texts:
I noticed that system files and folders cannot be tagged using the UI in Finder and I am wondering whether there is a workaround – Terminal based or otherwise.

There are a number of system files I'd like easy access to and tags would serve that purposes.


texts: iPhone 6: How to interrupt software updates that continue to use mobile data?

texts:
How to turn off software updates?

iPhone 6, iOS 8.1.1. Everything seems to be turned off, still software updates is using the greatest amount of cell data. By resetting the stats we still see data being used.


texts: Set macvim as default application after homebrew installation

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I've installed macvim via homebrew. This is working fine.

But when it commes to choose a default application for a new file type I cannot see MacVim. How can I set MacVim as the default application for a file type when it has been installed with homebrew?

Note: The question is not about how to select a default application in Finder, the question is how to set an application as default which is not listed in /Applications and there fore not shown by the Finder as a possible default application.


texts: Connect to Linux File System with default "Connect to Server"?

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I'm wondering what kind of setup I need on my Linux machine to be able to connect to it using the default "Connect to Server" (command + k) in OSX. I'm going to ask this on askubuntu as well, but I want to see if anyone here knows the server connection types that the default file connections in OSX are?

I only want to change my server setup, not install anything new on my OSX machine. Thanks!


texts: Finder reverts to SMB for shares set up as AFP

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My Mac Mini running the El Capitan (10.11.1) connects to my Synology DS 1515+ via AFP as follows; afp://c9_nas.local. Finder recognizes the NAS as a fellow Mac when performing a get info. (the multiple instances of the same Mac is annoying as well):

When I click on the NAS in finder it takes a very long time to connect, 7 to 10 seconds.  When it does I open one of the folders and get info on an item.  It shows as SMB:

The get info for the NAS itself remains AFP.

My Synology is up to date.  I have tried switching between SMB 1 and 2 on the Synology box which makes no difference.  Unfortunately I have some Windows machines that need SMB so disabling it is not an option.

If I initiate a new connection to the NAS using finder->go->connect to server, using AFP, that connection is nearly instant.  It's the subsequent attempts to access the shared server that take so long to connect and yield SMB results.

One other bit of weirdness that it probably related somehow: if I use the device's IP instead of the .local name, subsequent attempts to access the share result in it disconnecting and not working at all.

All of these behaviors survive reboots.

I'm pretty sure that this wasn't an issue in Yosemite, but I cannot be certain of that.  It definitely did connect much faster though.


texts: How to index Evernote notes with LaunchBar?

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I use both LaunchBar and Evernote, which are both great productivity tools.

I would like to have all my Evernote notes indexed by LaunchBar, so that I can access them by typing part of the note title and/or contents. For exemple, if I've got a TODO list note containing Shopping, I should be able to see my note listed by LaunchBar at least by typing "TODO" and possibly even by typing "Shopping" (although this latter part might be best handled by Spotlight).

How can this be done?


texts: Old iPad - how to install apps without other device?

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I recently got hold of an old iPad (gen 3, iOS 9.3.6) which works fine. The problem is that it refuses to install a sizable portion of apps, because the newest versions require higher iOS version. That's fine.

Two specific questions:

How do I tell if the app store still has the old version? (people say it's up to the developer to remove the old versions from the app store)
How do I install them if I do not own any other iOS device (iPhone or whatever). So the "App store | Purchased | Not on this iPad" trick won't work?

Would jailbreaking help?

Example apps I'd love to install: Spotify, Google Keep.


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I know this has been asked a zillion times and there are many search results all over the web.  However, I have never found any answer that actually fixes the problem.

So, to restate: I have an iPhone 5C (model 1532) with 8G (says 5 available).  I'm running IOS 9.2.1.  My storage says I have 0 bytes available, and I can't do anything that changes it.  I've tried a reset (power+home).  It says I have 180M in photos, however I did go delete a bunch and the number didn't change.  I don't have iTunes, it's not connected to a PC, I don't have music or videos on it.

How can I free up space?  How can I delete files (pictures, apps) and have the system acknowledge the change?  This is seriously frustrating that I can't manage the space usage on the device.


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I have a RCA VR5220 voice recorder, with a built-in USB connector.

Because this thing was clearly built by Windows-minded engineers, the only way to access the files in Mac OS X is to plug it in and hope that it detects as a FAT32 disk. If it doesn't (i.e., I plug it in and nothing happens -- no disk is mounted, device is invisible to Disk Utility), my options appear to be:

Remove the disk without unmounting, hopefully not wiping it in the process.
Reboot my computer, removing the device after the power-cycle.

I'm a journalist who uses this thing for interviews. It's only happened once, but after a number of times unplugging it without rebooting, the device decided it needed to be formatted -- requiring me to run disk recovery software to save the files I needed that day for my story.

While this is a big enough nuisance that I'm considering buying a new recorder, I could probably get by if I knew a way of ejecting the device without potentially compromising my data.

How does one safely eject disks that haven't mounted properly?

Thanks!


texts: iPhone shows up in Image Capture, but not in iTunes

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I'm trying to backup my iPhone 6s running iOS 12.1, using iTunes on a 13" 2012 MBP running OSX 10.12.

I recently updated the iPhone from either iOS 10 or 11 (I can't recall which version,) to backup via iTunes it said I needed to update the version of iOS to do so.

The iPhone shows up fine in the Image Capture app, but doesn't appear in iTunes (see attached screenshot). The phone also doesn't show up in iTunes if I go to File > Devices.

I also have iCloud backup set up on the iPhone, but I wanted a physical copy on my HD.

Any ideas why its not showing up in iTunes ?


texts:
On my Macbook Air (El Capitan) -

Why is it that when I select Open With>Other...

Enable all applications

check the checkbox Always open with

It still makes me do it all over again,... every time!!!

I am trying to open xml files with Chrome.  But every time I select one from Finder and do open with...

If I just choose Open then XCode opens it.

What does the Always open with checkbox actually do? Is it for decoration only, and has no function?  It doesn't do what I think it should.  Please advise.


texts:
I have some problems with cookies, I don't want cookies everywhere, but only for certain websites.

What I have done right now is I allow cookies, then do the thing where a cookie is saved, then block cookies. But some websites requires me to always have cookies on for some reason, in this case Stackexchange and another website.

So does anyone know how to do this?


texts: How do I remove duplicate albums from my iPhone 5's music app?

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My issue is that my music app shows two different albums that I synced today twice, both completely identical, each having the full list of the songs. In the 'songs' view, each song is only shown once. Obviously, I have set Year, Album Artist and Album to the same values

My iOS version is 6.1.4

Advice would be greatly appreciated :)


texts: How to recover the deleted partition and get its UUID in macOS

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My MacBook Air has installed Ubuntu, and I want to remove it and expand the Mac partition, so I delete the original partitions, like this picture:

but I forget to note the UUID of disk0s2 and disk0s3, so when I make Partition, there is a problem, like that:

So how can I recover the partition ?


texts: iPhone requesting password for different Apple ID when updating apps after updating iOS

texts: My iPhone 5 was updated to iOS 8.3 with a different computer. Now the apps I downloaded before the updates by computer was made, are now bothering me a lot. Any time I want to update them, my iPhone asks me to enter the password for the Apple ID of that computer I used to update it.


texts: How can I make the power button on my MacBook run a custom script?

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I'm running OS 10.7.5 on an October 2008 unibody MacBook, and I would like to somehow get my computer to run a script whenever I press the power button, instead of prompting me if I want to turn my laptop off.

My situation is as follows: simply closing the cover of the MacBook sometimes results in Sleep mode not initiating, and the computer then closed gets very hot (not sure what's going on in there). I solved this problem by pressing the Power button and choosing "Sleep" each time I want to put it to sleep, and then closing the lid.

Now, as I use TrueCrypt, I want to unmount all my TrueCrypt drives whenever I put my laptop to sleep. So when I press the power button, I wish to run the following commands:

truecrypt -d
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to sleep'

In this case it doesn't have to give me any type of prompt, I would like the commands to be executed directly. Any suggestions appreciated!

EDIT: I guess it doesn't have to be the power button that I press when this script is executed. That is, if I can get the execution of these two commands associated with a certain combination of keys, I would be just as happy.


texts: MacOS stopped recognizing middle click on mouse

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I am running into an issue where my MBP refuses to recognize that my mouse has 2 middle clicks. It sees my (contour unimouse) mouse as follows (1 3 1 2):

This is wrong. The mouse buttons ought to be 1, 3, 3, 2.
I tried USB Overdrive, but it wouldnt recognize my second middle click either.
The stunning thing in this is that it was working Friday just fine, this morning is stopped. I didnt do after software changes recently.
Any ideas?


texts: I've bought new macbook after hdd crashing of previous one. Is there a way to restore data without repairing old drive? I know that backups of iOS devices are storing at iCloud. What about mac os? I need to restore files only. I dont remember was backupping setted up on previous machine. If setting it is necessary - how to do it?


texts: Access radeon setting on mac, 3d defective

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I am new at mac recently. The mid 2010 imac shows shattered lines and dots in any 3d apps. Chess is the example:

I tried the hardware test by hold 'd' but couldn't find problem. I tried format and install OS. This imac still has the problem.

I will try to downclock/underclock. How about adjust 3d setting so does mac have radeon's setting (catalyst)?


texts: Mac dualboot with Kali Linux: jack with red light

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I have a MacBook Pro late 2011 and I have installed Kali Linux in dualboot.
Apparently there is nothing going wrong with my jack but I have noticed that a red light is constantly turned on in the port.
How can I solve it?


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I want people to keep an eye on a script running in terminal whilst I'm away from my desk, but I don't trust them access to my machine.

Is there a way to show the terminal console as a screensaver, thus making it read-only and require login if they touch keyboard/mouse etc.

I'm aware of alternatives like logging to a log server they can access etc, however for now I'm only interested in outputting terminal as a screen saver. Is this possible with any known currently available screen saver software?


texts: On Ubuntu, I can change the terminal background to be semi-transparent.  I've seen other people do this in OSX, but I don't see the setting anywhere.  Is there some way to make this happen?


texts: dd command finished very quickly but does not transfer data

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I'm trying to restore a Windows installer image to an external hard drive. To do this, I decided to use the command line because Disk Utility never bloody works.

To identify the disk, I used diskutil list which generated the following output:

$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            499.4 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            Macintosh HD           +499.0 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 604D1BA8-46A5-41AD-8D62-7898021A4D16
                                 Unencrypted

/dev/disk3 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk3
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk3s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS 500G Storage            489.8 GB   disk3s2
   3:       Microsoft Basic Data WINDOWS                 9.9 GB     disk3s3

I identified the disk I want to use as disk3s3, a 10GB MS-FAT partition on the external hard drive. I then unmounted it with sudo diskutil unmount /dev/disk3s3. Now, to restore an ISO image to this partition, I use the following command:

$ sudo dd if=~/Desktop/Windows.iso of=~/dev/disk3s3 bs=1m

I don't get any errors upon running the command initially but after only a few seconds it finishes with this output:

3165+1 records in
3165+1 records out
3319764992 bytes transferred in 10.191605 secs (325735246 bytes/sec)

However much I wished this output was correct, it is not. No data whatsoever was transferred to the drive. How is this possible?

Thanks in advance


texts: How can I restore the persistent data for Mac's native Stickies app?

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I use the native Stickies app a lot. I've been using it on this Mac for like 5 years.

I don't know why, but when I upgraded to the latest MacOS (to 10.15.2, from whatever was the big release before it), all my sticky notes disappeared. It was like none had ever existed.

It appears that data isn't actually lost. The web tells me Stickies stores that data in a file at ~/Library/StickiesDatabase. That file exists, and both TextEdit and bash strings reveal that my note data is in there. It's embedded in an illegible binary file, whose format I know nothing about. I have way too many notes for it to be practical to manually copy-and-paste from that format, and I'm not even sure I can read it properly myself. Maybe if I could read it using bash or node, but I don't know anything about the file format.

Anyway, for whatever reason, when I run the Stickies app, it doesn't show that data in any of its notes. Simply putting the file in the location expected by the app is not sufficient, evidently. I don't know what is lacking, though.

I tried Stickies' File > Import Text, but that just loaded the raw binary format for all my old notes into a single new note, instead of really grokking the database and restoring the notes inside. After closing and re-opening Stickies with that one crazy one, all my notes were gone again. (I kept a backup of the original file.)

Is there any way to restore the data in that file? It's already in the proper location, and I certainly haven't hand edited. Or failing that, are there any good tools for parsing it?


texts: How to buy an iPhone 6s and use it in China?

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I'd like to buy a new model iPhone 6s 16 GB ("Rose Gold" color) and use it in China.

when purchasing it in Apple Store, what options should I choose so the phone will bear no service contract which is useless for me?
How to make sure it is "unlocked" so it can be used with a local service company in China?  What sort of SIM card does this iPhone require for it to be compatible?
Could the interface language be set to Chinese language?


texts: Can i decline iphone call when the screen was locked AND power button Does not work?

texts: Can any body help? i use iphone 5, the power button does not work, what shall i do to decline the call when the screen was locked? are any software? or some combinations?


texts: Play sound from iPhone thru Macbook to external output

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I want to play music from different apps on my iphone and output them thru macbook to external usb audio system.

My stack is: iPhone XS, Macbook Pro 2015, iOS 13, OSX 10.14.

Requirements:

Free / open sourced / paid but cheap (no more than 20$)
Can work via air (not only cable)
Low latency (less than 500ms)

What i have tried?

Cable + QTP

For this solution to work, i need to connect iphone via lightning, goto audio midi setup, turn on iphone as input, open quicktime player, start new audio record without actual recording.

Pros

Well, it works, that's awesome
No external software – everything you need is already inside os
Sound stream works from any iphone app (probably, but i tested many of them and hit is 100%)

Cons

Cable only – wifi/bluetooth does not working
Stupid bug (feature?) that fixes all iphone tapbar and sets time at 09:41 am forever
Control volume in quicktime app
Very big audio latency because of quicktime player (500ms+)

Audio Hijack app

Pros

It works, maybe (didn't tested)
No latency or very small comparing to quicktime (as reviews say)
A lots of possibilities (see features on their website)

Cons

External app that is with closed source and even does not exists in appstore
Too much features with very expensive price only for that one feature i need (60$)

So, anybody knows any other solutions?


texts: Disable non-breaking space (Option-Space) specifically in Xcode

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There's a pretty general solution for disabling the non-breaking space in OS X for some apps:

https://superuser.com/questions/78245/how-to-disable-the-option-space-key-combination-for-non-breaking-spaces

Unfortunately, Xcode is not one of them, and the solution does not work.

Any ideas on how to disable Option-Space for Xcode specifically?

I'm using a slightly customized keyboard layout, created with Ukulele; perhaps it could be used to remap that particular combination?

I'd rather not use stuff like KeyRemap4Macbook (or whatever it's called), since I've experienced a considerable, unacceptable lag during typing when using that app with some remaps.


texts:
I have two Apple ID's to have Messages chat sessions for work and private separated.
Is it possible to use these both at the same time, on my Mac, at home?

Now, I can only login with one Apple ID at a time.

Anybody else found a workaround?

ps: I know of the alias email addresses, but on work, I don't want to login with my private Apple ID. For obvious reasons.


texts: iOS app with subscription on remote server

texts:
First of all, I'm uncertain if this is a question for AskDifferent. If not, please point me to the correct section.

I have a website that features paid subscription based content. I would like to create an iOS app in which users login and have access to the app's functionality only if their subscription on the website is valid.

Is this something that is allowed as per Apples app guidelines? I've heard rumors that it's not, but wasn't able to find anything regarding this specific scenario.

Thanks


texts: Sending messages over Facebook causes app to crash

texts: Every time I try to message a friend of mine on Facebook, the app shuts down. This does not happen with other friends.


texts:
I have taken a handwritten note using my Apple pencil.  I sync the notes via iCloud.  Some of the notes appear not full-width in Notes on Mac; rather, they are displayed very small and blurry.  The blur stays if I export the note to a PDF file.  Strangely, this only happens for some notes.  On the iPad, all notes look the same.  I haven't figured out yet what distinguishes these from those notes.

Faulty:

Correct:

I am using
Notes on Mac: 4.6
MacOS: 10.14.6
iOS: 13.1


texts: How to re-download Lion from Mountain Lion

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I'm currently running Mountain Lion, but I'd like to redownload Lion (to create a bootable install drive).
However, when I click the download button in the App Store, I receive a message telling me my current OS X is newer and the download will not start.

Does anyone know a way to download Lion when already running Mountain Lion?


texts: How can I copy the full smb:// link from a file in Finder?

texts:
I work in a Windows environment with many different shared drives. I commonly have Finder windows open to different shared drives and nested folders. I have a Service set up (that I created in Automator) that allows me to control-click and "copy full path" of a file or folder that I have selected in the Finder.

What I'm getting looks something like:

/Volumes/someFolder/someFile.docx

However, if I select that item in the Finder and do command-i, I see the full smb:// path that also includes the server name. I would like to copy this, so that it looks like:

smb://Server/someParentFolder/someFolder/someFile.docx

How can I create a service in Automator that will copy the entire smb:// network path to the selected file instead of the one that reports as being the full path?

If Automator won't copy the smb:// network path, is there another way I can create a utility that will do this?


texts: Parallels, Mac and windows using US International keyboard

texts:
I am currently using Windows 8.1 in parallels under Mac OS X Mavericks.
On both Mac and Windows I use US International since I need the special danish chars æ, ø and å.
These chars are placed differently on the mac layout and the windows layout.
This is very confusing!

Is there a way to make them the same - the mac placement is to prefer?


texts: Is it legal and "workable" to use a Mac Pro as a thin server for Mac OS?

texts:
I have a software company and my developers each have their own preferences for an OS (Mac, Linux based or Windows).

For windows I know you can use remote desktop and stuff. I know it is possible in Mac as well. But is it viable to let the employees that prefer Mac work from 1 thin server on a powerfull Mac Pro? If yes: How many should I expect to be able to work simultaneously? Does TightVNC as client give good results or is it tedious (slow / bad graphics)?

I like to dream that everyone can use all the computers available on every workplace, because they work remote and don't have to use a specific computer each time to access their programs and files.

Yes I can create network shares, but sometime someone who doesn't prefere to work on Mac still has to develop on one because of XCode for example and we could buy Macs for these situations it's not ideal just for that instance.


texts: How can I find what is using the rest of my drive?

texts:
I am using a Macbook air.  64GB.

My user directory has used 20.47GB

Disk Utility shows 'Other' is 41.33GB and I only have 2.9GB free.

What tools or command line commands can I use to find out what is taking up large amounts of this.

I can use finder with all files and sort by size but that is already about my directory and the space taken seems outside of my directory.


texts: Decode MacBook assembly date from system report file?

texts:
My task is to create a simple database containing information about the MacBooks my company owns. In order not to do it manually, I decided to ask everyone using a Mac to send me a system report file in the .spx format, then I've built a simple parser to extract basic info from these files. I've been able to extract CPU model and freqency, RAM size, etc.

One thing I've been unable to find the assembly date of the particular unit.I've tried 'assembly','manufacturer', 'date' and several others, but to no avail. Is this contained in the system report file?


texts: How best to isolate my development environment on OS X?

texts:
What is the current best practice for setting up a development environment on OS X?

I recently got a new Mac with OS X 10.10, Yosemite.

I'm familiar with homebrew, and from my Linux experience, also with VirtualBox and using (headless) VMs. However, I know virtually (pun intended) nothing about Docker.

I'm a developer and have recently begun learning Node.js and Meteor. I have worked in the past mostly with Python on Linux machines. However, since 2013 I've had a self-imposed break from daily development while I've returned to school to earn a new degree.

A lot has changed since I left full-time development work in 2013 (I should have done a better job of staying on top of things). Now there's Docker, I'm hearing about Ansible for the first time, Homebrew is still around, no one seems to be using MacPorts anymore, and I feel completely lost with regard to figuring out the optimal way to setup my new machine for Node, Python, and C/C++ development.

My primary concern, aside from being free to play with and develop apps in Node, Python, and C/C++, is that my development environment must not interfere with my OS and daily computing life at all. For instance, when I got my first Mac back in 2009, I used homebrew to install Python and several packages, and at some point my system got somewhat screwed up with all the cruft I put on it.

I definitely want to avoid that. If that means using a VM or container (I'm not sure what the difference is, btw) to do all my development in, so be it, no matter how inconvenient it is. I'd rather keep my OS X system clean.

On the other hand, if there is a way to develop directly on my OS X machine, while keeping it clean and without allowing any software I install to interfere with my "normal" day-to-day apps and usage, that would be nice.

Can anyone offer any suggestions/advice? I have googled several variations of the query "os x development environment [language]" and have used search tools to filter out all but recent entries, but I haven't found an article on the subject yet that I am confident in.


texts: Not able to store Wi-Fi network passwords in keychain

texts:
A few years back I gave my laptop in to fix a charging problem, and though that was resolved pretty easily, when I got it back I seemed to be having problems with logging on to Wi-Fi. What happens is, the Wi-Fi network that was already saved before the reparation does not connect automatically, I have to click on the Wi-Fi icon and choose the network to connect, and it will connect, but it will say a keychain could not be found to store -network. So that's ok, but the really annoying thing is that with any new network I have to manually select it and then type in the password every time, and it will connect but still give me the same message.

I am using a mid 2012 MacBook Pro running OS X Yosemite 10.10.5.


texts: Is there a good iPhone app which syncs with Google docs?

texts: I'd like to be able to write notes on my iPhone and have them synced with my Google docs. I've tried Notemaster, but it doesn't always work (some docs just generate an error message when I try to sync). Is there something out there that is more reliable?


texts: Restored iPhone 5s asks to set up as new iPhone or restore from backup

texts:
I'm trying to restore my new iPhone 5s. I connected to iTunes and restored it. I enter the language, country and connected it to my Wi-Fi network. When I hit next it asks me if I want to Set up new iPhone or Restore from iTunes backup.

Any suggestions?


texts:
I have several pages imported from scanner in PNG format. I use image editor to clean some noise, downscale to 100PDI, convert image palette to grayscale, etc. Finally I've got a bunch of PNG images of small size, looking good at computer screen still.

Then I need to save these PNG pages to a single PDF file for distribution. Earlier I was able to achieve this using Preview.app. However in macOS X High Sierra 10.13 this approach does not work any longer because Preview.app is trying to downscale PNG images by 30% to fit page size. After this transform the image is not sharp enough any longer.

In earlier versions of macOS X Preview.app generated PDF file without transforming the images.

Is there a way to make a PDF file from a set of PNG images using these images as-is (without any transformation)?


texts: How can I add new folders to the Favorites in the Finder sidebar?

texts: I'd like to create a new Favorites folder item in the Finder, how can I tell the Finder that I would like a particular folder to appear in my list of Favorites shown on the left hand sidebar of the Finder window and in dialogs to open a file in an application?  I expected to find this in the Finder's Preferences, but the Sidebar tab of the preferences only allows you to toggle the visibility of your existing Favorites, not add new ones.  I see that applications like DropBox are able to extend this Sidebar, so what about an end user, how can I extend it?


texts: Does the iPhone allow Circuit Switched Data dial-up?

texts:
I know CSD (Circuit Switched Data) is a really old technology and going to be obsolete. I just want to know: Does iPhone allow CSD dial-up like old mobile phones (without Jailbreaking it)?

If the answer is Yes, how do I configure it?


texts:
Apple mail application often appears and asks me to enter email address and password.
I don't use this application.
It happens even though I never clicked email address or something like that.
How can I prevent this?


texts: How to always show window controls in Yosemite full screen apps?

texts:
The default behavior in Yosemite for apps with combined window title/toolbar in full screen mode is, that the window controls (signal lights) slide in from the left when the mouse the mouse pointer reaches the top screen edge. Is there any known Terminal defaults command to disable this behavior and always show the "signal lights"?
I'm asking because I find it annoying especially in Xcode when I want to press the Run button but instead close the whole workspace :(
Thx


texts: Is it possible to tell the speed of R.A.M of a Mac Mini by the serial number, and if so where would one do that? I need to know whether or not a Mac Mini is specifically Pc3-8500 through the serial number alone.


texts: Best replacement for MacBook Air MagSafe 2 cable (OEM or 3rd party?)

texts:
My MagSafe 2 cable for my 2012 MacBook Air stopped working.  Took it into Apple store where I had bought my MacBook Air, and sure enough it was the excessive cat chew marks that had degraded it*.  Can some old pros give me some advice on whether or not I should bite the bullet and pay $80.00 at the Apple store for a new one, or are there 3rd party alternatives that work reasonably well?  I have already been told that I might as well get a 85 watt cable in case I get a MacBook Pro in the future (That is a possibility!).

On a very related note, are the power cables repairable?  I don't have much sodering knowledge, but I work in a place that does.  Is it straight forward?  Perhaps for the price of a beer I could solve the problem.

*Money for repairs will be coming out of the cat's allowance!  I have also bought some spray that supposedly puts cats off chewing.  Hopefully that will work out...


texts: Replaced CPU with i7, now 1 LED blinking

texts:
I replaced the Core i5 2.7 GHz CPU in my iMac 27-inch (mid 2011) my with an i7 2600.

On boot I got a blinking single LED on LED1. Reading up that normally means insufficient power. The main fan would spin cycle up and down.

I put the i5 back in and it boots fine. Things I'm not sure about:

I'm assuming the CPU is good, but can't be 100% sure
I didn't put the RAM back in when I tested the i7, but normally you'd get a long tone.

Anything else I can try? I'll have another go when I've got more time and double check I've seated all the cable correctly etc.

Big shame if it doesn't work - I was looking forward to the upgrade!


texts: How to create a iOS Shortcut which sends a photo as a message without any user interaction

texts:
I am using the Shortcuts app for iOS and would like to create a very simple two-step shortcut:

Take a picture using the iPhone's camera
Send that picture to a specific contact via iMessage.

I found actions for doing both:

Initially I had a problem with the Camera UI showing up and waiting for the button press but that was solved by unchecking Show Camera Preview.

Unfortunately the send iMessage step also displays the iMessage UI. The input photo is correctly recognized and entered into the message, but then iMessage opens and waits for me to type more text or send the message myself.

This is despite the Show When Run switch being off which I expected would be its function because I don't know what else it would be doing beside not showing the app when the step is running.

Any ideas on how to make it so the message is sent automatically without any user interaction?


texts: How to add permanent environment variable in zsh

texts:
I have been scouring the internet, and cannot seem to find a solution to permanently adding an environment variable, specifically when my OS is macOS Mojave (10.14).  It seems there are a lot of tutorials for past versions of the OS, but none for this one one.  It also seems every old method has become outdated.

I want to add an environment variable ENV_VAR=12345 to my Mac, so that I can import it into a Python module using os.environ['ENV_VAR']

The most relevant tutorial I have found is this, but it doesn't quite do the trick for me. A lot of others tell you how to temporarily add environment variables to bash, but I don't think this is good enough.  I want the addition to be there if you restart terminal.

Can you please either provide a short tutorial or point me to the correct/modern tutorial?

UPDATE: I should have mentioned that I use zsh.  This was key.


texts: I have tried to start my back up manually because the automatic back up isn't working for some reason. The last backup was June 3, 2015. I have the icloud backup on and I have plenty of space in my icloud!


texts: Disk space lost after quitting disk partition

texts:
My MacBook Pro came with a 500 GB hard disk, and I used about 250 GB.
I was trying to get a new logic partition using the OSX disk utility, and then my Mac Book Pro froze and I had to quit the Disk Utility.

Then the available space just disappeared.

Disk Utility shows that the logic partition has a total capacity of 498.88 GB, available 10.48 GB, used 243.75 GB, which does not add up.
Disk Utility shows that the hard drive has a total capacity of 499.25 GB, available 19 MB, used 499.23 GB.
running df -h shows

Filesystem     Size   Used  Avail Capacity  iused   ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1     237Gi  227Gi  9.8Gi    96%   59509256      2559899 96%   /

Things I have tried:

all check and repair functions in Disk Utility
fsck -f
reboot and cmd+R and open the command line  tool, but I cannot mount /dev/disk0 with -t hfs. It tells me resource busy


texts: OS X crashes "No memory", but much of it free

texts:
I was running a Python code which may have increased the need for memory. Anyhow, the following happened, and I feel it should not.

I have 16 GB memory and it shows only 3 GB allocated to Python
Remainder of memory apparently not allocated to anything
Should a single application be able to suck that much memory s.t. the rest of OSX becomes vulnerable / non stable?


texts: Skype video call taking a lot of battery power on mavericks

texts:
I have got mavericks 10.9.2 and latest Skype version 6.14(351) on a MBA 2013.
Whilst on a video call with one person only both cameras turned one and very good wifi signal Skype drained about 18% of the battery for 30 minutes.
Also the laptop base became quite warm to even hot.

Is this normal and if not, how might I resolve it?


texts: How to "print" a web page to a PDF in Safari on iOS (iPad)?

texts:
In Google Chrome it is possible to Print... > Google Cloud Print > Save to Google Drive > ... This seems to work like a charm.

I would like to do the same thing in Safari. "Printing" a website to a PDF on some cloud service (e.g., Dropbox). Is this possible? For example, is it possible to add a cloud server to the Print > Select Printer list?

(I have tried a bookmarklet approach before, but I don't fancy that.)


texts: Can anyone access Time Machine backups from a stolen HDD?

texts: My external drive with all my Time Machine backups has been stolen. Can anyone access this data or will they need my Apple ID and/or password?


texts: Does anyone know of an HID-compliant touch screen that will work straight out of the box with Max OS X 10.6 without requiring any drivers to be installed?


texts: How to bring favourites in entry address bar in Safari

texts:
Yosemite has brought a new feature in safari which is bring favourite when we click any filled address bar.

But the favourite webpages don't popup when we click an empty address bar.

Does anyone know how to bring the favourite popup below the address bar for a new/empty tab.


texts: Macbook Air 11" 2015 model A1465 not charging

texts:
I installed a new SSD, formatted it, and Mojave OS was installing when suddenly, the battery stopped charging.  All I get now is a picture of a red battery with a low charge. If I remove the adapter, I get a picture that the adapter needs to be plugged in.  I tried different outlets. I tried a different adapter. I don't get a green light on the adapters. Reset SMC. Reset Pram.

So it needs a new DC-In board or battery (which apple says is not removable) or both?


texts: Why am I told to "Connect to a power source" for best results when installing/updating software?

texts: I've experienced this when installing or updating a number of applications, most recently Logic Pro X. What's the reasoning behind this?


texts: How does one detect if java is installed without triggering a visual prompt?

texts:
On most systems, one would just run java -version and a non-zero return code would indicate that Java is not installed.

One could do this on OS X, but a nuisance-prompt comes up to ask the user if they want to install Java.

This is irritating in automated scripts.

How can one detect whether Java is installed on a Mac, without getting the popup?


texts: Is it bad to format your ssd many times?

texts: In the past two years, I have formatted my SSD many times and I started to wonder, is it bad? Does it harm your SSD every time you format?


texts: Extract Chrome browser bookmarks in Mavericks, as Chrome is EOL

texts:
Model ID: MacBookPro6,1

Chrome browser is no longer supported running in Mavericks. see this article
The report said one can use Firefox or Safari instead.  However, I had html links saved within the Chrome browser.  How can I extract the html links in it? Which directory should I start looking?

UPDATED: Thanks for everyone who help me to find the books, I ended up finding it using terminal application.  It is in the directory /Users/$USER/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Profile 1
/Bookmarks

Another way to look for the bookmarks is if you had sync the bookmarks to google, one can go to the www.google.com/bookmarks to retrieve the bookmark.


texts:
Ive had itunes and my apple ID for some time now and synced it with my iphone4s. My husband just purchased an ipad 2 and synced it to the itunes already installed on the computer. He has an apple ID now but when he goes to update any apps on his ipad it keeps asking for MY apple ID and password since it synced to it when he connected to itunes. How can he get rid of my apple ID sign in screen on his ipad and sign in to his own apple ID?

Hope someone can understand what Im talking about and can help us........


texts: Deep Learning libraries support on MacPro's AMD graphics?

texts: Ever since Apple and Nvidia had a fight, apple resorted to AMD for powering up graphics. However, most of the ML/DL libraries support only Nvidia GPUs. Are there any libraries (or hacks) out there which support AMD GPUs right out of the box ?


texts:
I've had my MacBook Pro for around half a year. Before I used Windows all my life. The problem I'm having with my MacBook Pro is that it's very very very slow when I try to drag a file into a program when compared to Windows.

For example, I have a .jpg image on my desktop. I'm on my desktop and I drag the file into my Chrome or Firefox browser I can upload it to Imgur or something. While I drag the file from the desktop to the program on the dock, it blinks a few times... it then opens the program and sometimes I have to hold the file into the program.

All this is much faster in Windows. Is there a way for me to do this faster? I'm even willing to install a program to speed this up. Thanks everyone!


texts:
I have a spreadsheet I have been updating in IOS Numbers for several months and I sometimes update it with OSX Numbers

However when I did a recent update in OSX I get the error message Spreadsheet couldn't be imported. An error occurred when I tried to open in IOS. This as the first time I edited in OSX since the iPhone was upgraded to IOS7.

I have edited the spreadsheet down so that it is just a simple table - to make sure that my recent edits had not caused an incompatibility.

I have looked at the problem spreadsheet in iCloud and it seems OK.
I also got a backup via Time Machine on OSX of before I opened it in OSX and that is openable in IOS

The errors Occur with Numbers '09 2.3(554) on OSX 10.8.5 and Numbers on IOS 7.0.2

How can I find out what is causing the error (and then fix it)


texts: What is the range of the Unlock With Watch feature for iOS?

texts: How close does my Watch need to be to my iPhone in order for it to be able to unlock the phone? Conversely, at what distance will the Watch fail to unlock the phone?


texts: iTerm in a mode I'm not familiar with. How do I get it back to normal mode

texts:
When I am running on the command line using iTerm, it is in a different mode than I'm used to, shown in the images below.

When I try to type a command it shows all the previous variations of that command. When I try to run a commandit often adds other options to the command line. How do I get out of this mode?


texts:
Console prints:

  default  17:16:18.554342 -0700   ReportCrash Saved crash report for APP_NAME[50432] version 1.2.3 (4) to APP_NAME_2020-03-17-171618_MacBook-Pro.crash

I would like to ask you, where could I find my crash logs?


texts: Does OSX slow over time like windows does?

texts:
For a long time I was under the impression that OSX was not as vulnerable as windows to slowing over time - for example it is common knowledge that you should reinstall windows once per year, but I've not heard the same about macs.

However, I've had 3 macs now (two home and one work), all of which have slowed significantly after a year or so. So much so that they became almost unusable and I had to reinstall.

So a couple questions:

1) Does OSX suffer from the same slowing that windows does? Or have I just been unlucky with my Macs slowing down?

2) Before I go ahead and preform another complete reinstall, is there anything else I can do to speed it up? For instance, will a reinstall that preserves data help the problem? Or does the nature of the problem require taking everything off? (I've tried all the usual tricks, defragging the HD, removing files, etc.)

To be clear, by 'slow' I mean that it takes ages to boot up and apps often have extended loading times while doing everything from opening and closing the app to just right clicking.


texts: Is it advisable to replace the internal HDD of an old Mac mini by a Solid State Drive?

texts:
I have an old Mac mini 1.1 updated 2.1 (2.0Ghz CPU/4 GB RAM).

My problem:
Flash videos use all CPU resources and my Mac gets very hot.

My question is: Is it advisable to buy a Solid State Drive and put it in and use it or is it time to sell my Mac mini?

Can someone please upload a video showing a working Mac mini with an SSD? How does Flash on it and an app stress test.


texts: How do I get the iTunes column browser shown by default on Shared device?

texts:
I'm running iTunes 10.6.3 on a macbook. All my music is held on a remote synology NAS and appears as a shared device.

I'd like the music Column Browser and Album columns visible by default at startup, but I have to manually select them every time.

I copied one track to the local itunes library, and that seems to preserve the view settings - bue even when that is set to show Column Browser the shared device still defaults to a plain list.

(Note: It seems the problem only exists on the NAS music. Question has been tweaked to reflect this)


texts: MBA bricked by water damage – test whether just keyboard broken?

texts:
Some drops of pure water were sprayed on the keyboard of my 2010 MacBook Air. I immediately tried to dry all of it with a cloth, then turned it upside dow, but open, an put it near the heating, so the rest could dry as well. After a few hours, I tried if it still worked and it did, except that the Alt key was electronically stuck, i.e. always treated as hold down. I tried a reboot, with the power cable connected, which also worked fine, but I could not log in, likely because the key was still stuck and thus my password was invalid. I let it dry some more with the lid closed. When I next opened it, however, the computer would not turn on at all. This has not changed after three more days.

I fear that something important short-circuited, but I still hope that only the keyboard is not working, including the power key. Is there any way to find out  for sure before opening up the case?


texts: How can I (re)create development and build tools on a corrupt installation?

texts:
On my previous computer I had Xcode working nicely; on my present computer, with Homebrew installed, gcc and make are present in /Developer/usr/bin but not /usr/bin. On the whole when I try to download and build http://JonathansCorner.com/download/tms1_4.tar.gz, I can find bits and pieces of the tools used to do things, but when invoked from its present path it doesn't recognize #include <stdio.h> type includes.

How can I reinstall Xcode, Homebrew, and anything else to get a fresh and working build so I can run make && make install?


texts:
I've got an iPhone 5 running the latest iOS 7 version. (I don't feel like testing the first pre-released iOS 8).
The iPhone randomly displays me "No sim card installed" in a pop-up and I have no provider in the left-top of the menu.

What have I tried:

Toggling AirPlane mode (this does not work)
Hard reset (this works)
Removing the sim card using a paperclip and placing it back (this also works)

What I didn't try:

Restoring the device I don't see why restoring my iPhone would solve this problem.

What can cause this issue?
I'm still under warranty by the European law (which is 24 months for an iPhone)


texts: Option to not select text when undoing a deletion?

texts:
I'm new to Mac and it seems that on Mac OS Catalina, undoing some text deletion via the keyboard shortcut command + z also selects the text that was re-added. For example:

Type something
Delete the last word using option + delete
Undo the deletion using cmd + z
Observe that the last word is selected

This is a little annoying, as I need to explicitly unselect the text before typing again, otherwise I overwrite the text I was trying to add back.

Is there a way to make it so command + z does not select the text it adds back?


texts: Can I Boot VMWare or Parallels from an internal OS X hard drive?

texts:
The SSD on my MacBook has 4 partitions, each of which has a bootable installation of OS X. Is there any way to boot from one of these partitions with a virtualization app? I don't want to create an image from it, just boot directly to the drive within an app.

It looks like Parallels and VMWare will only boot from images. I want to boot directly from the existing partition on my HD.


texts: 4th generation 32gb ipod touch not working with boston docking station

texts: My old 2nd generation 8gb touch played through and charged on my Boston docking station. But now my ipod will not play nor charge. Is there some kind of updated docking attatchment i can get for my boston?


texts:
I'm on a wifi network with a whole bunch of other computers, all of which have AirDrop set to "Allow me to be discovered by: Everyone." (And I do not control these other computers, so I can't go turn off their AirDrop.)

When I open AirDrop in Finder, I see 8 of these other machines' hostnames, but not the specific one I want to communicate with.

Is there a way to show all AirDroppable machines, not just the first eight?
Even better, is there a way to say "I only care about the machine with hostname foobar; please show me that one"?

I have found two workarounds:

Carry both computers to a Starbucks or something, where there is a wifi network without so many other Macs on it.
Tunnel via what AirDrop calls an "older Mac". (That is, airdrop the files from the source machine to the older Mac, then airdrop the files from the older Mac onto the destination machine.) This works because the newer Mac can see the older Mac only when the latter has its AirDrop window open, and the older Mac can see the newer Mac only when the latter is "Searching for older Macs...". As long as the wifi network doesn't have eight older Macs on it (and all with their AirDrop windows open!), this will work.


texts: is there a way to make my device look like it was never jailbroken

texts: I had jailbroken my ipod touch and then restored it so it is no longer jailbroken and I was wondering if there is a way to make my ipod look like it was never jailbroken so apple can not tell because I heard that even if your device is not currently jailbroken apple can still tell and will not fix it if anything goes wrong.


texts: Why won't my Apple Software Updater connect to Apple?

texts: Every morning, on one particular machine, I get a popup that iTunes has an update to install.  However, when I click download nothing happens.  If I try to use the Apple Software Updater manually it reports that the Apple Software Update Server cannot be found.  I have full Internet connectivity, having no problems getting to any other sites and my other machines on the network update iTunes just fine.  Any ideas?


texts: Keep general phone installation size (incl. IOS) to a minimum

texts:
I just bought an iPhone 5s and will receive it soon

It only has 16gb of RAM

I will clean install IOS 8 upgrade (this is best, no?)

Will the installation files self-delete after install?

And do you know some good tricks / guides / apps to keep IOS and other install sizes to a minimum? I mean clean up and delete unnecessary files etc.

Thanks


texts: When should an iPhone or MacBook Battery be replaced?

texts:
Maybe some kind of tests or similar information.

If an iPhone has 75% from design capacity should it be replaced or not?


texts: How to move boot and recovery partition from HDD to SSD

texts:
Today an Apple Certified Macintosh Technician has installed an SSD into my iMac medio 2011. The iMac was born with an 1TB HDD but now a Crucial M4 SSD is also installed inside the mac. I've moved my OS X to the SSD using the OS X Recovery, where the OS was installed using an Time Capsule Backup. Afterwards I did an Erase of the old HDD in Disk Utility to get the old OS removed and my data has now been transferred to new, clean partition. The name of the partition on the SSD is Crucial M4 SSD and the name of partition on my old 1TB HDD is Storage.

Please see this output from diskutil list:

iMac:~ dennis$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *256.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Crucial M4 SSD          255.7 GB   disk0s2
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         999.9 GB   disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk1s3
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Storage                *999.7 GB   disk2

First of all, it seems that the OS X Recovery was not installed on the SSD. Right? How can I recreate this? Then I'm wondering why the Apple_Boot is located on the old disk1. Shouldn't that be on the SSD as well? What is the difference between disk1 and disk2? Please tell me, if anything else is looking strange.

EDIT1:

After I run the reinstaller, I get this output:

iMac:~ dennis$ diskutil list/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *256.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Crucial M4 SSD          255.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         999.9 GB   disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk1s3
/dev/disk3
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Storage                *999.7 GB   disk3

What is the EFI and Apple_Boot on /dev/disk1?


texts: How to automatically delete mail from specific sender?

texts:
I'm in the mail app on mac and I'm clearing out my Gmail archives and trying to speed up the process by finding senders, i.e. "verify@twitter.com" or any of the promotional ones that they send weekly stuff, etc.

Then pasting their addresses in the search and deleting all the mail from it at once. I feel like there must be a way to automate this using Automator, but when looking at the program I can't figure it out.

Any help is appreciated, thanks!


texts: No partition scheme option when erasing a USB disk in MacOS High Sierra?

texts:
In previous versions of MacOS, I recall that Disk Utility provided an option to select the partition scheme (GUID, MBR, or Apple).

If I formatted the USB key without changing the scheme to MBR, I could not read it on a Windows machine.

But now there is no option in High Sierra.

How do I format the USB key with FAT and MBR?


texts: Why does syncing pictures take so long (even when there are no new pictures)

texts:
I have about 20GB of photos (from my external hard drive) to sync with my ipod.  The first sync tooks 11 hours to copy everything over.  That makes sense to me as this is actually moving all of this data.

My issue is that now when i sync it (no new pictures added or deleted) it sits on this view

for over 20 minutes (where it say's Step 7 or 8 - Importing Photos).  Why does itunes take so long to sync my photos where there is nothing new to sync?  Shouldn't this just be some sync algorithm to easily see that nothing has changed and just move on?

Also, is there anyway to "debug" what is taking so long or workaround to try to optimize taking so long?


texts: Can macOS 10.14 (mojave) output a 4K HDR desktop to a 4K HDR TV?

texts:
How can I get macOS 10.14 on my MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016) to output the macOS UI (desktop) in HDR mode to my Samsung Q6F 4K HDR TV display?

I'm using a USB-C/Thunderbolt to HDMI 2 dongle and an HDMI 2.0 certified cable. Also, the same Samsung Q6F 4K HDR TV when connected to a Windows 10 desktop seems to operate in HDR mode. i.e. Windows 10 switched to HDR mode and videos (youtube or separate video files) also appear in HDR. Am I missing a macOS setting? Do I need an update or a new dongle?

System info

Radeon Pro 455:

  Chipset Model:    AMD Radeon Pro 455
  Type: GPU
  Bus:  PCIe
  PCIe Lane Width:  x8
  VRAM (Total): 2 GB
  Vendor:   AMD (0x1002)
  Device ID:    0x67ef
  Revision ID:  0x00c7
  ROM Revision: 113-C980AF-908
  VBIOS Version:    113-C9801AP-028
  EFI Driver Version:   01.A0.908
  Automatic Graphics Switching: Supported
  gMux Version: 4.0.29 [3.2.8]
  Metal:    Supported, feature set macOS GPUFamily2 v1
  Displays:
SAMSUNG:
  Resolution:   3840 x 2160 (2160p 4K UHD - Ultra High Definition)
  UI Looks like:    3840 x 2160 @ 60 Hz
  Framebuffer Depth:    30-Bit Color (ARGB2101010)
  Main Display: Yes
  Mirror:   Off
  Online:   Yes
  Rotation: Supported
  Automatically Adjust Brightness:  No
  Connection Type:  DVI or HDMI
  Adapter Firmware Version: 7.26
  Television:   Yes


texts: How to change the default command to open shells in the MobileTerminal Cydia package

texts: I am using MobileTerminal on iOS 7, and want to know how to change the default shell from sh: to bash:. I assume I would need to change the login command for this, but how would I?


texts: Does the touch resolution of the new iPad match it's retina display resolution?

texts:
I've heard that Apple didn't change the touch input part of the new iPad's display when they upgraded to the Retina screen.

Is the touch response accuracy pixel-per-pixel perfect on the iPad third gen or is it lower?


texts: Internet connection problem wifi working fine but unable to ping anything?

texts: I just came to a different country and suddenly I am having strange issues with my macbook air 2012's wifi. It seems to detect the wifi networks without issue but refuses to load any webpages or connect to dropbox, app store etc. I tried pinging some websites then I tried pinging 10.10.10.1 but i had no success. It works fine on all the other devices in the home and when I checked the dhcp client list on the router it listed the mac and its ip address. Does anybody have any ideas?


texts: Can you set specific apps to NOT auto update on iOS?

texts: I have auto update on for apps on my iPhone iOS 9.3 but I'd like to set certain apps not to update. Is that possible?


texts: Manually add location to a photo in iPhone, without Mac

texts:
I have taken some pictures with my iPhone 6 when the localization functionality was deactivated. Now, I'd like to manually add the location to these pictures, to let them appear in the map of the Photo app.
But I don't know how to do it. I read many posts regarding the Photo application on Mac, but unfortunately I don't own a computer running Mac OS.


texts: iPad hacked by landlady's son? How do I verify this? How can I keep him out?

texts:
I am borrowing someone's iPad 4. The iPad was set up by my landlord's son who lives out-of-state. I use my landlord's WiFi with her permission. My landlady mentioned that her son remotely controls her computer.

Note this: I once went to AT&T with the owner of the iPad. He wanted to change some setting on the iPad, maybe a password. He couldn't remember the original password. But he couldn't reset the password because the phone number he needed to know to have the password reset was the phone number of my landlady's son. He, the son, had entered his phone number instead of my friend's, the actual owner's phone number when setting up the iPad.

My question is, what else could he have done to make it possible to remotely control/hack into this iPad and how can I get him out?

I tried to see if he was remotely accessing this iPad by baiting him. I wrote and emailed to myself two different incendiary emails regarding him and his parents. Emailed to myself. Soon after the first email, I opened my iPad and this email flashed across the screen, then disappeared. What should have happened when I opened the iPad was this: I should have seen a near-empty screen with the words: slide to unlock; next to appear would be a screen with the keypad to unlock the iPad.

But this time, no. The incendiary email flashed across the screen and then disappeared.

After it disappeared, the slide-to-open screen appeared, the keypad screen appeared, then I had to go to the website for my email, I had to log into my email account-- a many-step process.

After I wrote the second incendiary email and emailed it to myself, this happened again. The email flashed across my screen as soon as I opened the iPad and disappeared.

Let me add that each time this happened, the particular email was not the last in line of emails written, nor the last of the emails read/accessed by me, so it's not as if the last email read/written was flashed across the screen upon opening.

Also, no other emails have ever flashed across the screen upon opening the iPad.

So, is the son of the landlord hacking this iPad?

If so, how can I get him out?


texts: Automator recipe to speed up backups in Time Machine

texts:
Backups on my MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2016) with macOS Catalina 10.15.3 are ridiculously slow. If I disable the low priority for my backups from the terminal with sudo sysctl debug.lowpri_throttle_enabled=0, the speed of this service turns to be more reasonable. However, I do not want to harm the performance of the CPU while I am not doing backups nor I want to have to run that command every time I want to do a backup.

In fact, I scheduled a daily backup with TimeMachineEditor at night when my laptop is asleep, so I was wondering if it would be possible to create a recipe for Automator to launch this command just before TimeMachineEditor run Time Machine and also do a sudo sysctl debug.lowpri_throttle_enabled=1 when the backup is finished. Of course, user permission should be included in the recipe to avoid to enter the sudo password in the middle of the night. If so, how would this recipe look like? Thx.


texts: Apple mail unable to reply or close windows

texts: Whenever I try to reply (or reply all) to any email through the mail app, an empty new message window opens that I can type in but all the buttons (send, attach etc.) are greyed out and I cannot close the window without restarting the mail app. Has made the app complete unusable except for reading emails. Any ideas how to fix this?


texts: Increase increment size of keyboard backlight

texts:
I usually have my keyboard backlight either: all the way up, at the lowest setting or off. It is (slightly) annoying to have to hold down F5/F6 keys, when I never use the middle values.

Is there a way to increase the increment?

Alternatively (perhaps even better), is there a way to get and set the value directly from the terminal or AppleScript?


texts: Will Buying "SIM-Free" iPhone from Apple Work on Verizon

texts: I currently have verizon and I'm looking to upgrade my phone.  If I buy the phone from this page http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-iphone/iphone5s and choose the "SIM-Free" option (below), will that work for me? or do I have to click the verizon button and put my account info in?  Also, I currently have an android phone, that requires a verizon sim card.  Can I just put my old simcard into the new iPhone when it arrives? Thanks in advance.


texts: Esc button from touchbar has disappeared

texts:
After a clean reinstall of OSX Catalina 10.15.2 on a MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018), Esc button from the touchbar has disappeared.

I don't have any 3rd party tool or app installed.

Any idea on how to bring it back ?


texts:
I would like to have a dual screen setup with my 21" iMac, but I'd like to avoid the expensive 27" official monitor from Apple.

Is there a specific 21" screen that would fit well in size, resolution, disposition and colors with the iMac screen?


texts: Mail crashes when I open a specific message

texts:
I have an apple machine running Yosemite. I use Apple Mail. I recently received a message from a colleague. When I try to open  this message, Mail crashes.

In fact Mail crashes even if I scroll through the message without actually opening it.


texts: How to approve iPhone if you have no other device?

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After upgrading to latest iOS I get a message asking to approve my phone from another device.

Problem 1: I do not have another device. Is apple forcing customers to have more than one device? or how do i fix this?

Problem 2: It also gives me a message, "Can't approve this iPhone". If I click there it warns you that the only way to continue will be by resetting all my info on iCloud which is something I DO NOT WANT to do.


texts:
My iPhone keeps merging contacts when two of them are of the same company or have something else that is identical.

So, let us say I wish to call a contact (that unknowingly to me has been merged), I keep scrolling through my list of contacts until I finally decide to obtain their number via other means. Much later, I find that this very contact had been merged with the main company contact or one of their colleagues.

It has happened countless of times since the iPhone 5. Unmerging and re-adding contacts has become part of my routine.

My iPhone has one Exchange account configured that synchronises the contacts. I use Outlook 2016 on PC.

How to stop my iPhone from merging contacts?


texts: Airport - List of Network is not displayed on startup

texts:
I am having a weird problem. When I save network setting is not available the list of other available network used to get displayed on startup. However from past two days I could not find it on startup. I have also verified Network preferences. "Ask to join new network is checked". More over when I try to connect to my preferred network its showing "connected to unknown" in network airport preferences.

Any help will be highly appreciated.

Thanks!


texts: uninstall camera and reinstall on iPhone

texts:
I bought a new Iphone 5. back camera never worked since then. no issues with front camera. camera application also hangs now and then. I want to un install the camera app and re install it. is this possible?

I bought the phone in America and currently using it in India. not sure if I can service it in my local Istore in India.


texts: Is there a good reason for Photos to export TIFF?

texts:
iPad offers two formats for photos, HEIC and JPEG.  If we import into Photos and export from there, the format (HEIC or JPEG) is preserved.  But if we "Edit in GraphicConverter," GraphicConverter gets TIFF.

Why?


texts: Can I deploy my Django site to OS X Server?

texts:
I want to run my Django website on OS X Server 3.2.1 running on Mavericks.

These more detailed  considerations arise from my question.

Can I deploy into OS X Server 3.2.1 without interfering with the reliability of OS X Server's own apps?
Can I use the Server App's GUI to install new sites and manage existing ones?
Can I use Django as a web app that I can 'bind' to other websites in the manner of OS X Server's "hello world" python web app?
Can I use different python versions and use virtualenvs to manage package versions?
Can I use UNIX Domain Sockets for interprocess communication between OS X Server's http server and a wsgi server like you can between Nginx and Gunicorn?
Can I use Fabric to automate Django deployment to OS X Server?


texts: How do I remove the Finder context option after removing an app?

texts:
I got an app a long time ago (called SourceTree) that adds an option to Finder's context menu. The way I installed the app was by simply moving it to my Applications folder, and it didn't come with an uninstaller. I transferred all my stuff to my new computer via Time Machine, and the option in Finder is unfortunately still there. How can I get rid of it without re-installing the operating system?

See the last option in this context menu:


texts:
I deleted all of my files and even did command/power-command and reinstalled OS X Lion. But I still don't have all of my hard drive space available. When looking in About this Mac it shows 12GB of audio, movies and photos of which there are none.

Where are these files and how can I delete them to regain my HD space? I'm trying to bring my MacBook Air back to new and start clean.


texts: How do I stop email addresses from spam autocompleting in Apple Mail?

texts:
Every single time I open an email to address to my mom, I see this, and absolutely nothing I've tried will get rid of it:

This is absolutely ridiculous. I don't want to see porn spam in my auto complete addresses! There has GOT to be a way to turn this off!

I've gone so far as to search for and eliminate every trace of every email originating from that address in my inbox, junk and trash, quit and restarted Mail and it's still there.

Update: It looks like I may have finally solved this by some obscure post I found on the web. In short, I had to open the Contacts app and disable "Show contacts found in Apps". It seems there was some kind of heinous loop happening here: Contacts was automatically finding contacts based on the emails I received, and Mail was apparently using my Contacts to auto-fill that address, but there was no setting anywhere in Mail to control this!


texts: Can I run a virtualized OS X operating system (bought on eBay) on my PC via VMware Player

texts:
I am considering running a virtualized OS X running system within my PC on VMware Player. I want to do this so that I can run Xcode.

Can I do this?


texts: How do I have both custom show tv art and custom episode thumbnails?

texts:
I have a homemade tv show that I want to add to the Apple TV app on my Mac. I've imported the show, added all the metadata I want to, and I want to add thumbnails for each individual episode, as well as a different image for the show as a whole, just like every other show in the app. When
I set the individual thumbnails, and it looks good, and then I add the show artwork, and it overrides the episode artwork. So I try it the other way around: add the show artwork, then the episode artwork. When I do that, the show artwork is replaced by episode 1's thumbnail. How do I have both custom show art and custom episode thumbnails?
Big Sur 11.0.1


texts: I'm looking for some good disk imaging software, so I can store some of my Mac's applications on a flash drive and then export them to a newer machine. Any recommendations? Also, are there any free ones available?


texts: Is it possible to know which apps are installed on other's iPhone?

texts: So, it happened that one of my known associates Mr.X installed a certain app on his iPhone. In a few days, one of his family friends somehow came to know that Mr.X installed that app. How could someone possibly know which apps are installed on other's iPhone?


texts: I need to stop an iMac update that is already downloaded and ready to install

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I am testing software on an El Capitan system. Unfortunately it had the download in the background option checked and now it has Sierra "ready to install".
The options are now, tonight or tomorrow.
I need to stop this update entirely.
I've searched my entire system for the installer file but cannot locate it. I searched for any file downloaded in the last day and sorted by size. There's nothing there that looks like a Sierra OS installer.
I turned off all the auto update options in System Preferences. I wonder if that will cancel the update from proceeding? I'll know tomorrow when I find out if it asks me again or not.
But if you know how to stop it immediately please explain how to do it. Thank you.


texts: Firefox on MacOS: Default filename when downloading

texts:
When downloading from Firefox on MacOS, I would like the filename to be prefixed by the ISO-date (YYYY-MM-DD-original-filename.extension). This can be achieved with a folder action in the downloads folder, but I want it to be in all folders, so a folder action is not an ideal solution.

If possible I'd like all new files to have the prefix, regardless of the creating app.

Is this possible?


texts: How to set (restore) the com.apple.quarantine attribute?

texts:
There are questions with good answers that explain how to remove the com.apple.quarantine extended attribute but I was wondering how does one restore / set it back again?

I tried this:

xattr -w com.apple.quarantine $VALUE /Applications/AnApp.app

but apparently not knowing what attribute's value should be this achieves nothing.

I guess it is all about the attribute's value, which is of the following format:

com.apple.quarantine: 0061;53822fd4;Google\x20Chrome;C1022EC2-E1B2-4896-AF74-B68F4BF97779

What I want to do is make Gatekeeper ask me again whether I want to run this app or file, or not. Restore the same behavior as if the file was just downloaded from the Internet and it is run for the first time.


texts: Is cellular for Apple Watch ever available for a pre-paid phone plan?

texts:
At least in Australia, all the cellular providers only provide cellular support for the Apple Watch if the iPhone is also on a post-paid plan, with no support for pre-paid plans.
Is this the same internationally? Is there any instance of cellular support for the Apple Watch enabled with a pre-paid phone plan?
I wonder if this is a contractual restraint, rather than a technical constraint.


texts: Ok so I want to get some more games like five nights at freddys sister location but the get button is greyed out and it doesn't do anything


texts: Firefox won't access my webcam in Google Meet; will access it for other sites

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I have two webcams: One built into my laptop, and an external one attached over USB. When I go to meet.google.com, Firefox only allows me to access the internal webcam. When I go to other sites, Firefox gives me the choice of both cameras. How can I use my external webcam with meet.google.com?

My external webcam used to work with meet.google.com. It stopped working about a week ago —- I'm not sure if Firefox updated around that time.

This is the permissions box I get on meet.google.com. Only the internal camera is listed.

But on onlinemictest.com, Firefox lists both cameras:

Here are the things I've tried:

Cleared cookies and site data
Went to Preferences -> Privacy and Security -> Permissions -> Camera, and removed meet.google.com, to force it to ask for permission again.
Rebooted
Checked the Security and Privacy system preferences

I'm running macOS 10.14.6 and Firefox 76.0.1


texts: Which iOS devices support microphone input via the headphone jack?

texts: I want to use an iOS device as a field recorder for an XLR microphone. However, I need to buy an adapter to plug in the mic via the headphone port. Which iOS devices support mic input (with the third band on the jack) via the headphone port?


texts: How do I setup a Mac mini server to support a dual drive configuration of System files and User files?

texts:
User Accounts preferences on OS X allows separating User Accounts from the System files on the principal Hard Disk drive. I have attempted this configuration on three different mac computers. Unfortunately, this excellent idea has a short life expectancy, because inevitably user permissions become hopelessly compromised. After seeking support from Apple Care services, I was told that although Apple facilitates the utilization of this process in System Preferences, in practice it cannot supply the user any support when trouble arises.

It occurred to me, that putting a user account on a server and the system files on a client computer, the disruption of permissions could be avoided. Is this a feasible plan to implement on Snow Leopard and later OS?


texts:
Back in my Quake playing days, You could always pull up the Quake console with the ` key, and it would scroll up from the bottom of the screen.

Even further back I remember the same behaviour with our school's BBC microcomputers, Acorn/Archimedes etc.

It strikes me that would be super-useful on OSX. I use the terminal all the time.

Can anyone think of a clean solution?


texts: iPod touch activation lock 3 years after

texts:
So, 3 years ago I found an iPod touch.  I did everything in my power (calling schools, taking a photo of my contact info with the iPod in case photos were streamed, craig's list ad, checking to see if the serial number was registered, etc.,etc.) to find the owner.  After months, a co-worker "wiped" the iPod and it became mine.  Suddenly, last night, the activation lock appears.

Could the original owner have just done this 3 years after it was lost and after it was "wiped" and reset?  I am having zero success at remembering my Apple ID (although I definitely know my password).  Any suggestions for me?  Thanks.


texts: Will iTunes recognize existing apps when it "overwrites" the apps on my iPhone?

texts:
I recently reinstalled Windows 7 and I just didn't bother about iTunes (anymore).
Now I luckily found a way to transfer all my apps "back" to iTunes (see here), but now when I don't want to keep downloading the updates with my phone, but instead in iTunes, the sync activation leads to one being forced to overwrite the iPhone data. Three questions:

a). Will iTunes be so smart to recognize that the apps are basically identical, or will it just takes ages to stupidly overwrite all the existing apps?

b). Will this have an effect on the app settings (or e.g. favorites in my dropbox app)?

c). As I (now) only sync the apps, I assume this won't affect any data or music?!

Thanks for your help in advance!

Kind regards


texts: How do I get music onto my new laptop and the itunes i just downloaded?

texts: I have 9 days worth of music on iTunes from my old laptop. How do I upload my music to the new laptop and iTunes I just downloaded?


texts: Lion Server: If I create two websites with the same domain name but different ports, web service won't start

texts:
So, I upgraded my business server to Lion yesterday - BIG mistake. However I really want the WDE that comes with FileVault 2, so I'm trying to cope with all the fuzz. One thing that I can't figure out, however, is why the web service can't start when I add a domain name twice, but with different ports.

Here's what I do:
1. example.com is added with an SSL certficiate (port 443). All is good, site can be accessed.
2. example.com is added without SSL (port 80). Web service dies, can't start, and all my sites die instantly.

Any ideas?

OK, so I figured out the problem at least; whenever an SSL domain is added, Server.app also saves a redirect for the port 80 equivalent of the SSL domain, named 0000_any_80_example.com_shadow.conf. It must be the _shadow.conf that's crashing with the regular port 80 domain .conf.

When I realized this, I stopped the Web service, removed the shadow file, wrote a new "regular" .conf file which I then renamed to _shadow.conf, and turned on Web service... Only to see it be overwritten by the service. :(

Oh, well - problem solved with an easy workaround. I just saved the port 80 domain differently, so I did this:

Port 443: example.com, additional domains: *.example.com
Port 80: www.example.com, additional domains: *.example.com, example.com

Worked great, luckily. :)

I still would like a "real" solution, though. Any ideas?


texts: Where to find OpenSSL devel package - can't seem to find it in Brew

texts: I'm trying to install openssl-devel on OS X El Capitan, and I can't seem to find the package on Brew nor the source anywhere online. The application I'm installing (UnrealIRCd) requires both openssl and openssl-devel to install. Can anyone help me out? Thanks.


texts:
I've tried looking for an app that caches map data, so that it doesn't need an active Internet connection on the move.

The built-in one doesn't work well in that aspect. Caching the satellite maps turns out to be a nightmare because of the zoom levels involved. Only the road maps (the non-satellite ones) are somewhat easy to cache, depending on how large an area you want to cache.

Is there a way to cache areas in the Maps apps?
If not, is there a good app that caches satellite/hybrid map data? Paid apps will do.


texts:
The current iTunes Plus feature will replace selected purchased iTunes tracks with a 256-Kbps AAC DRM-free version. The soon to be released iTunes Match (for iCloud users) will store all tracks (including ripped tracks that Apple can match) in the cloud as 256-Kbps AAC DRM-free versions. Does that mean that Match replaces Plus?

Specifically, if I'm planning to sign up for Match once it launches, is there any reason do any Plus upgrades now, or should I simply wait for Match.


texts: If I didn't activate my find my iPhone is it possible for the thief to reset factory settings?

texts:
I just got my iPhone stolen. I quickly turn on find my iPhone. I wonder if before I did that the thief have reset factory setting first. Is it possible?

It seems that the mere act of setting my iPhone on password should make the iPhone unusable even without find my iPhone feature. Am I correct here?


texts: Interrupted Finder whilst it was deleting 400GB of files. Now I have 400GB of Hidden Space that won't go away

texts:
I was in the process of deleting 400GB of files from the Trash when I needed to restart Finder.

The Trash emptying progress bar was about 1/3rd of the way through.

Now DaisyDisk tells me I have 400GB of Hidden Space on a 1TB SSD.

I've restarted, waited a few days, and the space has not become available again.

Is there anything else I can do to reclaim this space?

Many thanks


texts:
I have used iPhone 6s before it was stolen in December 2016. I bought an iPhone 7 Plus but cannot login into my old account. I already tried to sign in but it failed. It seems that the password has changed. I tried all my password possibilities but it still will not work.
I need to login to my Apple ID because all my applications are linked with the old iPhone.
I had also tried to enter my credit card number but still not work.


texts: Unknown calendar available only when adding a New Event (Sierra)

texts:
This has to do with Calendar.app on Sierra (10.12.6).

In the left sidebar, I can see 6 calendars under "On My Mac." I understand why these calendars are here and I need to keep all of them.

However, when I add a new event to the calendar by double clicking on a day's square, I can click on the box that chooses which calendar should receive the new event. In the popup menu, I see another calendar listed under "On My Mac" that is a (seemingly) random 10-digit number.

I would like to know how to delete this mystery calendar.

I can add events to this calendar, but it never shows up in the lefthand sidebar. I've checked the accounts that pipe into my Calendar.app (Exchange, Google) and don't see this mystery calendar anywhere.

Thanks!


texts: Contacts sync conflict with google and exchange

texts:
On my iPhone, I sync with my business Exchange account on one side and with my private Gmail account on the other side. This runs smoothly.

My contacts information, however, is centralized in Google Contacts. Thus, I can make contact information available on all other devices. Unfortunately, I discovered that the iPhone stores new contacts information randomly. How can set my iPhone to - by default - store new contacts in Google Contacts?


texts: Is there anyway to stop Microsoft Office 2016 on macOS prompting for update?

texts:
I want to stop this prompt:

Normally I’d encourage people to keep their system / app up-to-date, but there is only one word that can describe what Microsoft had done in Office for Mac: catastrophe.

Their Apr 2018 update destroyed the ability to display / assign Asian font correctly. Prior to the update, I can view & set Asian font using the Asian name of a font family (e.g. "細明體" instead of "PMingLiU"). But after update all fonts are displayed using English font family name. I can stil use these Asian fonts, but it's no longer be compatible with Windows version.

Besides, the performance is severely declined after update: the text input curser can’t even catch up with my typing speed.

I've managed to revert to older version via Time Machine backup. This is not the first time that Office update ruined everything so I'd always make backup before applying for update. Now I just want to stop this annoying prompt.


texts: Is there an enterprise solution for backing up iOS devices locally instead of the cloud and also does not use iTunes? The goal is to have pure backup and restore functionality without allowing users to transfer personal data onto the device.


texts: Bluetooth and WiFi interfering with one another since Yosemite

texts:
Note: The only thing that changed in my setup is installing Yosemite.

Since installing Yosemite, I'm having a somewhat peculiar problem: WiFi works fine, and BT works fine. But WiFi + BT working together at the same time is a different story.

I first noticed this yesterday. Two things happen, and the second is more prevalent:

I was using Apple's Magic Mouse + wireless keyboard, and began downloading a large file. Once this happened, mouse movement began being really slow, as if I'm trying to move the mouse on a very uneven surface. Pausing the download would bring the mouse's movement back to normal.
But then something else started happening: Turning BT on would effectively kill my internet connection. From the moment I turn on BT and start using mouse & keyboard, my download speed would go quickly from 1.3MB/s to 500B/s (yes, Bytes), and die slowly from there. When this happens, my mouse movement is just fine. Upon turning BT off, download speed shoots back up to 1.3MB/s.

So to me it seems like BT and WiFi are "competing" with each other, like they're sharing the "same lane" when they shouldn't. Either the normal WiFi speeds will make my mouse move really slowly, or, if my BT is working fine, then my WiFi download speeds will be abysmal. This seems to only happen (or be noticeable) when I'm downloading something like a big file.

I've tried many solutions — PRAM, hardware tests, etc..nothing seems to have helped.

WTH?

Note: This question isn't about the (seemingly more common) WiFi dropping issues, please don't hijack it.

Update 1: There seem to be more people having this issue.

Update 2: Problem persists even after updating to OS X 10.10.1.

Update 3: Over 5 months later, and Apple still haven't fixed this.

Update 4: (29/10/15) One year later (on the latest OS X El Capitan), and my rMBP is still suffering from this issue. Work perfectly on their own, but together they get very challenging. For those who suggested to just get a 5GHz router — I appreciate your responses. However, I don't think I should be obligated to buy a new router just because Apple messed up their software. This is no fix for the underlying issue that is clearly still there for many people. The answer selected as "correct" was auto selected since this was a bounty quesiton.


texts:
I have a first generation Apple Watch Sport with some minor cosmetic imperfections and scratches after two years of use, with Apple Care+.
The support runs out soon, and I was wondering what use it the cover has.

Specifically: If I were to 'accidentally' 'drop' my Watch, could I claim that on Apple Care and get a brand new one, or at least screen?


texts: mac hard-drive keeps getting drained until the next reboot

texts:
ever since I upgraded my Mac to El Capitan ( now I'm with Catalina ) - my hard drive is acting strange.
After a reboot I start with having almost 14GB of free space, and somehow a long the way it's getting lowered as the time goes by .... you can literally see it with watch du -h over time ...
Now I have 391Mi free space, and after a reboot it goes by to 13/14GB ... and then it goes again.
The behavior sometimes feels like that applications I open - take memory/disk, and when i close them - i'm not getting the memory back ...
Activity monitor - doesn't do much for me ...
I'm not sure why this is happening, and I wanted to request suggestions / tools - on how to start debugging it ....
Edit
I know this post was considered "already answered"
but this is no a matter of "where my disk space go?" to clean it up.
It's something else, example:
08:55:13 $ df -h
Filesystem      Size   Used  Avail Capacity iused      ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1s5   234Gi   10Gi  2.2Gi    82%  484313 2448641047    0%   /

11:47:30 $ df -h
Filesystem      Size   Used  Avail Capacity iused      ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1s5   234Gi   10Gi  1.1Gi    91%  484313 2448641047    0%   /

12:57:27 $ df -h
Filesystem      Size   Used  Avail Capacity iused      ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1s5   234Gi   10Gi  115Mi    99%  484313 2448641047    0%   /

12:57:28 $ df -h
Filesystem      Size   Used  Avail Capacity iused      ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1s5   234Gi   10Gi   84Mi   100%  484313 2448641047    0%   /
                              ^^^
                             CRAZY

Where, in 3 hours 1G go ?! .... the Mac was idle ... I wasn't near it ..
After working (using Outlook/iTerm etc .. ) - after 1 hour - 100MB !?
something crazy is going on ..


texts: Unable to download apps requiring iOS 7+ on iOS 8

texts:
My iPhone 5 is updated to iOS 8.3 but when I'm trying to download any apps from the App Store, they keep telling me that I have to have an iOS 7.0 or higher.

How do I solve this problem?


texts:
I've read through Apple's policies of whether or not to include a privacy policy URL for my app and i'm still unsure.

If you're currently NOT signed into GameCenter App or in Game Center in Settings App and you open my game app there will be a Game Center sign in pop up. If the user signs in, since they can sign in using my App, do I need a privacy policy URL for this?

I have Facebook/Twitter share buttons in my app. If the user is not is NOT signed into Twitter/Facebook App and when they go to my app and click on Facebook/Twitter buttons they can not sign in via my button in my app. They must sign in the facebook/twitter app. However, once they sign in the Facebook/Twitter app and now go into my app and click the Facebook/Twitter button. They can post whatever information they want inside the button and click POST/SHARE then that information will be posted on their Facebook/Twitter accounts. Do I need a privacy policy URL for this?


texts: Who controls the contact picture on iOS in address book?

texts: My son has a inappropriate picture of a girl as her contact photo... When I questioned him about it he said that she had made it her outgoing contact photo and he had no control over it... Is this possible or am I being lied to?!


texts: How can I reduce the heat produced when running resource heavy applications for a long time?

texts: As a software developer I often have to run resource heavy applications for a long period of time. As such my system is able to run the workload without too many issues (uses between 60-70% of CPU max) though my system can get a bit warm (Intel Power Gadget confirms 80 degrees celsius) are there any tactics I can use to reduce the amount of heat generated?


texts: How can I open a new Finder window on every click on the Finder Icon?

texts:
is there anywhere a script or a workaround, or even just a .plist file, where i can manage to open a new finder window by clicking on the finder icon in the dock?

When a Finder window is already open, a click on the Finder icon just shows me the opened window, but doesn't open a new one.

Can anyone help?


texts: Is a 2008/9 Mac Pro cluster a viable option to a 2018 iMac?

texts:
So I can decide whether to use a small cluster of older Mac Pros or a single modern iMac assume I have a problem which will execute adequately in G gigabytes of RAM, and that the problem can use parallel execution.

What performance gain might I expect from parallel execution on a single Mac if the memory requirement is multiplied by a factor N, I have c cores and more than N * G gigabytes of RAM?


texts: Disk Utility info shows encrypted disk is not encrypted!

texts:
Using macOS Sierra: Disk Utility > File > New Image > Blank Image..., I created an encrypted .dmg file.

However when I open this .dmg (by entering password) and click "Info" in disk utility, it says:

  Is encrypted:    No

As I want to store some sensitive info (Credit Card info etc) in this disk and then upload it to cloud storage, I am worried if there is a bug in Sierra causing .dmg files to not be encrypted at all!

Is this normal? How can we verify if the disk is actually encrypted?

P.S. My filevault is On, and for my own Macintosh HD disk utility info says Is encrypted: Yes


texts:
I use textWrangler for all my text editing needs.  I abhor textEdit.  The problem comes when I search spotlight if I stop at text and hit enter then textEdit will launch.  I want to remove textEdit from my spotlight without deleting the app itself.

I know I can keep a folder from being indexed.  But I want a specific app/file to not be included.

And I know the simple answer is just "don't type text".  But that isn't really an answer.  I don't want to think to type.


texts: Is filevault compatible with LDAP configurations?

texts:
I turned on FileVault (on my Enterprise attached Mac) and it's no longer prompting me for my LDAP credentials.  After the filevault login, it just tosses me straight into local administrator.  LDAP still shows as on and "working", but does not appear to be.

My old Mac (with an old OS) used to ask me for the admin filevault password, followed by my LDAP password, and then continue on by logging into the appropriate LDAP user account.

Have I missed some configuration step on the new Mac, or has there been a change in how the newest OS X handle filevault+LDAP?


texts: External displays connected to M1 MacBook Pro in clamshell modes

texts:
So I’m considering to upgrade my 2015 MBPr to a new M1 MBP, but one of my major showstoppers is that it only supports one external display.
So my question is: Does it support two external displays when in clamshell mode, or is it limited to just one external display?


texts: Will Home Sharing work without a running iTunes instance?

texts:
This is the idea: if I move my iTunes library to a NAS and enable Home Sharing, will this feature continue to work if I then turn off my PC?

I would like my Apple TV to access my music and videos but without having to keep my PC running, ideally only the NAS should be running. Is there any way this could work?


texts:
I know my apple id (and the email associated with it) but I don't remember the password. This is complicated by the fact that I don't have the phone # associated with account nor do I remember the number.
What can I do?


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I am trying to migrate my local files from my mac filesystem onto iCloud folders such that I can view and edit files using Pages and Numbers seamlessly from either my the local apps or the web interface. However something that's always confused me about iCloud is the location of these files. Does iCloud force me to put spreadsheets that I want to be able to edit from Numbers in the actual Numbers folder?

So for instance if I have client work that could be both documents and spreadsheets, in my local filesystem I would have something like

Client A

SS1.xls
SS2.xls
Letter1.doc
Letter2.doc

Client B

SS3.xls
SS4.xls
Letter3.doc
Letter4.doc

Instead iCloud would now force me to adopt the following structure:

Numbers

Client A

SS1.xls
SS2.xls

Client B

SS3.xls
SS4.xls

Pages

Client A

Letter1.doc
Letter2.doc

Client B

Letter3.doc
Letter4.doc

Am I missing something, or is this just what iCloud forces you to do?


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I used nmap to portscan my iPod Touch, and found a single port open, which was port 62078, labeled as "iphone-sync". I did some research, and found that the proccess behind it was a program called  "lockdownd" which could be used to interface with the iPod.

I was wondering if and how I could use this to interface with and possibly control my iPod.


texts: I bought an iPhone 6 64GB in Space Gray from 5th avenue NY 14 days ago. I can see a grayish area at the top right corner, near to the charge display. It's hard notice in full brightness, but noticeable in low brightness which annoys me a lot. I know it will be tough to make apple genius understand but still can't live with it. I want to replace my phone. Will this one be covered by warranty policy? I have a slight hairlike scratch on the display.


texts: Any way to change sound output device via Applescript or shell?

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I would like to change sound output device (like option-clicking the speaker icon in the menubar) via script, but NOT through UI scripting, e.g., launching the System Pref panel.

UPDATE: Using @Mateusz solution below, here is an Applescript that, when launched, will give you a popup to select the desired audio output device:

set devices to do shell script "/Applications/Audiodevice/audiodevice output list"
set answer to choose from list (paragraphs of devices) with title "Audio Output" with prompt "Select a device" without multiple selections allowed
if answer is false then return
do shell script "/Applications/Audiodevice/audiodevice output " & quoted form of item 1 of answer

(Note: you need to put the audiodevice file in /Applications)


texts: How to backup with Time Machine in Single User Mode?

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Is there any way to enable Time Machine / tmutil and perform a backup from inside the Single User Mode?

I have a Late '11 Radeongate-affected MBP that won't boot beyond the gray boot screen anymore, and I'm about a week's worth of data from my latest backup.


texts: Does PhotoStream send pictures encrypted over the Internet?

texts: When I'm on a public Wi-Fi network and my photos are being synced to Photo Stream, is there any way for someone on the same network to be able to see them? What about anyone else on the way to Apple's servers?


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I'm trying to rotate an iPhone 4S vid 90degrees Counter Clockwise.

I've seen lots of posts and answers that say there is an 'Edit > Rotate Left' option in Quicktime Player. I can't see it! I have QT Player 10.0 on Snow Leopard.

Could someone help me out? I've tried various other apps, and even though some of them have worked, none have managed to rotate it in a format that can then be synced back to the iPhone (for editing work in iMovie iOS app and Vimeo app).

Notes: I don't have iLife or QT Pro, just QT Player :/

Thanks!