texts: Spotlight is broken on my main partition in OS X 10.7.4

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Not long after updating my main OS X installation from Snow Leopard to Lion, Spotlight stopped working on that partition, and I'm desparately trying to get it working again.  It will find no files for any search, though it is working normally for other partitions and network volumes.

I'm running OS X 10.7.4 on an early 2009 Mac Pro.  My main partition is 1 TB, and at about 75% capacity.

For what it's worth, I remember this started shortly after I installed a developer preview of Mountain Lion, but that could be a coincidence.

'mdutil -s /' prints the following:

/:
    No index.

I've tried many, many things to fix this problem, and all of them have been unsucessful.  They are:

Repaired disk permissions
fsck'd my main drive
double checked that in Spotlight Privacy preferences my system volume wasn't excluded
Tried 'sudo mdutil -E /' but it prints:

/:
    No index.

Tried 'sudo mdutil -i on /' but it prints:

/:
Error: unable to perform operation.  (-400)
    No index.

Other people who got the -400 error reported that terminating all mdworker processes and quickly recursively deleting /.Spotlight-V100 would fix it, but I tried that (several times) and it didn't resolve the error.
Ran my drive through DiskWarrior

Also, importantly:

I reinstalled Lion using Lion Recovery (not a fresh installation), which fixed Spotlight for about a day or two, and then it became broken again in exactly the same way.

I'm totally out of ideas on how to fix this problem.  I could resort to installing OS X fresh to a blank partition, but it would take hours and hours to migrate all of my data, settings, scripts, tweaks, and to reinstall all of my professional software.  I really don't want to have to do that.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!


texts: I changed my passcoad and I choosed off passcoad and then close my iph.


texts: Disable preview of pdf in Mail under OS X Mavericks

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Known problem: Mail previews e.g. pdf attachments. I want to see it as symbol. I could right click and choose 'Show as symbol' but I want this as default. The old solution was typing into terminal:

defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -bool yes

which seems not to work under Mavericks any more. Does anybody have a working solution for this?


texts: My stepmother had an @me.com email account associated with some cloud storage for a non-apple phone.  She got fed up with the non-apple phone and has given up on all smart phones, but wants to recover photos from the phone, which the tech at the store told here were in cloud storage, which she can't access without getting into her @me.com email.  I suspect that her email account is now closed, since she doesn't use or pay for it.  Is there any way to recover access to a closed email account?  Or a closed cloud account?


texts: Accidentally ran partitionDisk command on disk1

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I accidentally ran a command (once) that I copied and pasted on disk1 instead of changing it to the appropriate disk and now I'm really worried I may have damaged my primary disk's (SSD) partition table. The MacBook's still running fine, but I'm afraid to reboot it.

The command was:

diskutil partitionDisk disk1 GPT ExFAT "Seagate_02" 0g

And the error was:

  You cannot manually partition an existing APFS Container disk.

Would this have actually made any changes since it errored out? What can I check?

I also still have the diskutil list results from before and after I ran the command, which look the same:

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +912.4 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            444.2 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 19.7 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                506.6 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      4.3 GB     disk1s4

I'm running macOS 10.13.2.


texts: Zooming in Google Chrome using the mouse wheel? Not working

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I know you can zoom in Google Chrome with CTRL + Mouse Scroll.
This works on my windows PC however not on my Mac.

I know that you can setup zoom feature on mac:

Preferences > Accessibility > Zoom > Use scroll gesture with keys to zoom

However this will not make the quality of what you are zooming in enhance. So I would prefer Google Chromes zoom scroll.

I can also do CMD + + however I want the scroll zoom.

Someone know how to activate this feature or fix it?


texts:
The volume containing my user folder was unexpectedly ejected, now iBooks wants the library to be in "Volume 1" instead of "Volume". Where is the preference file that tells it the location of the library?

Edit: I deleted ~/Library/Cookies/com.apple.ibooks.cookies, ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iBooksX, and moved ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService to the desktop then logged out. iBooks now shows the library location as (null) and won't reset.


texts: How to define Lion’s key variations in a `.keylayout` file?

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In Lion you can hold down a key to show its variations.

However, when using my custom keyboard layout in .keylayout format, this functionality is disabled.

I assume Lion’s default keyboard layouts have the special characters that appear when you hold down a certain key hardcoded somewhere, and my old custom keyboard layout (based on the default Snow Leopard-layouts) lacks that data.

My question is: how can these “key variations” be defined in a .keylayout file?


texts: Why is my MacBook visibile on Bluetooth after Yosemite install?

texts:
Since upgrading to Yosemite (from Mavericks) my MacBook Pro (Retina mid 2014) is visible (in "advertising mode") on Bluetooth (at least to my iPhone). It was not visible prior to Yosemite, and there's nothing that I did on my iPhone (that I can recall) to make this happen.

Why is my Mac visible on Bluetooth, and how do I hide it again?


texts:
I'd like to use tmux inside my iTerm2.

and I have the following in my ~/.tmux.conf file.

set-option -g default-shell /bin/zsh

set-option -g default-command "/bin/zsh -c 'which reattach-to-user-namespace >/dev/null && exec reattach-to-user-namespace /bin/zsh -l || exec /bin/zsh -l'"

In my iTerm2, I set /bin/zsh to my default shell too.
The output of echo $PATH inside iTerm2 but outside tmux is the following:

/Users/alex/.pyenv/plugins/pyenv-virtualenv/shims
/Users/alex/.pyenv/shims
/Users/alex/tools/gradle-2.13/bin
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/bin
/Users/alex/.pyenv/bin
/usr/local/bin
/usr/bin
/bin
/usr/sbin
/sbin

but inside tmux, echo $PATH prints the following:

/usr/local/bin
/usr/bin
/bin
/usr/sbin
/sbin
/opt/X11/bin
/Users/alex/.pyenv/plugins/pyenv-virtualenv/shims
/Users/alex/.pyenv/shims
/Users/alex/tools/gradle-2.13/bin
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/bin
/Users/alex/.pyenv/bin

It seems that tmux has put the /usr/local/bin etc in front of my PATH setting, which makes pyenv can not find the correct python.

My ~/.zshenv is :

alias vim="nvim"
PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"

export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"
PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"

export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home
PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
export CLASSPATH=.:$JAVA_HOME/lib/dt.jar:$JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar

export GRADLE_HOME=/Users/alex/tools/gradle-2.13
export PATH=$GRADLE_HOME/bin:$PATH

export HOMEBREW_GITHUB_API_TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

eval "$(pyenv init -)"
eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"

and my ~/.zhrc is :

export ZSH=$HOME/.oh-my-zsh
ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell"
plugins=(git)

source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

if [[ -n $SSH_CONNECTION ]]; then
  export EDITOR='vim'
else
  export EDITOR='nvim'
fi

So what is wrong here?

Do I miss something during tmux starts up?


texts: "Critically low disk space" error when running python script since upgrade to OSX Mojave

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I have a problem with a python script that is getting killed due to, what I believe, low available memory but I hope is a bug.

Description as follows:
I have a python script that loads 12 large (1-1.5 Gb) files into memory. The reason for this is that each is a experiment file and I am doing cross-experiment analysis. I could do this without a problem on my current machine when it ran OSX High Sierra. But since I upgraded to Mojave the script fails.

The script fails during the loading of the files. A warning is issued (see image) which states that my disk space is critically low. I have previously been able to run the script with less than 50Gb free disk space. I have now cleared a lot of data and currently have 300+ Gb free space. A few seconds after the warning is issued the script is Terminated.

Right before the termination, if i follow the script process in Activity Monitor, the Virtual Memory Size is at ca 140 Gb, Memory Used is at 13.61 Gb, Cached Files at 2.0 Gb and Swap Used is at 11.43 Gb.
In the Terminal there is no stack trace, it just says “Killed: 9”. So, I guess that this is not a issue with python but with the OS.

I run:
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
2.5 GHz Intel Core i7
16 Gb 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM

The python env is a anaconda virtual env
conda 4.5.11
python 3.6.3

Since I dont get any stack trace and the only warning is the “critically low disk space” one, Im not sure how to attack this issue. Of course I can rewrite the script and to a lazy loading of partial data as needed, but that will take alot of time and root of this problem would be unsolved.

Any suggestions?

EDIT:
After a night in my backpack it now runs. No idea why.


texts: How much faster is the flash storage on the MacBook Air than SSD?

texts: I heard that the flash storage in the MacBook Air is faster than SSD since it doesn't need to go through a SATA interface. How much faster is the MacBook Air's hard-drive compared to a traditional SSD?


texts:
My iMac constantly dropping its internet connection in the last couple of days. I'm connected to a 2.4GHZ Airport Express. Not a router issue, because my iPhone and iPad works just fine, no connectivity issues. Also not an iMac hardware issue, because i tried to connect to the iPhone's tethering network using WiFi, works just fine, without any issues. Here is a copy/paste from the network utility when i try to ping google, you can see that the network is dropping constantly:

http://pastebin.com/TL3UyQif

You can see that the ping time increases just before and after the connection lost. Driving me nuts.

I know theres multiple questions like this, but i seriously tried every solution from these question, but nothing helps:

Pinging in the background to keep the connection
Tried deleting all network preferences, setup new network
Deleting wifi keychains
Upgrade & Downgrade Airport Express firmware
Changed the channel number to 11
Tried with closed iTunes
Tried different browser
PRam reset
Tried renaming the SSID
Connecting to 5GHZ network
No torrent running in the background
Tried with Google DNS (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4)
Changed MTU to 1453
Disconnected both my iPad and iPhone from wifi, so only my iMac uses the network, no luck

If i disable wifi and turn it back on, it will ALWAYS fix the issue for a couple of seconds/minutes, but if i don't do anything, usually it will fixes itself in a minute or two.

OSX 10.9.4
21.5-inch iMac, Mid 2011

Not sure if it helps, but a couple of more stuff:
I used the Wireless Diagnostics to get the following stuff:

wifi.log: http://pastebin.com/svNJhNNr
Available networks: http://cl.ly/image/3a1n1X3X023E
Performance: http://cl.ly/image/0v3f0d3H1B1p

Edit: Just updated to 10.10 (14A299l), same issue, even when it asked me for my iCloud login on the first startup, it won't accept it because the connection lost...


texts: Can’t get my volume button to work at all

texts:
Recently my MacBook Air stopped allowing me to adjust the volume. Whether I press F12 or F11 it shows a forbidden symbol on it, as in the picture below.

After some research I discovered there is a mute button in System Preferences, and you are supposed to make sure that it isn’t muted. However I don’t have the option to unmute it.

Anyone know what to do in this case? I’ve restarted the computer several times but that didn’t fix anything.


texts: Degeneration of Macbook Pro trackpad performacne / janky cursor movement

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I have Macbook Pro 2009 model. I have been travelling with it in tropics and slowly trackpad performance has gotten worse and worse, to the point it is almost unusable.

The symptoms

Mouse pointer movement gets "janky" and it jumps around, not responding to movemements smoothly
The trackpad works ok after reboot, even if it was totally unusuable few seconds ago before the reboot, so the software must play its part in this issue

I suspect some kind of calibration issue related to humidy. Maybe trackpad recalibrates itself on every boot, but somehow gets slowly off sync from the calibration during usage?

Any ideas how to further debug the issues? Hardware failure?


texts: Geb cannot see slider that's off the page using an interact block

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I'm trying to access a menu slider but by the time it would receive the click the slider is off the page. The only work around I have found is to put a Thread.sleep in which I want to avoid using.  Is there another way?

def "Step 5: Can go to the Spanish page"() {
    given:
    at DotComPage

when:
waitFor {usFlagButtonSpanish.displayed}
interact {
    Thread.sleep(3000)
    moveToElement(usFlagButtonSpanish)
}
usFlagButtonSpanish.click()

then:
Thread.sleep(3000)
waitFor { MarketLanguageSelectorEsUs }
Thread.sleep(9000)

}


texts: How to transfer entire iMessage conversations to computer?

texts: I am getting a new iPhone come next month. I want to save all of my nostalgic conversations for the future.  Is there a way to transfer an entire chat log to the computer in plain text?  Or will I have to painstakingly take screenshot after screenshot as I scroll up in the text history?


texts: Can Word documents from Mac be opened in Windows?

texts:
I received MacBook Air for Christmas. I am a university student, and use Word for essay writing. It seems that this MacBook has 'Pages'. I post my essays online through a specific way, as they calculate if my work is acceptable etc. I don't know if my lecturers will be able to open the essay documents, especially if I've typed it from this laptop.

Is there any way I can make sure they will be able to access my work? Do I need to buy specific office sources, or will this be ok to use?


texts: Maximize iPhone battery lifespan by keeping it plugged into power whenever possible

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I know, sometimes it can explode, but is it a good advice to let the iPhone - whenever possible - plugged in to a power outlet in order to maximize battery lifespan (so it's almost always at 100%)?

If it matters, it is an iPhone Xs.

Also, I know, from time to time (few times in a month at least) every battery should be used until it's empty and then fully recharged, that's clear to me.


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My iMac (late 2009 with Mavericks) can only start up in safe mode. I have read that it might be related to a mdns responder issue.

The log comes back with 2 kinds of lines which look suspect (but I am totally novice at this!):

May  4 20:39:43 Macs-iMac-3.local racoon[146]: failed to bind to address fd20:c40d:6b6d:9361:80a:aacb:6d80:2d86[500]: because interface address is/was not ready (flags 2)
+
May  4 20:39:24 Macs-iMac-3.local mDNSResponder[35]: mDNS_Register_internal: ERROR!! Tried to register AuthRecord 00007FE4FA01AD60 Macs-iMac-3.local. (Addr) that's already in the list
May  4 20:39:24 Macs-iMac-3.local mDNSResponder[35]: mDNS_Register_internal: ERROR!! Tried to register AuthRecord 00007FE4FA01B1F0 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. (PTR) that's already in the list
May  4 20:39:24 Macs-iMac-3.local mDNSResponder[35]: mDNS_Register_internal: ERROR!! Tried to register AuthRecord 00007FE4FB801B60 Macs-iMac-3.local. (AAAA) that's already in the list
May  4 20:39:24 Macs-iMac-3.local mDNSResponder[35]: mDNS_Register_internal: ERROR!! Tried to register AuthRecord 00007FE4FB801FF0 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.8.E.F.ip6.arpa. (PTR) that's already in the list

I would like to try and turn off bonjour by using the Apple instructions http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3789
But I don't know where to put the line <string>-NoMulticastAdvertisements</string> in the mdnsresponder.plist.

Here is my plist. Where should I place this line?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.apple.mDNSResponder</string>
    <key>OnDemand</key>
    <false/>
    <key>InitGroups</key>
    <false/>
    <key>UserName</key>
    <string>_mdnsresponder</string>
    <key>GroupName</key>
    <string>_mdnsresponder</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/usr/sbin/mDNSResponder</string>
    </array>
    <key>MachServices</key>
    <dict>
        <key>com.apple.mDNSResponder</key>
        <true/>
               <key>com.apple.mDNSResponder.dnsproxy</key>
               <true/>
    </dict>
    <key>Sockets</key>
    <dict>
        <key>Listeners</key>
        <dict>
            <key>SockFamily</key>
            <string>Unix</string>
            <key>SockPathName</key>
            <string>/var/run/mDNSResponder</string>
            <key>SockPathMode</key>
            <integer>438</integer>
        </dict>
    </dict>
    <key>EnableTransactions</key>
    <true/>
    <key>BeginTransactionAtShutdown</key>
    <true/>
    <key>POSIXSpawnType</key>
    <string>Interactive</string>
</dict>
</plist>


texts: I understand it is possilble to connect an external monitor to my MacBook Air. For photo editing can I have both screens open at the same time ?


texts: Why do text messages not appear when off of wi-fi?

texts:
I have an iPhone 4 (iOS 7) with cell plan but no data. When texting with non-iPhone users, I get the texts to and from no problem. When texting with iPhone users, though, the messages will only appear when I'm on Wi-Fi. It appears that when iPhone users (like my wife) try to send me a text message, it defaults on their end to iMessage, and those messages won't appear until I reconnect with Internet.

I can send text messages to everyone at any time no problem. Shouldn't messages that can't go through as iMessage be delivered as text? Do I need to delete my Apple ID from Messages to ensure that it only attempts text messages (but then I won't be able to share pictures/etc. via Messages when I AM on Wi-Fi)?


texts:
Anyone know a way to measure application load times? I've looked at instruments but having a hard time pinning down the statistic/event I should be looking for.

I want to measure how long it takes for the app to finish loading, (the window appears) etc


texts:
In any web browser in Mac OS X, how can I choose a drop-down form input box using the tab key? When I need to input many forms including a drop-down box, I preferred to use tab key and shift+tab to move between input elements in Windows systems.

Why is it impossible in Mac, and how can I do it?


texts: Is it worth upgrading my jailbroken 3G to iOS4?

texts:
I have a jailbroken (not unlocked) iPhone 3G running the 3.1.2 firmware. What are the pros and cons of upgrading this to iOS4?

Being jailbroken, I already have multitasking and home-screen wallpapers. What does the new iOS give me that I don't already have access to?


texts: Is there any energy wasted through USB cables due to data sync when plugged in wall charger

texts:
Is there any energy wasted through USB cables due to data sync feature when plugged in wall charger.

The thing is, I've heard of some engineered USB cables such as "SONICable" and "Doubletime" which can allow your smartphone to charge its battery twice as fast when you plug it to your computer USB port.
That's accomplished by some smart PCB that talks to both your smartphone and your computer, and tell it to eliminate the data sync feature, and focus all energy to charge the smartphone.

https://youtu.be/EBWQAClwjfc

So, I was wondering if it also can speed up the charging process when it's plugged into wall charger...


texts: How can I stop macOS from converting three dots "..." to a single threedot character "…"?

texts:
note: the first set of three dots in the title is definitely three separate dots, and the second is one character when I select it during editing. However viewing the posted in Safari both select as a single character.

I sometimes write explicitly three periods in a row "..." in a text field in TextEdit or in Keynote when discussing a bit of code or script, (e.g. X[..., 1] in Python puts a 1 in the last axis of a multidimensional array) and either Keynote or macOS says "Oh, I'm going to change what you typed to something you probably wanted instead" and converts it to X[…, 1]
I would like my laptop to stop doing that, in Keynote and basically anywhere!
How can I do this?
macOS 10.15.6
"Bonus points" for sharing how to stop it from putting periods at the ends of anything it thinks might be a sentence.

I have found that on a case-by-case basis I can stop and undo what is already done, but I just want to suppress this behavior from the beginning.


texts: Can't access Screen Sharing using a ssh tunnel "open failed: administratively prohibited: open failed"

texts:
I am halfway through a 6 months trip away from my Mac at home. Until yesterday I have been able to remote control this Mac using Screen Sharing over a ssh tunnel but suddenly I can't connect anymore.

This is how I open the tunnel

% ssh -v -p 2200  -l db -L 5901:127.0.0.1:5900 remotecomputer

I can test that the service is running on the remote computer

% telnet localhost 5900
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Can't assign requested address
Trying ::1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
RFB 003.889

But when I do something similar at my local computer

% telnet 127.0.0.1 5901
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
Connection closed by foreign host.

As you might have noticed I had enable verbose logging of my ssh connection and this is the output from ssh when I perform the test from the local machine

debug1: Connection to port 5901 forwarding to 127.0.0.1 port 5900 requested.
debug1: channel 3: new [direct-tcpip]
channel 3: open failed: administratively prohibited: open failed
debug1: channel 3: free: direct-tcpip: listening port 5901 for 127.0.0.1 port 5900, connect from 127.0.0.1 port 58555, nchannels 4

I have:

killed (-9) all sshd on the remote machine
killed all ssh (-9) on the local machine
restarted Screen Sharing on the remote machine (sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.screensharing.plist)
Looked for suspicious open ports on both machines sudo (lsof -i -P | grep -i 590)

Everything to no avail. Finally I remotely logged into my router and turned on port forwarding from internet to the remote machine and I can connect that way (but it is very slow and not safe at all).

I have not changed anything (they always say so…) since it worked. The only thing that might have happened is that I left ssh/Screen Sharing running and had a network hiccup, not making a clean exit of something or so.

Any ideas? I think ssh is the culprit but I can't figure out how or why.


texts: How to fix “swipe up” and “swipe down” gestures in Reeder after installing Lion?

texts:
After upgrading to Lion, Reeder swipe up and swipe down gestures stopped working.

How do I fix them?


texts: High disk dsage in Bootcamped iMac after repairing the drivers

texts:
I force closed my iMac for a specific reason (Thunderstorm) and when I restarted it my iMac started to scan and repair its drivers. I waited for 4 hours and everything was fine, until I realized that every app was slow (too many not responding errors).

I restarted my iMac then it again scanned and repaired its drivers for an hour. When I went to the task manager I realized that the disk usage was 100 percent and I couldn't change it.

How can I fix this problem? Will switching back to Mac OS X or formatting the Windows partition fix it?


texts: How to get around space limitations in iOS?

texts:
Apple seems to take out a lot of profit-margin on Memory.  I don't like to pay that much "Just to be sure".   How easy is it to get around the limitations?

I am thinking of something like wireless disks, moving stuff to/from backup locations and silently pushing recorded photos and videos to somewhere else.

I know this can easily be done for different kinds of space hogs?
(I know it can easily be done for movies)


texts:
I'm using both Aperture and iWork (Numbers in particular). The thing is my aperture library is kind of big (about 1000 albums with 10 to 100 photos each) and I noticed that when I use Numbers, a lot of resources for the media library are being used by the process com.apple.MediaLibraryService in Activity Monitor.

The two activites I have with those two softwares are not related, thus I'd like to stop the integration of Aperture in Numbers (and why not the whole iWork suite) to be able to use it alone witout having it indexing (or whatever it does) my Aperture library.

The question is how?


texts: Disk Utility shows me three hard drives with the same name. How do I find the physical hard drives they refer to?

texts:
I have to change out the hard drives in Raid 1 array. But all the hard drives have the same name in DiskUtility app because they are all the same type of drives from the same manufacturer.

So how can I find out which drive is failing?

I mean, how can I tell which physical drive is referred to by each DiskUtility drive name?

@Allen, thank you for your interest.
I have a Mac Pro running Mojave that has 4 drive slots. The first slot holds a 1TB Intel Server SSD with the MacOS installed. There are also three 2TB WD 3.5" SATA Drives that were originally configured in a 6TB Raid 5 array.
Disk Util list reveals that the three SATA drives are all the same WD Model number.
One of the SATA Drives in the raid array failed and I took it out of the raid array and mirrored the remaining two drives as a raid 1 array.
Recently, one of the two mirrored drives also 'failed' from the perspective of the raid array.
What I need to do is disconnect both of the 'failed' drives from the raid and copy the data on the remaining SATA drive to an external drive to preserve it and replace the data on a single new SATA Drive, then add two more SATA Drives and re-create a new Raid 5 Array.

So again, my question is: how do I distinguish which physical SATA drive is referred to by the remaining WD drives listed in disk util list is the remaining 'good' drive in the disk util listing that contains my valuable data.

Therefore I believe the question I asked is a proper explanation of the information I am seeking:

how can I tell which physical drive is referred to by each Disk Utility list drive name?

That is, I think the question does not require any information about the drives or their configuration, or their history, or the problems I am having.

Either there is a way for MacOS to tell me which physical drive bay contains which logical drive listed in disk util list, or MacOS has no way of revealing the correspondence between the Logical List of drives in Disk Util and the physical drives attached to the system.

If Mojave cannot tell me which logical drive is which physical drive, then I need to know if there is another utility which will reveal the correspondence.

Does that make sense?
Thanks,
Kimball


texts:
My Macbook Pro (15', Early 2015, Catalina 10.15.4) suddenly cannot log in to iCloud. I decide to log off and try to log in again. However I got the "Verification error: Unknown error occurred" when trying to log in.
Checked Console and got the following error:
An unexpected error occurred: Error Domain=com.apple.accounts Code=12 UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=<private>, NSUnderlyingError=0x7fedda5bde10 {Error Domain=com.apple.accounts.keychain Code=-67680}}
Anyone has any idea what causes this? Google does not seem to give much help.
EDIT: cloudd asked for password a few days ago, because I keep force quit the process as it takes 150% GPU power and the fans keep spinning, even when not in use. Decided to deny them permission because I thought it was a malware problem. A few hours afterwards the problem above occurred.


texts: Sharing screens/monitor between Asus Laptop and iMac

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I have the following equipment:

An iMac 27" (mid-2011 windows 8 BOOTCAMP with 2 thunderbolt port and 1 miniDisplayPort)
An ASUS ROG laptop (with 1x VGA port/Mini D-sub 15-pin for external monitor / Mini display-port / 1 x HDMI)
An External monitor with HDMI, VGA and DVI input.

I want to use the display on my iMac as a 2nd screen from my asus laptop, leaving the iMac to use the external Monitor instead of it's own screen.  Essentially, I would like to use the iMac screen as an external monitor while still having the iMac running a full OS, not just being used an a monitor.  Is it possible for this iMac to either a) receive input to be used as an external monitor, and b) if so, can it still be used as a computer at this point?


texts: Message tone played multiple times on receiving message/notification on iOS 5

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I've an iPhone 4 and I've installed iOS 5 on it. Since then, whenever I receive a text message or an app notification, the tone plays like "tre..tre..tre..tre..te..tre..tre...tring". Sometimes it takes a whole 5 to 7 secs for the sound to be complete.

At first, I thought it's because of the beta; but I guess they should've fixed it by now as it is already some Beta 3 if I'm not wrong!

Does anyone know any settings change/fixes that can fix it?


texts:
I've just re-installed Growl and noticed it's version 2.0 and for some reason cannot get growl notifications whilst in fullscreen applications like Chrome, Safari or iTunes.
The notification is displayed on the first desktop space though.
Has this always been the case and I only just noticed?

Using growl 2.0 and ML 10.8.2
Thanks!


texts: How to attach spotlight found document to mail message with os x yosemite?

texts: In my mail message I want to attach an image. I located the image via spotlight and now I want to attach it to my mail message (plain apple mail). The image file is somewhere deep in my folderstructure where I don't want to go now. How can I achieve this with as less effort as possible?


texts: I'd like to make a keyboard shortcut that hides all windows on the current desktop, while ignoring windows on other desktops. Is this possible using Applescript?


texts: Multiple iPhones devices synced to the same iTunes, how to keep podcasts straight?

texts:
This maybe similar/related to this question.

I have my iPhone and my wife's iPhone synced to the same iTunes with different accounts. I sync my podcasts to 3 most recent that have not been listened to. If we listen to some of the same podcasts then we will effectively 'hide' the ones that one has listened to from the other that has yet to listen to it.

Is there a work around for this?


texts: Benefits of using MacBook Pro with discrete graphics

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I'm trying to choose between MacBookPro Late 2013 with discrete graphics card and MacBookPro Mid 2014 with integrated graphics. Judging from GPU benchmark GeForce GT650M has a minor performance advantage upon Intel Iris Pro. Also Late 2013 Model has 2,3 GHz comparing to 2,2 GHz on Mid 2014. The problem is a cost: at my location i can buy this Mid 2014 model for 2300$ and Late 2013 one for 2650$.
My question is: are there any less or more significant benefits of having MacBookPro with this discrete video? I'm ready to pay this 350$ but i don't think 5% of graphics performance worth it.


texts: How to change Macbook Pro (late 2013) screen and top cover

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I had an crash accident with my MBPro (late 2013). MB fall down and crashed to its top left  corner. There is a damage to unibody (its not so big problem for me, I can live with it) but there is bigger problem because probably damage of Retina display - when I look at a screen with dark background I can see very tinny and randomly distributed shiny white pixels. It is not much visible but I think it might be some bigger problem with display.

I would like to change the whole top cover. Is it possible to buy this component? Where? Does anybody have some experience with this replacement?


texts:
I am experiencing weird network problems with a MacMini 2018.

At my home, I am connected through Wifi: No Problem.

In a different house, I try to connect via Wifi, "impossible to connect". And it's OK with a laptop for the same Wifi endpoint. I verified the password several times. Same result with the Wifi created by my iPhone SE.

I try with an Ethernet cable which was used by a desktop computer. The MacMini get an IP but when I try to connect on a website I've got timeouts, no online service works (this ethernet cable is connected via CPL).

The only thing that works is when I connect an Ethernet cable directly on the internet box.
This time, I've got an IP and everything works as expected.

Any hint to point me on what could be wrong?

To sum-up:

Can't connect on a new wifi network, this wifi is OK on a laptop
Can't connect with ethernet with the same cable used by a desktop where everything works
OK only when connecting directly on the internet box via ethernet.

A ping when I am connected with the non working ethernet:

PING yahoo.fr (124.108.115.101): 56 data bytes
ping: sendto: No route to host
Request timeout for icmp_seq 2

One thing I noticed: on my laptop I see a lot of Wifi (of the building, more than 20 but on the MacMini I only see a few.

Thanks.

Edit: I don't know why but everything works now. I have deleted the "Wifi"  entry in the parameter > network setting. Then I have recreated it, it may have helped, but I can't be sure.


texts:
How to merge two JPEG files back into a single JPEG (Both sides of a receipt in single image) without using any third party software like Gimp etc...
constraints/situation in my case

I had only 2 images to merge, not more
both images were A5 size and I wanted to merge into A4
No third party software. Only pre-installed OS X software to be used.
process to be simple enough for any OS X user


texts:
If I disable Location Services, will Find My iPhone continue to work? I turned off Location Services, but iOS 8.3 is allowing me to leave Find My iPad turned on. The message underneath says though:

Locating your iPad on a map is disabled. Turn on Location Services to enable it.


texts:
I am on Yosemite and have used a (seemingly older version) of Go2Shell to open Terminal windows at the current Finder location. This worked flawlessly for a long time, until something, suddenly broke with no apparent reason. When clicking the icon in Finder, a terminal would open up, but not in the current directory.
I then installed the most recent Go2Shell and reinstalled iTerm 2.

Go2Shell version: 2.2
iTerm version: 2.1
Go2Shell command: cd %PATH%;clear;ls

Symptoms

A Terminal window opens up in the home directory, displaying the string cd but nothing else. The %PATH% expansion does not seem to ever reach iTerm. Actually, upon experiment it can be verified that the command is cut off at the first space and never executed, only pasted. Whenever I click the Go2Shell icon, the following is logged in console:

AppleEvents: Send port for process has no send right, port=( port:14135/0x3737 rcv:1,send:0,d:0 limit:5) (findOrCreate()/AEMachUtils.cp #526) com.apple.main-thread

Go2Shell continues to work as expected with Apple Terminal.

I am in contact with Go2Shell developer's support, however they seem to be unable to reproduce it.

Has anyone experienced something like this?


texts: OSX stuck on boot after switching language

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since yesterday my MacBook is stuck on boot after changing language in the systems control panel: Before the login I just see a circular loading indicator and my mouse cursor is stuck in the top left corner.

It seems like a service is restarting all the time since the loading indicator spins for like 10 seconds before disappearing and reappearing again.

I tried resetting the NVRAM, first aid from the disk utility and reinstalling OS X - it all fails and so I'm still stuck. I also tried running languagesetup from the single user shell but this just returns an error message saying "file or folder not found".

Im running OS X Sierra.

Hoping someone has some advice since Im fearing only formatting can rescue my MacBook.

Update (output of verbose mode):

IG: Called when FB is in a non-wake State in SetAttribute - attribute ´gnps´ (same message appears 3 times with ´gnps´ / ´par´ / ´p2l´)

After that the screen turns black and the following line repeats like describes above (turning black, lines again and so on):

IOConsoleUsers: gl0ScreenLockState 3, hs 0, bs 0, now 0, sm 0x0


texts: using kinect to move cursor on macbook pro

texts: I need help. I have a kinect, and I would like to hook it to my laptop so that my right hand controls the mouse cursor. It's actually for a science fair project, and I don't want functionality for clicking or multitouch gestures, I just want cursor control. If anyone knows a good hack for this or a way to hack the kinect to do so (I have a good deal of free time, I wouldn't mind learning to hack kinect) please respond.


texts: Redirect IP traffic with 'pfctl' on macOS

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I'm working on a mac with OS 10.13.6.

I want to redirect all requests to 10.20.154.24:1111 made from my computer go to localhost:8080.

I read about pf and pfctl, but could not make this work.

I thought to run this, but it didn't work...

echo "
rdr pass inet proto tcp from 127.0.0.1 to 10.20.154.24 port 1111 -> 127.0.0.1 port 8080
" | sudo pfctl -ef -


texts: Sync between Mac & PC version control system

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Having both a PC & Mac for work, I would like to synchronize development between both devices. I could just use Dropbox or Google Drive, but I would like to have version control (git or otherwise).

Is there a way to run a version control system (git preferably) between these two devices?


texts: Safari extension for timed automagical tab switching. Does it exist? Can I create one?

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I can't find any extension that allows me to switch between open tabs every x seconds.....
Before I 'dive' into extension development I have to ask....:

Is there a limitation in Safari's extensions system which would block the development of an auto tab switcher?


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Earlier today, I tried using MacPorts to install gnutar.  By doing the following

sudo port install gnutar

But now I've decided I didn't want to do this.  So I tried to uninstall by doing

sudo port uninstall gnutar

but the binaries are still in place and functioning.

Why wasn't it uninstalled?


texts: Is it possible to change the order of contextual menu items?

texts:
When one right-clicks selected text on a Mac, one is presented with various contextual menu items. Is it possible to rearrange these items?

Specifically, I would like to move the last item in this menu, which is a Service I created in Automator.app, to the top (or somewhere near the top) of the menu.


texts: Is there free utility to amplify the system volume?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Do you know a simple sound booster app for Mac?
  Skype way too quiet. How to get louder Skype audio output on my MacBook Pro?

I came across this question about tools that amplify sound in OS X, but they're not free.

Are you aware of a free tool that boosts the volume?


texts: How can I install both Windows 7 and Windows 8 on a Mac Mini 2012?

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I'm a developer, and I'm working on a cross-platform app that have to run on Mac OS X, Win7 and Win8. Unfortunately it's impossible to test my app in VM due to some hardware restrictions, so I have to install all of them on bare hardware.

I've bought Mac Mini 2012, but unfortunately I cannot find out how to install all 3 OSes on it. Boot Camp only allows to install single instance of Windows.

Is it even possible to have Mac OS X, Win7 and Win8 on the machine (with and without Boot Camp)?


texts: From a technical point-of-view, how is the Apple Watch able to unlock doors?

texts: When the original Apple Watch was released back in April 2015, one of the features that appeared to get lots of attention at the time was the ability for the Watch to unlock doors (https://9to5mac.com/2015/04/24/apple-watch-hotel-room-key/ is a good example of this). From a technical point-of-view, how is the Watch able to unlock doors in this way - is it purely based on the NFC chip inside the Watch, or does it rely on a companion iOS app running in the background on the paired iPhone?


texts: Literally odd smoothing issue in PDF Preview

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I have an odd smoothing issue with Preview in MacOS Sierra 10.12.6 on my retina MBP. Every right-hand (odd-numbered) page is very blurry, almost unreadable, while the left hand pages are somewhat blurry, but not quite as badly so (see screen capture below).

This happened suddenly, in the middle of a work session, there were no problems just moments before the issue suddenly occurred. I do not see similar blurriness on other viewers (Acrobat, Skim). The blur occurs both on the built-in retina screen and on my 1920x1200 monitor.

I decided to turn off font smoothing, but that option is now gone from the Settings window (when did this happen?)

What can be causing this weird behaviour?

Update: The smoothing issue persisted through several reboots, but has now disappeared.


texts:
A while back I had added a secondary email address to Apple ID which had not belonged to me. A few years later I keep receiving messages of activity of that account (reset the password, change of details, etc.).
My Apple ID account is not associated with that account, I just receive emails from that account with information, because I added my mail as secondary mail.
I do not want to receive these emails. I cannot reach this person.


texts: Changing Apple ID on iPad to match Apple ID on iPhone

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My daughter bought a new iPad and gave me her old iPad.  However, her old iPad has her Apple ID associated with it.

I want to change that ID to the same Apple ID I use on my iPhone. Is that possible?


texts: Is there a Mac OSX equivalent of zenity?

texts:
I'm porting some simple X windows/bash scripts to Mac OSX, but I cannot find a build of Zenity (a Gnome app for basic GUI dialogs) for OSX. Is there some other command line driven dialog utility I can use? Basic operations:
notification dialog

List item
(i.e. basic title, text, icon, OK button)
error notification
yes/no or ok/cancel prompts
select 1 or n items from a list
input text string

I don't (yet) know AppleScript (but it seems pretty verbose for the file maintenance tasks I'm interested in).


texts: How should I react to an email saying my Apple password has changed?

texts:
Few weeks back I had a email from Apple telling me that my account was being tried to logon to from location they don’t recognise “China”. And they have locked down my account. Today I got email “Your password has successfully Reset” where as I never did changed. It had a link for me to go to “Resolution Centre” if it wasn’t me. I am bit confused on if it’s a phishing email or really from Apple?
And what does it mean “Password Successfully Reset”


texts: Is there a way to recover missing or corrupt parts of a mov-file?

texts:
I did a screen recording for 30 minutes, but the file only consists of 4 minutes. The thing is, the file is 935 MB, so I expect that the rest of the movie is in there, but something went wrong in the file recording. Could that be? Is there a way to investigate this? The purpose would be to recover the missing part of the recording?
I'm running macOS Catalina.


texts: What's the little plastic clip on the headset good for?

texts:
On my iPhone headset (the one that came with the device, as well as the in-ear buds) there's a little piece of plastic that slides on the cable to one earbud, and can clip onto the other cable.

It's not large enough to accommodate the headset cable below the split, so it can't be used to somehow hold the cable in place when it's curled up.
It's not tight enough to stay in place if I slide it nearer the earbud, so it can't be used to essentially move the point where the cable splits closer to the earbuds.
It's not tight enough to really hold on to the other earbud cable. It takes nearly no effort at all to pull the cables apart.

What in the world is it good for?!?


texts: In MacVim I can't get the command character to map

texts:
I read https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40990454/how-to-map-mac-command-key-in-vim that you can get the command key to map in MacVim

I have installed MacVim with brew, using brew cask install macvim

I have MacVim in the terminal /usr/local/bin/vim,  and I see MacVim in the finder.

I start MacVim from the finder

I can see it access ~/.vim/vimrc fine as it reads my first line of :set shortmess=I

This is my vimrc

~$ cat ~/.vim/vimrc
:set shortmess=I

map <D-a> iaaaa
map <D-b> iaaaa
map <D-c> iaaaa
map <D-d> iaaaa
map <D-e> iaaaa
map <D-f> iaaaa
map <D-g> iaaaa
map <D-h> iaaaa
map <D-i> iaaaa
map <D-j> iaaaa
map <D-k> iaaaa
map <D-l> iaaaa
map <D-m> iaaaa
map <D-n> iaaaa
map <D-o> iaaaa
map <D-p> iaaaa
map <D-q> iaaaa
map <D-r> iaaaa
map <D-s> iaaaa
map <D-t> iaaaa
map <D-u> iaaaa
map <D-v> iaaaa
map <D-w> iaaaa
map <D-x> iaaaa
map <D-y> iaaaa
map <D-z> iaaaa

map <C-a> ibbbb

map <leader>1 iaaaa
:map <leader>0 iaaaa

~$

I can't get any of my command character mappings to work

Control maps fine, and leader works too. But i'm curious re command character.

I seem to get similar result with starting MacVim from finder, as I do starting MacVim(that's the vim I use) from Terminal.


texts: How much will macOS High Sierra upgrade cost me?

texts:
I have a Mac running OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5. unfortunately I am not very good at installing new programmes on my computer, and I want to update mine to the latest release macOS High Sierra.

What will it cost me if I go the the Mac shop at the Metro centre to have it installed?


texts: Can I create an alias or a shortcut to a file in Spotlight?

texts:
I have a file named Chemical Principles the quest for insight 7e by Peter Atkins.pdf but I want it to appear on Spotlight search when I look for the keyword Chemistry textbook.

Is that possible?


texts:
I want to multiboot my MacBook Pro, I'm trying to make partitions but in Disk Utility I can't make my partitions, only can divide by 2? Why?
It's a normal SSD not a fusion drive (SSD+HD).

Now I'm fresh installing my Mac with internet recovery... (Second time) but this time in Disk Utility by internet recovery instead click on erase I clicked in partitions and make a partition named Macintosh HD.

What I'm doing wrong?

Outputs:

diskutil list:

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         250.1 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *249.8 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 36635140-167F-4638-BF3C-4477ADAA6B21
                                 Unencrypted

diskutil cs list:

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group C9D6D11C-1A54-4134-9F20-0DDEF2F0FCB2
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         250140434432 B (250.1 GB)
    Free Space:   18882560 B (18.9 MB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume F1B297D0-081B-4E58-B1CB-7441FEF5F64D
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     250140434432 B (250.1 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family 57E0CBD7-461B-4E2A-87E5-B1B3B8B1FFE5
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         None
        Conversion Status:       NoConversion
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   No
        Fully Secure:            No
        Passphrase Required:     No
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 36635140-167F-4638-BF3C-4477ADAA6B21
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          249769230336 B (249.8 GB)
            Conversion Progress:   -none-
            Revertible:            Yes (no decryption required)
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS

sudo gpt -r -vv show disk0:

gpt show: disk0: mediasize=251000193024; sectorsize=512; blocks=490234752
gpt show: disk0: PMBR at sector 0
gpt show: disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: disk0: Sec GPT at sector 490234751
      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  488555536      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  488965176    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  490234712          7
  490234719         32         Sec GPT table
  490234751          1         Sec GPT header


texts: What is the technical difference between transferring from an old phone and an iCloud restore when setting up a new iPhone?

texts: Is there a difference in terms of how the iPhone's settings and state are compared between setting up a new iPhone using a transfer from a previous iPhone and setting up a new iPhone using an iCloud restore-from-backup?


texts: Can't install El Capitan in VirtualBox on High Sierra

texts:
I am installing El Capital in VirtualBox on High Sierra. The reason I am doing this is that I have an enterprise application that stoped working in High Sierra and so I am going the VM route.

When I need to select a disk to install the OS, there is no option for me to choose except the dmg file.

I am guessing that it might be the APFS on my MacBook Pro that is causing the problem but I have no solution. I tried using a USB external drive but it does not appear too after plugging in.

Does anyone have a way around this?


texts: Import H.264 videos into Final Cut Pro X

texts:
I tried to import an H.264 video into Final Cut Pro X without success. The software tells me that the file is not importable.

VideoSpec shows me the following video track parameters:

Format:  H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
Bitrate:  Max.: Undefined / Average: 725 Kbps / Min.: Undefined
Frame rate (fps):  Max.: Undefined / Average: 25.000 / Min.: Undefined
Encoding profile:  High@L3.0
Image size:  720*576
Pixel Aspect Ratio:  Undefined
Display Aspect Ratio:  16:9
Interlacing:  Progressive


texts: Manually create Apple hidden e-Mail addresses @privaterelay.appleid.com

texts:
I would love to create a handfull of private/disposable e-Mail adresses with my Apple ID - i can manage and see right here: https://appleid.apple.com/account/manage

If i sign in for example at pocket.com they have the private format kdf9s4js6ekw@privaterelay.appleid.com

Who has an idea or system to create them manually, may be with their own description.


texts: How to set "Next Input Source" shortcut in macOS Sierra to Shift + Cmd?

texts:
It seems not possible to set "Next Input Source" shortcut in macOS Sierra to ⇧ Shift + ⌘ cmd with the default OS facilities at the moment.

It there a way to do it with any third-party applications?


texts: Whatsapp on iOS, how to delete voice messages?

texts:
Some of my Whatsapp group chats contain about 100mb of voice messages and I want to get rid of them. However, they are not being displayed as "media".

On Android I could just go to the Whatsapp data folder and delete them from there but I can't access that on iOS.

I've also found the whatsapp support being useless, so I am trying here.


texts: Netbeans or Eclipse on macOS Sierra - Java problems

texts:
I want to install Eclipse or Netbeans on macOS Sierra. When I try to run Eclipse, I get an warning that Java 6 is needed. I downloaded the latest version of Eclipse to be sure.

So I tried Netbeans:

While at the same time the System settings report that Java 8 is installed and up to date.

How can I get either Eclipse or Netbeans working on macOS Sierra?


texts:
Is there any way to set the default web browser from within Mac OS?

I currently run Firefox 4 Beta, and haven't been able to find anywhere within the browser to set it as the default - possibly because it is a Beta. However, this makes Chrome start up as soon as I click a link from somewhere other than within FF, which is a tad annoying.


texts: NUMBERS Is it possible to select all the cells that share the same background colour on an existing table?

texts:
I have a large(ish) table, which is 75 rows, and 120 columns. so, 9000 cells. They are all empty of data, but some of them have their background fill set to Colour A, and some have it set to Colour B.

I would like to be able to select all the cells that are currently showing as Colour A cells, and change their background fill in one go, rather than have to sit for hours on end, manually selecting the cells individually.

Is this possible, or do I have a long night ahead?


texts: Homebrew install package which then won't run

texts: I've installed homebrew and used it successfully for installing and using packages before. But when I installed a packaged called "shpotify" that can be used to control spotify from the command line, Homebrew installs it successfully, but then when I try to run it, I get an error "zsh: command not found: shpotify" Do you know what could be causing this?


texts: For work reasons I have to dual boot windows 7 in my mac. Does doing so voids my warranty?


texts:
I'm not sure I understand the command "uptime"

uptime
13:58  up 5 days,  9:49, 3 users

I have 3 users detected, but I have only one user account on the Mac and no sharing enabled.

What the users actually are?


texts: Drive disappears from `diskutil list` about 35 seconds after showing up

texts:
When I plug in my 1TB 2.5" SATA drive to my MacBook Air Mid-2013 Mac OS Sierra 10.12.5 machine, the drive never shows up in Disk Utility.

However, the disk does show up in diskutil list, along with corresponding disk devices created in the /dev directory:

$ disutil list
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS                         800.0 GB   disk2s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS                         199.7 GB   disk2s3

However, every time after about 35 seconds after the disk devices are created, they disappear until the next replug.

Why is Mac OS deleting disk devices of a potentially corrupt disk drive?

I've already rebooted the machine.


texts: High memory usage on MacBook PRO retina 16Gb i7 2,5ghz

texts:
I'm using a MacBook Pro  Retina 15-inch 16Gb
Processor 2,5 Ghz Intel Core i7
Graphics Intel Iris Pro 1536 Mb
OS: OS X  Yoseminte v10.10.2

I'm having a problem with my ram. I think its eating too much rum when I'm not doing anything..

Please find my screenshots attached.

And this is how it looks when I have the Adobe Photoshop open (a small psd file 5,2Mb), Microsoft Word (1 page), Itunes, And the Chrome Browser (12 tabs opened)

Can someone help me with this issue? Why is it eating that much RAM?
If there is any other info that you need for this situation please tell me so I can get that for you.
Thank you

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)


texts: Single application not showing up in Spotlight

texts:
I have a strange issue where Matlab stubbornly refuses to appear in Spotlight search results.

I'm not sure what information to provide besides the fact it clearly exists in Applications:

It even appears in Launchpad just fine:

I don't have anything blocked from being indexed by Spotlight:

And yet, even searching for the exact name in Spotlight only yields some crash log.

The Spotlight search also works just fine for anything else / any other apps, and it updates fine (for example, I just searched it for the screenshots I made, and it found them) so it is not just "stuck".

Any ideas?


texts: How do I remove extra extension when creating a PDF?

texts:
Since upgrading to Mavericks, I've noticed that when creating a PDF from another file, such as Pages, the file extension is included in the file name. Is there any way to turn this off?

For example, let's say I create a Pages document called "Proposal.pages". When I'm ready to e-mail the proposal, I'll create a PDF of the document by selecting CMD+P and then "Save as PDF".

The default title that will be chosen is "Proposal.pages.pdf". Fairly simply thing to change, but when you generate PDFs all day, it becomes bothersome.

Does anyone know of a way that I can remove the ".pages" extension when creating the PDF file?


texts: Is there a way to disable dragging (drag-n-drop) in a read-write dmg file?

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I´m creating a dmg image that should be able to use drag-n-drop of a folder onto an application.

The user installs my app by dragging a folder onto an application (.app) that is made by Automator and installs the folder by copying it to the correct location. It does not install into the Applications folder, it´s in the User´s own directories. So not something one can use an Alias or symlink for.

The only problem is that the DMG converted to read-only (compressed, in Disk Utility) does not allow one to drop anything into anything, not even onto my little install app. (! :/)

One solution is to use a read-write DMG file. Not a good alternative. The user will mess up the order or positioning of the folders and files before installing and come back to a messed up installer app later on, for next time around. Also, it does not auto-open on double-clicking on the .dmg. That´s why you make them read-only.

So, can I disable dragging and essentially "lock" the file´s location in the read-write enabled DMG file format?

For solutions, any way is interesting, by terminal or any app.


texts: How to move a file to another drive via drag & drop without pressing Cmd

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How can I configure macOS' Finder in a way that I can move (not copy) files via drag & drop to another drive without pressing Cmd?

I'm transferring files to a network storage on a regular basis and pressing Cmd all the time is a bit tedious.


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I have a MacBook Air that the lid I left open. The screen was still on when I left it. In System Preferences, I set it to turn off the display and sleep after 10 minutes. But it didn't turn off. I know that because the next morning, all the battery ran out. Why didn't it sleep like the MacBook Air is supposed to?

EDIT: This is the result of the pmset- g command in Terminal.

Active Profiles:
Battery Power -1
AC Power 2*

Currently in use:

standbydelay 4200

standby 1

womp 1

halfdim 1

hibernatefile /var/vm/sleepimage

darkwakes 1

networkoversleep 0

disksleep 10

sleep 10 (sleep prevented by coreaudiod)

hibernatemode 3

ttyskeepawake 1

displaysleep 10

acwake 0

lidwake 1 –


texts:
I'd like to get all 366 possible icons that Calendar would have displayed in the Dock.

How can you automate the creation of each of these, either in Bash or Automator?


texts: How on earth do I get iTunes to play an album?

texts:
I tried the old right click and select play on the drop down menu trick. Which didn't work.

Now I'm fresh out of ideas.

I'm using Vista Home and iTunes 12.0.1.26.


texts: `dd`command: ISO to USB Changes Partition Table to APM

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I am trying to dd an ISO to a USB so I can install Linux on another computer, but the USB changes from any partition table (GPM or MBR) to APM when it finishes.

I'm using the following command:

sudo dd if=[path of iso] of=/dev/disk2

The command "diskutil list" successfully shows the usb is /dev/disk2 and Disk Utility shows the partition table before has changed to APM.

I've worked with dd and Disk Utility several times in the past and have never until now had this problem. I believe it changed after I upgraded from OS X to macOS.

APM is not able to be used on this computer so the ISO on the USB can't be read. Help?


texts: Is there a shortcut to play the audio preview on Finder?

texts: I have a bunch of audio files that I need to classify, so I need to play a few seconds of each file and then rename it accordingly. I can do almost all the operations with keyboard shortcuts, except for playing the preview, for that one I need to click on the play button on the center of the preview column.


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i just re-installed my mbp, and have deleted whole disk. i think my music is safe because i had sync it to my ipad.

but after installation done, i can't get my music from my ipad. in iTunes, when i try to click sync music, it showing me an alert that iTunes will remove all music from my ipad.

i know i can sync with auto download purchase items. but i got this music not from itunes stores. i got it by copied from my band studio, ( and some just copied from cd)

do you know how to get the music sync back to the mac without delete from ipad?


texts: How to filter for Chinese fonts in Font Book on Sierra?

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Font Book has Smart Collections, which allows you to filter based on font properties. I created a Smart Collection with the filter "Languages include:"

It works if I enter "French" or "Japanese", but if I use "Chinese", there are no results.

I looked in a Chinese font's properties (e.g. Baoli SC), and it lists "Chinese (Simplified)" under Languages. I tried all of these search terms, but none worked:

Chinese
Chinese*
Chinese (Traditional)
Chinese (Simplified)
Traditional
*Traditional*
Simplified
*Simplified*

It seems to me a major oversight/bug that Font Book's Smart Collection filter cannot search for a term that has spaces in it. (Or is there a way to "escape" a space?)

Side note: In Yosemite, some of the Chinese fonts' Language properties have "Chinese, Chinese (Simplified)", so those will show up if you do a Smart Collection for "Chinese", but not "Chinese (Simplified)". In Sierra, however, none of the Chinese fonts' Language properties has "Chinese" alone.


texts: I am trying to figure out which device Siri does certain things. I have a 13" MBP, iPhone SE 2nd gen., and an iPad Air 2. I know if I ask Siri to set a timer, my phone will set the timer. But, why not the iPad? If I ask Siri to open Google Chrome, which is on all three devices, which device responds?


texts: AppleScript to save current Safari window in webarchive format?

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Without using GUI scripting, how can I use AppleScript to tell Safari to save the current browser page to a file in webarchive format?  The following produces an error "The document “...” could not be exported as “foo.webarchive” (where "..." is the title of the current web page, whatever it may be):

set the_filepath to "/tmp/foo.webarchive"
tell application "Safari"
    activate
    save document 1 in the_filepath
end tell

I've tried variations on this, such as different file name extensions (e.g., .html) to see if anything works, but an error always arises. I've tried different ways of specifying the file name, but that also produces errors (of a different kind).  I've tried using save ... as ".webarchive" instead of the simple save above, but that produces a different error about "document 1 doesn't understand the save message".

The AppleScript dictionary for Safari 11 has this description:

save v : Save a document.
  save specifier : The document(s) or window(s) to save.
    [in file] : The file in which to save the document.
    [as saveable file format] : The file format to use.

This implies that it should be possible to save the current web page in a specific format understood by Safari (such as, hopefully, webarchive), and that I simply haven't figured out the right syntax.


texts: iOS Mail shows iCloud email aliases which were deleted one year ago

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I created 2 iCloud email aliases a year ago, but didn't end up using them so deleted them from my iCloud mail preferences. On my iPhone though, if I select "send mail from" those aliases are still there, whereas if I log into iCloud web mail they aren't.

Is there any way to get rid of them on my iPhone (running iOS 11.3)?


texts: How to regain warnings about permanent version storage?

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With Preview in Mountain Lion, I carelessly checked the box –

[√] Do not show this message again

– imagining that the preference was for just one volume.

Then realised that the warning (the sheet):

no longer appears for Preview, with other volumes that do not support permanent version storage
continues to appear for apps other than Preview, with the volume where I don't require the warning.

In other words, I imagined wrong. The preference may be app-specific, not volume-specific.

Please:

how do I regain the warnings in Preview?

Already I sped through ~/Library/Preferences sorted by modification date, and opened a few files including com.apple.finder.plist but at a glance:

I can't find any .plist with content that includes the string revision

If the preference is elsewhere in com.apple.finder.plist: where?

(I'd prefer to not abandon that file – it's 35 KB with 3,417 lines.)

Also I viewed the content of recently modified .plist files relating to Preview. Unless I'm missing something, nothing relating to revisions, versions or storage. com.apple.Preview.plist is not recently modified –

– and within those nine, the two that are recently modified seem to contain nothing relating to permanent version storage:

Any other ideas on how to correct my mistake? – Thanks


texts: What happens if you restore your keychain from a TM backup?

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Does anyone know what happens or what I should expect if I restore all contents of ~/Library/Keychains from a Time Machine backup? I'm trying to assess the risks of doing this.

The reason I am asking is my iCloud keychain, which contains about 8 years of pretty important "Secure Notes", disappeared a few days ago. I believe the reason for it disappearing is that its local copy became corrupt (there is now a files at ~/Library/Keychains/[redacted_guid]/keychain-2.db-
keychain-2.db-corrupt and it was created around the time I noticed problems). I have tried restoring just the ~/Library/Keychains/[redacted_guid]/ folder, but that didn't fix the problem.

A reasonable next step is to restore the entire folder, which I hope has a working db and valid links to it. But I am afraid this will make things worse. Currently, my system is working fine. Using my user password, I can unlock my computer from a sleep and I can unlock the secure parts of System Preferences. I can see things going bad fast if I screw up my primary login keychain.


texts: Can't remember the password for an old Apple ID and I'm not getting the password renew email?

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For some reason, iTunes has suddenly decided it won't let me sync tunes onto my ipod which were bought with an old Apple ID (even though the email account is still active and linked to the new Apple ID) and is saying my laptop (which I've been using for years) isn't authorized with that old Apple ID?

I can't remember the password for the old apple id. If I go to the login screen and click on "forgotten password" it says it will email me with a link to change the password but no email ever arrives in that account so I'm completely stuck.

Has anyone else experienced this problem?


texts: What is the best application to run Windows on a Mac?

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I've been looking around for reviews for the best way to run a Windows on a Mac. I've come across Bootcamp, Parallels, VitrualBox, and VMFusion. I am wondering what seems to be the most efficient, one with the least problems, and why use it over the others. If there are others I haven't mentioned let me know.

EDIT

I have a MacBook Pro just bought it a few weeks ago, and at the moment I would only use the Windows side for a few games.


texts: Extract zip file to different location without Terminal

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Without third-party software, is there a way to extract a zip file to a different location without using Terminal?
I realize I could use unzip file.zip -d /path/to/destination, but I'd love to do it just by dragging and dropping with a keyboard modifier or something.  Is this possible?


texts: Do MacBook Pros have support for the Remote Control?

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Do the new (2011) MacBook Pros work with Apple's Remote Control?

I'm little confused because the Apple Store offers me an Apple Remote when I try buying a new MacBook Pro, but I don't see any information about support for that remote in the MacBook Pro's description.


texts: Network interfaces missing after software update [iMac 7,2]

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I recently updated my iMac to Mac OS X 10.6.8, it took a while to come back up, and when it did start up, the network interfaces were missing and when trying to open the Network tab in system preferences, the program just crashes...
Any idea? I'm desperate...


texts: Can I accept a call on iPhone without manual intervention?

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I would like to know if I can accept a call without me or any person hitting the accept button?
It can happen immediately after receiving the call or after any number of rings, but automatic it should be.


texts: Can't restore iPhone in order to downgrade

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I just downloaded the iOS 11 beta from Apple's developer website, but I'm having such a headache downgrading back to iOS 10.3.2.

I installed their provisioning profile from their website, as instructed on their site.

To restore, I did the following:

I restarted my iPhone to recovery mode to restore it, only to be presented this message:

  the iPhone could not be updated. Declined to authorize this image on this device for this user

I rebooted it to find the provisioning profile in order to delete it, only to find that the management page in settings was not there and neither Xcode/Devices nor Apple Configurator 2 showed any profiles.

Now I'm stuck on iOS 11, and I can't figure out how to downgrade.

Do you have any ideas?


texts: macOS - Is it possible to lock the time zone?

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I'm looking for a way of stopping myself changing which time zone my computer is in.

I would like to remain an admin with knowledge of the password so just making a non admin account would not work.

I think a lock on the GUI in system preferences would be sufficient. But if I could also stop myself from changing:

sudo systemsetup -settimezone timezone

That would be great too.

Thanks for the help - I'd be happy to clarify the problem if necessary.

A solution could be in the form of a bit of code that checks:

sudo systemsetup -gettimezone

every minute or so and changes it back if I have edited it.


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Step one, open App Store control panel:
Step two, click CHANGE under beta updates:

Step three, click DO NOT SHOW BETA SOFTWARE:

Now if you look at the control panel it looks like this and the beta section is gone:

Here is where it gets weird. If you quit and then reopen the control panel it look like the first screen shot again.

So how do I actually STOP beta software updates?


texts: What Are The Signs of RAM (Slot) Failure?

texts:
I've recently attempted to install 2 sticks of 2GB RAM into my MacBook Pro, but unfortunately had jammed one stick in the lower RAM compartment (Apparently I forgot to enter it at 45°) and had a rough time getting it out.

The RAM stick is busted and had to replace it, but I'm quite sure the slot might suffered a bit.

What are the signs of RAM failure?


texts: Reset Admin password/ unauthorized password change

texts: My ex-wife managed to get on to my Mac (OS X 10.9.4) and change my password for log on.  Luckily, I am still able to access my Mac as she didn't set it to screen lock.  What do I need to do in order to get back to my old password so that I can set a new one. Can I simply restore from my Time Machine to get it back to my old password?  Or do I need more advanced help?


texts: Can a Mac's model year be determined with a Terminal Command?

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Does anybody know a terminal command that gives me the model of my Mac?

For example -  "MacBook Pro, Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2013" or "MacBook Pro, Late 2009" or "Mac Mini, Early 2010".

That information does not exist in the SystemProfiler (/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPHardwareDataType), but in OS X 10.7 and OS X 10.8 you can see that information when you click "More Info..." in the "About This Mac" window.


texts: DuetHeuristic-BM and nsurlsessiond hogging CPU and Memory on MacBook Air

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I recently updated my MacBook Air to macOS 10.12.2 and there are these two programs, DuetHeuristic-BM and nsurlsessiond which have been hogging CPU and memory continuously:

This heats up the machine and has significantly reduced the battery life. I went through the logs in Console and the most common logs that I see for these processes are as follows:-

DuetHeuristic-BM

  :[
    ] sumScores:38.410000, denominator:42.410000, FinalDecision: Must Not Proceed FinalScore: 0.000000}

and nsurlsessiond

  HTTP load failed (error code: -1001 [4:-2104])
  NSURLSessionTask finished with error - code: -1001
  Task 281 for client  will be retried after error - code: -1001

etc.

I am not sure what's causing this. My MacBook is critical to my work and this issue is causing me a lot of trouble. This has been happening the whole day, please help.

Update

Had a call with the Apple Customer support regarding this, they suggested me to reformat the MacBook and it worked. The processes aren't showing up at all, the laptop is working perfectly.


texts: Some Force Touch gestures stop working (2016 MBP 13-inch w/ Touch Bar)

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Something strange sometimes happens when I'm working on my 2016 MBP 13-inch w/ Touch Bar (Mac OS 10.13.4). I don't know exactly why, but occasionally certain gestures (i.e. pinch to zoom in and zoom out, force touch over a word to open the dictionary) simply stop functioning until I lock and unlock the laptop. Other gestures (mission control, move across desktops) keep working. This happens to all the apps I try to use (Safari, Word, Pages, Ulysses, Mind Node and so on). I can still use keyboard shortcuts to perform those actions.

As I said, the only solution I could find is to lock and unlock the laptop or just reboot it, but I would like to know if there is a better, permanent fix to this issue.


texts: How can I disable my MacBook Pro's pause/play key within Keynote?

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I run iTunes all day while I work, and have built in the muscle memory of pressing F8 to pause and play music.

Occasionally I work with Keynote as well. When music is playing and I press F8 to pause it while Keynote is the frontmost application, Keynote starts playing the presentation.

I want all presses of F8 to pause/play music in iTunes and never anything else. I don't use QuickTime, don't need it for VLC or Keynote.

I've seen elsewhere that users say this isn't something that can be changed, and I've submitted a feature request to Apple to change that. Perhaps the gurus here will know something different?


texts: macOS Big Sur - Changing the system font

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I would like to change the system font (Menu Bar included) to Lucida Grande.
I have SIP disabled, and I've also disabled Library Validation.
Thanks!


texts: What is "routined" and why is it eating my CPU?

texts:
After my fans started blazing, I checked top and found that a process named routined was using 60-70% cpu. Surprisingly, I found no information about this process via Google, other than a mention of it in relation to a keychain issue which doesn't apply to me.

Anybody know what this process is doing?

The process was owned by my user, but after killing it, it came back running as root. After a minute or so, the cpu usage droped to 0.

macOS Catalina 10.15.2 on a MacBook Pro


texts: Cannot find expired certificate in Keychain Access

texts:
Trying to pull from a git repository I got an "SSL certificate problem: Invalid certificate chain", and was unable to access.

The answer here: git SSL certificate- Invalid certificate chain while accessing says it's an expired certificate problem.

When I visit the repository with Safari I get a message that a certificate issued by TERENA SSL CA has expired. However, I cannot find this certificate in my keychain. The keychain only contains a new, updated certificate from TERENA.

I have enabled "Show expired certificates" in the View menu, and I can see other expired certificates, but not the one from TERENA.

How can I find and delete this certificate?

Edit: The referenced answer in the comment below does not answer my question. The problem is that I cannot locate the expired certificate.


texts: Preview "Scale to fit window" should go to next page with right/left arrow keys instead of scrolling sideways

texts:
When reading a PDF and setting the option "Scale to fit window" the page is not-quite-fit-but-a-little-too-big to go to the next page with the right arrow key, it ends up scrolling horizontally instead, which makes no sense since I expect the full page width to be already "fitting the window".
It's annoying that every time I resize the window, I have to zoom out about 2% in order for it to actually fit the window and be able to use arrow keys to change pages.
Is there a fix or a workaround for this problem?
Selecting "Scale to fit window":

Then using right arrow simply scrolls sideways:


texts:
I have just updated my MacBook Air to High Sierra but weirdly I cannot adjust the brightness with the keys on the keyboard.

Anybody have an idea why this is happening and how to fix?


texts: How to recover older iTunes backups for iPhone?

texts:
I have an iPhone 5. I made a backup copy last week with my iTunes. I discovered that I had erased some notes so I wanted to restore the backup from iTunes. When I plugged the phone to the PC, iTunes asked me to update the iOS software in order to proceed with the restore process. I did the update but also a new backup over the old one was made.

When I look for the backups available to restore it only shows the one from yesterday but not the one from last week. Is it possible to recover older backups from iTunes even if they have been overwritten by the latest backups?


texts: Can't install new Seagate HD on mac -- greyed partion option under disk utilites

texts: On my mac, trying to set up new Seagate Expansion Portable Drive. I get to the Disk utility, but the partition option is greyed out.


texts: Is it possible to stream audio via AVB between two Macintoshes?

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I have two Macs that I am trying to stream AVB between. Both machines are running Mavericks and can see other AVB devices and stream with them. However when trying to stream from one Mac to another Mac it does not function. We have tried with an iMac, two Mac Mini, a Mac Book Pro, and a Mac Air.

Is it possible to stream between two Macs for just audio? Under Audio Midi Setup the network devices is empty.

Thank you.


texts: The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition. Windows 10 and Sierra

texts:
Getting is error trying to remove my Win 10 Partition.

"disktutil list" shows the following. Any ideas?

    /dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Mac OS                  29.4 GB    disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Mac OS                 +29.0 GB    disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 B7D96129-BE28-48C5-98EB-39FAF8A90FD1
                                 Unencrypted


texts: How to fix Final Cut Pro X's "Modified File" message

texts:
Final Cut Pro (FCP) X 10.2.3 today gave me the most unhelpful warning message in my timeline: "Modified File" - thanks Final Cut Pro! What can I do to fix this problem?

I've tried relinking the clips, Googling just lead to more questions and no solutions. Anyone have a clue?


texts: How to fix Time Capsule slowdown on file dialogs?

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I've got a fairly recent model Time Capsule running backup for my Macbook Pro (Late 2013). Ever since upgrading to Yosemite I've noticed an occasional slow down when bringing up a file open or save dialog in most applications.

The delay is more than 5 seconds, and it only happens if a file dialog hasn't been displayed in a while. I can keep Finder windows open, and that doesn't seem to affect it.

The only pattern I've noticed is that I usually hear the Time Capsule drive spin up. Since I see the Time Capsule in the file dialog it seems like that is a likely candidate. It is rather annoying and would love to do something about it.

Time Capsule is only used for Time Machine purposes. I don't store or access any other files on it. It does not have any additional USB drives attached to it. My Macbook has a wired connection to the Time Capsule.


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I recently bought mac book air. In that I have itunes 11.2.1 version. Now I want to move all of my contents from my previous mac book's itunes to this new one and completely sync both my ipad and iphone with new mac book. But the problem is that I don't even have any option to selection ibooks from new itune 11.2.1. Below is the screenshot.

When I want to add ibooks there from preferences there also does not have the option to add ibook. Below is the screenshot of preferences

How can I add ibooks so that I could sync my books with my ipad?


texts: How do I update the Mac Pro (2013)'s display drivers under Windows?

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I'm trying to run the HTC Vive setup software (yes, I'm aware the Mac Pro's GPUs are underpowered for VR; I've got an external GPU enclosure on its way, and am trying to do some initial room setup and installation while I wait.); but I'm getting the following error when I attempt to launch ViveSetup.exe:

Failed to create OpenGL context for format QSurfaceFormat(version 2.0, options QFlags(), depthBufferSize 24, redBufferSize -1, greenBufferSize -1, blueBufferSize -1, alphaBufferSize -1, stencilBufferSize -1, swapBehaviour 2, swapInterval 1, profile 0). This is most likely caused by not having the necessary graphics drivers installed.
Install a driver providing OpenGL 2.0 or higher, or, if this is not possible, make sure the ANGLE Open GL ES 2.0 Emulation libraries (libEGL.dll, libGLESv2.dll, and d3dcompiler_*.dll) are available in the application executable's directory or in a location listed in PATH.

Does anyone know how I can upgrade the drivers for Apple's AMD FirePro D700 (which appear to be at "FireGL V") to something supporting OpenGL 2.0?


texts: Audio incorrectly outputs to speaker while headphones are in

texts: When I put my headphones in, the music plays, but not through the headphones. I've tried several different pairs of headphones that all work with a different phone. I can't watch or listen to anything with headphones in. It still plays, but it plays through the speakers.


texts: How to fix brew after OSX upgrade to Yosemite?

texts:
I faced some issue with Homebrew. I upgraded to Yosemite. After the upgrade, homebrew seems to be broken.

I would run any brew command and get this error

/usr/local/bin/brew: /usr/local/Library/brew.rb: /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
/usr/local/bin/brew: line 26: /usr/local/Library/brew.rb: Undefined error: 0

How to resolve it?


texts: About This Mac > Storage shows 10GB Backups, but Time Machine is Disabled

texts:
I'm trying to figure out what's going on with my storage.
About This Mac > Storage shows that there's ~11GB of Backups.
Disk Utility seems to sort the same files as "Other".

Googling tells me that the backups shown in About This Mac > Storage are part of Time Machine (and that they will be automagically deleted if the space is needed), BUT Time Machine is disabled, and has never been used (and there are no /.MobileBackups or /Volumes/MobileBackups folders).

Running Disk Utility's 'First Aid' from the Recovery Partition says there's nothing wrong with the disk.

Also, Disk Utility reports two different sizes for "available" (in the same window). The difference seems to be the size of the supposed backups.


texts: I wrote an .command script that when I launch it, it just exits and it's to quick for me to see what's going on. How do I keep it open?


texts: How do I uninstall the shortcuts that come with Chrome?

texts:
So I am running OS X El Capitan on my Macbook air. I just installed the chrome browser recently and I noticed it installed a few shortcuts onto launchpad. These shortcuts were to youtube, gmail, and google drive. When clicking on the shortcuts it opens chrome to the correct webpage. I have already gone to chrome://apps and uninstalled all of the apps but the shortcuts still do not go away. I have searched through my application folder but I cannot find the shortcuts and have tried deleting chrome. Rebooting doesn't do a thing either. I installed chrome from google's official website too.

please help me!!! I do not care if I have chrome anymore I just do not want these shortcuts.


texts: How do I force my MacBook Air into "hibernation" mode?

texts:
I have a MacBookAir3,2 (late 2010) running 10.9.3.

I want to be able to force the machine to immediately go into "hibernation" mode, but it seems impossible.

The usual answer that I have seen is sudo pmset -a destroyfvkeyonstandby 1 hibernatemode 25 but when I sleep/wake my Mac with those settings, I am not asked for my FileVault password.

Additional Info:

Power Nap is disabled for Battery and A/C power
Fast User Switching is disabled
Preferences » Security & Privacy » General » Require Password is set to “immediately”

I have run sudo pmset -a destroyfvkeyonstandby 1 hibernatemode 25 autopoweroff 1 autopoweroffdelay 14400 standby 1  but note that 'autopoweroff' and 'autopoweroffdelay' are both absent from my pmset settings:

System-wide power settings:
 DestroyFVKeyOnStandby      1
Active Profiles:
Battery Power       -1
AC Power        -1*
Currently in use:
 standbydelay         0
 standby              1
 womp                 1
 halfdim              1
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 darkwakes            0
 networkoversleep     0
 disksleep            10
 sleep                180
 hibernatemode        25
 ttyskeepawake        1
 displaysleep         10
 acwake               0
 lidwake              1

Putting the computer to sleep, either by closing the lid or sudo shutdown -s now and then waking it back up within a minutes or two does not require me to enter my FileVault password, just my regular account password.

Is there a way for me to force the Mac to hibernate?


texts: How to convert from evernote rich text to markdown on IPad?

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I am using  evernote on Ipad 2 and I have notes with some formatting , e.g. links, bold/italic fonts etc.
When I try to copy and paste the content to some HTML online editor, that accepts markdown, all formatting is lost.

Can anyone suggest how to convert from evernote rich text to markdown on IPad ?

I've tried http://html2markdown.com/, but pasted text from Evernote already lost all formatting instructions.
If someone will advise, how to convert  Evernote rich text to HTML string, it will solve the problem.

An answer for a similar question Is it possible to copy 'rich text' formatting on iPhone? suggests to find an app  to see the copied text in HTML form. Can anyone suggest the app?


texts: How to change desktop wallpaper for all virtual desktops?

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I have six virtual desktops and want to change a desktop wallpaper for all of them at once. There is no such option when using System Preferences, so I have to change a wallpaper only for one desktop and repeat this six times.

Is there any way for process automation?


texts: How to optimize settings (brightness, contrast) on external monitors for proper color calibration in macOS for work in low lighting conditions?

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I have several monitors attached to a Mac Pro and unfortunately I have some issues with variations of their brightness and contrast due to their being largely different model monitors. I've tried the Apple calibration tool before (advanced option) that tells you to crank up your contrast all the way and then tweak the brightness from there to get the box looking right, but this no longer seems to look right on Catalina.

I've shifted gears to a ColorMunki Display, but since their software pretty much doesn't work well (or even at all with the number of monitors I have), I'm left with DisplayCAL.

DisplayCAL is really quite awesome, but I keep having troubles with my black and white levels leaving me with slightly grey of each.

This brings me back to my original question: How does one figure out what the best settings for brightness, contrast, etc. would be for monitors before even jumping into the real calibration phase?

I've read that one solid starting point is getting a light meter on your iPhone / iPad and trying to get the brightness levels all roughly the same.  I did actually do this, and it was helpful for my eyes, but didn't resolve the grey-blacks and grey-whites issue.

This problem is exacerbated for me by working in a dark room / studio 90% of the time and thus I need to work with lower lighting and brightness settings.


texts: Spotlight search result for contact does not open found contact in Address Book

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When I search for a contact in Spotlight (Cmd-Space), the correct contacts show.

When I select a contact (Enter), Address Book opens, but it has no contact selected. I have to look for the same contact again, this time in Address Book.

I use this all the time and am certain it used to work. Have tried rebuilding Spotlight index by removing Address Book from Spotlight and re-adding it.

Anyone else have this issue? Any suggestions for a fix?


texts: Is there a way to use a high performance GPU when my MBP is connected to AC power and use automatic switching when it's on battery? I have latest OSX and Mid 2012 MacBook Pro if that matters.


texts: Sometimes background image for lock screen doesn't show on iPhone

texts: I have seen this several times that the image I have for my lockscreen does not show. It is just black with the battery indicator shown in foreground and the unlock slider at bottom.


texts: Fit 2 video clips in iMovie side by side without cropping

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When using iMovie's side-by-side feature, it cropped the clips automatically by default.  How do we make it to fit the clips into the final clip without cropping any parts of the images?

Clip1:

Clip2:

iMovie resulted:

Desired result:


texts: macOS equivalent of the "where" command used in a Windows Command Prompt

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In a Windows Command Prompt, I can find the location of things like Java and GIT by using the where command.

For example, typing where java yields C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_05.

What is the macOS Terminal equivalent for the Windows Command Prompt command, where?


texts: How can I use Availability Panel in Calendar?

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There is an item named Availability Panel in Calendar:

When I open it this message is shown:

  This calendar does not support availability.

What kinds of calendars are supported for calculating availability? I have personal calendars in Calendar with recurring events that none of them work with Availability Panel.


texts: On spotlight, typing 'message' autocompletes to Messages but 'messages' goes to Minecraft

texts: That's it. What's going on and how do I fix it?


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I am new user of OS X, I am missing one important feature is zooming page with trackpad or mouse scroll.

I need to get the same result as shortcuts Command + - and  Command + + do.

I mean that the page should change it size, I need this for responsive web design.

Is there any way to make this work for example using Command + Scroll?


texts: How could I check the number of files in a folder without counting them?

texts: Is there a way to check the number of files in a folder on MacBook, other than manually counting them?


texts: FileVault 2 gives "boot file not written" error

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I'm trying to enable FileVault 2 in Mountain Lion, but a few steps into the process of turning on the encryption I get the error "Boot file not written" and the encryption fails to succeed.

Anyone with similar problem or even better has a solution to the problem?

I've done some googling and the only thing I come up with is some long-shot advice to wipe your entire system, but that's not really what I had in mind.

Suggestions?


texts: How can I mark a contact as unable to receive text messages?

texts: A few of my contacts have mobile phones that do not send or receive text messages.  I'd like to prevent my iPhone (4S) from including those numbers as options for messaging.  How can I do that?


texts: Active monitoring and scheduled scanning in ClamXav?

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I want to use an antivirus app on my Mac, and I heard that ClamXav is a good one to use. However, I'm not sure how to use it.

All previous anti-virus scanners that I have used have two main features:

Active monitoring
Scheduled scanning

The first feature constantly monitors your system and when it detects a new virus file being created, it will let you know so that you can remove the virus before it does any damage.

The second feature will periodically (e.g. every week) scan your entire hard-drive to make sure that no viruses have made their way onto your hard-drive.

Is there any way to enable these two features in ClamXav?


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I am doing something I thought would be pretty easy, but apparently I was wrong.

I am wanting to edit blueprints for my sister-in-law's new bathroom redesign.  I have made selections to the PNG with my rectangle tool for the shower, sinks, toilette, doors, etc., etc.,

I simply want to rotate these selections (not the entire imagine) 90°.

Right clicking to rotate, does nothing.  Right clicking isn't allowed.

When I try to go to tools-rotate left with the selection selected it flips the entire imagine with the selection along with it.

I tried selecting the image, copying it to the clipboard and THEN rotating the imagine to get it to line up.  That too doesn't work as Preview clears clipboard every time I rotate the entire image.

Surely I cannot be the only person wanting to do this. I am running 10.11.6


texts: Other than speed, is there a reason that a 10W iPad charger shouldn't charge a new MacBook Pro 2016?

texts: Are there any reasons not to use a 10w ipad charger with a USB->USB-C cable to charge a new MacBook Pro 2016? Have the one charger that came with MacBook but would like to be able to plug in at office, home on road, etc. with other chargers. Thx.


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Can an iPad somehow connect the iPad Camera Connector AND be plugged into power simultaneously?

I need to use the USB port AND have the iPad connected to a power source.  Possible?


texts: need AppleScript to search a 2 column table, w/o Excel, Numbers, etc

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don't know how elementary a question like this is, but...

• I have a 2 column csv file that I want to search for a value in col A and then grab its matching value in col B.

• I will store the csv file in an AppleScript bundle to keep things tidy.

Is there a way (search with grep?) to do this, and keep a separate GUI app (Excel, Numbers, etc) out of the equation?


texts: How many clients does the airport express support when bridging (ProxySTA)?

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The airport express is said to support 50 users, yet in my case (when bridging WiFi to ethernet) it only serves up to 4 clients on the LAN port. A fifth client is not able to obtain an IP address nor ARP requests or anything else. It's completely ignored by the airport express.

So: How many ethernet clients does the airport express support concurrently when bridging?

Note: This applies to bridged mode (ProxySTA) only, where one bridges an existing WiFi (connected to the internet) into an ethernet.


texts: How can I remove the File Quarantine warning for a file associated with an Automator script?

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To download torrents, I have changed from running Transmission on my Mac to running it on a NAS. As a next step, I want the Mac to automatically start the torrent download on the NAS by moving the .torrent file to the "watch folder" on the NAS.

I have created the Automator script below to move the file and it works well. I have associated .torrent files with this script and my browser (Chrome) opens these automatically.

The problem I now have is that the Mac File Quarantine is triggered when the .torrent file is opened. I get the message:

  ".torrent" may be an application. It was
  downloaded from the Internet and will be opened by
  TorrentOnDiskstation. Are you sure you want to open it?

When I have Transmission installed on my Mac, it opens .torrent files without a warning message, so it must have some way of telling the OS that .torrent files are ok.

How can I get the same behavior with my Automator script?

I've found answers that show how to completely disable the File Quarantine feature (at least for pre-Lion Mac OS), but this seems overkill. I've also seen "hacks" that will trigger the xattr function when a file is created, but this doesn't seem elegant. Can anyone come up with a clean and self-contained solution?