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I work for a small/medium size city and we want the garbage collectors to use an application on iPad during their collect to fill a little survey on what they collect.

Aside of this application, we want to use the iPad to monitor the geolocation of the trucks. (knowing the iPad will be fixed inside the truck)

We would like to be sure that the geolocation cannot be disabled by the driver and also to be able to monitor all its gelocation data remotely.

Is there a simple way to achieve that?

Edit:

Deploying a MDM server seems over our knowledge and capabilities right now. Is there a way to prevent a user from changing iPad settings like enabling/disabling geolocation? Maybe by using a password? There is some 3rd party apps like FollowMee and Save Location GPS. Is there a way to use such app and prevent a user to disable it?


texts: Is there a way to get Finder to remember all my tabs and reopen them after restarting?

texts: Just like with Terminal, I tend to have many Finder tabs open most of the time. Sometimes, I need to restart Finder and OneDrive (e.g., see https://superuser.com/questions/1546441/very-high-cpu-usage-for-distnoted-on-mac#:~:text=Distnoted%20is%20a%20system%20message,and%20is%20tied%20to%20finder.), and it is troublesome to reopen each Finder tab one by one. Terminal has a nice feature to remember all my tabs and even re-run the commands that were last run in each of them. Is there any way to do something similar with Finder?


texts: iMessage not Sending, New Text Icon not Disappearing, Conversations Deleted

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I'm having some really strange issues all of a sudden on my iPhone6 after updating to iOS 8.4.1.  It seems to only occur with one contact, who has an iPhone5 also with iOS 8.4.1.  Some problems are:

iMessages won't send, and immediately show 'Not Delivered'.  Sending as an SMS sometimes works.
The new text message icons, both the red "1" on the app icon and the blue dot in the app next to the contact's name, don't disappear when I open our conversation.  Moreover, it's there even when no new messages are visible.
Our conversations get deleted every time I restart my phone.  In fact, last time I restarted my phone, two separate conversations were shown with this same contact.  I attempted to send three iMessages, and in one conversation they each say 'not delivered' and in the second converation, only the second iMessage attempt is visible, and is still showing "sending" at the top, with the progess bar stuck at about 90%.

Apple support was no help.  Any thoughts?


texts: What is the s/mime encryption strength on iOS?

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I've set up S/MIME on my iPhone, but unlike other mail clients, I'm not given the option to select the hash or encryption algorithms. I assume iOS makes this decision for me.

Can anyone tell me what algorithms are used and what the key sizes are? It would be nice to know that the NSA are going to have a hard time to break into my Facebook notifications. :D


texts: How to disable the "Your trackpad is wirelessly connected to this Mac" notification?

texts:
So I have a 2019 Macbook Pro connected to a Caldigit TS3 Plus dock. Connected to that I have a Magic Trackpad 2 via USB cable (to charge it). It is a Bluetooth device. Every time I connected my MBP to this docking station I get this stupid notification:

And I can't for the life of me figure out how to disable this. There's no Bluetooth setting for the device. Clicking on "Settings" takes you to the Bluetooth System Preferences. There's nothing I can see under Notifications Systems Preferences that pertains to this.
Now I should also mention that I connect TWO different MBPs to this same docking station and it seems like only when I change laptops does this come up but I'm not 100% sure about that (as in, I'm not 100% certain it doesn't show up when I power the same laptop on or wake it up).
I'm actually shocked that a Google search for "Your trackpad is wirelessly connected to this Mac" (including quotes) has exactly 0 matches.


texts: How to save the sudo password in AppleScript?

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I need to use tell Terminal ... to do ... sudo ping ... and I need it to repeat in many windows. It asks for the sudo password every time. Is there any way I can ask the user for the password and then make AppleScript enter it every time the sudo password is required?

A correctly-formed ping packet is typically 56 Bytes in size. I need to send larger ping packets (65507 Bytes) which is only allowed as root.


texts: Is it possible to resize video in iMovie?

texts: I took a screen recording from my iPhone 5 and I want to convert its size from 640x1136 to 750x1134. For extra pixels I need black fill color. Is it possible in iMovie in OS X?


texts: Protecting the palm-rest area of a MBP with a non-permanent cover

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I have a new MacBook, and love using its keyboard. However, I fear that the area where I rest my palms will get dirty over time - a shame, considering how great the unibody aluminum looks!

The industry standard of protection solutions seems to be the Moshi PalmGuard. What I don't like about it is that it's permanent: you stick it onto the machine. It promises to come off without a trace, but I would still prefer a solution that I can put in place, and remove whenever I want.

Are there any solutions for this? I do not use the trackpad, so it could well cover the entire front area for my purposes.


texts: Pro.sparsebundele is in use. What is it?

texts:
I got this message when trying to back up my Macbook Pro using time machine:

  The disc image MAMA'S’s MacBook Pro.sparsebundle is in use, try ejecting the disc image.

How do i do it?


texts: What is "~/Fotos Library.photoslibrary/resources/media/master" used for?

texts:
Whenever I want to backup photos from a Photos Library I rely on copying all the contents of the folder ~/Fotos Library.photoslibrary/Masters.

However, I noticed that a lot of seemingly full-sized photos are stored in
~/Fotos Library.photoslibrary/resources/media/master with names as fullsizeoutput_XXX.jpeg.

What is this folder used for? Is it safe to get rid of those photos?


texts: What is this process, “usagetrackingagent”, and why is it showing under activity monitor on MacBook?  Does anyone with Mojave or a MacBook in general have this process under activity monitor.  I quit the process and it hasn’t come back but was interested why it showed up in the first place. Thank you


texts: Refreshed MacBook + BootCamp unable to boot restored Windows 7 partition

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I recently had my MacBook's HDD crap out on me. The OS X partition, in particular, quit working, but my Windows 7 partition was still in decent enough shape for me to grab an image. I got a replacement drive from Western Digital and restored the Win7 partition. I am able to see it from Mac OS X and am able to select it as a boot target with the Boot Disk tool, but when I reboot the machine, I get a gray screen for a few seconds and then a fully black one with simple white text reading "No bootable device -- insert boot disk and hit any key..."

Any ideas on what I need to do to get my Windows partition back up and running? I don't want to try a reinstall from the Win7 DVD (which I believe I've misplaced anyways) and Boot Camp Assistant doesn't offer any other alternative.


texts: Can I safely delete the Classic System folder when running Lion?

texts: I still have a folder called "System Folder" that belongs to the Classic environment. It takes up almost 400MB on my disk. Since I'm running Lion, can I safely delete the entire folder?


texts: identifying the network activity of a process - Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3

texts: Is there a way to identify the network activity for running processes ?  I'm seeing some unusual activity on my computer (late 2008 MacBook Pro )


texts: The iPhone home button is sometimes unresponsive. How can I fix it?

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I've noticed that my iPhone 4's home button does not work very well. Sometimes I have to press it multiple times, or press it very hard to get it to register a click. Sometimes it will detect a double-click even though I only press it once.

After several clicks, the button seems to loosen up and work fine for a while.  But the next time I take it out of my pocket, it will be flaky again.

The obvious solution is to take it in to the Genius Bar at the Apple Store and ask for repair/replacement. But there are a couple of problems with that:

The Apple Store is 90 minutes away, so I'd rather not make the trip unless I'm pretty sure I'll get a resolution.
Due to the "loosening" effect described above, I'm concerned that it will appear to be working just fine when I show it to the Genius.

So, does anyone else have experience with this problem? Did you get it fixed at the Apple Store, and if so, did it seem to be a common problem? Is there any way to fix it other than by taking it to the Apple Store?


texts: How do I do a diagonal-arrow keyboard shortcut?

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Occasionally, you see a keyboard shortcut for something in an app's menus that shows a diagonal-pointing arrow (one that points 45, 135, 225, or 315 degrees) rather than your standard up, right, down, or left arrow keys. Here's a screenshot of what I'm talking about:

How do I accomplish that key chord?


texts: MacBook 2020 constantly disconnects USB 2.0 devices

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The Problem
Since I got my new Macbook Air 2020 (with i5 Upgrade), I encounter a strange and annoying problem every day: The MacBook suddenly looses connection to my USB devices. Namely my external wired Logitech mouse and my Native Instruments Komplete Audio 6 audio device (both are not native USB 3, but USB 2 devices).
Under heavy load this can happen every 5 minutes. But usually this happens every other hour with normal usage.
Update June 19, 2020: By now many others are experiencing the same problem here, here and here. It seems to be a common problem across the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air line from 2020.
My Thoughts & What I Did So Far
First I thought it is correlated to the kernel_task issue, because CPU temps are always quite high (80 idle, 90 light web browsing, 100°C Full HD media playback) and the kernel task seemed to take quite a lot of cpu. After checking the activity monitor every time this happens, I'm not sure if this is the issue. Kernel task is fine 95% of the time.
Then I tried removing things 1 by 1 from the Macbook and testing with different hardware that works fine on all other Macs. No matter which adapter (Anker USB-C to USB-A, latest Apple Multiport Adapter) or mice (two different wired Logitech USB-A mice) I used, the issue still appeared.
In my default setup I use the latest Apple Multiport Adapter, plugged in with 30W power, FullHD HDMI Monitor and my wired usb-a Logitech mouse. The HDMI connection is always fine, while the USB connection drops. 2-3 times also the Macbook didn't charge anymore, though it was plugged in. But this might be a different issue, which only happened a few times in the last 3 weeks i have the machine.
Also quitting all tools (apart from a browser trying Brave or Safari) and uninstalling USB Overdrive did not change the situation.
I did a SMC Reset and a system diagnosis (no problems found). The official Apple support suggested trying safe mode, though almost every program is slow and rather unusable in that mode. So this is not a solution either. Although I just got the MacBook less than two months ago, i also reinstalled MacOS. Still the issue is the same. It got even worse, since after every unlock now the USB mouse is not responding. This was not the case before reinstalling MacOS.
I am still not sure if this is a hardware or a software problem. Though, I'm leaning to hardware since my other Macs with a very similar setup don't have this problem. It might be a driver issue with the new CPUs or a bug in MacOS Catalina that is specific to 2020 MacBooks.
Only Temporary Fix: Unplugging
The issue is temporarily fixed by unplugging the USB mouse from the Macbook, waiting for a few seconds, and then plugging it back in. Though this works only 50% of the time. If it doesn't work, I have to remove the whole USB-C Multiport Adapter and plug it back in. And in 10% of the time even this doesn't work immediately. Alternatively a system restart also helps. But this is of course not the solution if this happens 10-15 times a day.
Would love to hear your thoughts and possible solutions :)


texts: Why does my Wi-Fi network go down when my iPhone moves out of range?

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When I leave the house carrying my iPhone, our Wi-Fi network stops being available, and the people left in the house have to restart one of the access points to get back online.

We're using two Airports Express, connected to each other using WDS. The Wi-Fi network is using WEP encryption. My iPhone is an iPhone 4. The Wi-Fi network has three Macs and one PC connected to it.

What specifically happens is that the SSID for the network stops appearing in the list of available networks. The 'WDS relay' Airport Express starts showing the orange light. Restarting this Airport Express is enough to bring the Wi-Fi network back up.

I was skeptical when I was told this was happening, but we've tested it, and it is a reproducible problem. Once I get a certain distance from the house, the Wi-Fi network dies. It's so weird that I'm at a loss as to how to diagnose the root problem, so hopefully someone here has some inspiration or has encountered something similar before.


texts:
I read the answer by @grg to question “brew formula” installation logs:

  brew install <formula> 2>&1 | tee install.log

So where exactly is this install.log file going to end up, and what exactly the 2>&1 | tee part of the command mean?


texts: Why does iTunes continually reset the play count of select songs to zero?

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Many of the recent additions to my iTunes library, including songs that I have bought in the iTunes store and Amazon, keep having their play counts reset to zero. All are songs that I know I have listened to, and iTunes knows this as well; even though the play count has been reset, the "last played" field notes when I last listened to the song. This seemingly has only happened with songs I have added to my library after I installed iTunes Match.

One song in particular, for example, I purchased a week ago in the iTunes store. I listened to it 8 times and that play count appeared. A few days/syncs later, the play count was reset to 0. I listened to it a few more times, the play count then being 5, and after a few more days/syncs it was again reset to 0. The same thing happened again last night after I had listened to the song 5 times in a day (yes, the song is awesome).

I've turned off iTunes Match, and have yet to test to see if this is the real solution. Apple's forums don't seem to have any solid information on this, aside from people just griping that it is happening. Is there any information on why this is happening? Is there a way to override it? Is there a way to restore all my missed play counts?


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In (insert any other OS here), many context menus items have hot keys for fast access (which are shown by underlining the appropriate character).

Is there a way to get this working on Mac? There do seem to be keys that jump to certain items, but I can't figure out what they are.

Note that I don't want to set up millions of shortcuts because

Applications have standard menu navigations across platforms
There's hundreds of items that I use in different contexts


texts: Can't do in-app purchase in my new iPad Mini

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I just switched my old iPad to iPad Mini. When I'm on my old iPad, in-app purchases work fine, as well as with my iPhone 5 (they all use the same Apple ID).

How to make in-app purchases work on the iPad Mini?


texts: Where in iOS 8 do I customize the notification centre?

texts:
For some reason I cannot find Notification Centre section on my iPhone 6.

It's where you can set the today view to appear on lock screen, etc. I set it up a long time ago (probably in iOS 7), and I think there used to be a "Notification Centre" section in Settings. Now All I see is:

-Notifications (control notifications from apps)
-Control Centre
-Do Not Disturb

Where did it go? I searched online and tried to find it myself but it's taking too much time. Can anyone help?


texts: Hack to hide TeamViewer dock icon, issue with restarting app

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I don't like TeamViewer taking up space on the Dock. I followed this tutorial to hide the dock icon, leaving me with only a menubar icon, which works great. TeamViewer is set to start at login.

However, in a MacBook Pro with discrete graphics, when logging into another computer, TeamViewer forces a switch to discrete graphics, and even after logging out of said computer, it stays that way, which is of course awful for battery life.

I am forced to quit TeamViewer so I can go back to integrated graphics and decent battery life. However, if I try to launch TeamViewer again, it doesn't work -- I get a request to type my password to install a helper tool, and then nothing.

What should I do to simulate whatever procedure is performed during system boot that allows TeamViewer to start?


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I've transferred some VOB files to my iPad via FTP—I used UbiDisk, which stores the files in a “local” folder.

Anyway, now that I have the files on my iPad and I’m trying to play them with viPlay Lite, but I don't know how to find them.

Is there are a way to browse for files?


texts: How do I view the lifetime total from the Health app?

texts: Is it possible to see the lifetime totals (steps, distance, etc) from all data in the Health app? Perhaps with a third party app?


texts: Wrong Account Name with Certificate Authentication for VPN

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I installed a user certificate and the enterprise CA onto an iOS device (iOS11). The user certificate contains UPN (User Principal Name) in its alternative subject name. I then tried to set up an certificate-based IKEv2 VPN, but if failed connecting.

On the VPN server (Windows Server 2016 RRAS + NPS) I found the log saying that "NPS server denied access because the specific account name does not exist". The account name provided by the iOS device is its IP address, while in the certificate the UPN is someone@mydomain.com . The same certificate will work on Windows machine.

How to make iOS provide UPN as account name?


texts: I have a Mac mini and a Windows 7 laptop.  I want to control the Mac mini through my Windows laptop.  Is there any solution in a way that I don't have to hook up the Mac with a monitor, keyboard, and mouse every time I want to connect?


texts:
I did a clean install of El Capitan and would like to retrieve my Reminders from my Time Machine backup. Which files exactly do I need to restore?
I have read reminders are stored in ~/Library/Calendars, but restoring that folder does not recreate the Reminders and also makes my Calendar completely blank.
Where do I need to look?

Edit

I did find that reminders reside in ~/Library/Calendars/<UUID>.calendar/Events/<UUID2>.ics, but simply copying the entire ~/Library/Calendars and ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.reminders/ directories does not help.


texts: MacBook Pro can't output to Panasonic HDTV (P60GT30)?

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I have a new 15" MacBook Pro running Lion.  My client has a new 60" Panasonic (P60GT30) in their conference room.

They have a Windows laptop plugged in to the PC input, and it works fine.

However, when I try to connect like ...

MacBookProThunderboltPort -> Apple MiniDisplayPort-to-VGA dongle -> VGA cable -> TV's PC input

... the MacBook simply will not recognize the TV.

(Note: The TV actually has a little VGA-to-weirdPanasonicMiniConnector dongle that's needed to connect the TV; but Windows worked fine with it, why not the MacBook?)

Is there something I need to do for the MacBook to recognize and output to this TV?  Maybe a new driver or something?


texts: Teach Safari to ignore case if necessary when opening local html file

texts:
I'm using Safari to read the HTML documentation that came with something.  Many of the .html files contain links to others amongst themselves where the case of the URL does not match the name of the file.  For example, somefile.html contains

...

but the actual file is named anotherfile.html, all lower case.

The easy workaround is to edit the URL in Safari's address bar, fine for just once but gets tedious when I'm hopping around reading massive amounts of brain fodder.  A harder but once-only workaround is to edit the .html files by hand (or clever perl script or whatever), but I don't want to lose the fixes if I upgrade the thing or have to install it on another machine. (And I don't feel like doing such grunt work today.)

Is there a Safari extension or something that can make Safari try a little harder when opening files, to be case insensitive if it doesn't initially find an exact match?   This needs to work only for file: protocol.


texts: Delete font library without opening Font Book OR restore Font Book completely

texts:
This is driving me nuts. I created a Font Library or Font Collection (I don't even remember exactly anymore) in Font Book.
I was silly enough to add a very large amount of non-previously-installed fonts into such Library/Collection (around 1000 of them). It might also be relevant to add that all those fonts are stored in an external hard drive. So when I added all those fonts, my computer just froze.
Now, the problem, is that I cannot even start Font Book anymore. Whenever I try to launch it, my computer would just freeze. My guess is that it is trying to configure all the fonts but is unable to finish. I already tried leaving it on for several hours with the Font Book open, but it did not solve my problem.
I think that I should just delete the Library/Collection without launching the Font Book and restore its default settings during the process.
How can I achieve this? Has anyone encountered such problem before?


texts: Adding a directory to $PATH doesn't work in Yosemite

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I've tried to do it both ways:

1. I edited ~/.bash_profile like so:

$ cat ~/.bash_profile
export PATH="${PATH};~/bin"
$ $ ls -l ~/.bash_profile
-rw-r--r--  1 myuser  staff  202 Oct  1 16:57 /Users/myuser/.bash_profile

2. I edited /etc/paths like so:

$ cat /etc/paths
/usr/local/bin
/usr/bin
/bin
/usr/sbin
/sbin
/Users/myuser/bin

So now my path looks like this:

$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Users/myuser/bin;~/bin

But I still can't run the files I have in ~/bin:

$ ls -l ~/bin
total 8
-rwxr-xr-x  1 myuser  staff  38 Oct  1 13:44 dev
$ dev
bash: dev: command not found

I haven't restarted my Mac yet, but I opened a new terminal to do the above test. How can I get the files in ~/bin to work without having to type their full path?


texts: Why does Finder tell me Pixie is zero bytes in size, but takes up 406 KB?

texts:
Pixie, the additional Xcode app for magnifying pixels of the screen and finding their values, takes up 406 KB of space. Finder, however, says that it's zero bytes in size. In the below screenshot, you see that under Size it says "zero bytes", followed by "406 KB on disk". What does this discrepancy mean?

I have relaunched Finder, but the problem persists. Pixie is fully functional.


texts: Tons of mail windows opened because of no preferred outgoing server

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I don't use mail normally. So today when I open my app, this caught me by surprise

I selected one of the server and then close the mail window, but there are just so many to go through.

My questions:

1) The email are seemingly created based on some of my calendar events. Why they tried to send me emails?

2) How can I efficiently close all these windows in one go, instead of making a selection of outgoing server than close a mail window?

I have tried to quit the mail app from its context menu of the Dock, but it just forces one of the mail window to the foreground.


texts: Magnify entire dock instead of where the cursor is?

texts: Is it possible to magnify the entire dock when putting the cursor over it, instead of just magnifying where the cursor is? When putting the cursor over the dock, the whole dock would become the magnified size. If so, how?


texts: iPhone 6 location services only update location every 20 minutes or so

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I have an iPhone 6 (iOS 12.4.5) that struggles with finding its location. When it's not on WiFi, it:

Thinks I'm thousands of feet away from where I actually am
Has a giant "radius" where it thinks I could be in
Can only update my position about every 20 minutes, and still gets it wrong

Cellular data and location services are enabled, and this happens on every app. There doesn't seem to be a problem with cellular data; it can download things just fine. The device is a bit over 5 years old (Sept. 2014)

What I've tried:

Toggle Location Services
Toggle Airplane Mode
Soft- and Hard-Reboot iPhone
Uninstalled apps that I thought might be interfering
Reset my location settings
Reset my network settings

How can I get location services to work correctly again?


texts: How apps are organised in developer page in the App Store

texts:
If I publish multiple apps under a single developer account, are all of them shows under the developer page in the App Store?

Does app bundle has any impact on this?


texts: Is it possible to use a Mac Pro as four different PC's simultaneously using the multiple display output

texts:
Wondering if it would be possible to take the following Mac Pro...

Mac Pro 3.5GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon E5

Originally released December 2013

3.5GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon E5

16GB memory

1 TB PCIe-based flash storage

Dual AMD FirePro D700 graphics processors with 6GB of GDDR5 VRAM each

...and have it run 4 displays and use each display independently of the other - thinking of partitioning the drive into 4 250gb sectors and running 4 copies of Parallels and 4 copies of Windows (i.e. 4 Windows virtual machines).

Could they all run simultaneously?  Would you just need to do it off a single non partitioned disk?  If so - how to assign a copy of windows/paralells/mouse and keyboard to each monitor and be able to run and use them simultaneously?


texts: Convert .musiclibrary to .itl? (Migrating music library from Catalina to Windows 10)

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I recently had to make the switch to my Windows 10 machine and need a way to transfer my music library from my Mac to PC. Shift-click iTunes in Windows to choose a new library file doesn't work with .musiclibrary files, it only accepts .itl.
Reimporting every single song into the Windows iTunes is my last resort since my library is large and that would take a while. Any alternatives?
Thank you.


texts:
Are there issues while using a Smart Cover for the iPad 2 arising due to the fact that the cover only covers the front?

(Not a buying recommendation, just a question about a specific plausible issue with a peripheral.)


texts: Where are file permissions stored, when itunes backs up an ios system?

texts:
One of my ios backups seems to restore file permissions incorrectly (one of the files is restored as read only, or maybe under an incorrect user name).

Is there an easy way for me to fix this? Where are file permissions backed up to, when itunes backs up an ios device?


texts: Have TM treat a clean install as a new machine (keep the old backup)

texts:
I want to do the opposite of this question: Clean Lion install, keeping Time Machine history?

I backed up my computer, erased the disk, and made a clean install of Yosemite. I want to make sure that the old (Mavericks) backup never gets automatically erased; if there isn't enough space on the backup disk I want the backup to fail, not overwrite the old one. How can I be sure that it won't be deleted? Would it be safe to move the Mavericks backup out of Backups.backupdb? Ideally, I'd be able to treat it as a second machine. In the linked question com.apple.TimeMachine.MachineID.plist is mentioned; it would be nice to generate a new one.


texts: How can I keep restore for apps in Lion without having session restore when I log in?

texts:
I want to have my apps start with their previous state (windows/tabs/documents), but I do not want to have all the apps I was running before logging out/rebooting/shutting down restart automatically. I see the option:

System Preferences -> General -> Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps

but I want to have the apps keep their state. I tend to open a lot of apps over time and I don't want to put the load on the system or wait while all those apps start when I log in. It may be that Lion cheats and the apps are only really loaded on demand, so there is not the overhead I'm worried about, but the one restart I've done since installing Lion seems to indicate otherwise.


texts: Mac OS X 10.8.4 cacerts default password

texts:
Yesterday I upgraded my Mac to Mac OS X 10.8.4, along with it came an update of the Java JRE (version 1.6.0_45). I want to add a certain CA to the list of trusted CAs by issuing

sudo keytool -keystore /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home/lib/security/cacerts -alias mycertificate -import -file the-ca-certificate.der

I am prompted to enter the keystore password. Until the day before yesterday the default keystore password was "changeit", but now "changeit" won't work anymore. I tried to find information about the changed default password with google, but no success.

Does someone of you know the new default password for the system wide Java keystore on Mac OS X 10.8.4 with Java 1.6.0_45?


texts: Don't receive email notifications on iOS devices using IMAP folders

texts:
While using my iCloud account to receive emails, i've structured it to filter the content down to an organized fashion according to my liking.

So lets say I have :

Inbox
VIP
Drafts
Sent
Archive
Trash

All those are set up normally, and when using a native app like Apples Mail, this all populates properly.

Now I've gone and created numerous folders with rules in iCloud.com so all my devices sync to these folders instead of me having to manually do it for every device/mac.

For example I have:

Folders    +
   Family
   Friends
   Coworkers

The rules i have set from iCloud.com for those folders are pretty straight forward, i.e., "Move messages from example-person@gmail.com to Family folder" etc etc

This all works as it should. No issues there. But I don't receive any new email nofications, and its certainly not pushed to my phone when they are sorted to these folders. The only way I know if I received anything is I have to click on the specific account in the iOS mail app, then navigate to each folder for them to update. I don't get banner alerts, or badges/sounds. I have to manually check for new messages for each folder in iCloud.

I've verified my 'Fetch New Data' setting was set to Push for all accounts as I want my emails immediately and it is set to so. I've also selected the sub folders in the said iCloud account, and ensured they are selected for Push as well, and they are. Still no notifications or badges.

Any suggestions for course of action?


texts:
I've had this infuriating problem for quite some time now, where I can't empty my Trash. More specifically, every time I empty it, there's a folder called temp(1) that keeps reappearing in there after a while. I managed to determine this folder comes from iCloud (specifically the .trash folder under the iCloud library folder). I have no idea how all that information got in there (I had no idea iCloud has its own trash folder), but it's been there for a while apparently.

I've tried everything I could think of to remedy this:

delete the .trash folder from the console
rename it
move it to other iCloud tracked folder (like Desktop)
delete it using the iCloud web interface
delete it from my iPhone

No matter what I do, it keeps reappearing. It's driving me insane. My guess is that there's some server side error and the iCloud storage server can't remove this folder, so that's why it keeps getting resurrected. Any idea what I can do in this case?


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On Mojave macOS, Finder here says that I am using 72 gigs of space.

But when I open my HD it all adds up to about 42 gigs. Which is size of the system folder as shown in About This Mac, however, here the system folder holds 10 gigs.

Here's what it shows when I press manage in about this mac> storage.

So how should I fix this? I don't even have 72 gigs worth of stuff on my mac to begin with. Time machine has also been disabled so there are no time machine backups at the moment.


texts: Headphones unexpectedly stopped working?

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Recently, my Macbook Air (Mac OS Sierra) ran out of batteries. When I tried to turn it on, the screen was all black so I shut it off. When I turn it back on, the headphones don't work. I've tried to open Audio MIDI Setup, but it shows this:

As you can see, the boxes are unchecked when the volume is up, but they are checked when the volume is muted. Either way, I cannot hear anything through the headphones.

P.S.-- I've tried this before, but I don't remember what I did.


texts: Safari extension to get rid of Google redirect links in search results?

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I'm looking for a Safari extension that can rewrite the google search results so that it gives you the direct URLs rather than the long jumbled redirect links that often pop up.

If you're wondering what I'm talking about, Google often (but not always) gives you the results with redirect URLs like this:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBgQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fextensions.apple.com%2F&ei=56lZTvqqCNP-sQKKzoGZDA&usg=AFQjCNG8RJkKTqQOF1SSdxFTGI4J6iArug
which make it a pain when trying to share/copy&paste a link, not to mention whatever additional tracking nonsense goes on behind the scenes.

It's definitely possible, as there seem to be some Greasemonkey scripts available for Firefox, but I haven't been able to find any Safari extensions that do this so far.


texts: creating a resident workflow with automator

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I currently have a simple workflow that gets the contents of the clipboard and creates a new text file from those contents on the desktop.

problem is, i have to run the workflow everytime i need my clipboard dumped in the text file

is there any way i could create a workflow/application/service using automator that runs in the background and dumps the contents of the clipboard into the text file everytime the contents of the clipboard change?

alternatively, is there any app that would accomplish the same?


texts: Lost one side of AirPods, buy another side to complete the pair

texts: I lost my left AirPod. Can I buy a right AirPod (used) and pair it with my left one?


texts:
I have 2 folders that I need to merge.

Inside each folder are subfolders. In about 50% of the cases these subfolders exist in both parent folders.

E.g.

 FOLDER 1 | FOLDER 2
  ---------------------
    SUB 1 | SUB 1

    SUB 2 | SUB 2

    SUB 3 | SUB 3

Although the subfolders have the same names, they do not include the same data and I would like these to be merged. It's not a case of one overwriting the other they actually need to be merged as each contains unique data.

Is that possible in Mac OS X 10.10? I also have access to the same folder via Dropbox on other machines running Mac OS X 10.11 and macOS 10.13.


texts: How do you reset access permission for Apple Configurator 2 on a Mac mini?

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I am trying to install my app as an .ipa file on an iPhone device attached to my Mac mini. I used Apple Configurator 2 menu Actions > Add > Apps..., then selected the button Choose from my Mac.... The first time I browsed to my desktop, selected the .ipa file, then clicked Add.

I was asked to provide permission to access the drive and I clicked the wrong button, denying permission. It provided an error message and canceled the operation. Now every time I try to add the file, I get this error message.

An unexpected error has occurred with "iPhone name".
The operation couldn't be completed. Operation not permitted. [NSPOSIXDomainError - 0x1 (1)]

The only option is Stop, which causes the operation to be canceled. Since the Apple Configurator 2 app does not ask for permission again, I can't approve.

Is there a way to reset permissions for this app without affecting the other apps and settings on this Mac?


texts:
I have a question about what should be located in the EFI partition of my macbook. A couple of years ago I dual booted ubuntu with reFind, however recently I erased my main partition to clean up my mac. Now I would like to dual boot arch also using reFind, so I mounted my EFI partition and found this:

BOOTLOG
BOOTLOG.OLD
screenshot__001.bmp
screenshot__002.bmp
EFI/
    APPLE/
        CACHES/
            CAFEBEEF/
                (empty)
        EXTENSIONS/
            Firmware.scap
        FIRMWARE/
            MBP91_00D3_B0D_LOCKED.scap
    Ubuntu/
    tools/
        gptsync_x64.efi
    reFind/

So I deleted the ubuntu and reFind directories since I want to start with a fresh install of reFind. My question is were the files contained in the APPLE and tools directories created from the old reFind install, in which case I can delete them, or are they integral to the standard mac boot process (so I shouldn't mess with them)?


texts: Unable to connect display(s) to MBP 13'' Mid 2014 via Tunderbolt / mini DisplayPort

texts:
Okay, so I've spent almost the entire last day on this problem, and I've googled the crap out of it, I hope someone here can help me.

First off: Yes, I've cleared the NVRAM/PRAM several times and I've reset the SMC more than once too.

I have a setup with two displays on my desk that are connected to my desktop PC. I sometimes used one of those displays with my MBP via HDMI. A couple of days ago, I've decided to use both of those with my MBP and an external keyboard/mouse just to have a more tidy experience on my desk.

So I got two DisplayPort to HDMI cables to realise this extravagant folly.

Now, when I plug either of them in, nothing happens.

The (internal) display will flicker for a second, but the external displays are not detected. Neither via the old "hold option and click detect displays in Preferences->Displays" nor via "put Mac to sleep and wake it up". I've cleared the NVRAM and reset the SMC several times. I've booted up in safe mode and tried it. No dice. They don't show up in the system information box either.

To be clear, I'm not trying to connect both displays at this time. Neither of them works with neither cable.

The cables are not faulty, as I've tried both cables and both monitors with my MacBook Air Mid 2011, and they work just fine in all possible combinations.

Both displays work just fine with the MBP directly via an HDMI cable or with my mini DisplayPort->VGA adapter.

So, surely, it must be some software issue.

Now, I've tried to use one of those hellish cables to connect my MBP to my TV, and --voila-- it worked. So my MBP is indeed capable of using those cables.

So, I've ruled out

a) the cables

b) the displays

and c) the notebook as a source for my woes.

Neither is it the combination of a & b (works with MB Air), a & c (works with TV), or b & c (works via HDMI and mDP->VGA).

What am I missing?

Here's the displays, sorry for not including them in the original post:

BenQ XL2411
Samsung SyncMaster P2770

The TV that for some reason works with the cables and the MacBook is a Panasonic TX-32ASW504. I'll try and go around town and plug my Macbook into other people's HDMI to test out other displays.

I'm running macOS Sierra 10.12.2 on a MacBook Pro Retina 13'' Mid 2014.


texts: In iPhone Configuration Utility error while exporting Configuration Profile

texts:
I create a Configuration Profile for VPN in iPhone Configuration Utility but when i try to export that profile i get error on console

*** -[__NSPlaceHolderArray initWithObjects:count:]: attempt to insert nil object from object[0]


texts:
In Google Docs there is a nice Paste Special > Paste Format Only funtion; is there anything like this in Mac OS X?

If not by default, is there a way to get this?


texts: Can I configure the same gestures on Magic Mouse as Trackup?

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Is it possible to configure a Magic Mouse to have identical gestures to the trackpad?

The similarity of both a trackpad and magic mouse, but having the gestures not be the same, is very confusing. Two finger scroll? Pinch to zoom? Three finger mission control? Can I get all of these on the Magic Mouse?


texts: Mac Mini can't unmount disk in Recovery Mode

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I need to wipe my Mac Mini and reinstall OS X. Booting into recovery mode (holding command+option+R), I try to erase the disk in Disk Utility but it says it cannot unmount the disk or gets stuck on "Unmounting disk" with an infinite loading progress bar.

I have also tried booting into the recovery partition by holding down option at launch, but the same applies.


texts: What does ⌛ Preview Hidden in macOS Messages app mean?

texts:
One of my contacts with whom I exchange iMessages, has started showing ⌛ Preview Hidden in the macOS Messages app just below their name.

Interestingly, this is not shown in the Messages app on my iPad and iPhone, just the Mac. Also, I have not enabled Hide Alerts for the said contact. I am able to communicate with them normally, and I also receive the notifications for any messages that they send.

My questions are:

What does ⌛ Preview Hidden mean?
What causes it to get enabled?
How to remove/disable it?
Does it apply to all the devices linked to my Apple ID and where Messages are enabled?

I use Messages in iCloud, and I am running current up-to-date version of OS on all the devices that I use (macOS Catalina 10.15.4 (19E287) on Mac and iOS/iPadOS 13.4.1 on iPhones/iPads).


texts:
To get internet in my school I have to use the schools http proxy server. So I configured my network preferences to use the proxy. But nearly no program seems to accept that configuration and use the proxy. In Firefox I can help myself with setting FF itself to a proxy connection. But what do I do with all my other programs? Why don't they use the proxy I already set up?
I set the following proxy configuration:

FTP, Web, Secure Web, Streaming, SOCKS, Gopher are all set to proxy.domain.td with port 8080 and Automatic is not set. The proxy doesn't need a user or password and I didn't set one.

What did I forget to set up?


texts: How do I get rid of my encrypted iPhone backups to start from scratch?

texts:
Is there a way I can delete all my encrypted iPhone backups for which I forgot the password, so that I can start backing up from fresh?

At the moment I'm stuck in this loop (below) which I can't seem to exit


texts: How do I access the files in a deleted user account?

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/Users/Abby is the home folder of a user account that has been deleted. Check out the screenshot:

While logged in as work (which is no longer an account I use for work, but I can't be bothered to change the name of the home folder), the files in /Users/Abby are do-not-enter.

I want to get into them to see if I've left any stuff behind, but I can't log in as Abby (since the user has been deleted).

While we're here, I'm not completely sure how I managed to delete this user account without deleting its home folder (or putting its home folder in a Deleted Users folder). This all seems... quite odd.

I did all this user deletin' and messin' around in Lion and have since upgraded to Mountain Lion.


texts: Synchronise/Merge MP3 collections without duplication or huge copies

texts:
I have one drive containing about 90GB of MP3s which is used at home, it serves three Squeezebox players though the Slimserver software running on one of the desktop Macs.

I have a separate firewire drive containing about the same amount of music which I am very slowly cleaning up with Song Genie and I've finished the process of getting all the covers in better than 300x300 using CoverScout. Good tools if you are prepared to work more or less manually, they can come up with some pretty strange suggestions for covers & tag info at times. All this is from CDs I have in storage and I've even scanned some of the covers I couldn't find online. It's a long-term project and one day I want to know all of it is perfect.

Some of the music on the home collection isn't on my firewire drive, and vice versa. If I copy all of the firewire contents over the home collection that would probably work. However I'd really like to know what music is in the home collection that I haven't got because there's no way I'm copying un-tagged un-covered music over my fixed versions.

I could copy all the firewire drive MP3s over the home drive, then call the home drive contents the new cleanest and completest version but copy 90GB twice seems like a waste of time and there must be a clever way to do it?


texts:
I am looking at options for a 2nd hard drive (SSD is primary) for my 15" MBP 2011, i initially was going with a 750gb 5400rpm drive but i'm thinking about either of the following 7200rpm  drives.

1) Western Digital Scorpio Black WD7500BPKT

2) Seagate Momentus ST9750420AS

I will be running lots of Virtual Machines so i'm thinking the faster drive would be a better fit.

Are there any concerns with noise/vibration/battery drain with either of these faster drives ?


texts: Is it possible to schedule send an email using the default Mail OS app?

texts: Most of the questions here are asked for the OS 2016 and before. It's 2020 now, are there any methods to schedule an email using the default mail app?


texts:
I listen to a lot of podcasts and would like to be able to set a timer so that they automatically stop playing after a set period of time. I guess a 'sleep 'timer' function is what I’m looking for but I can’t find anything like this option in the podcasts app.

I’ve tapped and 3D Touched everywhere that I can think of and see lots of other options, like download, delete, save, play next, share episode, skip 15s, playback speed, subscribe, unsubscribe, settings. If I tap in Settings it’s all about subscriptions and how to deal with episodes. No sleep settings or timers to be found anywhere.

My questions are:

Does the Podcasts app support some sort of sleep timer function?
If yes, how do I use it?

I’m on an iPhone running iOS 11.4.1.


texts: Working Quick Look Plugins For Mountain Lion

texts:
Trying to find reliable info on working quicklook plugins for Mountain Lion.

I'd like to at least find working ones for colour code syntax highlight in source code previews, and preview plain text files like "README" without a file extension.


texts: I have an early 2009 Mac Pro and a FireWire audio interface that I haven't used in a couple of years. I just plugged it in to the Mac and nothing happens. The device doesn't get power, and even if I connect external power to the device the system still doesn't see it. I found an article online that said to try resetting the NVRAM. I did that but the problem still exists. This is the only FireWire device I have and I only have one cable, so I don't have a way of seeing if the problem is the device or the cable. Does anyone have any ideas about how to track down the problem? Is there some way I can see if the FireWire ports are functioning without a device? (I did try all 4 ports.)


texts: Cannot launch system with no battery icon

texts:
I use a 2017 12" MacBook. It suddenly shut out due to lack of battery. Then I recharged it still does not start with the no battery icon.

The battery should be 100% as I plugged it for a day and prior to yesterday it worked without any problems.

How can I start it again? Is this hardware issue? Or does bringing to Apple Store is the only option here?


texts:
Are there similar shorcuts to navigating to locations that you have saved.  I noticed "Go Home" works if you have home programmed into contacts but nothing else.  School used to work not anymore.

Similar android question https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/172333/ok-google-go-to-blank


texts: Desktop wallpapers disappear when switch from dual displays to single

texts:
I started bringing my 2011 MacBook Air to work and hook it up to an external monitor for dual display setup. But when I unplug the display, the desktop wallpapers on the built-in LCD disappears and just show a solid light gray desktop. I have to log out and log back in to get the desktop wallpapers to show again. Is there a way to fix this?

Many apps also still behave as they were on the external monitor. Do I have to use "gather windows" every time I disconnect the external monitor?


texts: Is there any way I could download a iphone app to my mac book pro?

texts: I want to be a able to download the amino app to my macbook but it has not been made to be able to do that but I would like to know if I could in some way


texts: Time Machine Backup accidentally unplugged, can't repair

texts:
I accidentally removed my Time Machine backup without ejecting. It didn't show up in Finder after I plugged it back in and Disk Utility cannot repair it. Disk Utility recommends reformatting the disk, but I want to make sure I'm doing it right. I don't really care about restoring the files because they are just old backups of my stuff (I only need a backup that works!)

In Disk Utility, I have a listing called "750.12 GB WD My Passport" and under that, I have a partition called "My Passport". I tried to Erase the "My Passport" partition, but Disk Utility couldn't find it. So now do I try to erase everything under the 750.12 GB WD My Passport option?

I'm pretty confident that the drive is not dying because it happened after I removed it without ejecting.


texts: Terminal > Window shows all tabs (High Sierra)

texts:
I use lots of terminal tabs : I have 3 main 'groups' of terminals, with different profiles to allow me to know whether they are ssh's into remote servers (and then live or uat etc), as well as local terminals.

In older versions of OSX the 'windows' menu would show one entry per 'window' (i.e. 4 entries), with the name being the currently active in that window. Now it seems that the windows menu shows an entry 'per tab' thats open, i.e. for 4 windows with 4 tabs each, 16 entries.

It makes finding the right tab much harder: the question is, is this a configurable to put it back to the previous way? I looked in preferences and couldn't find, and my google-fu was poor.


texts:
I followed the guidelines here by doing the following:

1) Delete the GarageBand app from the Applications folder

2) Check the ~/Library folder for these files:

/Library/Application Support/GarageBand/
/Library/Application Support/Logic/
/Library/Audio/Apple Loops/

None of which were on my computer.

My Storage still shows 2.6G is being used by Music Creation. How can I get rid of this?


texts: What is the easy way to get my wireless access point IP in OS Catalina

texts: In the older versions of OSX it was possible to get your wireless AP IP address by pressing the option key and clicking the networking button on the top bar, they seem to of removed the AP IP from the displayed info since. What is the new on-the-fly method in the new OS Catalina?


texts: Code Signing of App with bundled JDK7 on Mavericks 10.9.1

texts:
I have a Java 7 application which I turn into a MacOS App following the instructions on http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/jweb/packagingAppsForMac.html.

This is no longer working. The signing still works (I use a "Mac Developer" certificate) and codesign verification claims everything is fine. spctl on my machine or trying to run the application on someone else's machine however results in rejection. (spctl only says "rejected" no further information even on verbose 4)

I tried adding --deep and --force to the code signing, but this did not solve the problem.

I also tried additionally signing the JDK plugin inside the App, but it did not help.

How does the process on the Oracle page above have to be adapted to work on 10.9?


texts: How do I close all open tabs in Chrome browser for the iPad?

texts:
Is there a shortcut for closing all the open tabs in Chrome browser on an iPad?  Last time I checked, which has been a few years now, this function was available on the iPhone, but not on an iPad.

Is this still true?  If so, why is it still missing after so many years?  I can't imagine a technical obstacle to implementing this feature.


texts: Is there away to see the internal process of a software?

texts:
I would like to be able to see/monitor how a software "works" once it's running. For example I would like to see what happens internally when you click on a button, or any other interaction within an app. I tried using Instruments (xcode), but Instruments only let me select an application that's already running. Which means I always miss the initial process of when the application starts running.

I am not looking for resource usage, just trying to understand how the internal files work.


texts:
I am looking for a file browser for Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) with as many following features as possible (approximately ordered by descending importance):

has a treeview along with the main pane
automatically synchronize treeview with main pane
editable address bar
pressing ENTER or mouse single left click on a folder/file opens it
display file extension
tabs
can display a folder's content as a detailed list
bookmark / favorite
can display hidden files
a decent search feature
automatically expand tree node on selection
still maintained

Macintosh Explorer (free) is the best I have found so far: it fits all requirements except that it is no longer maintained, does not automatically expand tree node on selection, pressing ENTER or mouse single left click on a folder/file does not open it.

MagicanFile (free) is another great option: it fits all requirements except that but it doesn't have tabs, It doesn't have bookmarks, pressing ENTER or mouse single left click on a folder/file does not open it, and the last update was Jun 29, 2011.

Is there any other great option? I am basically looking for an equivalent of  Explorer++ (Windows).


texts:
Are iCloud backups encrypted, both when transmitted and stored?
Is it possible for someone at Apple to access any backup made to the data enter?

I have heard that when apps have been pulled from the app store they have also been removed iCloud backups, so if they can be modified by apple then surely they aren't stored securely?

I have a lot of my passwords for websites and apps saved, so I assume these are stored in the backups as well?


texts:
I've got my mac mini hooked up as a media centre - using Plex - and it's great!

I control everything with a Logitech Harmony One.

One thing I've wanted to get going is Skype on the TV.  I have a webcam I can hook up to the Mac Mini, however the Mac version of skype does not seem to contain a 'couch mode' that can be controlled via a remote.

Is there any way to install Skype on my Mac Mini, and make it easy to use with a remote?


texts: Background Backup App – Mac to Remote Server

texts:
I am looking an app for my Mac that can backup in the background (such as Backblaze or CrashPlan) that will backup over FTP, SFTP, rsync, or scp (I'm using DreamHost's 50GB of personal backups). Preferably this application would be free, but I would be willing to pay a bit of money.

It would be nice if it could encrypt the backups before sending them as well.

EDIT: Command line solutions are fine as well.


texts: Section Tab Missing on Document Tool Bar

texts: I want to change the starting page number in a Pages document but I don't (seem to) have the Section tab on the Document side tool bar.  How do I get it bacK?


texts: External Hard Disk Problem - doesn't mount / can't first aid / can't erase using disk utility

texts:
I run MacOS Sierra 10.12.4 and struggling with my external 3.5 Data HDD not mounting after a short circuit in the Hard disk casing. I have purchased a new casing and have seen that the volume / partition still exists, but it is not mounting to the Mac. I had used Disk Drill data recovery and I can see that the partition exists and the data can be recovered.

The problem is:

I am unable to mount the HDD using disk utility as the mount is greyed out. I can see two volumes / partitions but the mount option inside each of them doesn't work.
I am unable to do First Aid on both the disk and the two partitions. The error is enclosed.

I am not even able to erase the partitions or the disk. It gives the error shown on the screen - "Mediakit reports not enough space on device for requested operation."


texts: How to determine if an NVMe SSD is compatible with High Sierra?

texts:
I have learned that macOS High Sierra has built-in drivers for NVMe SSD. It's my understanding that one still cannot boot from NVMe drives in a Mac Pro, unless one takes additional steps.

However, I am interested in having an NVMe to store and run virtual machine images on my Mac Pro as a second drive. My primary drive is an AHCI SSD.

What features and specs should I be looking for to get the fastest most compatible NVMe SSD? Is there anything I should avoid or will most popular  NVMe SSDs work with High Sierra?


texts: Changing the horizontal scroll speed on a corded Apple mouse

texts:
I have the latest MacBook Pro running the latest version of OS X and I am using the corded mouse.

The horizontal scroll speed using the mouse wheel is dead slow. The vertical scroll speed is OK for scrolling regular websites, etc., but when I try to scroll something like a Trello board, the horizontal scroll speed is unbearable and I have to tilt the mouse wheel multiple times to get from one card to the other.

Is there a way to increase the horizontal scroll speed, or am I stuck with a single speed for both axes?

Hacking system files or config files is OK with me if that's what it takes!


texts: Pencil by FiftyThree – Work with Apple Notes.app in iOS 9?

texts:
Does the Pencil by FiftyThree work with the new drawing features in Apple’s Notes app in iOS 9?

Apple Notes app is not listed on their list of compatible apps.

The vendor offers a software development kit (SDK) for apps to integrate Pencil functionality. That suggests apps not using that SDK will not work with Pencil.


texts: Is it possible to watch mp4s on an iPod Nano 6th Gen?

texts: I have tried to upload .mp4s to my iPod before, but all it would do is show a screenshot of the video and play the audio. Is there a way to actually watch the video and have the audio play as well?


texts: safari sometimes can't load sites or sometimes it loads sites without css

texts:
I am a software developer experiencing strange errors with safari.

Sometimes safari loads some of the github.com pages without styles. The same happens with my heroku dashboard: https://dashboard.heroku.com/apps. But only sometimes.

With heroku I had much more stange errors:
'Safari can't load the url: heroku.com '

In chrome these errors never happen...
I tried to load these pages in chrome immediately when I observed the error and for my biggest surprise in chrome everything was working. (I have fiber optic huge bandwidth internet so this is a very strange question.)

Any idea is welcome.


texts: Does the macOS installer use the execution environment's during the first phase of the installation process?

texts:
I am setting up several iMacs which have different hardware configurations.  I would like to temporarily connect the iMacs target drive externally on my main machine and perform the initial install on it. Once the first phase is complete, I would like to install the drive back in the iMac and allow the installer to finish the second phase of the installation (after the first reboot).

I presume the first phase of the installer only copies the installation file, but the second phase performs the actual configuration of the operating system. I fear High Sierra might perform use my main machine's configuration during the first phase of the installation.

In other words, does the Macintosh use the execution environment during the first phase of the installation?


texts: Combine sound such as MP3 to video MOV in OS X?

texts: I need to combine a movie without sounds and a MP3 file. How can I do it in OS X? I have Adobe After Effects but it is not at all intuitive to use -- or better I need to find some button to render the sounds with the movie but now no time -- is there some easy fast-to-use software for OS X to combine sounds and videos?


texts: Method of searching any application installed or any file related to that on Macbook?

texts:
Recently I installed LogMeIn app, and installation was done properly. There was no icon of app was made. I am searching but I am not getting the file or app related information in the system file. I am not sure whether it is Hidden or not. Or it got uninstalled automatically. Now, What I want is, how can I search my entire Macbook which looks into all files either hidden or not hidden, and tells me whether there is any file related to that app or not with complete surety.

Note: I did search about this app on internet and people are saying that it is hard to locate the files of this app and it is hard to delete and does not show up in normal search, even I tried their methods but it is not helping. So first I want to make sure that whether that app is there or not.


texts: Applescript to send autoresponder to specific group members ONCE

texts:
Can anyone help me build an autoresponder that resembles the following?
Conditions

When email is received by senders within a specified group (i.e. those with emails containing "@gmail.com)
Send date is between 2/26 and 2/28

Triggers

Send reply message "{{lorem mipsum etc}}" ONCE per sender

I have a rule set up right now that is sending a custom reply based on email matching conditions, but haven't been able to figure out how to make it only work within a specified date range, and only once per user.
For the rule currently set up, I'm unsure if it's actually sending the replies as none of the autoresponders appear in my Sent box. FYI I am using Apple Mail with my gmail account.
Your help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.


texts: Has anyone successfully installed reFind after installing high sierra? I have been attempting to install reFind since I need an ubuntu machine. My current issue has been that I apparently have SIP and that is messing up the installation. Has anyone found a way to bypass this issue?


texts: Merging screen recordings without resampling

texts:
cmd+shift+5 is incredible for screen recording!
Splitting a screen recording without resampling the video is easy with quicktime - Edit/Trim the first part and save, then reopen the original recording, Edit/Trim the second part and save. These save super-fast, a testament to simply being copied rather than resampled.
But what if I'd like to merge (concatenate) two screen recordings without resampling?
Using quicktime's Edit/Add Clip to End seems to force a resampling and takes 10x longer to save. Is there a way around it?


texts: Is there a way to filter Activity Monitor by unresponsive applications?

texts:
It can sometimes be a slight nuisance to scroll through the whole list in Activity Monitor to find unresponsive applications – especially when this happens often and there's a lot of processes going on.

Searching for "red text" as a visual cue is what I usually do. But is there some neat way to filter, or sort, the list to easily find unresponsive applications?

Or, is there some other utility or method, outside of Activity Monitor?


texts: What media player can handle both music libraries (AAC, MP3) and videos (AVI, MKV,...)?

texts:
Since iTunes is not capable of handling many video formats, I'm looking for an alternative that can replace iTunes, Quicktime and VLC.

What media player for OSX is able to:

organize a large music library (ACC, MP3)
play videos encoded in (AVI, MKV)


texts: iTerm2 keeps switching desktops using dropdown

texts:
I'm using multiple iTerm2 windows on different desktops on my El Capitan and It's irritating how it keeps switching desktops when using Quake-like drop-down termina.
Steps to reproduce:

1) open iterm
2) close opened window
3) check that you can invoke drop-down terminal using hotkey
4) create new iterm2 console window and move it to new desktop
5) go back to desktop where you opened iterm2 for first time and invoke hotkey for drop-down terminal, then invoke hotkey again to close drop-down

Behavior:
When hotkey is invoked, iterm shows drop-down terminal, when you invoke it again to close it, it momentarily changes desktops to one where you have other window opened and than back to original desktop. This is really irritating.

Expected behavior:
When drop-down is invoked, it doesn't switch desktops regardless of whether other iterm2 windows are opened on different desktops.

Matthew


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I have used Accessibility Inspector to confirm the names of the windows and buttons involved, but (on macOS 10.12) AppleScript will not "click" the No button in this Logitech window. Any guidance is appreciated. Thanks.

tell application "Logitech Camera Settings"
activate
end tell
delay 5
tell application "System Events"
    click button "No" of window "Logitech Camera Settings" of application process "Logitech Camera Settings"
end tell


texts: How can you active the Script Menu Bar with AppleScript?

texts:
In AppleScript if you want to show the Script Menu in the menu bar you have to:

Click Applications
Scroll down and click Utilities
Click Script Editor (this was called AppleScript Editor in older OS X
versions)
Click the “Script Editor” menu item, then click “Preferences...”
On the Preferences dialog click “Show Script menu in menu bar”
If it isn’t selected, you’ll want to enable the “Show Computer scripts”
option

but is there a file in system that I can target to activate this in a script?  Trying to build an installer that will turn this on when if not active but I'm having issues trying to find where in the system I can hit this.  Dont mind a do shell but prefer not to use Automator.


texts: 2018 MBP triggers calendar alarm when waking from sleep

texts:
I've set up a new calendar alarm from Automator.  It pops up a dialog to remind me to do a specific task first thing after my machine turns itself on every morning.  It runs specifically at 4:45am and repeats daily.

For some reason, the alarm is running every time the machine wakes from sleep.  I can put it to sleep at any time, wake it moments later, and I get the dialog.

Why is this happening and how can I make it only trigger at the appointed time?

2018 MBP running High Sierra.


texts: Trying to play steam pc games on my macbook pro

texts: So I was wondering if I put parallels on a ssd (256 GB) and kept Mac os x on a HDD and had 16 GB ram would It be good enough to play steam games.I dont care about graphics cards, Im just wondering would parallels run almost like a pc os.


texts: How do you create an APFS volume inside an ordinary file?

texts: Normally in the Disk Utility you need to select a device.  Is it possible to create an AFPS volume as an ordinary file in other filesystem?  And if so, how would that be done?


texts: Dell D6000 thunderbolt hub and macbook pro 2018

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I have the a dell thunderbolt hub D6000 which is connected to two displays via DisplayPort and the hub is connected into my Macbook pro 15” 2018. I have the latest DisplayLink driver installed (5.0.1). I use my laptop in clam shell mode i.e. the lid is closed.

The issue is when I want to disconnect the laptop and use its built in screen when I open the lid the screen remains completely black and nothing seems to fix it until I restart.

Things I have tried:

Opening the display settings and finding with them
Toggle “Automatic Graphics Switching”
Close and open the lid a bunch of times
Leave the lid opened for a long time
Quitting all of my apps

Anyone else having the same issue?


texts: Some songs can't be played using Music app on iOS

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When I open the music app, some songs have stop signs next to them, and whenever I want to pick a song it goes past it and then past a few more and then stops at a different song.

Also I can't hit the back arrow to go backwards through songs — the screen will go back temporarily and then remain on the song it was originally on.

How do I fix this? I can't listen to songs I want, and I can't move around with ease, it does it all for me.


texts: How to make bash (Terminal.app) remember history of previous sessions?

texts:
In my computer at work, my bash shell remembers history from previous sessions, even if I just opened a new terminal.
In my computer at home, this doesn't happen.
I have the same OS 10.6.8 in both machines and I don't have any history related setting in .bash_profile.
How could I set this up on my home computer so it remembers history across sessions?


texts: After installing Lion the iWork applications no longer have a "Save As" command in the file menu.  It is common that I want to use an existing document, save it as a different file name, and then modify it.  I'm sure I can make a copy but that's more work than it's worth. The help file continues to insist that there is a "Save As" feature in the File menu.


texts: Emptying trash, with file-in-use: Is there any difference between 'skip' and 'continue'?

texts:
If you delete a file, but it's still in use (e.g. a document still open), and then try to empty the trash you get something like this:

As best I can tell the three options do the following:

Skip: ignore this file and keep trashing the rest
Stop: stop trashing files
Continue: ignore this file and keep trashing the rest

As far as I can tell, Skip and Continue do exactly the same thing. I've tested this by deleting a few files, and using either option they seem to trash all the other files.

But it seems weird that Apple would supply two buttons which do exactly the same thing.

So does anyone know of any technical difference in the behaviours of the Skip vs Continue buttons?

I'm using 10.10.3 Yosemite, but I believe the options have been like this for a few major versions.


texts:
I have installed Git Aware Prompt. I have followed the instructions in the project readme file and customised my prompt in ~./bash_profile by adding the following lines:

export GITAWAREPROMPT=~/.bash/git-aware-prompt
source "${GITAWAREPROMPT}/main.sh"

export PS1="\[\$txtgrn\]$(pwd) \[\$txtcyn\]\$git_branch\[\$txtred\]\$git_dirty\[\$txtrst\] \n\$ "

However my cwd is not updated when I cd:

/Users/pkaramol/Workspace
$ pwd
/Users/pkaramol/Workspace
/Users/pkaramol/Workspace
$ cd terraxamples/
/Users/pkaramol/Workspace
$ source ~/.bash_profile
/Users/pkaramol/Workspace/terraxamples

I have also tried using the env var $(PWD) instead of the command pwd.

Any idea why this is happening?

I am using iTerm2 in macOS Mojave 10.14.5.

This is what I am getting after re-launching iTerm2:

Last login: Mon May 27 12:28:26 on ttys002
/Users/pkaramol
$ cd Workspace/
/Users/pkaramol
$


texts: Does the Playstation Vue Mobile iPad app support AirPlay (non-mirroring)?

texts:
Is there support for AirPlay (non-mirroring) in the Playstation Vue Mobile iPad app? I can't find any mention of it on the app's page:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/playstation-vue-mobile/id957987596?mt=8


texts: Soundflower is not sending multi-output sound to all devices

texts: Okay, so I'm using a new MacBook Pro to do streams on my Twitch channel. That being said, I followed a Youtube video months back, when I first started on how to get my desktop audio through OBS. I did everything the video said and for a good amount of time everything was all good. Somewhere down the line the multimedia output that i selected in my sound preferences which was created after instaling soundflower was what i would select to get sound through OBS and still be able to hear everything through my scarlet 2i2. There was one time it just stopped working and I only heared audio if I selected the scarlet. I didn't pay no mind to it and idk what happened exactly, but it fixed itself. So I went back to the streams and today my computer overheated, froze all up and I restarted it. Uppon it booting back up the multimedia-output was not working or so I thought. Turned out the stream could still hear the desktop audio, but for some reason it wouldn't play it through my scarlet, so I could NOT hear what they were hearing. I'm sure there's a fix for this somehow. I just dont know enough to fix it myself. Please, can anyone help me out here?


texts: pinyin input candidate window doesn't show up

texts:
I'm using MacOS Mojave's Pinyin - Simplified to type Chinese characters. It always worked well but recently it has refused to show candidate characters. A similar problem was reported on Apple's forum but no useful answer. Any suggestions?

Actually, I restarted my computer and things went back to normal.
But anyone has any idea how to prevent this in future?


texts: In the user Library, there is a Developer folder with about 3.2 GB of space (2.8GB from DocSets and the rest mainly from Xcode/iOS DeviceSupport). I had Xcode installed, I presume these are from that? I no longer use Xcode, is there any downside to erasing these folders? If I install Xcode again wouldn't it restore what is needed?


texts: Apple Store Macbook Pro DVI and VGA Adapter questions - what is in the box?

texts:
The company I work for recently ordered me a Macbook Pro and I received the shipping confirmation today. Among the machine configuration there is listed the following:

DVI Adapter 065-0106 None
VGA Adapter 065-0108 None

What do these lines mean? Does it mean that these adapters are not part of the configuration? If not is there still a way for me to hook up an external monitor that has a DVI or VGA input?


texts:
I had previously used macports to install octave. It was working fine after switching to 10.9, but after the upgrade I tried to add a different package and it did not work. So I foolishly followed the instructions to delete and reinstall everything, and now octave will not reinstall!

I don't care how I get octave on my computer. I just really really need a working copy of it for this weekend. Any suggestions (for a beginner) would be really useful.


texts: rsync errors, but only when run in launchd

texts:
I have a script which runs rsync on my ~/Library/Preferences/ folder:

#!/bin/zsh -f

SOURCE="$HOME/Library/Preferences"

TARGET="$HOME/Dropbox/Backups/Preferences/$HOST"

LOG="$HOME/logs/$HOST/${NAME}.log"

[[ ! -d "$LOG:h" ]] && mkdir -p "$LOG:h"

[[ ! -e "$LOG" ]] && touch "$LOG"

/usr/bin/rsync \
    --8-bit-output \
    --human-readable \
    --itemize-changes \
    --progress \
    --safe-links \
    --links \
    --times \
    --delete \
    --recursive \
    --checksum \
    --verbose \
    --exclude='.DS_Store' \
    --log-file="$LOG" \
    "${SOURCE}/" \
    "${TARGET}/"

exit 0
#EOF

This script works with no errors from iTerm.

However, when I try to run it via launchd I consistently get errors about 3 files:

com.apple.homed.notbackedup.plist
com.apple.homed.plist
com.apple.mail-shared.plist

Here's an example:

building file list ...
511 files to consider
*deleting com.contextsformac.Contexts.plist.JkbicFf
.d..t.... ./
rsync: send_files failed to open "/Users/luomat/Library/Preferences/com.apple.homed.notbackedup.plist": Operation not permitted (1)
rsync: send_files failed to open "/Users/luomat/Library/Preferences/com.apple.homed.plist": Operation not permitted (1)
rsync: send_files failed to open "/Users/luomat/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail-shared.plist": Operation not permitted (1)
>fc.t.... com.contextsformac.Contexts.plist
       3.10K 100%    0.00kB/s    0:00:00 (xfer#4, to-check=249/511)
.f..t.... com.setapp.DesktopClient.plist
>fcst.... test-ignore.txt
         203 100%  198.24kB/s    0:00:00 (xfer#5, to-check=75/511)

sent 31.63K bytes  received 142 bytes  63.55K bytes/sec
total size is 3.42M  speedup is 107.49
rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at /BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/rsync/rsync-52.200.1/rsync/main.c(996) [sender=2.6.9]

I assume this has something to do with Mojave's security because I have access to the files:

$ ls -l com.apple.homed.* com.apple.mail-shared.plist
-rw------- 1 luomat staff 184 Sep 12 00:43 com.apple.homed.notbackedup.plist
-rw------- 1 luomat staff 567 Sep 13 09:53 com.apple.homed.plist
-rw------- 1 luomat staff 225 Aug 18 23:44 com.apple.mail-shared.plist

What I have tried

I have given /usr/bin/rsync "Full Disk Access" in System Preferences
I have tried rsync from homebrew /usr/local/bin/rsync and given it "Full Disk Access"
I have given /sbin/launchd "Full Disk Access"

Now what?

Given that it does not give any errors when not in launchd what should I try now?


texts: Outlook crashes after adding second account after upgrading to iOS 9 on iPhone 6

texts: Does any body know any solutions to solve the problem of Outlook for iOS crashes after adding second email account on it when the iPhone 6 was upgraded to iOS9?


texts: Does software compilation continue even if I close the lid of my MacBook Pro (7,1)?

texts:
My specific case is that I am installing something from MacPorts and it's taking a very long time. I just want to close the lid of my laptop.

Will the compilation still continue?

I do not want to install the NoSleep app.


texts: What parts are new when the logic board is replaced by an Apple-certified shop?

texts:
I need to repair my logic board of my MacBook Pro due to a water spill - I cleaned it with isopropyl but couldn't get it to charge anymore (the indicator of the power supply doesn't turn on; probably a fault in the onewire circuit - so I'm guessing the motherboard).

However, I'm afraid to break it when trying to disassemble the logic board. So instead, I want to get it repaired. They told me it's about 450-500eur to get the logic board replaced.

Does that mean that it's an entirely new logic board? They won't put a refurbished one inside right? They are a very famous Apple-Certified shop so.. Also, I think the CPU is soldered on to it. So does that mean that in this cost, I get a new CPU?


texts: I have a Mac Book Pro 10.6.8 and I cant operate safari, and chrome is outdated? Is there anythingI can do, or do I just need a new computer? I was told my lap top was ancient.


texts: How can I determine what application is asking "Where is GrowlHelperApp.App?"

texts:
I recently upgraded to OS X 10.9 Mavericks and am now seeing a "Choose Application" dialog pop up every minute or two asking: "Where is the GrowlHelperApp.app?". I don't particularly want to buy the new version of Growl, so how can I determine which application is looking for it so that I can change it's preferences or remove it?

Update: It turns out that it was an old Dashboard widget that was looking for Growl. I found this out by deleting all of my Dashboard widgets since I haven't used it in a while, but I'd still be interested in finding out how one would discover what is launching this dialog.


texts: I bought a second hand iPhone 3GS which is locked to AT&T's network, I want to unlock it for use in the UK. I'm on the Redmond Pie site which can unlock and jailbreak it, but I don't know what version of iOS the phone is running. I can't figure this out either because opening Settings crashes.


texts: Switching between tabs within the same Window in an app

texts:
I am trying to switch between tabs within the same window in apps running on my MacBook Air.

What keyboard shortcut can I use to perform the switch conveniently?


texts:
At the company I work for we have an HTML signature using the default mail client from IOS/Mac OS. We want to have a different picture in the signature every season (santa hat for christmas for example). But the problem is there seems to be some kind of caching on the signatures.

The current problem is that we changed the image back to our regular picture but on Iphone it still shows the santa hat when on desktop it shows the right image.

Now I am looking for a different/better way to implement a signature. Does anyone have a better solution for this?

Kind regards,
Robbert


texts:
I've always loved the functionality Preview.app provides for marking up PDFs.  Using Dropbox allows me to easily see these changes across my mac's, but I'm stumped as to how to not only see, but continue to markup PDFs when I'm using my iPad.

Is there a native app or setting I'm missing? I've tried using iBooks, but I cannot annotate there on a pdf like I can an ePub.
If there isn't a way to do this out of the box, does anyone have a favorite third party solution?


texts: Apply display settings for a folder recursively

texts:
Question

When I change the display settings in Finder, it is only applied for the current folder that I'm in.

I want to apply a display settings for all (sub-)folders in ~/Pictures.

Since it's only for ~/Pictures, using the option 'Use as Defaults' will not help me. How can I do this?

Solution (thanks to @hobs)

The following tutorial uses an automator workflow. The workflow has to be run again when you add a new subdirectory to ~/Pictures.


texts:
I have MS Teams installed on my MacBook pro. So I set to find it and tried using finder. However, I got the following search results:
All the initial search results have no similarity in their names with Microsoft teams. After scrolling down for a while do I see teams finally. How do I configure the settings to fix my search results. Also, surprisingly the same problem does not occur with spotlight search. Kindly help. to


texts: Is there a Tweetdeck replacement for mac? A program that'll allow me to post to both my Twitter account and Facebook accounts with a single action?


texts: How to extract InstallESD.dmg from my iMac Recovery Partition?

texts:
I'm trying to extract the InstallESD.dmg image so that I can create a USB key any time I want to in the future, to recover/boot my 2011 iMac.  I would think this would be no problem at all, since the machine obviously is authorized to run Lion.

However, every time I try to run the installer in order to retrieve the image (following tutorials such as http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20110831105634716&query=lion+usb for example), I am stopped cold by the need to sign into the App Store with my Apple ID.  Apple then checks to see if I've bought Lion - which I have not since it came with the machine - and refuses to let me proceed.

This is maddening, does anyone know how to simply and direct extract the InstallESD image from the recovery partition without requiring an App Store login?

And in case anyone mentions it, I do NOT have the installer as downloaded from the app store so I cannot just open the package to get the file - it's not available that way on the recovery partition.

I should also add that I've tried Lion DiskMaker and while it seems like a great concept, the AppleScript always crashes just before completion, and I don't trust the result.


texts: Select specific tabs with Command-# key in Safari?

texts: Is there any way to mimic Chrome's behavior of selecting specific tabs with a Command-# combination (e.g., Command-1 selects Tab 1, Command-2 selects Tab 2, etc.)?


texts: Macbook Pro can't wake up (resume) after the battery dies

texts:
2015 15" Macbook Pro, AMD Radeon graphics.

When the battery runs out and the macbook is reconnected to power, I press the power button and the screen turns on. It shows a corrupt, purple and green checkerboard pattern across the screen and does not respond to input. I have to hold the power button down to turn it off and then press again to turn it back on, which starts a fresh boot and obviously does not save the previous state (though previously opened windows get reopened as designed).

I also experience some occasional graphics flickering and screen shaking/tearing, both on battery and while connected to power, which could be related.

Are these known issues with the newer AMD Radeon-based Macbook Pros or is my graphics board dying?


texts: How do I sync my music and video from iTunes to new iPhone 6?

texts: In trying to sync my music and video to my new iPhone 6, I noticed that all of the music and videos that I purchased downloaded to my new phone but all of the ones that I had ripped from CDs did not. Is there a way to sync all of my music and videos from iTunes to iPhone 6? Thank you.


texts: Automator "Watch Me Do" function does not work in app

texts:
I am trying to make an app in Automator to hide or show the top menu bar and dock. I couldn't think of a better way to do it, so I used the "record" function so it could watch me carry it out. I tested it in automator, and it worked fine.

Here's the workflow:

Like I said, it works fine when I hit the "run" button in Automator, but when I export it as an application, it opens System Preferences, but stops working as soon as it hits the "Watch Me Do" function, and gives me this message:

Here's a video of the whole thing if it helps:

Video


texts: Can an application be auto-raised only if no other applications are focused?

texts:
So this is kind of a follow-up to How do I make OS X auto focus on the window in the screen the mouse moves into? because I'm having a different problem but looking for slightly different functionality.

The answer to that question with window management software that make raised a window into focus if the mouse was stopped over it for awhile. I don't like that solution at all, because I will typically have a few windows open on one monitor. If I start writing in one window, but my mouse is resting over the corner of another window farther back, I don't want it to be raised to the front.

I'm looking for a specific type of functionality, but I don't know if it's possible. My main issue is that I use jiTouch to give me tons of gestures; they're my primary mode of navigation on my Mac. One set of gestures allows me to move left and right through my tabs on Chrome. However, if I have Chrome in fullscreen on one monitor and the another apps with tabs focused on the other monitor, I often move my mouse over the Chrome window and shift between tabs in the focused application rather than Chrome.

Is there a way to Auto Raise a window only no other windows on that particular monitor are already in focus? That is, if I move my cursor from Chrome to an application on my other monitor, the application it lands on will come into focus; if I then hover over another application on the same monitor, it won't be autoraised.


texts: How to completely disable Airplay in Mac OS X

texts:
I'd like to cut out AirPlay entirely.

Looking for an answer, I read
Disable AirPlay on a Mac

But it didn't really offer a direct solution.

Here is my problem:

I have the household media room connected to an Airplay capable receiver.  Our media server is a secondary Mac that runs 24/7 for the express purpose of serving media throughout the house.  This is a headless machine that does not ever output any audio of its own, and in fact could have all audio drivers disabled and it would be perfectly fine with me.

What happens is, this machine appears to spontaneously decide that it wants to connect to the Airplay receiver, which causes my Media room to suddenly switch input sources and is seriously irritating and confusing to other members of the household.

If I could simply disable Airplay completely on this machine, then all would be well.  But I don't want to impact any other internet connectivity as I have multiple apps that need to communicate at all times in both directions to the outside internet.

Is there in fact a direct way to simply disable Airplay entirely in Mac OS X?


texts: Browse data on old machine's HDD, without booting machine or removing HDD?

texts:
For my current laptop I have a 2017 MBP running macOS 10.14.

I have 2 older Mac laptops which I wish to get data off, one of them is a 2007 Macbook and the other a 2004 iBook.

Other than disassembling them removing the HDDs and putting them into enclosures, is there a way I can browse the data on these older laptops from my current laptop? Perhaps by connecting my current laptop to the old laptop via USB? If so would the old laptops need to be powered on?


texts: Unlock with Apple Watch on Sierra not working

texts: I have it enabled on my 2013 Retina MacBook Pro, my Apple Watch is on the same wifi network, and bluetooth is enabled as well. When I wake up my Mac, it says “Unlocking with Apple Watch” for several seconds, then it times out and prompts me to enter my password. I don't receive any notification on my watch either. I tried disabling and re-enabling the feature, but that doesn’t have any effect. Any ideas?


texts: How can I map the "Archived" folder to "All Mail"?

texts: I would like to map the "Archived" folder that's created when you Archive mail to the "All Mail" folder in my Gmail account.  How can I do this?


texts:
I want to install macOS High Sierra as a guest having macOS in the host but want to know what virtualization software either VirtualBox of VMware provides the best security options between Guest and Host.

For example, I would like to create multiple VM's with their own disk encrypted (filevault) boot/firmware password or any other Guest mechanism in place in a way that when the VM is down, the host could only delete the VM but in no other way could see contents of the disk besides probably brute forcing it from the host console.

The access to the guest VM may be via VNC/remote desktop/ssh but they are on a shared environment (rack with multiple mac minis) in where some extra security is required at least when VM's are down since once UP could be very easy from the HOST attach to the console.


texts:
Can an iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020, i5) with 2x4Gb 2666 MHz DDR4 RAM be updated with 2x4Gb 2400 MHz DDR4 RAM (from an iMac Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017)?
If yes, it is my understanding that the iMac 2020 runs at the level of the older RAM, is that true?
If that is true, would the loss of performance with the mixed setting as described above be large?
What do you think is a better setting (of course 16 Gb 2666 would be the best):

only 8 Gb 2666 DDR4 or
16 Gb mixed DDR4 RAM?

The iMac is used for office work and the SWAP is usually around 600 Mb.
Thank you.


texts: How can I backup my system to a remote server (AFP, Samba, or NFS share)?

texts:
Here's the goal: I have a backup server with a ZFS filesystem with built in compression and snapshots. All our machines backup there nightly with rsync, and then a ZFS snapshot is taken, so we have backups of how eveach machine looked at the end of every day.

The problem is that with Mac OS X, the resource forks are not copied since the remote machine does not support resource forks. What I would like to do is rsync to a .DMG file which resides on the backup server. This way, I'd have an exact, bootable image of how my system looked each night.

As a bonus, the backup server is also a NetBoot server, so this would actually allow me to boot from how my mac was at any point in history.

I created an image of my Mac's drive and copied it to the backup server. Now, when I open it on my mac and run rsync, it runs for a period (sometimes more than an hour, sometimes less) and then gives me a ton of I/O errors. The image is stored on a RAID array, I am sure there are no I/O errors.

I think the connection with the Samba share may be getting overwhelmed... I've tried with AFP also, and I get the same result... What could be causing this and how can I resolve it? Or, any other ideas on how I can update the remote DMG file?


texts: Install external dictionaries to use with Word for Mac's Spelling and Grammar

texts:
I am trying to use Spelling and Grammar in Word for Mac with a language that is not supported by default (Slovenian).

The standard way to do this for other applications is to put the dictionary files (.dic and .aff that I downloaded from LibreOffice Extensions) to Library/Spelling. Word, however, seems to disregard these system-wide settings.

I also tried to put these files under Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/ and import the .dic file as Custom dictionary of '(none)' language. In this way, when setting the language to English (UK) and specifying the Custom dictionary added above, some words are recognized correctly . However, most of the words are still incorrectly marked as containing spelling mistakes and suggestions do not reflect the full dictionary.

Is there any other way of importing external dictionaries?

I am using Word for Mac v16.36.


texts: Apple Mail - Making Reply and Forward Attributions the SAME?

texts:
Sorry for such a simplistic sounding question, but I haven't found any resolution to this. As I migrate users from Outlook to Mail, this is one of the biggest things I miss...

When you forward a message in Mail.app, it gives full attribution, listing complete To, From, Subject, and Date information. However, when you reply, all you get is "On so-and-so wrote:" and nothing else. The big missing piece is the To information. In a corporate environment, it is really important to see who had been written to in a historical message in a thread, since the distribution group often changes from reply to reply.

Is there any way to get the full attribution in replies as well as forwards? It must be possible. I know that you can edit the Delayed.strings file which can help space things out more desirably, but I'd like to also have all the lines (From, Date, To, Subject) there in exactly the same way.

Any ideas or advice would be most appreciated :)


texts: Dragging selected text using the Three Finger gesture

texts: Mountain Lion here. I can select text using the Three finger swipe. But to drag that text (for copying into another window, for example), I have to resort to the old fashioned (:)) press-click-on-trackpad-and-drag-with-second-finger. Is there is some way I could drag the selected text via the same three finger movement (maybe by pressing some modifier key to signal that I wish to drag and not select)?


texts:
I was installing Wine on 10.6.8 and got this error:

Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command failed (see log for details)
Error: Failed to install expat
Log for expat is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_expat/expat/main.log
Error: The following dependencies were not installed: expat expat flex gettext libiconv gperf libiconv ncurses ncursesw ncurses fontconfig freetype bzip2 zlib zlib freetype gnutls libgcrypt libgpg-error libtasn1 lzo2 pkgconfig glib2 autoconf help2man p5-locale-gettext perl5 perl5.12 perl5 perl5 m4 automake libtool pkgconfig readline jpeg jpeg lcms tiff tiff libpng libxml2 libxml2 libxslt mesa makedepend xorg-xproto py27-libxml2 python27 db46 gdbm openssl openssl python_select sqlite3 python27 xorg-dri2proto xorg-glproto xorg-libXfixes xorg-fixesproto xorg-libX11 xorg-bigreqsproto xorg-inputproto xorg-kbproto xorg-libXau xorg-libXdmcp xorg-libxcb xorg-libpthread-stubs xorg-xcb-proto xorg-util-macros xorg-xcmiscproto xorg-xextproto xorg-xf86bigfontproto xorg-xtrans xorg-libXi xorg-libXext xorg-libXi xorg-libXmu xorg-libXt xorg-libsm xorg-libice xorg-libsm xorg-libXcomposite xorg-compositeproto xorg-libXcursor xorg-renderproto xrender xrender xorg-libXinerama xorg-xineramaproto xorg-libXrandr xorg-randrproto xorg-libXxf86vm xorg-xf86vidmodeproto
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
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I checked out the log file and at the end of the file I saw this:

:error:configure Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command failed (see log for details)
:debug:configure Backtrace: configure failure: shell command failed (see log for details)
    while executing
"$procedure $targetname"
:info:configure Warning: the following items did not execute (for expat): org.macports.activate org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install
:error:configure Failed to install expat
:notice:configure Log for expat is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_textproc_expat/expat/main.log


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