texts: How to stop applications / programs starting on startup on macOS?

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I'm trying to have precise visitability of, and most importantly, control over which applications / programs do and do not automatically start when the OS starts up (e.g. after a reset etc).
I've tried:

Right clicking on the icon in the dock and ensuring 'Open at Login' is unticked

This works some of the time, but many applications are not found in the dock

Examples:

docker's icon after it starts is on the menu bar at the top of screen, and there's no 'Open at Login' option for it, and
some programs don't have an icon in the dock or in the menu bar

Following the instructions here, but there simply isn't a 'Login Items' button on either of my MacBooks

Any ideas?


texts: How can I online stream from my iPad Air to an older model Viera TV without Apple TV?

texts: How can I connect my iPad Air to an older Panasonic Viera TC-L37e3 to stream a YouTube video? What app do I need, if any?  Can I use a HDMI adaptor?


texts: How to get execution time of an AppleScript?

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I have seen some more advanced AppleScript users mention efficiency of their AppleScripts in terms of execution time.
Is there an AppleScript method for getting the execution time?
I know there is time when calling do shell script. I have this working in a loop:
set googURL to (do shell script "{ time googler --np -n 1 -w imdb.com " & movie_title & " " & movie_year & " | grep https | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' ; } 2>> ~/Desktop/time.txt")

(on a side note I couldn't figure out how to get the output of the time command to output to Replies, it was being interpreted as part of the grep command)
I want to get the time it takes to execute the entire AppleScript.


texts: Can one pan across a panorama photo that is longer than the screen in Keynote?

texts: The panorama photo is displayed in the center of the view area in Keynote, cutting off both the left and right ends. I would like to have the photo displayed first from the left and then pan across to the right.


texts: What causes me to be unable to burn Windows 7 ISO due to a medium error?

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I've just upgraded my 2011 17" MacBook Pro with a brand spankin' new SSD hard drive and 8GB of RAM. In order to fully maximize the potential of the system, I'd like to install Windows 7 to take full advantage of the specs.

That being said, when I downloaded the Windows 7 ISO from Digital River, I was unable to burn it through Disk Utility. The burn failed due to a medium error, and I can't figure out why.

It's a brand new spindle of DVD-Rs, granted it's a brand I've never heard of, but I was able to burn a couple other items using them, so I'm at a loss as to what's going on here.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Are Apple silicon M1 Chip MacBook Air/Pro "laptops" usable on the lap?

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I have a work-issued MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) running macOS Catalina, and it's not usable as a laptop, because it runs too hot, making it impossible to hold on the lap for any significant amount of time.
There's nothing in System Preferences to address the problem; I know it has very powerful fans, but they are generally turned very low and are inaudible, and there doesn't appear to be any free software that would automatically control said fans to attain a desired thermal profile (e.g., maybe 35degC or lower) to make it usable as a laptop on a lap.  This is confirmed by third-party reviews as well, as Notebook Check shows that it can run as hot as 42 degC on surface, when the ambient temperature is merely 19 degC, which possibly means mine's running at maybe 45 degC at 23 degC ambient, which is surely not comfortable.
It is my understanding that the new Apple silicon M1 Chip are supposed to be much more energy efficient than the older processors; however, it's also the case that MacBook Air no longer has a fan in the newest iteration.
Are the new M1-based MacBooks finally usable as actual laptops, to keep on the lap for an extended period of time?  (Or is there any free software for MBP 16" to reign in the thermal envelope?)  And why doesn't Apple offer any "laptop mode" options for its laptops, to automatically spin up the fans if the temps get uncomfortable for keeping on the lap?  Windows has software like SpeedFan that does that easily.


texts: Backing up HDD to restore it on another SSD

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I want to switch out my current HDD for a SSD in my Mac. However I don't want to reinstall the OS and all my software.

How can I backup (image) the entire HDD to restore it later as image with Disk Utility on another SSD? Accordingly, if I have 50GB partition for my current system, will that partition size somehow sustain through the image to the new SSD and make the other space that would be available on a larger harddrive then unusable? If so, how can I avoid this behavior?


texts: My MacBook boots into recovery no matter what I select as a startup disk

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My MacBook no longer boots into macOS after I tried installing rEFInd. Instead, it always boots into recovery mode no matter which disk I select.
Before that (I know OS X El Capitan isn't officially supported on my MacBook), everything (except GPU Acceleration) was working great.
I've tried booting into Safe Mode, running First Aid on Disk Utility and resetting the NVRAM and SMC without any luck and I can't reinstall macOS because I can't boot into the patched installer and the Installer from Recovery Mode isn't patched.
I think that my bootloader isn't working properly after I tried installing rEFInd
Here are the specs for my MacBook:
Model identifier : MacBook2,1
System : Patched OS X El Capitan
CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo (64Bit)
Name : Late-2006 MacBook

I want to at least boot into the installation medium, so I can reinstall macOS
The patcher I used for installing macOS/OS X El Capitan is RMC's OSX PATCHER


texts: Can I collapse content spread across two displays to a unique space for each display when the 2nd display is removed?

texts: I use two displays at work and then I unplug my 2nd display when I go on the road/home.  It's an incredible shortcoming that all my content on the 2nd display gets squished so it's mostly off screen when I unplug the second display and revert to just the Macbook display.  It's also cumbersome to always be dragging windows around.  Is there a way to use one "space" but spread across two displays when I have two available but then when there is only one available collapse the content that I have on the second display to a second "space"?


texts: USB 3.0 hub connecting over USB 2.0; How to correct?

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Issue:
I have a couple USB-C 3.0 hubs, and a 2016/2017 MacBook Pro 13" [Fn-Key]. The first hub, everything connected over USB 2.0, so I assumed it was just a shitty hub, so I bought one from Anker that is verifiably 3.0...
And all my devices connect over USB 2.0. Specifically, the device registers as both a USB 2.0 hub connect to the USB 3.0 controller, and as a USB 3.0 hub connected to the USB 3.1 controller. However, devices always default to the USB 2.0 device... — This is confirmed by System Information.

I tested the same hub on a Windows PC with a USB-C port and it connected as a USB SuperSpeed (3.0) hub over the USB 3.1 controller...
So why is my MacBook connecting it as a legacy 2.0 device?
It's clearly not. The devices connected are USB 3 devices that do not require external power. The hub is a USB 3.0 SuperSpeed hub. But my MacBook keeps prioritizing USB 2.0 for whatever reason...
Is there a way to disable the 3.0 controller and/or the 2.0 hub device?
Update: One of the USB 3 devices randomly started connecting over USB 3.0 instead of USB 2.0, but another still connects over USB 2.0. Sometimes the flash drive (the one that started connecting right) still connects over USB 2.0 however. It seems... random?


texts: Mac Mini with x3 Apple Displays/Monitors. Adapters, cables and configuration puzzle

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Anybody successfully attached (or know how to attach) x2 Apple 30" Cinema displays (Male DVI) and x1 Apple 24" Display (Male Mini DisplayPort) to a Mac Mini 2012 (which has the following connections available: x1 HDMI, x1 Mini DisplayPort, x4 USB, x1 Firewire800), with minimum 1920 resolution on all monitors?

I have successfully connected the two 30" Apple Cinema displays using Mini DisplayPort to Dual Link DVI Adapter and HDMI to DVI but the latter is capped at 1080 resolution (cause its not dual link) and from extensive google/amazon searches the only option for the 24" display would be Mini DisplayPort to USB adapter (but the products/adapters I saw have the connections the wrong way round i.e I need a female Mini DisplayPort to receive the 24" monitors cable and a male USB which would then connect to the back of the Mac Mini.

Also looked at hubs which would be ideal if I could connect x2 30" Cinema displays DVI cables into a dual link (for maximum resolution), dual female HDMI which adapted into a single HDMI, which then connected to the back of the Mac Mini, leaving the Mini DisplayPort free to connect the 24" Display. This solution seems ideal but all I could find were HDMI to Mini DisplayPort (no good cause then no free port for the 24" Monitor as described above) or HDMI hubs that didn't suggest they would provide 1920 or above resolutions.

Anyone configured the above successfully or able to venture a solution?


texts: Hosts file in OSX Lion not blocking as expected

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In Snow Leopard I blocked malware sites by editing the hosts file - /private/etc/hosts. I cannot get it to work the same way in Lion, in spite of reading up on the various issues people are reporting for Lion and hosts. For example, to block 0fees.net:

sudo nano /private/etc/hosts then add 127.0.0.1 0fees.net to the beginning of the hosts file (instead of at the end, which was the usual way pre-Lion).
dscacheutil -flushcache (though most authors say this is not required).

To test:

ping 0fees.net

... which then looks up the DNS and pings the host instead of returning 127.0.0.1. Rebooting seems to have no effect. How can I get blocking working again?

This is from a clean installation, not an upgrade from Snow Leopard.


texts: Where's the iTunes app section for my iPhone?

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I just updated itunes to 12.7.0.166 before making a backup of my iphone 5. To my surprise I can't find an apps section when configuring the phone in itunes, nor can I find the apps section in the itunes library itself.

I'm confused. Have they removed that section in the update? If so, then that would make my backups useless -- there is no way to back up my apps. Transferring purchases from the phone does nothing, it just finishes immediately.

I could not find an itunes changelog.

Do I need to downgrade itunes to make a decent restore of my phone nowadays?

Update:
To clarify, I have apps that are no longer available for download. There is no other option than itunes.


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this is my first question here so go easy on me. Truth to be told it's not really a question, more like a curiosity.

I noticed that after prolonged use of my 1st generation iPad without rebooting it (shutting down & turning on) some games started acting wonky. The first problem was with iBomber Defence Pacific which started crashing in the transition menus (thankfully not in the game). After a while I couldn't enter the game at all as it was crashing constantly. I got quite frustrated but I left it as it was...

Then I purchased Angry Birds Space and I noticed I couldn't pause the game. So I googled my problem and someone suggested to reboot the iPad.

And bam, that solved it. But the question is why? I mean, I periodically manually close the running apps and as much as I know this clears them out of the memory. Is there a bug which leaves stuff sticking around which slowly but surely clog the device's RAM?

Just wondering... :)


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According to Apple, A1660 and A1661 cannot do LTE in most of the world.  My experience suggests that many functions are unpleasantly slow or even impossible without LTE.  But I haven't been able to find an A1784 or A1778 in Oregon or on the Apple website.

Contacted Apple and got an "expert" who insisted the A1661 works anywhere in the world and seemed to think that web page was inaccurate.

Online descriptions of LTE suggest that there is no hard-and-fast number to describe its bit-rate.

A related question suggests that I would not be happy with the CDMA choice, and the Apple page seems to say that for it  to work in Japan, I have to buy a model that is crippled anywhere else.

If I get a CDMA iPhone 7, is there a reliable description of what kinds of apps will not work in Mexico City or Toronto or Madrid or Seoul or similar places?


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I'm doing a report and researching various Mac graphics cards and how they would work or not work with pro apps. I'm very confused by all of the terminology and specifications, so I hope I can formulate this question clearly.

I'm looking specifically at Final Cut Pro. The graphics card requirements (as described in http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4664), are as follows:

- OpenCL-capable graphics card or Intel HD Graphics 3000 or later
- 256MB of VRAM  (1GB recommended for 4K)

The top item isn't the issue. The 256MB of VRAM is tripping me up.

On this page (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3246), Apple describes dynamic allocation for memory. For example, a MacBook Pro with Intel Iris Pro graphics "dynamically allocates up to 1.5 GB of system memory." I understand that the 1.5GB comes from regular system RAM. Does that memory act as the "VRAM" that Final Cut Pro needs? I'm confused because I read that the Iris Pro also has 128MB of its own memory.

For the discrete graphics cards (NVIDIA GeForce 320M for example), it says that a base of 256MB is allocated. Does this mean that the discrete graphics card has 256MB on its own, but can also receive more from the system memory, a la the integrated cards?

Lastly, how different would the performance be for Final Cut Pro (or similar apps) between the Iris Pro graphics and the discrete card? If someone wants to use Final Cut Pro, is the discrete card a necessity?


texts: Update screwing with encrypted disk or keep using windows boot?

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On my 2011 macbook air i have high sierra installed.

It attempted and at some point completed an update security update 2010-001 to version 10.13.6 (not sure if i had automatic updates on or not).

Because i had disk encryption on, i think it became befouled.

Something like what is discussed here:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread/8092225

forums.developer.apple.com/thread/79420

I now have trouble booting (often it doesnt boot and it takes ages when it does).

I tried clearing the flash with (cmd+optn+P+R) without much help.

On the odd occasion it eventually boots, but as with others on that page everything was going real slow and so i tried to start decrypting the disk (turning off file vault encryption) as others suggested on that page.

Now it is taking a real long time to decrypt. I left it on overnight and had sleep turned off, nevertheless it still locked my computer and i think maybe made no progress over night.

So i got it to boot into my install of windows via bootcamp, and windows works fine. So my question is, should i just use my Mac as a windows machine? or is Apple working on a fix for this problem?

I was able to do a FirstAid via DiskUtility on two different occasions. The first time (before i started decrypting) it came up with errors. The second time after i started decryption, it seemed to complete fine.

I was able to get into recovery mode where i could reinstall the O.S but it wont allow me because indefinite decryption is occuring.

High Sierra is basically not functional/fast now and decrytion is taking forever.

Will i need to wipe the whole disk or will the decryption eventually finish?


texts: Cryptographic Integrity and Authentication Validation of Homebrew Installer?

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Is there a way to install homebrew on MacOS such that anything downloaded from the Internet is cryptographically validated for integrity and authenticated to the actual publisher?
Unfortunately, the method listed on the official brew.sh website to install it on MacOS is a horribly insecure curl-piped-to-bash command
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

Note that https doesn't provide authentication since X.509 checks in curl trusts a ton of certificates (including certs issued by CAs owned by Nation States that have known history of committing cyber attacks, including active content manipulation over https via MITM attacks)

Ideally, these cryptographic checks would come in the form of a signed checksum file using gpg.
Is there any way to install brew in a way that provides cryptographic validation of the installer's integrity and authenticity?


texts: iPad: Battery usage while using split screen vs single app in foreground

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What’s the difference in battery usage for the two situations while running apps on an iPad?

Split screen with app X and Y.
Only app X or Y in foreground.

Since screen usage is same for both, only influence on battery usage is CPU usage right?

Is the CPU usage of situation one the sum of CPU usage of “only X in foreground” and “only Y in foreground”?

Battery usage: Situation one = only X in foreground + only Y in foreground ?

Or is it more efficient than that? How much more efficient?


texts: I came to know that iBook does not support mobi files. So I was searched for some mobi reader but could not able to recofnize any top mobi reader. I searched for kindle, Moon readers, etc but unfortunately they are available only in android versions. So Iwould like to knpw if there are any good applications for reading mobi files.


texts: Mac Preview Force Touch not working properly

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Since I bought my Mac, I always use Force touch in Preview in order to get definitions about words, translations and so on, but now, I've noticed that this is not working.

Force touch itself is working fine (the trackpad reacts to my finger pressure), but the 'Look up' section that I normally used, is not appearing (it is only shown if I select one word, and with secondary click, select Look up).

This is working fine in Safari, for instance, but not in Preview.

It isn't fault of the pdf, I mean, it is not a scanned pdf where you cannot select nothing, but a generated pdf with selectable text.

I tried to figure out what is going on, and I tried to navigate thought Preferences and all menus, but I am not able to find where it could be enabled/disabled.

Anyone knows what could I do?

Thanks


texts: Apple VPP apps asking for user's password when updating applications

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I've got an issue with a pilot deployment of iPhones with VPP device licences assigned. These are iPhone 11s, running iOS 13.3, managed via a MDM solution that pushes VPP device licences to DEP managed devices that are enrolled into the MDM.

All sets up well and fine, and the user can take a fully deployed iPhone and sign into the MDM solution's management app, and then the Apple App Store works just fine. All the apps we push appear as expected and the iPhones work as expected.

However, some users are prompted daily for their (managed company) Apple ID if any application updates are pending for the apps that were pushed to their phone using VPP (Just to be clear, the user is being asked for their own managed Apple ID, not another person's Apple ID or the VPP token details).

It looks like this is related to automatic app updates, as these prompts cease if this is turned off in iPhone Settings app → iCloud → iTunes & App Store → Automatic Downloads → App Updates.

Expected behaviour should be to update the apps without the user having to sign in again.

Note that the VPP apps are correctly licenced to the device, and its possible to deploy a device, hand it to a user who does not sign in to the App Store, and app updates are pushed just fine.


texts: Can't update (formerly managed) iPad to 8.0.2 from 8.0

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We have an iPad that is running iOS 8 and can't see that iOS 8.0.2 is available. This id true from both the settings app and through iTunes. Other iOS 7 and 8 devices on the same network can see the update and have been able to update. We've done a complete "Settings -> General -> Reset -> Erase All Content and Settings" but the reset OS also can't see the update. A restore from iTunes didn't seem to fix the issue either.

We also tried to update the OS from iTunes and are being told that the iPad is up to date.

This device at one point was managed by MobileIron, in case that makes any difference (we suspect it might). From our MobileIron interface, the device is no longer managed and the MobileIron app has been removed from the device.


texts: iPhone's MAC address does not seem to be correct

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My wife's iPhone 11 Pro lists a MAC adddress of 88:A4:79:xx:xx:xx.  This address does not show up on my DHCP client list, but it is connected to the network
There was an unknown device on my network with MAC address of 4A:88:DC:xx:xx:xx.  This address cames up as "No vendor" on MAC lookup sites.
Not knowing that device, I blocked the MAC address.  Subsequently the iPhone is unable to connect to the network.
What is going on?  Why would the phone show a different MAC address than is actually connecting to the network?
Any insight appreciated.


texts: Command Line - How do I change the order of a user's group memberships?

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I have a troublesome Mac OS X server to deal with. When I ask for my current group membership using this:

$ groups | perl -p -e 's/ /\n/g'

I get a list of 20+ groups!

cactuar
com.apple.sharepoint.group.4
com.apple.sharepoint.group.5
com.apple.sharepoint.group.3
... (etc) ...
chocobo
com.apple.sharepoint.group.2
com.apple.sharepoint.group.6

Now, because NFS is dated, it only makes use of the first 16 groups listed. Is there any way to change the order of the groups assigned to my user, while keeping all the other groups assigned? Basically, I need to have "chocobo" up near the top of that list and I don't know what administrative commands exist to accomplish this goal.

Since I'm ignorant of the what "sharepoint" is good for, I find it totally strange and useless that those strange "com.apple.*" groups are not assigned in /etc/group, so, while I'm asking about users and groups, what is the keyword (search term) for OS X's auxiliary user-groups system, so that I can research it more; or more directly, where is the manual for that? Would it be harmless to drop all those sharepoint group memberships, or should I assume that they are actually important for accessing some yet-unknown resource(s)?


texts: MS Word documents changing to .cpio files and then to .zip files

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I really need help with this issue: whenever I try to open a word document file from my Mac, the archive utility application opens up and turns the .doc file into a .cpio file and if I click on that it then turns into a .zip file.

I've tried to research and even called Mac Support and they were not helpful. I just want my MS Word files to open up when I double click on them. I don't know how to stop the archive utility from opening up. It's a repetitive cycle of .cpio file to .zip file to .cpio and so on.

If anyone knows how to fix this issue please let me know.


texts: Routing all traffic except a few IP-ranges though default gateway in Mountain Lion

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I am using VPN (Cisco IPSec) through the default Mountain Lion network preferences. In Lion (and also in Snow Leopard), I did the following to change the routing back to using my default gateway for all traffic, and thne set up a few routes for the specific IP-ranges that needed to go through VPN:

# Route traffic through VPN:
route -nv add -net IPRANGE -interface utun0
#...more lines for the different IP-ranges that should go through VPN)

# Route all other traffic through the old default gateway:
route change default DEFAULT-GATEWAY-IP

This seems to not work under Mountain Lion. The (new implementation?) of Cisco IPSec seems to dynamically add a lot of routes to the routing table as I visit them in the browser.

I have debugged this a lot (pinging, traceroute'ing), but still haven't found a solution.

The basic problem I'm trying to solve is just to route traffic for specific IP-ranges through VPN, everything else should act as I am not connected to VPN. Any other solution that achieves that will be fine with me =)


texts: Can't get wrong sender name from appearing -- only when sending from iphone

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I have several email accounts that I send and receive from -- either on my iPhone 6s or on my laptop. One email account is for business & one is for personal. When an email from the business email account is sent from my phone, the wrong name is listed as the sender (my former assistant's name) -- but only when sent from my business email account on my phone.  When I email from my business email on my laptop, it is listed as from my business name (which is how I want it).

Also, strangely enough, when I send an email on the phone from the business email to my personal email and open it in my personal email account ON MY PHONE, it appears correctly as from my business name (that's the only time it looks right when sent from the phone business email account). BUT if I open this same email in personal email account on my laptop, it's wrong. And anyone else who gets something from the business email, it is wrong (again, only if sent from my phone).

When I do a search on the phone in contacts app under the business email address, the business name correctly comes up. When I do a search under the former assistant's name, it comes up empty.  I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get her name off as the sender!  I use an iPhone 6S, most recent iOS version (11-something, I think), and I have a plan with Verizon. I access my email via google gmail.

Any ideas???


texts: Someone has used my iTunes gift card balance to buy

texts: Someone has put themselves as my family on my iTunes gift card account and used up almost all my remaining balance. Is there something you can do about this? This person is definitely not in my family or anyone that I know.


texts: How can I simulate the process of marking a text (SMS or iMessage) as unread on my iPhone?

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As far as I know, there is no way to mark a text message as unread (if there is, please share!).

I often receive text messages at inconvenient times, read them quickly, and then forget to reply to them when I'm free.  I'm looking for ways to simulate "mark as unread" (or "remind me about this text message") as easily as possible.

The best I have come up with it simply to not read the message in the messages app - then I can read the first sentence or so, get the gist of it, and I still have an unread notification on the app icon.  But this is not ideal of course.

One thing that's an obvious suggestion but is just too clunky is to add a todo-list item to respond (just like I'd add any other todo item).


texts: Prioritize bluetooth tether over Wifi on an iPad

texts: I have an iPad tethered to my iPhone's internet using Bluetooth.  The iPad is also connected to a WiFi network which does not have internet access.  The iPad won't connect to the internet until I turn WiFi off, so I presume it's prioritizing the WiFi.  How can I reverse this priority?


texts: Is there a Mac OS X equivalent of the Linux iwconfig command?

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I'm looking for a command line tool in Mac OS X that performs the equivalent of the iwconfig command in Linux.

Example:

kirkland@x220:~/src/byobu/byobu$ iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:"serenity"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: 00:11:22:33:44:55
          Bit Rate=1 Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-17 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:70   Missed beacon:0


texts: unable to create partition on free space using disk utility

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Running 10.13.4 on a MBP with 750GB SSD.

The problem
i started with a single APFS container that spanned the whole 750GB of the internal SSD disk. Only half of it was in use so i decided to free the unused half and use it to create an additional APFS container (for reasons, please see below). I ran the diskutil resizecontainer command to free the space and that succeeded. I then ran disk utility guy and selected the whole disk and then partition. This shows the free space and the existing APFS container. I was hoping that when i click on the free space i would be able to partition it and go from there but the add functionality (+ sign) is greyed out as are the partition information details. Why is that? Is there a way to regain access to this free space and assign it to a new partition without zapping the whole disk and starting again? Pictures below.

Why I want to create extra APFS partitions.
I see lots of admonitions to only create one APFS container as APFS is designed to share space and volumes will grow and shrink and you don't have to worry, etc. But i also see that 'your startup disk is filling up' is quite a common occurrence after a while. Seems to me that the solution to that is to ring fence the space that your startup disk is sitting on so that the rest of the disk can fill up without any risk to the system. I have no control over the creation of the 'Macintosh HD' volume (or the other 3 volumes that are created at install) and it seems that once an APFS volume has been created there is no way to resize it.The best I can hope for is to resize the container of the startup disk and use the free space to create an additional APFS container which will then house the user data.

Thanks in advance.

diskutil apfs list before i started

diskutil list before i started

diskutil list after resizecontainer shrinkage

Disk Utility GUI showing free space and + button as well as Name, Format and Size fields greyed out


texts: Enable keyboard shortcut to look up word in dictionary

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I have been using the trackpad w/ force touch to look up the defintions of words when browsing (safari/chrome/ff/etc).  It looks like this:

The problem is my wrist has been bothering me as I use the trackpad so I decided to get an ergonomic mouse (logitech mx master 2s) but now I can't seem to figure out how to mirror this 'look up word in osx dictionary' behavior.

I looked at defaults read -g but nothing stood out.  How can I use a mouse + keyboard option to mirror this 'look up' word behavior that force currently has on my trackpad?


texts: What is the data type of background images in a Pages template?

texts: I am trying to teach myself graphic design. The templates in Pages are really nice, but I want to be able to make my own. I was stripping apart a brochure template ("Elegant Brochure"), and found that most of everything on the page was a text box or an image. Once I removed all of those elements there was still a pattern in the background. When I clicked on it, I noticed "x's" on the corners that were immobile instead of the usual white boxes for manipulating images or text boxes. I clicked on the inspector and noticed that these were actually jpegs, but I don't know how to remove them, or in the case of wanting to make my own brochure layout, insert background pictures like that that will stay immobile.


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For some reason, one of my USB-C ports on my 2017 Macbook Pro 13in became disabled.  The power cable going into the USB-C port wasn't charging the machine, and a monitor also plugged into that port wasn't recognized.

Is there a way to "re-enable" a USB-C port, to tell the machine to stop ignoring the input?


texts: Get Spotlight to search in Caskroom subdirs (which is now in /usr/local/)

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I'm using Homebrew with Caskroom and since a recent update, it installs the apps downloaded through brew cask within /usr/local/Caskroom/

I always used Spotlight to find and open these apps, but now that they're within /usr/local/, Spotlight doesn't seem to find them anymore.

I've checked Spotlight's preferences but there is no folder excluded, nor is there anything else disabled that could cause this.

Is there a way to tell Spotlight to search within /usr/local/Caskroom/?


texts: External Drive doesn't want to live in sidebar

texts: I have a remote hard drive (afp/smb) that won't live in the finder sidebar. Actually I have two, and one simply will not live in the finder sidebar. Everything else seems to function normally, including drive access to both drives. I am running mavericks, and mavericks server for the hard drives. How can I get both drives to live in the finder sidebar?


texts: How do I sync a directory from Mac to iPad?

texts:
How do I sync directory ~/to-sync from Mac to iPad through network or a USB type-C cable?
Is there some handy tools like rsync or adb-sync (for Android devices) to do that? I prefer FOSS tools. :)


texts: how to capture folder as input and pass it to python script as argument

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How to capture folder as input and pass it to python script as argument?

This is what I have so far, but this is always taking the user home directory as input no matter which folder i right click > Services > testing_service (which you see below)


texts:
Is the one year limited warranty provided by Apple with a MacBook Pro international?

If I buy the MacBook Pro from US and use it in India, will the limited warranty be applicable in India?


texts: How does the Tech Support know my exact location given my location services is turned off?

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When I logged in to support.apple.com and search for the nearest service provider, it said it is not possible, as I expected. My location services are turned off since Day 1. There is no particular reason, I just do not need that for the device in question. Only one device is added to the particular account, and I never really carry this device to anywhere.
I remember to have search up my zip code once (on the support website to get the nearest provider) which probably might be available to them (albeit unlikely), or they probably have the data because of the details provided by Apple Store from where I purchased it.
It freaks me out, since I do not see something that they see. Not because they have the details.


texts: Can I charge my 2016 MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt to USB-C

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I forgot my power supply today, but I have an older powered thunderbolt (2?) display and drives. Can I plug the thunderbolt out from my display into my thunderbolt to USB-C adapter somehow to charge my laptop? The connections I set up now don't seem to be doing anything.

Please hurry ;^) 19% and dropping....  18%...!


texts: Mac OS X - How to Symlink /home to /Users

texts: For those of us who dabble in penguins and apples, it seems very worth while to be able to use /home paths either out of habbit or for those odd cases where the value may have been sync'd somewhere along the line in some file you use on both machines.


texts:
I have an iPhone 5s with the latest version of iOS.  The wireless (and bluetooth) card has stopped working (tested at the Genius Bar) just a couple weeks out of warranty.  Apple wants $250+ to replace the phone.

I wonder if I can determine when the phone last connected to a wifi network?  If I can determine that it has not connected to my home wifi prior to expiration of the warranty, Apple may have an obligation to replace the phone without charge.

Does a log file exist (and if so where can I find it) that would show the information I need?


texts: Mac cannot preview SRT files in Finder or QuickLook view (other Mac can view file without opening)

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Does anyone have any idea why this might have happened? I suspect it has something to do with installing VLC, but I could be wrong. Is there any way I can fix this?
Setting Text Edit to open all SRT files and even AppCleaning VLC from the machine didn't fix the issue. Nor did restarting the Mac after doing these things.


texts: Does FaceID consume a significant amount of battery throughout the day?

texts: The FaceID requires the TrueDepth camera to recognise your face, plus there's also one sensor which emits infrared rays to map your face. So my question is will both these things consume significant amount of battery from my iPhone X and will it be better to turn the Require Attention for FaceID off so that the battery consumption is reduced?


texts: Reverse Reading List Order in Safari for iOS

texts:
I want to read through my reading list in the order that I add links, but making use of the seamless page to page scrolling functionality requires that I read them starting with the one I added most recently.

Is there a way to reverse this?


texts: Will a Macbook Pro retina 15" from 2012 support WQHD resolution (3440 x 1440)?

texts: I'm interested in buying the Dell U3415W for my mid 2012 MBPr 15". I know that thunderbolt 1 can drive regular 1440p displays such as a 2560 x 1440, however can it drive the Dell's wider resolution?


texts: Apache problem with hostname on OSX 10.8.4

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After updating to 10.8.4 I am having trouble running my macports apache server.  I stop the built-in apache with: sudo apachectl stop, then I try to start macports apache with: sudo /opt/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -k start and I get:

httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using My-Name-iMac.local for ServerName
httpd (pid 98) already running

and when I load localhost in the browser I get Unable to Connect...

I'm just running this as a development machine, so I don't need a domain name.  The output of hostname (before and after this) is My-Name-iMac.local as you'd expect.  What concerns me is the httpd (pid 98) already running part of this output.

which  apachectl outputs /usr/sbin/apachectl


texts:
Is it possible to show only the date in the menu bar and not the clock. When I go to System Preferences > Date & Time, I can only remove both, but I'd like to keep the date and only hide the time.

I also tried to go to Language & Region and change the format in which the time is shown to nothing but that did not do the trick either; the menubar clock just jumped back to the standard setting instead of removing the time, as I hoped.

Alternatively, is there any kind of "menu bar widgets" for Mac? maybe i can remove the time & date from the menu bar and add some sort of third party app which is showing the date.

I'm running High Sierra 10.13.3 on a 2017 13-inch MacBook Pro


texts: iPhone weather app - when does each "day" begin/end for high/low temperature?

texts:
I know the two temperatures for each day on the weather app indicate the high and low. My question is, what time does each "day" begin/end? At midnight or some other time? The highs and lows often don't seem to "fit" with a midnight begin/end for each day, but I'm not sure.

If measured midnight to midnight, then I'm confused. Right now the weather app predicts (for Durham, NC) that it will be 19 degrees tomorrow morning at 6AM according to the HOURLY prediction, but the DAILY low for tomorrow is listed as 26 degrees. This doesn't jive. Anyone know the reason?


texts:
Missing as in, if I do find it and try to do something with it, iTunes will say "The file is not there; want to look for it?"

I suspect there are two of them, because every time I sync iPad, I get two pop-ups of "one item failed to sync, ask iTunes for the reason"  But there are never any pop-ups on iTunes.


texts: Xcode organizer shows crash reports of unsupported device

texts:
We launched our iOS camera app only for iPhones and we do not support any other apple devices. We have telephony in  UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities which iPads don't support.(Check here)

But in Xcode -> Organizer -> Crashes we are receiving crash logs from iPads.

In iTunes connect analytics, the number of app units vs device shows 100% iPhone. So where are we getting these iPad crash logs from? How can someone download the app on iPad if we are not supporting it?

PS: The logs have correct info i.e., if we test our app on iPad the crash log we get matches the crash log in Xcode Organizer.


texts: What is the difference between .bash_profile and .bashrc?

texts: To make an alias for the Terminal in OS X, you can either put the aliases in .bash_profile or .bashrc. What is the difference between the two and why would I choose to put aliases in one and not the other?


texts: Make ls command sort by file type (e.g. directories and file extension)

texts: How do I make ls sort by file type (e.g. directories first and then by file extension)? The answers suggested in (Super User) Make ls sort by file type result in unknown option errors from ls.


texts: iPod Nano 7 Gen: use without Windows and MacOS

texts:
I just got an iPod Nano 7gen ("iPod nano with Multi-Touch") for my birthday.

I have only one laptop and it's running Linux (Ubuntu 15.04 but may move on to Debian), is there any way I can sync music to the iPod?


texts: how do I share photos on the web with iPhoto / iCloud?

texts:
I have a new Mac (Mountain Lion) with iPhoto '11.

I want to share photos on the web.  In the past, I would launch iWeb and build a little photo album web page.  My understanding was that if I subscribed to .Mac/MobileMe I could share my iWeb page that way, but instead I always FTPed my web page to my own web site.

On my new Mac, I see that iWeb no longer exists.  In iPhoto I discovered there's something called "photo streams".  I signed into "iCloud", I dragged some photos to my "photo stream", and it appears the photos are now online (unless I'm not understanding something).

I signed into www.icloud.com, but I don't see any photos there.

QUESTION: What am I missing, or, What is the "correct" way to share photos on the web with iPhoto '11?


texts: Is it possible to bypass the login password?

texts:
A friend tells me that on OSX, bypassing password and getting into user's files is very easy (especially when hard disk not encrypted, but protected with user's login password). He tells me this is how it would be done:

shut down the mac
hold Cmd+s
boot up the mac
that is all you need for basic root access
mount -w /
to get basic read/write

I can't believe it would be that easy. Is he talkin cr*p or what?


texts:
When trying to change the associated application that opens when double clicking a file, I'm seeing the error message:

You can’t change the item "<filename>" to always open in the selected application.
The item is either locked or damaged, or in a folder you don’t have permission to modify (error code -54).

Any idea what the problem is?


texts: How to reinstall or restore Apache httpd in OS X? I want to do that because I deleted httpd.conf file (both /etc/apache2/httpd.conf and the original at /etc/apache2/original/httpd.conf).


texts: What are the advantages and disadvantages to jailbreaking an iPad?

texts:
I just got a new iPad 2, this is my first iOS device.

What are some advantages to jailbreaking and what are some disadvantages?

Note:
Please make sure that answers are objective.
Stick to facts, not personal preferences or ethical debates.


texts: Is it possible to take a screenshot in vector format?

texts: Is it possible to make screenshots in vector format (SVG or PDF) instead of only in raster formats on OS X?


texts: How can I get iOS reminders to appear on google calendar?

texts:
I like setting reminders using Siri (e.g. "remind me to buy milk tomorrow at 8pm").

Siri understands what I am trying to say and pretty smoothly adds the reminder. I would like this reminder to appear on my google calendar (i.e. some event starting at 8pm ending 15 minutes or 30 minutes later, with my message on the reminder).

How can I do this? I set a ton of reminders using Siri, and this would be a great way for me to get a birds eye view (and maybe a leg up) on all the stuff I have to do.

Thanks in advance!


texts: How to Poll USB mouse through terminal in El Capitan

texts:
I've been trying to view which devices are connected to my USB ports through terminal in El Capitan, in particular a USB mouse. I've read online that I can ls /dev/tty.* to view all connected devices. But each time I try this before and after connecting a device, the output does not change.

I've also tried ls /dev and do not see a change in the output.

I've also tried ls /dev >> before.txt, then, after plugging in a device (like a mouse), ls /dev >> after.txt', then vimdiff before.txt after.txt. And I still do not see any new devices.

Is this the correct location to be looking in for devices? (namely /dev)

If not, where should I be looking?

Note, there is not a location for /dev/input on my machine. Also, I'm doing this because I would like to practice reading the bits from a serial bus and I need access to the bits incoming from the USB port.


texts: AppleScript: How to add m4a meta-data using Sound Studio?

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I'd like to automate the adding of metadata to various .m4a files using Sound Studio.  I have a Python script that will run thru all the files I care about and pass along useful data to an AppleScript that can actually manipulate the metadata.  But I'm not sure what the best way is to actually do the metadata manipulation in AppleScript.

I can get all the metadata into the AppleScript script by passing the items into the script via arguments, but I don't know how to open the file and set the metadata items I want to set.  Seems like it should be easy but all the attempts I've made so far have failed.  I'm sure I'm not understanding the correct way to approach the problem.  I have this so far:

on run argv
    -- Arguments:
    --  1   music_file_path   full path to the file to open
    --  2   artist               name of artist
    --   3   album_name    name of the album
    --    4   track_name         just the name of the track
    --    5   disc_number        which disc (1, 2 ...)
    --    6   track_number      which track on the disc
    --    7   release_year       the year when the track was released

    if (count of argv's items) ≠ 7 then
        display dialog "Wrong number of arguments!" with title "Add Meta Data To Sound Studio File" buttons {"Bummer"} giving up after 1
        return
    end if

    set music_file_path to item 1 of argv
    set artist_name to item 2 of argv
    set album_name to item 3 of argv
    set track_name to item 4 of argv
    set disc_number to item 5 of argv
    set track_number to item 6 of argv
    set release_year to item 7 of argv

    tell application "Finder"
        launch "/Applications/Sound Studio/Sound Studio.app"
    end tell -- Finder

    tell application "Sound Studio"
        activate
        set mfp to (a reference to POSIX file music_file_path)
        open mfp
        -- Set open'ed file's meta data to what we want
        save
        close
    end tell -- Sound Studio.app
end run

Any ideas on how to get this to work?


texts: Excel 2011 crashes when I work on a large Excel file

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro running on Mavericks with 8GB of RAM.

I am using a large Excel file with roughly 250k rows of data (170MB). I would like to delete several sheets in the file but every time I do, Excel freezes and I have to force the application to quit. I am extremely limited in what I can do with this file.

This is being a huge problem for me as this file contains data for my research. What would you advise me to do?


texts: How to transfer data from MacBook Pro 2014(SSD) to MacBook Pro 2016

texts:
Hello I have a liquid damage on my MacBook Pro 15inch ( 2014 ) I brought it to service center and they told probably some motherboard issue, but they checked SSD Card and it's completely fine.

I bought the new 2016 MB Pro 15 Retina and now I Need to Transfer data, I have only SSD chip from old computer. Can I somehow Migrate all data from old SSD to new SSD? I know that  I`m not able to physically replace them.
But is there any tools which will help to transfer data from external SSD?

I need to get all data, profile etc. on my new MacBook.


texts: Installing Lion with duplicated installer

texts:
I see many people asking how to save the Lion installer, and ofter the way to go is unpacking the installer and saving the disk image.

In my case, I saved the whole installer app (the same as downloaded) in an external disk before installing it in my iMac. Now, can I just copy the installer to my MacBook Pro and run it with no trouble? Or should I burn the disk? I don't really intend to burn it now, using the installer would be more practical.


texts: I've seen this divided dock twice in Yosemite, but I can't find any documentation on it, and don't understand what it's supposed to represent, nor which conditions cause it to occur.  When I click on the leftmost item, it takes me to that application, the division disappears, and I cannot reproduce the conditions which made it appear in the first place.  Can anyone explain this behavior please?  And what does the mini monitor icon represent in the upper right hand corner of the (in this case) safari icon represent?


texts: I backed up my iphone to move it to a new phone

texts:
all my contacts, notes and calendars are gone. when the iphone backs up does it copy everything? is there a way to get my important stuff back?

note: I didn't check 'sync contacts, notes, calendars' because I was travelling and had to use a different computer to sync our stuff. I assumed 'backup' and 'restore' meant something in this topsy turvy apple worldy. was I wrong?


texts: How can I access a computer behind internet sharing?

texts:
On our router (which has WiFi), we have one ethernet port which is currently being used by my laptop. I need my raspberry pi model B rev. 2 connected to the network as well, but it doesn't use WiFi. (My laptop can, but i prefer ethernet.) I don't want to purchase a network switch, so what I've been doing is sharing our family Macbook Pro's WiFi connection using internet sharing, and connecting the pi to the Macbook over ethernet. The pi now has internet, but here's the catch: I want to run a web server on the pi, and be able to access it from my laptop. Is there a way to port forward over internet sharing?
P.S. If it helps, the web server will be running on port 8080.
To visualize the setup:
 Home Router --+-- WiFi  -- MBP* -- Ether -- Pi
               |
               +-- Ether -- Laptop

 * Internet Sharing


texts:
I had downloaded the Lion beta when it was launched about a month ago. It asked me to enter credit card details and all such things, I did it.
When it was launched, I checked for the updates, there were few, it did. I didn't see what it did, I was out.

Now if I check in Software Purchases, it doesn't show anything. How do I check if I am running Lion for real? About page says I am running 10.7!!


texts: Can the 3rd party apps be mirrored on Apple Tv?

texts:
Can Apple TV mirroring be used with all the apps on iOS device? If mirroring is turned on,
Can all the apps, including 3rd party apps be projected on the TV screen ?


texts: Is it a MacOS normal behavior to switch between desktops slower while in Mission Control mode?

texts:
I'm having an issue regard MacOS (Mojave 10.14.6) for some time now:

If I'm not in Mission Control mode I can instantly change between the desktops using the keyboard (ctrl+direction, left or right).

However if I'm in Mission Control mode and try to change desktops with the same approach I have a delay of like 1 or 2 seconds.

Someone else having the same issue? There's some type of fix for that?


texts: iPad seems to be locked into a voice response mode when touching keys. It was okay a few minutes ago. How I can't get loggin. The numbers/letters do not appear on screen but voice repeats the key touched but doesn't loggin or go pass that screen?  How do it get out of this mode.


texts: Make iMac remember monitor positions after restart

texts:
I have an iMac with the following specs:

I have 2 20'' hp monitors that are always connected to my Mac. They are connected with 2 DisplayLink USB to VGA adapters. I keep the monitors positioned as follows:

Unfortunately, everytime I restart my Mac, the screen positions revert to the default settings of:

This is very frustrating.

How can I make my Mac remember and reapply my monitor positions when I restart?

FYI, I also have 2 Thunderbolt to DVI adapters that I can use but it results in the same problem.


texts: Can I back up one external hard drive to a smaller external hard drive via Time Machine?

texts:
So I've just had an external hard drive (5TB Seagate Backup Plus Portable) fail on me, the 3rd such time in 5 years. This is not unexpected behaviour in my experience: each of these hard drives has been read & written from basically 24/7, has failed at a point with less than 10% free space available, and I am always adding more data to them.
I back up all of my data via Time Machine to a second external hard drive (8TB Seagate Backup Plus Desktop), which I've had for about 5 years now; it is still working, despite having run out of storage space on two prior occasions, necessitating some cleaning up of old backups. A checkup with Disk Utility reveals no problems.
I am looking at replacing the failed hard drive with a larger one, which will necessitate buying a desktop drive, since no manufacturer currently makes a 6TB+ USB powered hard drive (except LaCie, but that drive is USB-C powered, and I only have regular USB 3.0 ports). My plan is to purchase a 10TB desktop drive, as 8TB desktop drives are not available in stores where I live at the moment.
The question is:

Can a 10TB drive be backed up via Time Machine to an 8TB drive if it is only partially full (in this case, roughly 4.5TB of data)?
If so, how long can I expect the 8TB drive to last if it continues to be used almost entirely for backups? (In the best case scenario, I would need to be able to continue using it for 2 to 3 years until data needs force me to get a larger one.)


texts:
I have a 2010 MacPro. For 11 years, I’ve never given the 2 Ethernet ports a second thought.
Now, I have a NAS and it has 4 ports. And both the Mac and NAS are plugged into a gigabit speed hub. Question - would Mac to NAS Xfer rates improve if I run a second cable directly between the two, and if so, looking for the steps to set it up.


texts: How to make external disks reappear on desktop in Mountain Lion?

texts: After upgrading from Lion to Mountain Lion, my MBP does not show icons for external drives on the desktop any more. In the Finder preferences, “External disks” is checked under “Show these items on the desktop”. Any ideas?


texts: How to use iTunes Match with two user accounts on the same computer?

texts:
Me and my partner have a Mac Pro in our house, each with our own user account. We both use iTunes, have iPhones, our own Apple IDs, and each have a subscription to iTunes Match.

However, for some unknown but frustrating reason, Apple only allows any one device to be connected to only one iTunes Match account, and in this case a device includes Macs. It simply won't let us enable iTunes Match on a second user account!

We both want to use iTunes Match, but I don't know how to make it work. Purchasing a second Mac for one of us to use isn't an option -- even ignoring the cost we only want one desktop computer. However, I do have a headless Mac Mini that I use as an always-on server, which might help.

Is there anyway I can set things up so that we can both use iTunes Match?

My current thoughts:

Use some kind of method or software to automatically keep two copies of my music library in sync: one on my Mac Pro, the other on the Mac Mini server. Have the Mac Mini's iTunes Library be tied to my iTunes Match account. My partner can keep using the Mac Pro. Note that for this to work the two synced iTunes libraries would need to share music, playlists, and (if possible) even statistics. Any change that happens on one would have to be transferred over to the other in manner that works with iTunes Match and allows it to upload the changes.
Figure out some way to combine our two libraries together (we have the same music collection anyway), use one iTunes Match account, but set it up so that we can access our music collection on both user accounts. Note that we'd still need to continue using our individual Apple IDs for most things on the phone, including for Contacts, Notes, Reminders, etc. Furthermore, we each have our own playlists and statistics so I'm not really leaning towards trying this.
Maybe there's a third option I haven't thought of...?

I haven't undertaken any of these yet, because I honestly don't know if any of them are possible, which one is the path of least resistance and pain, or if there's a better option I don't know about.

Any solutions or guidance anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated!


texts: How to allow the "Word of the Day" screen saver to fetch the words with LittleSnitch?

texts: A friend of mine (not on StackEchange) has used LittleSnitch to explicitly disallow Internet access for every process/app that attempted to access the Internet except the ones he actually needs to do this (e.g. Safari, Skype etc.) (to save traffic and maintain better privacy). Everything he wants works great but one thing doesn't - the "Word of the Day" screensaver, it won't show the words, obviously because it can't fetch them from the dictionary server. Looking through the rules list (the blocked executables/apps names) doesn't suggest any obvious candidate to allow. What is the name of the process that is responsible for fetching the words for the screen saver and needs to be allowed?


texts: iOS 12 "Welcome to Apple Music" keeps coming

texts:
I just want to listen to my own music on iPhone.

I just want to open Music where it was the last time.

I don't want to join "Apple music". Not now. Not ever.

I don't want to say "Not now" each time Apple ask me to join Apple Music.

So I cut the cellular access to Music, even signed out of "Home sharing", but still, that thing comes again.

Seriously, how to get rid of that annoying advertisement, for good?


texts: Can I turn off "Sign in to download from the App Store"

texts:
Anyone know how to turn this off? I don't want my mac to run any processes I don't specifically ask for. I never use the app store except to update the OS, so I want to disable this (assuming it isn't part of a massive dependency) until the very minute I care to update. I don't need notifications at all. I know what's on my machine and I know when to update them. I just hate being harassed every time this machine wakes up and no, I don't want to always be signed in to anything.

Side note, when I restart or wake up my mac it usually chokes for an unreasonable amount of time until this app store notification pops up. Then it's fine. I recall Steve Jobs mocking the world by saying something like if you need a task manager you have failed... well, I need one because I don't know of any tool on mac that will profile everything that is currently running so I can identify what is making this thing torture me with spinning wheels for so long on start up. Pretty sure it's not me who failed here.

Any suggestions?


texts: Every link starts download in browser on my osx

texts:
After cleaning my keyboard and track pad with and hot cloth (It was greasy), I'm not able to browse any links in Chrome, Safari on my mac book air with El Capitan osx.

When clicking any links on any website, it always starts an download with "download.html". I'm able to browse by right clicking on track-pad and choose "open in new tab", which is very annoying in the long run.

I have somehow managed to alter some config on my machine, but don't know what I have done.

I have tried to google this problem but I don't even succeed in asking the correct question, every result on google returns my with some irrelevant subjects.

Any help would be greatly appreciated


texts: I am not able to set-up Personal Hotspot in my IPad 2. I have read somewhere that, if my carrier allows me to enable Hotspot, then the IPad also will allow me to enable Hotspot, as Apple has no correspondence with the Hotspot. But, when I connect the same SIM card to my IPhone, the hotspot works. So, is there any way I can enable Hotspot in my IPad?


texts:
I was formatting my iMac g4 for installing OS 10.4. When half of the installation was completed, power failure occur which caused interrupt in installation.

Now when i had restarted my iMac PPC it shows flashing folder icon. I had tried googling but didn't find any working solution. I am unable to find hard drive when installing os as when system boots up no hard drive is shown and when i try to boot from DVD it constantly ejects up the DVD and refuse to boot from DVD and sometimes system hangs on boot also. I had tried restarting like around 15 times but nothing is works out. Does my Hard Drive gone as after seeing some videos and post it seems to me that my hard disk is probably dead.

Please help me out.


texts:
Is it possible to create a bulleted or numbered list in Mail on an iDevice? If so, please share how. I know it'll display them. Like if I create it in GMail on my MacBook, save a draft, then open it on the device, I see the bullets as intended, but I would like to actually create this same thing on my iPad/ iPhone.

Thanks!
Thomas


texts: Language Input Selection Dialog shortcut

texts:
I am using Catalina 10.15.3, and I am struggling to find the small dialog that is shown when switching between languages. That dialog showed all the input languages that I selected. Sometimes, I use apps in full screen and when I change the input language with shortcut I will need to reach the topbar with mouse so that I can see what language is being selected.

I am looking for that input language change dialog.

P.S. I am not sure about the word 'dialog'. It is a just a small window just pops in the middle of the screen and disappears in a couple of seconds.


texts: How do you disable Smart Invert or truly invert all of your screen colors?

texts:
In previous macOS, when you used the Invert Colors feature (Preferences > Accessibility > Display > Invert Colors), all the colors on the screen would become inverted, including images, so a page like this one would look like this:

Note the image has blue tones and the rolling dice is black at the top

In recent macOS (I use Mojave), a feature called "Smart Invert" makes it now impossible to invert images on a webpage.
The same page would now look like this:

Note how the dice and the image on the right have "normal" colors - and not the top left logo for some mysterious reason

How does one disable the so-called "Smart" part of the invert?
It simply doesn't work for anyone trying to invert images, which a lot of people deal with very often, whether in the art world, historical research or any other photography-related fields. Besides, "Dark Mode" already does that.

How do I quickly invert images on my display?


texts:
I am currently paying like a dollar a month for 20 GB iCloud storage, but I am just now building a new computer and am hoping to install an Amahi server on it so that I can have my own 'Dropbox' type of cloud access wherever I go.

Am I able to use a service like Amahi (or anything else) to redirect my iCloud backup from apple's servers to my own? Instead of paying $12 a year for 20 GB of storage, I could be paying no subscription for 3+ TB of space.


texts: MacBook Pro Bluetooth Audio balance keeps changing by itself

texts:
I've got a MacBook Pro (mid 2014) and Bluetooth earphones (TaoTronics TT-BH07). I'm usually good with noticing changes with audio in general. A few days ago, I've realized that sound was a bit like balanced to the right. I've thought it was just me or my ear, or the song that I was listening. Then it kept, and I went to the audio settings just to be sure. Here is (approximately) what it looked like:

I've changed the slider to center, and the problem went away. I've thought I've accidentally changed it somehow.

Today, I've started listening music and immediately realized that sound was again off to the right. Went to settings and it was again biased right like the screenshot. This time I'm 100% sure that I haven't messed with it accidentally.

I've fixed it again and currently I'm having no issues. But why would this keep happening? I'm on macOS 10.12.2.

UPDATE: Yes, I've seen Audio balance is being changed randomly in a MBP retina 15'' mid 2012 but my case seems to be isolated to Bluetooth Audio in particular. Never had (or at least realized) that this is the case with wired earphones or internal speakers. In addition, I use the same Bluetooth earphones with my iPhone and Apple Watch, and I'm not having any problems with them.


texts: Just noticed tons of my songs are missing from my iTunes Library ... what gives?

texts:
I have hundreds of CDs burned to my iTunes Library, and lots of individual songs I bought from the iTunes Store over the years.

All legal.

I have all of my music on my iPhone and that's where I listen to it mostly.

I just noticed in the iTunes Library, there are tons of songs missing.

Here are some screen shots (below) ... every song with a "!" icon next to it is missing, not on the hard drive.

There are no other problems or missing files on my MacBook.

What gives?

In some cases ... David Bowie "Tonight", Pearl Jam "Ten", for example ... the entire album is gone.

I'm not an Apple Music subscriber, but I did try the three month trial when it first came out.

Did Apple do some kind of "sync with Apple Music" on my iTunes Library which caused songs to get replaced with their copies and, in some cases, removed?

Any ideas what happened here?


texts: 3180mAh battery for iPhone 5, is it safe to install?

texts: My battery is very weak in my iPhone 5, and I want stronger battery. I can buy double the size, around 2880mAh, but I want even stronger and I found one on eBay, battery for iPhone 5 with 3180mAh. Is it safe to install battery this durable into my iPhone 5? What would be the consequences, if any at all? Would be great if I could install this kind of battery and have no problems. Thanks for any advice guys!


texts: Virtual Monitor "Off Screen" to Control Remote PC

texts:
I'm successfully sharing my Ubuntu Desktop with my Mac Book, using VNC.

My Mac Book Pro is on the right, my external monitor is in the center, and I have an Ubuntu Laptop on the left as in this image:

While using the Mac, I'd like to be able to slide my mouse to the left of my centre external monitor, so I can think of the Ubuntu system as an additional monitor, as it were.

I have been able to do this from within Ubuntu in the past, by setting up a virtual monitor using "x2x -south -to :1"

I'm curious as to whether this functionality is possible using my Mac.

UPDATE:

I've found the following which are close, but "no-cigar"
https://superuser.com/questions/276766/create-virtual-external-display-for-vnc-control

I've found the following software that might work, though not free:
http://symless.com/synergy/


texts:
I was trying to change my scrolling settings to keep the screen from scrolling when I take my hands off the touchpad.  Right now, if I do a two-finger scroll, and take my fingers off the pad while keeping my hand moving, the screen continues to scroll, like a throw.  I would like this behavior to stop.

I have a MacBook Pro running Leopard

Thanks!


texts: Fullscreen apps stealing the window/focus on startup

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I like to use the fullscreen mode for as many apps as possible (Mountain Lion).

When I start my apps, they usually go into fullscreen mode but then grab the focus. I'd like to be able to essentially start fullscreen mode apps "in the background" and then switch to the window when I am ready to use the app.

Is this possible?


texts: Noticebly larger amount of free space reported compared to the graph in Storage view

texts:
My MacBook Pro is of 256 GB. Although I haven't used much of it's space, I'm kind of facing an issue. When I click the Apple menu on top left corner and go to About This Mac > Storage, it mentions 213 GB free of 256 GB but slightly below there is a bar, which is about half filled (approximately 160 GB acquired).

The most amazing part is 160 GB is being acquired by applications, and I haven't downloaded application more than 6 or 7.

Can anyone tell me why the bar is filled but still it showing I'm left behind with 213 GB? I really appreciate if someone help me out with this.


texts: How to set iPhone and Macbook to the same store?

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I have a Macbook (bought in Turkey) and iPhone (bought in U.S.), where both of them are using the same Apple ID.

When I try to install an app from mac-store I am getting following error:

Account Not In This Store
Your account is not valid for use in the U.S. store.
You must switch to the Turkish store before purchasing.

At this point I can download apps from my iPhone. Than I switch the Turkish store and can install apps from mac-store.

Now when I try to install an app from iPhone I am getting following error:

Account Not In This Store
Your account is not valid for use in the Turkish store.
You must switch to the U.S. store before purchasing.

So I have to switch between each store in order to download apps.
=> Is it possible, to set multiple devices (such as iPhone and Macbook) into the same store?


texts: Storability / shelf life of a newly bought iPad in unopened original packaging

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Apple may release a new series of iPad soon in future. It may affect the prices for lower-tier devices or they may get discontinued.

I am planning to give an iPad 9.7 (2018) as a Christmas present. In case the product line should change soon, would it be viable to buy one of those quickly before they disappear from the stores? Will the battery be fine if the iPad remains in its un-opened original packaging for 2-3 more months?


texts: Remount drive without physically disconnecting?

texts: So I have unmounted a usb external hard drive but I went to re-mount it.  Is there a command that I can use to remount the drive?  Only way I know to re-mount a drive is to disconnect the usb cable from my Mac and reconnect it.


texts: Safari stopped remembering what is usually stored in cookies. What might have happened?

texts:
For the last few days Safari has simply stopped remembering thing, like my login id for several Web sites (but not all, not StackExchange for example) and form data that is stored in cookies (like my name and address on the pizza delivery site I use).

Private Browsing is not active.

What might have happened and how can I fix it?

This is Safari 5.1.2.


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Whenever I try to open Firefox, it shows up rapidly on the current space but then disappears to move to the space where it has been closed the last time I used it.

For example : I have 3 spaces.
I am on space 2 with Firefox open, I close it.
I go back on space 1, open Firefox -> it will open on space 1 and then immediately the window will disappear to appear in the space 2.
If I move Firefox to space 3, and close it (CMD+Q), the next time I'll launch it, the window will appear in space 3 no matter from which space I launch it.

Not my native language I hope I've been clear enough sorry.

And of course, when I right click Firefox on the dock, under Options, the value of "Assigned To" is "None". (already tried to assign it to a space then go back to none but it doesn't work).

This behaviour only concerns Firefox. All others apps behave like it should : open in the space I'm in.. If you have any idea..

My current macOS version is : macOS Catalina 10.15.4
Firefox version is : 75.0

From comments - Mission Control screenshot


texts: Merge all partitions back to single volume

texts:
I was trying to install windows 10 on my Retina Mid 2015 MBP using bootcamp, and ran into a few problems during the installation. Without going into too much of detail, this is what i have right now, and I am unable to merge all my partitions back to single volume and restarted again with Boot Camp Assistant installing windows.

The Disk Util in El Captian doesn't allow me to merge those partitions and I am not very familiar with DiskUtil command to do it.

here is what i have right now


texts:
I would like to have quick preview of raw cr2 files on my mac. When I was Windows user I've used Irfan View. On a mac I've tried preview but it chokes multiple (200+) high-resolution cr2 files.

Can you recommend a program that would enable me to make quick selection of photos (eg. 4 photos out of 200). What would be smooth during browsing such large sets of large images?


texts: How do I use my iCloud email for texting?

texts: It seems that with my computer, I can only send emails from my  iCloud account, but I want to be able to text on my computer from my iCloud account. How do I do this?


texts: Mobile-Safari stopped asking me to update passwords

texts:
I use a wifi hotspot where, after I connect, I have to fill in my username and password in a loginscreen.
My username stays the same, but the password changes quite often.

Safari used to detect when I entered a different password, and offer me to update my saved password. Now not any more...

How do I enable this?


texts: Stop Acrobat Pro from opening docs with expanded windows

texts:
When I open a PDF file in Acrobat Pro DC (2015 Classic), it opens with a window the size of my 27" monitor. This is not very usable. I'd like to suppress this feature, which was not present on previous versions of Acrobat. Is there any way to disable it?

Architecture: x86_64
Build: 15.6.30174.187974
AGM: 4.30.64
CoolType: 5.14.5
JP2K: 1.2.2.36256


texts: How do I escape the git commit window from OS X terminal?

texts: I am just learning git and the terminal and I wanted to make a test commit but I cannot seem to be able to escape the text editor window to save the commit


texts: Why there is no "internal microphone" in my QuickTime player screen recoding audio source?

texts:
I have 3 macs, 2 of them are fine but one of it doesn't have the Internal Microphone recording option in Quick Time Player. Only the other 2 have.

How can I fix this?

The MacOS are all 10.14.3 Mojave and the Mac is Mid 2015. The other two are 2018 and 2017.


texts: MacOS Mojave Boot Camp: Your Disk Could Not Be Partitioned

texts:
Anyone got any ideas on how to fix this?

I have tried reinstalling Mojave, running First Aid, going into single user mode and typing in a command, probably everything I could find a tutorial on how to fix this issue. I just don't know what is going on, I don't care about what is making it do this, I just care about fixing it and that's all


texts: How can I record iPhone screen's activity?

texts: I want to record some activities of a particular app on my iPhone as video. That app was installed from Appstore. Is there any trick (free) that helps to record the iPhone's screen? Or can I run that app in my Xcode's simulator?


texts: What are the requisites for RAM in a MacBook?

texts:
I've just purchased my MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (it's not the retina model where RAM is fixed) and I'm considering more RAM. On the system information app, I found this info.

BANK 0/DIMM0: 2GB DDR3 1600 MHz OK
BANK 1/DIMM0: 2GB DDR3 1600 MHz OK

Will any RAM, DDR3, 1600MHz work or does the MacBbook have some other requirement to be compatible that isn't listed above?


texts: I'm trying to create a new apple ID. I live in the Netherlands but have a UK number. Every time I try to type in my number (with United Kingdom selected), it tells me "please choose an area code which matches the name of the country". My mobile phone doesn't have an area code. What do I type in this box? I've tried the first 2-3 digits of my phone number with and without +44 or 0044.


texts: Forcing `open` command to open unsigned app?

texts:
I've got my Security preferences set to allow apps downloaded from "Mac App Store and identified developers."  When I try to open an unsigned app:

open xyz.app

I see the following:

Usually, I right-click on the app and click "Open".  This brings up a similar dialogue, but this one includes an "open anyway"-type button:

Is there a way to do this only using the open command -- something like:

open --even-if-unsigned xyz.app


texts: Setting print size preset in AppleScript

texts:
I've been using Folder Actions to automate printing photos taken from OS X built-in Photo Booth software. The AppleScript I use is as follows:

on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
    try
        tell application "Canon iP2700 series"
            activate
            print added_items
            quit
        end tell
    end try
end adding folder items to

Is there anyway I can set the print job to use a preset size using AppleScript or maybe change the defaults so that AppleScript prints uses that size by default?

I've noticed that they use the size at:

System Preferences > Printers & Scanners > Default paper size

But I require the printer to print at 75x105mm which is not in any preset.


texts:
Using High Sierra with Axure 8.0.

When i go to "Applications" folder in Finder and press to open Axure.app twice, thrice.... It launches 2, 3, 4 and more instances of Axure.app, i think it's wrong behavior..

I expect following behavior:
if you click to open already running app it should focus on this running app instead of launching another instance of this running app..


texts: Can Spotlight show results for disconnected drives?

texts:
I have several external hard drives which I would like to search for files with Spotlight. They cannot be all connected at the same time.

How can I get Spotlight results for offline external hard drives ?


texts: What could trigger low *data* mode on a iPhone besides the manual switch?

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Something is enabling low data mode on wifi on my iPhone(s) from time to time. I usually only notice when I see apps not updating or when I install or want to update an app. It then asks "Are you sure because of xx MB?".
I use (automated) shortcuts in my daily life, but low data mode isn't even an option via shortcuts, only low power mode, which does not trigger low data mode switch inside the wifi profile. My shortcuts do control airplane mode and wifi switch, but I am at loss how any combo's of that could result in low data mode.
Qv1: Does anyone have any idea what could enable wifi low data mode (besides the manual switch inside a wifi profile)?
Additional remarks:

low data mode is also a switch somewhere under mobile data, this question is not about that switch; only the wifi variant.)
low power mode is not active when I encounter this state so the battery icon is green.

Additional remarks added after comments and time:

Wifi profiles are synced accross devices, iPhones and Macs. (Thanks jksoegaard.)
I disabled the checkbox 'Connect automatically...' for most Wifi networks inside the Mac settings because I do not want the Mac connecting to Wifi networks automatically. (It is connected via Cable.)
Due to unclear circumstances I had to uncheck all the checkboxes again, it seemed to have forgotten my preferences.
Later on, I encountered my phone in low data mode again.

The evolved question:
If there is a true causality, I don't know for sure; might be a coincidence. I can only guess on what caused the Mac (wifi) setting's amnesia, so I cannot reproduce it.
Qv2: Could you somehow unintentionally cause low data mode (inside wifi profiles) on your iPhone by changing settings on your Mac related to the same wifi profile?
(Low data mode does not exist on MacOS wifi profile as far as I know.)


texts: Can't rename/move file from an OS X application title bar anymore

texts:
I noticed this a while ago: I used to be able to click on the title bar of applications like Preview or TextEdit and rename or move the file opened at the moment. Now if I click on the title bar nothing happens.

Has this feature been removed in a recent update? Is there any way to reactivate it?


texts:
I previously had a DLink modem-router (DSL-2740B). I replaced it with a small ADSL D-Link modem and a TimeCapsule.
While I'm quite happy with it, the main and only criticism I could make is the loss I had in the Wifi coverage in my apartment.
When I had an almost full signal in my bedroom with the DLink, I can now barely connect.

I know that an Airport Extreme Base Station would be an option to extend the network but the distance from the TimeCapsule to the bedroom seems quite "normal" to me so that a single wifi emitter would be enough as it was before.
I plan anyway to put in my bedroom an Airport Extreme Base station to dispatch my music collection on my hifi system, but I'm afraid it wouldn't even reach the network.

Are there any tips and tricks?
In Airport Utility, the Transmit Power is already at 100%.
Are there any other parameters to check/tweak?

EDIT:

Here is the screenshot of iStumbler. My network is highlighted.


texts:
Starting yesterday I'm dealing with low internet speed on my Mac; my download rate is 40 KB/S at the max. while my default download rate is 100 KB/S. I shut down my mac and tried another two PCs; the speed is my default and browsing is normal and I didn't encounter any slowness in my connection. So, I figured that the problem is on my Mac whether there's an application running update in the background or the App store updating (but the app store contains no update).

I need your help to find a way to track my internet usage so I may be able to terminate the problem.


texts: Target Disc Mode from 2009 Mac mini to 2019 iMac

texts:
I need to transfer some large files from an Early 2009 Mac mini to a 2019 iMac.  The Mac mini has FireWire 800, Ethernet, and USB-1. The iMac has USB-C and USB-3 and Ethernet.

Is this the best way to do it? Is this string of dongles likely to work? Would you risk using Migration Assistant for this, or just transfer the files you need (mostly photos).

FireWire 800 cable --> Apple FireWire 800 to Thunderbolt adaptor --> Apple Thunderbolt to USB-C adaptor


texts: My mac mini is not getting the FullHD Resolution for my FULLHD LED

texts: I am having a LED with 1920*1080 resolution .I have connected my Mac mini using the Mini DisplayPort to VGA cable .I am only getting the 1280*1080 p.Why i am not getting FULLHD display


texts:
I used to playback Ogg Vorbis and FLAC files (in iTunes) with this QuickTime plugin: https://www.xiph.org/quicktime/

But this no longer seems to work in OS X 10.10 (probably also in 10.9, I don't have many Ogg files/FLAC files, so I use it not very often). Is there any possiblity to playback Ogg Vorbis/FLAC in iTunes? Using another player like VLC works of course...


texts: Dropbox files are syncing but Finder is not displaying them

texts:
I'm running Yosemite (and have been for a while) and suddenly new Dropbox files are not showing in Finder.  They are syncing properly, and I can see this in the Dropbox recently updated menu in the top bar, and also on Terminal if I cd to a folder and ls -l.  So they're there, they're just not showing up in Finder.

I recently update my work computer (so the place where the new files usually come from) to El Capitan.  However, the Mac which the new files are not displaying on is unchanged.  I'm assuming this is a coincidence, but it's maybe worth mentioning.


texts: I'm running DNS on a Mac Server V2.4. I want to log all DNS queries made - is there a way of doing this? TCPdump only shows me whats happening at a moment in time and is difficult to read, what other options do i have?


texts: Water spots on screen after liquid got in iPhone 6, fixable?

texts:
Issue: The ringer on/off switch on my iPhone 6 was stuck/gummed up so I sprayed it with contact cleaner. I didn't think liquid could get in through that opening, but I was extremely dumb. iPhone was off, waited overnight before powering on. Major waterspotting on screen. Rice trick got rid of most of it, but some spots remain. iPhone works 100%, except my battery life took a nose dive after, surely related. I'm about to replace the battery (which I've done before; iPhone is way past warranty).

While I'm in there replacing the battery, how do I also fix this waterspot issue?

I was thinking I might be able to wipe the liquid spots off with alcohol after reaching steps 37-41 in this iFixit guide: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPhone+6s+Front+Panel+Replacement/56283

Two pictures of current state here on GDrive. I could live with it:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OnUqyyuLHVz2ahBBqVt2TLEsM13_VhyH/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ahYU2YGUUUepffWd47mwV32_fmFd1Rtd/view?usp=sharing


texts: Where does OS X keep the FileVault password during reboots in an upgrade?

texts:
For security concerns, I wonder how it would be possible for an OS X upgrade (e.g. from Mavericks to El Capitan), to reboot my Mac multiple times without asking me for my FileVault 2 password?

I mean, the whole drive is encrypted and even an OS X installer would not know the password after a reboot. In spite of that, it reboots one or more times without asking me for my password.

Therefore I suspect that Apple stores my password somewhere, either on disk, in NVRAM, or online, at least during the upgrade process. If so, wouldn't this be a serious security concern?

Can anyone shed a bit of light on this? How does it work?


texts: Why am I getting a 31 character limit on file saves from Mail all of a sudden?

texts: Is this because I installed macOS Sierra from Yosemite a couple of months ago, it's on my B Mac so don't use it so much.


texts: Why can't I send/receive files in iChat?

texts: I'm trying to send a file to someone else via iChat, but it always fails. We're both using our Gmail accounts. Is it even possible with Gmail accounts? We also tried jabber accounts as well, but no luck. We both have Lion 10.7.2 and temporarily disabled the OS X firewall. Both our routers using NAT. By the way, video chats work (bad quality though) and iChat screen sharing works sometimes.


texts: How to Eject All External Partitions Quickly?

texts:
I have an external disk with two partitions on it that I keep plugged into my MacBook Pro when I'm at my desk. (One is for Time Machine, the other just for extra storage.) Sometimes I need to grab my laptop quickly and take it somewhere, but I have to change to a space where I can see the partitions on the desktop, lasso them, two-finger click, and select Eject. Is there a faster way under Mavericks, or do I have to set up an AppleScript like this one with a keyboard shortcut?

Note: I'm not looking to eject these only when I put my Mac to sleep (as explored here). Sometimes I'm on a screen-sharing telecon and I have to take my Mac away from my desk for a minute, if you know what I mean :-).


texts: Transplanting MacBook Air 11" logic board to a 13" one

texts:
I've got an 11" MacBook Air with a broken screen (big gaping hole due to mishandling). I've also have another 13" MacBook Air with a broken logic board (won't boot and the beeps seem to say "memory error"). What would be the challenges of transplanting the 11" logic board to the 13" one?

I suppose it the 11" logic board would be somewhat smaller, hence should fit to a 13" casing with some duct tapes. What else I need to know and how can I adapt those parts?


texts: How to avoid the GUI password prompt when using `osascript`?

texts:
I’d like to use the osascript shell command to run some AppleScript, but I’d rather avoid the GUI password prompt. Instead, I’d prefer to run the script as sudo from the command-line, so no GUI popups/prompts are needed.

The command is the following:

osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to set UI elements enabled to true'

Running this command has the same effect as going to System Preferences → Accessibility and checking Enable access for assistive devices.

If it doesn’t prompt for your password, try the opposite:

osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to set UI elements enabled to false'

For either one of these commands you’ll get a password prompt in the OS X GUI:

My question is: is there any way to avoid this password prompt?

I assumed invoking osascript with sudo privileges would do the trick, but alas — even in that case the GUI prompt is shown. :(

sudo osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to set UI elements enabled to true'

Is there a way around this?


texts:
I updated my Xcode to 7.1.1 (it said so in the Mac App Store).

When I click on "Open", Xcode 7.0.1 showed up instead of Xcode 7.1.1.

Do I need OSX El Capitan to run Xcode 7.1.1 ?

In the past, I had Xcode 7.1 Beta 2 installed, I wonder if that caused some files to be corrupted.

Seems like someone else had a similar problem here: Updated XCode to 7.0.1 via the app store but it still shows itself at 6.4 in the app and missing the new features

The answer there recommended deleting all copies of Xcode and reinstall from scratch.

I'll download OS X El Capitan to see if it fixes it before I decide to nuke Xcode to oblivion on my computer and redownload it all again

Update 1:

Updated my laptop to Mac OS X El Capitan but didn't fix it either. Xcode still start up as Xcode 7.0.1 =/

I guess it's time to nuke Xcode.


texts: How do I reset my iCloud credentials after entering an incorrect email address?

texts: While setting my new iPhone up I put in the incorrect e-mail by missing one letter. Now I can't get in to do anything! It won't let me reset as the email is wrong and it doesn't recognize my password.


texts: Internet browsing problems when the Mac is bound to a Microsoft server with Active Directory

texts:
I have set up Active Directory on my Mac and I can log in and authenticate fine to the server. When I try to browse the Internet, there is an error which says "The user could not be determined by the Single Sign-on agent". I believe the Internet is filtered through Bluecoat, so I was wondering how to browse the Internet as it's trying to request my Active Directory username but the browser is not picking it up.

I've had a look at the settings in Safari, but I just can't see anything about this.

I tried using Authoxy but I still can't browse or go to the app store. I have no problems with Active Directory as I can log in and can see all the other computers and servers.


texts: Can't seem to redirect input in Terminal

texts:
I'm having issues getting redirection to work in Terminal.  I'm in a C++ class where we have to create an application, then find that application in the Terminal and place a text file in the same folder. That text file then has to be used as the input to the Terminal application we created in C++.  So, after building my application and placing it and a .txt file in a folder, I open the Terminal, navigate to that directory, then use:

program < textfile

or more specifically in my case:

redirect < input.txt

but it doesn't work.  I keep getting: "-bash: redirect: command not found"

I'm using the method our teacher told us to use based on windows command line, but I'm betting its not the same format for Terminal on Mac. I've been googling the issue for about a week and still have not figured it out. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

EDIT:

Added a photo:

EDIT2:


texts: How to use keyboard shortcut ⌘ + [ on non-English Keyboard?

texts:
A MacOS application I use (Notion) employs keyboard shortcuts ⌘ + [ and ⌘ + ] as "Back" and "Forward" between pages.
However, I'm using a Swedish Keyboard, and I don't understand how to access these shortcuts.
On my Swedish keyboard, [ is given by ⌥ + (.
Literally pressing ⌘ + ⌥ + ( does not yield ⌘ + [.
NB: I am an owner of BetterTouchTool, and I tried some different tricks to create alternative keyboard shortcuts to do this, but I couldn't come up with a successful method. The application unfortunately doesn't provide App Menu options for the actions of going Back and Forward, so I can't bind shortcuts to App Menu options.


texts: How do I add locally hosted DNS server while preserving default LAN DNS

texts:
My question is very similar to How do I add custom DNS server and preserving default DNS of ISP in OS X Mountain Lion however I am looking to filter and resolve all dns requests via my resolver, so adding a domain specific file to /etc/resolver/ won't work, unless there's a way to target all domains (https://serverfault.com/a/164215/203355 seems interesting but doesn't seem to work in my testing).
I don't want to use a hard-coded public dns as the upstream dns for my local resolver because I have a dnat rule on my local network to redirect all dns traffic to my pihole, however when this rule is in use, the traffic appears to the pihole to be from the router and messes up my analytics.
My current setup is:
dnsmasq has resolv-file=/etc/resolv.conf in its config so that it uses the DHCP provided dns as its upstream (after doing filtering).
I have a file /etc/resolver/root which contains this:
nameserver 127.0.0.1
domain .
search_order 1000

scutil --dns lists my 127.0.0.1 resolver (as #8), the order value is the lowest in the list, though resolver #1 (from dhcp) does not have an order value.
resolver #1
  nameserver[0] : 10.0.1.204
  if_index : 11 (en10)
  flags    : Request A records, Request AAAA records
  reach    : 0x00020002 (Reachable,Directly Reachable Address)
[...]
resolver #8
  nameserver[0] : 127.0.0.1
  flags    : Request A records, Request AAAA records
  reach    : 0x00030002 (Reachable,Local Address,Directly Reachable Address)
  order    : 1000

I don't know if unbound can use the DHCP provided dns server as an upstream any easier than dnsmasq but I could switch if that would be easier. Otherwise I'm just trying to configure the macOS resolver system to prioritize my local resolver.


texts: How to run third-party iOS apps in OS X?

texts:
I have a lot of awesome iOS apps such as Procreate that I would I like to use in OSX. Currently, I am only able to run my own iOS apps in OSX through Xcode. I heard some rumours that thirdparty iOS apps may be possible in the future to work with OSX as Apple tries to integrate its ecosystem even closer to its own services -- yet I would like to get it now:

  How to get iOS apps working in OS X? Any sandbox using things such as Xcode for third-party apps?


texts: kernel_task Virtual Memory Size too high

texts:
I'm using MacBook Pro ("Core i7" 2.5 15" Mid-2015 (DG) 2.5 GHz Core i7 (I7-4870HQ) 16GB RAM) with MacOS Sierra 10.12.4 on it. After connecting a new LG 34UC98 Monitor I faced some heat problems and started investigations. First thing that was really strange for me is this:

As you can see the Virtual Memory Size is to way higher then the Real one.

Is this normal/expected behavior and how can I wipe/clear this and avoid such kind of memory load in the future?

PS: Attaching Statistics as well:


texts: Get out of OS upgrade installer on restart?

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The installer for 'El Capitan' stops and says

"File system verify or repair failed.
Quit the installer to restart your computer and try again."

It shows a "Restart" button. When I restart, it gets back to exactly the same place again.

How do I quit the installer so it doesn't start again upon boot?

I tried holding command-s on restart (from here), but that did nothing.

I do not have a recent system disk available.

Edit: I shut down completely. Let it stay powered off for 30 seconds. Restart holding down command-r (as noted here and in one answer below).  It chimes, goes through 3/4 of one progress bar, starts another progress bar, goes through half, then says "Install OS X" and looks exactly like the (failing) 'El Capitan' upgrade. It has ignored my command-r I believe. This page says "It's possible that you didn't press Command-R early enough.  Restart and try again." I think that is unlikely, since I held it down right from the start.

Edit 2: Restart has a menu, with "Disk Utilities", "Terminal", etc. When I try to quit the installer, it wants me to choose another startup disk. Once it didn't like "Macintosh HD" as a choice, but then on a second round it was fine.  When I try to repair the disk, I get "file system check exit code is 8", so I think the disk is hard to repair, (perhaps because it is mounted?).  I have an external drive, but it has the backup, so I don't know how to make it a bootable drive.  In /var/log/install.log there is "WARNING: 997: Failure to setup sound, err = -50", but I think that is not important.

The really weird thing is looking in /var/log/install.log it says (paraphrased without all the dates, etc. because I can't type it all):

The volume Macintosh HD appears to be OK.
File system check exit code is 0.
Repair completed successfully.
...
Attaching disk image /Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD 1/BaseSystem.dmg
Evaluating 1 disks
OS X Base System is a valid target.
...
Shrinking host partition and creating new recovery partition
...
Verifying file system.
Using live mode.
Performing live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
...
Checking volume bitmap.
The volume Macintosh HD could not be verified completely.
File system check exit code is 8.
Detaching Base System disk image.
Evaluating 1 disks.
..
Ensure recovery failed.
Operation: Ensure recovery system failed, Failure Reason: Error Domain=com.apple.DiskManagement Code=-69845 "File system verify or repair failed."

It makes it look like maybe the downloaded image is corrupted? But why would it have started the install if the image was corrupted? And why is it ignoring my command-r upon restart?

Edit 3: I managed to choose "Macintosh HD" as the boot drive, and boot back into the old system. It seems fine, but I still have no idea how to upgrade successfully.

Edit 4: I am upgrading from snow leopard, so a lot of these options won't work.  I appreciate everyone's help.  The answer to this question was, "Notice there is an installer menu.  Choose quit from the installer menu.  If it won't allow you to choose 'Macintosh HD', reboot a few times until it does."  If someone submits that, I'll accept it.