texts: Where is the httpd error log file on Lion?

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I'm running a local web (development) server on my mac with apache installed.

I'm sure it depends on my apache config but basically I just want to run tail -f /var/log/httpd-error.log in a terminal so I can see the error and warnings that occur during the development of my websites.

So my question is where or how do I find where this log file is placed since it is not placed in /var/log/


texts: iPhone4: Keep playing songs after song selected from Search iPhone screen ends?

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When I first got my iPhone 4, if I selected a song from the "search iPhone" screen (when you hit home twice), iTunes would start playing a playlist of all my songs, starting with the selected one.

I recently updated it to 4.2.1 (I don't remember exactly what I was at before). Now, when I select a song from the "Search iPhone" screen, iTunes starts playing a playlist containing only that song.

Is there a way I can get the old behavior back?


texts: Are photos still saved on Mac with PhotoStream after deleted on iPhone?

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Been using PhotoStream for years and still don't fully understand it...When I take pics on my iPhone, they show up on my MBP in Photos, via PhotoStream. If I delete them from the iPhone will they still remain on MacBook or other devices? Or do I need to download them into Photos and off the phone to be sure they are saved?

I am confused by this and just want to delete from iPhone to free up space. Is this automatically done for me every time or do I need certain settings on/off to have this occur? Thanks for the help!


texts: Does booting into windows causes start-up issues such as hibernation?

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I am using MacBook Air 2019 running OS X Catalina. For the past few weeks, I have been facing the issue with regard to my mac going to hibernate. This hasn't been the issue since I bought the mac this year. In fact, to be more precise, I think the mac hibernating issue started appearing when I downloaded windows Bootcamp on my system. I decided to do an SMC reset and everything went back to normal. I shut the lid of my laptop one night and woke up the next morning seeing my mac awake as soon as I opened the lid. In fact, this has not been happening since I did the SMC reset where I had to hold the power button each time to wake my laptop, which has been sleeping for a period of time. Now here's the thing. The following day, I decided to boot into windows to play some games and after I was done playing I booted back into Mac, closed the lid of my laptop and let it go to sleep. I wake up today, opening my laptop to see that the issue of hibernation is still there and I don't see my laptop waking up after opening the lid where in fact I had to press the power button to wake my mac up.

It seems pretty clear now that, my hibernation issue is linked to my Bootcamp installation and don't know how I can fix this. To be clearly honest, it isn't such a big deal to press the power button to wake but it is certainly frustrating at times.

I hope someone can help me out!


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I have a mid-2010 MacBook Pro.  It has an ExpressPort Slot connection that seems to have no uses without something else to connect in there.

What are the possible things that I could use this port for?


texts: How to change the color and format of the static host/path/user string in the Terminal or iTerm?

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Example:

cookie:~ j$ date
Sun Aug  5 02:14:29 CEST 2012
cookie:~ j$

Just as it's pasted here, all three lines are of the same color. I would like to have "cookie:~ j$" or at least part of the string be of a different color than the rest.

I know that I can specifically enable color coding for specific applications like ls or git, but I haven't found anything like this.

Is there a way to change the coloring and format of the static host/path/user string in the Terminal or iTerm?


texts: Does OS X Calendar (née iCal) support RDATE?

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I have an application that produces an iCalendar feed (RFC 5545). The calendar feed works on Google Calendar and on Android but I have been getting reports that it isn't working on OS X Calendar (aka iCal). The calendar feed currently uses the RDATE element extensively and validates.

Does iCal support the RDATE element?

UPDATE

I have managed to get recurrence working on Apple devices by using RRULE with EXDATEs.  The problem is this does not work properly on Android devices. (Argghhh!)


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When I go to certain websites, it says “safari cannot open the page because it could not connect to the server”
Screen time is currently not blocking any websites, and this happens with YouTube.com, docs.google.com and some other google related websites. The YouTube app still works. I am using an iPad Air 2


texts: I can't download garageband sounds I purchased

texts: I installed Garageband 10.0.3 on my MacBook Pro 2013 when it was running Mavericks. I then purchased the additional sounds. I delayed downloading them all because at the time I didn't need them right away. I installed Yosemite, and now want to download them, however when I go to GarageBand > Download More Sounds the option is grey and clicking on it does nothing. I tried signing into the Appstore and opening Garageband through there, and it didn't work. I've restarted Garageband several times but with no luck. I'm wondering if I need to reinstall it, however I'm not quite sure how to do this. If anyone knows how to fix this, please let me know. If you need more information or this question needs to be edited, please let me know. Thank you for your time.


texts: How do I burn a single ( > 7GB) file to multiple DVDs?

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I have single file that is 7GB that I want to burn to multiple DVDs. Is there a way to do this that's built into Mac OS X?

When I try through the finder, it informs me there is too much data and tells me to remove files and try again--so I realize it doesn't work that way. I've seen information about doing it through a shell script, but those seem too "Unix"-y, and this is something I'd like to be able to hand to a friend to copy.

Failing anything built-in, can you recommend software (paid or free) to accomplish this task?


texts: What kind of SSD is compatible for MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010)?

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I'm about to buy SSD for my Macbook Pro mid 2010. What would you recommend for the following specification:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010)
Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB


texts: Why does the version of Java verified by Oracle differ from the version shown at the command line?

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Questions

Why do versions differ?

Should we trust Oracle's verification routine?

In some cases, the version verified by Oracle is different from the version shown at the command line.

Example

That example, in detail

According to Oracle in the browser:

Java 7 Update 9

According to the Java Console:

Java Plug-in 10.9.2.05
Using JRE version 1.7.0_09-b05 Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM

According to the java command:

sh-3.2$ java -version
java version "1.8.0-ea"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0-ea-b58)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.0-b02, mixed mode)


texts: AutoRaise (bring window to front) - XQuartz

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I'd like focus-follows-mouse (autoraise) with XQuartz windows (for X-Forwarding purposes).

I'm using a small app posted on SO on this thread and it works OK for regular apps (which run under Quartz, I assume).

For any X-Forwarded X11 apps however, it's not supported. Using amethyst focus-follows-mouse feature it's also not supported. I think I've read XQuartz is hard to add support to, for stuff like this, but that's all I know.

I've read here that you can raise a window with open. I've tested with firefox open -a firefox and it works OK. I tried open -a xquartz and I get the following:

LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed for the application /Applications/Utilities/XQuartz.app with error -10810.

I've tried this answer for the issue but it didn't work. I'm not sure what it even means or where to search about it.

Can anybody help me out on how to come up with a scriptable way to raise an XQuartz window?


texts: How to restore system from SynologyRouter Time Machine?

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I want to restore my system from a Time Machine backup which is on a SynologyRouter Time Machine network drive.

When I restart in recovery (Cmd-Opt-R) and try to restore from Time Machine backup, no Time Machine volume / drive is shown or found.

I followed the instructions provided in an earlier question, How to restore system from network drive?, and while all commands in the Terminal are being executed fine, when I get to Step 13 of the procedure outlined, the Mac still does not show or find a Time Machine volume.

Are there any alternative procedures available or anything else that may be needed to successfully complete Step 13 of the above mentioned solution?

Please note, I would prefer to not have to first perform a clean install, followed by Migration Assistant.


texts: Testflight In App Purchases, sandbox user still needed after passing Beta Review?

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If our app has passed beta review, meaning we can distribute via TestFlight to 1000 external users, do we still need to setup test user accounts for in app purchases?

Seems like that would be a huge burden, not only for developers (I guess people could share test user account logins, but that could screw up the testing !!!), but also for testers (testers have to logout of the app store on their phone, then log back in with test user account).


texts: How to install certificates with Mono on Rootless El Capitan

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As follow up question for this post:

How do I install global certificates on a Rootless El Capitan for mono?

Mono uses the path /usr/share/.mono/certs, which isn't allowed anymore (see refered post).
Does someone knows where I could store those certificates other then ~/.config/.mono/certs?

It is not a problem for us to install the certificates in the config folder, but it is a minor annoyance, because all new users on those devices will have to run the installer, instead of only the first user.


texts: Access Applications directory in Terminal

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I'm really new to command line and I'm trying to access my Applications directory within Terminal.

By default, I am stuck in my user directory but Applications is a child of the "Macintosh HD".

Any tips on how to get to this directory as opposed to username>Applications?


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I have two macs on the same local network. What I want to do is to ssh into one mac from the other and open GUI windows. I do not want to share the whole screen, just windows I open from the terminal.

Between Linux computers it is possible to do ssh -X user@host, an equivalent to this on mac is exactly what I want.

Is this possible? If so, how?


texts: Missing swap file since latest update- Sierra

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I noticed the swap file went missing after the latest update to Sierra (10.12.5) though swap seems to be working.

vm_stat
Mach Virtual Memory Statistics: (page size of 4096 bytes)
Pages free:                             2152219.
Pages active:                            898204.
Pages inactive:                          276296.
Pages speculative:                       437656.
Pages throttled:                              0.
Pages wired down:                        427700.
Pages purgeable:                         133196.
"Translation faults":                  67396051.
Pages copy-on-write:                    6410771.
Pages zero filled:                     30858807.
Pages reactivated:                           31.
Pages purged:                             42928.
File-backed pages:                       715857.
Anonymous pages:                         896299.
Pages stored in compressor:                   0.
Pages occupied by compressor:                 0.
Decompressions:                               0.
Compressions:                                 0.
Pageins:                                 414848.
Pageouts:                                     0.
Swapins:                                      0.
Swapouts:                                     0.

Has anyone else seen this behavior and can confirm it’s intended and/or harmless?


texts: How can I get a diagnostic manual or steps for the Mac trackpad?

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A1534 early 2016
For some odd reason the trackpad and keyboard both are not working. The computer turns on just fine. I check the schematics and checked all the rails related to trackpad and keyboard, it includes:
PP3V3_G3H_KBD_F (3.31V verified)
PP3V3_S4_TPAD_F (3.33V verified)
PP5V_S4_TPAD_F (5.13V verified)
PP5V_S0_KBD_F (5.13V verified)
I also replaced the trackpad. IPD connectors are fine they are getting continuity, keyboard backlight flex is fine as well.  I’m now all out of ideas, it’s not a logic issue or trackpad issue.
Should I just wing it and replace the keyboard and hope it works?


texts: Why do YouTube videos take longer than the length of the video to load?

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I've been using my AppleTV (3rd generation) to watch YouTube videos for some time, and have been encountering an increasingly frustrating issue. Videos have been taking longer to load than the length of the video itself when this problem occurs.

I watch a lot of segments/clipped shows whose video lengths are around 10 minutes. On a good day the Apple TV keeps a buffer of at least 30 seconds in length out from the position in the video. On a bad day, if I were to let the video load, it would take around 30 minutes to load the 10 minute video.

My network connection is otherwise stable for a myriad of wireless devices (Computers, iPhones, iPads, Game Consoles both plugged into the TV and portable), there is literally no Cat5 cable in my house except for the one linking the Cable Modem to the Time Capsule (purchased in 2009).

And this only seems to affect the YouTube app. Hulu and Netflix take around 3 to 5 seconds to load a video, but afterwards I never encounter any sort of quality reduction or pause for buffering. This YouTube app problem happens on a daily basis, but not consistently. Additionally, the same video does not always exhibit this problem, sometimes switching videos and switching back resolves it, other times I cannot resolve it at all, give up and do something else.

Why is this happening? How can I diagnose the source of this extreme slowness using the YouTube app on my AppleTV?


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I am new to mac so apologies if i am asking a stupid question. I just installed Intellij idea on Mac OS El Capitan and it is acting weird. This issue is only in Intellij so i am assuming that perhaps i have messed up with some key mapping ??

For example, Whenever I double click on a text, it selects (as expected) but then moving a cursor acts as if i am holding shift while moving the text and hence it selects everything. To undo this behaviors, I have to do a single click somewhere before i can move cursor.

Also, pressing Shift + Arrow keys (left/right) doesn't select the text, rather it jumps from one word to another. I can only select text from keyboard in intellij with Options + Shift + Left/Right Arrow or CTRL + Shift + Left/Right Arrow.

What i have done ? I am using eclipse keymapping though.


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I'm tunneling over ssh with this command (under El Captain)

ssh -D port_number -N -C myusername@server.url

and enable foxyproxy on the browser. Everything seems to work just fine on the browser. However, on the terminal I keep getting messages of the form

  channel X: open failed: administratively prohibited: open failed

for various channel numbers. I set Tunnel yes in /etc/ssh_config but that did not do anything. I repeat, things work despite the error messages.


texts: MacBook Pro won't boot with new hard drive, but a different MacBook Pro will

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So here are the details. My friend and I both have 13-inch Mid 2010 MacBook Pro's. Same processor and specs since they were purchased at the same time, but originally had 250 GB hard drives. His hard drive failed and needed a new one. Put a 500 GB Seagate Momentus 5400.6 in his computer, and tried using a flash drive with "Install OS X Mavericks" on it to install Mavericks on his new hard drive. No matter what, it wouldn't install. I finally was able to install OS X 10.9.4 on it by connecting the new hard drive to my computer with a USB hard drive enclosure. I put the hard drive back inside his computer and it wouldn't boot (stuck on the gray screen with apple logo and a spinning wheel). I then attached to the hard drive to his computer externally with the USB enclosure, and then it booted and worked perfectly.

So, it seemed like the problem was with something inside his computer, but then I switched our drives, and that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. I put my original hard drive into his computer, and his new hard drive into my computer, and they both booted and worked perfectly, so I have no idea why his computer will not boot with the new hard drive internally.

To summarize, his computer boots with: 1) new hard drive connected externally (won't work if it's internal), and 2) my hard drive internally
but my computer boots with: 1) new hard drive connected externally AND internally, and 2) my hard drive internally.
Both hard drives have OS X 10.9.4 installed

If anyone has any idea what's causing this and how to make his computer work with the new hard drive internally that would be greatly appreciated.

Edit: Update
I was able to test the computers with some other hard drives. I have his original hard drive (which apparently needed to be replaced), which I was able to read with my computer and install Mavericks on. I also installed Mavericks on a 1 TB Toshiba hard drive. Here's the results with all 4 hard drives installed internally on either computer:

His computer:
1) Works perfectly with the original hard drive from my computer (recall they are the same model MacBook Pro)
2) Stuck on gray screen with apple logo and spinning wheel when booting with 500 GB Seagate and 1 TB Toshiba hard drives
3) Folder with question mark when booting with his original hard drive (which is why he said/was told it needed to be replaced originally)

My Computer:
1) Works with all 4 hard drives, including the one that causes his computer to show a folder with a question mark.


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I was travelling in China with my Macbook and USB-C Power Adapter. While plugged in at a hotel, the prongs of adapter got burnt.

Is it okay to just replace the prongs, or is it likely that the adapter's circuits have been damaged?
There is no other visible damage to any other part of the charger.

Should I just replace the whole adapter to be safe?


texts: Spontaneous and unwanted iTunes "reorganization"

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I was using a Mac Book Pro OSX 10.6.8 and had burned a lot of my CDs onto it.  I had never bought anything from the iTunes store.  When opening iTunes one day I saw everything had changed - playlists had disappeared and I when I went to Finder the bulk of my music was bundled under "Unknown Album". As I have the music on my iPod I continued using that; since I never buy songs from the iTunes store I just left it.

Now I have a new Mac Book Pro OSX 10.8.5. I used an external HDD and Time Machine to back up the old Mac Book and still have the back-up that predates the problem.

My question(s)

Can I transfer my tunes on the iPod to the new Mac Book (none of them are from the iTunes store)?
Is there any other way of fixing the problem?
Is there an alternative to iTunes that allows me to burn my CDs onto the Mac Book, organize them into playlists etc and copy to my iPod?


texts: How to lock screen of host machine with TDM on Sierra

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I regularly use my iMac as an external display for my macbook using target display mode (TDM).  Since upgrading my iMac to Sierra, the screen locking behavior has changed in a disturbing way.  I'm hoping there's a configuration flag I can set to revert to the old behavior.  Here's the situation:

I unlock the iMac.  (log in to my account)
Connect the two macs with thunderbolt.
Hit command-f2 to enable TDM.  iMac is now an external monitor for macbook.
Use the macbook for a while.  Lock the screen, walk away.  Wait a long time.
Unplug the thunderbolt cable.
The iMac is logged in and unlocked. (!!)

Previously (before Sierra) on step 6, the iMac would have its account locked, which is of course what I want my mac to do if I haven't been using it in a long time.

How can I get my iMac to lock its account when it's being used as an external monitor in TDM mode?  Right now, it seems using TDM is a major security hole for the iMac.


texts: My mac's hostname keeps getting reset to default

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My mac's default hostname is Scott-Johnson.local. In the sharing system preferences, I set the hostname to felucia.local, which takes as expected. However, at some point in the future (usually due to either a restart or waking up from sleep), it resets to Scott-Johnson.local. I have also tried the following in the terminal:

sudo scutil –-set HostName felucia

sudo scutil –-set LocalHostName felucia

sudo scutil –-set ComputerName felucia

Again, it will take for a while, but then reset.

My suspicion is that this is a router problem (i.e. I can assign my computer a static IP instead of DHCP when on my local network). Unfortunately, though, this is a laptop, and I will often use it on other networks where I don't have this ability. How can I verify that this will work outside of the network within my control?


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Whenever I open a PDF that is of ordinary DIN A4 format, the Preview window is oriented such that I can only see the upper half of the PDF. What I would like to have is a setting where I can define that every PDF is opened such that
- the full page is displayed
- the window is resized to reach vertically from the top to the bottom of the screen and
- horizontally has half screen size and that
- the window is placed in the right half of the screen.

Can I define these settings somewhere?


texts: What methods can be used to find hidden options in OSX softwares?

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I was wondering what methods can be used to find hidden options in OSX software.

I regularly stumble upon hidden options that can be added in the .plist preferences files (using defaults write), but do other methods exist to identify options?  Perhaps there is a way to get an App to display it's options other than manual digging around?


texts: Does the permissions popup for Push Notification in iOS refer to both local and remote (APNs) notifications?

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I have been racking my brain trying to understand how Push Notifications and Local Notifications are handled by iOS devices. I have come to understand that Push Notifications refer to those notifications that come from a server through the Apple Push Notification service (APNs) while Local Notifications are scheduled on a device by a delivery time and date without any connection to a server. However, on the user end all notifications appear the same and are seemingly managed as the same whether in Settings>Notifications or within an in-app settings page.

My one question however is with the common Push Notifications request alert that is often displayed when an app is first launched (image linked below). Here, Apple uses the language of "Push Notification" which would seem to deal with turning on or off APNs notifications. The problem I think is that the distinction would not be clear to users who do not encounter that difference anywhere else while managing notifications.

Does this alert only deal with remote Push Notifications (APNs) or does it also turn on or off local notifications?


texts: Cached restored files and their logs after the force shutdown (crash). Where are they?

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Where can I find the cached files or logs from which Mac OS X restores to its current position after the force shutdown (hard freeze problem)?

Moreover, same question with Google Chrome: from where does it restore previous tabs after the crash?

Thank you in advance.


texts: Mac won't boot of an external drive, starts internet recovery instead

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I wanted to clean a MacBook Pro 15,2 with Touchbar.
However I noticed that it wasn't running smoothly, so I backed it up using the Target Disk mode and erased the disk, because the Recovery partition was corrupted and didn't boot (a major red flag, that i sadly ignored).

Next I created a Mojave install media, conected it and booted up with Alt pressed.
However when I selected the icon the Macbook pro went to start internet recovery, so I waited for it to finish.

The bar filled up, mac rebooted and after the apple logo and bar showed up there was high fan spin and then another reboot.
Of course it didn't boot into recovery it just showed the "missing files" sign, which is not suprising. (I repeated the process several times, but nothing changed.)

Then I tried everything. Atempting to boot from anything external fails (and it doesn't see TimeMachine backups) and loads internet recovery. I flashed the "BaseSystem.dmg" from the installer to the internal drive, it shows up in the bootmanager, but no luck.

Only idea I have to put all the files from the backup back in, but who knows.

I'll be glad for any advice. Thank you.


texts: Login and Finder problems after Time Machine restore

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Following a keyboard problem on a MacBook Pro (2017 I think), I created 3 separate Time Machine backup (yes, I'm that paranoid) on 3 separate USB 3.0 drives.

After keyboard replacement I restored from Time Machine backup following this KB: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203981#macos (MacOS and files).

I took about 3 hours to do and after finishing it appeared to work, but then after typing in my password it just sits there with a spinner and username.

I gave it some 5-10 minutes, and it started spitting out notifications which I found strange since I expected this is not working without first logging in.
It turns out it is logged in, but I suspect Finder is unable to start as I can start spotlight (via command + space) and run applications like that without problems.

Safari starts and works with all the bookmarks, System Preferences open, Outlook is there with all emails and reminders, I can start terminal and ls files on my desktop, and yes there is files there. Everything appears to be fine, except the Desktop or Finder.

What I tried so far:

Run disk utility on backups and on internal disk after restoring – no problems
Restore from another disk – same result
Restore from a different point in time – same result
Restore from a different point in time from another disk – same result
Reinstall OS from Internet recovery and use Migration Assistant – errors out 3 minutes after starting migration with very useless generic "error, sorry", lots of people online complain this doesn’t work

Other things I noticed:
FileVault is off, I was on before. Is it trying to encrypt the drive, so it takes time to do? Is it indexing something?

I’m running out of ideas here, and I really want to avoid setting up everything manually.


texts: TimeMachine backup shared network drive not listed under "select disk"

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I will use a shared network drive for TimeMachine backup. I can mount the drive via the Finder: Network -> MachineA -> Drive0. Get Info shows the drive is mounted as: afp://MachineA._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Drive0. This is the same way a second drive (call it Drive1) is mounted from a second mac server (call it MachineB). When I attempt to select Drive0 as the TimeMachine disk, it is not listed as an option, but Drive1 is! Incidentally, MachineA is currently using Drive0 as a TimeMachine backup disk. Call the client (to-be-backed-up) computer, MachineC.

What is required of a drive from a networking perspective for it to be listed as an option when "Select Backup Disk" is invoked? In other words, what do I need to check/ensure about the connection between MachineC and MachineA such that Drive0 is mounted/discovered in such a way that it will be listed as an option for selection in the TimeMachine preference pane?

(MachineA, 10.11; MachineB, 10.13; MachineC, 10.12)


texts: How can I select files in Midnight Commander on a MacBook Pro?

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I find really annoying to use Midnight Commander under OS X when using the non-extended keyboard (laptop).

I found no way of simulating an INSERT key press (select file) and I would like to find a solution that does not require me to reconfigure MC, specially because I cannot do this with each machine I'm connecting to from my MacBook.

I will give extra bonus ;) for and extended solution what will solve the problem not only for the INSERT (select file) but also for switch selection and add/substract selection (NumMultiply,NumMinus,NumPlus).

Remember that Numlock area *, + and - are not the same as the ones from the standard keyboard.


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I have very limited knowledge of bash, and I haven't been able to figure out what I'm doing wrong.

I'm trying to follow the steps in this blog post: Using Mendeley and Dropbox to sync your pdf library across computers

However, when I run the terminal commands I get the following error:

~/Library/Application\ Support>cp -r Mendeley\ Desktop/ ~/Dropbox/Mendeley/db/
-bash: /Users/XXXXXXXX/Library/Application Support: is a directory

Everything I've read online seems to suggest that this command is correct.


texts:
When I click on my Airplay speaker in Sound settings, it jumps back.
I have to restart my Mac in order to fix this problem.

How can I fix this issue without restarting my Mac?


texts: Why has AirPlay to Apple TV stopped working from 3rd-party apps?

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I have been using AirPlay to stream stuff to my Apple TV for months, and it's been great. In the last week or so it stopped working for 3rd-party apps.

I use Radium on my Mac. This used to work fine but now when I unmute Apple TV it mutes itself again as soon as it starts to play.
I use the Digitally Imported app on my iPhone. I used to be able to stream this to Apple TV but now when I choose it it stops playing.

In both cases Apple TV shows up as a potential output device, and disappears and reappears as it should when I switch AirPlay off and on again on my Apple TV. I've tried 2 different routers and both wired and wireless connections. There is nothing relevant in the Console logs on my Mac that I can see.

The odd thing is that iTunes on my Mac can still play to it, and AirPlay mirroring works fine too, so it does seem to only affect 3rd-party applications.

How do I fix this?


texts: How do I install Windows 10 on Mac without removing the existing Linux partitions?

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I have a MacBook Air (El Captain) with Kali-Linux dual booted. Well, kind of. It's a 4 GB partition for live and a 15 GB partition for persistency.

So, all I wanted to know is, do I have any possibility of adding Windows onto my internal SSD too?


texts: Is there any particular cleaning solution for the MacBook Pro?

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Is there any cleaning solution for the MacBook Pro?
How should I clean my MacBook? Which fabric should I use to clean it?


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I have an iPhone 4s (1 1/2 years old) and suddenly the Wi-Fi is acting strange.

The Wi-Fi won't connect to any network, when I open the Settings app to select a network it will either find no networks or the settings app will crash. A hardware reset (Homebutton + Powerbutton) will result in 2 scenarios:

The Wi-Fi is working again, but only for a certain amount of time until it occurs again.
The Wi-Fi is disabled and I cannot enable it again. The Wi-Fi icon in Command Center is grayed out and in the Settings I cannot change the slide.

Is the Wi-Fi antenna messed up? What can I try else?


texts: Write an AppleScript to create a web link on the desktop

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I'm helping a visually impaired friend learn how to use her Mac. She's using the built-in screen magnifier, which is working great. She likes to access websites (mainly TV streaming services) via links on her desktop, which I'm able to create by hand. However the standard method for creating these (dragging a URL from the location bar in Safari to the desktop) isn't ideal for a visually impaired user.

I was thinking, therefore, that maybe I could write an AppleScript which could create the weblink on the desktop. I'd envisage this script being run from Safari when the user hits a specific keystroke. I've got no experience of writing AppleScript, however. Is it the best approach for what I'm trying to do? How should I go about getting started?


texts: Option to unlock fileVault without password

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For regular login using loginWindow, there's a way to use SmartCard instead of typing a password.
I was wondering if it's also possible to unlock the fileVault using the same mechanism or any other password-less method.


texts: What do setting CGFontRenderingFontSmoothingDisabled from defaults actually do?

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I was trying to make fonts on external non-retina display look good and I was playing with setting CGFontRenderingFontSmoothingDisabled as many advices on the internet said. But nothing helped me and I declined an idea of using an external display.

But now I wonder what this setting actually does? I was playing with CGFontRenderingFontSmoothingDisabled on my MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) with Catalina and without external display and it seems to me that this setting does not change how the fonts are rendered on built-in dislay. No noticeable difference.

Can somebody please explain what setting CGFontRenderingFontSmoothingDisabled is supposed to do? Maybe I use it wrong or not able to see the difference.


texts: How do I exit private browsing mode in iOS but retain all of my private tabs?

texts: When I exit private mode in Safari, all of my tabs go away. How do I take all of my tabs with me out of private mode?


texts: iTunes won't show artwork after I copy my music files from my old mac to another mac

texts:
I copy my music files from my old mac to my new mac and iTunes won't show artwork.

Each song still has its own artwork, just iTunes won't show it. I googled it and some said delete the cache folder inside artwork folder. But it doesn't work for me.
Any other suggestion ?


texts: Will time machine backup my whole Adobe CS apps?

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I wish to upgrade my OSX and am worried I lose my Adobe CS apps since they were issued by my (ex)college and i do not have the keys/seriel#'s

I didnt quite understand the answer given. Will a TM backup save all this apps/data so if my new osx gives me problems I can 'go back' and recover the previous osx and ALL my apps/data incl the Adobe stuff! ?

thanks D


texts: Is there any way to "unmerge" Bookmarks and History after disabling iCloud Syncing on Safari?

texts: Recently, I logged in to iCloud from my MacBook. When it asked me if I wanted to merge my bookmarks and Reading List with iCloud, I carelessly clicked yes, and continued on my business for the next couple of days. Eventually I realised that as a result of my actions, my history, reading list, and bookmarks on my iPhone and other iDevices signed into iCloud were merged with my Mac. Wanting to undo this, I unchecked Safari from the iCloud menu, and sure enough, it stopped syncing, but the leftover merged history, reading list and bookmark entries remained on my MacBook. Is there any way to delete these entries while preserving my original search history, bookmarks and reading list entries? Thanks.


texts: Disabling all non-essential system resources

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I am running a lab experiment on my Macbook Pro and I'm calculating the results of a program (physics simulation) so I need all of the available CPU I can get. Since the program that I have to run requires full access to the GPU I cannot boot in safe mode because it seems to reduce the graphics quite a bit. Things that I am doing now:

Quitting all application (of course), quitting Finder, disabling all sharing services (in system preferences), plugging laptop into AC adapter, reducing screen brightness (not sure if it will help), turning off wifi/bluetooth, disabling time machine, disabling all notifications and disabling sounds.

This is probably sufficient but is there something else I could do?


texts: Cannot shut down computer due to app not responding

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I have a 2012-ish MBP and I am using it to develop iOS apps using Xcode. This app stops responding relatively frequently, but usually I can just force quit it and open it again. However, this time I cannot Force Quit Xcode, although there is no 'dot' beneath it in the dock, right clicking the icon just shows the 'not responding' message. I have attached a screenshot.

This is preventing me from shutting down my computer. How can I fix this?

I hope my description is clear enough to make this a good question.


texts: iPad Air 2 used ~2GB of Mobile Data Overnight: what for?

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I just checked my email and have had a shock. Two emails received from O2, one at 6:39 am warning me that 80% of my allowance has been used, the other warning me at 6:45 am that I had run out of data allowance completely. I had almost my full 2GB allowance left, since it just renewed on Tuesday, and so that means something downloaded ~2GB of data on the 3G/4G connection!

I can't figure out why. 6:39 am was around the time I left the house this morning, so it would have been using 3G/4G, but the iPad was in my backpack and I was therefore not using it; so why/what was it downloading? When looking at the mobile data usage (I reset the statistics on Tuesday) I can see that 2GB has been used this period, but there is no breakdown about which apps have used the data.

One other thing to note is that I had set Sleep Cycle to wake me up, but when I did wake up the alarm was no longer set and unlocking took me to the home screen. As if the iPad had rebooted overnight.

I want to find out what's happened here, but I am unsure how to find out any more. If iOS' Mobile Data statistics won't tell me which app did this how can I find out?


texts: Why does OS X now think I have two partitions on my external USB drive (plus random connection issue)?

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I have an external USB drive that I have plugged into a USB hub, which gets unplugged from my computer about once a day.  Most of the time I remember to unmount the drive before disconnecting so that I don't break anything.  Sometimes I forget and get the message about "usb drive disconnected unexpectedly" (or something similar).

About the drive: it is a 1TB usb-powered Western Digital drive that I use for Time Machine and other misc. documents.  The drive is encrypted with FileVault2, which I think was done automatically when I told Time Machine to use it (my system drive uses FileVault2).

About the OS: OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2  (can't say issues started w/ any recent updates, but does seem to fall somewhere within install time periods of 10.8, 10.8.1 and 10.8.2 installs)

Recently, this drive has not been showing up every time I connect the USB hub.  Yesterday I noticed that the last Time Machine backup was a few days prior.  Last night I waited to plug it in until my computer was out of sleep, and this time I switched to a different port on the USB hub. The drive mounted without an issue.

Today, I went to unmount the drive (via right-click on desktop), and got a message: "My Passwort" is a partition on a disk that has 2 partitions. Do you want to eject "My Passport" only, or both partitions? ....

When I go to OS X Disk Utility, there is only one partition showing under the drive.

Q1: any ideas why the drive not showing up every time I connect over the last few months (sometimes it does, other times it didn't)?

Q2: why does the OS think there are two partitions?

Update 2: Ran diskutil list, got following result:

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *128.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         127.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS disk0s2                *126.9 GB   disk1
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *32.0 GB    disk2
   1:                  Apple_HFS mini32gb                32.0 GB    disk2s1
/dev/disk3
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk3
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk3s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         999.8 GB   disk3s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk3s3
/dev/disk4
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                 Apple_HFSX My Passport            *999.5 GB   disk4

Update 3: As noted in my comment below, I think Mountain Lion may have installed a recovery partition on my external drive, perhaps as a secondary safety measure in case my primary drive completely dies.  If this is the case, it wasn't preferred by me, so I guess take-home lesson is if you want to avoid this, unplug your externals before upgrading.

Final Update: I was tired of this message showing up, so I removed the partition with the following command (repeated for the EFI and the boot partition on my external):

diskutil eraseVolume "Free Space" Blank <DISK_NAME> # WARNING: CAREFUL WHICH VOLUME YOU ERASE!!


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Sometime my iPhone shows half of a black screen, which comes from the top and happens after touching the home button.
Does anyone has an idea what this is and how to reproduce it ?


texts: move watched iTunesU video to another folder

texts:
I'd like to write a script which will move watched iTunesU videos to another folder. There are two questions:

How to find these videos? Automator is able to filter tracks based on play count, but apparently the tracks do not include iTunesU video
How to prevent iTunes from re-downloading these videos again?


texts: How can I modify the Home Screen layout from macOS?

texts:
Apple Configurator 2 can allegedly be used to modify the Home Screen layout on an iOS device from macOS. However it appears to provide no way to configure the major new feature of Home Screens: Widgets. As near as I can tell Configurator 2 just supports reordering and regrouping of apps.
Can Configurator 2 in fact be used to modify the Home Screen (Widgets included)? If not is there a tool that can?


texts: Selecting Default Playlist Columns in iTunes

texts:
When you create a new playlist and select it in iTunes, it displays the following columns (renamed for clarity):

# Song Title iCloud Status Length Artist Album Genre Rating Plays

Is it possible to remove any of these defaults, or more generally pick a specific set of default columns to apply to new Playlists? I have no need for Genre, Rating, or Plays, and always immediately choose 'Auto Size All Columns' in a new playlist view after adding tracks.


texts: Recommendations for purchasing low cost but Powerful Macs

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I've started to a lot of video editing with Adobe Premiere CS5 and After Effects CS5. I don't really have the money for a new Mac Pro. I feel that laptops are general underpowered and I have no need to be mobile.

Where should I look for low cost Intel Macs that fit my needs? In general, I don't think refurbished Macs from Apple are low cost.


texts: iPad mini Smart Case problem - Sleep when folding over the back

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I just got an iPad mini with Retina Display (from the Apple Store) and a Smart Case.

The problem I'm having is that when folding the smart case over the back, the magnets of the Case would put the iPad to sleep.

I'm headed to the Apple Store today, but wanted to know if anyone else had experienced something like this, and if so, if was the iPad's or case's fault.


texts: Use Tab(or any other shortcut) to select word suggested in Touch Bar?

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I m using a note taking app. While typing, Touch Bar suggest 3 words with the middle one being blue. Is there anyway I can just type half word and press any button like Tab and the word is auto-filled?
Please let me know if any more clarity is required.


texts: iPhone 6, iOS 11 boot loop/restore bar loop

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I have a problem with my iPhone 6. It randomly went off, and when I tried to power it on again it became stuck on boot loop (Apple logo is displayed, going black, and Apple logo is displayed again) over and over. I've done some research, and I tried all solutions, such as restoring the phone via iTunes, ReiBoot, and other similar software everything goes fine, but when progress bar is displayed on the phone, it stuck, and it is not moving at all.

I don't have any idea what more I can do more...


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when i wanted to update the mac, this thing appear, so i can't.
maybe it's cuz of some apps that i've downloaded, but i couldn't know which one is! i need to update the mac.
i tried to search for solutions, but there's no such a problem.
please help :( i'm really suffering and bored cuz of this problem.
thanks.

10.9.5 and the model is macbook pro

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Hardware Information: ℹ
    MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013) (Technical Specifications)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro11,1
    1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
    4 GB RAM Not upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
    Wireless:  en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
    Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 202 - SN = D864062T07FFT5YAZ

Video Information: ℹ
    Intel Iris
        Color LCD 2560 x 1600

System Software: ℹ
    OS X 10.9.5 (13F1077) - Time since boot: 0:19:46

Disk Information: ℹ
    APPLE SSD SD0128F disk0 : (121.33 GB)
        EFI (disk0s1)  : 210 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /  [Startup]: 120.47 GB (14.70 GB free) (Low!)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3)   [Recovery]: 650 MB

USB Information: ℹ
    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Thunderbolt Information: ℹ
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Gatekeeper: ℹ
    Mac App Store and identified developers

User Launch Agents: ℹ
    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]

User Login Items: ℹ
    iTunesHelper    Application  (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
    uTorrent    Application  (/Applications/uTorrent.app)
    AdobeResourceSynchronizer    Application  (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
    RealPlayer Downloader Agent    Application  (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/RealNetworks/RealPlayer Downloader Agent.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ
    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
    Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

User internet Plug-ins: ℹ
    _SpeedTaoPlugin: Version: Unknown - SDK 10.7 [Click for support]
    iGetter Plugin: Version: 2.9.2 [Click for support]
    iGetterScriptablePlugin: Version: 2.9.2 [Click for support]
    RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown [Click for support]

Safari Extensions: ℹ
    FastestTube

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ
    None

Time Machine: ℹ
    Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ
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         4%    fontd
         3%    WindowServer
         2%    Google Chrome Helper(7)
         0%    RealPlayer Downloader Agent

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ
    991 MB    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(11)
    381 MB    Google Chrome Helper(7)
    345 MB    kernel_task
    115 MB    Safari
    98 MB    Google Chrome

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ
    92 MB    Free RAM
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    0 B    Swap Used

Diagnostics Information: ℹ
    May 31, 2015, 01:14:50 AM    Self test - passed
    May 29, 2015, 01:18:14 AM    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/VLC_2015-05-29-011814_[redacted].crash
    May 28, 2015, 04:33:09 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2015-05-28-043309_[redacted].crash


texts: Does apple get any payment for the Wired magazine viewer App?

texts: If you are subscribed to Wired magazine (paid subscription) you can download the Wired iPad app free and enter your Subscription # and view it on the iPad.


texts:
My Energy Saver system preferences look like this:

The thing is, I don’t want my Mac to ever go sleep — especially last night when I had Handbrake transcoding a ton of important files I was expecting to be done this morning. I woke up to discover Handbrake stopped sometime after I walked away from it last night, only to continue transcoding again after I logged back into my Mac this morning.

Why in the world did it put itself to sleep when it was so clearly busy? All 12 cores of the processor were going to town! How do I ensure my Mac Pro does NOT go to sleep, especially when it should be working hard?

Technical details, if needed:
Mac Pro 2013 (trash can edition)
12-Core Processor
64GB RAM
1TB SSD
macOS High Sierra 10.13.5


texts: How to you get the "Share with Google Drive" contextual menu option in Finder?

texts: Google Drive is installed but there is no option "View with Google Drive" or "Share with Google Drive" when I Control-click / Right-click on an item in the Finder like my coworkers have. How do you enable them?


texts:
I am a musician running ProTools and Maschine on my MacBook Air. I recently used Terminal.app to delete some standard Apple apps and clear disk space.

The space was cleared but now Terminal keeps opening and interrupting me. I enter the logout command and it logs out successfully but keeps coming back. I have run Etrecheck and there was nothing insidious on the system.

Is anyone aware of how to address this issue?

Please note that I have not (and cannot!) update OS X because I've heard that it has operating problems with ProTools 12.

System specs:
MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012)
1.8 GHz Intel Core i5
8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Macintosh HD
Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB
OS X Yosemite Version 10.10.5


texts: How to remotely control iPhone 6 which dropped and right side screen is not working

texts: I dropped my iPhone 6 and the right side of the screen is black. I cannot type there, I can't activate my Wi-Fi access and data access. I need it to turn this on. Is there a way to remotely control the iPhone from my laptop?


texts: Cannot upgrade FROM High Serra 10.13.6 to Mojave 10.14.6?

texts:
I am trying to upgrade Xcode from 10.1 to 11.0. Somewhere it says that I have to have iOS 10.14.6. (Currently my Mac is running High Sierra 10.13.6. And I have trouble to make Xcode 10.1 work with my iPhone 7 whiting is running 13.1.2.)

When I am trying to download macOS Mojave, I see the following message. After click OK, it seems that nothing happens.

I have MacBook Pro 2018.

What can I do to move forward?


texts: Is there any way to connect a record player (RCA outputs) to AirPlay speakers?

texts:
I've got a very simple situation, which is: I have a generic record player with a preamp and RCA outputs (red/white). I have a pair of speakers connected to an old Airport Express, one connected to a new Airport Express, and an Apple TV.

Can I make the record player Do A Sound in the AirPlay-connected speakers? Options I've considered are:

A Raspberry Pi, but the software side of it may be more trouble than it's worth
Connecting the record player, using an adapter, to my iMac, and then using Rogue Amoeba's LineIn to capture input, and transmit all audio, using Soundflower and Porthole, to AirPlay. This worked, but the lag between different speakers is considerable. Also, I'm using three separate apps for a task I should be able to do with a small box.

This doesn't seem like that maddeningly difficult an ask, but so far I've come up with nothing that works as an AirPlay transmitter in the same way as, say, iTunes. I can get this amp for cheap: http://www.pioneer.eu/uk/products/42/98/405/VSX-529-K/page.html but I don't understand if it can transmit as well as receive AirPlay streams. Halp?


texts: Can't format samsung 128 evo micro sd card

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I'm having issues formatting a micro sd card a for a friend on my Mac. I've tried using Disk Utility, diskutil commands in terminal and SD Card Formatter. This is what I get when I try on terminal:

jonathandiller$ diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2
Unmount of all volumes on disk2 was successful
jonathandiller$ sudo diskutil eraseDisk FAT32 NONAME MBRFormat /dev/disk2
Started erase on disk2
Unmounting disk
Creating the partition map
Waiting for partitions to activate
Formatting disk2s1 as MS-DOS (FAT32) with name NONAME
Error: -69830: This operation requires an unmounted disk


texts: Why  does my MacBook Pro's keyboard freeze when it wakes up so I have to hard reboot?

texts:
Sometimes, but not every time, when I open my MacBook Pro to wake it from sleep, the keyboard doesn't respond, so I have to reboot my Mac using the power button.

There's a good chance that it happens when I close the lid without the laptop being plugged into power (the MagSafe plug), then plug in either power or headphones before I wake the computer again.

It is a MacBook Pro 15"(2011), 2.2Ghz Intel Core i7, 500GB 5400 RPM, 8G RAM running
Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 (11D50d). I have zh-CN (PRC Chinese) (Mainland China, simplified characters) as the preferred language for all users by default. I upgraded my Lion one by one (from 10.7 to 10.7.1,... till 10.7.3) and while upgrading, I didn't get any error or alert. So the updates went well.

I tried to solve it following a work around involving inserting and unplugging my headphones, but that didn't work out.

Is there any solid solution, or is this a known MacBook Pro issue?


texts: Open .webm files with VLC automatically on Safari

texts:
Currently on Safari I can copy the address of a .webm video file and play it in VLC by opening it with the "Open Network" option. If I open a .webm file on a page alone it defaults to downloading the file. How can I make it so that opening a .webm file opens VLC and loads the file from that URL?

Here is an example of a link to a .webm file that I would like to automatically open with VLC: https://i.4cdn.org/g/1584979729118.webm


texts: Is it possible to customise Look Up in macOS Mojave?

texts:
When I three-finger tap on a word, I get a variety of definitions, from Dictionary.app, Siri knowledge, News, the App Store, etc.

Would there be any way, either through Settings or through developing an app, to take away certain functionalities (such as link previewing and news), and add certain functionalities (like searching a specific website, such as a specific online dictionary)?

Note: This article says I can turn off Siri and customise the dictionaries, but I'd like to do more than that:

https://www.macworld.com/article/3297058/ios-how-to-declutter-look-up.html


texts: How could I install Boot Camp drivers to my Windows partition?

texts:
I've finally figured out how to install Windows without any stray network connection errors or invalid .iso file errors, but I've run into a bit of an issue. The Windows partition doesn't have any drivers. Its' resolution is 640x320 and I don't even know if I can change that. I've downloaded the Boot Camp drivers for my machine (Late 2013 MacBook Pro 15" with Retina Display) and I'd installed the Windows-run partition with those drivers in the .iso, but somehow none of those drivers were installed.

I'd downloaded them again to my Macintosh HD partition, but I can't copy them to my Windows HD partition because of file system incompatibilities or whatever. At that point I'd decided to copy them to an NTFS flash drive, then copy them from that drive to my Windows HD partition, but I'm still not allowed to do that. I'm given the not-allowed cursor when I attempt to drag the drivers folder over. I'm pretty sure I can launch Setup.exe in Windows HD if I can figure out how to copy those files over and everything will be okay, but I can't figure out how to do that.

One last thing I'd tried (the first) was to connect to Ethernet via Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter. This did not work and I'm assuming that's because I don't have an Ethernet driver, either. I couldn't even connect to the network.

I've never been through so much trouble just to play a game from The Sims series. Why can't they hurry to the release of a Mac version? :(

Thanks for reading.

Edit: Basically Boot Camp wouldn't allow me to create a bootable USB drive without some network error or claiming that I was trying to install from an iso which wasn't a Windows iso, when it was -- in fact -- a Windows iso. To avoid that I'd opened Microsoft's bootable USB creation tool (on my Windows-run server) to create the bootable USB drive on my flash drive. After that I'd copied the Boot Camp files over from the 'BootCamp5.1.5621' folder I'd downloaded from Apple's support site. I'd then chosen the following configuration in Boot Camp.

After starting the operation my Mac had restarted and I was greeted with the 'Starting Windows' message. I'd installed Windows to the appropriate partition, then booted Windows to see that I didn't have any drivers at all.

I know it doesn't make much sense, but that was the configuration and my Mac did boot the new Windows partition properly.

Edit: I've found a workaround.

I've used my Windows 7 VM within VirtualBox to copy the files over after creating a shared folder to /Volumes/Untitled (Untitled was my Windows HD). I'd copied the files from my OS X desktop (also had a shared folder between OS X and the VM for my OS X desktop) which was where I had the Boot Camp drivers, then copied them over to the Windows HD disk. Now I'm going to boot Windows again and try to launch Setup.exe from the Boot Camp drivers folder. I'd still like a better solution, though. All answers welcome!


texts: How can I search for photos taken at a specific time?

texts:
All my photos are in iPhoto and I want to be able to search for photos taken at a specific time. Happy to use an app or command to search at file system level from Terminal if I need to.

Smart Albums will let me do date, but not time.
Spotlight will let me search meta data, but I cannot figure out how I can do a fuzzy search on the kMDItemContentCreationDate field.

Any ideas?


texts: My iPhone's battery runs down frequently after being fully charged, what can i do?


texts: How do I enable an existing TFTPd within 10.6.6 ?


texts: Using “old” 5W iPhone 5 Power adapter to charge a new iPhone XR

texts:
I would like to know if it is safe to use an “old” 5W Power Adapter (charging brick) from an iPhone 5 to charge my new iPhone XR. I am specifically referring to the original (and, of course, genuine) charging brick that my old iPhone 5 included in the box.

Yeah, I know that my new iPhone XR already includes a cable and a 5W Power Adapter. However, I would like to have two chargers (one at my work and the other one at home).

I would definitely need to purchase a new lightning cable, but, my question is, Is it necessary to purchase a new charging brick? Could the “old” charging brick damage my new phone (since it is too old)? It seems to work fine. It worked perfectly with my iPhone 5, but I am not sure if I should use it on my iPhone XR.


texts: What is a trustworthy 2x4GB RAM for MacBook Pro 15" 2.4Mhz Core i5?

texts:
I'm looking to upgrade memory from 4GB to 8GB on my MacBook Pro 15" 2.4Mhz Core i5.

I've been looking at Mushkin 8GB RAM on NewEgg, but it's been getting bad reviews lately for not working properly with MacBook Pro Core i7. I'm not sure if it still works OK with Core i5...

Is there a trusted 8GB(2x4) RAM upgrade for MacBook Pro 15" 2.4Mhz Core i5?


texts:
I have a Mac running Mountain Lion 10.8.2 - previously it was Snow Leopard.
In the past few days I've noticed this happened:

The galaxy background disappeared, and blue background replaced it. I can't recover either of them, resetting PRAM didn't help.

Also, in Firefox and Chrome, Adobe Flash Player is sluggish for sites like YouTube etc. but not Google Maps.

I also can't change user picture either - just an icon with a man's head grayed out appears.

I don't have any Time Machine backups, so what should I do that can keep my existing programs intact and fix this problem? (I've tried the advice I found online of boot into safe mode, or reset PRAM/NVRAM but so far nothing's worked). Would changing the MTU from 1500 fix anything?

All help is much appreciated, thanks!


texts: macOS Catalina blueoothd high CPU IOBluetoothBroadcomSchedulerWorkaround issue

texts:
I've already spent many hours with this and I wasn't able to come up with a solution. Since 10.14.x (I don't remember exactly, currently on 10.15.2) I am have been having this issue (and console flooded with the following message and bluetoothd causes CPU usage of 40-120 %, too) :

bluetoothd     EVENT:  ModeChange
bluetoothd  == IOBluetoothBroadcomSchedulerWorkaround start
bluetoothd  USBProductID 0x7B   USBVendorID 0x5AC
bluetoothd  schedularWorkaroundActive? 0
bluetoothd  active? 0
bluetoothd  == IOBluetoothBroadcomSchedulerWorkaround end
bluetoothd     EVENT:  ModeChange
bluetoothd  Apple HID device count: 0
bluetoothd  updateAppleHIDConnectionIntervals - connectedAppleDevices 0
bluetoothd  updateAppleHIDConnectionIntervals - twoSniffAttemptDeviceCount 0
bluetoothd  updateAppleHIDConnectionIntervals - connectedSCODeviceCount 0
bluetoothd  Dont enable MSS for this device Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Mouse
bluetoothd  == IOBluetoothBroadcomSchedulerWorkaround end

Happens with a Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Mouse and two different (Logitech) mouses, too. Any ideas what I could try? I've already tried deleting plists, NVRAM, reseting SMC, booting into Safe Mode, reseting BT setting in macOS… Thanks!

More details: Machine specs are: MBP 13" 2018 (2.3/16/512).
Apart from this, bluetooth connection drops randomly and the issue occurs both with Wi-Fi on and off and the USB-C dock connnected and disconnected.


texts: My MacPro 5,1 is running a 3.33 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon with 16 GB 1333 MHz DDR3. Is this a single or a dual socket system? Thanks.


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I have some video in .dv format. It comes from old VHS digitalized. The quality is not good, they are spots of 30 seconds and each one has around 300MB. I have a new iMac with the last operating system. I have a lot of them and I have done some test in a couple to see the options.

If I click to one of the .dv it opens with QuickTime. If I file > export 720. It is saved to .mov and it have around 10MB or less. (remember from 300MB the original .dv). The quality seems the same.

If I import the .dv to iMovie and share > file > 720 and quality medium it is saved to .mp4 and it is around 40MB.

The original .dv with 300MB seem too big, specially when they do not have a good quality. Is it good to save it to .mov or .mp4, do I loose anything?
I do not see any difference of quality between QuickTime.mov 10MB or  iMovie .mp4 40MB Why that difference of MB? is it a good option to save it to QuickTime just because it has less MB?

Thank you


texts: Can you change the Mac OS system highlight color with a terminal command?

texts:
I need to be able to retrieve and/or set the system highlight color from a terminal command.  Does anyone know how to access it?

Thanks.


texts: Podcasts app displaying duplicates, one with a cloud icon

texts:
I recently updated my iPhone 5s to iOS 11 and now Podcasts seems to be totally broken.

All I want to do is play Podcasts I download - preferably on iTunes.

Now I see seemingly identical Podcasts with a download link.

Is there anyway to fix the display of podcasts to remove the duplicates?

The following shows part of the problem: identical Podcasts one with a download link.


texts: LAN Chat via OS X Server — Will Messages App Suffice?

texts:
I'm setting up a network for a small business with two geographic sites, which will be run on OS X Server.

We need a "chat" tool of some sort, and the contents of those chats could possibly contain sensitive data we can't store on someone else's servers.

Does Apple's Messages app for OS X (Mountain Lion or greater) and iOS fit the bill?  I've never set up something like this before, so I'm not sure if every message sent/received via Messages app hits Apple's servers at some point.

If Messages isn't a good fit, please suggest possible alternatives which would work across Mac & iPad?


texts: I am a member of a family sharing plan on iTunes. In order to not charge my partner when I make a purchase, I purchased an iTunes gift card and gave it to myself - $200. I was able to make two purchases against the gift card, but now every time I try to purchase music, even though I can see I have $180.02 balance, I get the pop-up box that says I need the family organizer to authorize. I don't seem to be able to access my own gift card to make my own purchases. Please help!


texts: iOS version adoption historical data (from Apple)?

texts:
You can get the iOS version adoption rates for today from Apple here.
Here's a screencap of the the iPhone numbers as of this post:

Is historical data for this available? (preferably from Apple, and in a tabular/CSV format)


texts: How to change turn-by-turn navigation voice language in Google Maps for iPhone?

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I have my iPhone's language set to English in Settings, but I live in a non-English speaking country. As such, when using turn-by-turn navigation, street names are pronounced as though they were English words, and are barely recognizable.

Is there a way to get Google Maps' navigation feature to speak my language without changing the systemwide language setting?


texts:
I was just running lots of labour-intensive code on my mac, and then suddenly the disk space was full. I noticed two things that I hadn't seen before:

System was taking up a huge amount of disk space,
Other Volumes in Container was also taking up a huge amount of disk space.

The Other Volumes in Container decreased by itself. I'm guessing this was temporary storage space taken up by running the code, which is why it decreases automatically.

However, I'm pretty sure the System stuff wasn't there in such force before.

What is this? Is it OK to get rid of it? If so, how?


texts: I would like to use iMac as a display, but without loading an OS

texts:
I have a late 2009 27" iMac, but recently the internal hard drive completely died. When I try to power it up, the iMac gets stuck on the white Apple loading screen. So instead I would now like to use it just as a display.

Is there a way to do this without replacing the internal hard drive? I have used it as a display before when it was working, so I know it can be used that way.


texts: Wireless or Wired Apple keyboard for programming?

texts:
Why one or the other?

I don't use the numpad nor much of the functional keys (delete, insert, etc.).

The latency with the wireless worries.

What are your experiences?


texts:
When my scheduled backup task failed with "out of disk space error" I discovered that I had a massive folder at /private/var/folders/<\w\w>/<\w+>/<\W>/com.apple.Safari/WebKitDropDestination-<\w+>/ and this folder was full of video files that really were from my Apple Photos library. Strangely, these videos .mov files (I've only checked few random ones) are still present in my Photos library. Well, some version of them anyway. This /private … folder is almost 72 GB in size, which is why my backup task croaked. So…

what the heck is this WebKitDropDestination?
why does it have old videos that I have not otherwise touched or moved?


texts: Retrieving a clicked on notification on iPhone 8

texts:
I received a notification from Dooordash that was a coupon for 50% off my next order by a certain date with a code in the notification. Seeing this made me decide I would use it so I clicked on the notification to open doordash, placed my order, and went to add the code.  I hadn’t memorized the code fully so I went to go back to the Look at the notification but it had disappeared when I clicked on it and now I can find no way to pull it up again to retrieve the coupon code. This meant I could not get my discount from doordash and their support help said I need a screenshot of the code to get help retrieving the code which is beyond stupid as having a screenshot of the code would mean I still had it and would need no help.

Is there anyway to pull-up recent notifications that you have clicked on? I saw nothing like that in the notification settings pages.


texts: Python interactive mode not registering changes made to file on disk

texts:
I am running Python 2.7 in interactive mode in Terminal. If I make changes to the Python source or data file while the same is open in Python prompt, it doesn't appear to see the change, and exhibits the same behavior as if no change had been made.

When I quit() Python and start it up again, then it registers the change.

Any ideas how do I achieve the desired? I also have Python 3.7 installed on my Mac. I am running macOS Sierra.


texts: Changed Apple ID but Apple TV keeps showing old email

texts: I changed my Apple ID a few months ago - and I think I updated it everywhere I need to. Everything seems to be fine (on iPhone, ipad and MacBook Pro) except when I use Apple TV it keeps showing my old Apple ID and I need to delete it and enter the new ID and password every time I want to watch something. Can anyone help?


texts:
Disclaimer: I work with programmers, but am not one myself and have no real / formal knowledge of how an OS works; please be patient if the following makes plain my ignorance :)

I am trying to organize a large group of folders that contain many different subfolders and documents (full context is provided below, in case it is helpful / relevant).

I'm trying to avoid duplication of folders/documents but it would be most convenient for many folders/documents to be "filed" in multiple places. As such, I was thinking of using either symbolic links or aliases, but was wondering which would be most appropriate / robust to ongoing development and changes?

I'm not very clear on the difference between the two (from what I have read, a Mac alias is a kind of symbolic link, but with different behaviour). However, while working on other projects where, e.g. an app calls on a script which may be intermittently updated by my programmer, I know we had to make use of a symbolic link to avoid issues when the file was updated (& an alias would not work, in that case).

All these files are currently stored on DropBox, in case that adds additional complications.

Any suggestions would be very much welcome, including pointers on structuring / organizing files optimally. I find that I am constantly pulled between having well-organized folders and quick access to those folders / documents, and imagine there must be a solution that allows for both!

Context: the following may or may not be relevant to the proposed solution and is only included for completeness.

I am teacher, and create a new folder for each class (8-12 classes/semester); within which I create updated versions of my notes (which are done in LaTeX, so are grouped in separate folders, for each lecture); new resources to incorporate in the future; questions from students and other related info.

During any given semester, my work lives almost exclusively in the course-folder for that semester, so I try to ensure that all, and only, relevant files are in that folder for the duration of the semester.

Any unused resources or projects that have to be carried forward are generally moved to a class-resources folder that is carried forward from semester-to-semester. It would be convenient, however, to make this process less demanding to maintain (e.g. having the resources folder as a symbolic link of the folder in each semester, so that material to be carried forward is automatically filed there and can be found within any semesters folder).


texts: macOS cannot connect to OpenVPN using Shimo - Kext error

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I am trying to connect to a VPN network using a OpenVPN profile I have imported to Shimo, but it fails showing this message.

  Shimo could not load its tun/tap kernel extensions, which are required by the used VPN protocol. Maybe you have some other VPN software running, which uses similar kernel extensions?

  Could not load kernel extension with identifier: net.sf.tuntaposx.tun

I had another vpn app installed which I removed using AppCleaner and restarted my laptop.
The .ovpn file is correct for sure because it is used by another pc and it connects successfully.
Shimo is connecting successfully to other VPN networks such as PPTP.
I have also manually created another profile using username/password instead of the stored certifications to connect to that OpenVPN and the outcome is the same.

Debugging

For debugging I run kextstat | grep -e tun -e tap before Shimo started and there are no results.
I run it again after Shimo started, again no results.
And I run it again after error message is shown and this is the result.

194    0 0xffffff7f83db6000 0x7000     0x7000     net.sf.tuntaposx.tap (1.0) 3D2DEB8A-5419-3CFC-A44F-AE197B319324 <7 5 4 1>

After that I execute sudo kextunload -b net.sf.tuntaposx.tap and the kext is unloaded successfully.
Then again when I try to connect the same error message is shown and the kext is loaded again.

I am using:

Shimo 4.1.5.1
macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

Note
I have found also some guides indicating that I should execute sudo rm -fr /Library/Extensions/tap.kext and sudo rm -fr /Library/Extensions/tun.kext and reinstall Shimo, but I fear this could cause more problems.

Any thoughts? (Thanks for your time)

UPDATE

I have now installed Tunnelblick and imported the same .ovpn file and it connects successfully.


texts:
My 1TB LaCie Rugged THB decided it was a good idea to stop working all of a sudden.
If I open it in disk util I sometimes see an actual name of a partition, but most likely it's not the real name.

In Terminal I tried:

diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            140.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                110.1 GB   disk0s4
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk1
   1:                  Apple_HFS                         150.1 GB   disk1s1
   2:                 DOS_FAT_32 BAK_WIN                 150.0 GB   disk1s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS                         100.0 GB   disk1s3
   4:                 DOS_FAT_32                         120.0 GB   disk1s5
   5:                 DOS_FAT_32                         480.1 GB   disk1s6

And then to unmount this:

$sudo diskutil unmountDisk force disk1

gave this: Forced unmount of disk1 failed: at least one volume could not be unmounted
Than for each disk:

$sudo diskutil unmount force disk1sn

Always: disk1sn was already unmounted

Because I wasn't able to do anything with my external HDD I made a desperate attempt to erase everything on it, including unbackuped files, cause this used to be the backup plan. This was the try:

$ sudo diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ DISK_VOLUME disk1
Started erase on disk1
Unmounting disk
Error: -69888: Couldn't unmount disk

But it didn't work as well. If you have any idea to get the HDD working or even safe the files, I would be really grateful.

Almost forgot about this from Disk Utility:
Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.


texts: How to prevent iTerm2's Hotkey Window from changing desktop?

texts: I've configured Hotkey Window to slide down from top when global hotkey is pressed (like console). But when I do that when maximized window is active it switches to a desktop. Is there a way to prevent that? I want terminal to just slide over fullscreen window.


texts: How to run a sudo command on mac? .. problem with mysql server

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I 've installed mysql server with brew, and i need to run manually this command each time my computer start to make it work with an application that I can't edit.

sudo mkdir -p -- /var/run/mysqld/ ; sudo ln -s /tmp/mysql.sock /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

What I can do to call this automatically? I tried with Automator, but I don't want to enter my password each time, what is the right way to run this or to fix this? (may changing permissions and running this as normal user)

Mysql is running with my normal user, not root.


texts: Can you install NPM and Git under a standard user account?

texts:
Currently all users in my environment run as standard users.  We now have developers starting that will need access to tools such as NPM and Git.

Is it possible to install these tools and limit to the user account?

The installers/packages appear to install globally which would imply they would also need sudo access.


texts: How to trigger enlarged mouse pointer without shaking the mouse

texts:
There's a feature on OS X at least since El Capitan, but possibly earlier that enlarges the mouse pointer when you shake the mouse. In fact, it's called Shake mouse pointer to locate (under Accessibility > Display) and it's enabled by default.

I want to be able to briefly "pulse" the size of the pointer to draw attention to something on screen, but without moving the pointer away from what I am trying to highlight.

I know that there are 3rd party add-ons that do this sort of thing by drawing stuff on the screen where the pointer is, but does anybody know if it's possible to trigger the built-in OS mouse enlargement briefly other than by shaking the mouse?


texts: How to change your primary device for receiving the verification code?

texts:
My MacBookPro(primary device for receiving verification codes for other devices) crashed and I have to replace the hard drive.
How do I make my Mac-Mini my primary device?


texts: Is there a way to create a tar file in OS X (Sierra, preferably) that does not include the ._ files?  I've tried using the --exclude option, but clearly don't know the right pattern to use.


texts:
I'm playing around with Dock and until now I was using killall Dock command to relaunch it.

Now I used killall -KILL Dock and my Dock went down without relaunching itself. I tried restarting my mac but it did not help.

I tried to open also /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock/Contents/MacOS/Dock but all I'm getting is:

2018-08-18 22:05:31.276 Dock[1061:44244] -[__NSCFNumber stringByExpandingTildeInPath]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0xe5cdf6a4f4b8bcfb
2018-08-18 22:05:31.277 Dock[1061:44244] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[__NSCFNumber stringByExpandingTildeInPath]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0xe5cdf6a4f4b8bcfb'

Is there any way I can get my Dock back :(?


texts: Finder opens or sends the wrong file (El Capitan + Sierra)

texts:
At seemingly random occurrence, these days a few times per day, finder seems to confuse files.

When opening a file from the column view list, or when dragging the file into another application (as an attachment for example), the wrong file is opened or sent. Usually it is the next or previous file in the list of files that I'm looking at.

When the wrong file is opened I can notice it immediately, but when sending the wrong file there is no way of telling, even in the email the filename I intended will show, but the recipient will receive another file.

It has been happening on two computers, one running el capitan (10.11.6), the other running sierra.

I'm not sure if this is related, but I always use the Column view in finder, I still have to test if it happens in other views as well.

Does anyone have a clue why this is happening?


texts: After iOS 5 install, only some purchased ringtone transfer to iPhone

texts:
After install of iOS 5 on my iPhone 4, I noticed that only 2 of my ringtones installed. I resynched. I explicitly requested a sync of my 7 purchased ringtones. Same result: iTunes synced the same 2 of 7.
I'm on OS X 10.6.8.

How can transfer all of my ringtones to my phone?


texts: Quarantined root directory on primary drive?

texts:
I've been experiencing performance issues on my mid-2011 mac mini (running El Cap) for a while now -- beachballs, spotlight issues, general slowness -- and have been so far unable to discern the actual cause (this is, in part, why I haven't yet upgraded to Sierra). I just noticed that the root of my primary drive is marked as quarantined:

andy@Aurora[14:57:14]: $ ls -ldeO@ /
drwxr-xr-x@ 40 root  wheel  - 1428 Jan  7 16:20 /
    com.apple.quarantine      68

Is it possible that this is the cause of my problems? And how would I go about fixing it?


texts: Using magic-trackpad for simple play/pause interface for movies or music

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Backstory...my mother-in-law fell and has a spinal injury (C5), and she has no finger use, just her arms.  I want to give her some control over her iPad to play or pause movies and music.  Anyone have a script to assign the play/pause button as a single tap to the magic-trackpad?

Also, any other simple yet clever scripts for handicap use with the trackpad would be most appreciated.

Thanks,
Don
donroy (at) gmail.com


texts:
I have noticed that VDCAssistant was causing the computer to be extremely slow due to CPU usage in excess of 90%.

Here is the path of VDCAssistant.

  /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreMediaIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/VDC.plugin/Contents/Resources/VDCAssistant

When, I ran the following command:

  lsof | grep -i "VDC"

I get all sorts of stuff related to IOUSBFamily, AppleIntelHSWVA, GeForceVADriver, and some /dev/null entries.

When I terminated the process of  "/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreMediaIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/VDC.plugin/Contents/Resources/VDCAssistant" everything seems to go back to normal.  I know that this process will relaunch and cause further slow downs.

Does anybody know what might be causing this and how I can fix it?


texts: Can you play Clash of Clans using the same Apple ID?

texts:
Me and my brother want to play Clash of Clans with different game progress but somehow he always gets my progress when he plays it.

He got a new Apple ID and a new Game Center, but somehow the same problem is happening: we can't play the game separately - we tried and tried but it still doesn't work.

What can we do to play the game using different progress?


texts:
I want to make a small application that will type the number 1, wait an interval, type the number 2, wait an interval, type number 3, wait an interval, etc.

This works for typing one number over and over:

on idle
    tell application "System Events"
        key code 18
    end tell
    return 2
end idle

But I'm struggling to get more than number to work:

on idle
    tell application "System Events"
        key code 18
    end tell
    return 2
    tell application "System Events"
        key code 19
    end tell
    return 2
end idle

This doesn't work. Nor does this:

on idle
    tell application "System Events"
        key code 18
        return 2
        key code 19
        return 2
    end tell
end idle

I don't know what else to try. Thank you!


texts: Google Calendar not syncing with iOS 7 (tried deleting account, creating Google or CalDAV, nothing worked)

texts:
I restored my iPod-touch 4 data to my new iPod-touch 5, and the calendar was looking good, until I realize it was not syncing.

I tried deleting my Google Account and creating again, twice, with no success (now the calendars and events are not even showing in the app).

Also, I tried both Google account and CalDAV account, but none of them are even downloading my calendars.

I use two-step authentication, and I'm using app generated passwords each time I try to add a new account to sync.

The GMail sync is working properly, only the Calendar have some problem.

Is there anything more I can try? Or should I restore and keep my iOS 6?

(By the way, the Reminders are not syncing with iCloud, and Safari is crashing as soon as it opens, even after a few restarts of the iOS. But the calendar is the big problem right now)


texts: Can I get an alert when my iPhone 5S is unplugged?

texts:
My iPhone 5S gives a beep or buzz when I plug it in to a charger, but doesn’t provide any notification, apart from the lightning bolt in the top right hand corner disappearing, when it gets unplugged.
I’d like to get such a notification because my phone has a tendency to stop charging if the cable has the slightest touch to it - this happens with many different cables.
My phone is not jailbroken, so https://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/02/23/unpower-jailbreak-tweak/ doesn’t help. I’m on iOS 12.5.1, and according to Apple security updates, the iPhone 5S isn't supported for iOS 13 or 14.


texts: Keyboard/touchpad no longer works in OS X. Works fine in Linux. 13" early 2015

texts:
I have a strange issue with my early 2015 13" Macbook pro.
The keyboard and touchpad no longer works during boot or in OS X. I can't, for example, use the internal keyboard to boot from USB, but have to hold down option on an external USB keyboard to select startup disk. Even the caps lock key light doesn't turn on when pressed. However, I can use the internal keyboard to do an SMC reset and both touchpad and keyboard works fine when booting Linux from a USB stick. External mouse and keyboard also work fine.

The computer was working fine in the evening. Before going to bed I placed it in my bag, and in the morning when I resumed from sleep neither touchpad or keyboard was working. I think I restarted the computer due to an update earlier in the day before it stopped working.

What I've tried:

SMC reset
NVRAM reset
Clean reinstall
Reseat the keyboard connector on the logic board.

None of them changed anything. Any suggestions would be very welcome!


texts: Is it possible to output different audio to HDMI and built-in speaker simultaneously?

texts:
After I connected my Macbook Pro to an HDTV with HDMI cord, I can choose to output audio to either the HDMI port or the built-in speaker. And I know that it it possible to create a "congregate" audio device so that the same audio can be outputted to both the HDMI port and the built-in speaker.

I would like to know if it is possible to output different audio to the HDMI port and the built-in speaker simultaneously? i.e. Play a movie on the HDTV and play its sound from there, but for everything else play the sound from the built-in speaker.

Thank you.

Hardware: MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)OS: OS X El Capitan


texts: Mac Powerpoint 2011 "play" presentation w/out full screen?

texts:
I'm trying to play a presentation with Powerpoint without seeing it in full screen.  (my goal is to take notes on the presentation in a separate window/app).

Any ideas how to do this?  I want to be able to view the animations/transitions, which I don't get when viewing the powerpoint in edit mode


texts: Contact cards vanished. After Big Sur update, Contacts won't open at all

texts: OSX Contacts app started to act strangely a while ago. It opened and showed all the contact sources/accounts but none of these would display actual contact cards. Contact autofill functionality remained in Mail. Contacts are still visible on iPhone and through icloud.com. I tried various fixes without luck, including trashing Library/ApplicationSupport/AddressBook. Nothing worked so I decided to finally do the overdue update to Big Sur, hoping that the fresh install of Contacts would fix the problem. After the update, the contents of Library/ApplicationSupport/AddressBook look healthy but Contacts won't open at all. When I try to send the error report to Apple, it freezes and I have to close the process through Activity Monitor. The Big Sur update also brought the added bonus of none of my System Preference panes opening anymore but I don't know if this is related to the Contacts problem. Any ideas, please? I'm clueless at this point. Thanks!


texts: What's the maximum necessary size in pixels for a video for iPhone?

texts:
I'm exporting MOVs from Flash, then converting them to mp4 with Handbrake. The video will scale to the screen size, but I would prefer it to scale down, rather than  scale up.

So, what are the optimum pixel width and height of a MOV/mp4 for iPhones? By "optimum", I mean the maximum needed to display 1:1 on the highest definition iPhone screen.

I know iPhone screen sizes have changed with each new iPhone, and screen sizes come in points, rendered pixels, physical pixels and physical devices. But hopefully in the end there's max X-px x Y-px.


texts: Why does my USB audio device have problems with Google Hangouts?

texts:
The audio sent to the person I'm talking to is very faint when using my USB audio headset and Google Hangouts, even if I turn the level up high in System Preferences. In Skype, everything is normal. What could be going on?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)

10.10.2

Plantronics .Audio 478 Stereo USB Headset

Chrome

update: it seems that refreshing window (essentially re-joining the hangout) causes the correct mic to be detected.


texts:
When I set my screen saver "start after" value, it resets within a few hours. I have not yet determined what event causes it to reset, but it does not require rebooting to occur.

Apple customer support had me delete the com.apple.screensaver.plist file from /Library/Preferences/, but that did not resolve the problem.

Since the start after value won't stay put, is there another way to disable the screen saver altogether?


texts: Why are applications (like Adobe Fireworks and Appcelerator Titanium) crashing on startup?

texts:
Closed my computer last night, went home. Opened it and it had restarted. Now when I open a couple programs such as Adobe Fireworks or Appcelerator Titanium they throw up a nasty error like below. Other programs (Chrome, Firefox, Textmate, Versions) work fine.

Any thoughts on this? I haven't owned my MacBook long so I'm not even aware of the right tools or places to look to track this down. Any help would be most appreciated. It's making it hard to get my work done :]

If it helps at all both those programs were probably open when it restarted. From the look of it I'm not sure if it's a permissions error or something? I completely re-installed on of the applications Titanium. Didn't seem to help.

Process: Adobe Fireworks CS5 [1044]
Path: /Applications/Adobe Fireworks CS5/Adobe Fireworks CS5.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Fireworks CS5
Identifier: com.macromedia.fireworks
Version: Adobe Fireworks CS5 version 11.0.0.484 (11.0.0) Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [87]

Date/Time: 2011-02-18 09:45:47.689 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.6 (10J567)
Report Version: 6

Interval Since Last Report: 12983 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 6
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 325365 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 4
Anonymous UUID: D16EAFE7-2F04-44D4-A984-5902A6EF8943

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x00000000b0327ff8
Crashed Thread: 7

Thread 0:
Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread 0 libSystem.B.dylib
0x97dd0142 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib
0x97dd5c46 pthread_mutex_lock + 490 2 libstdc++.6.dylib
0x91887559 __gnu_cxx::__recursive_mutex::lock() + 17 3 libstdc++.6.dylib
0x918874e6 __cxa_guard_acquire + 68 4 libTrueTypeScaler.dylib
0x91c92ab3 TTScalerInfo() + 50 5 libFontParser.dylib
0x9979a5f1 TTrueTypeScaler::CreateTrueTypeScaler() + 43 6 libSystem.B.dylib
0x97dee900 pthread_once + 82 7 libFontParser.dylib
0x9979a575


texts: How can I transfer my iPhone’s contents to an empty iTunes library?

texts:
Last night, my hard drive crashed and it is dead. I don’t have any single iTunes backup – I use my iPhone to sync apps music, photos, etc.

When I plug my iPhone in this new formatted PC, will it delete all content on my iPhone? How can I resolve this?

What should I do so that it will not delete all files in my iPhone when it syncs?

Also, is there a way to transfer my iPhone content to the new iTunes library?


texts: How to convert a batch of MP3's in Apple Music to AAC, then automatically delete the old MP3s?

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I would like to convert a large number of MP3's in my Apple Music library to AAC (to save disk space).
Using the Music app, I have tried it with all songs of an album. Now, I've got each track twice, once in MP3, and again in AAC. That's very cumbersome to go through all songs and find the old mp3's.

Is there an easier way?

(I have googled, but did not find anything really useful.)

I converted the tracks as follows: I went to the album, selected all tracks in it, went to File  / Convert / Create AAC Version, and let Apple Music do the conversion.
That worked, but, as I said, afterwards, each track was duplicate in the album.


texts: Why is the sort feature always grayed out in the Podcasts app on MacOS Catalina?

texts: No matter what screen I'm on, it's always the same.... unable to sort.  Why even include the feature at all?  Is this a bug?


texts: Restore permissions of "Finder wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this" for Finder App on MacOS

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I have an app called Turbo Boost Switcher that I use to switch off turbo boost for my mac. but it's annoying since I have to allow the app to "make changes" every time I open my laptop. I supposedly found a solution to the problem on this site on another question:
How to always allow "[program] wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this."
but I don't know anything about code and accidentally used the command to turn off permissions for the finer app, not Turbo Boost Switcher. is there a command to restore these permissions for the finder app? @dan maybe could be of help if someone can tag him. And thank you.


texts: How do I get purchased and ripped music from my iPhone to iTunes when it won't sync the traditional ways

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Okay, so I have a BUNCH of music on my old iPhone and my best friend wants to convince her mom to let her have it.  First, I want the music off it, because they're my favorite artist.  Also randomly I got a bunch of other songs my mom downloaded for me, and I really want those too.

Here's my issue.  Most of the songs were either on the phone before I got, or I ripped some CDs.  Now I've done this before, but with when I went to sync my music.  It said 0 songs.  I have over two hundred songs. I'd like to add that when you go to your music, or at least when I did before my last computer crashed that had all my music from iTunes, plus over 600 more, it pulls up all your music to sync.

When I tried to back up my phone to hopefully get it that way, it made me authorize my computer almost three times to transfer my purchases then it told me I just authorized three out of the five computers when we only have two in our house!

It didn't sync my purchases from the backup either.  Another thing, the only thing that it synced was the voice memos from my recordings.  -_-

If you guys have any alternatives or if I'm just out of luck.  Because the CDs have miraculously disappeared.  Things do that in my room.  Like my package of bookmarks.  Or my double disk of Grease 1&2. Anyway.  It'd be great if you could help me.


texts: How to use picture-in-picture for amazon instant video?

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On Youtube in safari, you can right click twice to get the PIP option.

However, I can't figure it out for amazon instant video


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I just installed gnuplot and I am trying to set the default terminal view.  On the wikipedia page for gnuplot, there is an image with a graph:

Which terminal view is shown in the image at the link?


texts: Macbook Pro 2019 and Dell D6000 docking station battery charging

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I've recently purchased a Macbook Pro 2019 and I'm using it with my existing Dell D6000 Universal docking station to render three HD displays. The display set up is working perfecly. I've connected the USB-C for the docking station on one of the USB-C ports on the left hand side of the device. I've also connected the power adapter even though I've found that the laptop charges via just the docking station.
Now my question arises from recommendations that I've seen around the internet that one shouldn't keep their laptop plugged into a power source all the time and should allow it to discharge over it's use. Previous to this laptop I had a Dell XPS13 which over 2 years of usage was completely unusable without a power source. And it was connected to the same D6000 docking station that I have now. And I always used to keep it connected to the docking station.
I'm just concerned that I don't want the same thing to happen to my MacBook Pro. So I was wondering if I should even be using the D6000 in the first place from the point of view battery life and longetivity. Do I need to have the power adapter plugged in at the same time I have the docking station plugged in for charging the laptop. And lastly, if I keep the laptop plugged into the docking station/power adapter at all times, is there a way to turn off the charging of the laptop till say 10-20% battery capacity? So it charges till 100% and then turns off and only turns on again at around 10-20%.
Thanks in advance for your time.


texts: Steps to be done before selling your iPhone

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I was curious about the things that we need to do before selling your iPhone or even before giving it back to Apple (Apple has a program where they will refund you some money if you want to get a new iPhone).

Quick googling show: 6 Steps to Prepare an iPhone for Sale the Right Way
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I'm interested in all aspects. What to do in the iPhone itself, the associated Mac/iTunes and your account at Apple/iCloud.