texts: Recover playlists from iTunes iOS device backup

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iPod associated with an install of iTunes on a Windows PC; the Windows PC died, and the iTunes library was lost.  Most of the library has been recovered to a new install of iTunes on a new Windows PC by following the directions in this answer, but the process removed all playlists from the iPod.

I'm assuming the playlists were included in the backup made in the first step of those directions, but I can't find any tool for extracting them.  I can find plenty of programs that can copy playlists from an iPod (might have been useful at the beginning, but not now), and plenty of programs that can extract anything but a playlist from an iTunes device backup, but I have not been able to find a program that can recover playlists from an iTunes device backup.

How can I recover the playlists from an iTunes backup of an iOS device on Windows?


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After upgrade to MacOS High Sierra Ver 10.13.6 I am experiencing wifi connectivity issues (disappears or becomes very poor). After reading answers to somewhat similar problem I removed the following files from system configuration:
com.apple.airport.preferences.plist
com.apple.network.identification.plist
com.apple.wifi.message-tracer.plist
NetworkInterfaces.plist
preferences.plist
There is a perceptible improvement but these files get re-loaded on next boot up and the problem again starts. Request advice on how these files can be deleted permanently


texts: myCloud: Is self-hosting iCloud possible?

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It seems that Apple is pushing cloud integration all the way now, but also that they have no interest in providing the ability to choose between their own server-side offering (iCloud) and what other companies may have to bring to the table. That seems to make all the nice iCloud client features unusable for certain people (such as Europeans that are forbidden by law to upload certain documents to data centers in North Carolina).

Is it in any way possible to trick OS X and iOS devices into talking to servers of my choosing other than Apple's, at least for part of the services ? Is there any documentation how iCloud is built? Does it use any standardized protocols at all?


texts: How to present my IPhone screen on Windows

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I must present my iPhone screen on a skype meeting, but Skype for business does not appear to have that option.

A coworker said me that there is some official app that i could use to share my screen on my desktop computer running Windows 10. Of course, I searched on appstore and the internet with no luck.

So, could you point me out in the right direction?


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I can't find how to buy it, so I assumed that on English is available.

Does anyone know if there are other languages available for this product, or like in Windows version a Profiling Tools that not only change the GUI locale but also adds the dictionaries in that language.

I'm currently searching the Portuguese version for a friend.


texts: Some photos fail to synchronize with my iPad

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I have a large collection of photographs and I want to synchronize a selection of albums, totally around 2500 photos, ranging in file size from 400KB to 7MB, with most of them around 5MB-6MB. Only about 1300 synchronize.

I have unselected photo syncing in iTunes and synced, then wiped the iPod Cache folder from my desktop's disk and tried again, but the problem remains. I suspect file size, but the chap at the Apple store didn't think that was a problem. Has anyone experienced anything similar?


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I have a 15 inch 2014 MBPr running windows 7 in bootcamp that I use for games. I bought a Razer Kraken headset due to it having a 4 pin 3.5mm jack and adapter for 2x3.5mm for compatibility with as many devices as possible.

The issue I am having is that when I plug the jack in all that comes up is the headset, no mic.

The problem with using the internal mic is that it picks up way to much noise from the internal fans to be usable.

Is there any way to fix this? Ive been googleing for the last hour or 2 with absolutely no luck.

I do have a USB audio jack I can use but that defeats the purpose of buying this headset in the first place.

Thanks.


texts: During a new Mac setup, it asks for the iPhone passcode. Why?

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Why are they asking me for this? What is it used for?

EDIT: Some have suggested that this is a recent effort to encrypt all of the iCloud data: https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/4b70xy/starting_with_ios_93_apple_will_encrypt_icloud/?st=irfs7s30&sh=2a9995dc


texts: Spell-check doesn't work on words with dashes (Mail.app in Yosemite)

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I just upgraded to Yosemite, and noticed that in Mail.app spell check (as you type) doesn't work properly if two words are connected by a dash (hyphen) and only the second one is misspelled. For example:

test-test (no squiggly)
test-asdf (no squiggly)
asdf-test (squiggly on first word)
asdf-asdf (squiggly on first word)

Here #2 should get a squiggly but it does not. All other applications seem to work as expected (although I'd prefer to have squigglies on both words for #4). I have Mac OS 10.10.2 and Mail.app 8.2 (2070.6).

Any suggestions for workarounds?


texts: The piece under key hinge –– that looks like a nipple –– came loose. What to do?

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The left arrow key on my 2014 model Mac Air has been acting weird, so I took off the key cap and hinge to see what was going on and I discovered that the tiny piece that looks like a nipple (or a suction cup, if you will) is not attached to anything. I took off another small key to see how it should be. The nipples under other keys are firmly attached to either side of the key hole, but this one is kinda loose.

As a result, the key works but you have to push really hard on it.

How can I fix this? Can I just superglue it in place or do I need to get a new nipple-thingy?

thanks.


texts: Take screenshot of screenshot with AppleScript

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I want to open an image on the desktop with the 'Quick Look', then screenshot it, and then open the new screenshot to take another one of it.  In resume, I want to know how to screenshot an image that has just been screenshoted, endlessly. How can I do it on AppleScript?

I know it sounds kind of weird, but its for artistic purposes. The resultant image is a feedback of the image itself being screenshoted. Also, it is important that the image is being opened as 'quick look' because it displays the top bar with the date and time of the screenshot, so the feedback is clear. Thank you so much.

(This image is a reference I made myself with this intention. Is exactly what I'm trying to automate]1]1

//The script I've accomplished by now is:

tell application "Finder"
    do shell script "qlmanage - p /cm.jpg"
    set dFolder to "~/Desktop/screencapture/"

    do shell script ("mkdir -p " & dFolder)

    set i to 0
    repeat 960 times
        set tTime to do shell script "date +%H%M%S"
        do shell script ("screencapture " & dFolder & "frame-" & i & ".png")
        delay 5
        set i to i + 1
    end repeat
end tell

// I still don't know how to make it work related to a specific image, and then related to each new screenshot.


texts: Mac OS X locks up when I plugin in headphones on MacBook Pro

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Every time I plug in (or off) my headphones (even white iPhone ones), Mac OS X locks up for about 10 seconds, and then works as normal, and even displays the beach ball. Not everything locks up, as I can still switch screens, etc, but I think the Finder does.

Initially I thought this was related to Flash, as the Flash Player would stop working, but this happens even when the browser is closed.

I don't have any audio related apps installed.

Does anybody have any ideas of what could causing this, or tips on how to track down the problem?


texts: How to repair time machine after it loses its history

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I'm running Mavericks 10.9.4 on a MacBook Pro. I do time machine backups regularly to a Synology NAS (behind a Fritz Box router).
This worked well all the time. The last backup has been made last Thursday before I went into weekend.

Today I suddenly got the message that my backup is 230 days old, so I started to investigate, since this can't be.
TM says, first and last backup are from February 3rd 2014.
When I mount TM I also only get this choice to restore data from, so I aborted.

Looking at the logs from today I get the following kernel and backupd related lines: https://gist.github.com/kassi/f5c3e379d8af21f71415

Interesting parts in the log (in the gist)

Sep 21 22:08:39: it starts a typical backup (somehow 360 MB require 2.97 GB)
Sep 21 22:19:13: post-backup thinning reports several lines

of the following

Sep 21 22:19:13 hamal.fritz.box com.apple.backupd[2349]: Error: Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-50 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error -50.)" (paramErr: error in user parameter list) deleting backup: /Volumes/Time Machine-Backups/Backups.backupdb/hamal/2014-09-21-220952.inProgress/6567A66B-EB3A-45DF-BEBF-EFD8C8D90AD5

Sep 21 22:20:56: it deletes some older backups (why? no hint given)
Sep 21 22:23:55: same error for basically every backup I'm missing

like the following

Sep 21 22:23:55 hamal.fritz.box com.apple.backupd[2349]: Error: (20) getxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.SnapshotContainer path:/Volumes/Time Machine- Backups/Backups.backupdb/hamal/2014-08-31-103145
Sep 21 22:23:55 hamal kernel[0]: disk4s2: 0xc014 (UNDEFINED).

Sep 21 23:05:59: several errors

of the following

Sep 21 23:04:02 hamal.fritz.box backupd[349]: Property list invalid for format: 200 (property lists cannot contain NULL)

Backup volume

The backup volume looks fine. No error reports and it's not full:

Sheratan> df -h /volume1/Time\ Backup/
Filesystem                Size      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/vg1000/lv            3.6T    708.2G      2.9T  19% /volume1

On the web

I found this thread: Time Machine fails related to "Property list invalid for format: 200 (property lists cannot contain NULL)" and added some irrelevant path to my exclude list, but without any difference.

Does someone have an ides what might go wrong when following the hints in https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5087920?start=0&tstart=0?

Any clue what went wrong here and how to get my backup history back into TM?

Thx


texts: Internal keyboard randomly stops working (after upgrade to Catalina) - any way to reset it?

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Is there anything like a reset of the internal keyboard device that I can try doing instead of having to restart my MacBook completely?

The internal keyboard on my MacBook Pro just stops responding to key presses at a random moment (and stays like that). After restarting, it works again.
it happened 7-8 times already, every time in the middle of typing
something. It also happened twice while I was typing this question.
Trackpad continues to work normally.
It happened while I had an external keyboard connected, as well. Actually, two of them, both Apple keyboards -- one wireless and the other USB. Both of them, and the internal keyboard, stopped working at that point. When I re-connected a keyboard, it continued working again (only the reconnected one).


texts: Mail in Mavericks does not correctly text wrap / no option to view in plain text

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This problem has been brought up in the Apple discussion forum, but with no success. It is two related problems that have cropped up in the Mail application in Mavericks (OS X v10.9):

First, there is no longer a "view in plain text" option for viewing mail messages:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23526803#23526803

Second, the Mail app does not correctly word wrap messages:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23566666#23566666

Specifically, if a message has an HTML  environment (i.e., pre-formatted) with a very long line with no carriage returns, then that line runs way, way off the edge of the window. This longest line effectively defines the length of the text wrap so all other lines also run off the right edge of the window, forcing the user to tediously scroll horizontally far, far to the right to read each line. This seems to happen in, e.g., a multi-part mime message; even if it has a plain-text alternative, Mail is using that HTML formatting of that  formatted text to define the width of the window for wrapping all other text in the message, and Mail no longer offers the option to view the message as plain text.

One workaround is that the user can select to "forward" the message, and while the message is in the editing window, the text wraps correctly and can be read without horizontal scrolling. This is a hassle and not an acceptable solution.

So, after that long preamble, my question is: How can I make Mail always wrap text of viewed messages to the window width in ALL cases?


texts: How can I cut down on the size of iMovie Library.imovielibrary?

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I recently noticed that the file at ~/Movies/iMovie Library.imovielibrary is taking up an awful lot of space:

Is there a way to make it smaller? I don't have anything important in iMovie - what happens if I simply delete it?


texts: why do iPhoto, Word, and Finder open when I restart Lion?

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I'm using Lion (10.7.2).  I close all applications and restart the Mac.  When it starts up again, it opens windows for iPhoto, Word (to a blank doc), Address Book, and a Finder window.

None of these application are in my "Login Items" for my account.

How do I get Lion to start clean instead of opening all these apps?

Rob


texts: How do I improve my performance of my MBP (2009) after upgrading to 10.8.2

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I'm relatively a novice when it comes to computers. I recently upgraded my MBP to the new OS X 10.8.2 and noticed that it's running much slower now.  I purchased this laptop in the summer of 2009. Here are the basic specs:

Macbook Pro 13-inch, (mid-2009)
Processor 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB
SATA Disk 160GB

Any recommendations on how to boost its performance would be greatly appreciated. I would love to avoid purchasing a new laptop, unless needed.


texts: Is it possible to disable auto mount of external devices?

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How can I disable the auto mount of usb/firewire devices or basically any external disk in MacOSX?

My motivation for this is that in Windows there have been possible attacks via USB trojans that would copy to the internal hard drive just after the auto mount. I thought that disabling auto mount of external devices is a good counter measure. But I'm be open to solutions that protect from such a threat using other methods.

Edit

I assume that a solution to my problem would have to look like the following:

Auto mount disabled for all devices.
Opt-in of auto mount for my private devices.


texts: Which settings in System Preferences are global for all users?

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Some things in System Preferences obviously apply to only one user:

Desktop Picture
Appearance accent colour and highlight colour
Dock size

While others obviously apply to all users:

Startup Disk
FileVault full disk encryption
Show fast user switching menu

For people who are not very experienced with macOS (and even some experienced users!) is there any way to tell whether a given setting will apply to all users or just the current user, other than constantly tweaking settings and switching between user accounts? Is there a reference somewhere?

I'm motivated to understand this better because I often find myself setting up new Macs for people, and I find myself wondering which settings are useful to apply in System Preferences while not logged in as the eventual end user.


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When i open bluetooh menu from menu bar I don't have options for turning bluetooth off/on.

And in system preferences->bluetooth the button for turning off bluetooth is grayed out.

I have already tried resetting SMC and also resseting bluetooth module, but nothing have worked.


texts: Where is the MAC address of my Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter?

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I have a Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter for a MacBook Air and I need to assign a static IP address to it.

I assume the MAC address is embedded in a given adapter... and by convention I would assume that the MAC address would be written somewhere on the device, but it is not.  Does the MAC address have more to do with the adapter of the MAC itself?

In other words if I swap adapters will the MAC address change, or will it stay the same?  What if I swap thunderbolt ports it's plugged into (for MacBook Pro Retina)?

Does the same logic above apply to Thunderbolt displays since they have Ethernet?


texts: If someone changes their number and you never stopped sharing your location, would the new person with that number see your location?

texts: I have shared my location with someone and it might be possible that he will change his number. If I don’t stop sharing my location with that associated phone number, will a new person with the number be able to see my location? Or is it still connected to the original person’s iPhone?


texts: Password doesn't work for software update but does for everything else

texts: I have a mac mini running Big Sur. My password is fine for logging in at start up and authorising everything, except the system software update. I haven't found an answer online as to why. Anybody got any suggestions and hopefully, a solution.


texts: How do i automatically send ebooks to my Kindle?

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I would like to create an automation, that automatically sends a new file to my kindle email address if i put a new ebook into that folder.

How would a script look like, that i would have to apply to my folder?


texts:
I need export the songs of SongBeamer with the accords as PDF on an MacBook. On Windows I can press Print and then select pdf as print options. with the MacBook I can't do the same. I have add an printscreen of the program. Do someone know how to print as PDF in SongBeamer?
Thanks in advantage

Now after all the work. I will thank you all for the helping. I have contact the vendor. He have released a new version of SongBeamer just for this case. Here the Link: Download (today is the: 06.01.2017) Just in case please go to the website and watch out for a newer version. If there is one then download it. Probably it will be more stable.


texts: How do I play video through a projector without seeing the player buttons?

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This is probably one of those questions with a really easy answer but either I'm not phrasing it right or there isn't a way to do what I'm wanting. At my church, we occasionally play videos from a MacBook Pro or our new 2019 iMac. The video pipes out to the projector just fine, everything works fine.
The issue is when a video needs to be played or paused 300 people can see the mouse move over the Quicktime player's play/pause button. This seems very amateur hour but for the life of me I can't figure out how to play and pause a video in the booth without the buttons showing up on the projector screen.
I feel like I saw a video on how do do this years ago, but I haven't been able to figure it out.
Can this be done?
Thanks!


texts: Apple or BASH script to automatically install multiple apps

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I would like to create a script to install a group of programs. The PKG files reside on a Windows file share.

I current can install them one at a time through the Terminal using the following syntax:

sudo installer -store -pkg "/Volumes/{Path to package}" -target /

But when I try to include this into my installer.sh script I get a syntax error that part of the path contained in quotes is an invalid option. It seems that the double quotes around my path are not being included when passed into the shell.

So I tried escaping the quotes by adding a \ in front of each double quote and I get the same error. Am I supposed to escape my quotes some other way?

installer -store -pkg “/Volumes/ChiefGeneral/TechGeneral/Misc/Batch Install/X6/Chief Architect Premier X6.pkg” -target /
installer -store -pkg “/Volumes/ChiefGeneral/TechGeneral/Misc/Batch Install/X6/Chief Architect Interiors X6.pkg” -target /
installer -store -pkg “/Volumes/ChiefGeneral/TechGeneral/Misc/Batch Install/X6/Chief Architect Lite X6.pkg” -target /

Thank you.


texts: Automatically refreshing my WiFi connection via a script?

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I'm using Mac 10.9.5.  When I'm at a Starbucks, my computer will automatically connect to their WiFi network.  However, after an hour, they kick you off and although you are still connected to their network, beneath your "WiFi" icon in your Network System preferences, you now have a "Self Assigned IP" and are unable to connect to the Internet.  The only way to reconnect is to click the "Turn Wi-Fi Off" button and then click "Turn Wi-Fi On" button to re-enable things.

My question is, how do I write a script to automatically do this for me?  What I woudl like is some script run in the background if I'm connected to a network named "Google Starbucks" and then if the script notcied I have a "Self Assigned IP", it woudl turn wi-fi off and turn it back on again without my having to do anything.


texts: How does Windows 10 run on a Mac that officially only supports Windows 7?

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Does anyone have experience with Windows 10 having specific driver-related issues on a similar Mac that only supports (has Bootcamp drivers for) Windows 7? I have this MacBook Pro: Apple MacBook Pro "Core 2 Duo" 2.4 17" (SR) Specs

Apple supports up to Windows 7 on this Mac with Bootcamp drivers. I upgraded it to Windows 8 (not supported by Apple) and it still works just fine (Windows 8.1 now), except for some quirks like the volume/brightness bezel not showing up when I use those controls.

I am a little concerned that installing Windows 10 might break something that can't be fixed, and I'll have to wipe everything and figure out how to go back to Windows 8, which would be a pain. Does anyone know if Windows 10 is successfully able to use the Windows 7 bootcamp drivers? …or should I be the one to test it out and see if it works okay? :D


texts: Xcode 6 on Yosemite: Give me back my title bar!

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On prior versions of OS X and Xcode I constantly used the title bar right-click to view the folder hierarchy of the Xcode project: right-click the title bar and open up the containing folder (or an ancestor).

However now that Xcode has no title bar I can't do this anymore. Is there any way to bring back the title bar so I can open the containing folder quickly and easily again?

I know I can right-click the project icon in the project navigator pane and choose "Show in Finder", but this is much less convenient as it requires that pane be visible, and it only opens the direct containing folder, not any ancestor I want (nor can I use it to quickly verify the project is the one I think it is). Thankfully the Finder windows still have a title bar so I can do it then, but it's still at least a couple steps extra for something that used to be a single-click operation.


texts: I am unable to download an audio book that I bought from iTunes to my iPhone 5. It appears on my phone only in the shared folder when I'm connected to iTunes. When I exit iTunes the book disappears.


texts: Where does terminal look for its commands?

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I've just installed pypy, and I've made a symlink from /pypy to my pypy installation.

How can I turn this into a command, so that I can just type pypy myfile.py
instead of having to type /pypy myfile.py?


texts: How to check if iPhone has been backed to iCloud?

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A relative of mine has unresponsive iPhone that contains some important data. The phone has not been backed up in iTunes. Is it possible to check whether it was backed up to iTunes, and when?

icloud.com doesn't seem to provide that information. iTunes normally provides that information, but requires unlocking iPhone which is impossible because of unresponsive screen. Is there any other option?


texts:
Trying to print on canvas with an Epson Stylus Pro 3800. When I click the PRINT button I get the printer in the Dock for about 5 or 6 seconds and then it disappears and no printing.
 have tried resetting the printer by using that option using CTL +click in Print and Fax and reinstalling it.


texts: Revoke the permission to run an application from an unidentified developer

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Few weeks ago I've installed a CLI application from Homebrew that wasn't signed or notarised (what's Apple calls from an "unidentified developer").

To run this application I've followed the well know steps from Apple and called it a day.

Now I want to revoke this exception to be able to test the new version of the same CLI application that will come signed and notarised by the developer.

I've tried to follow the instruction from posts that suggest the change Gatekeeper rules using spctl like this question without success.

It looks like the rules managed using spctl are not involved in this context, because I've tried to do:

$ spctl --reset-default

$ spctl --list > list.before.txt

and then I've authorised the app to run using System Preferences > Security & Privacy > 'Allow'

$ spctl --list > list.after.txt

and after run a compare between the two:

$ diff list.before.txt list.after.txt
(no differences)

The CLI app continue to run no matter what I do with the spctl utility.

How can I revert the permission to run to this unidentified developer's CLI app?


texts: Issue on macOS High Sierra - how can I make the Chrome background black?

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I have multiple Google user accounts. My primary one is has a white background in Chrome, but the secondary one has a black background. I much prefer the black background, but I cannot figure out how to apply it to my main Chrome profile. As you all know, dark mode for Mac was introduced in macOS Mojave. Unfortuantely due to the age of this Mac Mini, I am stuck on macOS High Sierra.

Troubleshooting steps I've tried:
- Checking all extensions (they are the same between the two Chrome profiles)
- Looking for some browser setting in Chrome to make the background dark (cannot find one as of yet)

Here you can see the two Chrome windows. The black layout is what I want for both:


texts: Can you connect iPhone to LDAP on a non-standard port?

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In a nutshell, I believe I'm having issues configuring iOS to connect to LDAP on a non-standard port.

I've tried a quite a few different sequences, such as appending the port to the server address, but all to no avail. Has anyone been able to connect to an LDAP that runs on a different port than 389? If so, I would appreciate confirmation that it is possible and steps on how you set things up would be even better.

My LDAP is apacheDS and the port it runs on is not 389, so I'm at a loss how an iPhone or iPad can connect to the LDAP.


texts: How can I extend the lock screen timeout in iOS?

texts: This question is applicable to both iPads and iPhones: how do I extend the lock screen timeout? By that I mean the time from when I see the "slide to unlock" message to when the screen goes black again. Right now when I press a button to wake my device up, I have about four or five seconds to slide the screen to unlock, before it just goes dark again. I would like to extend this timeout if possible. How do I do it?


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I have a late 27" imac with a 3TB internal drive.
It currently is divided into three partitions.. one is running catalina, the second is a carbon copy of the first - the third is my music library.
I would like to revert back to the system before catalina - I just don't like it.
I understand that the partition holding the main startup system has been changed from HFS+ to something else , kinda dividing it into two.
I have plenty of external space, including the previous last-saved setup.
My questions are as follows...
Can I simply reformat the main partition into the previous setup and carbon copy my old saved setup.. and then use the Carbon Copy backup of the catalina system to boot from, ikn order to update prefs etc??
Do I need to reformat both partitions - or do I need to copy my music partition and just reformat the entire interior hard drive?
I AM franticly backing everything up as I go... but just need a little guidance on the "AFS to HFS+ thing...


texts:
What is the best epub reader app for iPad?

I have very complex files on which most apps I have tried time out with sudden execution abortion and control returning to the SpringBoard.

I don't believe this to be a duplicate question because most of them focus on particular aspects of quality or functionality like "auto-scrolling and/or annotation support".

This question is focussed on best viewing quality assuming support for complex and large files.


texts: Multi-colored lines only on screen when booting 17" iMac Core Duo 1.83Ghz

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New to StackExchange/Ask Different. Been a lurker for a long time, this is my first question/discussion. I hope somebody might point me in the right direction.

I was recently given a couple old iMacs that were going to be thrown away by a family member. The others all work fine after a format and memory upgrade. However, one of them does not. It is a 17" iMac Intel Core Duo 1.83Ghz. Here is a link to the exact model info.

On bootup, I get the normal Apple start sound, but the screen only displays multi-colored lines. Here is a picture. I pulled the plastic bezel off, and tried removing the screen panel, and reseating the screen cable. I also removed and reseated the memory, and tried resetting NVRAM, all with no change. I don't need to worry about losing any data on this system, I will format it and clean install OSX when I fix the screen.

What should I try next to figure out what is causing the screen issue?

Thanks in advance!


texts: My bash is white and black and I would like it to look much more colorful, how do I do that?


texts:
My daughters iPhone (iOS 6) has been getting text messages from Unknown. There is no way to block this message. The content of the message is Message not found.

My carrier is AT&T. Is this a bot or an issue with AT&T? Is there a way to prevent these messages?


texts: What are all the languages supported by Siri as of Apple iOS 7.1? Is there a changelog available?

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I was able to find this information from the official support documentation for Siri: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4992

  Siri understands and can speak the following languages:

  United States (English, Spanish)
  United Kingdom (English)
  Australia (English)
  France (French)
  Germany (German)
  Japan (Japanese)
  Canada (Canadian French, English)
  China (Mandarin)
  Hong Kong (Cantonese)
  Italy (Italian)
  Korea (Korean)
  Mexico (Spanish)
  Spain (Spanish)
  Switzerland (French, German, Italian)
  Taiwan (Mandarin)

But I don't think it has been updated as of iOS 7.1 (the page shows Last Modified: Sep 18, 2013). So...

What are all the languages that Siri supports as of iOS 7.1?
Is there an changelog available showing languages added in each version right from the beginning?


texts: Display weather information in the Mavericks notification center?

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The weather display in the notification center is a great feature in iOS, and I would love to have it on my mac as well. Is there a technique or app that allows this?

Googling for the answer to this question has not turned up much, although there are suggestions that one might be able to kludge something together using Growl.


texts: How do I control which applications receive mouse input?

texts:
On Windows I have been using X-Mouse Button Control to control which applications receive mouse input. I need to know how to do this on a Mac.

Specifically I am using Mumble and want to bind the "back" button on the mouse to Push To Talk globally. It must have no action in any other application.

I'm using an MMO 7 mouse. But sadly the software that comes with it does not have this functionality.


texts: How to Command-X files on OS X El Capitan?

texts:
I noticed that Command-X (cut and paste) is greyed out on finder in El Capitan.
Is there any way to get it back?

EDIT: WITHOUT Command-Option-V.
If possible, way to map command-option-v to command-x would be great....


texts: Why won't the New York Times "skimmer" web site run in Fluid?

texts:
Fluid is an application that enables a single web site, normally viewed through a web browser, to be displayed in Mac OS X as an application.

I want to have http://nytimes.com/skimmer in a separate process, but it won't run properly in Fluid. It has a few of the links on the bottom right, but the page stays blank.

Information about Times Skimmer.

  Times Skimmer is a browser-based application that offers a new way to read The Times online. The application provides the experience of spreading out a newspaper and paging through it.

More information. It's entirely HTML5-based, and the New York Times considers it to be an "experimental beta" project.


texts:
I'm having by time to time problems with my OS running really slow because the System uses a lot of CPU (it stays like this ~30min). I've checked different articles on the internet in regard to this issue and none of them worked for me. I also tried to update from Mojave to Catalina in the idea that this might fix the issue.
Does somebody else encounter this issue?
Configuration:
Macbook pro late 2013 with OS 10.15.6 (19G2005)
2.3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2 GB
Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB
Is there a way of seeing the processes used or what is being done by the system? The Activity monitor or the htop from brew doesn't show what is being done by the system. --
Answer (based on the comment from @At0mic): In order to see all processes including the system ones it possible by selecting in Activity Monitor View -> Show all processes


texts: Messages restarts to login screen after a few seconds

texts:
I'm running Big Sur (11.0.1) on a Late 2014 Mac Mini, and the Messages app refuses to stay logged in.
I recently created a child account for my eldest. Signed into her account on Mac Mini, I have successfully signed into her account in Apple ID in System Preferences, and into iCloud too.
When I open the Messages app, it prompts for credentials. I enter her creds (that I just created), and all seems to go well. I tried sending a message to my account, which was never delivered. Then, within a matter of seconds, the app appears to either restart or decides that authentication needs to be re-performed, almost like her account is being logged out. This repeats no matter how many times I try, or whether I restart the machine.
If I log into my Mac account, open Messages and log in with my Apple ID, the same thing happens. When I just tried, it lasted seven seconds before restarting.
If I open Messages using my Apple ID on a 2018 Macbook Pro, also running Big Sur, everything is fine and I can send messages to friends with iPhones, using their phone number. Similarly if I log in as her account on my MBP, I can send messages.
If I try to send a message to my child's account using my MBP, I get "Not delivered" errors.
Any ideas?


texts: Why might some files not have resource forks? Does this affect the `tar` utility at all?

texts:
I tarred, and re-tarred, the same directory. 2,560 bytes of metadata is somehow lost in that simple process:

  /tmp$ tar xf workArea.tar
  /tmp$ tar cf workArea_copy.tar WorkArea
  /tmp$ ls -l *tar
  -rw-r--r--  1 jdoe  wheel  2068480 Mar 19 22:54 workArea.tar
  -rw-r--r--  1 jdoe  wheel  2065920 Mar 19 23:27 workArea_copy.tar
  /tmp$

How can there be data loss???

But then, I un-tarred / re-tarred workArea_copy.tar, and there was no data loss:

  /tmp$ tar xf workArea_copy.tar
  /tmp$ tar cf copy_copy.tar WorkArea
  /tmp$ ls -l *tar
  -rw-r--r--  1 jdoe  wheel  2065920 Mar 19 23:38 copy_copy.tar
  -rw-r--r--  1 jdoe  wheel  2065920 Mar 19 23:27 workArea_copy.tar
  /tmp$

I noticed in the tar verbose output of when I untarred the original workArea.tar that some files did not have resource forks:

  /tmp$ tar xfv workArea.tar
  x WorkArea/
  x WorkArea/kjDesc.txt  // <-- where is resource fork?
  x WorkArea/._engGrammar.doc
  x WorkArea/engGrammar.doc
  x WorkArea/._gingers.txt
  x WorkArea/gingers.txt
  x WorkArea/._intro.docx
  x WorkArea/intro.docx
  x WorkArea/._myAntenna.doc
  x WorkArea/myAntenna.doc
  x WorkArea/notes.txt  // <-- where is resource fork?
  x WorkArea/._notesKj.txt
  x WorkArea/notesKj.txt
  x WorkArea/._queen.xlsx
  x WorkArea/queen.xlsx
  x WorkArea/trans.txt  // <-- where is resource fork?
  x WorkArea/._url.txt
  x WorkArea/url.txt
  /tmp$

However, in the verbose tar output I can see that the missing resource fork issue exists in both untarring workArea.tar and workArea_copy.tar. The verbose output is exactly the same.

All files in this tar file were created on my MacBook. Nothing was imported from other file systems.

I am sure that 2,560 bytes is metadata. But what metadata? workArea.tar and workArea_copy.tar both have the same missing meta-data, yet they have difference sizes. I don't get it.
For that matter, how might some files even end-up with missing resource forks in the first place?

thanks.


texts: What steps should I take in preparation for upgrading to Mountain Lion?

texts: I am considering upgrading my Mac to the new Mountain Lion operating system. What steps should I take to make sure the process goes as smoothly as possible?


texts: Can I copy the entire scrollback buffer from iTerm2 to the clipboard?

texts:
I've just run some commands and have several pages of output in iTerm2. Now I'd like to save it somewhere. (I could have piped it to a file, but I didn't think of that.)

Is there an easier way to copy it all to the clipboard that by scrolling back and highlighting for pages?


texts:
On a phone with 3D touch it is possible to postpone a reminder from the lock screen (one hour, tomorrow) or mark it as complete.

iPhone XR lacks 3D touch, and if the reminder pops up when the phone is unlocked it is possible to slide down the reminder and the three options reappear.

When the phone is on the lock screen, even if unlocked with face ID, iOS shows the message but does not give the possibility to slide down.

If I then go to the home screen I cannot see the reminder anymore.

My question: is there a way to postpone a reminder on an iPhone without 3D touch as the iPhone XR?


texts: Wifi automatically turns off when ethernet connects

texts:
I have a need for Wifi and ethernet to be up and connected at the same time.  The Wifi is connected to the internet and the ethernet is connected to other computers on the local ethernet.  The local ethernet has the ip set manually.

The Wifi is on 192.168.1.X (subnet 255.255.255.0) and the ethernet is 192.168.5.X (subnet 255.255.255.0).  This should allow me to connect to both and have proper routing.

This works for about 30 seconds and then the Wifi disconnects.  I set the service order so that Wifi was the highest but that doesn't fix anything.  Everytime I turn the Wifi back on it will connect and then automatically disconnect 30-60 seconds later.

I searched and can't seem to find a setting to keep the Wifi from disconnecting when the ethernet connects


texts: As of upgrading to yosemite the apple script choose color no longer works. The color picker app launches but the eyedropper doesn't function. Does anyone know a work-around for this?


texts: How to change size of ALL icons/folders in Finder?

texts:
I only know about this:

defaults write com.apple.finder DesktopViewOptions -dict IconSize -integer 188x188px.; killall Finder’

But it’s only for the Desktop…


texts: TextEdit app always opens with File Open dialog

texts:
Every time I open my TextEdit app it starts with the File Open dialog open.

How do I stop this?


texts: Is there a way to hide a user's home folder from other users seeing that it even exists?

texts:
I want to hide a user folder from any other users from seeing. The user should still be able to log in through the login window using their username and password.

Is this possible?


texts: Is this MacBook Pro charger safe to use?

texts: I happen to accidentally jam my charger in between a few moving objects and this was, unfortunately, the resut. Is this still safe to use? Are there any risks to continuing using assuming it will still charge my MacBook Pro?


texts:
Storage shows that System takes about 12 Gb of storage.

Anyone else have System taking up 12 GB after installing, and know how to fix it?

Edit: storage taken up by system keeps rising. Reaching 13 GB.

  iPhone SE.
  Restart didn't help.


texts: Obtaining 2560 x 1600 on a 3840 x 2160 with surrounding bands

texts:
When you pair a MacBook that supports only up to 2560 x 1600 on an external display with a Dell 28" 3840 x 2160 monitor, is it possible to request precisely the resolution 2560 x 1600 on the monitor with empty bands on the four sides, or are you stuck with (the awful) 2x scaled 1920 x 1080?

I see that there is yet another hidden feature. If you click Option in the display settings, you will see additional modes. But it seems that if this method will show you any additional modes, you already need to have the monitor in question connected just to run the experiment.


texts:
Recently I heard about new apple file system.
Of course I wanted to try it.
So I moved all files to one external hard drive for safety... And accidentaly switched it to APFS...
How to revert changes?

$ diskutil apfs createContainer /dev/disk1s2
Started APFS operation on disk1s2 Data
Creating a new empty APFS Container
Unmounting Volumes
Switching disk1s2 to APFS
Creating APFS Container
Created new APFS Container disk1s2
Finished APFS operation on disk1s2 Data

$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *240.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh SSD           239.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS                         999.9 GB   disk1s2

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

/dev/disk3 (disk image):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        +25.2 MB    disk3
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         32.3 KB    disk3s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Data Rescue             25.1 MB    disk3s2


texts: Microsoft Office, Exchange, Calendar, Snooze issue, Resending Invitation

texts: So here is a weird bug, I've created a Reoccurring Meeting in OSX Outlook 2011 but every time I hit snooze using OSX Notifications the Meeting Invite is sent out again with the same time. Why is this happening?


texts: Apple Mail: How to semi-automatically forward an email with default text and recipients

texts:
i converted recently from windows, and i do a lot of email dispatching, which i did in outlook with quick steps.
I could mark an email, hit a button for team A, and a fowarded email was composed with team a as recipients and some text in the email. Same was possible for emails for team B and so on.

Does anybody know, how this can be done in Apple Mail (or Mac Outlook, I'm not picky)?
(mbp, high sierra)

Thanks!


texts:
Trying to have a grid of workspaces which I can instantaneously switch between using directional keyboard commands.

The built in workspace switching comes with an irremovable delay which can be reduced but not eliminated, and limits to 1-D movement.

Have been using TotalSpaces which was perfect up until Mavericks, its okay (now) on ElCapitan, but apparently having problems on Sierra.

There are reddit forums and questions around the internet asking how to do this. I am looking at writing something myself, does anyone have an alternative or anything working?


texts: Recurring system.log process: "com.apple.dpd: Service exited with abnormal code: 75" - Catalina 10.15.7

texts:
I've been trying to remove this weird recurring process that happens every second in my system.log:
Sep 27 23:45:12 User-iMac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.dpd[1749]): Service exited with abnormal code: 75
Sep 27 23:45:12 User-iMac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.dpd): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 1 seconds.

It'll also randomly throw this SIGKILL message:
Sep 27 23:51:14 User-iMac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.mdworker.shared.05000000-0200-0000-0000-000000000000[2434]): Service exited due to SIGKILL | sent by mds[122]

I've tried a few things so far:

Disabled SIP in recovery mode, ran sudo mount -uw / in terminal after booting and removed the com.apple.dpd.plist file from System/Library/LaunchDaemons
Re-formatted my hard drive and did a fresh install of Catalina. Repeated the above step.

I've been Googling non-stop so has anyone experienced this or know how to fix it? Thanks!


texts: LG Ultrafine 4K display - USB hub turns off when screen turns off / unplugged from MacBook

texts:
I have my MacBook plugged into an LG Ultrafine 4K display (as recommended, sold and partially engineered by Apple).

When I unplug my Mac from it the USB hub stops charging devices attached to it. This is ridiculous as I mainly use it as a charging hub.

There is nothing in the manual about this - and I can find nothing on Google.

Is there any way to keep the USB hub powered all the time?


texts: Can I use my iMac OS X Yosemite as a phone and phone system

texts: I am not happy with the capabilities of my cable service providers phone and answering system. Can my iMac take over with all the bells and whistles of a business phone system?


texts:
How can I connect a Macbook 12-inch 2016 to a Macbook Pro 2010 in target disk mode?
The Macbook has a USB-C port and the Macbook Pro 2010 has Firewire 800 and USB 2.0.

I couldn't find an adapter or cable for this.


texts: If I have a back up on iTunes from before I was jailbroken and I wanted to go back to stock IOS, can I restore to that back up from iTunes and be unjailbroken?


texts:
How can I prevent my bluetooth headset from preempting the internal mic on connection?

Every time I connect my headset I am forced to go into sound preferences to set the mic back to the internal microphone.

macOS Sierra 10.12.3


texts: HP OfficeJet 6500A not responding from OSX

texts:
I can't connect to my HP OfficeJet 6500A from my MackBook Pro anymore, but it used to work. "Printer is not responding". Accessing the printer web page also fails.

The printer works if accessed from Win10 and Ubuntu 16.04LTS, both using wired connection though and having a static IP.

The MBP is on wireless. Sometimes, I manage to print from it if wired, but it typically won't connect after a second or a third attempt or so. Restarting the printer seems to help. Sometimes. Very weird.

I've disabled the built-in OSX firewall for testing purpose.

youri:Temp $ ifconfig | grep netmask
    inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
    inet 192.168.1.71 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255

youri:Temp $ curl -i -vvv 192.168.1.6
* Rebuilt URL to: 192.168.1.6/
*   Trying 192.168.1.6...
* connect to 192.168.1.6 port 80 failed: Connection refused
* Failed to connect to 192.168.1.6 port 80: Connection refused
* Closing connection 0
curl: (7) Failed to connect to 192.168.1.6 port 80: Connection refused

But ping responds:

youri:Temp $ ping 192.168.1.6
PING 192.168.1.6 (192.168.1.6): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.1.6: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1.389 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.6: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.535 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.6: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=1.359 ms
--- 192.168.1.6 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 1.359/1.428/1.535/0.077 ms

Printer:

fixed IP 192.168.1.6
subnet mask 255.255.255.0
Bonjour, SLP, WS Discovery and WS Print enabled
IPP disabled

Printer installed twice, using the HP driver and letting OSX install it (so two entries in "Printers & Scanners").

OSX 10.11.6

I'm running out of ideas to further troubleshoot. Something blocking the IP/port, on the Mac or on the printer? Any clue? Thanks.


texts: Apple Watch Series 4 + iPhone XS Not Staying Connected

texts:
I've done some research to determine what indicators on the status screen indicate varying levels of connectivity between the Apple Watch and the iPhone. So I now understand that without the green "phone" icon on your status screen on the watch, your watch isn't connected (via Bluetooth) to your phone.

What I have is:

iPhone XS Max -- two of them -- different iCloud accounts
Apple Watch Series 4 -- two of them -- each one is paired to one of the iPhones

I got my new devices, restored them from iCloud backups (upgrading from iPhone 8 Pluses / Series 3 watches), and paired the watches to the phones. The initial pair resulted in a successful Bluetooth connection between the watches and the phones.

Then, after some period of time, even without taking the phone out of range of the watch, the watch disconnected from bluetooth. The watches now fall back to WiFi. They are all on the same WiFi network as the phones, so they get a partial connection, but certain features like health data can't be transferred over WiFi, and also, far as I know, WiFi uses more battery on the watch than Bluetooth.

Rebooting the phone/watch does not solve the problem. Toggling Bluetooth and Airplane Mode on both does not solve the problem. The watch can update network-connected features on widgets/complications using the WiFi connection, but things like watch face settings edited in the Watch App on the iPhone never get synced to the watch because it lacks a direct Bluetooth connection to an iPhone.

It seems like there is a regression in connection reliability that is causing Watches and iPhones to stay disconnected from one another, persistently, after the first connection drops. This never occurred with my last-gen devices on iOS 11, but I am not sure if the problem is iOS 12 related or device related.

But in either case, the problem is affecting two separate pairs of Watch/iPhone so it isn't just one device. Both watches and phones are not the exact same model: one's an iPhone XS Max 512GB black, the other is an iPhone XS Max 256GB silver. One watch is 44mm cellular and the other is 40mm wifi.

How can I fix this problem?


texts: Error when reinstalling macOS Sierra - cannot reinstall

texts:
I am trying to boot into my mac and it's taking me into macOS Utilities. I selected the reinstall macOS option, I do the eligibility check, that works. Then I select the hard drive to install it on (OS X base System).
However as soon as it starts, the install fails with an "Error occurred while preparing the installation try again."
I tried the date fix as many people suggested but that didn't seem to work.
What else can I try?

Edit:

Added images with result of commands


texts: Iphones can connect to Bluetooth speakers but MacBooks cant?

texts:
I have a portable Bluetooth speaker and a Bluetooth enabled amplifier. Mine and my SO's iPhones (5 and 5c) have no trouble connecting to either of these. However, our MacBooks(both Airs, both running Mavericks) can't even detect them.

Is there some setting or some way to make this work?


texts: Blank Mail screen which then crashes but reminas open in background

texts:
The title sums it up.
Once opened it simply doesn't show any emails and then eventually seems to crash but is open in the background still not showing anything.


texts: What is the difference between `IO` and `Data` in the Activity Monitor?

texts:
In the Activity monitor, under the tab Disk,

at the bottom center, there is a small graph which can be set to either IO or DATA

The two graphs look somewhat similar. I understand that I/O very likely stands for Input / Output.

What is the difference between IO and DATA?

I am on macOS 10.11.3 (El Capitan)


texts:
I have an iPhone and obviously I always use iMessage with friends that have an iPhone. I want my SMS to be sent also if iMessage is not available, so I switched on "Send as SMS" option.

Today I sent an image to a friend and iMessage was no available. If spending for a SMS in ok, I want to send images only when iMessage is available. Is there any option that can enable SMS and disable MMS when iMessage is over?


texts:
there is a file stuck in the trash

This is what it shows when i do 'Get Info'

When i 'Empty' the trash

The sound plays, the trash window disappears, but the Trash icon doesn't appear empty and the file is still there when i reopen the trash.

I've tried the terminal

According to the terminal, there is no file in the Trash folder.
What am i missing? How can i solve this?

EDIT
So, i found out that the file is actually in another volume and as the Trash shows the 'trash' for all volumes, the file is being shown in the trash.

So, the file is in the Trash for my Bootcamp volume [/Volumes/BOOTCAMP/.Trashes/501]

I try deleting it from the terminal

but its still there

what do i do?


texts: How to save PDFs from web for offline reading on an iPad?

texts:
I bought an iPad Air to use in my airplane for flight guidance (secondary screen from panel mounted GPS). I'd like to download the manuals for my various avionics, and stop carrying a flight bag that is full of paper manuals.

I can browse the web and open the documents, generally PDFs.
How do I save them and open later when I'm airborne and not online? There doesn't seem to be a right-click, Save as kind of function. I have an Apple keypad for it also, but I don't see how one does mouse-type functions like I'd do in Win7 or Win10.


texts: How can I copy a file from a CD when Finder reports error code -36?

texts:
I have a CD. I copied the whole CD to another location - except for one file. When trying to copy that particular file, I get following error:

  The Finder can't complete the operation because some data in
  "filename.extension" can't be read or written. (Error code -36)

This file is neither particularly large nor any unusual file type, and I do have the permission to read that file (it's on a read-only CD).

What can be done about that? Thanks in advance!


texts: Suggestions for copying iTunes songs and playlists to SDCARD/player and cleaning up the "name mess"?

texts:
This might be a bit of an odd one.

I have a collection on songs in iTunes and I'd like to copy it to an SDCARD to play it on my car's radio, together with the playlists I have to listen to the music in "proper order".

Copying the folder structure in $HOME/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music/ works fine, and the player can read the files.

As for playlists, iTunes allows exporting the playlists in .m3u or .m3u8 format. The paths in the playlist are in "OSX" format, but a quick sed one-liner changes the paths to relative ones and puts it in DOS format:

sed -i.bak -e 's:/Users/jjarava/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music:..:g' -e 's:/:\\:g' "$1";

(the SDCARD in the car radio is identified as SDCARD:\)

I can see the playlist files in the car's radio, but only SOME of the files are "visible"/are played from the playlist.

Given that all the files "missing" contain some extended character (like á, é, í, ó or ú in Spanish). I've been bitten by the different way to encode the names in the past (see Linus Torvalds and the OS X Filesystem for context), so I suspect the issue might be due to the encoding of the file names in the SDCARD. When "browsing" the SDCARD I can see the authors/paths properly and all the files are available, so I think it's an issue of the way the paths are read from the .m3u file and (not) resolved to the proper files.

My first idea was to write yet another script to look for "offending" paths and rename them both in the filesystem and in the playlists, but I'm hitting a wall as find/grep etc seem to have issues working with files with extended characters on them. Something that "should" work like:

find /Volumes/MUSICA_VW/ -iname '*.mp3' | grep -e '[áéíóú]'

to get the offending songs/paths, returns every single song (i.e, the same results that find alone)

The option of renaming the files in iTunes is not really an option, as any time I add music it's got to be "processed". I don't care too much about having the proper paths etc in the player, that's why I wouldn't mind doing mass renaming etc as part of the "export" but the information on iTunes should be the right one...

So before delving in the arcane secrets of bash and findutils, or just byting the bullet and coding something in Python, any suggestions? I'm sure I'm not the first one to have hit this specific issue, I'm sure.

And to any that have taken the time to read so far, THANKS!


texts: After adding a font with Font Book, is it safe to delete the original file?

texts: I often find free download resources for font faces. I usually download the file and then double click ,expand, install with Font Book. It has never been clear to me if Font Book copies the font files to a system folder or if I need to keep the original file. I have encountered some fonts that became corrupt  at a later date and I wasn't sure if that was because the original file couldn't be found. Can anyone verify that it is safe to trash the downloaded file after installation?


texts: Suspicious Calendar Events, Spam Phone Calls, and Outgoing Messages—Has my iPhone been hacked?

texts:
Has my iPhone been hacked?

Part I: The FaceTime Call

Yesterday evening, after turning on Do Not Disturb mode for the night, my phone begin to ring (an incoming FaceTime call) with a ringtone I have never used. The caller was not on my favorites list (so the call should not have made noise since I was on DND). That caller is my co-worker at the office, and claims to have not called me (and indeed his phone has no record of the outgoing call).

Part II: The Outgoing Text Messages

Today, I noticed an unsent text to several phone numbers I do not know (and a few I do know, some of my friends) with a political message I do not support. This wasn't me sending it, so what happened?

Part III: The Suspicious Calendar Events

As detailed in this Ask Different thread, I'm having spam calendar events appear as invitations.

Conclusion

I have no idea what is going on with my iPhone! Have I been hacked? What can I do to resolve this problem with my iPhone?


texts: All bash commands hang (out of disk space?!?)

texts:
I know that when I completely run out of space, bash commands in Iterm (and other places) hangs(do not return). Commands such as ls and so on. And of course also df -h. And if I try to delete a file, it says no space left in device. In this case, I need to restart.
Recently, a similar behavior occurred: bash command stopped working.
I was able to delete a small file using Finder(100 mb). Immediately following this, bash command resumed.  I checked free space. Got 24 gb free.
Any explanasion? High Sierra is the OS.


texts:
When the Apple Watch eSIM is configured:

Can the eSIM be reconfigured if I replace the SIM card (same carrier)?
Is the eSIM locked to a carrier?

The cited article is unclear and I hope that someone with experience configuring watches could comment.


texts: Application shortcuts do not match keyboard layout

texts:
My MacBook language is set to French, but the physical keyboard layout is US English, therefore I am using a US layout in layout preferences.

Now, this is the problem:

The above image shows the keyboard shortcuts for the Viewer (Aperçu). The problem is that these shortcuts are totally useless when using any layout other than French AZERTY (or maybe also French Swiss Romand (QWERTZ)). Is there something I can do about this (other than change the language, or create a custom keyboard layout)?

It is worth noting that all Apple applications have this issue, notably Safari, Mail, etc.


texts:
I have an Apple Wireless Keyboard MC184LL/B which I use infrequently, but was using today (on a non-Apple machine).

I attempted to connect it to a new device, unsuccessfully, and now I cannot seem to use it on the original machine or on my MacBook Pro Early 2011 running OS X 10.11. (The MacBook Bluetooth is OK as I can connect to other devices.)

The MacBook sees it, and says "connecting" when I press the pair control, but always fails with Couldn't connect to the device.

I have always found this device frustrating; it came with almost no instructions and there seems to be no on-line manual, although there is a similar keyboard with 3 batteries rather than 2.

When I press the power the green light comes on for a few seconds then goes off.

I possible broke it by attempting to connect without pairing from the new device.

Is there anyway I can reset the keyboard to factory default.


texts: Mac Pro won't start from DVD, crashes while trying

texts:
I have a Mac Pro 10.6.8 which will not start.

I wanted to re-install my Mac Pro (Intel dual core 2.66) which is currently running Mac OS X 10.6.8.

I inserted the retail Mac OS X 10.6 install disc, and held down the C key on my keyboard to boot the machine.
The disc can be heard spinning up, and the grey Apple logo appears. However, the Mac Pro crashes on start up from DVD, what can I do?


texts: Apply "Floating/Translucent Window" to all existing sticky notes?

texts: If I have a large number of sticky notes on my desktop, each of which a varying permutation of "Floating/Translucent Window", is there a way to "Select All" stickies and apply the "Floating/Translucent Window" operation to them all?


texts: Will there be consequences or issues if I install XQuartz?

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I need to install XQuartz to install Inkscape, a vector graphics application.

May I know if issues would come when I install XQuartz? I'm new to OS X and I find the need to install an application to install another application unusual.


texts: Backup mailbox of mail.app with applescript

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I would like to automate, with applescript, the back up a mailbox of mail, which is manually done with the menu "Export mailbox ...", but:
I can not set the folder where the mailbox will be saved;
I can not set the mailbox to export, it works only with the mailbox that I've previously selected manually with the following command: Click menu item...

The lines of the script, which does not work, are:

tell application "Finder"
  --set mboxSavePath to "HD Macintosh:Users:simonepiersigilli:Desktop:e-mail:" -incorrect command to set the save path-
  --set mboxSavePath to "/Users/simonepiersigilli/Desktop/e-mail/" -incorrect command to set the save path-
  --set path POSIX to mboxSavePath -incorrect command to set the save path-
end tell
tell application "Mail" to activate
tell application "System Events"
  tell process "Mail"
  --click menu item "cesare@appuntidigitali.eu" of menu "Entrata" of menu "Caselle" of menu bar 2 -wrong command to set the mailbox to export-
  click menu item "Esporta casella di posta…" of menu "Casella" of menu bar 1 -correct command to open the menu "Export mailbox ..."-
  -- Now click the Go (choose) button
  click button "Scegli" of sheet of front window -correct command to click the button choose-
  tell application "Mail" to close the front window
  end tell
end tell

**UPDATE****

The intention is for the script to be run every week and it will have to backup the following inbox and sent mailboxes highlighted in red.


texts: Macbook Pro fans spinning until I close the lid

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TLDR : Fans randomly start spinning like crazy and calm down only if I close the lid.
Hello there !
At work, I have a MacBook Pro 15" mid-2015 (2,5GHz Intel Core i7, 16Gb 1600MHz DDR3).
I have basically the same apps open all day long and it works fine with the CPU at roughly 50°C.
A few times a day, while I minded my business and doing nothing in particular, then fans start spinning very loudly (but the CPU temperature stays the same).
The first times it happened I thought there was something like the time machine working in the background but I checked and its not. Moreover, if I bear with it and don't do anything, they keep spinning like crazy for hours and never seem to calm down.
The weird part is : If I close the lid of my computer (which is plugged to another screen, so it doesn't shut down or anything), the fans calm down slowly. If I open the lid again while they're calming or when they're done, the problem doesn't come back immediately (but will eventually, a few hours later).
I've read about people having fans spinning WHEN closing the lid, but I don't know what to do about this problem in particular.
Any idea ? :D


texts: Can't reset iPhone because iTunes must update the phone at the same time

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I have a iPhone 6s at my work. A former colleague have quit and he have set a password to it so we can't login. This is what we've tried so far:

DFU mode and tried to reset to factory settings trough iTunes. Can't
reset because of storage space is too small and iTunes is demanding
to update the phone at the same time!
Tried to deactivate the phone by entering false passwords so that it
forces the phone to reset.

So I can't reset the phone with this. Is there any other way?

Edit:

This is the message I see on the screen on the iPhone:

  iPhone is deactivated - connect to iTunes

When I try connect the phone with USB in the computer I get the following error:

  iTunes could not connect to the iPhone "iPhone" because it is locked
  with a passcode. You must enter your passcode on the iPhone before it
  can be used with iTunes.

These are the options: More Information, Try Again, Cancel

On the phone I cannot enter any passcode...


texts: iTunes won't play through Bluetooth when using Radio

texts:
So iTunes and my Bluetooth speaker works fine with songs in my library and songs on Apple Music, but if I go to the radio tab and play an Apple Music radio station, it switches to my Macbook's computer speakers. This happens regularly, and has been happening for a long time. I can replicate it reliably.

Note, I can play radio stations that are not live. The issue only occurs with stations that are streamed.

Any idea why Bluetooth won't play Apple Radio stations?


texts: Keeping emails on the server when using an iPad 2 for email

texts: I am considering buying an iPad 2 mainly for email on-the-hoof. I use my main PC as the central machine for email, so does the iPad have the option to mirror what is on the email server, rather than download and delete? That way I can get emails as I travel but the originals would still be on the main PC when I return home.


texts: HELP ! Terminal is frozen while copying files in recovery mode : What should I do?

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total noob here,
I have a late 2008 Macbook Pro that is finally (almost) dead.
I've managed to use terminal in recovery mode to copy the contents of my User folder to an external drive using the cp command.
However, after many hours copying away, the mac is totally frozen.
No mouse response, no trackpad, no keyboard, the computer doesn't sleep when i close the screen, it's stuck.
My uneducated guess is that it reached the damaged part of the HD and can't copy any more data.
During the copy process it did hang for a few seconds from time to time but not for long periods.
It would also go to sleep every once in a while, but whould wake up easily and imediately continue copying. It also slept all night and, again, woke up easily this morning and carried on where it had left off.
It's been totaly frozen for the last several hours.
I already had 90% of my data backed up but need to salvage the last few folders on the mac before laying it to rest.
What should I do?
Can I long press the power button to turn it off without making things worse?
Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Problem downgrading from high sierra to original (shipped) OS

texts: I recently got a broken MacBook Pro mid 2010 model from an acquaintance. The hard drive was broken so I switched it out for an SSD. I installed high sierra using an installer usb created by a friend of mine. High sierra is quite heavy for this older laptop so I want to downgrade to an older version of osx. I tried using shift + alt/opt + cmd + r, which is supposed to give the user access to the installer of an osx version as close as possible to the original shipped os. I only get the option to install high sierra. Is there anything I'm not doing correctly?


texts: Is there a way to access iPhone in Finder, similar to the way Windows can access it in Explorer? Going through some growing pains in doing things the "apple way" ...


texts: How to assign to the "home" key the action "Go to the start of line" Globally

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Is there a way in which I can replicate the Windows way of going to the start of line by using home and not ⌘ + ← ?

I did it in Eclipse, but I'd rather do it globally. I'm using Snow Leopard 10.6.8


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I've seen some posts about whether you can stop spotlight constantly indexing your time machine backup drive. It seems you can't have it attached to your computer and not have it indexed.

I have been getting around the problem by demounting my backup drive and then remounting it when I want to back up.

I wonder if any anyone has a script that would mount, backup and unmount a backup drive every 6 hours or so.

Thanks.


texts: Safari does not load any site but there is Internet connection

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A friend of mine asked me to help with his MacBook as Safari didn't load any site.

I connected to his computer using TeamViewer (so internet is basically working), and then did a ping on Google.com, which worked. His Mac runs on OSX 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) with Safari 5.x.

I've tried a few things including:

PRAM reset
Delete cookies and browser cache
DNS flush
Delete cookies/cache/plist in Library
Delete and reinstall Safari.app

Non working. I tried downloading Firefox using curl but that seems also not to work.

Any idea what could be wrong?

edit:
No proxys active


texts: iOS reminders app not syncing with Yosemite

texts: I was working in the reminders app last night and noticed that it failed to sync across all my devices, which run the latest version of OS X and iOS. I've tried to sign out of iCloud on my iOS devices but it keeps asking whether I want to delete the content from my iPhone and wasn't sure what to do.


texts: Brand new MacBook Pro says "Service Battery"

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Unpacked a new MacBook Pro 13" yesterday. I've been using it for a couple of hours before plugging it in for the very first time as it told me that it still had plenty of battery power left. I was surprised that it seemingly did not deplete, until the device shut off suddenly due to a completely emptied battery.

When plugging it in and restarting it, the battery icon in the menu bar said "Service Battery". Upon googling the problem I found out that resetting the SMC is a popular first trouble shooting step. However, a reset did not change anything, the warning remains.

Do you have any additional suggestions for me? I'd hate to take it back.

Update: After charging it to 100% I took it off the charger and the warning eventually disappeared. It's still on 100% though after having worked on it for about 3 hours.


texts: How can I encrypt a folder in OS X Mavericks

texts: If possible, how can I encrypt a folder with a password on OS X Mavericks?


texts: Clicking on an app icon in dock opens the oldest instance (window) rather than the latest

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I have a few pdf viewer windows (instances) minimized in the dock. When I click on the viewer icon I want to open the one I used last. (Sometimes I minimize a window just for a second to do some quick action on some other app). However, clicking on a deck icon never opens the latest instance. Instead it always opens the first instance, (something which I didn't look at in hours), which just doesn't make sense. How can I change that?

The same problem appears to multiple instances in other apps.


texts: Stop Chrome loading videos in background tabs?

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As I'm sure we're all aware, Chrome by default loads background tabs as soon as they're opened - youtube videos autoplay, ads load, it's a mess. To my knowledge (and following from this thread) there is no way to change this natively, and no plans to implement it in the future.

I've tried searching around for apps/extensions that prevent background tabs from being loaded until they're navigated to, with very limited and mediocre results. The closest solutions seem to be:

Muting tabs that are making sound
Suspending background tabs after minimum 5 minutes

Neither of these prevent the video from loading the first place, and still leave me with a lot of bandwidth-sucking and restarting the video when I get around to the tab. First-world problems, I know, but after a few weeks of this it gets under your skin.

I'm hoping my search-fu just isn't strong enough to find a solution - is there any way to give Chrome behavior similar to Safari or Firefox, where the tab just doesn't load until you navigate to it? I'll accept apps, extensions, terminal hacks, anything that works.


texts: How to disable Facebook Messenger vibration on iOS 12

texts: I want to disable Messenger notifications from vibrating on my iPhone iOS 12, but keep them silent. How to do that? There doesn't seem to be an option for it anywhere.


texts: iOS e-mail app without automatic downloading of large e-mails

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It will also help me if you can write e-mail clients without this feature, so I don't need to try them myself

People keep sending me e-mails with pictures embedded in the text. While this is nice in principle, the problem is that those pictures have some mbyte in size each and together they eat up my cellular data volume.

Unfortunally, you can't tell iOS Mail not to load e-mails above a certain size (or to download those pictures automatically). You can switch off downloading images from remote servers (I did that), but that doesn't work for pictures embedded into the e-mail. Also, attachments of a certain size are not automatically downloaded, but somehow pictures are not considered to be attachments.

MacOS Mail has the possibility to set a limit for POP accounts, above which a confimation is needed before download. Why on earth not on iOS.

I also tried spark as an e-mail client, but I don't find that option either. And I don't find it in the description of any e-mail app.

Is there an alternative e-mail client to support this feature?


texts: Alt+3 no longer types ‘#’, types ‘£’ instead

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I turned on my Mac one day and found that Alt + 3 no longer types a hash (#) symbol, but types a pound (£) instead.

I’ve checked the keyboard input source in System Preferences and it’s set to U.S. (which is to be expected). I’ve also found I can type a hash symbol with Shift + 3, but this is undesirable as I’m a website developer, use hashes frequently, and it’s in my muscle memory to hit Alt + 3 for a hash.

What would affect this?


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Sometimes I want to download files straight from the link on a website as it can be done on a desktop computer. I'm not talking about streaming video sites like YouTube, just plain href links designed to be downloaded with something like right-click and "Download linked file as..." on a PC or Mac.

On Android, for example, I can tap on a video link and have the MP4 file saved locally in a downloads folder so I can watch it offline. So I am wondering how I can do the same on an iPhone (running iOS 12)?

I've seen an answer on the Apple Discussion forum that involves clicking on the share button in Safari. One of the actions is download to Dropbox (which I haven't managed to get working yet) but I cannot see "save to Files", at least for videos, which is what I need.

Also tried two apps that have an integrated browser that lets you download the files when tapping the link. I've found them to be extremely unreliable as I couldn't get them to finish downloading a full video, so I gave up on them.

From an old similar question for the iPad I'm guessing it's not possible, but I just want to be sure if there any good solutions that I'm missing, or will have to develop my own application or switch to Android? Seems like a basic functionality to me.


texts: iPhone 8, apps crash, can't backup icloud/mac

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I have an iPhone 8 (with the last iOS version) that has a problem: some important apps that normally work just fine in other iPhones, in this one  crash on start without any visible errors.
The apps are updated and I tried to remove and reinstall them in all ways but the exact same problem still remain. I tought that the only thing to try is to reset completely the IPhone. Unfortunately the backup process doesn't work as well: when I connect the iPhone to my mac (updated with the last OSX version) it appears a message saying that the iPhone can’t backed up and suggests to reset it.
I don't know what to do because I have some important data on the phone that I would like to keep and restore.
I tried anything that came to my mind to make a backup or to solve the problem: using external programs (like imazing), using windows, using iCloud (that stucks while uploading the backup), using programs to fix iOS, resetting settings (without delete data) but nothing has changed.
Are there any other options I can try? What should I do?
I can provide some log or more technical stuff if needed.
Thanks


texts: What does Using “MX Anywhere 2S” may affect Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity mean in iPadOS?

texts:
On iPadOS 13.4, the Bluetooth mouse functionality is substantially improved. I have an Logitech MX anywhere that I purchased to test this, and I notice a warning that it may affect WiFi or Bluetooth.

  Using “MX Anywhere 2S” may affect Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity

I know that any Bluetooth device uses 2.4 GHz unmanaged spectrum, so interference is always possible, but I wonder if there’s something specific at issue here or if Apple has documented which mouse devices will not get this warning.

Is there an official explanation why this alert is present or a list of supported protocols, devices, driver upgrades to have the best WiFi and Bluetooth experience on iPads with Bluetooth mice connected?


texts: Is the keyboard on the 15" Mac Book Pro with Retina display different than others in size?

texts:
I just got a new 15" Retina MacBook Pro (rMBP) for a friend and looking for a good keyboard guard/ cover. I know shopping questions are off topic, but I'm wondering if the sizing is something that differers between Mac models.

I have Moshi ClearGuard for my 2009 15" MBP. Would that work for the rMBP or do I need to look for something specific to Retina models?


texts: Apple TV 3 and network time problem (after Update to 5.1!?)

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My Apple TV (3rd generation) doesn't connect to the internet any more because it doesn't succeed in getting the network time from my router.

I tried restarting, updating, resetting both – the Apple TV and my WLAN router (TP-Link 1043ND), I double checked the network time in my router, tried out an alternative firmware (DD-WRT), put down all security settings (no password), tried direct connection per cable (LAN) on Apple TV – but nothing worked:

I always get the screen that Apple TV tries to fetch the network time (I'm in Germany) – the manual selection of Berlin as time zone doesn't help.

It all worked a few weeks ago – after an update of the Apple TV Software it all went away ... my Apple TV got useless because it needs the correct time settings to connect to the internet.

Does anyone have an idea what I can do?


texts: Stop Calendar from alerting me of reoccurring task?

texts:
I have a meeting every day at 10 am.  At some point I clicked a link to add a reoccurring task to my calendar.
Now every single day 10 minutes prior, Mail opens and I see an alert about the meeting.

This is annoying for 2 reasons.  First, I always know the meeting is happening.  Second, I am not using Mail for my email client, which means it then tries to make me run through the New Account setup every day.

How can I remove this task from my Calendar?  All I can find is a way to Decline a specific day, but not delete the reoccurring task.


texts: Running out of hard drive space, yet Disk Inventory shows only 190GB used vs. 480 GB used in HD Get Info? How is that possible?

texts:
I'm down to 20GB on a 500GB hard drive and would like to know what's eating up the disk space, so I can clear out any large things I no longer need.

2 screen shots are showing me Disk Inventory results and my Storage report in "About This MAC"

The MAC HD is showing 347GB "OTHER" space being used, whereas DISK INVENTORY is showing only 190GB Total used.  What am I missing or don't understand about what Disk Inventory is doing/showing, and how can I find significant files eating up the 347GB that isn't videos, photos?


texts: Problem: forward selected emails to predefined addresses

texts:
I run a small company and recieve invoices by mail as pdf attachments. I use Mail. I want to be able to forward these mails with invoice attached to two prespecified email adresses and a few prespecified sentences in the body. I would have loved to just press a keyboard combination for the whole action to take place, instead of having to push "Forward", type in the addresses and body text and then push "Send".

I am new to Automator and AppleScript, have no coding experience, but I have tried different solutions including Automator, Rules within Mail and Applescript, but with no luck. Is there a way to do this task easy by simply using a keybord combination or a button in Mail?


texts: iOS 12.1.4 : Lost keychain passwords after signing out from Apple ID

texts:
I have an iPhone 7 running iOS 12.1.4. Today, I just randomly signed out from my Apple ID. Then I again signed in using my Apple ID and received all my pictures and videos back from iCloud. But I lost all my Website & App Passwords (Settings → Passwords & Accounts → Website & App Passwords).

I had many website and app passwords stored which are now lost.

I tried iCloud and iTunes software on Windows, but didn’t find anything. My phone is regularly backed up on iCloud (Automatic backup from iPhone).

I also tried turning on and off Keychain under iCloud, and again signed out and in; but to no avail.

Is there anyway I can get back all my Safari website and app passwords back? Note that, I do not have a Mac.


texts:
I have an iPod Touch 5th gen and I sent a really long emoji message to my friend and both our iPods froze! Now everytime I try to open it, it goes to the conversation menu, freezes for about 10 seconds, then crashes back to home screen.

I tried:

Restart
Long Restart
Double clicking home and closing all recently used apps
Turning off imessage then turning it back on and logging in
Going to contacts then clicking to iMessage them

Nothing works.


texts: Why is the home button on iOS devices physical?

texts:
I understand that Steve Jobs tried to minimize the number of physical buttons on iOS devices, and I am sympathetic with that idea. It is understandable that the power button, which has to be accessible before the OS is running, has to be physical, and it also makes sense that the volume or mute/rotation lock buttons, which require rapid access, are physical. But I cannot think of a reason why the home button is physical. It is also known as one of the most fragile parts in iOS devices.

Is there anyone who can suggest a possibility of why the home button was designed to be physical rather than a touch icon or some gesture?
Why is the home button located on the front surface whereas all the other physical buttons are located on the sides? I think this is the ugliest part of the design of iOS devices.


texts: Full screen mode across multiple monitors on Yosemite

texts:
I have a mid 2014 15" MacBook Pro Retina connected to 3 1920x1080 monitors on thunderbolt+HMDI ports (NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB). The monitors are in portrait mode with total screen resolution of 3240x1920.

I would like to be able to make an application run in full screen across all three monitors using the full screen mode introduced in Yosemite. At present, I can scale a window to almost fit the full screen manually. Is it possible to make this happen with the green full screen button in the gui?


texts:
In Desktop & Screen Saver, the Change picture and Random order checkboxes are completely disabled. See scrennshot.

What does it mean? How do I enable these features?


texts: How do you convert video within 10.7 without any 3rd party software

texts: Is it possible to convert video resolution within 10.7 without the use of Handbrake.app or other 3rd party software? I'm not allowed to install any apps on this machine so hence not being able to download Handbrake.app


texts: How to merge two users in Mac OS - Catalina?

texts:
I'm pretty new to Mac Os.
At start I've created a new user, the one that is second in the below picture.
After talking to a co-worker, he told me I probably didn't configure the Mac as company's standard.
So, I decided to change the name to be consistent, and I found this tutorial : https://support.apple.com/el-gr/HT201548.

After changing the name, and restarting my computer I  found out my files are not the same and I thought everything is erased, but it's not.
see the picture below :

I would like to import all my files and configurations from the second user in the picture to the third. is it possible?
(i.e. section 8 in the tutorial didn't go as it should of)

Thanks


texts: How to change the image of external background when connected to projector?

texts:
OS X El capitan
version 10.11.6
Macbook pro 13-inch

Whenever I connect to projector, the projected screen has a old picture of me and it is quite embarrassing when I am presenting in front of professional crowd. I already removed that picture from the Desktop pictures folder but every time I connect projector, it still shows the same.
This is not happening when I connect to external display (monitor) though.How can i change this?


texts: Is it safe to remove ~/Library/Mail folders

texts:
I just traded in Mail.app for Sparrow and want to clear up some space on my hard drive. Is it safe to remove the ~/Library/Mail/V2/IMAP-[mailbox] folders for any mail accounts that I have removed from Mail.app?

EDIT: In response to the two "if by safe I assume" answers. I meant both "won't break Mail if I open it again and re-enable those accounts." and "won't delete the messages on the IMAP server"


texts: Clear recents list in Screen Sharing on OS X El Capitan

texts:
Please help me clear the list of 6 recent connections offered by the Screen Sharing app.  View the list via a right-click on this app when docked. This is on OS X 10.11.2 (El Capitan). I've tried shift-click, control-click, option-click etc. on the items but never get a pop-up menu.

This 2008 discussion over at Apple Support Communities points me to ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ScreenSharing.plist, a file which does not exist for me.  I do see files com.apple.ScreenSharingLSSSharedFileList.plist and  com.apple.ScreenSharingSharedDefault.plist but both are tiny and the recents list doesn't appear in either one.

Confusingly, I can see and clear the recents list in the open app by picking menu Connection, item Open Recent, item Clear Menu.  That wipes the list shown there.  The right-click context menu shown in the docked app remains populated.  Baffling!


texts: How to add new search engine options in Safari for Windows?

texts:
Without resorting to editing the host file (as shown in this Apple.SE thread), is there any way to add a new search engine option to Safari for Windows? Glims works great on OS X, but unfortunately is not an option since my work machine is a Windows 7 box.

EDIT: I'd prefer a generic solution, similar to Glims, that would allow me to add any search engine to the search options.


texts: Is there a simple way to convert a Unicode text file to PDF on the command line on macOS?

texts:
What is a simple way to convert a Unicode text file to PDF on the command line on macOS?

One can open a text file in e.g. TextEdit and print it as a PDF. Is there a command line equivalent?


texts: What's a simple & reliable way to transfer & listen to mp3s on my iPhone?

texts:
Please don't say iTunes.  I've owned countless iPods (including the original) and iPhones (including the original) and iTunes has never been a reliable means for getting content on to an iOS device.

I basically have a bunch of mp3s (~4,000) that I listen to on my desktop & my iOS device.  I regularly run into the "dotted circle" issue, resulting in only some of my music being transferred.

I've searched & tried the various tricks on Stack Exchange, as well as elsewhere on line.

Specifically:

I've reset my device but this is not practical to do on a regular basis and it hasn't worked.  It results in a different, random subset of my songs being transferred.
I've tried removing all my music & resyncing.  This doesn't work.  It results in a different, random subset of my songs being transferred.

At this point, I want to give up on iTunes.

I just want something to get my music on my iOS device & enable me to listen to it.

I'm not interested in cloud services, despite Apple's push.  I already own most of the music I want to listen to & I'm not into new music.  I already paid for the music I have.  It seems silly to now "rent" it.

I'm fine with not fancy.  I have no need to for fanciness.  I don't care about machine learning, auto playlists, content discovery.

Again, I just want to transfer & listen to my music.

I'm totally fine if this is requires new apps.  As long as it transfer music & there is a "play" button, I'm happy.

Similar questions from my research (that don't actually help in this case):

Music files don't copy from iTunes to iPhone, appear grey with a dotted circle
iTunes refuses to copy music to iPad


texts: I'm trying to find a command to make a shared folder with the terminal to integrate in a shell script. But i couldn't find anything for making a shared folder on a MAC OS X client. Can you guys help me with this?


texts: How to switch MacBook Pro back to Normal Digital Audio Out from Optical Audio Out?

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I have a Late 2011 MacBook Pro (2.2 GHz Intel Core i7) for six years which means no Apple Care or Warranty. One day, Just after a Normal Boot the Audio was not coming and the Audio was permanently muted but since I heard a lot about these issues on MCP from this era I did a small research on google and found these two websites, one from Apple and another from Joseph Hall's Blog. Joseph's Solution worked a dozen times and never did again. I tried the Toothpick method(Stick a nonconductor inside the audio jack) as said on the Apple Forum but no luck. After some further research, I figured out that the switch between Optical and Digital is something which the IC in the motherboard controls. Now I can only hear the output from a headphone or via Airplay (Apple TV). Should I change the motherboard in order to hear the sound? Thank You!

PS: This is not a duplicate and if you think so then please leave a comment below and I'll clarify it. I'll try my best to make the question more clear for every user.


texts: Screen sharing - can you prevent the attached screen from turning on?

texts:
I have a machine at work that I sometimes like to connect to using screen sharing, but I don't want anyone else in the office to be able to see what I'm doing.  I also don't want to give them access to the computer - I password-lock my screen with a screen saver when I'm not at the machine, but when I log on with screen sharing, I have to disable this lock.

So, is there any way to prevent the original screens from becoming active while using screen sharing?


texts:
I have a weird problem, and internet isn't really helpful on that one.

I have a macbook pro and a wifi network. The macbook pro can see plenty of wifi network around, but very rarely mine.

The wifi network is configured properly as I have plenty of other device seeing it and using it successfully. The macbook pro seems to have issue with this network specifically, as it can connect successfully other network.

My network isn't completely invisible to the macbook pro, and, once connected it work fine. The signal strength is very good. But most of the time, it simply don't show up in network lists, possibly for hours.


texts: MBA 2017 won't boot up in macOS, but will in Ubuntu

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A few days ago my spouse's MBA started showing problems. At first it wouldn't turn on at all, showing an orange indicator on the MagSafe charger. After resetting the SMC a couple times and letting it charge for a long time it booted up.

It showed the regular login screen but it wouldn't complete the login, it'd just sit on the end of the progress bar.

I tried booted in recovery mode, single mode, internet recovery mode, and afterwards a freshly made USB macOS Mojave installer I made on my MacBook Pro 2018.

None of the above complete the boot up. Instead, it sits forever on the 100% progress bar. I started the Mojave installer in verbose mode and I see an "Unsupported CPU" and "Unsupported PCH" in the log.

I was able to boot up a live Ubuntu USB and everything seems ok. I installed the Ubuntu on the main disk to see if there was a problem with the disk at all. Ubuntu runs just fine on the MBA.

Any ideas on what else can I try?


texts: Music synced with iTunes has a very low volume on iPhone?

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I noticed that recently when I sync my music from iTunes to the iPhone, the volume of the music is very very slow.

For example, I can barely hear it while biking on the street, or if I'm in noisy environment.

For sure some albums were louder than others, but I believe in the past it was much louder on average.

thanks


texts: Is it possible to delete installed dictionaries (some or all of them) in iOS 9.2? There are dictionaries that I need not, but they take place, and some are even duplicated. As you can see from a screenshot, there is not cross button to delete them.


texts: Do I need a step down transformer to charge my Iphone 4 in the UK? What wattage transformer is safe?

texts: Do I need a step down transformer to charge my Iphone 4 while traveling in the UK? What wattage transformer is safe to use with my Iphone 4?


texts: How can you schedule messages on an iPhone?

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I am looking for an app that lets me schedule messages to have them sent at a specific time? I do not mind paying as I know this is not something offered for free, but the ones I have tried so far (Delayed and Scheduled) have not been working at all.

I am looking for something that does more then just send a reminder to send the message.


texts: Unable to format pendrive, diskutil error

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When I insert my USB Pendrive in my iMac i see this message:

I tried to format it both with DiskUtility and with diskutil command in terminal but I get this error:

iMac:~ User$ diskutil eraseVolume HFS+ PenDrive disk2
Started erase on disk2
Unmounting disk
Erasing
newfs_hfs: WriteBuffer:  pwrite(3, 0x108551000, 131072, 0): Device not configured
newfs_hfs: write (sector 0): Invalid argument
Mounting disk
Could not mount disk2 with name (null) after erase
Error: -69832: File system formatter failed

How can I solve it?


texts: When i try to install my certificate in keychain, the error says: Unable to import - Error Code 25294

texts: I am using the 10.9.5 version and ios 8. When i try to install my certificate i got through my developer account for push notification for my app in the keychain local items, its not importing. The error says: Unable to import the certificate and the error code is 25294


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<rant>I wish I never upgraded to OS X 10.9, it is so buggy!! But the alternative to stick with the unpatched earlier version of OS X was not a solution!
Anyway, so I am on this crappy Mavericks and since I have either full OS freeze or some other weirdness, slowness.</rant>

Today's one is "simple": the finder freezes while browsing the local SDD too often!

I open finder, go under Documents (on my local SSD) it contains only 31 items, 5 PDF wiht size 10-50MB, 1 PDF fo 300MB, the rest are small TXT, ODS, XLS, HTML of < 1MB and 5 subfolders. While scrolling through the view, it freezes, sometimes the display in the finder windows is all white, sometimes the beach ball is turning, sometimes you wait just a couple of seconds, some other times it is closer to 20 sec.

Documents is one example, but it is not limited to that folder sadly. Even the home folder which contains 15 subfolder and 3 files (for a total of 500kB!!) has such lock-up.

There is close to no activity on the machine, but when browsing the finder and when it locks, 1 to 2 processes are often quite active: Finder itself (always) and QuickLookSatellite (sometimes). Memory or disk IO/transfer do not show any spikes and are rather low in usage anyway. So there is no apparent reason for this behaviour than Mavericks quality...

Note: I have tried this tips regarding Finder slowness, but in my case it did not help.

Edit 01: I have removed all tags, but this did not help. However, I have found out that I have the problem in some of the Finder's view, so in the "icon" view it freezes for no reason but not in the "list" view for example.


texts: How to retrieve photos back after iTunes backup upload in iPhone 7 and iOS 13?

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I have an iPhone 7 and i installed a backup which belongs to a few days ago. But i had several photos important i took yesterday. But i most probably didn't back them up. Is it still possible to bring them back?

Thanks in any advance.


texts: MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) shuts down when not attached to Thunderbolt Display

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Maybe somebody else is having this same issue? I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) running OS X El Capitan. For some reason, anytime I unplug the laptop from the Thunderbolt Display, it will shut down. I need to hit the power button for it to come back to life. It shuts down pretty quickly most of the time, although I've seen it stay alive for 5-10 minutes at the most.

I'm in the System Profiler looking at the battery info and it reports everything is cool. Fully charged, 284 cycles, condition normal. Any guess what might be wrong with this? Is there something to try before I spend money getting the problem diagnosed?