texts: Facebook lost my account that I used for an iOS game, is there any way to hack the login to retrieve my account back?

texts: I used to play an iOS game called Battle Camp that was linked though Facebook, and I had an FB account only for that game. I stopped playing for about 3 years and went to start playing again, but because my FB was dormant that long I think it has been deleted. I reached out to the game's developers and they were no help. I then reached out to Facebook and they won't reply to any of my messages. I tried logging in through GameCenter and through email, but neither worked so I guess it was purely through FB. is there anyway possible to get my account back or to hack into my own account?


texts: How can I add more destinations to Alfred's "move to..." results?

texts: Currently, when I use Alfred to action the currently selected item in Finder (using Cmd-Opt-), and then selecting "Move to...", the only options that come up are "Desktop" and "Documents". Is there a way to add additional sources to this list or to navigate in this screen to move the file to a different location?


texts: How do I know if someone has installed screen sharing on my Mac?

texts: I think someone might have installed screen sharing on another account on my computer, but I would like to know if my screen is being shared. How would I know?


texts: Automator to open random file on Windows share

texts:
I have created through automator the ability to locally open a random file in a specified folder with subfolders.  I cannot figure out how to do this on a networked Windows share.

I have:

Get Specified Servers = smb://Share/Folder 1
Connect to Servers = it connects
Run AppleScript

tell application "Finder"

    set location to :: -- NOT WORKING!

    set randomFolder to some folder in folder "location"
    open some file in randomFolder
end tell

Any thoughts to what the syntax is for location? Or am I missing the mark completely with these actions? I have tried several variations and nothing works.

Note: there is a space in the location "Folder 1"


texts:
I have downloaded latest iOS on my iPhone and it's not installing. It says "no internet" while the internet is working on the device. So I decided to synchronize the iPhone and get access to the downloaded IPSW for the iOS device.

But in macOS Catalina I couldn't find the IPSW file under Library/iTunes/

Any ideas how can I retrieve the downloaded IPSW?


texts: Can I assign Magic Trackpad 3-finger swipe up/down to scroll to top/bottom?

texts:
I have the trackpad on my Macbook pro set up to scroll to top/bottom on a 3-finger vertical swipe. As far as I can tell, that option isn't there for a Magic Trackpad.

It's very confusing to have both devices behave differently on the same gestures. Is there a way to fix this?


texts: What external HD can I use to my Airport Extreme Base Station for use of wireless Time Machine?

texts:
The title pretty much says it all.  I currently have an Airport Extreme Base Station and I want to be able to use the USB port on it to hook up an external hard drive and use it as a wireless means of backing up my hard drives, and have Time Machine act just like it would with Time Capsule.

Has anyone had success in setting this up? Is there a specific hard drive that has had success? Any spec I need to be looking for in shopping for a hard drive? Any help is appreciated.


texts: Getting the file path of a currently playing iTunes track with Applescript

texts:
I've got an Applescript program that works really well for getting most of the info of a currently playing track into a series of named variables:

tell application "System Events"
    if application process "iTunes" exists then
        tell application "iTunes"
            set state to player state
            if state = playing
                tell current track
                    set theArtist to artist
                    set theTitle to name
                    set theAlbum to album
                    set theTime to time
                    set theGrouping to grouping
                    set theGenre to genre
                    set theKind to kind
                    set theYear to year
                    set theComments to comment
                    set playCount to played count
                    set theTrack to track number
                    set numTracks to track count
                    set theDisc to disc number
                    set numDiscs to disc count
                    set bitRate to bit rate
                end tell
            else
                set state to "none"
            end if
        end tell
    else
        set state to "none"
    end if
end tell

But I'm completely baffled on how to get actual file path of the current track. The Applescript library for iTunes has a "file track" entry that has a "location" item, but I haven't been able to figure out how to use it in this context. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Can't record a 1080p video from the iOS Simulator with the Quicktime Player

texts:
I am trying to record a video of my iOS game, using Quicktime Player, running the iPhone8Plus Simulator in a portrait mode which is supposed to produce a 1080px1920 video. However, the resolution I got is 750x1334 in iMovie after trying to share it as an App Preview. Please, advise me on what I should do to get the required resolution.

Thank you


texts:
I was trying to empty the trash from terminal because Xcode was stuck in it, but I accidentally removed the trash from the path and ran sudo rm -rf ~/ I thought for a moment i was changing the directory.

The question is how do I repair the user folders and everything else, icloud and appstore won't login it says unknown error.


texts: Microsoft Office 2011 interface blurred on Retina display

texts:
I am using Microsoft Office 2011 Suite on my MacBook Pro with Retina Display.

The user interfaces are super blur as shown below.

Am I missing out some patches or paddings or MS Office does not support retina display at all?


texts: How to delete all NSLog's & comments from my Xcode application?

texts:
Is there anyway to delete the NSLog lines from the app by any trick/tool? I usually use NSLog's in each & every method to understand the flow of control & to know about the values of the app's variables. I also use lots of commend lines to explain the nature of methods and variables.

But, in some stage, these NSLog's & comment lines confusing the program understanding (It's to me). So I need to again & again deleting/creating this logs & comments. Is there a way to show/hide them by any trick in Xcode?

Thanks in advance


texts: With "Keychain First Aid" apparently removed in 10.11.2 how do i get my keychain fixed?

texts:
My macbook is presently completely unusable due to an apparently corrupted (?) keychain. As shown in the following question there seems to have been a change in 10.11.2 to have removed the First Aid

My login keychain cannot be found. I have Keychain access but no Keychain repair option. OS X El Capitan

So then what are my options?  Throw the thing away??  No really - throwing away the keychain and all the passwords is a terrible option. If I have to do .. that .. then there better be a way to back up after I lose so much more time on starting the keychain from scratch.


texts: Mac doesn't show Nvidia in Graphics (about this Mac)

texts: Mac doesn't show Nvidia 750M in place of graphics card here. Earlier I had Nvidia showing here instead of Iris Pro


texts: Way to auto-group existing photos into events?

texts: I migrated from primarily a PC desktop to a Macbook Pro, and with that, brought along 10+ years of digital photos. On my PC, I had each 'event' grouped into sub-folder by date, so that worked out well importing into iPhoto-- but I also had iCloud setup on my PC, and it was syncing my Photostream (into just one big folder, with 1800+ photos). Bringing this over to iPhoto I now have "one event" named Photostream that has all these photos. Is there any way to have iPhoto just automatically group these by date into new events?


texts: how do I backup apps stored on the phone?

texts:
I've recently made iTune backups (not iCloud) of my iDevices and iTunes copied the apps to the local drive. I tried doing the same thing on my wife's iPhone but the apps arent' getting copied. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. But I'm only pressing backup on iTunes.

Thanks! :)


texts: iPhone 5s connection priority (Wi-Fi / 4G)

texts:
My iPhone 5s always (since I bought it 14 months ago) connected to my Wi-Fi at home in priority over the 3G or 4G connection. Recently (for about 2 weeks now) it gives preference to 4G for some reason and my mobile internet service limit (200 MB) goes over in a few minutes if I'm watching a video, for example.

Why would this happen?

I don't remember changing anything in the definitions/options, only thing I did was an update to a new version of iOS, but then it only started to happen about 3 weeks after I did that update, so it seems like it's not related with that.

Can I do anything to stop this from happening?

Is it possible that I'm getting cuts in my wifi service and while the phone does not get connection with the Wi-Fi it starts to get it from the 4G connection without asking or even letting me know?


texts: MacBook Pro WiFi much slower than Ethernet and other devices

texts:
I noticed that the WiFi speeds (ping & rates) on my MacBookPro11,3 (osx 10.12.6) are far, far worse than with Ethernet or with other devices on the same network.

With WiFi my speeds are rarely above 1 mbps; whereas over Ethernet (same machine, same router) or WiFi on my Android phone (S7) I get a steady 20-25 mbps.

I tried manually tweaking MTU to 1423; also setting DNS to Google 8.8.8.8; also tried deleting files from /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ and rebooting. All to no avail.

Any way to diagnose this?


texts:
In my macbook pro's bootcamp bluetooth does not work and in an attemp to fix it following the steps:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250233849 which are based on windows using its own bluetooth drivers instead of the ones apple provides.

I did not made it work (code 10) and deleted the broadcom 802.11ac Network adapter drivers which now I can't install again.

Can somebody show me where to find/ download the apple certificate or whatever broadcom 802.11ac Network adapter drivers and try to fix bluetooth problems?


texts: Why does iTunes sometimes decide it HAS to stay open at any cost and to reopen every time I quit it up to crazy numbers of quit or force quit?

texts:
This happened yesterday, and I posted on Quora. No answer. It happened again today, so here I am cross-posting.
Sometimes, iTunes decides that, despite me quitting it, the right thing is to be open, with the result that I have to constantly quit or force quit it over and over again. It happened today, and between 10:35:01 and 10:44:33 I had to quit it OVER THIRTY-THREE TIMES. It happened yesterday as well, and between 9:35:26 and 10:28:27 I had to quit it AT LEAST FORTY-NINE TIMES.
Not only does it open, but it plays random stuff that it's got in its "All". Luckily most of its picks are low-volume MIDIs from stuff I wrote on Finale, but it's still extra annoying because it typically happens as I am checking song lyrics so I have to listen well and the extraneous tune is distractive.
I thought it might be an update check, so I turned auto-checking for updates OFF in the settings, but to no avail.
After many of those 49 times, I tried deleting iTunes (a drastic solution given I basically never delete anything), but it is "required by OSX", so nothing happened.
I am using Mac OSX 10.9.5, though I'm pretty sure this madness happened with my older 10.7.5 too, and iTunes 12.2.2.25.
So what in the world is going on, and how do I stop this fu..., err, copulator from doing this nonsense?
EDIT
Looks like the culprit are my earphones. In particular, there is this thingy on them:

I note that, on my mobile, if I press that, Google listen is triggered almost all the time. The exceptions are typically when I pressed it under 5s before. The same effect is registered on the Mac with iTunes instead of Google listen. It also seems that thing is faulty, because thise things trigger even if I don't press the thingy.
So is there a way to disable this trigger?
(Btw, another thing that gets triggered on the mobile sometimes is the ringer or media volume, and the volume also very rarely gets triggered on the Mac. No idea what triggers that though: the thingy triggers iTunes and Google listen, and there is nothing else on the headphones except for the thingy where the two cables for the ears join into the one that gets plugged into the earphone hole, but that doesn't seem to trigger anything.)


texts: Is it possible to boot OS X 10.6 from a USB drive with VMWare Fusion 3.1.3?

texts:
I have USB drive with a partition containing OS X 10.6. I boot from this drive to use an app which doesn't run in Lion (Xcode 3.2.5). Rebooting is annoying.

Is it possible to boot a VMWare Fusion virtual machine directly from the USB drive (i.e. not 'forking' a virtual machine from it)? I have tried Booting Operating System from USB Drive in VMware Fusion 3.x but it doesn't work for OS X (I changed the settings to OS X 10.6 Server instead of Windows 7). I have VMWare Fusion 3.1.3.


texts: Documents tab is missing Desktop & Documents Folders

texts:
I am trying to sync one mac with another, but when in iCloud Drive/ Option/Documents tab - I don't see Desktop & Documents Folders option.
why?


texts: What's the equivalent of windows explorer?

texts:
The documentation says that Finder replaces windows explorer.  However I have gone to my home directory in a terminal and created a directory with

mkdir temp

How can I browse this directory using Finder?  At the moment I cannot see it at all.


texts: The MacBook Air can share DVD drives on other Macs. For reading disks this works great. However, I want to burn an ISO to the drive. The drive doesn't show up in Disk Utility. Is it possible to burn ISOs onto a shared drive from a MacBook Air?


texts: AppleScript to get contents of file in Apple Mail

texts:
I am attempting to make an auto replier bot. The bot will respond differently (and perform different actions) based on the message that is received. Instead of emailing the bot, I will be texting the bot (with an iPhone). My provider (Verizon) receives the message and sends it as an attachment, in a file named text_0.txt, as plaintext.

Unfortunately, I don't know how to get AppleScript to get the contents of the file.

So my question is as follows, how can I get AppleScript to (writing this non apple script code to make it easier to understand) do this:

if (email contains type["file"]) {

if (email.file[0].name() === "text_0.txt") {

contents = email.file[0].content;

// Do stuff

} else {
// Do some other stuff
}

} else {
content = email.content;
}


texts: LaunchBar script that returns the path of a folder "dropped" on it

texts:
I want to make a LaunchBar script that displays in a dialog the path of a file or folder that's chosen in the first pane and then "dropped" on a script. But I can't make it work.

I've got a couple of working scripts that almost do what I want:

Return contents of first pane (used with a shortcut):

tell application "LaunchBar"
   set x to selection as text
   return x
end tell

Display text written in the first pane and "dropped" on the script:

on handle_string(textFromLaunchbar)
   tell application "LaunchBar"
       display in large type textFromLaunchbar
   end tell
end handle_string

The latter uses the handle_string() handler but I can't quite make the open() handler work for files and folders:

from the LaunchBar manual:

http://www.obdev.at/resources/launchbar/help/index.php?chapter=SendingItems

Sending items to AppleScripts

To pass a selected file, URL or text to an AppleScript, press the Tab key to trigger the “Send to…” action, select the desired AppleScript and press Return. Files will be passed to the script’s open() handler, URLs will be passed to the handle_string() handler.


texts: How can I tell mac to stop trying to connect "idisk" server?

texts: 10.10.5 and 10.11.6 on same network, Imac and macbook pro. I get a re-ocurring popup that says,  "cannot connect to idisk" popup notification. It keeps returning even though I select "cancel". It holds my system hostage, not allowing other apps to work until I (again, and again) try to click it away by pressing cancel. It goes away for a while, but eventually returns.


texts: Applescript osacompile fails if user input contains apostrophe / single quote

texts:
I have created a script which takes some user input from me (prompts with basic dialogs), then generates a standalone script that sends me a text message and an email, which I can then schedule as a calendar alert to trigger at a desired date/time.
Everything works fine, until there is an apostrophe/single quote in the user input.  For example if my email body is:

Here's my email

the script will fail to run, with:
sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file

Here's the relevant code sction:
set savePath to (path to desktop as text) & _appName & ".app"

set code to "osacompile -e '
tell application \"Messages\"
    set imessageservice to 1st service whose service type = iMessage
    set iMessageBuddy to buddy \"" & _smsNumber & "\" of imessageservice
    send \"" & _smsBody & "\" to iMessageBuddy
end tell
tell application \"Mail\"
    set theMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {visible:true, subject:\"" & _emailSubject & "\", content:\"" & quoted form of _emailBody & "\"}
    tell theMessage
        make new to recipient at end of to recipients with properties {address:\"" & _emailAddress & "\"}
    end tell
    send theMessage
end tell' -o " & quoted form of POSIX path of savePath

do shell script code

Again it works great as long as I don't pass in an apostrophe.  In my searching, it appears that escaping apostrophes in script is really, really tricky to get right.  I've tried numerous approaches (heredoc, multiple -e lines, quoted form of, etc.) but so far I haven't been able to get any to work.  If anyone knows how to get around this I'd love to hear it.


texts: How to keep terminal window open in AppleScript after end tell?

texts:
I have this osascript with a command

tell application "iTerm2"
  create window with default profile command "uwm"
end tell

Now the iTerm window closes at end tell but I want to keep iTerm window open to see my command result and work further. Any hints?


texts: Put the display to sleep without putting the whole computer to sleep?

texts:
I like to use vnc on my ipad on my bed. I want the mac to go to a black screen so I can fall asleep while using the ipad, and not have to get up to shut down the mac afterwards. Is there anyway to turn off the imac screen without sleeping?

I'm open to anything that minimizes the light - so if the backlight is off, that would meet the needs even if the screen is still drawing content.

From a semantics standpoint, let's assume the following:

When the system sleeps, the display sleeps or a screensaver engages are all distinct states. The display is asleep when the backlight is off and the GPU doesn't bother drawing any signal to that display but continues to run. This is different than system sleep where everything except the RAM and network interfaces1 are shut off.

1: Network interfaces that support wake on lan (WOL) only do so when power not from a battery is available.


texts: Can extensive creating, copying and erasing files eventually ruin a HDD?

texts:
The HDD of my Early 2011 MBP broke, and I'm considering if it's because of the heavy workload I put it through by installing, deleting, downloading, copying and erasing files, over and over.
I thought about it, and logically it would make sense that this would eventually wear down a HDD, but since I'm not an expert, I was wondering if I was right in this assumption, or if I was just unlucky with my HDD?

Also, I'm using my new computer now, and I'm worried the same might happen to it eventually, if I don't take preventative measures early on.


texts:
I have a GPS-only Series 4 Apple Watch (44mm) running watchOS 6.1.2 (17S796).  I bought the Watch new in November 2018.

Prior to updating to updating to 6.1.2 (Jan 28, 2020), I had no problems with the battery.  On a typical day using v6.1.1 I would use ~30% by the end of the day.  I use the Watch often and keep it on during exercise and sleep.

After updating to 6.1.2, I noticed my Watch would often lose 50% or more of its charge by the end of the work day.  This would cause me to have to charge it more than once a day, something I've never had to do prior to the upgrade.

To troubleshoot the problem, I did a reset and unpaired the Watch from my iPhone.  I set it up as a new Watch (not a restore from my iCloud backup).  Without adding any of my apps back to the Watch, the battery performance was still terrible so it's not an app that's causing the battery drain.

Similar problems are reported on this site and the Apple forums.  The only answer provided is to do what I've already done (reset and setup again).

On iOS you can see the battery usage of specific apps in Settings.  watchOS doesn't offer this feature, all you can see is storage space and time since last full charge.

Is there any way to see what's killing my battery?  I have Xcode so I think I can see the device logs but I wouldn't know what to look for.  I'm open to install any apps that would show the same info (I don't want to jailbreak).

Update: Updating to watchOS 6.1.3 hasn't fixed this problem.  It hasn't made the problem worse, which is something, I guess.


texts: Resize 'Macintosh HD" into unallocated space vacated by Bootcamp partition

texts:
I have a Boot Camp partition on my MBP. When initially setting up the Boot Camp installation I set this partition to be quite large but now I wish to utilise more of that space in the Macintosh HD volume.

I've booted into Windows and used Disk Management to shrink that volume, so there's now just over 200GB of unallocated space on the drive.

I now wish to 'incorporate' this unallocated space into the Macintosh HD volume, but Disk Utility (the GUI version) doesn't allow it.

I've also tried

Terminal > diskutil resizeVolume disk0s2 0

I used 0 because diskutil tells me "A size of zero will cause a grow fit-to-fill." However, this command responds with "Volume format does not support resizing" and while that response might be very clear to someone else, I'm not sure what it's telling me. Is it because the unallocated space was previously formatted as NTFS?

Am I doing this the wrong way? Do I just need to tweak my Terminal command? What is the correct way to extend my current Macintosh HD volume into that unallocated space?


texts: How can I change a scripted ftp upload to lftp for High Sierra?

texts:
I am very new to coding/scripting..

I have a noob question I guess:

I have this script to upload and delete files on my remote host:

#!/bin/bash

echo Starting Website upload ...
echo This may take some time depending on your internet connection ...
echo Waiting for remote connnection ...

/usr/bin/ftp -d server121.web-hosting.com << ftpEOF

    prompt
    cd public_html
    delete index.html
    cd images
    mdelete *.jpg
    cd ..
    lcd /Applications/PlexEmail/streamnet/
    put index.html
    lcd images
    cd images
    mput *.jpg
    bye
ftpEOF

echo Website upload successfull ...

Ok so now I upgraded my mac to high sierra 10.13 and there is no ftp command anymore.

Can please someone help me out to get this to work with lftp?


texts: Ethernet-over-usb not working with usb-c to usb-c cable, working with adapter

texts:
I have an OTG device that exposes a network interface over USB-C, providing a DHCP server (think a raspberry pi or similar). When I plug it into my Linux computer (USB-A on the computer, USB-C in the device), then Linux shows a new interface with an IP, and I can SSH into the device.
On a Macbook (where the Macbook also has USB-C connectors), it does not always work:

If I take a usb-c to usb-c cable and use it to connect the Macbook to the device, it does not seem to get recognized (the network interface is not appearing in ifconfig).
If I connect a USB adapter to the Macbook (one of those USB hubs exposing 3 USB-A sockets), and then I connect a usb-a to usb-c cable between the hub and the device (so it's usb-c <--> usb-a <--> usb hub <--> usb-c), then it is recognized.

My first thought was that the hub was definitely a USB device/gadget, and maybe that helped because both the Macbook and the device were USB hosts. But I am pretty sure that the device is OTG, and the fact that the device can connect directly to the Linux shows that it can run as a gadget (and for sure the Macbook can run as a host).
What could be the reason for that issue? And optionally: is it correct to think that the Macbook USB ports are not OTG but always host (I have never heard of an OTG port in a computer, not sure if that's a thing)?
Note: it seems similiar to this old unanswered question.
EDIT: as required, the System Report when it works. When it doesn't (i.e. with the usb-c-only cable), then the line just does not appear in "USB 3.0 Bus"...


texts: Why is the System Preferences Dock icon showing a Badge?

texts:
Today I noticed that the System Preferences icon in the Dock has a red badge (containing a white '1' digit).

I presume the app or the computer is trying to tell me something, but I can't figure out what that is.  I tried opening the System Preferences app in the hope that it might badge or highlight the preference pane icon concerned, but everything looks normal.

I've tried clicking on several of the preference panes, but the badge stayed.  I suppose I might try clicking on every single one of them and see if or when the badge might go away, but I wonder if you might have seen something like this.  Another thing I haven't tried yet is to look in Console.


texts: Reinstallation of Barclays Mobile Banking keeps previous installation's data, even after I completely remove app from iPhone

texts:
I am trying to uninstall an application (Barclays application) I have installed using Apple Store and reinstall it again.

The problem is that even if I uninstall (by tapping on it and click 'X')it and redownload it from Apple Store, the app still keeps my user data and I don't want that. This happens for the first time, only with this application.

How can I specify in the apple store to forget I have ever installed this app? Can I remove this from my cloud or remove any cookies or cache memory or anything else?

I am using iPhone 6s, iOS 10.2 if that's any help.


texts: Does icloud storage get freed up automatically after 30 days?

texts:
I just bought an iphone a day before and started turned on icloud.
Although I am using a mac since 4 years but never considered using icloud.

I wanted to know if icloud storage gets cleared up on its own after 30 days?
In any case I would want to do it if possible.

I did search settings in my phone and it has some options like download originals. I am unsure about these.

What I want is that the photos I click in get automatically saved to my mac aswell. I just want to use icloud for a 30 day backup.


texts: When adding passwords to Keychain Access from command line NTLM is converted to MLTN

texts:
This is one of the weirdest things...

I script adding passwords to Keychain Access when I log in to provide a "SSO" like experience. I use AppleScript to run some terminal commands that look like this†:

security add-internet-password -a $LOGNAME -j 'default' -s '$SHAREPOINT' -r htps -P 443 \
-T /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari \
-T /Applications/Microsoft\ Office\ 2011/Microsoft\ Document\ Connection.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft\ Document\ Connection \
-d '$SHAREPOINT' -w $PASSWORD -t 'ntlm'

Note that I have to use NTLM authentication for it to work right with MS Office apps.

However, when I do this, I get a keychain that looks like this (irrelevant lines trimmed)

keychain: "/Users/.../Library/Keychains/login.keychain"
class: "inet"
attributes:
    "ptcl"<uint32>="http"
    "sdmn"<blob>="sharepoint site"
    "srvr"<blob>="sharepoint site"
    "atyp"<blob>="mltn"

Note that the value for atyp "ntlm" was reversed to mltn. When I try and connect to Sharepoint it doesn't work. However, if I use the same command but change the last part to -t 'mltn' then it works!

keychain: "/Users/.../Library/Keychains/login.keychain"
class: "inet"
attributes:
    "ptcl"<uint32>="http"
    "sdmn"<blob>="sharepoint site"
    "srvr"<blob>="sharepoint site"
    "atyp"<blob>="ntlm"

See here that atyp has been reversed to 'ntlm' which allows MS Office apps to log in!

So I have a workaround, but I certainly feel yucky using it. Is there something I'm doing wrong here?

†The $PASSWORD variable is actually retrieved by prompting the user with a dialog so that they can type it once and pre-authenticate to several important websites in a single shot.


texts: How to set system-wide environment variables on OS X Mavericks

texts:
We used to use /etc/environment to set system-wide environment variables on Mountain Lion. However, it seems this file is no longer read.
Ideally the solution should apply to all users, and we need it to work with ssh console sessions. So we need this to work
ssh user@mavericks-machine 'echo $MY_ENV_VAR'

So far we've tried:

/etc/launchd.conf
Works for all users, but only applies to 'windowed' applications, i.e. works in Terminal, but not in an ssh session.

~/.profile, ~/.bash_profile etc.
Only applies to shells

Any suggestions?


texts: Help me to understand this /Users/username/sites/website1

texts:
Can anyone help me to understand the logic behind placing my /sites folder like this /Users/username/sites/website1
How do I find the Users folder?
I am using OS X El Capitan
Thank you


texts: I can't write to my flash drive, and it is already in the MS-DOS (FAT) Format. Why?

texts:
This is my first question on this website. I am using a Mac Air, and I have a flash drive in which I can read from. I am able to copy files from this onto my Desktop, or anywhere on my computer for that matter. I cannot write to my flash drive, however. I know this is a common problem for some people. I looked into their solutions. There is one difference between the cases I've found, and my case. The flash drive's format is normally a 'NT' format, which is a Window format from my understanding.

My flash drive is formatted in 'MS-DOS (FAT)' according to Disk Utility and the 'Get Info' window from Finder. It did tell me I had removed it wrongly before. I am not sure how to fix the flash drive. Do I reformat it? If so, how and what do I format it to. Please let me know.

Thank you in advance for your help,
  ~Rane

Screenshot:

I do have the flash drive selected in the Disk Utility picture.


texts: How to install a second Win10 on a Macbook Pro 2019 with Catalina and Windows 10 already installed?

texts:
Since there is no real answer to this really specific case i hope someone here will be able to answer with detailed instructions on how to achieve this.
I have a MacbookPRO (2019) and here is what i did so far :

Clean Install of Catalina (10.5.3) (Size is 700GB)
Use Bootcamp assistant to Install Windows 10 (Size is 120GB)

Now i would like to install one more Windows 10 on the same disc and being able to choose amongst the THREE operating system at boot time while using the ALT key and being presented with something like this :

The only thing i managed to do so far was to successfully install the second Windows 10 but only being able to choose between them like this (screenshot is from internet) :

So my question is (from a fresh install of Catalina on a 1TB internal ssd) how to install two Win10 and be able to choose amognst the 3 operating system directly from the Apple Startup Manager ?
(WITOUTH using rEFInd or other 3rd party boot loader)
Thanks to those who have read me this far, and sorry about my english this isn't my native language..


texts: About This Mac Shows 43 GB of Backups, Disk Inventory X Shows 0 GB, Need to delete Backups

texts:
Currently in About This Mac, I'm seeing 43.05 GB of 128.47 GB of Backups.

However, in Disk Inventory X, I do not see these backups:

I want to delete these Backups as I do not need them anymore, how should I go about doing this?

Info:
MacBook Air mid 2011


texts:
When using Apple TV, it asks me every time I want to download a song for my password. It happens each time I download from Apple TV (not my iPhone).

Is there a way to make it download the song without prompting for my password?


texts: How to create bootable Mavericks external USB hard drive from Sierra?

texts:
I'm trying to create an external hard drive that can boot off Mavericks to run old software that doesn't work on later versions of OS X / macOS. The only Apple computer I have available is a MacBook Pro 13 inch Retina, mid 2014 which is running Sierra. According to Apple's documentation, the original version of OS X that came with this computer should be 10.9.4, so I don't understand why it wouldn't be supported.

I've tried creating a bootable USB installer by cloning the base system .dmg that comes with the App Store installer, as well as using the USB image creator that comes with it. In both cases I can choose it as a bootable device, but immediately get a "prohibited" symbol and the installation does not continue.

I've also tried using a USB 2.0 device instead of 3.0 to boot, and using Carbon Copy Cloner instead of Disk Utility to create the bootable device. No luck in either case.


texts: "Hey Siri" doesn’t run if iPad locked and Smart Cover Closed in iOS 11

texts: I have an iPad Pro 9.7 Wifi & Cellular 128 GB.  In iOS 10.3.3, I could call Siri with "Hey Siri" keyword even if iPad locked and Smart Cover closed. Now, I upgraded my device to iOS 11. The "Hey Siri" keyword runs only if iPad locked and Smart Cover is open. However; if iPad locked and Smart Cover closed, it doesn’t work. I've been using my iPad (in a Smart Cover) for "Hey Siri what is the degree in my room" for about a year now. It stopped responding only after updating to iOS 11. "Hey Siri" and "Allow Siri while locked" toggles are checked in Settings also.


texts:
I work in an Apple-only office environment with ~40 Macs. Is it possible for me to download an OS X 10.9 redistributable so that we're not downloading 5+ GB continually over our ADSL link ?

Thanks!


texts: I have an Apple ID but it is not associated to App Store. I have tried to associate it, but it wont let me without a credit card. How to proceed?

texts: I have got guidance on how to create a new Apple ID that wont use a credit card, but could not find a way to associate my existing Apple ID (with my main email) to App Store without inserting a credit card. I have tried the OS X App Store software, the OS X iTunes software, and logging into the Apple Site.


texts: How do I go invisible in Messages (OS X)?

texts: I am using Messages for OS X and Google Talk. I'd like to be able to go invisible in Messages. How can I do this?


texts: Forcefully disconnect GPS unit from kernel

texts:
Google chrome keeps giving out my location to websites. Disabling Location Services does not help. I may have to physically disconnect the GPS unit, but before I void AppleCare I would like to attempt doing it by software.

Now, as mentioned above disabling Location Services does not help, but I do believe I can prevent the kernel from accessing the GPS unit.

How do I do this?

Hardware Overview:

  Model Name:             MacBook Pro
  Model Identifier:       MacBookPro11,5
  Processor Name:         Intel Core i7
  Processor Speed:        2.5 GHz
  Number of Processors:   1
  Total Number of Cores:  4
  L2 Cache (per Core):    256 KB
  L3 Cache:               6 MB
  Memory:                 16 GB
  Boot ROM Version:       MBP114.0172.B09
  SMC Version (system):   2.30f2
  Serial Number (system): Nope
  Hardware UUID:          47CB9895-6003-5C8C-A4E7-82815470B4EB


texts: Command Line FTP Client Confused By Tilde?

texts:
I noticed this really weird behaviour in the macOS command line ftp client...

get index.html ~/Desktop/index.html

fails if there exists no 'index.html' on the Desktop with the error

ftp: Can't access `~/Desktop/index.html': No such file or directory

but

get index.html /Users/fweth/Desktop/index.html

succeeds!  Afterwards, I can also use the first command to update the local file.  Can anyone explain this to me?


texts: While in Chrome or Sublime Text and mail for sure, my window will lose focus on 5 minute intervals. How do I determine culprit so that I can eliminate it? I've tried a reboot and closing applications that I think might be responsible and can't figure out what's actually causing the problem.


texts: Comparing iPad mini data plans; Why choose AT&T, it has fewer countries and is more expensive?

texts:
I'm trying to choose between the various data plans for an iPad Mini.  Based on this chart it appears that the ATT model (A1454) only works in North/South America, while model A1455 is supported worldwide.

For this reason (limitation) I assumed the ATT plan would be least expensive per MB/Month, however it is the most expensive per month:

  ATT       250MB per month $14.99
  SPRINT    300MB per month $14.99  (better value)
  Verizon     1GB per month $20.00  (best value)

What is the value in the ATT network or related technology that I'm missing?

Finally, I've been told that GSM operates worldwide, are both these models GSM or CDMA?


texts: Command + Space Spotlight shortcut stopped working

texts:
I don't know what made it stopped working. I use BetterTouchTools, but not command has that shortcut and even when I close it, Command + Space still doesn't work.

I checked System Preferences → Keyboard → Shortcuts, and there is no yellow triangle warning, and again Command + Space has no other conflicts. I've restarted my computer and still the problem persists.

I don't know what else to try. Is there any way to check what is being triggered when I press Command + Space key sequence?

I am using a 15" 2017 MacBook Pro running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6.

Edit: This was on a work computer I no longer have access to, so I can't try any solution to see if they work.


texts: Minimize buttons are disabled when I connect an external monitor

texts: Whenever I connect an external monitor all the minimize buttons on existing apps get disabled (they are gray).  Why does this happen and how can I prevent it?


texts: What are these giant files in ~/Library/Autosave Information/?

texts:
In my ~/Library/Autosave Information/ folder on 10.7, I have some fairly routine-looking files—a few unsaved scratch documents in applications that use Autosave, and accompanying plists for those apps. I also have 3 folders with names like 64FE2D0E-7447-4086-B7CA-8D59ED769875.genstore.noindex. They each contain a .genstore_lockfile file and a .genstore_staging/ directory, which contains another directory with a random name such as rneN5zs, which contains a single file, staged.

The problem is that the staged files are pretty big - 1.49 GB, 980 MB and 312 MB. According to the Finder's timestamps, they were created back in June, and haven't been modified or accessed since.

I'd like to free up that space on my drive if possible, but I don't want to go deleting these files without understanding what they are. The names and access times suggest they might be temporary storage for saved state data (although I'm not sure why it would be so big) that didn't get cleaned up. Running lsof doesn't list any process accessing those files.

Does anyone know what these files are? Do you have similar ones on your system? Can they safely be deleted?


texts: Weird line wrapping in terminal with a colored prompt

texts:
I have reason to think I've got improper escaping in my bash prompt (I get weird random line wrapping in Terminal).

Can anyone point it out? It looks OK to me...

export PS1="\033[0;35m\u\033[00m on \033[0;36m\h\033[00m in \033[0;33m\w\033[00m \$ "


texts: I just updated my iPad 2 to iOS 8.1 and some bugs were fixed by this upgrade, but a new one has started.  I have Xfinity Home as an App which allows me to monitor my home security cameras through my WiFi.  It worked fine until I put in iOS 8.1.  Now it tries to boot but just briefly flashes the home page and the goes black.  I've tried deleting and reloading the App several times with same results.  Any ideas out there?


texts: iMac 4k 2017 3ghz - RAM upgrade experience (32G)

texts:
I have 4k (21,5") iMac 2017 with 3Ghz CPU. Already using thunderbolt external nvme ssd and now it is time to upgrade the RAM. (Yep, I know what needs to be done, no need to warn me.)

I would like to ask those of you who have already upgraded RAM on this model  to 32G if you have some tips and tricks and if upgrade to 32G is working fine for you.

According to apple this model is upgradable only to 16G (2x8G), unofficially it is suppose to be possible to 32G (2x16G) as models with 3,4Ghz (not sure if motherboard is the same).

Thanks a lot


texts: USB CDC ACM device cannot be set to use 1.5Mbaud

texts:
I have a device which supports a USB Virtual COM port. When the device is connected and the serial port is configured to use 115200-8-N-1, I have no problem using minicom, screen, etc. to communicate with my device. However, when I configure the device to use 1.5Mbaud instead, Darwin refuses to operate the interface at 1.5Mbaud. I tested the device on Debian using minicom at 1500000-8-N-1 to confirm that the device is operating correctly.

First, it appears that stty does not allow the user to set the baud rate to 1.5Mbaud.

stty -f /dev/tty.usbmodemXXXX 115200

Succeeds, while

stty -f /dev/tty.usbmodemXXXX 1500000

Fails with stty: tcsetattr: Invalid argument and nothing more. I have seen this question, but I don't seem to be having this issue, and trying all of the answers provided only causes stty to hang without successfully changing the baud rate.

It gets better. When I run minicom, which supposedly initializes the interface to use 1500000-8-N-1 (the configuration in my .minirc.dfl), I have confirmed from the device side that the interface is not running at 1.5Mbaud, but at some baud rate that's much lower instead (haven't confirmed what the exact speed is).

I'm really stuck on this one. The strange behavior seems to suggest a driver problem, and I've heard that Apple's com.apple.driver.usb.cdc.acm driver is still not fully-featured. Might this be the issue? Thanks for your help!


texts: Is it possible to create repeating reminders for weekdays only?  I don't see this option, but I can't believe something so basic would be left off.


texts: Why do full-screen applications change their order in Mission Control?

texts:
How are fullscreen apps organised? This is usually my workflow:

Dashboard / Desktop / Safari / Pages

I sometimes go to Pages and type some things and go back to Safari, and then I find that it becomes like this:

Dashboard / Desktop / Pages / Safari

It has shifted location for some reason.

Why?


texts: "PROGRAMMING KEYS" Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 / Mac Mini OS X 10.9.5

texts: I used to have my up and down arrow keys in the Microsoft keyboard programmed to "send backward" or "bring forward" when using InDesign on my Mac. Somehow I set it back to default settings (so they now move things up and down). How can I reprogram them? I checked the Apple menu>system preferences>keyboard and didn't see those keys listed. I also tried apple menu>system preferences>microsoft keyboard. I assume it can be done here but I can't figure out how. Can someone please explain to me in detail? BTW I'm not great with computers or computer lingo so be very detailed and speak in layman's terms. Thanks!


texts: Dial another phone, access SMS of another phone using IPOD Touch 4

texts: I have an IPOD Touch 4 and i was hoping to convert it to a phone. However in india we don't have VOIP support, but my phone "HTC TOUCH" supports Remote Sim. I am looking for an app which can allow my ipod to control my phone and also enable me to make calls thru my ipod by dialing on my phone. is it possible?


texts: Character Accent Menu doesn't appear anymore in macOS High Sierra

texts:
Firstly, this is for High Sierra

I've already tried this step:

  Character Accent Menu doesn't appear anymore in macOS Sierra

Add a second language like French in Settings -> Keyboard -> Input Source
When I type defaults read -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled in a Terminal
I got a 1
Go into Settings, Keyboard and make sure the Key Repeat slider is set to Slow and the Delay Until Repeat slider is set to Short.

Even if I restart the Accent Menu doesn't appear.

And this is my Mac:

  macOS High Sierra | version 10.13, MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)


texts: Yosemite - Finder has a disconnect button when attached to OSX Server, not working

texts: You can endlessly click disconnect, but you are never disconnected.  On the OSX Server (Yosemite Server.app 4.0.2), you can see your user account still connected, on the client (Yosemite 10.10.1) the finder still shows the folders and the disconnect button.  Any ideas?


texts: Why I can't use the 'define' button after updating to iOS 9.0.2?

texts: I just updated my iPhone to iOS 9.0.2, then I want to define some words. When I clicked the 'define' button, there's nothing appear. But, before I updated to iOS 9.0.2, I still can use the define button. So what should I do to allow it to define the words I want?


texts: Free space on my jailbroken iOS device is rapidly declining -- how do I figure out why?

texts:
Between yesterday and today, my iPhone 4 on Pangu 7.1.2 has gone from 2 gigs of data usage to 9 gigs.  I removed all of my videos and images.  Why the rapid jump?

My apps:
Messages, Calendar, Photos, Camera, Weather, Clock, Maps, Videos, Notes, Reminders, Game Center, iTunes Store, App Store, Settings, Line, SKype, Phone, Mail, Safari, Music, Extras, Voice Memos, FaceTime, Newstand, WeChat, Tether, Passbook, Gmail, Messenger, SpecialEffectsCamera, Swing Copters, Asphalt8, Angry Birds, Angry Birds Rio, Time Zones, Stocks, Facebook, Talkatone, Jango, LSATMax, LSAT #, LSAT Proctor, and Cydia.  Also: iCloud.


texts: Menu with categories like MATE/Cinnamon Desktop Enviroment

texts:
I have a question about menu with categories.

You can see this menu here:

Does OS X Mountain Lion support somekind of this menu?


texts: How can I install boot camp if I have a Windows 7 upgrade CD?

texts:
I have the following CD's:

Windows Vista Home Premium (Upgrade)
Windows Vista Ultimate (Full)
Windows 7 Professional (Upgrade)

I would like to install Windows 7 on a mac with boot camp. It seems that Apple doesn't support installations via upgrade discs.

From what I understand, this means that I can't simply begin the installation using the Windows 7 CD, since it is an upgrade version. What I didn't understand, though, is if I can upgrade the OS once it is installed. For example, if I install the full version of Windows Vista Ultimate, could I then upgrade it to Windows 7? Or is my only option to purchase a full edition of Windows 7?


texts:
I have a new MacBook Pro 2011 (wanted the ports). I recently just installed an SSD and decided to enable TRIM on it. My computer restarts and I have the gray Wi-Fi symbol and "No Hardware Detected". I do everything, resetting NVRAM, SMB, all of it.

However, my Wi-Fi works when I boot into recovery mode. I have no idea why. Is there any fix for this?

EDIT: FIXED BY RE-INSTALLING Sierra


texts:
Is the Google Translate Phrasebook Syncing not available in the iOS app?

I can't find my phrasebook listing. It seems the list on the iPhone is not stored online as for the web. I suspect they implement it for Android only.


texts: What's the tool that can do some actions when a file is copied?

texts:
I use Cmd+L to make a alias, and the alias has "alia" appended to the original file name. I move the link to a directory, then remove the "alias" part manually.

Is there a tool that can do this kind of automatically? I mean, if a tool can catch the event a file is copied to a specific directory to call a tool (python, ruby or applescript) with a parameter, I can easily rename the file name.

ADDED

Thanks to Ben and Dori, I could get it working.

Go to /Library/Scripts/Folder Actions directory to Folder Actions Setup.
Run Automator
Utilities -> Run Shell Script
Use python as a shell, and pass input should be as arguments
Run the following code

import sys
import os

for f in sys.argv[1:]:
    (name, ext) = os.path.splitext(f)
    newname = "%s%s" % (name, ".pdf")
    os.rename(f, newname)

Philip's method should work, but I think Automator is easier to get it work.
On my Snow Leopard, I couldn't see the folder action context menu.


texts: Can I just copy an application from a MAC and paste it to another MAC?

texts: As the title suggest, can I just copy and paste an application to my new MAC instead of downloading them all over again? Or is there another way to do this?


texts: Can I devote more room to my voicemails?

texts:
I have an iPhone 4S with plenty of space on it but I keep lots of voicemails...to the point where sometimes people can't leave me a message because my voicemail is full.  Is this an iPhone thing that I can adjust or is it strictly a Verizon thing?  Most of the voicemails I keep are of my kids...and I know I can save those off as audio files...but I'd rather just use the space on my phone.

Thanks!
Drew


texts: Is there any way to hook up a U3011 30" (2560x1600) monitor to my MBP?

texts:
My MBP (GeForce GT 330M) seems to recognize my Dell U3011, but I've run into the following:

Mini-DP to VGA adapter to monitor: Supports up to the VGA max of 2048x1280 just fine.
Mini-DP to DP adapter to monitor: Flickering to the point where it's dark 98% of the time.
Mini-DP to monitor using M-M Mini-DP to DP cable: Supports up to 1600x1200 fine, but silently fails (nothing shows up on the monitor above that).

I've borrowed a co-worker's $100 Apple dual-link DVI adapter and that works fine, but I'd like not to spring for one and just have the DisplayPort work like it should. Is there anything I can do? The Mac doesn't seem to complain; it just fails.


texts: Cannot see JPEG files extracted from a .VOB video file by VLC on the Mac Finder or Terminal

texts:
I was hoping someone would be helpful with "ghost" files on an iMac.

With the VLC media player app. I was extracting JPEG files from a .VOB video file and saving them on my iMac.

When I looked for the files in the Mac SO X Finder and the Terminal (with UNIX commands) I could not see them.  I knew they were there, but were apparently invisible, or ghost files.

I tried saving the same file from within VLC, but it complained the file already existed and did I want to replace it?  So the file definitely existed. Again, I could not see the file in Finder nor Terminal.

As an experiment I used the Terminal to create a file of the same name.  There should have been an error message saying the file already existed, but there was no error and I could write the file as if it was new.  In theory, I should have overwritten the file I saved in VLC.

If the Finder or Terminal cannot see the JPEG files VLC extracted from the .VOB video file, then I'm back to square one.


texts: Remove duplicate photos in photos app in Yosemite

texts:
I've accidentally clicked Duplicate Items in context menu after selecting 100+ photos in Photos app in Yosemite. Is there an automatic way to remove the duplicates now? An app that integrates with Photos app and removes duplicates would be fine as well.

Thanks in advance.


texts:
I'm coming to you having a few issues with my old hard drive.

Basically, my MacBook crashed a few days ago. It seems like my disk has some bad sectors and has started a kind of autodestruction process.

The issue I have is that his drive is locked with FileVault…
I have the master and recovery keys, however, no way to unlock the drive now I've extracted it from my computer.

I managed to unlock my volume and see my locked partition booting in recovery mode from this hard drive, but now I'm running on a new (and clear) HDD, I can't even list the CS groups (the old disk if plugged in USB):

# diskutil cs list
No CoreStorage logical volume groups found

When I run diskutil info:

# diskutil info /dev/disk2
   Device Identifier:        disk2
   Device Node:              /dev/disk2
   Part of Whole:            disk2
   Device / Media Name:      APPLE HD D HTS547550A9E38 Media

   Volume Name:              Not applicable (no file system)

   Mounted:                  Not applicable (no file system)

   File System:              None

   Content (IOContent):      FDisk_partition_scheme
   OS Can Be Installed:      No
   Media Type:               Generic
   Protocol:                 USB
   SMART Status:             Not Supported

   Total Size:               500.1 GB (500107862016 Bytes) (exactly 976773168 512-Byte-Blocks)
   Volume Free Space:        Not applicable (no file system)
   Device Block Size:        4096 Bytes

   Read-Only Media:          No
   Read-Only Volume:         Not applicable (no file system)
   Ejectable:                Yes

   Whole:                    Yes
   Internal:                 No
   OS 9 Drivers:             No
   Low Level Format:         Not supported


texts: I have used a thunderbolt connection and pressed Command F2 to allow my track pad and keyboard on my MBA to run both screens. However, I want to use the wireless track pad and keyboard that comes with the iMac instead of the laptop track/keyboard. In other words, I would like the iMac to be the primary computer and use the laptop as a secondary screen (with all control remaining with the iMac). Is this possible?


texts: How to share .bashrc files between two mac user accounts

texts: I have set up two user logins on my computer, one for home and one for work. I would like to be able to share any of my bash and vim settings between the two users. Is there anyway to do this? Thus far, I've been copying them from one account to another, but I'd like to be able to just have one file between the two so I can make changes in only one place. Is this even possible? Thanks.


texts: Is there a way to force mail to ask from which account the email needs to be sent?

texts: I have multiple user accounts under mail and more often than I'd like I send an email from the wrong account. I know it is possible to put a default account, but I would like a way to make me sure I am checking the account I am using before I can send the email, like leaving it "blank". Is there an app around doing something similar to that?


texts:
When installing certain software, usually anything printer related, I receive this error

System extension cannot be used

The system extension "/System/Library/Extensions/Belcarra.
USBLAN_netpart.kext" was installed
improperly and cannot be used.  Please try
reinstalling it, or contact the product's vendor for an
update

This began after I erased some printer folders that I thought I wasn't using anymore.  I'll get about 30 error messages in a row, all with different paths, but all the same message talking about kext files.  I tried fixing permissions with the Mac boot disc, but it didn't seem to help.  I usually just click through all the errors and nothing seems to be affected.  Any ideas how to fix this permanently?


texts: How does the Keychain identify executables?

texts:
I am wondering how the Keychain identifies applications. I suspect that this based on code signing, but the experiments are not really consistent with this:

It works for executables that are not signed at all:

codesign -dv  /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/exec/R
# /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/exec/R: code object is not signed at all

But the R process is added to the ACL of this secret, and it can query it happily...

There is also nothing in the extended attributes of the executable:

xattr -l  /usr/bin/security
#

If I change the file itself, it still works:

cp /usr/bin/security foobar
echo "\nharmless" >> foobar
./foobar find-generic-password -a 'gaborcsardi' -s foobar -g
# keychain: "/Users/gaborcsardi/Library/Keychains/login.keychain"
# class: "genp"
# attributes:
#     0x00000007 <blob>="foobar"
#     0x00000008 <blob>=<NULL>
#     "acct"<blob>="gaborcsardi"
# ...
# password: "secret"

But then how does it work? More specifically, how does the keychain know that the password query is coming from the security app, that I specifically allowed access to this entry?


texts: using Apple products abroad: just replace the plug?

texts: For many Apple products, e.g. macbook air, or iphone, the power supply is the same for different countries, and it accepts a power range of 100-240V and 50-60Hz (which I think is a great idea, since it encompasses most of the power standard used around the world; I don't know whether this is specific to Apple or common practice): does this mean that the only item which is different is the actual plug piece, i.e. the piece which connects the adapter to the plug (note that this piece is actually the same for different adapters, namely different W)? is it then possible to just buy that piece (it shouldn't cost more than a few $$) such that it has the desired shape, compatible to the country of interest?


texts: How to Save all photos together from e-mail when using Inbox app?

texts:
I am using iPhone 6+ with iOS 9 version. Have installed 'Inbox' (by G-mail, not the old G-mail app).  Is there any way to save all of the pictures from an email, no matter how long it take to download?

Thanks a lot for your time to answer.

John


texts: Is there any way to list all .pkg packages that I have installed?

texts:
Just wondering if there is any Terminal command to do this, because I think my OSX was already messed up with some incompatible .pkg installations.
Thanks.


texts:
I've purchased a few games for my iPhone, via App Store. I understand that I can check my past orders via iTunes program downloaded on my PC.

But is there anyway to check what are my past orders online, without going through iTunes the Desktop Program?


texts: Adding Line Break to Email Body Content of Mail.app Message Generated in AppleScript

texts:
I'm currently using the below script to send out an email with a specified subject, attachment, and body message:

on run argv
    set theSubject to (item 1 of argv)
    set theAttachmentFile to (item 2 of argv)
    set theContent to (item 3 of argv)

    tell application "Mail"

        set theAddress to {"test@gmail.com"} -- the receiver
        set theSignatureName to "Test" -- the signature name

        set msg to make new outgoing message with properties {subject:theSubject, content:theContent, visible:true}

        tell msg
            repeat with i from 1 to count theAddress
                make new to recipient at end of every to recipient with properties {address:item i of theAddress}
            end repeat
        end tell
        tell msg to make new attachment with properties {file name:theAttachmentFile as alias}

        set message signature of msg to signature theSignatureName

        send msg
    end tell
end run

I have been executing the script in the Mac Terminal using:

osascript /Users/dwm8/Desktop/email.scpt "Test" "dwm8:test.pdf" "Test Message Here"

However, I would like to make a small change in regards to the body message of the email I send out. Instead of sending out the message

Test Message Here

I would like the body of the email to say

Test
Message
Here

where I am able to specify where I want a line break. Does anyone know how I can implement this into my existing script? Thanks for the help!


texts: Can't remove warning about removing files from iCloud desktop

texts:
The option, "show warning before removing from iCloud Drive" option is missing from the Finder preferences menu. So, each time I try to send something to the trash, the warning pops up.

Any thoughts on why it would be missing, how I can get it back?

OS: 10.11.6 (El Capitan)
Mac Pro Early 2008


texts:
VoiceOver interprets a hyphen as a brief pause. That makes sense for hyphenated words, but it makes no sense for sums or for code. For example in Xcode this line

numberOfGuesses -= 1

is rendered as "number of guesses, equals one" by VoiceOver. That's terrible. How do I make VoiceOver behave sensibly for the minus sign in Xcode?


texts: How to find out the wifi setting of a connected wifi network in MacBook Pro?

texts:
I have access to a MacBook Pro and a Android phone.

I know the username and password to a secured wifi network, but not the settings of the network e.g. PEAP or something else.

The Apple laptop is connected to the wifi network. The Android phone isn't, and it automatically detects the settings of network, and says the settings it detects are not correct when the connection fails.

So I want to find out the settings of the wifi network in MacBook Pro.

Thanks.


texts: I have read where Apple plans to stop making OSX server.  What does this mean for LDAP services?  Is it possible to install LDAP on a regular mac running High Sierra? Could my own iMac be the LDAP server for my organization in other words?


texts: AppleScript with list selection and Cancel button suppressed or disabled

texts:
Is there any way to suppress/disable the Cancel button in a list selection dialog - in other words, force a response? Here's what I came up with (I'm forcing a response by displaying an error message and taking the user back):

try
    with timeout of 3600 seconds -- Wait up to an hour before timing out.
        tell application "Finder"
            activate
            repeat
                set theChoice to choose from list {"yes", "no", "maybe"} with title "Choose from list" with prompt "Pick one" OK button name "Select" cancel button name "Quit"
                if theChoice is false then
                    beep
                    display alert "Noo!"
                else
                    exit repeat
                end if
            end repeat
            theChoice
        end tell
    end timeout
end try

, but I'd rather do right by the user, instead of hinting the selection to be optional.


texts: Welcome to macOS High Sierra message keeps appearing

texts:
At every start I get the message "Welcome to macOS High Sierra". Whatever I click - Show/Later(remind me, don't remind me) it appears on the next start.

I was using the beta version so it could be the cause of the problem still I don't see any solution in the internet and it gets annoying. Can anyone help?


texts: Copying dropbox files on MacOS (shared folder icons)

texts:
I have a DropBox account that has folders in it. Some folders are shared and others are not shared. When accessed directly from Finder I can see the shared folders have an icon with three people on it. I have copied all folders to a local directory on my MacBook. However, the folders that were shared in DropBox are still showing up with the three people icon.

Does this mean they are somehow still shared and/or connected with DropBox? When looking at the "Get Info" window the sharing details do not look any different from a folder without the multi-user icon on it.

Why is this icon still showing and how do I change it to a standard folder?


texts: Loud audio output on Macbook Air running Catalina

texts:
I have a Macbook Air running the latest Catalina and the sound output from it over my Sennheiser HD599 headphones was not very loud. I could listen on full volume if I wanted. But suddenly today I find the volume output very loud. Even 75% is pretty loud and at 100% their is clipping. For what its worth I updated to 15.15.6 recently. Also I had an  equalizer app called eqapp2 running which I have uninstalled and yet the sound is very loud. And i also tried clearing the NVRAM ( Opt + Cmd + P + R ) but the problem persists
Any help will be appreciated!
Thank you all,


texts: OS X: Schedule Launchctl to quit application at certain time

texts:
I have created this launchctl .plist for opening an application at a specific time every day – or the next time the computer wakes from sleep.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>caffeine-timecontrol.job</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/Applications/Caffeine.app/Contents/MacOS/Caffeine</string>
    </array>
    <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
        <dict>
            <key>Minute</key><integer>40</integer>
            <key>Hour</key><integer>7</integer>
            <key>WeekDay</key><integer>1234567</integer>
        </dict>
</dict>
</plist>

The above is supposed to wake app Caffeine at 7:40 AM Every day.

However, can I also include a clause to make the application terminate at 00:00 AM Every day if the computer is awake?

Meaning, is there an opposite to StartCalendarInterval, or would I have to go about it some other way, .e.g. via crontab?


texts: I bought "ECC" ram for my MacPro1,1 but system reports only shows FB-DIMM

texts:
I have an old Mac Pro I decided to upgrade. I found a company on eBay selling "16GB 4X4GB DDR2 MEMORY RAM PC2-5300F 667MHz ECC FB-DIMM" for a good price so I bought two units (32GB total). (Kingston PN# F51272F51)

I installed the memory and all 32GB of the RAM is showing in System Report, but it does not show as ECC.

Here's about the Mac itself:

Here's the memory section:

According to Wikipedia, most Registered ("Buffered") RAM is also ECC, but Buffered RAM can also be non-ECC RAM.

Is the RAM I purchased ECC?


texts: adding a secondary group for user via CLI in Lion is not working

texts:
I need to assign a secondary group membership to a user on a client machine running 10.7.4. In CLI

edit3:~ admin$ sudo su -
edit3:etc root# dseditgroup -o edit -a userA -t user QC
edit3:etc root# dseditgroup -o edit -a userB -t user QC
edit3:etc root# dsmemberutil checkmembership -U userA -G QC
user is a member of the group
edit3:etc root# dsmemberutil checkmembership -U userB -G QC
user is a member of the group

When userA or userB logs in to my Isilon cluster, he is denied access (does not have QC privileges)

So I try this:

edit3:~ root# cd /etc/
edit3:etc root# dscl . append /Groups/QC GroupMembership userA
edit3:etc root# dscl . append /Groups/QC GroupMembership userB

edit3:etc root# dsmemberutil checkmembership -U userA -G QC
user is a member of the group
edit3:etc root# dsmemberutil checkmembership -U userB -G QC
user is a member of the group

Again, users denied access.

Getting more details:

edit3:~ root# dscacheutil -q group | grep QC -B 10 -A 10

name: groupX
password:
gid: 1009

name: QC
password:
gid: 1021
users: scook dfarley

name: groupZ
password:
gid: 1012

Funny that QC group lists members with secondary membership but no primaries listed in any group (except system groups)

Again digging for more info:

edit3:~ root# dscl . readall /users | grep Secondary -B 10 -A 10
edit3:~ root#

Questions:
Why is the system not presenting a secondary group membership correctly, since we verified that userA and userB do in fact belong to QC group?
Can I list secondary membership along with primary membership?

Doing the exact same steps on another client running same version of OS works. I've done the reboots, following changes. I then reinstalled clean OS , and repeated the entire cycle, twice. Still no joy.

Anybody?


texts: Is there a way to view Unicode values in the "Emoji and Symbols"?

texts: The emoji and symbol window is good for inserting into documents, but when I need the actual Unicode values, it isn't anywhere in the UI. Is there any way to get those information?


texts: Does Time machine backup apps data and OS configuration?

texts:
Does Time machine backup apps data and OS configuration or just apps and files?

Coming from Windows with a 3rd party full disk image backup(Note :I mean a disk clone, not the Windows' default backup an restore and functionality) , I would expect to be able to use time machine to restore the mac as it was in the moment I made a time machine backup.

I am honestly not aware how apps store data on MacOS though


texts: Is there a way to change the double-press speed on the Apple headphones?

texts:
Specifically, I have the newest headphones which were released with the iPhone5, however if you have an answer for any of the headphones they released, this may be a good place to centralize the information.

I've found I'm constantly not double-pressing fast enough to cause the phone to go to the next track while listening to music, not to mention if I want to go back (three-presses). I would love to be able to increase the allowed delay between presses so I don't constantly pause/un-pause my music instead of going to the next song.


texts: I started a new calendar. Can anyone get in and see my appointments? This is my private calendar to make my appointments. I am starting new job I want to make sure that old boss can't see anything.


texts: Disable Device Enollment Notification Window

texts:
I desire to disable the "Device Enrollment" notification window for OS X machines that are enrolled in DEP (Apple's Device Enrollment Program). The machines are running 10.11, though the process should be the same for 10.10.

(While we are currently managing iOS devices, we are not managing OS X devices through the enrollment program, and I do not want the pop-up to confuse or distract students.)

I have not found a way to disable to the pop-up, or where the setting is stored, once the user hits "Skip".  Does anyone know where this setting is stored, or perhaps how I can modify it using "defaults write" or something similar?


texts: What do these different terms for system memory in OS X mean?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  What does it mean if I have lots of “Inactive” memory at the end of a work day?

I just bought a MacBook Pro (I've been a Windows user before this), and I noticed that the terminology for memory is a bit different here. In System Monitor it is showing:

Free
Wired
Active
Inactive
Used

What exactly do they signify?

Also, the used memory (whatever that means) is appearing to be unusually high even when no external application is running. Is it common on OS X? Even if I log out and log in again, and ensure none of the apps are running, the used memory value is above 2 GB! What will happen if I have lots of high memory consuming processes running?


texts: Can somebody share with me a way to display the DNS cache on my MacOS, Catalina (10.15.4)?


texts:
My iphone6 (iOS8.3) was stolen in Vietnam during my holiday and I've activated lost mode half an hour later and erase iphone later on. The erased action was pending for about 36 hours and now the device is not showing on find my iphone at all (and I did not remove it from icloud).

I don't see it in find my iphone anymore, does it mean the thief(s) restored and remove my icloud from the device?
Or does it mean the phone has been wipe off? I didn't get the email notification saying my phone is erased though.

I don't think I would ever get back the phone, just wanted to make sure all the info on my phone is being erased completely.

I tried to look around for answers but can't seem to find it, if there is already similar article would be great if you could point me the link.

Thanks!


texts: Add spacing before and after paragraph in iOS Pages?

texts: I don't see a way to edit this style property in the iOS version of Pages. (I'm using 4.0, March 2018). Am I missing it, or do I need to open the document on my macOS system to set this property?


texts: Tell if running process is running under Rosetta or is M1-native by Command Line

texts:
If you have an M1-based Macbook you can tell if a process running on the machine is Apple/M1 or Intel/Rosetta in Activity Monitor, but is there a way to get this information on the command line?
I'd like to be able to quickly show a count of how many Intel processes are currently running on my machine under Rosetta.


texts: On-screen text unexpectedly read to me, despite Voiceover (Mac) being disabled

texts:
On Mavericks, I have Voiceover turned off in both Accessibility settings and Users & Groups.

In the past week, Voiceover has started occasionally reading small bits of text to me, seemingly unrequested.

It seems to primarily be subject lines of new mail in Gmail (running as a webpage in Chrome), but this could be a red herring.

Is there a keyboard shortcut or trackpad gesture that I'm accidentally doing to make this happen? What could be going on?

[Update: see comments - I'm now certain it's only emails that are getting read aloud, but not sure whether it's anything to do with Chrome or not. OS-level email integration?]


texts: Syncing photos to iCloud and deleting them

texts: I want to save all my photos to iCloud and then delete them from my iPhone.  How do I delete them from the iPhone while still keeping a copy on iCloud?


texts: Dual screens: one monitor switches to desktop, window appears on other monitor

texts:
My computer is behaving oddly and I would like to know if someone else has this issue too (if so, it's a bug) or that I am the only one (in which case there is probably a quick solution).

Let's say I have an application at full screen (Xcode) on my left monitor and I have the monitor on the right with a desktop view. I do something causing another application to activate (Run my iPhone app in the simulator).

This is what happens sometimes: the left monitor switches from the app to the desktop (I suppose to open the window there), but the window opens on the right (which was already on a desktop view).

I understand that the system might choose either monitor, but switching the one, while displaying the window on another? That's right out ridiculous!

If anyone has (had, hopefully) the same problem, please tell me how you fixed it or tell me I should stop wasting my time and start living with it.

EDIT:
I have tried unchecking  "When switching to an application switch to a space", but this doesn't improve the situation. In my scenario (left full screen app, right desktop) it yields identical results.

In the following scenario it makes things even worse (from my POV). The left monitor (same as before, e.g. Xcode) shows a full screen app and the right one as well (e.g. Calendar). I do something in the left app that activates the iOS Simulator (or Finder or whatever really). The left monitor switches to an empty desktop. The right one doesn't change, but the just activated app (Finder or Simulator or whatever) does "appear" in a currently non-visible space in the group of spaces belonging to the right monitor.

PS.:
I have checked if any of the apps in question were assigned to a desktop, this was not the case.


texts: Why can't I access Server.app in Lion Server?

texts:
I can't access Server.app in my mac mini server, i don't know why.
The username and password are correct.

How can I solve this problem?


texts: Why is my boot partition listed as Unmounted in Disk Utility?

texts:
I recently experienced a kernel panic ("your mac must restart...") due to an issue with Macfusion, so after the reboot I loaded Disk Utility in an attempt to verify the disk in case something was left in a bad state. Disk Utility claims that my main partition is unmounted, though it's clearly not.

Is there something amiss here or am I just suffering from post-crash paranoia? The system appears to be running properly.

Note: I'm running OS X Lion and am using File Vault. If (because of FV) this is expected behavior, how do I run a Verify/Repair?


texts: iPad children's storybook with audio: is there a way to create a paid iBook AND free version?

texts:
I've been researching what it would take to create a children's storybook (including custom audio containing music and narration as well as moving imagery) and publish it on the iPad.

I discovered that I can accomplish this using iBooks by making an ePUB using CSS for the images, JS for any animation and custom read-aloud recordings for the music/narration.

Now I'm faced with another hurdle: I want the digital book to be accessible for free to those who already purchased a physical version of the book (probably using some kind of authentication code).

I'm a PHP programmer/designer who's very familiar with most Apple technologies. I don't know Obj-C, but if I have no other recourse than to be make an app, I will build one.

Any suggestions?


texts: Command+TAB (⌘⇥) to switch to most recent window (even on different space)

texts:
The default behaviour of ⌘⇥ is roughly the following:

Switch to the most recently used app.
Bring all windows of that application (in the current space) to the foreground.
Give the most recent window focus.
Is there no window of that app on the current space? Switch to most recent used space with that app.

Say I have two windows of the same application open. One is running full screen in a separate Space, while the other is on the Desktop Space with other application windows. Take for example the following spaces:

Desktop: Safari + Mail Window  1
Full Screen: Mail Window 2

So now I'm working in Mail Window 2 (Space 2), ⌘⇥ brings me to Safari (Space 1). However ⌘⇥ again and I'm taken to Mail Window 1 (Space 1), whereas I would've wanted to go back to Mail Window 2 (Space 2). In order to go back to Mail Window 2 by keyboard, I have to go through all spaces using ⌃→ or ⌃1..⌃9, which is cumbersome when working with more than 2 spaces.

Is there a keyboard shortcut I'm missing, or a way to change how ⌘⇥ could work for my use case?


texts:
I upgraded to 10.10.1 and now I can only reboot to Safari mode and enable parental controls on guest user is greyed.

Does anyone know how to get the real guest user account back?


texts: macOS Big Sur - how to show exact time when clicking on analog clock in the menu bar?

texts:
I just upgraded to macOS Big Sur and this is my menu bar and the analog clock is at the end:

When I click on the analog clock, notifications and widgets are shown, while in Catalina, the exact time would be shown. How do I do that in Big Sur?


texts:
I'm wondering if there is a good full on IDE for Mac. I know of and have tried Sublime, BBEdit, Coda, Espresso, Netbeans, Eclipse, Aptana, PHPStorm, WebStorm, Textmate and probably other that I don't remember.

What I mean by full on (which I believe excludes Sublime, BBEdit, Coda, Espresso and Textmate) is something like PHPStorm/NetBeans/Eclipse with a full feature set, intelligent code completion, code linking, etc.

I really like PHPStorm but it doesn't feel like a native OS X app and is really sluggish.

If anyone knows of IDE that I haven't mentioned above, would be much appreciated.


texts: Trying to install Windows 10 on early 2008 MBP without using the BootCamp Assistant

texts:
I have an early 2008 MBP, where I installed El Capitan. However I would like to split my HD and install Win10 as well. Since there is no direct support, it is quite difficult.
I find this question "How do I get Windows 10 installed on my macbook pro (late 2008)" here with a logical answer which was "How to install Windows without using the BootCamp Assistant."
My issue is when I want to bless my HD in Terminal, I get the following error message "Could not set boot device property: 0xe00002bc" and thus the rest of the instructions do not work.

Any suggestions, recommendations, idea how to solve it?

I already made a brand new OSX install, but the error is still the same.

Any help is appreciated.


texts: Why does the OS X Software Update check take so long?

texts:
Why does it take so long for Software Update in OS X to tell me that I'm up to date? I'm currently running 10.7.2, but this has been the case for all versions of OS X I've run. I just performed a check, and it took three minutes to return.

I can't think of any reason why it should take so long. Isn't it a fairly quick lookup of applications and versions?

By contrast, the same function in the iOS/iTunes Store and Mac App Store takes almost no time.


texts: Why can't Preview save on an external SSD?

texts:
I have an external SSD. If I try to modify an image on the SSD with Preview, Preview can't overwrite the file. But Preview can write a new file. I gave Full Disk Access to Preview in the Security & Privacy settings, but that didn't help.
E.g. open foo.jpg in Preview. Crop the image by selecting and Command-K. Preview says "The document could not be autosaved". Command-S yields "The document could not be saved." Duplicate and then saving under a different name works, so Preview can write to the disk.
Details: macOS Big Sur, Samsung T5 external SSD.


texts: How to migrate data from MacBook Pro to new iPad Air

texts:
I just bought a new iPad Air and wondered if Migration Assistant is on it, and where I find it?
I am trying to move all of my data from a MacBook Pro to the iPad Air.


texts: iCloud storage reporting backups that do not exists

texts:
I disabled iCloud backups on all my devices, but the storage report still claims I have 2gb of backups stored. I've gone into the iCloud preferences and double checked that no backups exists. How can I remove free up the used space?

I should mention that my iPhone reports only 174.4KB of Documents & Data in "Manage Storage".


texts:
How do I update the internal PHP on OS X 10.7.1? I've loaded a current version but since I don't have a simple plan how to update it, I won't do it. I guess it's just easy replacing of files in etc/apache2/.

Would anyone please write me a quick manual?


texts: As my free trial of Apple Music is due to end very soon, and I do not intend to pay for continued service, is there anything I should be doing before the trial ends to avoid any problems?


texts: Creating an alias for Python in bash/zsh

texts:
I have often seen people recommending to setup an alias in one's .bash_profile or .zshrc along the lines of
alias python='python3'

This seems like a convenient idea, however, as far as I understand, python2 is still installed for compatibility reasons, so won't creating such an alias break certain things?


texts: Switch from sleep to hibernate after set time

texts:
Is there a way to set a MacBook Pro (10.8.2) to go into normal sleep when I close the case but then switch to hibernation after, say, 15 minutes? It's clearly capable of going from sleep to hibernate when the battery runs low, but I haven't been able to find out if that behavior can be triggered by anything else.

Background: I need to use Filevault encryption, and my understanding is that it doesn't provide much protection if the computer is stolen while in normal sleep mode. To remedy this I've set it to hibernate instead of sleeping and enabled the DestroyFVKeyOnStandby option. But this is very inconvenient when I just want to put it on standby for a few minutes (e.g., put it in my bag, walk to a meeting upstairs, open it back up).


texts: Faulty iPhone 4S battery - how can I test a battery to measure its integrity?

texts:
I bought an iPhone 4S two months ago. In the last couple of days I've perceived an average battery life of 12 to 18 hours with a light usage of the phone throughout the day.

I've followed every tip for battery preservation such as turning off Location services, I don't use Siri, I only download e-mails manually to the phone (no push or notifications), I set the auto brightness on, I try to keep only a few important applications running in background.

I would like to visit my carrier's technicians in order to get a replacement, but I would prefer to run some tests first to make sure that something's wrong with the battery.

Any suggestions?


texts: How to upgrade my login shell from bash version 3 to 4?

texts:
Current I am running

$ echo $BASH_VERSION
$ 3.2.57(1)-release

I have the new shell in

/usr/local/bin/bash

and I can run it directly with

/usr/local/bin/bash
$ echo $BASH_VERSION
$ 4.3.42(1)-release

I have done

$ chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash


texts:
Since a few days, the DNS resolution stops working for random amounts of time, a few seconds to a few hours (I logged it with a simple script). It sometimes goes back to normal without any intervention, but comes back to normal after a reboot  - not the cleanest way to solve this...  My other machines on the same network don't have any problems.

How can I trace the problem ?

Here is what happens when the problem occurs:

ping www.google.com
ping: cannot resolve www.google.com: Unknown host

whois orange.fr
whois: fr.whois-servers.net: nodename nor servname provided, or not known

I searched my logs and found a lot of instances of this error message:

Jan 21 00:30:03 shiny.home helpd[66064]: dnssd_clientstub read_all(9) failed 0/4 0
Jan 21 00:30:03 shiny.home configd[17]: dnssd_clientstub read_all(27) failed 0/4 0
Jan 21 00:30:03 shiny.home mDNSResponder[40]:  17: ERROR: read_msg errno 40 (Message too long)

It think it may be related to a program I was evaluating recently (Daylite)

The DNS are the ones provided by my ISP, and the ethernet interface is setup via DHCP.


texts: Using a 27" LED Cinema display with a 2009 Macbook

texts:
I have an old 2009 Macbook (white) and a 27" LED Cinema Display with a Mini DisplayPort cable. The Macbook only has a Mini DVI connector and I believe it's only single link (since it's not a Macbook Pro).

I would like to use the display with the Macbook. I don't care if the resolution is not the full 2560 by 1440 resolution of the Cinema Display.

There are several dual-link DVI to MiniDisplay port cables/boxes available (for example the Atlona DVI to Mini DisplayPort Converter) but they probably won't work because the connector on the Macbook is only single link (I believe).

There are also single link DVI to Mini DisplayPort converters available which will output an image at a maximum vertical resolution of 1200 but all of them specifically state that they do not work with 27" Cinema Displays.

The Cinema Display supports 2560 by 1440, 1920 by 1080, and 1280 by 720 resolutions and I would be fine with the 1920 by 1080 resolution. Is there a cable or converter that will allow me to do that?


texts: How do I insert radio buttons in Numbers for iPad?

texts: I need to insert radio buttons on a Numbers spreadsheet. I tried importing an Excel document with form radio buttons, but it did not pull through. Advice would be appreciated.


texts: How can I download my contacts with the latest LinkedIn application version?

texts:
In the old (before version 4) LinkedIn application, there was a button to Download all connections to my iPhone.

In the latest (4.0.2) I cannot find that option.

How can I update (download) all my connections with the latest LinkedIn version?


texts: Is there an app that helps you move files without drag-and-drop?

texts:
I know that I can move files at the command line, but I'm looking for an elegant desktop solution besides the traditional drag-and-drop of the Finder.

Basically, I want to right-click on a file and have a menu option that says "Move..." with a bunch of recently moved locations, or with a dialog box letting me choose the location.


texts: Managing macOS application windows like Ubuntu Unity

texts:
I'm a relatively new to using macOS for work and using macOS windows management (Mission Control?) turns out to be extremely annoying. I'm using Sierra OS. Here are some things that I would like to understand:

I like to work on two desktops and have some windows belonging to 1st desktop and some to 2nd desktop (think Unity). When I create a second desktop I would logically think that I can move one of existing windows to it, but right-clicking on the app in "dock" only shows: All desktops, This Desktop, None. Using the ^1, ^2 shortcuts brings the window to selected desktop but then shows it on the other desktop where it came from as well. Maximizing the window and restoring the size back to original will bring it back to original desktop as well, which seems to be a bug?

What is a good way to assign windows to desktops if there is any in mac?
Is there a software that can override this annoying functionality? Another windows management package?
Why does any maximized window appear on the very right side even it belongs to the most left desktop? Any way to stop this?

I already tried looking for answers on the web, but haven't found any good solution, only mirriad of useless articles.

Youtube video


texts: Location of java.security and deployment.properties files

texts: Where are java.security and deployment.properties files located on Mac OS Yosemite??


texts:
After purchasing my MacBook Air (MBA) in April 2013, the MBA crashes on a regular basis (1-2 times per week).  All crashes occur after I wake up the MBA from a Sleep shutdown.  I am brought to the initial log in and I am then advised that the MBA is recovering from an unplanned shutdown and the recovery process starts.  Various software updates and a weekend with the local Apple Store technical team (complete OS re-install) have not resolved anything.

FYI, the current OS X = 10.9.1

Has anyone had a similar experience?  Thoughts? Solutions?  Thank you.


texts: Songs from iPhone won't transfer to iTunes on my PC

texts: I have bought many songs on my iPhone from the iTunes store, but when I tried to transfer them onto the computer into my iTunes, it won't work. It worked with some, but not all.


texts:
I am essentially looking for a way to upload files from my iPhone that it does not recognize or can handle with the goal of keeping them for later use on my computer.

I see lots of ads for Dropbox, Skydrive, etc, that would let me grab files on my iPhone and keep them safe until I can get to a full computer (especially limited-time-availability files that must be downloaded within a timeframe.)

So my question is, can't I do this directly with iCloud?

I'm dealing mostly with files iOS doesn't understand, like proprietary formats, but there may be some images etc. It goes without saying all files must be stored untouched, without any kind of compression being applied.


texts: Anyway to reinstall a clean Mountain Lion without erasing my personal data?

texts:
Actually I really need a clean ML on my Macbook, will the Internet Recovery function delete the system folder (not user folder) and replace a clean installation to it?

I need a clean system with no third party software installed and I need to keep my personal folder (I have almost 800GB of my data in my harddrive and I currently have no space to backup my data using Time Machine)

Thanks.


texts:
I have an iPad Gen 7 which recently broke (digitalizer and LCD). I took it to a repair shop where they guy took a few days but returned the iPad.

I have the following issues now:

Diagonal lines made with the stylus are wiggly. I've even tried using a ruler to see if my hand had gotten "wiggly", but the issue remains. I've unpaired and re-paired the pen, updated the OS and the issue remains.
The screen is sticky. The screen used to be very smooth - I didn't feel any friction with my dry, clean fingers or with the stylus. Now I do: the tip of the pen feels rubbery against the screen, as if it were normal glass.

I also have the feeling, though no actual evidence, that the screensaver used to be darker/have more contrast to it.

Could it be that my screen was replaced for a lower-quality one with faulty sensors? And do original iPads have some form of "smoothening" treatment which reduces friction?

Thank you all


texts: Port forwarding on all ports except ssh on macOS Sierra (redsocks)

texts:
I am trying to forward all ports except port 22 on OSX Sierra using pfctl but it doesn't seem to work.

file: /pf.conf

ext_if = "inet"
rdr pass $ext_if proto tcp from any to any -> 127.0.0.1 port 12345
rdr pass $ext_if proto udp from any to any -> 127.0.0.1 port 10053
pass out proto tcp from any to any port ssh

I enabled it with

sudo sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
sudo pfctl -f pf.conf
sudo pfctl -e

The traffic seems to be redirecting fine to port 12345, but I can't get port 22 to passthrough.


texts: How to get rid of my spamming notification?

texts:
The DivX player has installed a junk notification on my Mac saying:

  A new version of DivX is available.

as shown below:

This stupid notification bumps up every hour or so, and there is no way to turn it off (there's no disable option when I click on it's icon). I don't want and don't need their software. I can't see the player in my Notification panel.

Question: How to prevent DivX from spamming me with notifications?


texts: Is it mandatory to fill security questions and answers in order to download apps?

texts:
I was trying to download and install a new app, when a badge appeared on the screen. Apparently I have to choose three security question (and the corresponding answers) to improve the security of my Apple-ID. I clicked on "Not now" but in this way I can't install the app.

It is mandatory to write questions and answers? Is there any way to skip the procedure and download the apps?


texts: I have a problem.The provisioning profile account for the developer apple account appears invalid. How can I change this to valid. At the same time, users are using this application. Users should not be affected from this situation. How can I fix it? Help me Thanks


texts:
Till some days ago, the external USB drive FA_SAMSUNG used to appear in the Devicessection of a Finder window. See attached screenshot.

All of a sudden, both drives disappeared from that section: the internal SSD and the USB external. I was able to add the SSD back to that section by dragging its icon. But I find no way to have the external USB drive back in the Devices section: if I drag its icon into that list, the icon goes back where it was.

I am using OS X 10.11.6.

Is there anyone who can help me?


texts: Unable to login due to broken key on built-in keyboard

texts:
The 0 (zero) key on my MacBook's built in keyboard stopped working. I am unable to login as the password contain that character.

Do I need to get an external USB keyboard to login? Is there an on screen keyboard that can be invoked without logging in? I have a 201 MacBook Air.


texts: Builtin terminal app seems to be eating some character sequences on clipboard paste

texts: I am trying to paste a string  blah.cjijjepceyd6.ap-south-1.rds.amazonaws.com into the Terminal.app but what actually shows up is  blah.cjiyd6.ap-south-1.rds.amazonaws.com.  When that string is pasted to vi it is uncorrupted.  What might be going on during the clipboard copying to the Terminal ?


texts: iPhone can still connect to my WiFi, even though the password was changed

texts:
Yesterday I restored factory settings on my home router (TP-Link WR1043ND, nothing fancy) and set a new SSID and a new password (WPA2-PSK). Then I entered the new password on my laptop and my phone as well as my wife's tablet.

She has just called to tell me that her iPhone is connected to the new network and sent me a screenshot - the new SSIS is there, IP address looks reasonable, she can access the Internet. However, we did not set the new password on her phone yet.

Is that possible?
Since all the hardware, the MAC addresses are the same, can the phone authenticate using some kind of authorization token other than the password? Some session ID?

I'm shooting in the dark here, because it shouldn't work. But it does.

Someone in the neighborhood could be running WiFi Pineapple or something similar, but: (1) I never noticed any hacker-like activity, (2) the phone connected to a network with a completely new SSID, not a known one.


texts: Disable storage of invisible files "._" on my cfs or smb network storage

texts:
I use OS X Mavericks and have some company storage drives mounted (using smb or cfs).
(smb://username@address.path.toserver.com/directory/data).
When I work with files on the drive or copy files to the drive, some hidden files are created. Most of these files start with dot-dash ._ and then the filename of the original file, like:

._test001.png
._test002.png
._test003.png

And most of the times, the famous ._.DS_Store and .DS_Store are also there.

On my Mac, these . dot items are invisible, but my windows colleagues do see these files. How can I prevent OS X from making these strange invisible files?

On support.apple.com (and other internet sources) you can find a 'defaults write' to disable the creation of .DS_Store files on your network drives. But this does not work in Mavericks:

defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores -bool true

For now I use this oneliner, but doing a rm -rf does feel wrong in this case.

find . -type f -name "._*" -exec rm "{}" \;

Edit: I don't want to delete the files or exclude them from copying. I want them not to be created in the first place.

Edit: I prefer a 'native' OS X solution over third party apps.

Edit: This questions has two answers, one for the ._ files and one for the .DS_Store files. The bounty is rewarded for dot_clean, this native command line app cleans all ._ files. Unfortunately is does not clear the .DS_Store files, this can effectively be done with Asepsis. Asepsis stores .DS_Stores in a fixed location, and not in the folder itself.


texts:
I have two text files with no extension and made them executable. Both are set to open with Terminal app. However one file is shown as kind "Text" and the other one as "executeable unix file".

if I display the metadata attributes with

  mdls < filename >

I can see the the Content Type is different:

file 1 shows:

...
kMDItemContentType                  = "public.unix-executable"
...

file 2 shows:

...
kMDItemContentType                  = "com.apple.traditional-mac-plain-text"
...

How can I set the kMDItemContentType of file 2 also to "public.unix-executable"? Is there a command line to to change it?


texts: Why Travel Time is not available for all calendars?

texts:
I have two calendars set on my iPhone : one with CalDAV and another one with Exchange.
When I create an appointment in my CalDAV calendar, the « Travel Time » field is available, and I can select an address in the « Location field » :

But when I create an appointment in my Exchange calendar, the « Travel Time » field disappeared and I am unable to set a location.

Any idea of why Travel Time and Location are not available for all types of calendar ?
Thanks in advance


texts: How can I restore photos and videos from an iPhone back up?

texts: How can I get my photos and videos that were backed up from my iPhone 5 onto my iPhone 6?


texts: Is there a way to use punctuation in Siri dictation? For instance, if I tell Siri to text someone "want to meet for dinner?" - it won't track inflection, right? How can I add the question mark via voice?