texts: Windows 7 Client to OSX Server 5 (Password Error)

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I have OSX Server 5.0.15 running and am having trouble getting Windows 7 clients to connect to share via SMB. The file server is running and SMB is turned on. Accounts and groups are set up. The users are accessing the server by ip address.

They can connect to the share but when asked for their username and password the password always get the error "the specified network password is not correct". I have even tried logging in with my credentials and I am an admin on the server.

I have used DOMAINNAME\username for the login to ensure they are logging into the proper domain. But no luck. I assume at this point that I am doing something wrong.

On the server the host name is server.local and the computer name is MacProVtrack according to the Server Overview tab. I am working from the premise that the domain would be "server". (see Screenshots)

Is the server or domain name not correct? Do I need to change the host name? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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texts: Can I lock the functions on the touch bar?

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Is it possible to lock the touch bar to always display the default functions ("buttons")? I quite often use the buttons for sound and display brightness, but the touch bar almost never has them, since it changes according to my app on focus.

Basically, I want it to never change from what it would show as if it were physical buttons instead of a touch bar...


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Using the Mac terminal whenever I hit enter, regardless of shell it outputs the line with square brackets. The issue doesn't occur in iTerm2.

Dan@Mac ~                                                            [10:32:55]
[> $                                                                            ]

Dan@Mac ~                                                            [10:36:11]
[> $                                                                            ]

Dan@Mac ~                                                            [10:36:11]
> $

So above is what there term looks like, input goes at > $ however on enter it shows with [> $.

Any advice appreciated, let me know if you need any other details.

edit: To clarify as this was marked duplicate of another thread which asks the functionality/purpose of mark, when posting this I did not know what mark was or that it existed.


texts: Cannot mount external drives or flash drives

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I tried multiple file systems and multiple devices, none of them will mount. I also tried looking for fsck (not running), resetting the NVRAM (and restarting the Mac of course) and it still doesn't work. It shows up correctly in the Disk Utility, however it stays unmounted (even if I click mount). Is there anything else I can do? What might be wrong? FYI I did check the following thread (although my problem is a bit different) and tried these solutions, didn't work.

UPDATE
As requested by the comment, I ran the following:

diskutil list disk2
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            ClickShare             *23.5 MB    disk2


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I've a Mac Mini and I tried to reinstall Sierra yesterday.

I used Command + R at the log screen
Erased my Hard Drive
Click on Reinstall macOS Sierra

But when it was close to finish my internet dropped because of the rain and the reinstall failed. I tried again but nothing happened, so I restarted and now I can't access the recovery screen. My Mac boots directly to a grey folder with a question mark and the Command + R doesn't work.

What can I do now?


texts: Time Machine initial backup way too large

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I have a Time Capsule 802.11n 1 TB at work with some free space on it, and I decided to make a second backup on it, using Time Machine. I have about 358 GB used on the hard drive, and 25 GB of that are in a folder that I excluded from the Time Machine Backup, so the actual amount of data to be backed up is about 333 GB. Yet my initial backup (before any incrementals) took up 477 GB of space on the Time Capsule. Even after running hdiutil compact on the sparse bundle, I was only able to reduce its size to 455 GB. Isn't that still excessive? I understand there may be some overhead, but really, isn't ~40% overhead excessive?

A piece of information that may be relevant to the question: Unfortunately my rMBP has no Ethernet and I haven't purchased the USB-to-Ethernet adapter either, so the backup proceeded very slowly under 802.11n. Unable to finish the backup in a single day, I took the rMBP home each night, and on the following day, I would let Time Machine resume the backup (it did seem to be resuming since the amount to be backed up decreased every day). Eventually, a week after starting the backup, I finished it for the first time, but with a size of 477 GB as mentioned above.

Edit: here's the output of sudo tmutil listbackups | tr '\n' '\0' | xargs -0 sudo tmutil uniquesize, showing backup dates and their uniquesizes:

16.6G    /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/MacBook Pro/2014-01-15-182027
3.4G     /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/MacBook Pro/2014-01-22-161530
623.1M   /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/MacBook Pro/2014-01-23-160536
1.0G     /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/MacBook Pro/2014-01-23-171738
1.1G     /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/MacBook Pro/2014-01-23-182535
4.7G     /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/MacBook Pro/2014-01-24-144806

This is, of course, a few days after the question was asked, so there are new backups. But notice that there is only one backup made before the question was asked.


texts: Is it possible to use an iPhone device for storage?

texts: I know that through iTunes you can store images, audio etc. on your iPhone. But is it possible to access the iPhone and store any kind of files for later retrieval, much like a memory stick?


texts: Merging folders when copying & pasting in Finder

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I've recently switched from Windows 7. One Windows feature that I'm missing is the possibility to merge folders (the German version of Windows is calling this "integrate") when copying & pasting them.

The merge feature works like this: if you paste a folder into a location that already contains a folder of that name, you get the option to merge the content of both folders. The files from the new folder will be pasted into the existing one; on conflicts, you get a choice what to do.

Finder doesn't seem to support this: the only choice I get is to overwrite the older folder with the new one (with no explanation of what exactly this does), or stop the process.

Is there a way to merge folders in Finder? Am I overlooking something?


texts: iPhone XR display and digitizer not working. Need to access phone to retrieve some data. How can I unlock the phone, so I can backup from computer? I bought a replacement screen, but my cat managed to eat the cables before I can successfully install it... I have an old iPhone 6 at my disposal, can I just connect that screen to the iPhone XR? Will it work at all?


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How can I make a stop motion movie with iMovie.
I just want to play around, so I don't want to buy iStopMotion.
All tutorials I've found are with iMovie09 or older.
I have some 50 pictures in a folder, that I d'like to use for that...


texts: Can Apple Remote app wake up an Apple TV 2?

texts: Is it possible to wake up an Apple TV 2 using the Apple Remote app on an iPhone or iPad rather than using the remote that comes packaged with the Apple TV 2?


texts: how to use the + on the numeric keypad for "+p in vim, Mac Os X

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Under Mac OS X, in vim, when I issue the command "+p using the numeric keypad for the + in normal mode, instead of pasting stuff from the system clipboard Vim enters insert mode and inserts the letters kp.

The same kind of thing happens to me under Linux when I have the Numlock off, however, my Apple Keyboard (usb keyboard) does not have a Numlock key, instead it has a Clear key.

Does anyone have any ideas of how to get around this and so that I can use the keypad for entering the + in +p"?


texts: What are these folders and files in my library folder?

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I have several suspicious folders and files in my library folder.
And I was wondering if I should delete them.

ApplicationaContents
ApplicationContents
ApplicationSupport

appn

this is just a file containing the word:

hydrometrid

arracacha

edit:


texts: There is no item in `Login Items`, but why I boot my Mac, there still has a few software launch automatically?

texts: There is no item in Login Items, but why I boot  my Mac, there still has a few software launch automatically?


texts: How to set up multiple phone numbers under text messages send/receive option

texts: Can I set up multiple phone numbers under text messages send/receive option? I have an iPhone 5c.


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OS X Server bound to Active Directory, but OS X Clients who are logged in as AD users prompted for username when connecting to OS X server file shares

The OS X server appears to be bound to AD with no problem.
This OS X server is ALSO running Apple's Open Directory (as we have a number of Mac workstations still on OpenD. that have yet to be migrated to ActiveD.)

Windows AD users can browse the OS X File Server shares no problem

However, the Mac OS X Workstation users who are logged onto their Macbooks as AD users get prompted for username+password when they try to browse the OS X Server file shares.  They can only connect using an Open Directory username+password.  They CAN NOT connct using the Active Directory credentials.

These same Mac workstation users can browse all the Windows domain file servers without needing to enter username+password.

Any idea why the OS X Server is not treating an OS X AD file-share client the same way as a Windows AD file-share client?


texts: TextEdit removes Byte-Order-Mark (BOM) from Unicode/UTF files. How to fix?

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I'm working with UTF-8 files, but TextEdit seems to not fully support the BOM. When a BOM is present, it DOES render unicode characters correctly. However, upon saving the file, the BOM is removed, so subsequently opening the file in TextEdit causes 'the wrong' characters to be displayed.

Is there a way of remedying this? Bear in mind I'm sharing files with several non-technical users, so anything related to the command-line is out of the question. If the solution is 'use another text editor', this might just about be acceptable, if it's free, and not totally different from TextEdit - i.e. the simpler, the better. But, ideally, there's a way of fixing TextEdit ...


texts: Cant find "Move Items Here" option in Max OS Lion?

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I found online that Mac OS Lion has option similar to "Cut" option of windows. I found one link which shows the option as :

I am using OS Lion, but this option is not visible, even when I copy file/folder.

Am I missing something or any update?


texts: How can I use SMB shares under Mavericks?

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There seem to be different problems and solutions to this problem floating around:

Fix switching from SMB to cifs
Not being able to access OS X shares from Windows
All kinds of problems with SMB and Mavericks over at Apple

My problem is like in the first link: I have a Raspberry Pi (Linux) SMB server. It serves files to my MBP running Mavericks. However, I cannot connect to the Pi. The Console logging says:

30.10.13 21:50:53,422 NetAuthSysAgent[6632]: smb_mount: mount failed to raspberrypi/MyShare, syserr = File exists

When I go to /Volumes in a shell and do an ls, I get this:

user@mac:/Volumes $ ls -l
ls: MyShare: Invalid argument
total 8
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin  1 28 Okt 21:39 M4 -> /
user@mac:/Volumes $

So my main hard drive M4 is visible, the share produces an invalid argument. I already rebooted my Mac three times.

How can I solve this?


texts: Mac issues: grey screen, cannot reinstall mac os from recover, unapproved caller

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Well, the past few days have been a near disaster. This whole problem started when I was using Chrome and I suddenly couldn't access pages. I checked Safari, and it wasn't working either. Since I was getting the "Oh snap!" page from Chrome, I X'd it out and tried to reopen it. Chrome's dock icon would just bounce once (usually it bounces until it opens) without opening. I tried to restart the computer, but the "Restart" and "Shut Down" buttons on the Apple Menu weren't working, so I held down the power button and did a force shutdown. When I tried to turn the MacBook back on, I was stuck in the grey screen forever. I have tried everything on the Apple troubleshooting pages. I tried Safe Mode and I was still stuck on the grey screen. I tried the Safe Mode showing progress, and for some reason I could get back in, but then the cycle began anew with Chrome not working.

I tried the PRAM reset or whatever it's called.

I finally tried to do a Mac OS X from the recovery. Sometimes it won't let me start the reinstall and other times it gets to like 6 minutes remaining and then it will suddenly stop.

Edit: I forgot to mention that I did all the verify disk and permissions and repairs in the Disk Utility in the recovery. I also ran the Apple Hardware Test, and it said nothing was wrong. At times when the computer was able to boot but having troubles I was getting an "unapproved caller" message.


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I need to edit a photo on my Mac. I wish to take two photos and paste them together to create one that's larger, containing both. I couldn't figure out how to do this with iPhoto.

For Windows you have Paint.NET.
For Linux you have Kolourpaint.

What would be the equivalent on OS X?

Please note that it must be of quality both in code and in UI. I wouldn't want to install buggyware on my Mac.


texts: Does Mail Quick Look follow redirects when viewing webpages?

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When a phishing email presents a link, they often send you to a webpage that redirects you to another webpage that they harvest your data from. Does the Quick Look feature in Mail follow these redirects?

If it doesn't, can I assume that this is a safe way to do an initial quick check that a link is from a nefarious source?

i.e Would I expect to see the Redirecting... message in the Quick Look window? Would the people who created the exploit get any indication that I "clicked" on the link?


texts: iCloud notes deleted after I turned off Notes for Mail on my iPhone

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I am a writer and have (or had, rather) many valuable writings in my Notes app. However, the notes made duplicates of themselves. I read from a post online that in order to stop this, you were to turn off Notes in Mail. When I did this, I opened my Notes app only to see that all my notes had been deleted (I wrote them under iCloud instead of My Phone, since all my prior notes were there before the update where iCloud was introduced). I checked on icloud.com to see if my notes were there, but they were not. There was no "Recently Deleted" tab, either. According to Apple, this means they are not recoverable. Is there anything else I can try to do to recover my notes?

Still, I'm annoyed that the person who recommended turning off Notes in Mail did not warn in his/her post that such a thing would happen.


texts: How to grant disk access permission automator quick action

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I have an Automator quick action which, among other things, calls the shell command xxd in order to perform a hexdump. I am outputting the hex to a file in my home directory. When I execute the quick action within Automator, everything works as expected and a file appears in my directory with the contents of the hexdump. However, when I export the quick action and then execute it as a Finder "service," it fails with the error message: xxd: Read-only File System. Similar attempts using the more standard echo command to write to a file produce the same error. I assume that my quick action inherits the permissions of the application from which is it executed. However, I have granted Finder "Full Disk Access" permission, as well as every other permission I can think of in the Privacy system preferences pane.

How can I further trace what is causing this permission failure?


texts: Pixelated external monitor image through USB-C to DisplayPort cable

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This is what my external monitor shows with my new 16-inch mac (2019) through a usb-c to displayport cable. It's a really grainy texture.

Whereas this is what my external monitor shows with my old macbook air (2012) through a mini displayport to DVI cable.

Zoom in just a little bit if you can't see the difference.

However, when I connected my android Samsung smartphone to the display with this same usb-c to displayport cable, the picture quality was superb.

I'm wondering what I should do. Get a new cable? Because the one I have isn't compatible with macOS for example? Or the hardware of my Mac?

It looks like this is a problem for the newer butterfly keyboard macs. Those after 2015. I've seen others on some forums with the same issue. Perhaps my external monitor (LG 27EA83) isn't compatible with the new macs? Or it doesn't work well through usb-c?


texts: Can AirPort Express add speakers to a network without broadcasting a new wifi signal?

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I have a Time Capsule, which is 802.11ac capable. On wifi I get ~100mbps.

I recently got some desktop speakers for my office. I like to move my laptop around the house, and I'd like to avoid having to plug the speakers in/out when I come into the office if possible. I'd also like my wife to be able to play music to the speakers, and her desk isn't close to them.

One option is the AirPort Express. I would use it in the office + plug my speakers into it, so I can just select the speakers as my output device when I come in. However, I wouldn't want my laptop to connect to the express's network, since it's only 802.11n, capable of ~50mbps.

Is it possible for the AirPort express to make my speakers available on the main wifi network, but for my laptop to somehow "ignore" the extended network coming from the Express? Can I choose to only connect to the "a/c part" of the network? Can the two spectrum bands be used to solve this?


texts: Where are scanner drivers located, and what (file) form do they take?

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I'm attempting to make use of this scanner (Dymo Cardscan 800):

It has no generic or publicly available drivers for any version of MacOS (or Windows, for that matter). The makers intend for you to use their software... and yesterday I stumbled across a copy (demo, I get 100 scans before it locks me out). I tested it on Sierra, and it works.

In the dotapp bundle, I see several executables. Only one is executable from the command line. That one just launches the application, gui and all.

However, in the Frameworks folder, there is one named "Alpha.framework". And within that, I have another Resource bundle for it named "alpha.drv.bundle". It's just a resource bundle, but in it are a bunch of .string files, which have error messages you might expect out of a scanner driver.

I was wondering if this was some internal driver that could maybe be extracted and used generally. But I have no clue where scanner drivers are in the OS, or what form they take.

Using the proprietary software (even were I to buy a license) would be miserable... it doesn't save the scans. It OCRs them immediately, deletes the image file, and that's it (found where it puts the image file... I see it flicker into existence and then it's gone before you can click). Hoping for a minor miracle.


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I have a 2010 Mac Pro. Still running Snow Leo, as there are still quite a few programs that are PPC and I'm not prepared to update all of them.

My current boot drive is 1.5TB and I'd like to swap it out for a new 3TB. From past history I'm looking between the Apple Migration tool and Carbon Copy Cloner.

The migration tool will mean a full install to the new drive, and then migrating, while CCC just a full copy. Seems the migration might be more effort but might help leave some garbage behind. The current system has been slowing down, and I'd imagine a new OS install would help get it back to the "new Mac" speed.

Any thoughts on these two methods and my goal? i.e. a speedy-fresh install with all my software moved from the older drive.


texts: How To Keep 2 Folders In Sync Real-Time?

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I would like to keep Keybase data folders backup up to my local computer with some kind of real-time file sync solution.

Every time Keybase is opened, any local files sync to Keybase associated folder, and visa versa.

What's the current open source solutions that can achieve that?

Thanks


texts: Which version of macOS introduced /System/Applications?

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Today I discovered quite by accident that several applications are now stored in /System/Applications/. I realized this when I was trying to find the bundle ID of a built-in application, and even though it appeared in the Applications folder it was missing entirely from /Applications! I suspect this change might have come when I recently upgraded to macOS Catalina, but perhaps it was even earlier than that.

Which version of macOS introduced the /System/Applications directory? And where is this documented?


texts: How do you check for whether a device is in a wifi deadzone?

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How do you check whether your device is in a wifi deadzone? Specifically, I have a 2007 Macbook.

Environments:

At home
At public places with wifi
Hotel wifi setups


texts: Upgraded MBP to Big Sur, now High Sierra Mini Screen Sharin cannot find it

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Background: Began working from home because pandemic. I have a 2014 Mini stuck at High Sierra as a main desktop at home. I brought home a MBP on High Sierra that sits on a shelf behind me, and I share the screen from it to the Mini using built-in Screen Sharing button in Finder. It's worked great since March.
Checkpoint VPN, which is mandatory for work, sent out a notice that clients below a given version would stop working on 1/1/21, and the new version required Big Sur. So I upgraded. Everything is fine, EXCEPT I can no longer connect to Screen Sharing on the Big Sur MBP from HS Mini (the other way works fine). How can I enable this again?
I've tried restarting the service. I tried changing who could connect, from all users to Admin only to specified users (me). Tried turning firewall off even though Screen Sharing was already allowed. Tried allowing Screen Sharing in Privacy options because Google turns up complaints of not being able to share screen in Zoom or Teams, and that was apparently the solution there but I don't have that same problem.
EDIT:
It turns out it's actually a Late 2014 Mini, and by searching the App Store, I found and upgraded to Big Sur. Still no joy with the "Share Screen" button in Finder, BUT... I just tried going to Screen Sharing > Connection > New, and put my Apple ID in, and got a popup on the laptop asking permission to share screen, and it worked! So it seems that only connect by hostname is impacted. Still no idea why, and it got me back to work, so I don't know how much more digging I'll do, but I'll leave this here in case it helps someone else work around the problem.


texts: Can Siri play a recent iTunes Radio station without an Apple Music subscription?

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I have an old iPad 2 and an iPhone 4s. It's about time for me to upgrade from iOS 7, so I started with the iPad. I saw that the Music app has changed, and the Radio section doesn't show my stations like it used to, it just has them in a big "Recents" list. I currently use Siri on my iPhone 4s to play from my stations. Would I still have this ability with iOS 9?

Note: This was originally asked prior to Apple ending iTunes Radio for non-subscribers.


texts: Why do some applications ignore resize requests from finder

texts: I have an AppleScript which allows me to maximize a window (not fullscreen just maximize (keep top bar & task bar)). For some reason certain applications ignore the request and just stay the same size (Adobe products consistently ignore it). You can read the script here, I got this from somewhere else (a stackoverflow post). Why might the script not work for certain windows and how could I possibly fix it?


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I would like a way for my Mac to give me sound feedback with the letter I type when I type it. For example, if I press the letter "J", a voice should say "J". If I type the number "1", the voice should say "one".

Is this possible on macOS?

The reason I want to do this is because I am copying some numbers into a document from another document, and I want to ensure that I did not mistype a number.


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I can say into my watch: Hey Siri, start Outdoor walk and it will open the Workout app on the watch and start that specific workout.

Later I say Hey Siri, stop workout and this used to work - the workout would stop.

Now Siri says I wish I could but workout is not set up with me and I cannot see any options to do that.


texts: How do I completely remove Symantec Endpoint Protection?

texts: I've tried to uninstall through the app but it asks for a password from the "Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager administrator". I'm an admin for this account on the Mac so I should be able to remove everything manually. How do I do that? I'm specifically using version 14.0.1.


texts: How to restore accidentally deleted Chrome Profile on Mac?

texts: I had a few Person 1,2,3 profiles in Chrome and 1 of them had a bunch of super useful extensions, history, passwords, etc. After I deleted them, I lost all of my Chrome data. Is there a way to restore Chrome Profile from a few hours ago? You know what I mean by Profiles?


texts: MacBook Air - random start/wake up times

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I have a 3yo MacBook Air running Lion. When I open it to start using it again it seems to sometimes have trouble 'waking up'. Sometimes this is instantaneous, sometimes I get a blank screen for 30 seconds, sometimes the screen is ok but all the programs are frozen and sometimes I can move the mouse around the screen but cant click anything.

All these states seem to sort themselves out after about 2 minutes which isnt too bad - just slightly annoying.

I've also noticed that it doesnt seem to matter how long the laptop has been on standby for or what programs are running in the back ground - It just seems random.

Is this natural? Would anyone know why this is occurring?

Like I said, not a big issue at all - just curious.


texts: How to insert a Word (or cvs) document or Video file to a Word document with AppleScript?

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As I continue to develop a larger script (which is working but for this), I can't figure out how to insert a file into a Word document using Applescript. I can insert a picture, but if the file is a Word doc, an Excel spreadsheet, a video file, etc., I can't see in the dictionary where the commands are that would handle that. This example almost works:

on AddAttachmentFileToWordDoc(FilePath, Extension)
set GraphicFiles to {"PDF", "jpg", "giff", "TIFF", "gif", "png", "PPM", "PGM", "PNM"}
set VideoFiles to {"mov", "wmv", "amv", "mp4", "m4p", "mpg", "mpeg", "m4v"}
tell application "Microsoft Word"
    activate
    tell active document
        set ContTemp to content of text object
        set StartRange to (count of ContTemp) - 1
        set endrange to StartRange
        set theRange to create range start StartRange end endrange
        tell theRange
            if GraphicFiles contains Extension then
                --this works well
                make new inline picture at end with properties {file name:FilePath as text, save with document:true}
            else if VideoFiles contains Extension then
                --this obviously doesn't work, but I would guess that something close to it should.
                make new video at end with properties {file name:FilePath as text, save with document:true}
            else -- everything else, Word docs, excel, etc.
                --make new what?? There is no option for new inline file . . .
            end if
        end tell
    end tell
end tell

end AddAttachmentFileToWordDoc

As you can see I have only succeeded with the graphic files. Any ideas what the syntax for the other file types should be? Thanks a million!


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Goal: Display MAX (greatest) current result from column which keeps growing
Current issue: I can have all current entries regarded, however a newer, higher value gets ignored.
Attempts to set up : =(MAX(NAME OF COLUMN)) Returns !. =(MAX(Cell_1:Last_cell)) returns all existing values and ignores the new ones.
Also changed: All cells refer to decimal numbers with 2 digits.
What do I have to do to make the formula work?
Frustratingly enough I am working with an Apple template and have copied 1:1 the format that they use…


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I just installed the latest patch for Sierra, so am now on 10.12.2. Post-upgrade my pointer controlled through trackpad runs very slow when I open the laptop. I can fix it by opening System Preferences -> Trackpad -> Point & Click, and just moving the "Tracking speed" slider a notch and then back to where I want it. But the fix doesn't seem to persist, so I have to do this every time I wake the machine. Does anyone know how to fix the issue permanently?

Update: using a mouse works fine regardless of trackpad state. Further, opening a full-screen application resets the trackpad back to being slow, so it's not just when the computer goes to sleep :(


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I used SetFile -a V "/Volumes/Backup di Time Machine"/ to get rid off the time machine's icon on the desktop but it seems that I don't see it in the finder too and Time Machine stops working, it can't find the drive!
So how to undo this?
Thanks

P.S. stay away from this devil trick ;)


texts: MacBook Pro Charger has stopped working properly - any short-term fixes?

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I have a MacBook Pro 15", about a year old. Today, the charger started working only intermittently. I've seen a few other people talking about similar problems, and most people say it's a problem with the charger.

However, I'm on a working holiday and the only Apple suppliers in this city are very expensive. If I have to, I'll buy a new power adapter, but I'm hoping somebody might know some fixes I can use to get me through the next couple of weeks until I'm back in the UK.


texts: After upgrading to macOS sierra I've noticed that scrollbars are appearing always, even if I go to settings and then select appear when scrolling it still shows them and after quitting and going back to settings it reverts back to appear always. Is there any ways to solve this issue myself?


texts: Mountain Lion - Flash sluggish, spinning beachballs etc

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I upgraded from OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion 10.8, and then to 10.8.2 Mountain Lion.

I only have a few installed applications (Photoshop and Microsoft Office), VLC movie player and Firefox - the rest of the system is intact. All fonts required for Photoshop are installed within Library's Adobe/Fonts folder so all Adobe apps can use them.

However, I've had spinning beachballs on using apps, and choppy video playback when using VLC - it did not do that in 10.6.8 with any DVD or video played; and my previous movie player of choice (MPlayer OSX Extended, now uninstalled) was not compatible with Mountain Lion as far as I'm aware - it just crashed or I had to end it.

Adobe Flash Player does not work, well, except for some Flash-based sites and Google Maps etc - Streetview, and flash-based adverts on Firefox, but it's a bit on-and-off, working on some sites but not others like YouTube - where I get the sound, but not the video, only the spinning grey wheel, and then Firefox crashes.

Safari won't open multiple tabs either... one tab at a time, unless I open a new tab from within an existing site (tried it on bbc.co.uk today!)

Why are these 'beachballs' happening, as I don't have many files, the system Fonts folder is intact, the Adobe fonts folder only has a few fonts [Adobe ones and a few free ones I downloaded] and there aren't that many apps.

I ran Onyx, repaired disk permissions etc. but don't understand why this is happening - should I just go back to OS X 10.6.8 as my machine had 10.6 (it's a 2010 Mac Mini installed with 10.6).

The disk's got 500GB in total (can't remember how much is used, but the size of Photoshop CS5 alongside VLC and Firefox is... well, I'm not sure how much GB is used).

New to Mac and OS X in general, so would appreciate the help I can get.


texts: I have a iPod 5 touch with the iOs 7.0.4 and I can't get through the Activation Lock and I have no contact with the Apple ID owner. Is there any bypass for this? Please Help


texts: I'm using a 2008 Mac Pro as a home media server, how to get Wake On Network Access to work?

texts:
I'm trying to make use of an old Mac Pro with 10.6.8 I had lying around as a wireless home media server, backed up with Time Machine.  I'm just using a standard Huawei router provided to me by my ISP. I've set up file sharing and screen sharing, so that I can access the files on the Mac Pro with my Macbook Pro. But is there a way that I can save power by having my Mac Pro constantly asleep, but wake up automatically when I want to access it from the Macbook Pro? Then go back to sleep once I'm done?

I've ticked the Wake For Access Network on my Mac Pro and Macbook Pro. But that doesn't work. I did some research and saw that you need an Airport or Apple TV with Bonjour Sleep Proxy to get it to work. Is there any way to get it to work with what just the Mac Pro and Macbook Pro?


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I have an internal SSD with 500 GB. Currently it is divided into two container disks, each with the size of 250 GB:

For some reason, I had originally allocated the first one as a backup, which I no longer think is a good idea. I have deleted the volume, but the container still remains.

Is it possible to merge the two containers without having to reformat the whole lot?

Here is the output of diskutil list

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         250.6 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_APFS Container disk2         249.4 GB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +250.6 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Preboot                 28.7 KB    disk1s2
   2:                APFS Volume Recovery                20.5 KB    disk1s3
   3:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4

/dev/disk2 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +249.4 GB   disk2
                                 Physical Store disk0s3
   1:                APFS Volume iMac — Data             200.7 GB   disk2s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 79.2 MB    disk2s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                528.1 MB   disk2s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      4.3 GB     disk2s4
   5:                APFS Volume iMac                    11.2 GB    disk2s5


texts:
I have several FireWire 800 Hard disks full of data/video/images I need for work. Last week I bought a brand new iMac and only today I realized that Apple is not selling any Thunderbolt 3 to FW800 adapter?

I couldn't believe it, and I hope there is a solution otherwise I will switch away from Apple forever.


texts: Free or cheap software to boost volume of Macbook?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Do you know a simple sound booster app for Mac?

What software can I use to artificially increase the volume of my Macbook? I know Boom and Audio Hijack Pro are solutions but they are pricey. Any other recommendations?


texts: How do I convert an .mkv video to iPad format with subtitles?

texts: I have a .mkv video with SSA/ASS subtitles & I want to convert it to .mp4 so I can watch it on my iPad. The video converts without errors but the subtitles are not there. How do I fix this?


texts: I have a scanned PDF document on an iPad 2 (iOS 6) that I need to rotate but cannot find any easy way to do this. How would I engage such an endeavor?


texts: Setup local network on Mac and share it via WiFi, but with no internet connection

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I woat to use my iPhone as remote control for VLC. I use http://hobbyistsoftware.com/VLC-more and it is working fine when I am connected to my AirPort network.

I will use my MacBook at a place where there is no AirPort connection (even currently is not available) for playing videos.

Is it possible and if so how do I run my mac as default gateway and access point but just for local network so that I can connect my iPhone to it ?

Thanks in advance


texts:
Is it possible to use AppleScript to change the font in the Notes App?

I am not very familiar with AppleScript, so I may have missed something, but my attempts to change the font have failed. The Dictionary makes no mention of anything useful, but then it also omits the body property of note, so I I’m not sure.

This is on 10.11.1 El Capitan and I don’t like the default font that Notes currently uses.

Thanks


texts: OS X 10.9 Screen Sharing: disable file transfer

texts:
On OS X 10.7 or newer (10.8, 10.9) simply drag'n'drop files between
  your desktop and remote desktop to transfer the files between
  computers

How can I disable this?
I have made restricted account just for Screen Sharing, and I don't want remote user to be able to copy files from my machine without any serious effort.


texts: View App Store Download Progress (Downloading Maverick)

texts: I'm downloading Mavericks on my Lion, but I don't know how to see the progress. When I go to the purchases tab on the app store, I see a blank button:


texts: CTRL + CMD + SPACE brings up Characters window instead of Emoji window

texts:
I'm in Mavericks. When using messages to chat with someone, I used to be able to press CTRL + CMD + SPACE and a little Emoji window would popup and I could choose from an Emoji or type the name of an Emoji to filter the window.

A few days ago, something changed. I don't know what. Now, when I pretty CTRL + CMD + SPACE, a separate "Characters" window pops up in the middle of the screen. It contains Emojis along with hundreds of other type of special characters. It's WAY slower than the emoji window and you can't type the name of emoji's immediately without first clicking into the search field. Anyways, its way worse than it was before.

How do I get the little Emoji window back in Messages? What did I do to change this?


texts:
Currently I'm attempting to compress a decompressed jar file that I have changed into a jar file. How can I do this via the command line? I know that there is a jar command in terminal, I'm just having trouble learning how to compress that folder.

If the folder's directory (probably not correct term, but hopefully you get the idea) is /Users/Odinulf/folderone/foldertwo (foldertwo is directory that I want compressed), what would be the exact code to do this?

Thanks in advance,

Odinulf


texts: How do I share and play music in my office?

texts:
I would like to use my old Macbook that is hooked up to stereo equipment, as a media server to allow everybody in my office to play or upload music, jukebox style.

The best case would be a web interface where I can change the music, an upload feature is not mandatory.

A solution using Ubuntu would be fine too. :)


texts: How can I restart on a schedule, if network users are connected?

texts:
I want to schedule a nightly restart of my OSX media server, but I routinely have other machines in the house connected to this machine remotely (since it's also our TimeMachine system, iTunes library, etc.)

It's trivial to set a scheduled restart, but it always fails if other users are connected, which in my case they always are.

How can I schedule a nightly restart of this machine, that will automatically kick any connected users, quit all apps, and restart?

Also, what effect will this have on the formerly-connected applications like iTunes, TimeMachine, etc.?  Will they simply see the machine again after restart and resume operations?  Or will it cause them to get into a bad state?


texts: Parallels Desktop 12 - Disable Time Sync

texts: Is there any way to disable the time sync on Parallels Desktop 12 ? Whenever I resume my VM - certain tools I have running see the time change and immediately kick into high gear to update themselves and I'd like to prevent that.


texts: applications for converting gif to image sequence, and vice versa

texts: I'm looking for a simple application that i can use to turn image sequences into gifs, and split gifs into image sequences for mac OS. i know there are online resources but i need something i can use when I'm not hooked up to the internet. I also use the application processing for various things, so if anyone knows where i can find a simple java scrip for this, that would also help. It would be an added bonus if it can also do the same back forth conversion for video too but not necessary since i already have tools for this.


texts: How do I remove unused partition (El Capitan)?

texts:
I have a partition that I no longer use. I've tried erasing with the disk utility GUI, but when I try to remove (with the '-' minus button on the partition view) this feature is disabled. I've also tried reducing the size of the unused partition and applying changes, but they don't save.

This is the out put of diskutil list from the console:

/dev/disk0 (internal):
    #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
    0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
    1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
    2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh H             68.3 GB    disk0s2
    3:          Apple_CoreStorage BOOTCAMP                181.2 GB   disk0s3
    4:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s4
/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
    #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
    0:                  Apple_HFS BOOTCAMP               +180.8 GB   disk1
                             Logical Volume on disk0s3
                             E4625018-24BC-4F8B-8B57-1131F79B331A
                             Unencrypted

BOOTCAMP is my main storage, and I don't want to lose any data, here. Macintosh H is the unused partition that I'd like to remove and add the space to BOOTCAMP


texts: Sharing files and documents across computers and devices

texts:
I often have multiple documents I am working on or need to keep on hand. This includes PDF, Word, Excel, Pages, etc. Sometimes I need to work on them on my Mac Mini or sometimes on my iPhone or iPad and I definitely need to view them on my iPhone and iPad.

What's the best "cloud-based" storage service for my situation?


texts: Many OS X app store apps are listed as "app" is damaged and can't be opened

texts:
Without having changed anything, I now get this message when I try to open the app "Breeze" - Other apps fail similarly on other Macs:

I tried to get rid of this message by re-installing it from the App Store, but nothing changes. Rebooting and changing gatekeeper security preferences also doesn't help by choosing "allow Apps downloaded from anywhere".

What the heck is going on?


texts: How to increase the font size of 3 finger tap lookup results?

texts: Is it possible it increase the font size when using lookup functionality after performing a three finger tap on a word?


texts: ERROR ITMS-90158: URL schemes need to begin with an alphabetic character - Google client ID

texts:
When trying to Upload to App Store... received the following error:

ERROR ITMS-90158: "The following URL schemes found in your app are not in the correct format: ... URL schemes need to begin with an alphabetic character"

The url in question is the Google client ID, that worked well before and doesn't give any error while building or validating archive however, after uploading to App Store, gives the error:

  ERROR ITMS-90158: "The following URL schemes found in your app are not
  in the correct format:
  [012345678910-kn4fsmu9sql2rtq6juun2dehji3h0pkr]. URL schemes need to
  begin with an alphabetic character, and be comprised of alphanumeric
  characters, the period, the hyphen or the plus sign only. Please see
  RFC1738 for more detail."

Using Xcode Version 7.3.1 (7D1014) and the error only started to appear recently (around Xcode 8 release date)


texts: WD Passport Ultra can't mount on Mac, flashing lights, but can be read on Windows. What is broken?

texts:
Update:

After about 3 weeks. I plugged in again into my MacBook and left it there. After more than an hour I came back and the drive showed up on my Mac again.  (So somehow the problem got fixed.)

I ran First Aid on Mac's Disk Utility. It says the drive appears to be OK. So I don't know what fixed it exactly.

Problem:

When I plug my WD Passport Ultra 4TB external hard drive WDBBKD0040BBK-0A (with 2TB of family photos) into my MacBook Pro it has fast flashing of light and can't be mounted. It can be read on a Windows laptop (after Windows automatically fixed an error).  I tried opening up Disk Utility on my Mac, but it just spins forever trying to mount the external hard drive. Nothing ever shows up on Disk Utility.

How it broke:

The WD Passport Ultra was plugged into my MacBook on battery. I was not actively reading or writing to the external hard drive, but it did have a list of directories open (no individual photo files, but just the directory names).  The battery ran out.

When I charged up my Mac again it says that the disk was not ejected properly. Ever since that my WD hard drive has the flashing problem and can't be mounted on my Mac.  I tried changing the Mac laptop, changing the USB cord, same problem.

I then plugged in my WD hard drive to a Windows laptop. It says that it detected an error and had the option of automatically fixing it. I clicked "Start" and let it ran, but it didn't have a progress bar and just had a "Cancel" button. After running for 3-5 minutes, my mom came in and unplugged the external hard drive forcefully (I yelled at her for doing that). We tried plugging it into the Windows laptop again, and my files and photos could be read!!  But it still can't be read on Mac and has the flashing problem.

Why is it like this? What is broken?  How can I test what is broken?

I'm asking because I have had accidentally unplugged other WD external hard drives without ejecting in the past while not writing data, like in this case, but the drives never broke. What is up in this case?

I'm curious if this is something that happens a lot or if it's just a less durable hard drive I got. Because I'm at a point where WD's warranty can give me a new drive to replace it, or I can fix this drive myself.  (I have copied the photos out to a new drive on a Windows machine.)  Because if it is something that happens with the same frequency in all drives, shouldn't I just fix it?

What is the best free software program on Windows that might potentially fix my problem?  Mac programs are good too if they can actually access it since my Mac can't even mount it.


texts:
I would like to receive a notification somehow when system events happen.  For example, a process writes to a directory, or a sandbox violation gets logged.  (Ideally when it occurs, the sandbox violation).

Is this possible and if so how? Growl seems to work well for apps that already tell me things, but how about access of a directory?  Checksum change in tripwire? That sort of thing...


texts: How do I encode mp4 files with H.264 (or x264) codec in AVIDemux?

texts:
I am trying to get AVIDemux set up with the X264 codec using this tutorial. The following is what goes down when I get to the ./configure --enable-mp4-output command

Thomas-Phillipss-MacBook:x264 tomdabomb2u$ sudo ./configure --enable-mp4-output
Password:
Unknown option --enable-mp4-output, ignored
Found no assembler
Minimum version is yasm-0.6.2
If you really want to compile without asm, configure with --disable-asm.

So I tried it.

Thomas-Phillipss-MacBook:x264 tomdabomb2u$ sudo ./configure --enable-mp4-output --disable-asm
Unknown option --enable-mp4-output, ignored
Warning: gpac is too old, update to 2007-06-21 UTC or later
Platform:   X86_64
System:     MACOSX
asm:        no
avs:        no
lavf:       no
ffms:       no
gpac:       no
pthread:    yes
filters:    crop select_every
debug:      no
gprof:      no
PIC:        no
shared:     no
visualize:  no
bit depth:  8

You can run 'make' or 'make fprofiled' now.

I issued make, and then Thomas-Phillipss-MacBook:x264 tomdabomb2u$ ./x264 -v -q 20 -o foreman.mp4 foreman_part_qcif.yuv 176x144. And as expected, the results are:

x264 [error]: not compiled with MP4 output support

So I'm stuck. Any ideas?


texts: panic-full ips log; Sleep Wake hang detected; iPhone accident restart

texts:
"panicString" : "panic(cpu 0 caller 0xfffffff017722ccc): \"Sleep\/Wake hang detected\"n

build
12.4.9 (16G201)

product
iPhone7,2

OS
12.4.8

model
iPhone 6

capacity
32 GB

How to check the log is which software/app or hardware cause force restart my iPhone?
Any other information need provide?


texts: Deleted over 4TB on Promise VTrak, still shows as full

texts:
This is not a duplicate of Why is my hard drive still full after deleting files?

I have of course attempted all methods mentioned there. Via the terminal I can see nothing listed on the drive. I was able to list all the hidden (.named) folders using ls -a | egrep '^\.' which then showed me the expected hidden folders, all of which I sudo rm -rd I've ran a Verify/Repair with Disk Utility (not sure of the effectiveness on an external RAID) but it had no effect.

I know a solution is just reformat, but what if I had a 10TB RAID and still had multiple terabytes of data? Formatting would not be an option.

This is not a locked files issue, not a trash issue, what seams to be the problem?

How can I free up the (4TB, claimed to still be taken up) space on the empty 5TB Promise VTrak E610f media RAID?


texts: How long would it take to crack AES-128 knowing a 12 character length password?

texts:
I have a hard drive which was encrypted with XTS-AES 128-bit on OS X. I know how long the password is but that's it.
How long would it take to decrypt it already knowing this?
I have read that in years to come when quantum computers are available it can be broken.
Dont comment "never" or  "6 billion year"
Think outside of the box with advancing technology in years to come.
I have memories on here.


texts: Trying to connect to iCloud but nothing happens

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro mid-2012 13" non-retina display running macOS High Sierra. I am trying to connect to iCloud to retrieve some files saved on my iCloud
Drive.

When I try to connect to iCloud by entering my username and password, but nothing happens. I get no error message or anything. I tried using iCloud and Internet Accounts from the System Preferences panel and the only difference is that if I try to add it from Internet Accounts, it shows up for a few seconds and then disappears.

It all started because I could not select iCloud keychain under the stuff I wanted to synchronize so I signed out. When I try to sign back in this started happening.

I thought it may be due to a network issue but I have tried both wireless and wired connections but I cannot get past this step. I have checked the status of the Apple Services status page and they all show up as online for me.

I have tried the steps listed on this article but none has worked: http://osxdaily.com/2016/10/23/fix-icloud-unknown-error-cant-connect-problem-mac/

Any help will be appreciated.


texts: Renaming an advanced voice command in OS X Yosemite dictation

texts:
Is there any way to rename an advanced voice command?

For example, I would like to rename the advanced voice command "copy that" to "copy" without having to disable the built-in advanced voice command "copy that" and creating a new voice command "copy".


texts: Uploading pictures on iPhone to Facebook application doesn't work

texts:
Trying to upload picture from my iPhone to Facebook.  In Facebook app, when I choose a picture and select 'Upload' I should see progress bar as picture uploads.  Instead when I press 'Upload' the upload screen disappears and picture is not uploaded.

I tried closing the app and restarting it again, it still doesn't work. I reinstalled the application and then it will let me upload couple of pictures until it will start failing again.

I have iPhone 4 running OS 4.2.1


texts: Is there a real alternative on the Mac to Ctrl+Alt+Delete (not the "force quit" dialog)?

texts:
Are there any real alternatives to force quit dialog on mac?

Alternative, just a command/app that kills every running app (not process)?


texts: Should I have my MBP "take breaks" while working hard, or are its fans sufficient?

texts:
I want to transform some data by doing (from Terminal) a Python command that runs on a single core only and doing something I expect to be CPU bound once data is pulled from disk and is accessible at memory speed, not SSD speed. I'll be a bit surprised if the calculation isn't enough to get the fans engaged and keep them engaged until the end is reached.

Are there corrective ways to guard computer integrity while it's doing calculations? Is it recommended practice, for instance, to do n seconds of work, and then sleep m seconds, and repeat the cycle.

Any "big picture" comments about intensive calculations and how to keep a computer safe would be appreciated.

Thanks,


texts:
I was a PhoneClean and PhoneExpander user but, after iOS 8.3 update, they (and similar apps) stopped working due to some modifications in iOS.

Now I start having too much cache on my phone but I don't want to remove and reinstall apps to clean their cache, is there a faster way to do that? (apps updated to support iOS 8.3 or iOS apps or other ways...)

I don't want to jailbreak.


texts: Why are some apps not showing up in the list in iTunes?

texts:
I want to manage my iPhone apps via iTunes. There are a few things getting in my way:

the main thing is that some apps don't show up in the list, as shown in the screenshot. There is an app named "Via" which is on my iPhone and is seen in the visual list to the right (not in the screenshot). So if I want to organize those apps, I have to hunt around for them.
another mystery is that there are many apps shown in the list and in the visual view which are not currently on my phone. these are apps i downloaded in the distant past. they are not currently on my phone, but for some reason show up in the visual view.

How can I get everything up to date?


texts: Internet Recovery doesn't see disk, but able to boot normally

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (mid-2015) that I want to completely wipe.
2+ years ago, I installed my own 1TB SSD. Everything works completely fine, and always has; I can boot into the OS, it runs fast, plenty of space left on the drive (600+ GB).
But when I boot up with CMD+R to try disk utility, things get weird.

It boots into Internet Recovery instead of MacOS Recovery.
Once Internet Recovery loads (~5 minutes), Disk Utility doesn't show my 1TB Drive. Only the "disk0" & "OS X Base System."
Reinstall OSX doesn't give me the option of selecting my 1TB drive, or any drive for that matter, given only the 1TB drive is installed. Plus, Reinstall OS X is trying to reinstall Yosemite (10.10) meanwhile the 1TB drive has Big Sur (11.1) installed.

Any idea why this is happening, or what I can do to wipe the drive? I have everything I need from it, so I don't need to salvage any data in the meantime. Preparing to give it away, and need to make sure my data is erased.
Things I've done:

Reset SMC & PRAM (SMC a few times).
Ran Disk Utility - First Aid on the disk while inside the OS.


texts: How do I install python pyRAPL module on MacOS?

texts:
How do I install python pyRAPL module on MacOS high sierra 10.13.6?

The following errors are coming up whenever I try to install. How do I solve it?


texts: Why does my friend iphone 6 calls show on my phone

texts: My friend and own Iphone 6 and share the same apple id . when he makes a call it gets listed in my list of calls. How can i change this?


texts: Bluetooth audio is choppy / stuttering on Macbook Pro (Mojave) but not iPhone

texts:
Audio playing from my Macbook Pro (Late 2016 15" w/ Touch Bar, OS v10.14.6) to my true wireless earbuds (Jabra Elite 75t) is often choppy / stuttering. The problem seems to be with the Macbook because audio playing from my iPhone 8 Plus to the Jabra earbuds never stutters. I can't upgrade from Mojave to Catalina because I use some legacy software.

Things I've tried:

Unpair/re-pair
Bluetooth menu -> Debug - Reset the bluetooth module
Reset PRAM
Disconnect wifi
Disconnect iPhone <-> Jabra connection
Change Sound settings for Input to Internal Microphone rather than Jabra
Set AirDrop to be discoverable by no one
Jump between wifi 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz and change channels
Jabra firmware upgrade
Play audio from different apps (Spotify, VLC, Youtube on Chrome, etc.)
Try these commands (in particular the ones under EDIT 3 and EDIT 4) for improving the power/bandwidth for the bluetooth module.
Try the "Force AptX" option here, that made my sound much worse.

When I open Console.app and filter for faults or errors plus the term "bluetooth," all I see is the error message "CoreBluetooth isn't advertising for this client type" from process "wirelessproxd"; not sure what that's about, maybe something to do with AirDrop.

What else should I try?

Many thanks


texts: Network problems after Jailbreakme on iPhone

texts:
I recently jailbroke my iPhone 3gs with jailbreakme.

At the beginning everything was working well. But since yesterday I am having problems with the network. It would disconnect from wifi and there is no way that I can reconnect until I reboot my phone. It happened twice so far, but I am not able to reproduce the problem as it doesn't happen all the time.

Anyone here has any hint on what I should check?

Edit: I found out that this problem occurs if it changes wifi network.

Edit: Resetting the network settings was the right solution for me.
Does anyone know if this is a common problem? ( I was not able to find anything with google )


texts:
Safari tabs sync is not working on my three iCloud devices - macOS (11.0.1), iPad (14.2), and iPhone (14.2).
The sync issue is among all devices, so the iPad can't see iPhone open tabs, iPhone isn't synced with the mac's open tabs, and so on.
The expected behavior is that every new open tab in one device appears in the other device's safari browser. The actual behavior is that tabs are not synced at all or only after a few hours.
I've already logout and login from iCloud on all devices and cleared the browsing cache.


texts: In the App menu, I can see that it is updating. However, in the App Store updates page, it is not showing. The update is ~3GB, and I don’t have the bandwidth to spare. How can I pause/stop it?


texts:
I have been using this monitor (HP24es) since and never had issues. Today, while the monitor was connected and working fine, my MacBook went into sleep mode and when I turned on, this appeared.

I have tried the following solutions

Rebooting Computer with Safe mode and without safe mode
Editing /var/db/.com.apple.iokit.graphics file (no option for pscn or oscn)

What's wrong here?
MacBook Pro 2016 running High Sierra


texts: APFS/High Sierra - tmutil deletelocalsnapshots will not delete snapshots - Error parsing argument

texts:
This is kind of an addendum to APFS/High Sierra - `tmutil deletelocalsnapshots` not deleting snapshots as I've discovered a new quirk in tmutil

My snapshots all have am or pm appended. I have no idea why & no-one else seems to have this from what research I've done.

This gives a new problem...

TetsMac:~ glee$ tmutil listlocalsnapshots /
com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-07-26-93812 am (dataless)
TetsMac:~ glee$ tmutil deletelocalsnapshots 2018-07-26-93812
Error parsing argument 2018-07-26-93812
TetsMac:~ glee$ tmutil deletelocalsnapshots 2018-07-26-93812 am
Usage: tmutil deletelocalsnapshots <snapshot_date>

It can't find it if you leave the am/pm off & it thinks the format is wrong if you add it.

What else can be done to delete this errant snapshot?


texts:
I have received an old MacBook from my Dad and he had wiped it clean, but I don't think he's done it correctly.

I am having issues with unmounting and re-installing Lion OS X back on, which it came with.

Can anyone help me please?


texts: How do I enable "Network Trash" on a file server?

texts:
I have a Synology SAN/file server. One of the reasons I bought my Synology was that the reviews said it supported "Network Trash" for the Mac, so I can drag files to the trash and then drag them out without having the annoying message that files are deleted immediately. I can't find instructions on how to set this up.

Can somebody tell me how to set this up?

Is it specific to the Synology, or can any remote file server be made to do trash properly?


texts: Macbook crashes at startup after process bar appears

texts:
Today the Macbook pro I purchased in December got quite slow, and so I decided to reboot it. I restarted it normally through the system, but it had not started up when I checked few minutes later. When I try to turn it on it seems normal first, but after couple of seconds a process bar appears, loads around one fifth through, after which the computer shuts down again.

My laptop runs Lion, and this isn't the first time it's acting up. My hard drive crashed few months back, but IT at my school was able to fix it (has not made the "dying hard drive" clicks much since then)

Where could the problem be, any way to fix it myself or should I bring it to Apple care?


texts: Airport Extreme not working with new modem

texts:
I have an Airport Extreme that was previously connected to a, well lets say not great modem. So I replaced the modem with 'Nucleus Connect', which is Fibre I think. (I live in Singapore and they installed this here). And I have a problem, my airport extreme just does not work anymore! I plug it into the modem and power source, but it flashes amber. Here is what I have done:

Factory default reset
Power down computers
Power down airport extreme
Power down modem

So what now!? In my Airport Utility here are the problems:

No DNS Servers
No Internet Connection

Also, the router shows up sporadically in Airport Utility and when it does,  it shows up but with a warning sign and my only option is to forget it.

Can someone point me to troubleshooting steps to resolve this issue?


texts:
An iPhone 6 Plus' Touch ID stopped working and the user couldn't remember the passcode and, after many failed attempts, was forced to choose between setting up as a new iPhone or restoring from backup.

The iPhone 6 Plus was frequently backed up by iCloud and never backed up by iTunes.

Directly (from the initial setup) or indirectly (once setup as a new iPhone), attempting to restore from iCloud  prompted for and accepted Apple ID authentication (username, password, and phone number-based TFA) then prompted as follows and rejected all given:

  Enter Old Passcode

  Passwords, home and other data are protected by the passcode
  previously used to unlock this iPhone.

  Your passcode is encrypted and cannot be read by Apple.

I wasn't able to find anything online regarding this scenario, hence this post.


texts: NAS Mounted as AFP mounts an SMB connection by itself

texts:
I've been running into trouble recently with a NAS device, Seagate 5TB storage system with a Linux back-end. Whenever I connect to the device with an AFP connection, the drive connects with no issues, and I can browse files and folders with ease. After a while though, Yosemite decides to mount another version of the NAS using SMB. This SMB connection is riddled with issues; folder names show off an old 8.3 NTFS name, and sometimes they cannot be changed.

How can I stop my Mac from connecting an additional SMB connection the NAS?


texts:
I have all the JSON files on my system set to open with TextMate 2.
When I get Info on one of these .js files, I see the TextMate 2 icon on the corner. But, how do I make for the TextMate icon to appear while in Finder's icon mode too?

I'm using Mountain Lion, if that makes any difference.


texts: using multiple emails in the mail app and sending texts to that app as well

texts: the question is almost identical to the title: i just got an iPhone 5, coming over from a blackberry. on my blackberry i was able to receive all my text messages and emails from both of my accounts (one personal gmail, and one work email address) in one app. is there a way to do this on the iPhone?


texts:
I have about 12,500 tracks uploaded to iTunes Match. From my desktop and laptop, everything works great. I can see the cloud-based tracks and play them. I can download them to my machines.

When I turn on iTunes Match and select "Show All Music" on my iPhone the Music app shows me nothing at all. Specifically, it shows me this:

I've tried leaving it plugged in, with the Music app open, over night to see if the progress bar fills in a bit and it never does. Not even a little bit.

If I turn off the "Show All Music" option, the Music app shows the tracks I had sync'ed to the device before I signed up for iTunes Match and put all my tracks in the cloud.

How can I get my entire iTunes Match-based music library to appear on my iPhone?


texts: The wrong name appears attached to my email. Somehow Mail thinks my email belongs to a different name

texts: The wrong name appears attached to my email. It is not on my vCard - I have checked. I have deleted the card of the person who's name is used. I have checked "Previous recipients" and he does not appear at all. Somehow, somewhere at some level, Mail thinks my email address is titled with his name.


texts: How do I change the ownership of files backed up with Time Machine

texts:
I have a Mac which was reinstalled from scratch, and the owner accidentally changed her username when installing it. Current user id is "Jane" but old time machine backups were made when her user name was "Jan".

Now, she can't access her old backups.

The obvious solution is to go onto her backup drive and change the ownership of the hierarchy from "Jan" to "Jane" but every time I try, I hit the "operation not permitted" wall. I tried fixing the ACLs before executing "chown", but I get "operation not permitted" for that as well:

$ sudo su
# cd /Volumes/SeagateBackupDrive
# cd Backups.backupdb
# ls -led .
drwxr-xr-x@ 8 root  _unknown  272 Sep 20  2014 .
 0: group:everyone deny add_file,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,writeattr,writeextattr,chown
# chmod -a "everyone deny chown" .

# cd "Jane's MacbookPro"
# ls -led .
drwxr-xr-x@ 5 root  _unknown  170 Feb 14 16:03 .
 0: group:everyone deny add_file,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,writeattr,writeextattr,chown
# chmod -a "everyone deny chown" .
chmod: Failed to set ACL on file '.': Operation not permitted

I've tried all sorts of things like modifying the "writeattr" permission or looking for the uchg flag, but so far no luck.

This is on a Snow Leopard machine.


texts: Nokogiri gem fails to install in OS X Mavericks

texts:
Install fails showing:

checking for iconv_open() in iconv.h... no
checking for iconv_open() in -liconv... no
checking for iconv_open() in -liconv... no
checking for libiconv_open() in iconv.h... no
checking for libiconv_open() in -liconv... no
checking for libiconv_open() in -liconv... no
libiconv is missing.

However, looking at nokogiri's mkmf.log, the following errors are shown:

ld: warning: ignoring file /usr/local/Cellar/libxslt/1.1.28/lib/libxslt.dylib, **file was built for x86_64 which is not the architecture being linked (i386)**: /usr/local/Cellar/libxslt/1.1.28/lib/libxslt.dylib

ld: warning: ignoring file /usr/local/Cellar/libxml2/2.9.1/lib/libxml2.dylib, **file was built for x86_64 which is not the architecture being linked (i386)**: /usr/local/Cellar/libxml2/2.9.1/lib/libxml2.dylib

ld: warning: ignoring file /usr/local/Cellar/libiconv/1.14/lib/libiconv.dylib, **file was built for x86_64 which is not the architecture being linked (i386)**: /usr/local/Cellar/libiconv/1.14/lib/libiconv.dylib

I have xcode and it's command tools installed.
My ~/.bash_profile has 64bit compiling forced by: export ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64"

I have libxml2, libxslt, and libiconv installed via Homebrew, and each is linked.
I've tried installing all of these without the ARCHFLAG in .bash_profile.

I've also brew install apple-gcc42 and linked, as per how tos I've found.

I've tried installing nokogiri by passing paths to libxml2, libxslt, and libiconv in /usr/local/Cellar/, but the install still fails, with same errors as above.

I've wasted at least a day on this - just trying to get one Ruby gem installed. I'd really like to get back to actually developing.

Can anyone please help?


texts:
What's going wrong?

I try to install something and after the install I can launch it. System doesn't see the installed app.

For example:
I tried to install "appium-doctor" and I did it successfully.

npm install -g appium-doctor
/Users/oleg/.npm-global/bin/appium-doctor -> /Users/oleg/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/appium-doctor/appium-doctor.js
/Users/oleg/.npm-global/lib
└── appium-doctor@1.4.1

After that I tried to launch the appium-doctor, and I got the error:

iMac-Ponomarenko:~ oleg$ appium-doctor
-bash: appium-doctor: command not found

My environment:
 - npm -v prints: 4.1.2
 - node -v prints: v6.9.5
 - npm config get registry prints: https://registry.npmjs.org/
 - OS: OS X El Capitan

What problem is the feature intended to solve?

I want to install appium 1.6.3. And i need "gulp" for it.


texts: Why does iPhone 6 have a thick line on its edge

texts: Apple never keeps even a dot on its hardware if it doesn't have a function. But why does the iPhone 6 have this Gap/Thick line on its edge? Any clue?


texts: Does installing Command Line Tools for Xcode also install Git?

texts:
When I run git --version I get git version 1.7.12.4 (Apple Git-37), and it seems to be located at /usr/bin/git. I don't remember installing Git, but I did install Command Line Tools for Xcode in order to install Homebrew. Not a full Xcode install — just the command line tools.

I'm trying to figure out how best to update to a newer Git version, and determining how it was originally installed would be helpful. I think it came with the command line tools installation, but I'm not 100%.


texts: Node Program Runs in Terminal, but Not As a “do shell script” AppleScript

texts:
I have a call (“mercury-parser” via Yarn, using the full path to the call) that converts Web pages to lines of structured text (the page used in the call describes the service):

/Users/me/.yarn/bin/mercury-parser https://postlight.com/trackchanges/mercury-goes-open-source

If I run it in Terminal (using either /bin/bash or /bin/sh on a 2013 Mac Pro, macOS 10.14.5), I get the proper result: fourteen lines of structured text from the Web page.

However, the very same call returns an error when run as a single-line, “do shell script” AppleScript:

do shell script "/Users/me/.yarn/bin/mercury-parser https://postlight.com/trackchanges/mercury-goes-open-source"

The error returned is:

error "env: node: No such file or directory" number 127

FWIW, here are both my .profile and my .bash_profile texts (the latter created solely to try and solve this quandary), that should not be necessary, given that the full path to the call is being specified, specifically to avoid such an error:

export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH"

export PATH="$HOME/.yarn/bin:$HOME/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/.bin:$PATH"

[[ -s $HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh ]] && . $HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh  # This loads NVM

source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh

export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm

What do I have to do to get the call to run as an AppleScript?

[2019.6.26 at 11:25:45PM: Edited in an attempt at clarification.]

2019.6.27 at 1:36:57PM: Per Mark’s suggestion:

Thank you, Mark; I duplicated my .[bash_]profile,  renamed it to “.bashrc”, and added “bin/bash” to the call:

do shell script "bin/bash; /Users/RF/.yarn/bin/mercury-parser https://postlight.com/trackchanges/mercury-goes-open-source"

However, (after a reboot) I still get the same error:

error "env: node: No such file or directory" number 127

Thoughts?


texts: Splicing lighnting connector in place of 30pin to achieve video

texts:
I currently have a car headunit that uses a combnation of USB (audio and control) and 3.5mm jack (video) that was designed for iphone 4/4s.

I now have an iphone 5. which i can't use the current cable with removing my ability to deisplay video. audio and controls still function fine.

My question is. I if i cut off the current 30pin connector off and spliced a lightning connector onto existing cable in its place. Will this cable function properly. Would it be as easy as, colour matching the two cables or is there a lot more to it. Could it be done with correct pin-outs?


texts: I'm trying to create a developer account at developer.apple.com, but every time I click "Register", it says the server at developercms.apple.com couldn't be found. Is this happening to anyone else? How can I get past this?


texts: Can't get write permission on external hard drive when exporting from Lightroom

texts:
A few days ago I bought a new 2018 MacBook Pro which is running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6. I have been a Windows user till then.

After I edited my photos on the new Mac in Lightroom, I plugged in my external drive (WD My Passport) and I went on to export them. In Lightroom I got an error that said I can't export on that drive since it has only read privileges or something like that. So I went on to googling the issue and found out that I have to change the permission. I tried that but the next obstacle was that the Apply to enclosed items option is greyed out.

I googled that problem but i haven't found a solution so far. Is this problem happening because I have to reformat my external drive on something other that NTFS? Or is there a setting i missed? Or something completely different.


texts: Cannot initiate Windows 7 install on MacBook Air bootcamp

texts:
I use the latest Yosemite version on MacBook Air, I am trying to install Windows 7...

I start bootcamp, I select the first two checkboxes

[X] create windows 7 install disk

[X] download support software

[  ] remove windows 7 or later version

The windows partition already exists from previous similar attempts.

Asks me for path to Windows 7 ISO and the USB stick to use.
After I wait a few hours to setup the stick, it tells me that it installed the support software and that I should use this software after I install windows.
The only button now is [QUIT]. I press quit and it exists, it never starts the windows 7 install as I expect.

If I reboot and hold option button pressed, the "windows" stick doesn't start, it complains about missing bootable disk or something similar.
What am I doing wrong ? This newly created Win7 USB stick works to boot on other PCs, I tried it.


texts: Caps lock key to behave like non-toggle modifier

texts:
Is it possible to make the caps lock key behave like a normal modifier, and not as a toggle switch?

I have a custom keyboard layout which allows me to use the caps lock key to type Greek symbols. (It‘s useful for STEM students.) Most of the time, I only want to type a single Greek symbol—in which case, it would be much easier to use the caps lock key like one uses the shift key. Caps lock down, press a key, then caps lock up—caps lock does not remain on.

Is this possible to accomplish? Perhaps with Karabiner or similar?


texts: Why does the Notes app show on the lock screen?

texts:
The Notes app occasionally shows on my lock screen. I understand that apps can show on this screen based on my location (ex: my AT&T app shows when I'm near an AT&T store) but I don't know why Notes would do this -- so far, once in my office and a couple of times in my bedroom at home. Any ideas?

It began happening after my upgrade to 9.0.2 though not sure if this specific version is to blame.

Update: I've now had this happen multiple times in airplane mode so I suspect this behavior may have nothing to do with my location.


texts: My husband now has my ipad but it has my itunes account on it instead of his, how do we change it to his account?


texts:
According to

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1355

airplane-mode on the iPhone shuts off Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ...GPS.

My understanding is that GPS-devices only /receive/ GPS
signals, they don't transmit anything, so I don't
understand why this needs to be shut down.  [Of course, if
the iPhone is running at all, then /it/ is emitting some
RF, but I don't see why receiving GPS signals should cause
an additional problem for the airplane.]

I tested on an iPhone 3GS (IOS 6.1.3):  Enabled
airplane-mode, then turned-off the phone.  Rotated the
phone 180-degrees.  Turned it back on (with airplane-mode
still enabled).  The compass-app still seemed to find North.

Would someone be willing to do an independent test of this?


texts:
I use iBooks to store longer PDF's like scientific papers etc., so I can easily read them on my iPad.

But a lot of them do not have any meta data attached (like author) and/or have really bad file names.

I can't find a simple way to edit this within iBoks. What is the best possible solutions?

I guess I could export the PDF's, edit meta data in Adobe Acrobat Pro (or similar), and add them back. But I hope there is a simpler and quicker solution. Any suggestions?

Example below.


texts: Macbook 2010 13 inch keyboard not working untill after boot into os but no os installed

texts: So basically i got this macbook used and when i got it it had windows 7 and no mac os x at all. I tried to install Mac os x from usb but it wouldent boot because the keyboard was not working... then i tried to use transmac to install the mac os x installer onto the internal hdd from a windows 7 desktop and now it says no bootable drive whenever i turn it on. Help me please!


texts:
When trying to update apps on the Apple Store I still get the account of someone who was using the computer before me:

How do I change that, it's the only place where I can't use my Apple ID account.

PS: It sounds like I stole a computer but no, my work gave it to me and the employee before me was using it with his Apple ID account and thought he removed everything.


texts:
I have enabled the built-in firewall on my MacBook (Sierra v10.12.1), but unfortunately the log files located in /var/log (appfirewall.log and alf.log) stay empty. I contacted Apple Support but they don't know the reason or a solution to this problem. I saw someone with a similar problem and concerns at: Firewall logging enabled, but not recording which isn't resolved.

Any ideas how to handle this one?


texts: MacTeX installation failed on MacBookPro10

texts:
I am trying to install MacTeX on my MacBook Pro running OS X version 10.9.5 but I get weird errors.

I've tried two different packages from Jun 2013 and 2014.

Using the Jun 2014 package, I can continue till installation starts. When I enter admin password, it immediately shows an error

The Installation Failed
The Installer could not install the software because there was no software found to install.

I get the healthy package of Jun 2013 from a friend and tried it. When I enter admin password, it starts validating package and then immediately throws the following error:

The installation Failed.
The installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.


texts: Changing the range of addresses served to clients connected via Internet Sharing

texts:
Macbook Pro Running 10.7.4 attempting to share ethernet connection via Airport(Wi-Fi) and trying to serve 192.168.1.x addresses to connected clients.

I've tried the guidance provided here (Dead link as of June 2016) and the  article Mac OS Hints: Change the default subnet for Internet Sharing
My com.apple.nat file has the following:

NAT =     {
    AirPort =         {
        40BitEncrypt = 0;
        Channel = 0;
        Enabled = 0;
        Extreme = "";
        NetworkName = *****;
        NetworkPassword = <*****>;
    };
    Enabled = 1;
    NatPortMapDisabled = 0;
    PrimaryInterface =         {
        Device = en0;
        Enabled = 0;
        HardwareKey = "";
        PrimaryUserReadable = Ethernet;
    };
    PrimaryService = "352E1799-A5BD-45F7-8C1C-49A963899CFC";
    SharingDevices =         (
        en1
    );
    SharingNetworkNumberStart = "192.168.1.0";
};

But no dice. ifconfig still shows en1 as 10.0.2.1
I've rebooted, made sure System Preferences was closed. en1 up'd and down'd

I'm guessing I need to be modifying a different file. I've looked at the binary for InternetSharing but it has way too much cruft in the file for me to confidently edit it.

Any help?
Thanks!


texts: OSX (Yosemite) Make 2 sided printing the default for *all* applications

texts: I'd like to make double-sided printing the default for all applications.  This item tells how to set it for one application, but by experimentation it only affects that application, not others.  I Googled, looked in the system prefs, looked on this site - no luck.  Is there a setting somewhere?


texts: Time estimate to location in Today's view?

texts:
I found an article (can't remember where) that there's an option to show time estimate of arrival at a location in the Today's view, with regards to traffic too.

How do I enable this option ?


texts: OEM adapter will only charge if the battery is first disconnected from the logic board before it's plugged in

texts:
I'm trying to get to the bottom of this weird issue I seem to be having. I have a OEM charger that wouldn't seem be charge my Macbook pro 13 retina (late 2012), model a1425. I recently did a battery replacement and read somewhere that if you disconnect the battery from the logic board first it might work.
Sure enough, when I disconnect the battery and plug the adapter in, the light on the OEM adapter turns on, then reconnect the connect the battery to the logic board, restart and everything works fine. Battery is connected, OEM is charging it.
The problem is once i unplug the adapter, it wont charge again. I'll plug it back in and no light comes on.
I've experimented where I'll have it plugged in, no light on and as soon as I start unscrewing the battery from the logic board, it'll come on.
Does this mean that the battery is causing an issue? I've recently been advised that it could also be the DC in board since a 3rd party adapter charges it without a problem but want to avoid replacing the DC in board if that's not the issue.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!


texts: How to add a Service to Accessibility permissions

texts:
I have a Quick Action which I wrote in Automator (it runs an AppleScript). It is launching from a keyboard shortcut correctly (using this).

However, when I try to give it permissions in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Accessibility, it won't allow me to select the workflow file (it's grey'd out).

Is there any way to achieve this?

Launch an AppleScript from a keyboard shortcut
AND allow it to send keystrokes (so give it Accessibility permissions)


texts: How to restore no longer available app from iCloud Backup

texts:
I had to restore my iPhone from iCloud backup. Unfortunately some of my apps are stuck on "Waiting.." stage. One of them is very important for me, it's Stash (http://hedonicsoftware.com/stash.html). It's an application to store documents, photos with password. I tried to find it under App Store -> Purchased tab, but it's not there. I have very important stuff in this app, so I would like to restore the application or the data. I think the app data should be in the cloud, but I can't read/download this data without the app.

What can I do? (I have the latest iOS)


texts:
I would like to be able to type the character ~ directly, without having to follow up with a space.
Currently, if I type the tilde character, at first I get a ˜, which becomes a ~ only if I follow it up with a space.
The same question extends to ', " and `, but I presume the solution is the same for all of them.
I am using a M1 Macbook Air, with a "U.S. International PC" keyboard layout.


texts:
I tried to install Windows via Bootcamp and when I first launched BC it said (something like): The drive cannot be partitioned because there is not enough free space and it said I needed 40gb.

However, when I tried to check my total storage in the "about" section it said that I had over 100gb free space! Then when I double checked with Disk Utility it said that I had 33GB free space! in Disk Utility it also said:

Available: 103,21 GB (69,25 GB   Purgeable)

What does this mean?

I have deleted a ton of files but the free disk space is just shrinking! Not getting bigger!

Mac OS version: 10.13.4
I do not Use Time Capsule


texts: New library found after upgrading iTunes for PC

texts:
After updating iTunes (via Microsoft Store) to the newest version (as of February 7th, 2021) and connecting:

the same iPhone SE 2020 to
the same PC

it turned out that all sync setting are turned off.
When trying to enable them again, I see error that my iPhone is being synced with some other library and enabling sync will erase entire content of my iPhone.

What should I do now? How can I again logically "connect" my iPhone with my PC and iTunes so my library (as reported by iTunes) would again show all the content that it was showing before iTunes for PC upgrade?


texts:
I'm trying to create an iso from a directory on my computer. I've tried using both the Disk Utility method and just Terminal but I keep getting Operation not permitted errors regardless of my method.
I've tried adding sudo to the front of my command and even changing to root using su but I keep getting the error.

I realize that someone asked a similar question already, how do I create an ISO/CDR file from a hard disk?, but I need the iso I don't need to just make a backup.

EDIT3: The command that I used in Terminal is sudo hdiutil makehybrid -iso -joliet -o /Volumes/Link/Users/magavendon/Dropbox/Mac\ Stuff/Work\ Files/Projects/CARSR/Builds/Build\ 270/Disk/lrr_01_netra_0270_a.iso New_Build270

EDIT: I have even changed the permissions for the folder and everything contained within to 777 and the owner and group to myself.

EDIT2: As per Phoenix's suggestion, I've attempted to clear my ACLs. After running the command "sudo chmod -RN " I got:

chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file arp@0:arp: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file clone@0:ce: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file clone@0:eri: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file clone@0:fjgi: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file clone@0:hme: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file clone@0:ibd: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file cn@0:console: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file cn@0:syscon: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file cn@0:systty: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file cvc@0:cvc: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file cvcredir@0:cvcredir: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file devinfo@0:devinfo: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file icmp6@0:icmp6: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file icmp@0:icmp: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file ip6@0:ip6: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file ip@0:ip: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file ipsecah@0:ipsecah: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file ipsecesp@0:ipsecesp: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file keysock@0:keysock: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file ksyms@0:ksyms: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file log@0:conslog: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file log@0:log: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file mm@0:allkmem: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file mm@0:kmem: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file mm@0:mem: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file mm@0:null: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file mm@0:zero: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file openeepr@0:openprom: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file rts@0:rts: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file sad@0:admin: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file sad@0:user: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file sy@0:tty: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file sysevent@0:sysevent: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file sysmsg@0:msglog: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file sysmsg@0:sysmsg: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file tcp6@0:tcp6: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file tcp@0:tcp: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file tl@0:ticlts: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file tl@0:ticots: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file tl@0:ticotsord: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file udp6@0:udp6: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file udp@0:udp: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file wc@0:wscons: Invalid argument
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file zfs@0:zfs: Invalid argument


texts: Make Desktop the alias folder macOS High Sierra

texts:
How can I make the Desktop folder, the alias folder for a different folder too?

In other words:
In Mail app, if you double click on an image someone emailed to you, it downloads to:
/Users/name/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Mail Downloads

I made an alias for that hard-to-get-to folder, and put in on my Desktop:

But I'd like the Desktop to be the alias, so images show up there instead.

How can I do that?

By the way, this is an unfortunate XY problem. What I really want is to change the default folder for mail attachments, but selecting a folder here:

Does nothing. Images still download to:
/Users/name/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Mail Downloads

I tried restarting mail and the mac after every change, creating a new folder in the Downloads, Desktop, and weird sub-folder, and selecting each of them and tested whether images downloaded to there, but no.

I chatted with Apple and they have no idea of why it doesn't work if I select a specific folder (they didn't know you can supposedly change it either, but that's a different story).

Anyone know what the default folder for mail downloads is? Is it the Downloads folder?

As far as I recall, my attachments have always saved to that sub-sub-folder thing.

Summary:
- How can I change where mail downloads download to?
- Otherwise, how can I make the Desktop the "Alias" for wherever they download to in the first place?

  Note: @Lizzan helpfully commented that you can drag the image to the Desktop.
  It seems though, that doing that also saves it to the sub-folder, so here's a program you can run (Python) to clean up that sub-folder (either run it manually, or if you know your way around programming, make it run automatically periodically - maybe I'll add that later): https://github.com/DaniSpringer/clean-up


texts:
I would like to be able to either navigate from a calendar event to its location within maps, or view all upcoming events on a map. Preferably, both.

How do I connect the location of a calendar event with the iPad maps app?


texts: How to prevent html5 videos from using built in mac fullscreen

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The mac fullscreen mode has a slow animation which I have tried disabling but it seems that there is no way to do that as of now, so my question is, does anyone know of a way to disable html5 videos from using the mac fullscreen and just go instantly fullscreen like flash videos do?

Edit: If anyone is aware of some API in javascript which can make the videos go fullscreen instantly I may be able to write a chrome plugin that detects a native fullscreen api request, cancel it and initiate an instant fullscreen. Or if someone knows some type of workaround that can be done mac side, either from terminal or perhaps an objective-c native app I will develop them if necessary and post for all.


texts: Is there a way to compile an an applescript from the command line similar to the following.


texts: Monitor which website my applications are trying to connect to

texts: I am looking for a way to monitor my network so I can know which website that specific application is trying to connect to.


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After upgrading to Mountain Lion, I can't mount any volumes with TrueCrypt 7.1a anymore.  After typing in the password for the volume, an error message is shown, stating that the fusefs kext can't be loaded.

The system log file shows the following errors:

com.apple.kextd[12]: Failed to load /Library/Filesystems/fusefs.fs/Support/fusefs.kext - (libkern/kext) link error.
kernel[0]: kxld[com.google.filesystems.fusefs]: The following symbols are unresolved for this kext:
kernel[0]: kxld[com.google.filesystems.fusefs]:    _OSRuntimeFinalizeCPP
kernel[0]: kxld[com.google.filesystems.fusefs]:    _OSRuntimeInitializeCPP
kernel[0]: Can't load kext com.google.filesystems.fusefs - link failed.
kernel[0]: Failed to load executable for kext com.google.filesystems.fusefs.
kernel[0]: Kext com.google.filesystems.fusefs failed to load (0xdc008016).
kernel[0]: Failed to load kext com.google.filesystems.fusefs (error 0xdc008016).

Do I need to update MacFuse or TrueCrypt to make this work again?


texts: Change iTunes/iCloud Apple ID Primary email address

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How do I change my email address on my iTunes account?

I opened my iTunes account at a job that I had 11 years. Now that I no longer have that email address, I would like to transfer it over to my new email address.
Can I do that or do I have to close my old account and open a new one?


texts: Is it safe to upgrade all outdated port when upgrading from Snow Leopard to Lion?

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My Mac running Snow Leopard has several MacPorts based open source software packages installed. Upon the upgrade to Lion, all my ports are listed as outdated.

It's safe to upgrade them en masse?


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In iPad there's a nice "Home screen pinch" gesture where pinching with four or more fingers acts as the home screen button.

This could be useful for me on my iPhone 4 as well, since the home screen button sometimes does not react well. I am aware that for jailbroken phones it is possible (and easy to use). Is it also possible on non-jailbroken phones? (Just upgraded to 5.1).


texts: Using the builtin dialog under OSX to unlock an SSH key

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OSX has a builtin passphrase dialog for ssh-agent, so that on the first use of a key, it'll get cached.

The problem is -- I can't find a way to spawn that dialog by just adding ssh-add. ssh-add will only prompt for a passphrase on the terminal.

Somehow, the agent checks the existence of matching .pub and private key files and uses that to know which to ask for and spawn what I assume is a builtin dialog box.

I can work around this, hilarously, by also trusting that key for logging into "localhost", and putting "ssh localhost echo -n """ into my .bashrc, but this is dumb.  If I can ssh-add and put the passphrase in on the terminal, I should also be able to use the builtin GUI.

(Why would I want to arbitarily unlock the ssh key before I log into anything, you may ask? Well, because bash-completion's ability to autocomplete things like the other side of an scp or rsync command requires an available auth mechanism -- either Kerberos or an agented/unpassworded key.)

I'm annoyed that I can't find a reference for this anywhere else.


texts: Can iPhone's Handoff be configured to be more reliable?

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I will present a common work case here: I have an iPhone, an older iPhone, an iPad Pro, iPad, Macbook and iMac, and they have the same iCloud account. Is there a way to make the "Handoff" feature work more reliably on them?

It can be for the first 3 to 5 times, a short string copied on one iPhone can be pasted into the other iPhone / iPad. (assuming the iPhones are within 2 feet apart). But after these few times, the other iPhone / iPad would start to get "jammed up" and not able to paste the short string. (the same with the Mac).

It might require a reboot of the iPhone for it to paste again. It is not a big issue except one iPhone or another constantly get jammed up, and it is wasting 5 minutes several times during the day, and they interrupt the usual workflow.

Are there ways to improve the reliability?  All devices are on the same Wifi with Bluetooth turned on, although I think Handoff works off iCloud copy and paste, so sending 20 bytes from one iPhone to the iCloud server and the other phones getting back this 20 bytes shouldn't really be a big issue.  Right now sometimes it feels like, one phone cannot get the data from the iCloud server, and somehow jammed up in there, perhaps won't time out the bad connection even after a few minutes, and require a user to reboot.

P.S. this happens even if it is 2 devices. Sometimes I have a URL to copy from the Macbook to the iPhone, and the iPhone won't be able to get it. I might have to reboot either the Macbook or the iPhone, or both, for it to work.


texts: Kernel Panic - Random Shutdown - Please Help

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Recently (the last three day) my late 2013 iMac has been suffering from kernel panics.
After reboot, console shows a 'Previous shutdown cause: -62'.
Can someone please tell me what this means.
The only thing I have changed is I added a new backup drive (2TB external).
It seem to only happen after about ½ hour after wake (from sleep).
It only does it when doing multiple processes, like running photoshop, iTunes open in background, youtube vids playing etc.
So, any ideas.
Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks, BR


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Is it possible to change the display default image on a second display connected to an Apple running OSX 10.6. ? I can see all the display options for the desktop, but the 2nd display has the Apple Desktop picture 'Apple/Nature/Aurora as a default.  The only way I can find of changing this is to select mirroring on displays and then choose an alternative, which will display on both screens.  Turn mirroring off then 'Aurora' returns, but the desktop will reflect the new change.
kind regards
Ric