texts:
My iWork/Pages stopped working by it-self and the following error is showing:

Files that iWork needs are missing.
To restore the missing files, use the iWork Installer to reinstall iWork.

Temporary I've installed OpenOffice.

Any suggestions how to fix the problem?


texts: Does Apple Music let you hear the whole song on iPhone and iPad? (instead of just 30 seconds or 1:30 of sampling)

texts:
After I started with the Apple Music 3-month trial, sometimes I search for a song on my iPhone, and I could actually hear the whole song.

So I thought Apple Music probably lets me hear the whole song for most or all of its songs, but there are other cases when I search for a song on my Macbook using iTunes, I could only hear the 30 second clip or 1.5 minute clip like before.

So what is the rule?  I could hear most (or all) the songs on iPhone and iPad for any song on iTunes Store, but not on  any Mac -- is this basically the rule for subscribers to Apple Music?


texts: I would like to have three screens connected to my Mac Mini, so far I have one screen connected via HDMI and one screen connected via thunderbolt. The only ports I have left are USB and firewire, would there be any way for me to connect a third monitor?


texts:
On both this, and an old MacBook Pro, I have had the same issue: whenever I connect to any public WiFi, the captive portal window appears blank, with an error message stating that the page could not be loaded.

There are a few solutions offered to a slightly different problem – to bypass captive portals altogether – here, but none of the popular solutions offered work as of 10.14.3.

The issue in my case is slightly different as I just never see anything in the portal. Instead, every time I want to log in to public WiFi, I have to open a browser, close the 'blank' captive portal (which will keep popping up with error messages), and then type 192.168.0.1 manually into the browser. The page will only load in the browser if I have managed to keep the 'blank' portals from being open at the same time.

How can I log into a captive portal without having to type 192.168.0.1 into a browser every time? The fact that I have had the same issue on two different MacBooks would suggest that the problem is quite widespread.


texts: Apple Photos App Stuck For Days "Closing the library..."

texts:
I recently migrated my library from iPhoto to the Apple Photos app. There's probably around 13,000 photos/videos in the library. After migrating the library, I closed Photos, and it is now been stuck "Closing the library..." for two days.

I checked the activity monitor shortly after it appeared to be stuck and there were seemingly related processes consuming high amounts of CPU resources, such as com.apple.photos.VideoConversionService and photoanalysisd. So I waited, assuming those processes are preventing the app exit and just need to finish what they are working on.

It is now day 2 and I still see Photos is "Closing the library..." and the processes are still live, but aren't consuming any CPU any longer.

Other forums/sites talk about the "Closing the library..." issue and suggest just force quitting Photos. However, I don't want to do this if there any risk on corrupting the library, or killing a process that needs to complete to make the library complete.

Any suggestions on what I should do next?


texts: Time Capsule isn't being found by AirPort Utility

texts:
I have a MacBook Air (mid 2011) running OS 10.7.5. Last month I bought a new Time Capsule, and I would like to reformat/erase my old Time Capsule (about 5 years old) and give it to a friend. But right now, AirPort Utility cannot even find the old Time Capsule.

We wanted to test whether the old Time Capsule would work at all with my friend's ISP and Windows PC. We got them to talk to each other, but then we probably typed in something injudicious (an IP address, I think). Afterwards, we couldn't talk to the old Time Capsule with the PC, and now I can't talk to it with my MacBook either. When I use it directly as my wireless router, AirPort Utility no longer finds it - no Time Capsule icon at all, just a spinning wheel and a message saying it can't find anything but it will keep looking. (I never succeeded at locating the old Time Capsule when my new one was providing the wireless, even before we made things worse).

So the primary question is: what can I do to obtain any kind of access to my old Time Capsule - just enough to reformat it and start over? (There's no data on it that I need to care about.) Or can it be reformatted with some magic button press or paper clip insert on its own?


texts: Stream iOS camera live video to other device over Wifi

texts: Is there an app that can capture live video on one iOS device and broadcast it over wifi so all my other iOS devices can play it? Streaming it over the internet would be even better...


texts: Make custom keyboard layout switch by Caps Lock

texts:
I created custom Cyrillic keyboard layout using Ukelele. It works fine except one problem - I can't switch to it using Caps Lock from english layout. I even don't have option "Use Caps Lock to switch to and from US" in keyboard preferences. Ctrl+space switches layouts ok. Default rus layout can be switched by Caps Lock.

How could I make my custom keyboard layout to switch by Caps Lock?

EDIT

I didn't find a way to make it work. Also there is not promising topic in ukelele group: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/ukelele-users/rRPaOXQj8Hs/discussion.

Instead I installed Karabiner-Elements, make Caps Lock map to F19 and set F19 as layout switch in keyboard shortcuts. Works fine with my custom Ukelele layout and system English layout.


texts: Mail app opens randomly in MacOS 10.14.5

texts:
I have mail app open in background i.e. no window open. A new window randomly pops up without any conscious trigger by me. No new mail would have come.

Once it happened while I was in full screen mode of another app and the mail app split the window in half and got opened. This happens even when I am working in non Full-screen mode.

I presume that it has connection with notifications but other reasons are also welcome.

Once, it popped up above other apps, and some accounts were transitioning from offline to online state. I cannot confirm  about Google account as one answer mentions.

Why might this happen but more importantly, how to stop this other than quitting it properly? I want to stop it from opening it altogether, not only in split view.

The answer to Mail opens a window randomly in split screen with my fullscreen window recommends to untick a Mail preference. Unfortunately I get the behaviour even thought the preference is unticked, so I look for other solutions.


texts: I had my uninsured iPhone stolen and have bought a cheap Panasonic Eluga 500 as a makedo until I save up enough for another iPhone. Why can't I pair this phone with my iMac over Bluetooth. I have a truly ancient Nokia that pairs so why not this Panasonic? Are there certain brands that Apple doesn't like?


texts: Domestic plugged iMac 2012 into multiple socket gives a little shock

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My family have recently moved to a new place, sort of rural area (in the mountains), I did found a power socket in the room, connected a multiple socket into it and plugged in iMac + wifi router, there was no problem at the beginning, but sometimes I feel sort of electrified field over the aluminium case (when trying to plug USB cabels).

The real case :)
Last night it was cold to work, so I decided plug 600W heater and after 1h I did touch the iMac and was "kindly" suggested to leave the party :) (very noticable electric shock).

I know it's more an engenieering question, but maybe someone had experienced similiar situation and can suggest what is the possible work around?

P.S: I used the same multiple socket in the previous house and had no problems, the new character here is the 600W heater that I've found recently from previous owners (looks like it's from early 2000')


texts: Macbook Pro Sound doesn't work after Yosemite update

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It has been more than a couple of months I have been looking for solution and I haven't found any yet. Here's my problem:

startup sound works
no 'internal speaker' in 'output device' in sound setting.
Audio midi setup has master volume set to 0. Cannot change the value.

This all happened after Yosemite update.

I have tried following so far

PRAM reset
sudo killall coreaudiod
plug in headphone and plug out (slowly, quickly and at every speed possible)
re-installing Yosemite

and other few I don't remember.
I am now tired of looking for solution. I hope somebody here will be a god to me.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Is there way to crop the output of a camera for a video chat?

texts:
I'd like to use Zoom, Google Meet, etc. with my built in camera, or an external webcam.
However, the camera is too wide and shows parts of my setup that I'd prefer it not to. Is it possible to crop the view, which is then automatically used by video conferencing software? (ideally set once and forget)

For those wondering, I noticed this initially when I saw that Photo Booth crops my webcam input (which is embarrassing if you use that to judge what is in view!).


texts: Homebrew wants me to delete /usr/local/lib?

texts:
From the Homebrew installation page :

  We recommend you delete /usr/local/include and /usr/local/lib

But my /usr/local/lib contains the following files:

$ ls /usr/local/lib
charset.alias                   libgettextsrc.la
gettext                         libgpg-error.0.dylib
libasprintf.0.0.0.dylib         libgpg-error.dylib
libasprintf.0.dylib             libgpg-error.la
libasprintf.dylib               libiconv.2.dylib
libasprintf.la                  libiconv.dylib
libassuan.0.dylib               libiconv.la
libassuan.dylib                 libintl.8.0.2.dylib
libassuan.la                    libintl.8.dylib
libcharset.1.dylib              libintl.dylib
libcharset.dylib                libintl.la
libcharset.la                   libksba.8.9.6.dylib
libgcrypt.11.6.0.dylib          libksba.8.dylib
libgcrypt.11.dylib              libksba.dylib
libgcrypt.dylib                 libksba.la
libgcrypt.la                    libpth.20.0.27.dylib
libgettextlib-0.17.dylib        libpth.20.dylib
libgettextlib.dylib             libpth.dylib
libgettextlib.la                libpth.la
libgettextpo.0.4.0.dylib        libusb-0.1.4.dylib
libgettextpo.0.dylib            libusb-1.0.0.dylib
libgettextpo.dylib              libusb-1.0.dylib
libgettextpo.la                 libusb-1.0.la
libgettextsrc-0.17.dylib        libusb.dylib
libgettextsrc.dylib             libusb.la

What are these files for? Is it safe to delete these files?


texts: Why can't I Airplay a certain sound file in iTunes?

texts: I have this one file that, when I play music in iTunes using Airplay, always makes iTunes revert to use the computers internal speaker. When this specific track is finished, next track is again playbacked via Airplay, without me doing anything.


texts:
I have just bought one of the new MacBooks which will cause me to jump a few version of iTunes. I believe that the new separated style wont work for syncing an iPod Classic.
Does anyone have any solutions that dont involve having to keep the old hardware just to sync an iPod. Two versions of iTunes installed simultaneously for example if that is possible?


texts:
I'm currently using Keyboard maestro to create a macro that allows me to move the cursor to certain coordinates and perform a left click.

Unfortunately under Yosemite it doesn't work as expected, since it clicks sporadically (it always moves the cursor but doesn't click everytime).

Are there any other viable options to achieve this? It would be great if I can set coordinates relatively to active window.


texts: Is it possible to convert window into tab?

texts: I can drag a tab out of window, and it becomes independent window in Safari, Finder and other apps that support tabs. Is it possible to reverse this operation, convert window into tab by dragging it to another window?


texts: AddressBook taking 62 GB space by images

texts:
For whatever reason, AddressBook is taking up 62gb of space on my limited availability system of a Macbook Pro running Mojave. This is what the daisy disk looks like.

How can I fix this and why is it doing it?

Almost all of the space is being taken up by "Images and I have no clue what these "images" could be, since it is files in the depths of my system. I don't want to just in discriminate remove them for fear of losing major functionality.

Could someone explain the function of this and how to clean it?

I found this on GitHub but don't know what it is really.

https://gist.github.com/niw/635904


texts: FaceTime and iMessage - an error occurred during activation

texts:
I couldn't log in to FaceTime so I did a factory reset of my MacBook. It worked for a brief period of time and then suddenly it just logged out.

I believe it might have been after iCloud synced with keychain or after I changed my local host name and computer name.

I have seen other users facing this issue but no solutions. Is there a troubleshooting guide or should I just contact Apple support since I can't use their service without activation to my Mac?


texts: Cannot extend partition after failed bootcamp install

texts:
I got an error while trying to install Windows 10 on my Mid 2014 Macbook Pro via Bootcamp Assistant.

The error occurred whilst partitioning the disk: Your disk could not be partitioned. An error occurred while partioning the disk.

I'd set the partitions to be equal sizes, 250GB each.

I followed a fix that involves restarting into single user mode and running /sbin/fsck -fy but that didn't do anything to help.

I'm now left with a mac partition that's 250GB and free space that's 250GB, but cannot extend the main partition into the free space:

If I click partition and remove the freespace and extend the Macintosh HD volume I get this error: The provided Core Storage logical volume has an incorrect size.

I'm happy to give up on bootcamp and installing Windows 10, but I'd like my harddisk back!!!


texts: Is there a way to emulate an Xbox controller?

texts:
I've downloaded Onecast which allows me to stream an Xbox One to my Mac and it supports connecting an Xbox controller. Is there a way to emulate an Xbox controller with my keyboard and mouse on my Mac so I can use it in games?

I am using macOS Mojave. I would prefer to use an application that is under $10.


texts: Iphone 8 With Broken HomeButton Set Up after factory reset

texts: I have recently dropped my Iphone 8 and that caused it to go into endless reboot cycle. I had to put the phone into DFU Recovery mode and after it recovered I noticed I cant set it up as the home button appears to be unresponsive. Is there any way I can control the phone remotely or any other way to set up the phone without the use of the Home button?


texts: Do I have to turn on find my Mac on my computer?

texts: Does find my Mac have to be turned on under the system preferences in the computer or can I somehow link the serial number to my icloud and still be able to use it? Asking because I believe my macbook pro was stolen and I didn't have find my Mac turned on in the physical computer.


texts: Terminal opens new tab instead of new window with Command-N

texts:
I dont know why but both Command-N and manually clicking open new window in the file menu of Terminal.app opens a new tab. Anyone encountered this before?

How can I make Terminal.app open new windows instead of a new tab?


texts:
Is it possible to set iPhone mail fecthing time < 15 minutes under iOS 5?

The current configuration only allows 15 minutes data pushing, but I need to react to my mail fast. Is there a way to get around this or an application that could help this?


texts: How do I enable syntax highlighting in vim on Mac?


texts: How can I make Instagram photos shared to Facebook visible to my friends by default?

texts:
When I share photos from Instagram to Facebook (using the Instagram app on iOS), by default they get "Only Me" sharing visibility:

That doesn't seem very useful to me - I'd rather my friends saw them. In fact, Instagram's help page says that is what is supposed to happen.

How can I fix this? How can I make these photos visible to my friends by default?


texts: Command line applications to list outgoing connections

texts:
I am looking for a command line tool that is able to make a log of the outgoing connections.
I have already taken a look at the nettop command and it is really good, but the list of connections is updated in real time; due to this, I can't monitor quick operations like HTTP requests to websites or similar tasks.
Then, can you suggest me some tools with this mentioned feature?


texts: Is it impossible to install windows 7 via boot camp in a lion based macbook air?

texts:
I have installed windows xp/vista through bootcamp with snow leopard (boot camp 3.x) several times. After a fresh installation of lion on my macbook air, something has changed.

With boot camp 4.0, I cannot create a bootcamp partition for windows 7 without external cd-rom, which would not occur with snow leopard. I tried to use usb stick and virtual windows 7 cd on the usb stick however, both not work.


texts: What is the correct pentalobe screwdriver size for a Macbook Air Model A1370?

texts:
I think it is 1.2 mm based on results returned by eBay, however, it would be nice if someone could confirm that this is the correct size and not the 0.8 mm

Macbook Air MacBookAir4,1 (11-inch, Mid 2011)

The goal is to remove the outer-lower casing (pentalobe screws) as well as the SSD screw (unknown screw type)


texts: Strange icon in all system password boxes on Mojave 10.14.6

texts: For a few days, I've been seeing this very strange icon every time a system password box shows up. I have no idea what it means? Does anyone know? I do not have capslock on.


texts: How can Apple Script open a shell script with options in a Terminal window?

texts:
I’m trying to use Apple Script to execute a shell script file in a new Terminal window, while sending it options. How do I do that?

It seems as if Terminal only interprets the path to the script, and ignores what comes next.

I'd like to use something like that:

do shell script "/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app/Contents/MacOS/Terminal " & pathToScript & " -option"

The script runs but it doesn't get -option.

Note: I need a Terminal window for user interaction. Running the script directly executes it in the background.


texts: Importing videos into Apple Photos App results in 0:00 video thumbnails that don't play

texts:
I am importing old photos and videos (most from iPhone originally) exported from iPhoto into a new Photos Library. Photos export and import fine, but videos exported from iPhoto work fine (they play) but do not play (0:00) after they are imported into Photos.

Just in case there were background processes that needed to complete for the import, I waited 12 hours then checked again, and but the videos were still 0:00 length.

I verified the source videos on the file system played just fine.

Both iPhoto and Photos apps are the latest versions as of this questions.

How might I solve this problem?

Thank you.


texts: Keyboard shortcut to switch to a specific Chrome window

texts:
Ok, I realize this is asking for the impossible. I habitually have about 4 Chrome windows open. On linux, I have a system set up so I have a different keyboard shortcut to switch to each window, so I can jump to the correct one really quickly.

Is there possibly a way to do this on OSX? I'm willing to write moderate amounts of code if necessary to implement this, 'though I should probably head over to StackOverflow if that looks like it will be needed.


texts: Why does F3 not work as Find Next in Chrome?

texts:
I've already set up in system preferences, checkbox Use all F1, F2,... as standard function (checked on).

But still after  Cmd ⌘   F   on Chrome, pressing  F3   won't do anything... I expected Find Next would go.... only way is pressing  Cmd ⌘   G

any chance?


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I have boot camped the Mac to have windows. I had an issue so deleted windows during setup to reinstall on the partition. In this process I think I have lost my recovery for Mac as its just all fallen apart from there.

So gone into disk utility to delete the partition to restart it now I am not seeing the partition at all and when I try to resize the Mac one its not allowing me too as it comes with an error that it cannot find the other partition that windows was on.

Now I tried to do a full reset using command R and do the internet one but I get stuck on the apple sign after that so have to restart. If I was to boot the Mac to single mode using command s it takes me to the black screen no bootable device found please insert disk well something like that. Even tried to do clean install of windows but it gets to partition bit it says that partition is formatted in a different way it won't work on it.

When I open finder under devices I have remove disc so I am assuming this is the partition that I've screwed up. I may have overlooked something but guys what can I do?


texts:
I have a process on my computer which keeps logging to the system.

May  2 19:50:06 laptop com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.coconut-flavour.coconutBattery-Helper[23430]): Could not find and/or execute program specified by service: 155: Refusing to execute/trust quarantined program/file: com.coconut-flavour.coconutBattery-Helper

I cannot figure out where the process is located.

What I have tried:

sudo launchctl list | grep com.coc

sudo find / -iname com.coconut-flavour.coconutBattery-Helper

I have also tried sampling and finding the process in the launchd service in activity monitor.

It does not seem to exist. Anyone know what could be going on?


texts: install windows 7 32-bit using boot-camp on snow-leopard

texts:
I have Snow-Leopard running on my MacBook. I want to install Windows 7 32-bit Professional. I have already purchased copy of Windows from Amazon. I never'ed install Windows on my MacBook till date, so I don't know what to do, and how to install it.

Please share your experiences of installing Windows using Boot-Camp.
I need screen-shots or video that can help me with installation.


texts:
Prior to iOS 14 it was possible, from any of the home pages, to flick down and search for an app. For example, with a simple workflow consisting of

flick, "p", "c"

to find PCalc.
But since installing iOS 14 this capability seems to have been lost. When I take those steps now I'm unhelpfully offered things like the website of the "Porsche Club of America" or the Presbyterian Church (sites I've never visited and have no interest in) or a stock ticket for PCA (whatever that is, I don't even have stocks or use the stocks app). And if I type out "pcalc" and hit Search I get an App Store link to a version I don't want, and useless web links about the app:

In order to find an app now it seems I need to run through all of my home screen pages in order to get to something called the App Library:

page, page, page, page, [view I don't need], "p", "c"

Is this now the only way to find apps?
How do I search for apps in iOS 14? Is the App Library now the only way to do this?


texts: Can you format a Numbers cell by calling a function?

texts:
I'd like to do something like:

IF(test_some_condition, BOLD(COLOR("Yes"), "#FF2222"), "No")

In other words, I'd like to display some text but format it differently based on some condition.  Possible?  Doesn't seem like it.

thanks,
Rob


texts: AppleScript referencing tabs suddently breaking on Chrome

texts:
I've been successfully using a script for a long time, which uses Chrome to calculate execute some javascript and return the result.

tell application "Google Chrome"
    tell window 1
        tell tab 1
            [do something here]
        end tell
    end tell
end tell

Today, after many months, I tried editing the script but the AppleScript Editor is refusing to save it (even without any changes, e.g. after typing a space and then deleting it...), showing an error message:

Syntax Error
Expected end of line but found number.

while highlighting the 1 of tab 1 as being the offender...

What is wrong with the latest version of the applescript editor or of Chrome? Any ideas how to work around this problem?


texts: Partition showing all FFFF after Partioining and computer not booting

texts:
You all that answer questions are SO amazing! Thank you for your very valuable time.
I've seen other similar questions about this and the answer seems to be computer /HD specific and I don't know how to figure out the numbers.
I know it requires gpt add etc.
I had previously installed Windows successfully (ish, the sound wasn't working). I deleted the Windows partition and everything was fine. (even booting)
I then partitioned again to install Linux.. And that seems to have caused the issue. I'm hopping my data is still there.
So far, I've removed both 0s1 and 0s2. I just don't know what gpt add to do.
Also, I'm not sure what type of HD I have.. I think it is core storage.
I've also tried to gpt add but, apparently did the wrong numbers... It said it errored out but, I think it it might have changed stuff? I'm not sure sure though... See all the screen shots :-)
So, here's screen shots of my terminal. Before I did any remove or add.
Diskutl list

Gpt show AND dd-if

The gpt add I did

Gpt show after the add I did

I didn't do a show after I removed the disks so... Maybe my add totally failed and this is what it's supposed to be after remove?
Btw, disk utility ALWAYS freezes while resizing if I'm fully booted. I got it to work when I installed Windows the first time by running it while in Recovery mode and was able to use bootcamp to install Windows. I had to again use disk utility in Recovery mode to partition to try to install Linux.. And this time it said it worked but, obviously it messed up. I didn't even start installing Linux.
After I get this fixed, I'd like  to know why Disk utility is freezing while partioining fully booted and how to fix it. I'd tried drive repair before and nothing. (side note, I also can't do time machine backups for some reason.)
I'd like be able to do Time machine backups.
To re install Windows 10 via boot camp AND have the sound work (I found something about this being a problem with how it was installed... Like it was Efi and should be Uefi or something. But, that made no sense to me since I just did the default Bootcamp and Windows install settings. Also, I think the person with the sound issue fixed it without reinstalling Windows... But wasn't clear HOW)
---I made a cdr image of my Windows partition usingDDisk utility before deleting it btw. I read that it's possible to convert it to a iso and reinstall it. I did the image because I had installed all of the updates and would rather not have to do it again when I reinstall Windows :-)
As well as install Linux (probably KUbuntu).
So, I'd love advice on how to do all those also :-)
I know that the Mac bootloader by default won't recognize a Linux partition as bootable. That there is a 3rd party alternative boot loader I could install.
But, I saw something about doing stuff in Terminal to make the Mac bootloader recognize Linux and would rather go that route. I'm not really comfortable turning off basically all security on my computer to make another bootloader work.
..... That is unless all of you amazing experts think it's totally OK to do so.
I'm totally up for chatting over the phone to get this fixed if needed.
Thanks to whomever responds in advance.


texts:
How can I block calls from the "Unknown" caller? I have iOS 7 on an iPhone 4S. Does any other version of the iPhone offer this ability?

I've checked the question Call blocking for iPhone?, but it doesn't seem to work for "Unknown" callers.

I found the following question: Cannot answer unknown calls on my new iPhone 4S.

I want to do the opposite. I want to stop unknown callers from coming up on the phone, and I would rather not know that they are calling.


texts: How to force open TCP 443 on my machine?

texts:
I turned off the firewall. Then, using nmap in the terminal, I issued the statement

nmap 127.0.0.1

and got

Starting Nmap 7.12 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2016-08-15 11:00 PHT
Nmap scan report for localhost (127.0.0.1)
Host is up (0.00016s latency).
Not shown: 968 closed ports, 27 filtered ports
PORT     STATE SERVICE
22/tcp   open  ssh
80/tcp   open  http
631/tcp  open  ipp
3306/tcp open  mysql
9000/tcp open  cslistener

How can I force open TCP 443 on my machine?


texts: iCal DAV The Server Responded with an Error (HTTP 302) after sleeping

texts:
Often when my Macbook Pro Retina has been asleep, I get the following upon waking up:

It is irritating because I get the bouncy iCal icon in my doc and have to dismiss the error message every time. Anyone know how to prevent this?


texts: iPad mini offers update to iOS 6.0.2 that won't install

texts:
An update to iOS 6.0.2 did not seem so important at the time and so it was never installed. Now that iOS 6.1 is out I'd expect that Software Update skips the update to iOS 6.0.2 and directly provides me with the ability to update from iOS 6.0.1 to iOS 6.1 instead.

And yet, Software Update is stuck with the intention to update to iOS 6.0.2. In the hope that after iOS 6.0.2 was successfully installed Software Update  may offer to install iOS 6.1 next I accepted the update to iOS 6.0.2.

However, the next thing is that Software Update claims that the installation of iOS 6.0.2 cannot be started because there is no connection to the Internet. I positively verified that the connection is possible; so the most likely explanation is that Software Update is not able to find the update to iOS 6.0.2 any longer and concludes that this is caused by a lack of connectivity.

How can I make Software Update ignore the pending update to iOS 6.0.2 and head for iOS 6.1 instead?


texts: Most websites (gmail, youtube, facebook, etc.) suddenly will no longer load on my mac, regardless of browser, when on my home network. However, some pages, like Amazon or soundcloud, still load perfectly fine. I'm able to load all pages perfectly on my phone using the same wifi network. When I run a hotspot, my mac can load all pages again. Here are some screenshots of my network settings/the error I receive:


texts:
Process "mtmfs" is using 98% of cpu, heating up the core and runing the fans flat out.

I have quite the process through activity monitor, but does anyone know a longer term solution?

I am running a MacBook Pro 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 with 8GB RAM and OS 10.7.1


texts:
I would like to read from an SD card containing the filesystem and OS from a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian / noobs.  I have installed ext2fuse (on Mac El Capitan 10.11.6):

$ brew update
$ brew tap caskroom/cask
$ brew cask install osxfuse
$ sudo shutdown -r now
$ brew install ext2fuse
$ sudo shutdown -r now

Now when I put in an SD card (with Raspbian linux OS on it) I get the following:

$ diskutil list
/dev/disk2 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *8.0 GB     disk2
   1:             Windows_FAT_16 RECOVERY                1.2 GB     disk2s1
   2:                      Linux                         33.6 MB    disk2s5
   3:             Windows_FAT_32 boot                    66.1 MB    disk2s6
   4:                      Linux                         6.8 GB     disk2s7

But calling the following results in an empty directory being mounted:

$ sudo /usr/local/opt/ext2fuse/bin/ext2fuse /dev/disk2s7 /sd
$ cd /sd
$ ls
.
$ sudo /usr/local/opt/ext2fuse/bin/ext2fuse /dev/disk2 /sd2
/dev/disk2 is to be mounted at /sd2
fuse-ext2fs: Resource busy while trying to open /dev/disk2

Additionally I can't figure out how to unmount them.  Previously I used "eject all" option from clicking the eject icon next to the "boot" or "RECOVERY" mounted partitions in finder.  Calling the following doesn't work:

$ diskutil unmount /sd
(null) was already unmounted
$ sudo umount /sd
umount(/sd): Resource busy -- try 'diskutil unmount'
$ rmdir /sd
rmdir: sd: Resource busy
$ sudo mkdir /sd
mkdir: /sd: File exists
$ diskutil umount force /sd
Unmount failed for /sd

** edit **
Don't know what I did but I can now sudo rmdir /sd and they are removed.


texts: Please don't suggest Option +R or Option + Command +R. I've tried it all and think I made my failing hard drive worse. I've taken my laptop to TWO different repairs shops and neither one of them have been able to get the data off of the hard drive. My option now is to wipe the drive clean and lose all my data, pictures, files, etc. I was told I could send the hard drive somewhere and pay a fee to have the data pulled off. Does anyone know who does this? It's a 2016 or 2017 so not that old. Any suggestions are much appreciated as this came out of nowhere and I don't have my laptop backed up on the cloud.


texts: Is there a way to keep bluetooth headphone from going into power-saving mode?

texts: I have a number of bluetooth headphones, and when they are connected to OSX, I notice some annoying phenomena. That phenomena is, when I do not play audio, the bluetooth headphones will quickly go into power-saving mode. And when I resume the audio, it will have a tiny explosion sound and then it will skip a second of audio. This is particularly annoying when I am working on music tracks. Can we disable the power-saving on bluetooth headphones or find a way to prevent it from going into power-saving mode? (Like looping a very silent sound in the background...)


texts: Can I make Xcode app icon with 512x512 icon instead of recommended 1024x1024?

texts:
I'm following this tutorial on making icons for a React Native app using Xcode. It recommends using Icon Set Creator to make the set of icons of various sizes for iOS, and Android Asset Studio for Android. In both of these, they instruct you to drag and drop your original icon, which the apps will convert into icons of the sizes you need. The problem is that they both say to use an original image of at least 1024x1024 pixels, but mine is 512x512.

One of the icons the apps generate is 1024x1024, so I know for this one the  image quality will suffer. What I want to know is, will this be a problem in practice? Does anyone know where that 1024x1024 image gets used, and will it be a problem that the image quality is cut in half for that icon?


texts: Enterprise Mac Mini Server - Remote Desktop

texts: Just purchased a Mac Mini server. Is there a way that we can allow for multiple sessions for Xcode development within the server?  Would RealVNC allow multiple remote sessions? If so how many?


texts: Spoofing MAC address in a persistent fashion

texts:
So I like to set a new, randomly-generated MAC address after every restart using

ruby -e 'print ("%02x"%((rand 64)*4|2))+(0..4).inject(""){|s,x|s+":%02x"%(rand 256)} + "\n"'

and then copy/pasting the output after the command

sudo ifconfig en0 ether

so that I get a new IP address from my ISP each day. I would like to further automate this process so that on startup my computer automatically runs these two commands, but I don't know enough about CLI syntax to make it work. How can I combine these two commands so that ifconfig takes the generated output of the ruby command in a single step? And then, how can I get that to automatically run at startup?

Thank you.


texts: Spell-check and autocorrect only working in English

texts:
I can't manage to get the in-line spell check or autocorrect to work in any apps. In particular this is frustrating with my e-mail, as this is the biggest part of my job and I frequently need to switch languages.

I have gone through the settings for turning on autocorrect and I've been sure to turn on the settings in each app under the Edit menu (which is usually on already). Unfortunately, for example in Dutch, it simply refuses to work, although it has worked in the past.

Strangely, it does recognize that I'm not typing in English anymore, as it stops underlining Dutch words as misspelled, but does not proceed to underline misspelled Dutch words. As soon as I start typing in English, it checks spelling again.

I'm not sure what changed in the meantime. A few minor OSX updates might be the culprit or the only other cause I can come up with might be that CleanMyMac cleaned too vigorously and deleted languages and settings - although I'm very careful about that. (If the latter is the case, how would I go about checking this and restoring them?)

I'm running OSX 10.10.4 on a 2013 11-inch Macbook Air.

Thanks in advance!


texts: Bring only one app to front after "show desktop" applied

texts:
Consider the situation:
I have many active apps on my (main) workspace and I've taken screenshot of one of them, which was auto saved on desktop. I need to put this screenshot to another active app(e.g. mail).
To achieve this Should I go through minimizing all unneded applications one by one (there could be a dozen of them) until the desktop is seen and only target application is active and in front of workspace, so I could drag the file?
I could have use "show dektop" hot key/gesture but it hides the target app as well as others and it's not possible AFAIK to bring only it to dektop, as soon as I touch it all apps will jump back to the places they've been before "show desktop" were applied.
Would be nice if I clould bring only one app to front.


texts: 2008 iMac Running OS X 10.8.2 Won't Boot

texts:
My 2008 iMac is having trouble booting—it never gets past the initial grey screen with the Apple logo and spinner.  After letting it try to boot (spinner working) for upwards of 10 minutes, I'll get the kernel panic "You need to restart" message, then a minute later it will go black, then restart.

In addition to this, the screen has "noise" pixels all over (not dead, but graphical noise).

I've tried doing a Safe Boot (holding Shift while booting), but it never made it all the way through the boot.

I've also tried booting into single user mode, but the pixel noise all over the screen limits my ability to read the output.

Out of desperation (since nothing else was working), I did a RAM swap, but that didn't help either.

Is there another way to approach this problem?


texts: How to export Reminders task to Todoist?

texts: Is there a way to export or synchronize Reminders tasks to Todoist?


texts:
I've just downloaded MemTest86, written it to a USB flash drive using Etcher, but I'm unable to boot from it. I can't see it in the boot options.
What am I doing wrong?
The main issue is my Mac keeps restarting randomly and I'd like to check if RAM is okay.


texts: The problem is that I can't turn it off. I don't think the power button is okay, it only locks and unlocks the screen but does not shut the device off. My ipad however, I think, is also broken, i can't use it, nothing is responsive, the screen is empty, only the wallpaper is on there. The assistive touch is pretty much the only thing that is responding, with the volumes plus the notification center. But that's it. Even the lock screen button from the assistive touch doesn't respond when I hold it to shut the device off. What am I gonna do?


texts: Why do I need a credit card when I am downloading a free app from the app store on a iPad mini?

texts:
I am trying to download a free app but it keeps telling me to provide a credit card. I try to avoid it but it won't let me and I don't have a credit card.

How can I use App Store without a credit card?


texts: How can I find out when a USB device was disconnected without ejecting?

texts:
I had a USB flash drive plugged into my MacBook (running Yosemite), but that drive is now missing. Somebody must've taken it (unplugged it) from my computer while I was at work or while carrying it in my backpack.

When I now opened my MacBook, it showed the message that the disk wasn't ejected properly.

Can I find out when it was unplugged? What sort of message am I looking for in the event log?


texts:
I own a 2011 MacBook Pro which has Thunderbolt Gen 1 (MacBook Pro 8,2).  I know that TBolt1 is capable of 10Gbps, and the bitrate of 4k60 video is about ~5.7Gpbs.  Is it possible to drive a 4k monitor at 60hz with my MBP?

Model Name:                 MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:           MacBookPro8,2
Processor Name:             Intel Core i7
Processor Speed:            2.2 GHz
Number of Processors:       1
Total Number of Cores:      4
L2 Cache (per Core):        256 KB
L3 Cache:                   6 MB
Memory:                     8 GB

So TL;DR can I do 4k60 with my MBP?


texts: Why is download speed not increased using an SSD?

texts:
I upgraded my hard drive from HDD to SSD.

There is no change in download speed. Reviewer says SSD has very good write speed, but why does that not increase download speed?


texts: Does Mavericks break the ability to create a wifi network that other devices can connect to?

texts:
I'm not talking about sharing an Ethernet connection via Wifi, but about creating a separate WiFi network, not connected to the Internet.

In previous versions of OS X, I could create a wifi network by clicking the wifi network in the status bar and choosing "Create Network..."

I can still do that in Mavericks, but my Nexus 7 does not see the network I created.

My iPhone does see the network, but in a separate section called Devices, below the normal wifi networks. When I connect, it warns that the wifi network is not connected to the Internet. When I ask it to proceed, it connects, but immediately turns on 3G so that it remains connected to the Internet. It looks like in the process of adding this intelligence between their devices (Mac and iOS), Apple broke the ability of non-Apple devices, like the Nexus 7 in this example, to see and connect to the network.

Does anyone know about this, and how to create a wifi network that non-Apple devices can connect to?

The Mac is a 2012 Retina Macbook Pro, 15-inch, and the Nexus 7 is a 2012 model.


texts: How to completely disable Siri on Sierra?

texts: I have answered 'No' to Siri initial prompt, but I can still see it in my process list. I've tried to kill it, but it loads again immediately. How can I unload and remove Siri from my Mac?


texts: How to do after fsck_hfs fails to repair "invalid directory count" after 3 attempts multiple times?

texts:
I have an OsX installation that doesn't get past the apple logo.  The progress bar loads and then shuts down midway.
I have rebooted as single user mode and noticed that /sbin/fsck -fy complained that the disk was full.  So I deleted some fairly large files and reclaimed > 15% of disk space and ran:
fsck_hfs -rft /dev/rdisk0s2
Now, I get the following error messages:
Executing fsck_hfs (version 305.10.1).
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
The volume name is Macintosh
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file
Rebuilding catalog B-tree
Rechecking volume
Checking extents overflow file
Checking catalog file
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy
Invalid volume directory count (It should be 136231 instead of 136234) Checking extended attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
Repairing volume
Rechecking volume
....
....
The volume Macintosh could not be repaired after 3 attempts.

I have tried rerunning fsck_hfs several times, but it does not change the message.  The invalid directory count remains.
I've tried booting the repair disk to run DiskUtility, but not surprisingly, this has the same error information as well, with the additional error message:
File system check exit code is 8
Updating boot support partitions for the volume as File system verify or repair failed.

How can I fix this?  How do I get fsck to rebuild/reset the directory count?  I cannot believe that the installation is toast simply due to an invalid directory count?


texts: Open rdp:// Link from Browser in Microsoft Remote Desktop

texts:
I was wondering if there's any chance to open rdp://host.ip.address links from my browser (Safari, Firefox, ..) in Microsoft Remote Desktop (MacOS Version)?
Is there any script or command something similar to:
https://github.com/richard-green/MstscLauncher
Thanks a lot and stay healthy.


texts: Maintain allocation of windows to spaces on restart and external monitor unplugging

texts:
I use spaces heavily and I have my windows arranged in a particular order. If I restart every application will be launched in the same space with many empty spaces.

If I unplug my external monitor, instead of adding those spaces to the others, the windows in them get resized and dumped into the macbook screen. They may or may not go back at funny sizes when the monitor is plugged back in.

I'd like to keep windows in specific spaces regardless of what else is going on.


texts: Transfering app after membership expired

texts:
My membership expired. And I want to trasnfer my app to my new teams account.

It keeps saying I didn't accept master agreement. I saw this topic - What is the Master Agreement when trying to transfer an iOS app? - but I can't seem to find this.

I get lots of warnings that my membership has expired.

Is it required to have active membership in order to transfer? (this would majorly stink, because we did all the payments on the new account)

The super weird part is, I don't have in app purchases in this app. I have no idea why it's doing this to me.


texts:
I regularly find articles on the internet and think “I’ll read that later”. These days I press a button, which uses Instapaper and lets me read it later on my iPhone. This works very well.

However, I also often find YouTube videos and think “I’ll watch that later”. Unfortunately I don't have a handy process for easily sending videos to a ‘watch later’ on my iPhone — does such a workflow exist?


texts: How can I reset the default message replies on Messages for WatchOS

texts:
I am messaging friends in multiple languages. The default replies in the Messages app on my Apple Watch were clever enough to be displayed in the according language of the chat depending on what keyboard was enabled. And I was pretty happy with most of them.

However I edited a few to match my personal taste. For example:

yes

to

yep :)

Now I would like to reset all the default replies, to their standard in the according language. How can I do that? I cant find a button or similar in the Watch app on my iPhone.


texts:
Do  encrypted  volumes  contain any log telling  when they were mounted and unmounted?
I have several encrypted USB thumb drives and I would like to know whether someone has tried to put them into their computer.


texts: What does "'Copy Job' would like to control this computer using accessibility features" mean?

texts:
Since installing OS X 10.9, I periodically get a message that

'Copy Job' would like to control this computer using accessibility features

I believe the source is SuperDuper! (2.7.1), but am unsure what it is asking for, whether to allow it, and what the consequences of denying would be.


texts:
I am on iphone 6+ and ios 8.1.2.I keep getting the following error

Incorrect Wi-FI password message for Wi-Fi networks that do not exist . I am not sure why is my phone trying to access these networks if they do not exist of the wifi list and why am I getting this error.

PS: I can connect to the all wi-fi netwoks i want to . It is just these random error messages popping up on my mobile suggesting password is not correct for some "AndroidAP" wifi network that is confusing me.


texts: Reset password screen when I turn on my MBP, what to do?

texts: I shutdown my MBP when it had 1% battery after that when I turn it on, I get this screen, anyone knows what to do? I know my password. When I choose forgot password it wants to restart to a recovery mode. I'm panicked to lose my data.


texts: Alias of app not showing up in launchpad

texts:
I downloaded this application (code composer studio from TI) and installed it and two applications showed up inside a folder called "TI (other)", one application called eclipse and another called "ti_distpack". But if i navigate to /Applications i see the TI folder which contains an alias to an app "Code Composer Studio." This is the application i want, the alias links to an app inside a folder inside that TI directory inside /Applications. I copied the alias and pasted the alias into /Applications to make the icon show up in my launchpad but no dice. I tried to manually created a symbolic link to the real app by doing
ln -s /Applications/ti/ccsv6/eclipse/Ccstudio.app /Applications/ and it created the alias but still won't show up in the launchpad.

I tried "killall Dock" in terminal as well as "rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db ; killall Dock" but neither worked. I tried restarting but it didn't work. I tried pasting the alias inside my users applications folder but it wont work. I tried restarting and it doesn't work.

How do i get the alias to show up in launchpad?

Here is a set of images that show off my problem, titles below each image describe what you're looking at.


texts:
Some of my notes have disappeared from my iPhone 4s. I haven't made any backup and contents of those notes are very important to me.

How can I restore or at least access some of my lost notes?

(My iPhone 4s isn't jail broken and I don't install any games or any apps on it)


texts: Selecting iPad As Audio Source When Mirroring to Apple TV?

texts: I'm currently mirroring from my iPad to my Apple TV, but the audio source automatically sets to the TV. At night I'd love it if I could switch the audio source to my ipad so I could hook up some headphones, while watching on the TV. Is this possible?


texts: Does Mountain lion download Apple's JDK or the OpenJDK when attempting to load a Java app?

texts: When you first try and load a Java application (eclipse, run mvn commands etc) Lion prompted you to download a JRE/JDK. From my understanding this is still Apple's version of Java and not OpenJDK.  Will Mountain Lion still have Apple's Java available the same way or will it prompt you to download OpenJDK?


texts: xcode 4 download not completing properly

texts: Yesterday I started downloading Xcode 4 to my iMac. It's a very large file, around 4 GB. The next day I found that only 2 GB of it is downloaded and the download had stopped. Before leaving my computer to download, I disabled the automatic sleep setting. Why did it stop? The computer was still on in the morning, and there was no power failure. Is there any way to find what happened?


texts: Suddenly got DNS problem with OSX 10.9.2

texts:
I have OSX 10.9.2. One day my internet started to stuck on loading.

No System updates detected before.

When I tried to send ping to http://stackoverflow.com/ I got:

64 bytes from 198.252.206.140: icmp_seq=54 ttl=47 time=297.871 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 55
Request timeout for icmp_seq 56
Request timeout for icmp_seq 57
Request timeout for icmp_seq 58
64 bytes from 198.252.206.140: icmp_seq=59 ttl=47 time=149.727 ms
64 bytes from 198.252.206.140: icmp_seq=60 ttl=47 time=147.736 ms
64 bytes from 198.252.206.140: icmp_seq=61 ttl=47 time=160.763 ms
64 bytes from 198.252.206.140: icmp_seq=62 ttl=47 time=148.458 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 63
Request timeout for icmp_seq 64
Request timeout for icmp_seq 65
64 bytes from 198.252.206.140: icmp_seq=66 ttl=47 time=147.925 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 67
Request timeout for icmp_seq 68
Request timeout for icmp_seq 69
Request timeout for icmp_seq 70
Request timeout for icmp_seq 71
Request timeout for icmp_seq 72
Request timeout for icmp_seq 73
Request timeout for icmp_seq 74
Request timeout for icmp_seq 75
64 bytes from 198.252.206.140: icmp_seq=76 ttl=47 time=160.432 ms
64 bytes from 198.252.206.140: icmp_seq=77 ttl=47 time=168.872 ms
64 bytes from 198.252.206.140: icmp_seq=78 ttl=47 time=160.564 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 79
Request timeout for icmp_seq 80
64 bytes from 198.252.206.140: icmp_seq=81 ttl=47 time=169.759 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 82
Request timeout for icmp_seq 83
Request timeout for icmp_seq 84
Request timeout for icmp_seq 85
Request timeout for icmp_seq 86
Request timeout for icmp_seq 87
Request timeout for icmp_seq 88
Request timeout for icmp_seq 89
64 bytes from 198.252.206.140: icmp_seq=90 ttl=47 time=241.351 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 91
Request timeout for icmp_seq 92
64 bytes from 198.252.206.140: icmp_seq=93 ttl=47 time=156.303 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 94
Request timeout for icmp_seq 95

However ping to 8.8.8.8 works well (0.2% loss)

What I did so far:

restart MAC
restart Router
other PC Windows 7 works fine
created hotspot with iPhone and used cellular data - have the same losses

Sounds like OSX has problem with DNS.

Im nubby in OSX, please from where do I need to start investigate the issue?

[EDIT]

My DNS settings below:

Thanks,


texts:
I have 1 Macbook Air and 1 Macbook Pro. The problem is Macbook Pro has a broken screen so I need to view it by Screen Sharing app in Macbook Air.

I setup Thunderbolt bridge between Macbook Air and Macbook Pro by Thunderbolt cable.

Both have assigned IPs by Thunerbolt connection.

I can successfully connect Macbook Pro by Samba:

smb://169.254.94.117

but screen sharing does not work with the same IP and Screen Sharing app of the Mac OS X.

vnc://169.254.94.117

If I connect these computer to the same router via ethernet cable, I can view the Macbook Pro screen by Screen Sharing app over ethernet connection.

So, why can not I use Screen Share functionality with Thunderbolt IP which seems to be working OK for samba file sharing connection?

How can I fix this issue?


texts:
macOS 10.13.4
Printer: Samsung ML-2510

After I print one document, if I try to print another document within the next few minutes my printer does not print. On the Mac, the document briefly goes into the queue before being sent to the printer. Neither the Mac nor the printer report any errors, the document simply does not print. On the Mac, everything appears identical to when a document successfully prints (i.e. the queue is not paused, the status shows as available and the document queue clears once the printer is sent the document). The issue resolves itself if I wait a little while (~5-10 minutes) before printing the next document or by unplugging the USB cable from the Mac and plugging it back in. After that, I can again print one more document before the issue repeats itself.

This issue is not present when this same printer is connected to either Windows XP or Windows 7, but exists on the two different Macbook Pros (13-inch, one is 2012 and the other is 2014) both running the latest version of macOS. It was also present under OS X Yosemite. Therefore I believe the issue is Mac specific and not a fault of the printer. There is no driver from Apple for this printer so I downloaded the Mac driver directly from Samsung for this specific model number.

Any suggestions? I've had no luck Googling the issue, although it's a difficult issue to try to search.


texts: Can you help me reformat my disk in recovery mode? Seriously botched Yosemite/FileVault installation

texts:
I have a mid-2011 macbook air. When I start up my computer, it automatically goes to recovery mode. I have a backup of my data, so I don't care what I have to do to get OS X working again.

Disk utility shows Macintosh HD, but no partitions below it. When I click verify it tells me to repair the disk. When I click repair the disk, it tells me to repair the disk again... not getting anywhere with this. When I try to reinstall OS X from recovery mode, it does not have my 120 GB partition availible to install on. When I try to recover from my time machine backup, there is no partition to install on.

Here's some context on how I got here:
I installed Yosemite this weekend. I elected to use apple's filevault . The encoding process failed. Computer was working alright, but the cooling fans were constantly on and battery was draining quickly. I decided I needed to do something about it. So I tried to recover using time machine in recovery mode and it told me that it failed and that the computer had to be restarted. After it restarted, there was no partition under the Macintosh HD icon in diskutility.

Like I said above, I don't care what kind of reformatting/erasing I have to do, I just want to get my computer out of recovery mode and formatted correctly so that I can eventually recover from my time machine backup that is located on an external hard drive.

Thanks.


texts: Screen Sensitivity of the retina display iPad (3rd generation). Is it better than before?

texts: Does the new iPad support higher resolution tapping, or just more pixels for display. Stylii and the existing iPad feel like writing with a big marker on a big index card. Will the new iPad feel more like pen-and-paper when using a stylus?


texts:
I need a way to cross compile a short piece of .NET C# code to a dll, which will then run a client's Windows environment.

I run OS X 10.9.2 on an iMac.

Does anyone know what tools allow this?

I would rather not install Parallels and Windows if I can find a way to cross compile this without needing that heavy of an installation of Microsoft tools.


texts: Automator service not showing in services menu

texts:
I know next to nothing about the OS X, but I've been asked to make a few different scripts for actions in Apple Mail.  One is to bind a hotkey that will create a reminder with a followup time of two business days.

I followed a guide on how to build the script and insert it into Automator found here.  The script works when running in the AppleScript application, and compiles and runs in Automator.  The service/workflow generated by Automator is saved to ~/Library/Services/ but does not show in the services menu in Apple Mail.  This article says that services for Apple Mail should be in the /System/Library/Automator folder.  I am unable to move the service to that folder as the folder is locked.  The service is set to have no input, and be in the mail application.

How can I get this workflow/service to show in the mac mail services menu?


texts: Can Apple Watch unlock signal be used to unlock other TouchID-protected apps?

texts:
I imagine this wouldn't be too tough to do with Automater, but I haven't found any obvious answers to this online thus far.

For example, let's say I use an app that requires me to authenticate with TouchID, or I'm making a payment online with ApplePay. I should be able to verify my identify with my watch as well (this is how ApplePay works in the "wild" anyway).

Would love to hear any ideas about how to do this and would be up for collaborating on a solution as well.


texts:
I have a pretty recent macbook pro 15in, aluminum unibody, probably not yet one year old.

It mainly gets used in clamshell mode connected to an external monitor.  I've noticed frequently now when I take it out for use as a proper laptop, the left side Option and Command keys have an oily substance seeping out of them, with a corresponding spot on the screen where it touches those keys when closed.

Any ideas on what's causing this?


texts: Is it possible to master a DVD with 720HD high-definition video?

texts:
Just bought DVD-Creator from the App store; big disappointment. Took an uncompressed 11 minute QuickTime 720HD 6.2GB file down to a 721MB VIDEO_TS when it burned the DVD. In other words, it chucked 88% of the info and looks lousy. Unacceptable.

I'm running Snow Leopard, so Anamorphisizer is out. myDVDEdit 1.5(55) doesn't perform as advertised in changing from iDVD's 4:3 only-output into 16:9.

So how can I get high quality 720HD onto a DVD from Final Express 4.0.1 using OS 10.6.8? (Lion has a known incompatibility with my 2010 MBP with its NVIDIA GeFORCE GT 300M)

with advanced appreciation…

(also, tags don't exist for DVD-Creator, Anamorphisizer, NVIDIA, & myDVDEDit; would someone please consider adding them. I'll probably be dead long before I get to 300 posts)!


texts: Why can I not set Safari keyboard shortcuts? Conflicts with secondary, unlisted Back/Forward commands

texts:
I use ⌘← and ⌘→ to move between tabs. I want to transfer this setting to Safari.

The default Safari keyboard shortcuts shown in the menu bar list ⌘[ and ⌘] for Back/Forward:

Despite those keyboard shortcuts, Safari also seems to use CMD-Left and CMD-Right for Back/Forward.

I can set my desired keyboard shortcuts in System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts:

This now works, partially. If the current tab has no Back/Forward history, the browser will navigate to the next or previous tab.

BUT, if the current tab does have Back/Forward history, my custom keyboard shortcuts do not work. Safari instead uses the default (but not listed in the menu bar) Back/Forward commands.

Why do these secondary keyboard shortcuts exist in Safari? Where can they be customized? How can they be removed?

macOS 10.13.6, Safari 12.0


texts: Reinstalling MacOSX on MacBook from scratch (deleted Macintosh HD volume)

texts:
I had Bootcamp Windows on my MacBook Pro. When I wanted to resize the partition and reinstall windows, I opened Bootcamp app but couldn't do it for some reason that I don't remember. Therefore, I used disk utility and formatted the partition but Bootcamp wasn't recognizing the formatted space and I couldn't resize the volume or merge it again with mac's partition. By referring to an online help, I used the deleteContainer command to delete Bootcamp container. But then I couldn't find the space that I deleted in diskutil list.The result was something like this:

/dev/disk0 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         1.0  TB    disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            750   GB   disk0s2
   3:       Apple_KernelCoreDump                         9.31 GB    disk0s3

As seen above around 233 GB space that belonged to Bootcamp was missing. Since I want KernelCoreDump and also wanted to reinstall Mac OS since long time ago, instead of delete KernelCoreDump and resizing the container, I decided to reinstall OSX. When I formatted Macintosh HD through "Disk Utility" in recovery mode, I still couldn't find the missing space. Therefore, with Macintosh HD selected, I clicked on the "Delete Volume" button. When I ran diskutil list command, the deleted Macintosh HD showed up as "Container disk2" but that 233 GB space was still missing. Like this:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk2         750  GB    disk0s2
   3:       Apple_KernelCoreDump                         9.31  GB   disk0s3

I'm guessing it's because Kernel dump container is preventing the whole free spaces to merge. Now I am in internet recovery mode and want to make the "Macintosh HD" partition again but also need to get back the 233 GB space from the deleted container that is still missing as well as keeping KernelCoreDump container. How can I do this? Can I delete KernelCoreDump, merge the free spaces and create it again or should I do something else?


texts: Quit / open an app whenever audio output is changed on mac

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I'm using Boom as an equalizer and a File Audio Boosting on my MBP when using built-in speakers. But when using a home device (with an amplifier connected by jack to the MBP) or a headphone (bluetooth or jack) I prefer to disconnect Boom.

So far I have made an automator script that connect/disconnect bluetooth and quit/launch Boom.

Is there a way to upgrade my current script to be triggered with plugging/unplugging of jack or connecting/disconnecting with bluetooth device (not only when activating/disactivating bluetooth)?

Note : I'm aware of Breakaway that Automatically disable speakers when headphones are removed (but only by manually connect/disconnect the jack), but something that quit/launch a specific app will suit me better.

For the curious, here my current script using Blueutil :

set BT to do shell script "/usr/local/bin/blueutil -p"

if BT is equal to "0" then
    do shell script "/usr/local/bin/blueutil -p 1"
    tell application "Boom 2" to quit
else
    do shell script "/usr/local/bin/blueutil -p 0"
    tell application "Boom 2" to activate
end if


texts: iPad exhibits and causes packet loss on Wifi

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I'm having problems with Wifi on my iPad 6th generation (13.6). Especially in conferencing apps like Discord or Zoom, I have frequent lags where audio+video stops for 5-20 seconds. This happens almost every minute. Also in streaming apps like Netflix or Spotify or just browsing in Safari, I see frequent hangups where nothing happens for 5-20 seconds. When I perform a dedicated speedtest, bandwidth is perfectly normal though.
The weird thing is: I have absolutely no Wifi problems on my iPhone 6s (13.6) nor my laptop (Thinkpad T480s on Ubuntu 18.04). The iPad is propped up on the standard Apple cover, so its antennas should not be blocked. Conferencing apps and browsing works flawlessly on all devices except my iPad.
I assume the iPad is loosing packages and loads the Wifi 100% during the lag. Why? When I experience a lag on my iPad, all my other devices are unable to reach the internet too.
For example I monitored latency to 8.8.8.8 from my laptop while watching a stream on Discord on my iPad. When my iPad lags, my laptop can't reach 8.8.8.8 anymore (100% packet loss). After the lag (when audio/video continues) my laptop goes back to normal ping.
I have a Fritzbox 7360 on the newest firmware. I am the only network on the Wifi channel. I don't have a 5GHz network, 2.4GHz only.
I have already talked with Apple support but they were not helpful. I have already performed a 1) reset of network settings and also 2) a full factory reset without success. I would like to avoid sending in the iPad to avoid the long wait (Covid-19) and cost (no AppleCare).
Thank you very much for any help.


texts: Assign a computer name to each network interface

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Currently, my computer is connected both the LAN interface and WiFi:

but traffic is being routed via the LAN.

My router has assigned each an IP address:

Why is the computer's name (System Preferences > Sharing > Computer Name) being associated with the WiFi (10.111.222.112), rather than the LAN (192.168.1.201)?  Does it have something to do with the remaining lease time?

Is there a way to create/assign a computer name for each interface?


texts: Failed to import cxutils module into Python

texts:
I had been using Crossover for a while on High Sierra (10.13.6) without any problem but recently, I needed it again and tried to install it again but encountered a very annoying error. Looked for a workaround or a solution all over the web but still no success. Please check out the screenshots.
What I've done so far:

Tried the latest version of the app
Removed all third-party versions of python installed by Homebrew
Reinstalled python using Homebrew
Reinstalled Xcode command line tools

I really have no idea what I should do to find out where the problem lies.
What do you make of those errors? What's wrong with Cxutils?


texts: "Alert when I need to leave" reminds me 15 minutes too early. How can I turn that off?

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Say I create an event starting at 2 pm and at a location that takes me 10 min to walk to. I also add the alert Time to leave as the only alert.

Then, I will get a reminder at 1:35 pm. But I want the reminder only at 1:50 pm, exactly "when I need to leave" (without setting the reminder manually to 1:50 pm, of course).

How can I achieve this?

I know that I can snooze the notification, which will make it reappear in 15 minutes. But, then I am distracted from whatever I'm doing 15 minutes too early. So it is not a solution.

Edit: I want the event to still be displayed as starting at 2 pm in my calendar.

Edit 2: Also assume that I do not know the travel time when I create the event. So the mechanism of Time to leave that adjusts flexible to my location is still necessary.


texts: macOS Catalina: Opening simultaneously multiple folders very slow (when compared to Mac OS X Leopard)

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In macOS Catalina, always in List View, when I select say 10 folders and press ctrl-o to open them, it takes approximately 10 seconds to open them all. Roughly 1 folder per second, whatever the folder and whatever its content. Closing them with cmd-alt-w is almost instantaneous though.
When I compare that to say Mac OS X Leopard, the same quantity of folders open (and close) almost instantaneously. I searched the web and found nothing regarding this matter. Any ideas on how to have on macOS Catalina a speed similar to the one of Mac OS X Leopard?


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Is there an Easier way to search for specific words on websites using Chrome on iPhone?
(I know about the “Find in Page” feature accessible from the bottom right. But I’m looking for a ‘one-step’ way to search, similar to Safari)


texts: How to re-download OS X Lion from 10.6.8

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I purchased OS X 10.7 lion about two years ago, and installed it on my Mac running 10.6.8.

A couple of hours ago I re-formatted my computer and re-installed Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard from the original DVD installer. Now I want to go to the App Store and re-download the OS X Lion installer, to upgrade my system to Lion.

The problem is that when I go to App Store and try to download the OS X 10.7 Lion installer, it reloads the same page and nothing happens.

I tried to delete the App store cache and re-install, but it did not work.

Any help?

Thanks


texts: How to make right click using keyboard only on a Mac?

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Is there way to set a keyboard shortcut or key to simulate a mouse right click but without touching trackpad or mouse?

E.g. Imagine you have a list of files in Finder. You move your selection by going up and down with keyboard arrows. When you are happy with selection, you "press a button" and it simulates as if you did a secondary click on the file you selected earlier with the keyboard. The context menu should not open where the mouse pointer is, otherwise I'd have to move it over selection first, which ruins the keyboard-only workflow.

On Mac currently, all current right click options need me to touch trackpad or mouse:

Two finger single tap
CTRL+click
Tap in right area of trackpad if enabled in Trackpad Settings.

Similar to following windows option key.


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I have followed all tutorials available to make bootable Catalina USB

I used following command to create bootable USB

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Install\ macOS\ Catalina

Command finishes successfully but when I restart with Option key, USB is not displayed and I cannot boot from it.

I tried to boot back using my boot drive and used System Preferences -> Startup disk, but when I try to choose USB volume then I got error message about

The bless tool was unable to set the current boot disk

I am unable to clean-install my OS because I simply cannot create bootable volume.

I also tried GUI Install Disk Creator but with same effect.

Any help?


texts:
I seem to be having a problem with trying to ssh into my Mac from a Linux desktop. I have two users on my Mac and can ssh between them, but other computers seem to be the problem.

I enabled remote login in System Preference > Sharing. It tells me to try "ssh username@192.168.x.x", but when I try that it does not work, likewise when I try using ssh -p22.

Later I generated an RSA file using ssh-keygen in the Linux desktop and added it into the Mac's authorized_keys file. Please note that I am able to ssh into the Linux desktop without any problem.And my firewall is off on the mac.

I do not even get prompted to enter the password, it just does nothing for some time and then later displays:-

ssh -p22 username@192.168.x.x

ssh: connect to host 192.168.x.x port 22: Connection timed out

I know I am connected to the internet. This is the verbose output:

OpenSSH_7.2p2 Ubuntu-4ubuntu2.2, OpenSSL 1.0.2g  1 Mar 2016

debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config

debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for *

debug1: Connecting to 192.168.x.x [192.168.x.x] port 22.

debug1: connect to address 192.168.x.x port 22: Connection timed out

ssh: connect to host 192.168.x.x port 22: Connection timed out

Does anyone have an idea what the problem may be? What other steps can I try to resolve this?


texts:
I moved and had to change my network.

After juggling for reconfiguring my airport express station, I found out it was impossible to connect to them, even after a factory reset : they just would NOT appear in the Airport Utility 6.2 program that is meant to manage those things.

However, I could see all of them appear in the bonjour browser, so there is no network issues.

Faced with that issue, I saw some other people could not either use their Airport Express anymore. I am now using the old utility as they are, which necessitates a hack, but works perfectly.

However, I still don't understand if there are anything we are doing wrong.

That seems wrong that Apple gave no way to use its product.
Has anyone be able to manage its airport express with standard Apple program ?
I dont understand the rationale of what happens and must be missing some information..


texts: Keychain Access error when creating new system certificate

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I am following the instructions to codesign gdb on my MBP however when I get to the end of the System certificate creation process, keychain says "Unknown Error = -2,147,414,007" and the certificate has not been created.

It creates a certificate fine for login location, but system fails.

What is the problem and how can I fix this?


texts: How to force reboot an iPad when the iCloud overlay is covering up the whole screen?

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I have an iPad 4th Gen that I could not have used for a few weeks already.  The iCloud overlay that says "you have not backed up for 35 weeks..." is covering up the whole screen, and the "OK" button is not responding at all.

If I press and hold the power button on the iPad for 5 seconds, the screen will show the "Slide and power off" widget, but the iCloud overlay is covering up the screen (transparently), and I cannot slide that power off widget at all to power off.

I think it was due to some race condition of the notifications / iCloud so that there is some error that prevents the iCloud overlay from closing and so I cannot do anything to the iPad.

It has been at least 8 weeks I can't use this iPad.  It was about 70% charged several weeks ago, and now it is down to 30%.  I set the screen to turn off automatically really quickly, so it is using power very slowly.  I was hoping to let the battery drain so that it will force itself to power down.  But there is still 30% and that means 4 more weeks or so.  I even tried to wrap the whole iPad around plastic bag first and then wrap aluminum foil around the whole thing, because in physics, it is said that the electromagnetic wave will not be able to pass through this way, and I was hoping to drain the iPad off power due to it trying hard to connect to WiFi.  But I did it for 24 hours already, and the power stayed at 30%.

One way might also be to put the iPad in the refrigerator, because I noticed that if it is an iPhone, during skiing, it became so cold that the battery dropped from 50% and to 20% and to power off in a few hours.  But I also don't want to damage the iPad if it is in really low temperature and the other reason is that it seems really stupid to power off the iPad by putting it into the fridge.

Is there a way to solve this?


texts: How can I control the Terminal in the current space with AppleScript?

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Working on building a Handler that passes the terminal window then calls the ID for a script I've run into mixed results and I'm curious if there is a cleaner way to get window 1

The handler:

on termHandler()
    set activeTerminal to ""
    if application "Terminal" is running then
        tell application "Terminal"
            if not (exists window 1) and not busy of window 1 then
                activate
                tell application "Terminal" to do script "echo snow" in window 1
            else
                tell application "Terminal" to do script "date" in window 1
                set activeTerminal to window 1
                return activeTerminal
            end if
            do script "echo foo"
            activate
            set activeTerminal to window 1
            return activeTerminal
        end tell
    else
        tell application "Terminal"
            activate
            do script "echo bar" in window 1
            set activeTerminal to window 1
            return activeTerminal
        end tell
    end if
end termHandler

Everything I've read and researched:

Applescript to open a NEW terminal window in current space
Open terminal via AppleScript
Applescript to open specific Terminal Style Windows
Script opens two terminal windows
Sending commands and strings to Terminal.app with Applescript

Suggests that AppleScript and Terminal do not get along.  My current OS is Sierra I'm writing this in but other boxes I have run Yosemite which would use this script. My end goal here is to identify a Terminal window in that particular space and fire some do script but I seem to be having an issue doing so.  Is there an easier way to identify if the Terminal is running, not create a new window and if it is running return the window 1 as a variable so I can pass it do script?


texts:
Can I retrieve the configuration data of the standard iPhone weather app?

There is a town selected that I don't remember having ever selected and I would like to find out when it has been selected, to figure out who did it…


texts: Can I configure a fixed IP address on my iPhone?

texts: Hi is it possible to configure a fixed IP on my iPhone? I'm interesting in something like the location provided my the "apple" menu in OS X.


texts: How can I use Automator to open a website & log in everyday at a certain time?

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I need to set up an auto log in for an Intranet web site so I can get right to work with no delays. I want Automator to open safari, go to the page, input log in and password credentials and hit log in (enter) on a daily basis (9am daily) I'd like to use Automator or AppleScript if at all possible. I've heard that lastpass or 1password may have this functionality and I have both paid versions and cannot find any way to use them either.

I have read a lot of questions posted on this topic previously and have not found a solution nor has Google been my friend this time around. :)


texts: Do not open Apple Music when pressing a media key

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How do I prevent Apple Music from opening when pressing a media key?

If I have Sonos or Spotify opened, the media keys control them as they should. If they are closed, annoyingly, Apple Music opens, prompts login etc. How do I make it disappear from my life completely?


texts: Can a Mail.app smart mailbox take *nesting* into account?

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I'm using the fairly old version 9.3 of Mail.app on a computer running El Capitan; I just set up my Gmail account with it, and it seems to be correctly syncing.
For organization purposes, I would love to have a smart mailbox that simply contains every message not in another specific mailbox (edit: that is, a folder), which I'll call A. The problem is that I don't keep any messages directly in A -- I keep them in A's sub-mailboxes (sub-folders) B, C, etc, and the sub-sub-mailboxes of those in turn. So the smart mailbox is not very useful.
Is there any way I can make my dream a reality: A mailbox that only lists messages that are not inside Mailbox A at any level?


texts: How do I reset the "@" for directories on a MacBook Pro?

texts:
drwx------@ 23 johnc  staff     736 Mar 30 14:31 Downloads

I used to be allowed to ls -al the contents of my Downloads directory in my $home directory.

$ ls -l
ls: .: Operation not permitted


texts: How can I add contacts from one iPhone/iPad to another iPhone that has a different iTunes account?

texts: I've had two iPhones for the last year.  One is for work, and the other is my personal phone.  I set up each phone with its own iTunes account, and now I'm wanting to consolidate to one phone.  So is there an easy way to add (not replace) contacts that I have on my personal iPhone (it's also on my iPad via iCloud) and add them to the existing contacts I have on my work iPhone?


texts: How do you create a rEFInd boot manager USB disk?

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The following command does not run, it returns a "file not found" message. The instructions do not say where the downloaded file should be placed, nor whether it should be unzipped or not!

Run dd if=refind-flashdrive-0.11.4.img of=/dev/disk2 and in 1 minute you will have the rEFInd Boot Manager on your USB stick


texts: Does homebrew store tar.gz after package installation is complete?

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If so, where? If not, where does it downloads it for the time of installation?

I interrupted a package installation (brew install) and then restarted it. Do I have two tar.gz archives now? I thought, maybe, second download created a copy? I'd like to check if I have it somewhere.


texts: How to use Dropbox for applications with Lion Versions support?

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I have several Numbers files that I sync between my laptop and desktop. I upgraded both machines to Lion and the latest version of Numbers. I love the Versions feature: many of these spreadsheets that change over time and Versions will be he very helpful.

But then I realized that Versions and Dropbox don't really interoperate effectively. Versions uses a hidden directory (.DocumentVersions-V100) at the root level to store the version history. Since that hidden directory isn't sync'd, all of the previous versions aren't available on all of the computers. I'm still experimenting, but it seems like the only way that a previous version is available is if it is explicitly opened in the application. If it has been changed (and enough time has passed since the last captured version) then it is stored in the version history.

I've thought about using some sort of Hazel rule or folder action, but there just isn't enough information at the filesystem available to make that effective.

Does anyone know if Dropbox has any plans regarding Versions? I expect that they've done some thinking about this issue.

Does anyone know how iCloud will handle this issue? Since it's native to Lion perhaps it will sync the version history as well.

Barring that, does anyone have any workarounds or best practices?


texts:
I've faced with the problem of using simple shell commands like AWK and print within my sh scripts on my Mac ( the same script works perfect on the Linux). For instance below script which seek for the columns within given input files didn't works

 #! /usr/bin/env bash
input=/Users/Own/Documents/Science/mmgbsa_results/All_decomp2/logs
output=/Users/Own/Documents/Science/mmgbsa_results/All_decomp2/out

for file in $input/*; do
title=$(basename "$file")
#print $title
awk -F’[|]’ '{print $1,$NF}' $file > ${output}/$title
done

output:

awk: no program given

analysis.sh: line 11: ]’: command not found
awk: no program given

analysis.sh: line 11: ]’: command not found
awk: no program given

analysis.sh: line 11: ]’: command not found
awk: no program given

analysis.sh: line 11: ]’: command not found
awk: no program given

analysis.sh: line 11: ]’: command not found
awk: no program given

Here some tests of the shell:

Glebs-MacBook-Pro:All_decomp2 Own$ echo $PATH
/Users/Own/anaconda/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin
Glebs-MacBook-Pro:All_decomp2 Own$ awk
usage: awk [-F fs] [-v var=value] [-f progfile | 'prog'] [file ...]
Glebs-MacBook-Pro:All_decomp2 Own$ peint
-bash: peint: command not found


texts: Create event in iCloud calendar for different time zone

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How do I create a future event in a different time zone than I'm currently on?

For example, I reside in Toronto (UTC-5) and I am going to Hong Kong (UTC+8). When I'm still in Toronto, I want to be able to create an event (in Hong Kong time) so that when I arrive in Hong Kong, the event appears correctly in the local time.


texts:
Are there any hardware differences between the 8GB, 32GB and 64GB 4th Generation iPod Touches.

Apart form the storage size.


texts: Attaching external mic to MacBook Air Mid 2011

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I have a Mid 2011 MacBook Air that I want to connect an external microphone to. It looks somewhat like the first picture below, except that it has one ring on the audio jack instead of the usual three.

So, I have purchased a splitter cable, like the second picture below, with three rings so that my MacBook would recognize the mic.

When I go into System Preferences > Sound > Output it says Headphones are inserted into Headphone Port, which is correct. Unplugging it turns it back into the default Built-in Internal Speakers. However, under audio input it still says it is using the Internal Microphone. Other sound programmes such as Adobe Audition also do not recognize the mic, but recognize the speakers plugged in. Why is this so?

Note: The cable and the microphone work perfectly on a PC, so there are no problems with the splitter cable and/or the microphone.


texts: How can I pair my Apple Magic keyboard to my mac without USB Cable?

texts:
AFAIK you have to pair using a usb cable, but my macbook has only USB-C cable and I don't have the adapter with me.

Is there a workaround?


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I want to loop a 10 second audio file (originally a CAF file, converted to Mp3 and Mp4) on two different iPods (both nanos), but on both devices and in both formats there is a short gap between repeats. When I repeat the file in iTunes there is no gap at all.

Is this a shortcoming of the iPods, or is there some setting I can change?


texts: Logitech K480 keys suddenly stopped working on OSX Catalina

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I was using my Logitech K480 keyboard on MBP 2019 and suddenly the following keys stopped working. I have tried the following things, but to no avail. If anyone has any ideas, please suggest!

Forget device on OSX's Bluetooth menu and reconnect.
Tried same keys on other devices. This keyboard has a dial to connect to other devices. Same keys are not working on Iphone XR.
I removed my Logitech mouse's bluetooth receiver from the Mac adapter, and connected the K480 and the keys started working. However, on repeating this, the keys are not working again.


texts: Restore Photos/Videos Back to iPhone Camera Roll

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If you connect the iPhone to Windows, it comes up in the Computer as a digital camera and lets you Copy/Move photos/videos easily from there, you don’t need to use Photos on the Mac.

If, after connecting like above, you move (not copy) all the photos and videos to a folder on the PC, they will obviously disappear from the Camera Roll in iPhone.

Is it possible to restore the photos and videos back to the Camera Roll?

I have accidentally moved (instead of copying) lots of photos and videos from my iPhone to a folder Windows 7. It slipped my mind that there were a few slow-mo videos which will not play without iPhone/iMovie.

Also, when photos are viewed on iPhone, it displays the location name in the title, which I cannot have once I have moved photos to the computer. In the JPG metadata I only see the Latitude and Longitude saved there.

Thus I prefer to undo this mistake and take photos/videos back to iPhone, is there a way?


texts: How can I encrypt photos on an iPhone 3GS/4?

texts:
How can I encrypt photo files on my iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 with a password and without any quality loss?

Is there an app for that?


texts: Wondering if there's a way to get rid of an error in Apple Script to mount server

texts:
I was wondering if anyone could help me with this. Sorry for the noob question. I recently created a script to automatically mount a Time Machine image in a hard drive connected to my router. For the most part, the script works great. It attaches the drive when I turn on the computer and, if it disconnects for any reason, it reconnects and mounts the image again. Here's the script:

on idle
set mySSID to do shell script "/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport -I | awk '/ SSID/ {print substr($0, index($0, $2))}'"
set mountedDiskName to "Time Machine"
set diskIsMounted to false
if mySSID is "TALKTALK844E28" or mySSID is "TALKTALK844E285G" then
    tell application "System Events" to set diskNames to name of every disk
    if mountedDiskName is in diskNames then
        set diskIsMounted to true
    end if
    if mountedDiskName is not in diskNames then
        set diskIsMounted to false
    end if
    if diskIsMounted is false then
        mount volume "smb://192.168.1.1/"
        delay 30
        do shell script "hdiutil attach -mountpoint '/Volumes/Time Machine' /Volumes/Guille/TimeMachine.sparsebundle"
    end if
    if diskIsMounted is true then
    end if
end if
return 300
end idle

However, every once in a while, I get this error:

It doesn't really bother me because if I just click on OK it goes away and tries again 5 minutes later. However, I would like to know if there's a way to make sure these dialogs are automatically dismissed so they don't interrupt my workflow and Time Machine stays unobtrusively in the background until I accidentally send something to the trash :-)


texts: Will Time Machine recognize my account if I change the user name?

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macos allows you to change your user account name (the name of the home folder) (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201548). My question is, will this affect the Time Machine backups of this account? I don't want Time Machine to think it's a new user and start backing up from scratch.

For example, suppose the current account name is "Fred" and TM backups exist for Fred. If I then rename Fred to "Barney", will TM recognize that Barney used to be Fred, and continue making incremental backups? Or will TM think Barney is an entirely new user, and create a full back up?


texts: Macbook Pro (Early 2011) running hot with OS X Lion

texts:
I recently bought the baseline 13'' Macbook Pro with i5 CPU and Lion preinstalled.

I mostly work with Firefox (without Flash), NetBeans IDE and iTerm running and the machine tends to get really hot at the bottom and in the upper left area of the keyboard after few hours of work.

I checked the Activity Monitor and no process is above the 5% CPU usage.

My friend who has the same MBP with Snow Leopard started to have the same issue after he upgraded to Lion yesterday. Lots of threads on Apple.com support forums report the same issue, but without any working solution.

What should I do? Should I bring it back to the shop? Should I try to take some steps to prevent the overheating?


texts: Do native screensavers have a hidden configuration to show image file name/path?

texts:
I have an archive of images.  When they're displayed as a screensaver rotation, I'd like their names (and maybe the paths they're organized under) to show as an overlay to the image.

I don't really want to run a script that 'watermarks' the name or path permanently on the image.

I'd also think it's worthwhile to hear about 3rd-party screensavers that do this — though I think in that case it should be limited to one answer that gets edited by everyone (and eventually becomes a community-answer).  It'll change over time and need constant revision.

I'm on Mojave, but anything available for an in-support OS is fine.


texts: How to I restore my old default keychain?

texts:
I just re-initialised my login keychain because I had troubles after upgrading to Sierra (it kept asking me the login password). So I followed up an article in apple.com and recreate my keychain. Upon creation, the window said that the current default keychain would not be deleted, it would be moved elsewhere instead.

Now I have to restore it, but where was it moved? How can I find and restore it?

Thank you, regards


texts: Messages to another iphone sometimes green, sometimes green with 'sent as text message'

texts:
I'm texting another iphone and think she has her imessage turned off and most of the time hasn't got wifi or data.

I have imessage turned on as well as wifi/data. Some of my texts that go through to her, are just green. However, others are green but with 'imessage' text above and then 'sent as text message' below. Why is this? Does this only happen when the recipient has wifi but also has their imessage turned off?

Thanks


texts: determining Preferred Language in OS X via cli

texts:
I was hoping to do something like:

defaults read -g AppleLanguages | awk -F, '/[^(]/{print $1;exit}'

but if only one language is listed in "Preferred Languages", then defaults read -g AppleLanguages returns an error:

  The domain/default pair of (kCFPreferencesAnyApplication, AppleLanguages) does not exist

It works fine if multiple languages are listed.
Does anyone have a reliable way of determining the language selected for a given user in OS X?


texts: Apple's unicode keyboard layout versions location

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Based on the "ISO" standard, say you we're to buy a keyboard and then plug it in. Note, I have never attempted this, but am assured it will work after changing your keyboard's input source.
Is there a location on the Mac OSX Big Sur operating system where these different key mappings are stored? Where it would be easier to program based on these files? Where are these mapping located?
Keyboard
Goal: (Input) American
Translated: (Other) Language
Working Example (Referenced From Comment):
I am trying to specifically translate code made in the USA in the standard format. Then run it through an AI translator which then reformats the file encoding and also the Unicode characters exactly as they were typed on a foreign computer. So the input file becomes a new file with a new file encoding standard relative to that specific country, then the characters are also changed to a specific desired Unicode standard
Or would it be best to programmatically change this?


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What is the best way of using iCloud at work, and retaining privacy?

I have work computer, an iMac. Management requires the login password to be known, so that others can use the computer when I am away. That's fair, they bought it. But I want to use my personal iCloud account.

What's the best way of doing this while retaining privacy? Once I have logged in to iCloud, in System Preferences, it seems like anyone could turn on Bookmarks, Photo Stream etc without even asking for my iCloud login.


texts: Terminal adds too much whitespace when there are surrogate-pair emoji in the prompt

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I've set my prompt using this:
PROMPT=' %1d: '

but now terminal puts the cursor quite far behind the colon. When I type text, the text does appear where I'd expect it to, but the cursor shows up much further along the lined.
This seems to happen because the terminal doesn't understand characters that are part of a surrogate pair. If I use something like the emoji instead, it works as expected.


texts: Third-party screensavers only filling 1/4 screen since Catalina?

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I use third-party screensavers, especially a snow-themed one around the holidays. However, some of them only take up the bottom-left quarter of the screen now.

The screensaver preview is exactly how it shows up when activated. This doesn't hold for all of my screensavers. Some of them don't work at all and just show a black screen, and a couple work just fine. Doesn't seem to be any correlation with which developer they came from. I've run all updates, removed/reinstalled the screensaver, and tried adjusting scaling in the Displays preferences to no avail.


texts: Can I apply to student discount just with a school ID

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I'm an international student currently in an exchange program in a US school. I do have a student ID card, but that's it.

According to your experience, will I be able to get the student discount? Does it take some kind of digital validation?

As I said before, I have a student ID card from my school, but I don't have a valid .edu address or anything. Does Apple perform some kind of checkup or just showing the ID is enough?


texts: Realtime SCART input with audio on an iMac

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I was just wondering if there's any hardware I could purchase which would allow me to basically use my iMac as a television, for analogue signals mainly as I can already watch digital content on it without issue.

It'd be mainly for watching VHS, over SCART, so the hardware solution would ideally allow synchronised audio, as well as full screen display. A small amount of latency wouldn't be an issue really.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Anyone have any luck using iCloud file aliases with iOS Files?? Seems the aliases created on the Mac are nothing more than nearly empty text files that are useless in iOS?


texts: Does used Apple hardware comes with macOS license?

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I have been on eBay, looking for a used Mac mini and to my surprise it said, the system comes without any operation system (disk erased). It is still an Apple product and I wonder, is it possible to not have a "right" to at least an older (original sold) version of macOS?

A good answer would hence point out the aspects:

Can Apple computers be bought without a license?
Can Apple macOS licenses be transfered in a way that a Apple Computer ends up without an OS?

update

A comment suggested specifying the model of the Mac Mini. As suggested the product was seen on ebay, where vendors not always care/are able to provide a model number. This being said, the Mac Mini in question was described as only using its hardware attributes:

  Apple MAC MINI 1,66 GHz Intel Core Duo

Considering the comment/ request about the model, an answer could highlight if the OS / OS license is depending on the model/product?


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Does iOS 13 (aka, iPadOS) provide better support for connecting a webcam to an iPad?

If it did, then an iPad would become an excellent device for supporting video conferencing, since using its USB-C connection you could then connect it to an in-room speakerphone, videocamera, ethernet, and power, and use the iPad's screen for displaying remote participants.

My understanding is that the only thing that stops this from working right now is that in iOS 12 the iPad does not natively support connecting to video cameras.