archiving mail instead of deleting them. Is there anyway I can sync the mail app to only download mail that is in my inbox (unarchived mail) or the last ~50 mail that was sent to me?


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The Archive Box is not displayed in my Sidebar, yet I can archive mail.
How do I get the Archive Folder to display, so i can retrieve my archived emails?


texts: Setting Mac App Store country to home country when abroad

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I'm stuck trying to use the Mac App Store on my Mac. I'm in Germany (abroad, my home country is UK) and it seems my Mac has picked this up in some way and won't let me download Xcode, as it says I can't download from the German App Store. My App Store was set up in the UK with UK card details.

My Mac was initialised in Germany too, i.e. it was switched on for the first time here.

My locale settings from System Preferences are here:

This is the error I am getting:

Please note the following:

I am using a MacBook Pro, not an iPad or iPhone.
I am trying to access Mac App Store, not iTunes.


texts: Updating to iOS 6.1 disables cellular FaceTime?

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FaceTime over AT&T's 4G (you know, 3G) on my iPhone 4s (with a 2GB data plan) was enabled as of a few days ago. Haven't checked the settings since then, but I just updated to iOS 6.1 from 6.0.1, and after a message came up about saying that the iPhone was now using the new iCloud email address for iMessages, I decided to check on FaceTime, and it appears that the cellular data option for FaceTime is switched off again (and I can't enable it, just shows the 'call AT&T' popup). I don't really know for sure if I can blame iOS 6.1 because as its been a few days since I checked the setting it could be coincidence.

What do you think? A glitch in AT&T's system that accidentally temporarily enabled my 4G FaceTime? Something about the update turning it off? When I asked AT&T, they were surprised that it was even working at all a few days ago.