texts: Sparsebundle backups displayed as folders with cryptic name on network drive

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I just updated from Yosemite to El Capitan. I have two backups, one being done with Time Machine and one with Carbon Copy Cloner. Both sparsebundles are stored on a NAS (Synology DS213). After the update everything still works as before. I can do backups and verifying them shows them as being there and functional.

However, navigating to the Backup folder on the NAS using Finder shows the sparsebundles as folders, not as sparsebundles. So instead of:
Backup.sparsebundle
I now have:
C33YRS~D

Trying to open them launches Terminal. I restarted the MAC and also the NAS, the sparsebundles are still displayed as folders.

What happened? Does anybody have the same issue? Can I just rename these files back to their original name or is there something else I am missing?


texts: Installing Packages through Recovery Mode

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Alright so at this moment my Mac only boots in recovery mode and I need to install a package (.pkg) before attempting to reinstall the OS. The package is located on a usb drive named "Package".

I have been looking into several ways to do this but so far had no luck.

I tried running the installer command through terminal:

installer -pkg /Volumes/Package/FirmwareUpdate.pkg -target /

But got an error claiming the install failed because the installer can't create the folder "//Install.6733yhGK6"

I also tried directing the target to Applications as so:

installer -pkg /Volumes/Package/FirmwareUpdate.pkg -target /Applications/

But only get "Error trying to locate volume at /Applications/"

Can anyone help me?


texts: Can I run windows 10 on my MacBook Air via bootcamp without paying for a windows license?

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I am interested in running windows 10 on my mac via apple's Boot Camp. I plan to follow the instructions laid out on this website: https://9to5mac.com/2017/01/23/how-to-install-windows-10-mac-boot-camp-assistant-partition-video/.

If I download the windows 10 iso file from microsoft, can I run windows without paying for a license? Does Microsoft allow you to run an unlicensed version windows? I have found conflicting information online and I don't want to start this process until I'm sure that I can use windows' without paying.

P.S. I only plan to use the Windows partition for ARCgis so it would be a shame to pay for a windows license just to use one software.


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The question is self-explanatory: How do I ensure my Mac is not sending data to Apple or programmers?

I seem to recall these options appearing when I last installed the macOS, but want to make sure I did not say yes.


texts: I have an iPhone 5s that I got from a friend & the power button is extremely hard, next to impossible to push is. Is there another way I can take screenshots?


texts: My iCloud Drive in Preview is empty where are my files?

texts: When I open Finder and click the "iCloud Drive" on left side it doesn't show any files. There are files but I have lost the link.


texts: How can I burn an Apple Music playlist onto a CD?

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Looking to burn a CD and use songs from Apple Music.

Can I do this with only iTunes? Do I need 3rd party software?


texts: MacBook Pro - Mid 2010 - Memory Errors in AHT

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I have recently inherited a MacBook Pro which occasionally reboots at random. It has 4Gb Ram (2X2). AHT is consistently showing a 4MEM error - e.g. '4MEM/66/40000000:0xa1e45898'

Diagnostics so far:

Re-seating/cleaning modules - same 4MEM errors.
Swapping modules between sockets - 4MEM error with different 0x value.
Testing modules individually - no errors (in either socket).

The above seems to rule out the memory modules or the sockets. Errors only occur when both modules are plugged in. Could this be a timing problem between modules? (Original Apple memory).

I have tried resetting PRAM and SMC - same errors occurring.

Any suggestions as to where to go next most welcome.


texts: How to tell total MacBook screen on time on battery?

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I'd like to know the total screen-on time since I plugged off my MacBook from the charger, but apparently there are no easily found stats for it.

Do I need an external app? I'm using MacBook Air 2015 with El Capitan.


texts: How to selectively restore save game data from old iphone backup?

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Here's the dilemma: My nephew decided to start a new game on GTA vice city which wiped out my hard worked progress. I have the progress in an old backup from a year ago. However, I would like to not lose the data I have from other apps.

What I have: iPhone5 iOS 9.3.1

What I have tried: iExplorer and iPhoneBackupBrowser

Story of my attempts: I have found the GTA data in iExplorer and have saved to my desktop. However, the app doesn't have iTunes file sharing enabled so I cannot replace the existing files in the "documents" for the app from the backup. I have also tried to downgrade the iPhone to iOS 8.3 but as the ipsw is unsigned, I cannot downgrade.

So:
What is the best way to achieve this? I could restore the phone from the old backup and then backup only the GTA app to iCloud, the restore the phone from the recent backup and then sync with the cloud. However, I feel that it will simply wipe out all other apps and only restore the one selected app. Is that correct? What other options do I have? Could I merge the backups somehow? Could I do this via iTunes sync where the data of the correct GTA savegame is synced and replaces the unwanted data?

Could I swap the files in the iTunes backup folder with the relevant files from the historical iTunes backup folder and then restore the modified backup to the phone?

Any pointers in the right direction will help.


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Since installing El Capitan, I am not able to run Adobe Photoshop or Dreamweaver (old versions).

I get the message "You need to install the legacy Java SE runtime"

I am trying to uninstall Java and reinstall the Java SE 6 runtime I downloaded from Apple, but even though I am sure all traces of Java are gone, I am still not able to install. Every time I try to install the runtime, I get a message that says: "Java for OS X 2014-001 can't be installed on this disk. A newer version of this package is already installed."

I already removed /Library/Java and everything under it. I also checked /etc/paths and Java is removed.

Not sure whatever vestiges of Java remain, but I am still getting the message.


texts: iTunes Music download all songs to be available offline

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I am traveling abroad next week and in order to preserve data, I want to download all music that I 'own' on iTunes Music to my device.

So I want to avoid downloading each song one by one.

One trick I can think of is to create a playlist of all songs and then hopefully I can download this new playlist so that all un-downloaded music will be downloaded.

Is there a better way to easily and quickly download all music at once?


texts: How to troubleshoot WD My Cloud Home connection

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I've got a WD My Cloud Home that I use as my personal NAS. I installed the software WD Discovery (in a Mac Mini with OS version 10.11.6) so it could detect such device. Until now, it has been working fine, but recently the WD drive isn't shown in Finder, so I cannot access its contents. WD Discovery still detects it, but when clicking on the device, the folder isn't shown either.
Nonetheless, I can access its contents via web and through another Mac Mini with the latest OS, so the NAS is working fine. Therefore, I was wondering what steps should I take in order to troubleshoot the connection of a Mac with a NAS.
Thank you.


texts: Using iPhone while charging and when charged

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Is it OK to use an iPhone 4 that is fully charged while keeping it plugged to wall outlet?

I am worried about stressing battery too much since it is charging and discharging at the same time.

Any issues here?


texts: How do I pair my Apple Keyboard with Apple Watch?

texts: Can I pair my keyboard to the watch? If so, how?


texts:
BSD time gives this kind of output

9990

real    0m4.371s
user    0m1.548s
sys 0m2.167s

GNU time gives then again this kind of output

9990
1.56s user 1.46s system 82% cpu 3.648 total

Brew search gtime gives nothing.
GNU time is probably in some C library, however, I am not sure which.
There is no apparent package for it.

How can you install GNU time in OSX?


texts: iPad - Setup both PPTP and L2TP VPNs - blocked by firewall - can I use the 'Proxy' settings to evade?

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I'm using the VPN Express app to setup PPTP and L2TP connections. It automatically sets the VPN profiles up successfully for me. When I try to connect, get error messages telling me that the server did not respond.

I'm fairly certain that the network I am using blocks VPN connections somehow. Is there any way I can use the 'Proxy' settings at the bottom of a VPN connection configuration window to avoid this? Can someone just briefly tell me what that's supposed to do? I'm guessing the main thing I need to do is use an alternate port, and with the Manual Proxy settings it appears I can do that. I just don't know what I should use for a server and authentication.


texts: How do I combine two or more images to get a single pdf file?

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Say I have some image files (for instance, the result of scanning some sheets) and I want to combine them into a single pdf file, each image on a different page.
Is there a faster / more convenient way than converting each one to a pdf file and then combining those (say, as explained here)? Or, if this is more or less how it is to be done, which is the most intelligent and less tedious possible way to do it?


texts: Does the Mac support multitouch screens in any way?

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I love using touch with Windows 7 and 8. Especially on Windows 8, the touchscreen finally feels like it's respected just as much as the keyboard and mouse.

So, naturally, I'd want to carry this experience over to the Mac. I've used a Macbook/MBP trackpad, but those aren't the same. They are not nearly as large and usable as a full touchscreen.

So: Does the Mac support touch screens in any way?


texts: Sync errors between iCal and Google Calendars

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For the most part iCal and Google Calendars via CalDAV just work for me. But irregularly, throughout the day, iCal will start bouncing in my dock and display a warning like the following:

What I know about the problem:

It happens randomly. I can hit Refresh All in iCal and this sync error won't occur.
The account with the error can change. It's not always a problem with the same account. I keep three Google calendars in sync with on iCal instance.
It happens randomly throughout the course of a day. I can't predict when a sync will fail with this error.
It does happen at all hours. I've had the pop-up show up at 9 am, and 9 pm and even 3 am.
I've been unable to tell if the error results in an out-of-sync state between iCal and Google Calendar. That's what makes me nervous.

How can I make these sync errors go away for good?


texts: TimeMachine/AFP extremely slow when accessing NAS over wifi

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we operate an 80TB QNAP NAS, both for storing bulk data as well as TimeMachine backups of our laptops. The NAS itself can sustain over 300 MByte/sec of write speeds when accessed from multiple ethernet-connected machines, and TimeMachine has decent performance (configured as AFP share).

However when accessed over wifi, the performance drop is massive - it doesn't show any "live" speeds but leaving a laptop for 20 hours (no energy saving) and only 850MB of transferred data speaks enough. Granted, our network setup is a bit non-standard as our Cisco WLAN AP controller is at our central datacenter connected to our office via a 100/100 leased line and has to share traffic with other clients, but even under loaded conditions an SSH transfer to the NAS achieves ~5 MByte/sec.

What exactly does TimeMachine do when using a network share? Is it possible that there are MTU fuck-ups somewhere along the connection, or does AFP require ultra low latency links (when over wifi, ping is 40ms)?


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I have a 1TB hard drive which I need to backup the info, so I copied all folders into another drive (4 TB) and after a full day of copying progress the Finder appears this way:

So it says "About 5 seconds remaining..." and the actual free size of the 4TB drive tells me the files are there, but as you can see in the picture most of the folders are greyed out, like if they were not there.

I want to know what can I do, someone knows what happens if I cancel the transfer?


texts: How to find out whether my MacBook Air supports memory management unit (MMU) virtualization for Docker?

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I'm planning to install Docker on my MacBook Air (Early 2014): Intel Core i5, 4 GB RAM. I need Docker to be able to run SQL Server on my Mac (as I understand this is the only way to run it). However, there are some system requirements that I should meet to be able to run it.

System requirements from Docker website state this:
Mac hardware must be a 2010 or newer model, with Intel’s hardware support for memory management unit (MMU) virtualization; i.e., Extended Page Tables (EPT) and Unrestricted Mode. You can check to see if your machine has this support by running the following command in a terminal: sysctl kern.hv_support

When I run this command, sysctl kern.hv_support, in Terminal, I receive the following output: kern.hv_support: 1

What does it actually mean? Can someone explain? Does it mean that I can run Docker on my Mac?


texts: Is there a way to authenticate with Touch ID instead of password on Macbook Pro when I need to unlock the keychain?


texts: Normal temp in a MacBook Pro while using an external screen

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I've recently bought an apple cinema display to complement my old MacBook Pro Late 2011 and I've notice the increment in the working temperature of the machine while connected to the display.

I know that the cause of that increment is the continuous use of the GPU when connected. However, I would like to know if the increment of 20ºC in the temperature is something normal. When it isn't connected the machine is usually working around 50ºC and now it's around 72ºC.

Mine is one of those affected for the problems with the GPU. Apple changed de logic for free in 2014 because the computer was covered by Apple Care. I don't know if they swapped the logic for a new one or refurbished. The operation happened in Finland and was made by a Apple Authorized Service.

For that reason I'm a little concerned about the temperature rise. I don't want to change again the board, even more now that it isn't covered by apple anymore.

I just ordered a cooling pad that it's going to arrive today. I'm spending the summer in the west coast in USA, in Oregon. I don't thing the summer is going to be terrible, but I would like to be safe (better safe than sorry).

So the questions are two:

Are these normal temps for the GPU?
Should I be worried?

Thanks a lot!


texts: brew cleanup: Warning: Skipping XXX: most recent version X not installed

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Did upgrade all formulas:

> brew upgrade
Updating Homebrew...
==> Auto-updated Homebrew!
Updated 1 tap (homebrew/cask).
No changes to formulae.

Why this upgrade did not install the latest version of httping?

> brew cleanup
Warning: Skipping httping: most recent version 2.5_2 not installed
Pruned 0 symbolic links and 7 directories from /usr/local

This command also complains something about httping:

> brew doctor
Please note that these warnings are just used to help the Homebrew maintainers
with debugging if you file an issue. If everything you use Homebrew for is
working fine: please don't worry or file an issue; just ignore this.

Thanks!

Warning: You have unlinked kegs in your Cellar.
Leaving kegs unlinked can lead to build-trouble and cause brews that depend on
those kegs to fail to run properly once built. Run `brew link` on these:
  httping

How to fix this? Upgrade to latest and what are unlinked kegs in your Cellar.

UPDATE after first answer and comments (summary brew link httping did not help):

> brew link httping
Linking /usr/local/Cellar/httping/2.5_1.reinstall... 6 symlinks created
> brew upgrade
Updating Homebrew...
==> Auto-updated Homebrew!
Updated 2 taps (homebrew/core and homebrew/cask).
==> Updated Formulae
recon-ng

> brew cleanup
Warning: Skipping httping: most recent version 2.5_2 not installed
> brew info httping
httping: stable 2.5 (bottled), HEAD
Ping-like tool for HTTP requests
https://www.vanheusden.com/httping/
/usr/local/Cellar/httping/2.5_1.reinstall (12 files, 163.7KB) *
  Poured from bottle on 2019-06-19 at 17:57:11
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/httping.rb
==> Dependencies
Required: gettext ✔, openssl@1.1 ✔
==> Options
--HEAD
        Install HEAD version

more comments:

> brew upgrade httping
Error: httping 2.5_1.reinstall already installed
> brew outdated
>


texts: Disabling one app's cellular data inadvertently disabling other apps?

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I'm trying to get around a strange problem concerning an iOS app my company produces. We use a branding process to brand a single executable, assigning it new resources and a new bundle id, but keeping the same core executable across brands.

The problem is when a phone has multiple different brands installed, disabling one app for cellular connectivity is inadvertently disabling all of them, and I can't figure out why.

To reiterate, each app naturally has its own bundle id, so why would disabling cellular data for one app cause it to break for other brands?


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Brand new Mac user here. Switching over from Windows, where I relied heavily upon Notepad++.

Notepad++ is a raw text editor with a ton of convenience features built into it. My favorite is its file system explorer which gives you a tree of the local filesystem, and you can point and click on any file at load it into the main editor.

I'm looking for the closest thing in Mac-land. On my machine there is only TextEdit, which seems OK, but I can't find a "raw text" mode that prevents me from pasting in HTML or other kind of markup.

Anything close to this?


texts: iOS 11 default quotation mark changed to ‘ ’ and “ ”

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Before iOS 11, the default quotation marks were the ASCII ' and ", but now they are changed to ‘’ and “” (curly quotation marks). I have to long press the quotation mark key on the soft keyboard to type the normal ones and have no way to type them on a Smart Cover.

I’m a programmer and I have to use ' and ", is there any way to change them back?

I suspect this problem is linked to my language and region settings, I’m in China and my iPad language is English by the way.


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It has been a week since I purchased my MacBook, and I don't have any money at the moment to purchase the AppleCare package.

Is there any possibility for me to purchase it in 8 months? Will I then get the 3 year warranty from the original date I purchased the MacBook, or from the date I purchased the AppleCare package?


texts: What is the (external) keyboard shortcut to lock my screen with the screen save

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Which keys can I press to bring up the locked screen save while I walk away for a few minutes?
I have an external keyboard (MS Comfort Curve 2000) thru a multi pc switcher box so I have ctrl-cmd-alt keys but no option key and everything I've tried so far doesn't work.


texts: Why does my iPhone select a random song when I connect my headphones?

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Like many other people, I listen to music on my iPhone (6S, iOS 10.0.2) on my way to work. Since the update to iOS 10, I have noticed the following annoying behavior:

When I plug my headphones into my phone, the "Music" app selects a random song from my collection and wants to play that. It doesn't start playing it, but shows the song in the lock screen, waiting for me to press the Play button. I find this really annoying because I would expect to still be at the song that I was listening to last.

Is there a way to change this behavior to my expected behavior (the song I last listened to is selected when I insert my headphones)? From what I remember, that was the default behavior in iOS 9.


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I have a MacBook Pro with retina display model A1502. I updated it to MacOS X El Capitan.
The Wi-Fi connection is still not working.
It works for sleep mode.

I followed this answer Wifi Keeps Dropping Macbook Pro 13in Retina Early 2015 but it is not working for me.


texts: Virtual Machine support for DirectX 11 (Windows 10) hosted on OS X

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does anyone know if there is currently any virtualisation software that supports creating a Windows 10 virtual machine with support to DirectX 11?

From what I have found online, bootcamp supports this, but this wouldn't be a solution for me (it will need you to exit OS X and restart to use windows).

The most popular tools VMWare Fusion (v8) and Parallels (v11) only support up to DirectX 10

Is there any other alternative around that does support DirectX 11 now?

Update: As of November 2016, Parallels v12 still doesn't support DirectX 11 (only 10.1).

Update: Parallels has released v13 in August 2017, and surprise, surprise! DirectX 11 is not supported yet... as expected


texts: AppleScript is unable to get a date as string

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Be warned, I am a very new to AppleScript and most programming in general. The basic purpose of the script I've been working on is to read information from Excel files and put it into a FileMaker Pro database. Everything is working well so far, except when attempting to get the value of cells containing dates. Since the dates in the Excel file are already formatted correctly (mm/dd/yy) for the database they are to be put in, I would like to simply read and write them as strings.

The problem arises here, where AppleScript outputs the values as dates in the format (day of the week, month dd, yyyy at 12:00:00 AM) despite my attempt to read them as strings. Below is a shortened version of the script that shows where the problem is occurring.

    tell application "Finder"
    activate application "Microsoft Excel"
    open the first file in folder "Macintosh HD:Users:theUser:Documents:attachments test"
    tell application "Microsoft Excel"
        tell active sheet
            tell used range
                set rowCount to count of rows

                repeat with i from 2 to rowCount

                    set colA to "A" & i & ":A" & i
                    set theDate to get value of range colA as string

                    set rowB to "B" & i & ":B" & i
                    set theTime to get value of range rowB as real

                    set colC to "C" & i & ":C" & i
                    set serialNo to get value of range colC as integer

                    set colD to "D" & i & ":D" & i
                    set pH to get value of range colD as real

                    set colE to "E" & i & ":E" & i
                    set theVolume to get value of range colE as real

                    display dialog "The serial number of row " & i & " is: " & serialNo & " and the pH value is: " & pH & " and the volume is: " & theVolume & " and the date is: " & theDate & " and the time is: " & theTime

                end repeat

            end tell
        end tell
    end tell
end tell

I also tried another method to deal with the problem by setting a variable each for day, month, and year, but ran into another issue where month is not recognized as a purple word (whatever that should be called) and is instead blue (again, I cannot find what these terms are called anywhere). In the image below are three different ways I attempted to get these values from the date in format (day of the week, month dd, yyyy at 12:00:00 AM) so that they could then be reorganized manually.

My only guess for the initial problem is that 'as string' does not work when placed after the other parts of the line, but I have no clue why month is refusing to cooperate. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!


texts: Format the External Hard Drive from Hell

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I have an external drive that is basically completely screwed. It’s just for backups, and I have redundant backups, so I don’t care about losing the data, I just want to completely format it and get it working again. (I highly doubt it is a physical issue with the drive)

This is basically the state the drive is in now:

The drive has two partitions
One partition will mount, but cannot be unmounted, even forcing through Terminal
The other partition will never mount
Whenever the drive is connected, Disk Utility will stop working


texts:
How many monitors can the new retina MacBook Pro handle and at which pixels resolutions?

e. g. Does it support three cinema displays?


texts: Stop high frequency noise from iPhone dock's line out in car adapter

texts: I am running an iPhone 4S through a Griffin TuneFlex 9865. After just discovering the line out jack I have helped uncovered another problem. Now, while then engine is on there is a high frequency buzz aka alternator whine, that varies pitch based on the engine RPM. Are there anyways to stop the high frequency noise, or at least reduce it. I  think my volume level is quite low from the line out, and is requiring me to turn the radio volume up much louder near maximum, which might be revealing the issue. How can I fix this? Do I need an amplifier?


texts: Is there a way to get Apple mail to display like gmail?

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This might be the wrong forum, but I'll ask anyway.
I set up Apple mail and don't like the display, compared to gmail (in Chrome/Safari).

I like the table layout where I don't see any specific email content until I select the specific email.

Like this

The closest I can come in Mac mail is this below, but it still shows each emails content.
I know I can slide the window up and down from dragging the dot in between, but that's not what I want.

Is this possible in Mac mail?


texts: Text messages from my iPhone to my friend's Android phone do not stay in the 160 characters as sent. Sometimes they appear as two or three separate texts when they are received.


texts: Canon Selphy CP780 Printer for MacBook Air


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I'm trying to create a simple loop/counter script to display information about installed printers.  Main the Name, PPD, PPD Version, and URI.  I have two problems...  1 - the name is not coming up; 2 - the second printer PPD is incorrect.

Here what I have:

#!/bin/bash
name=($(/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPPrintersDataType | /usr/bin/awk -F ":" '/Name/{$1="";print $0}' | /usr/bin/sed 's/\ /-,--/g'))
ppd=($(/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPPrintersDataType | /usr/bin/awk -F ":" '/PPD/{$1="";print $0}' | /usr/bin/sed 's/\ /-,--/g'))
ppdversion=($(/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPPrintersDataType | /usr/bin/awk -F ":" '/PPD File Version/{$1="";print $0}' | /usr/bin/sed 's/\ /-,--/g'))
uri=($(/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPPrintersDataType | /usr/bin/awk '/URI/{print $NF}'))
total="${#ppdversion[@]}"
/bin/echo -n "<result>"
for ((counter=0; counter < "$total"; counter++))
{
    echo "name: ${name[$counter]}" | /usr/bin/sed 's/-,--/\ /g;s/\ \ //g'
    echo "PPD: ${ppd[$counter]}" | /usr/bin/sed 's/-,--/\ /g;s/\ \ //g'
    echo "PPD Version: ${ppdversion[$counter]}" | /usr/bin/sed 's/-,--/\ /g;s/\ \ //g'
    echo "URI: ${uri[$counter]}"
    echo
}
echo "</result>"

The output:

<result>
name:
PPD: Canon MX410 series
PPD Version: 16.10.0.0
URI: lpd://printer.local

name:
PPD: 16.10.0.0
PPD Version: 16.10.0.0
URI: dnssd://Canon%20MX410%20series%20_1B181C000000._printer._tcp.local./auto

</result>

Thanks.


texts: Disable Mac notifications when running Parallels in full screen?

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I am on a Mac running Parallels 12. When I run my Windows 10 VM in full screen mode, I don't want to see email or Slack notifications from Mac OS, just Windows 10.

How do I disable Mac OS notifications from coming through when I am running my Windows 10 VM in full screen? Otherwise, I end up seeing double notifications, one for Mac, and one for Windows.


texts: How to run a shell command inside a zsh-theme with Oh My Zsh

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So, I have Oh My Zsh up and running, and I'm creating my own new zsh-theme. In it, I wish to grab the external IP address from https://api.myip.com - and I'm using curl & grep to grab it. Works fine when I enter it at the command prompt, but when embedded in my zsh-theme file it gives me an error:
zsh: no matches found: ((1?[0-9][0-9]?|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5]).){3}(1?[0-9][0-9]?|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])
(23) Failed writing body

Jacobs-MacBook-Pro-2.local jacobjackson ttys002 0 [                               ] 10/29/20 18:32:46 PM

Here is my zsh-theme:
PROMPT='%F{white}%M %n %y %j $(curl -s https://api.myip.com | grep -oE '((1?[0-9][0-9]?|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.){3}(1?[0-9][0-9]?|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])') %F{green}%2c%F{blue} [%f '
RPROMPT='$(git_prompt_info) %F{blue}] %F{green}%W %* %F{yellow}%D{%p}%f'

ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_PREFIX="%F{yellow}"
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_SUFFIX="%f"
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_DIRTY=" %F{red}*%f"
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_CLEAN=""

And here is the command sequence that grabs the IP address:
curl -s https://api.myip.com | grep -oE '((1?[0-9][0-9]?|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.){3}(1?[0-9][0-9]?|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])'


texts: Powerpoint changes mission control desktops every time I focus on a window

texts: I'm trying to use PowerPoint on my Mac with Mountain Lion. I have a window that was originally opened in Desktop 1 and then I moved it to Desktop 4. Now, whenever I try to focus on the window in Desktop 4, it auto-switches back to Desktop 1, preventing me from actually doing anything in PowerPoint. The key here seems to be that I've turned off the System Preference in the Mission Control tab to switch to a tab with an open window when I switch to an application. When I check that box, everything works as expected. That's a horrible solution though. Has anyone figured out a better way?


texts:
I am experiencing an identical problem to the one in: Unable to format internal drive as APFS on 2018 MacBook Pro

However this thread in unanswered and unresolved

My internal drive can format to everything except APFS, I have tried troubleshooting via linux, and simple disk utility. Fsck and first aid both report no problems and this is driving me insane!! help desperately needed!


texts: What software is available to customize the functionality of the Apple Remote?

texts: I am looking to change the functionality of the buttons on the Apple Remote. What software is available to do this?


texts: I recently deleted a bunch of apps on my iPhone 5 so that I would have room for more photos during a trip. I have returned and moved the photos off of the phone, and there is now plenty of space for me to redone load those apps. However, some of these old apps will not download. If I tap the cloud icon, it shows the loading circle for a second and then goes back to the cloud icon. I was only able to redo load two of the apps and I am not sure what is unique about those two.


texts: How do I view emoji in Google Chrome in Lion?

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This question is an extension of Daniel L.'s question and my own question. I upgraded to Lion after asking my question. I'd like to be able to view emoji in Chrome when using Lion.
So stuff like this:    I'd like to be able to see in Chrome. How do I do this? If possible, I'd like to use the system font that's already included on OS X Lion.


texts: Why is the process bluetoothd taking up to 100% of a CPU core

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Over the past few months I've noticed the process bluetoothd taking up to 100% of a CPU core. I normally only have a bluetooth mouse and keyboard connected. With just the mouse and keyboard connected the process periodically (a couple minutes every hour) ramps up from <10% to 100%.
But, when I have a bluetooth mouse, keyboard, and headset connected the bluetoothd process tends to stay 90-100% while the headset is connected.
(side problem) Bluetooth sporadically will take a couple minutes to connection or I will have to turn bluetooth off/on to make the initially connection when I log-on for the day.

Computer: Mid-2012 Macbook 15"
OS: Catalina (happened in last couple major updates too)
Keyboard: Microsoft Mobile Keyboard 6000
Mouse: Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Mouse Bluetooth
Headphones: Jabra Evolve 65

^This is with Mouse, Keyboard, and Headset connected but without audio playing
Attempted Fix
I've tried power cycling bluetooth and computer. I've tried resetting the Bluetooth module. I've deleted the .plist.
Any other suggestions? It doesn't make sense that the bluetoothd process use that much resources when it never did a few OS versions ago.


texts: softwareupdate shows 2 updates for Command Line Tools - get rid of one entry

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I am on macOS Catalina 10.15.6 (19G2021) and softwareupdate as well as graphical "Softwareupdate" in "System settings" show two updates for Command Line Tools:
$ softwareupdate --list
Software Update Tool

Finding available software
Software Update found the following new or updated software:
* Label: Command Line Tools beta 5 for Xcode-12.0
    Title: Command Line Tools beta 5 for Xcode, Version: 12.0, Size: 442912K, Recommended: YES,
* Label: Safari14.0CatalinaAuto-14.0
    Title: Safari, Version: 14.0, Size: 65417K, Recommended: YES,
* Label: Command Line Tools for Xcode-12.0
    Title: Command Line Tools for Xcode, Version: 12.0, Size: 429595K, Recommended: YES,

beta 5 was proposed to me for a couple of weeks now, but I did not want to install it.
Why did I end up with beta 5 and how do I get rid of the duplicate here?


texts: Thunderbolt Display's audio 'cracking, hissing' noises after El Capitan upgrade

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After an upgrade to El Capitan(*) audio played through the Thunderbolt display gets distorted after a while. This is regardless of the audio source played (Spotify, iTunes, soundcloud web).

Switching the output to internal speakers and back to Thunderbolt display solves the problem for a couple of minutes before the cracking, hissing noises start again (with the actual music audible in the background).

(* It was basically a fresh installation, as the upgrade initially failed)


texts: Ipad with apple pencil write anywhere, not writing anywhere

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A new iPad iOS14 and an Apple pencil
I hare recently acquired an iPad from work. In has iOS 14 and an apple pencil.
I iOS 14 says that I can use the pencil as a keyboard (text input device) anywhere. I tried the demo / training app. It seems OK.
I then tried it in a real situation.
The first thing that I tried was a google doc (we use them at work. Don't ask why we are using google on iPad). I get the pen icon appear and the little tool tray. However the pen acts as a finger and causes the page to scroll up and down.
It seems to work in some form boxes, in some apps, including the document/file rename form of google docs.
How do I get it to work in the main part of google docs. So that I can write a document with it?
It seems that the problem is that the start of the first line has to be in the input box for the handwriting recognition software to be triggered, and in this situation it is not happening. If possible I would like to be able to write anywhere (on the screen), and for it to write at the current cursor position. And for there to be cursor positioning tools.
Is this possible?


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My iMac runs High Sierra, and I use Safari. Both are fully updated.

This week, I am presented with recurring popups advertising Amazon Prime Day. I have cleared Safari's caches and cookies for all sites Amazon and Prime. "Block popups" is checked in Safari > Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data. Safari also runs the Safari extension Wipr, which is likewise up to date. Quits-and-restarts, both of the OS and Safari, are unavailing.

While the popups are easily dismissed, they're annoying. Other than these, I don't see popups or ads.

Have any of you ideas how I might successfully block them, or find their source?


texts: Backup and Sync has encountered a fatal error, and will now terminate. Mid 2011 iMac - High Sierra

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I recently updated my 27in Mid 2011 iMac to a 1Tb SSD HD and to High Sierra. Now I don't have access to my Google drive :(

I've been looking everywhere and have found no solution to this. Can anyone help?

More details from the error:

"An uncaught exception was raised during execution of the main script.

This may mean that an unexpected error has occurred, or that you do not have all of the dependencies for this application.

See the Console for a detailed traceback."

Two errors I can see in the Console:

[ERROR] - Unknown CGXDisplayDevice: 0x41dc9d00

volume validation failed for <<(null)>>

Any ideas?


texts: Deleted Exchange Password Prohibiting Access to IPad

texts: I had an email account on an Exchange server for a contract I was working on.  The contract ended and my password was deleted from the Exchange server so I could no longer get into the company's email.  Now, when I open my IPad it asks for the Exchange password and when I can't supply it I continue to get the message asking for the password.  I can't cancel out of this error message, it just keeps coming up whether I hit cancel or supply a no longer valid password.  I cannot get into the IPad desktop because I can't get by this message.  I would like to delete the Exchange account from my IPad (I was able to do this on my IPhone) but I can't get to the Settings.  How can I get by this message?  Thanks.


texts: Use Bluetooth access point and Wi-Fi at the same time

texts: My Samsung phone has a setting that allows it to use 4g + Wi-Fi to increase speed in some cases. Can the same be done on a MacBook with Bluetooth network + Wi-Fi?


texts: How to migrate data to new iMac with SSD + HD?

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I just got a new iMac with 256G SSD + 2T regular HD.

The data on my old computer is bigger than 256G

Not only that, but the Migration Assistant seems to want to migrate-to the SSD only.

Advice?

EDIT
I wasn't clear -- I know which data I want on which device, I was trying to cajole MigrationAssistant into splitting it up for me.

It turns out that the problem was my misunderstanding of "migration."  I thought it was "migrate your system from old machine to new", but it's really "migrate your user-prefs & settings (mail, printers, etc.) to a new system", with an implied "all that data stuff is yours to deal with."

MigrationAssistant will move "other files" if you want, but I guess I wasn't getting that this was sort of an "oh, by the way" thing, and not its main function.


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When I search for my app by it's name 'Go Arc 2' I cannot find it in the App Store Search on iPad/iPhone.

I can find other apps that I've uploaded (we sell the app as a white label to different organization - we upload the same code but change the icon/splash and a short CFG file)

I clicked on any other app that I've uploaded (e.g. nilit)

Than I clicked `Developer Apps',

found the app that is missing in the search

sent my self a link

open the link in iPad/iPhone

And was able to install the app.

We recently had our apps removed because the APPLE DEVELOPER PROGRAM add expired, we paid and renew it yesterday.

This probably related to the app missing from search, but if so than how come the other apps appear in the search?

Please help.


texts: how to backup MacOS under bootcamp windows7?

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Background: My OSX partition was corrupted in some way by bootcamp or the paragon i was running on it. Similar incidents has happened twice before, but I don't remember if the triggering conditions were exactly the same.

This particular time, I initially had windows 7 on bootcamp go into sleep mode. However, I forgot about this and thought it was regularly shut down, so after pressing power button I directly pressed alt to boot into MacOSX. It booted correctly but I noticed that the bootcamp partition was not loaded (through Paragon). The status said the partition was in dwell mode so I didnt do anything to them, thinking a reboot would solve it at any time.

I later restarted into bootcamp and the windows system resumed from the previous sleep mode also without any problem. However, a few files I saved during the last time in OSX became corrupted. At the same time, OSX was also no longer able to function, presumably because some of its system files in use were also corrupted during the last session. Other files that had been there unchanged since earlier, do appear still intact.

Now the disk utility under cmd+r cannot repair the disk, and will have to format the partition in order to reinstall the system. However, since I suspect only a small portion of system files have actually been lost (those altered when osx was loaded the last time); in order not to lose applications, I am trying to backup, under windows, the osx partition into a (time machine) restorable format;

If this is possible, I would be able to then format the partition normally with disk utility in cmd+r mode; restore the backup which will give me a working partition with only some system files missing; and finally hopefully repair the system without reformatting, with application files intact.


texts: Put whatever keybind for switching input language

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I can't set CMD + Shift as a keybind for switching between input languages of the keyboard. I had to settle down with Ctrl + Space. Why does it allow me to set only some specific key binds?

Is there a way to go around this and set specifically L cmd + L shift ?


texts: Macbook Pro constant artifacts in the screen

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I'm Currently using MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013, OSX Mojave). I was getting the artifacts occasionally only while I was viewing photos, processing videos in FCP and artifacts won't show up when I edit photos(Adobe Illustrator) or do some programming. Then I figured out my iGPU was the culprit and downloaded gfx App to force it to use dGPU, then when I view photos or process videos, it fixed the issue. Now all of a sudden when I log in my entire screen goes haywire all over artifacts are rendered in the screen and once I login and when I force dGPU it goes off!

When I plug it in HDMI, it works fine because it automatically switches to dGPU.

Will Forcing dGPU everytime I login affect logic board?
Is this the starting symptoms of complete logic board failure?
Can I continue using like this?
Logic board replacement costs hefty 600 Dollars in my country? Is it worth to replace it?

Kindly help me in this scenario. If anyone has experienced this issue let me know the process/fix you did.

Thanks in advance.


texts: New Playlists aren't transferring to iPhone

texts: Every time I make a new playlist on my computer, then sync my iPhone to my computer, the playlists never appear on my iPhone.


texts: Trying to transfer photos from iPhone 5S to Windows 8.1 machine; only about 25 of the 1000+ photos show up in file explorer

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My wife and I are heading to Europe tomorrow and want to free up space for pictures on her phone. I use iPhoto on my mac, but we want to transfer her pictures from her iPhone 5S to our Windows 8.1 pc I built.

The phone shows up in explorer, but when you click through to the DCIM folder, two subfolders show up, each with only 10-15 pictures. There are probably over 1000 on the phone, so how do I get to them? I've tried using Device Manager to delete the Apple driver, then letting Windows reinstall it. No change.

There was a strange photo or icon that showed in one of the folders. Sometimes it looked like a picture that failed to load (maybe something is corrupted)? Other times it looked like an odd windows icon.

Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Use specified quantifier in grep to retrieve satisfied vocabulary

texts:
I try to grab words from a file:

$ grep -o '\*\*[^*]*\*\*' Principles_20_LifePrinciples.md | grep -v -e "Origin" -e "Etymology"
**circumstance**
**case**
**condition**
**Anxiety**
**anxiety**
**the state of feeling nervous or worried that sth bad is going to happen**
**a worry or fear about sth**
**a strong feeling of wanting to do sth or of wanting sth to happen**

The result I intend is to get only words:

**circumstance**
**case**
**condition**
**Anxiety**
**anxiety**

Refactored code with specified quantifier {,20}:

$ grep -E -o '\*\*[^*]{,20}\*\*' Principles_20_LifePrinciples.md

Unfortunately, it returns nothing.

How to solve such a problem?


texts: I can not stop the mackeeper's installing

texts:
When I wrong installthe MacKeeper, when it is installing I find the evaluation of Mackeeper is bad, but I can not stop the installing.

How to stop its installing and clear it ?


texts: How to make a test user without a credit card?

texts: I'd like to create a test user in iTunes Connect, so I can test in-app purchases. However, iTunes forces me to enter credit card information. Considering this is a test user, for a sandbox environment, that is not supposed to be spending any money, it looks pointless. Is there any way around it? (I know that it is possible to create a new account with no payment option, but then it won't be considered as a test user.)


texts: How to manually uninstall Adium completely from Mac OS X?

texts:
How do I manually uninstall Adium from Mac OS X?

I uninstalled Adium using "AppCleaner", which seems to have caused my "Internet Accounts" logins to malfunction (I'm guessing the uninstaller deleted necessary files that were modified by Adium). So, I don't want to use another uninstaller app to get rid of it.

I thought Adium was gone, but I now have an "Adium." Internet password in Keychain Access that reappears every time I delete it. Getting info on it tells me the location is "AdIM://Adium.".


texts: When I go to "Preferences", a window named "Signatures" appears, which is empty. All my many previously saved Signatures are gone, and there is no way to access Mail Preferences.


texts: Is there some way to sync only Reminders to iCloud?

texts:
Under Mountain Lion, syncing Reminders to iCloud is linked to syncing Calendars for some reason:

In contrast, under iOS (version 5), you're able to sync Reminders to iCloud separately:

I sync my Calendars to a Google Calendar, and my Reminders to iCloud on my iOS devices.  However, in Mountain Lion, this doesn't seem to be possible.
Is there some workaround to the limitation in the preference pane in OS X?


texts: Macbook Pro early 2007 SSD to the new Macbook Air 2017 install?

texts:
I would really appreciate your advice on this matter.

I have a macbook pro early 2007. Its old i know and last year i replaced the HDD with a 420GB SSD as the HDD failed. It was a fairly straightforward install.

However, physically it is falling to bits and the screen casing is broken. Still runs fine though.

SO my generous girfriend has bought me a new Macbook air pro 13 inch 18ghz, 8gb, 128gb laptop. Initially i was delighted about this but i have something of a quandary.

The HD is only 128gb in the macbook air. No where near enough the space i need on a computer. My music collection alone is this.

The bottom line is, can I take out the 420GB SSD drive in my old mac running El Capitan and simply install it in the new Macbook air?

In theory it sounds easy, replace the hard disk, startup the new Air computer and then update the OS to the latest one as the old mac only goes up to capitan.

Any advice greatly appreciated.

Many thanks


texts: How to change transparency of block terminal cursor?

texts:
I really like using block type cursors, but the one in the default terminal isn't transparent, so it obscures the character that is selected.

Is there a way to make it transparent or maybe make it so the colour of the selected character is inverted, so it can be seen through the cursor.


texts: Does the bootcamp with Windows 10 use the same kernel that the MacOS uses on a Macbook Pro?

texts: I am just wondering how the boot camp on the macbook pro works? Does it use the same exact kernel as the one that the MacOS uses? Or does bootcamp switch over to a kernel for the windows 10?


texts: I have just replaced my iPad as the old one was irreparably damaged, I had a lot of PDFs on iBooks is there any way to get them back, I think they were saved under my email address. Can anyone help please.


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I setup a few profiles in the profile manager and when I remove them from the profile they still seem to be applied on the clients. Like to test around I made a change to the dock size and then un-applied it so it isn't even listed but yet the client cannot change their dock size anymore.

How do I completely revert a change made?


texts: Run script/automator action from bluetooth event

texts:
I've just started using a new pair of wireless headphones, that have some assistant magic integrated. That works great on my phone, but on my Mac it does nothing (or, it tries to do something to Siri, but she's not really around)
I'd like to somehow map that action to something else - preferably something I can customize to my needs.
From the Console app, I can see that at least 2 bluetooth events happen when I do this - handsFree:siriStatus and handsFree:activateSiri, both under the bluetoothaudiod process. Is it possible somehow to react to these bluetooth events, or are their actions hardcoded in the OS?


texts: No video from Mac Mini, ONLY once OS X has loaded

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I have an old G4 Mac Mini, running 10.5. It's hooked up to a VGA CRT monitor using Apples DVI-to-VGA adapter that was included once upon a time. Last night, while using it, the screen flickered, and the monitor went to sleep, which is it;s default behavior when there's no display connected to it. Attempting to force the monitor on displayed a "No Signal" error. Restarting the machine does nothing.

This has happened once before. The last time this happened, I attempted to fix it by resetting the PRAM. After doing this, the Mac output the standard grey screen with an Apple logo on startup, but when the system reached the OS X login screen, the monitor flickers and goes black. Attempting to boot in Safe Mode provides similar results. The Monitor is old enough that it does not offer an "Out of Range" error for unsupported refresh rates, but I took a chance and attempted the Single User Mode directions found in this Knowledge Base article, to delete windowserver.plist files. The last time this happened (about 6 months ago), that worked perfectly.

Last night, the same problem occurred, with the same symptoms. Does not display video in Safe Mode. Does display video in Single User Mode. However, after deleting the two windowserver.plist files, the machine is still unable to display video past the grey startup screen.

Is there anything else I can try to fix this? Is the DVI-to-VGA adapter a possible culprit for a cheap fix? Or is my Mini in need of enough repair as to be better off replaced?

Edit: It's definitely not the DVI to VGA adapter, sadly.


texts: Can my iPhone be wiped when I am connected to my employer's Exchange server?

texts:
I connected to my employer's Exchange server in order to receive email, calendar, etc...  In the small print of the instructions, it was mentioned that by doing that, the administrators gain the right to remotely wipe my phone.  Note that I own the phone - not the employer.

There are several documents on the internet that provide instructions (while not mentioning iPhone specifically, but rather generic "phone").

Is remote wipe actually possible with an iPhone just by connecting to an employer's Exchange server?


texts: Unable to connect internet from any browser but chrome

texts:
I am on OSX Yosemite 10.10.3 on MacBook Pro (Early 2011) and I am not able to connect to internet from any browser except chrome. I am not even able to ping from terminal as well. Please help.

When I try to use diagnostics Internet and Server shows Red, rest all are Green.


texts: Restore Time Machine backup onto different Mac

texts:
I currently have an older iMac (first Intel generation - 2 GHz Intel Core Duo with 2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM.  I am running OS X 10.6.8 and cannot upgrade to any newer OS to to hardware limitations.  I have used Time Machine to routinely back up this iMac.

I have inherited a newer iMac that has data on it from my deceased step father.  It is a 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 memory and is also running 10.6.8.

I would like to reset or reformat the newer iMac and then use my current iMac data that resides on the external hard drive to make the new iMac my very own, with all of my data files etc.

What steps do I need to follow? And where can I find directions or steps to follow? (I know that I must erase the existing old data that was not mine and then use Time Machine to load my personal information on the newer iMac.)


texts: OSX Photos is Forcing Me to Optimize Storage With Plenty of Free Space

texts:
In order to free up space on my macbook air's internal SSD, I moved my photo library off to an external disk (actually a Transcend JetDrive installed into the SD Card reader port). I have the photo library on the extrnal disk set as the System Photo Library in Photos Preferences, and want to re-enable iCloud Photo Library (which I turned off while I moved the library to its new location). When I try to check the box for iCloud Photo Library, I get the error message "Your full-resolution photos and videos stored in iCloud may not fit on this Mac" and the only options are to cancel or Optimize Storage.

The library shows up as 60.59GB in Finder, and icloud.com says I have 44.99GB of Photos and Videos (which should be the exact same photos, plus or minus a few new iPhone photos taken in the past few days). The external drive is 128GB, and the Photo Library is the only thing on it.

What's going wrong? Why doesn't iCloud realize that it has all this free space to work with? How can I re-enable iCloud Photo Library without deleting photos from my macbook?


texts: My iPhone froze and wouldn't unfreeze.  After messing with it for awhile it finally went to a black loading screen.  I have help power and home button down together and down volume and power button together.  I have plugged it into a charger.  Nothing will make it work again or even leave this loading screen.


texts: Transfer songs purchased on iphone 4 to computer

texts: How do I transfer songs purchased from my iphone to itunes on my computer?  I only want to transfer purchased music, not apps or other purchases.


texts: Size of Xcode app seems too big at over 12GB? Is this correct?

texts: Xcode in App Store listed at 4.51GB. The same version of Xcode on my iMac is over 12GB. I understand the value may be different on the App Store but this seems like a huge difference. Is this 12 GB size accurate?


texts: If I buy a power adapter from the online Australian Apple Store, will it match Australian outlets?

texts:
I want a power adapter for a MacBook Air that matches Australian outlets (without a separate adapter).  It seems reasonable that if I buy such a thing from http://www.apple.com/au, it will have the right outlet format.

Unfortunately, there's no language to that effect on the product page, and if I add it to cart there's no indication that the adapter won't be US-format.  Will adapters purchased from http://www.apple.com/au be Australian format?


texts: Snow Leopard: Current: python 2.6 - Desired: python 2.7

texts: Is it possible to upgrade the native python version (2.6 on my Snow Leopard) to a more recent one? Or do I have to just install python 2.7 besides the current one?


texts:
I'm trying to get mod rewrite to work on my Mac. This is the content of the .htaccess file:

<Files *\.ini>
  order allow,deny
  deny from all
</Files>

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule .* index.php

I know this is active, because it's blocking .ini files properly, and it seems to rewrite the fictional request /foo to index.php, as this is the error I'm seeing in the browser:

  The requested URL /Users/rwel/Sites/dev/quaestio/index.php was not found on this server.

The index.php file currently just contains an exit statement for testing purposes, and it does work when calling it directly. So, the question is, what's going wrong? I went into the apache error log, and this is what I saw:

  [Thu Nov 03 14:36:02 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: /Library/WebServer/Documents/Users

So the problem might be that it's not searching in the root, but relative to the /Library/WebServer/Documents directory. Am I right? How can I fix this?

Thanks for your help!


texts: Permanently set audio output to headphones

texts:
I am pretty sure I have a faulty audio jack on my 13-inch, early 2011 MacBook Pro, given that I've spilled some liquid on it a while back.

Ever since, it's been bad at detecting whether headphones are plugged in or not, and recently it got worse, to the point where it almost never detects them being in and always plays audio through speakers instead.

Is there a way to simply force audio to always go to headphones, whether it thinks they're plugged in or not? I almost never use the speakers anyway, so this would make my life significantly easier while I wait for the new MacBooks to come out.

To clarify a bit: I've tried a bunch of solutions that attempt to repair the hardware, but I've given up on that. I'm just looking for a way to force the driver to send stuff to the jack regardless of what it thinks is happening.


texts: What is the real native maximum resolution of mid–2010 iMac's iSight camera?

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I had understood that the pre-2011 Macs & Apple displays have a built–in iSight camera which sensor is capable of VGA (640 x 480) resolution—unlike the FaceTime HD cameras, which replaced the built–in iSights, that are capable of SXGA (1280 x 1024) resolution.

I had also thought that, when importing feed from the camera to an iMovie-project, 640 x 480 is the native maximum of the camera and the other, WSVGA (1024 x 576), option is upscaled and cropped version of the 640 x 480 feed.

Moreover, when I open Photo Booth app, I'm stuck with one resolution which is for video 720 x 480 (DVD (NTSC)) and for pictures 1280 x 853.

There is still one more native way to record iSight video: QuickTime Player—with which the resolutios are as interesting as follows:

Normal: 640 x 480 (VGA)
High: 960 x 720
Maximum: 1280 x 1024 (SXGA)

This made me suspicious: it says maximum but the resolution is over 4 times what I had thought the max was.

Now: what is the real native maximum resolution that the (mid–2010 27" iMac's) built–in iSight camera is capable of? What is real and what is upscaled?*

If there are no definite & reliable specifications available, is there a way to confirm it by myself? Judging by  the lack of moiré pattern and other overall fidelity of the SXGA video recorded by QuickTime Player, it seems to me that it is not an upscale of the VGA feed.

Wikipedia's entry concentrates on the external iSight camera, and while it has a chapter on the built–in version, but, as of today and like the product entries in Wikipedia, it doesn't refer to any working sources.

*) Upscaled and cropped in case of non–4:3 resolutions—the CMOS sensors have almost definitely an aspect ratio of 4:3.


texts: How to delete Voice Memos on macOS Mojave?

texts:
I've been trying Mojave for a while, and I've been using Voice Memos, but I can't find a way to delete recordings.
Does anyone know how to do it?


texts: How do I disable the volume control overlay?

texts: When changing the volume on a Mac, you get a big ugly gray bezel showing the change in volume. This is super annoying when (say) watching a movie. Is there any way to disable this?


texts: Do mobile devices vary transmission power based on signal strength?

texts:
Do mobile devices (e.g iPhone) typically vary transmission power according to the reception strength?
e.g. Will my phone use more battery if I'm far from my router?


texts: Is there a way to automatically delete old boarding passes in Passbook?

texts: Is there a way to make old boarding passes go away automatically from Passbook, instead of manually deleting them?


texts: Two developer License under same Apple ID

texts:
we already have one developer license. Now we want to buy one more developer license. Is it possible under the same AppleID? We want to buy one more license under the same company name , same apple Id, basically apple ID(having agent role) is legal owner. So under same apple id wanted to buy 2nd license.

If no what are the alternate ways...

Please note  Entity Type: Company / Organization


texts: Archive Utility can't open some gzipped text files based on their contents

texts:
In macOS 10.15.4, Archive Utility is able to open some gzipped ASCII text files but not others, depending on the contents of the text file. For example, this works:

% echo "abc e" | gzip > ok.txt.gz; open ok.txt.gz

But this fails:

% echo "abcde" | gzip > bad.txt.gz; open bad.txt.gz

The second example shows an error in Archive Utility: "Unable to expand 'bad.txt.gz' into 'folder'. (Error 79 - Inappropriate file type or format.)"

I'm trying to figure out:

Is this a bug in Archive Utility, or am I somehow misusing the gzip format?
Assuming it's a bug, what is the bug? Which files are allowed and which aren't?

Why I believe this is specific to Archive Utility on 10.15:

10.14 and 10.13 don't seem to have this problem; the files open normally.
The bytes of the gzip files created on 10.15 seem to match ones created elsewhere, and open normally with gunzip on 10.15.

Text file contents that work or don't work:

Text files without spaces don't work, such as "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
Text files with spaces at the end don't work, such as "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz "
Text files with internal spaces do work, such as "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxy z"
Text files without spaces but shorter than five characters do work, such as "abcd"

What could be going on?


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The Touch Bar on my MacBook Pro is actually reflecting changes depending on the software context and showing the right buttons. However, it won't respond to my inputs.

I've tried to reset it via Terminal and all the potential solutions that I found on the Internet, but unfortunately none of them worked.

Could you please help me out to make it operational again?

I am running macOS Mojave 10.14.1.


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Christmas is over, and now there is a lot of Christmas music on my Mac. Is there a way to disable or hide a genre or a category, rather than individual songs, from iTunes.

Basically I don't want these to play at anytime, when shuffling, using genius or when playing down the alphabetical list.


texts: Safari extension or other means of automatically removing overlay dialogs on web pages?

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There's a recent trend in website design in which a site presents the viewer with a full-page overlay containing a "sign up for our newsletter" or similar dialog. The actual page content is covered with a translucent overlay to bring visual focus on the dialog, and to get to the actual content, you either have to fill in the dialog, or find and click a checkbox to dismiss it.  Here is an example chosen at random:

I personally find this design pattern obnoxious and intrusive, and apparently I'm not the only one who does. Neither Adblock nor Adblock Plus remove them (at least for me).

Someone created an extension for Google Chrome that helps deal with these things. Is there something similar for Safari? Ideally, I would like an extension that would automatically detect such overlays and hide them. However, I would equally be happy to find an AppleScript or other means of automating the dismissal of these overlays.

Preemptive comment #1: Some people may think that clicking the "x" to dismiss the overlay shouldn't be a big deal. I respectfully disagree. I'm a heavy keyboard user and having to move my hand off the keyboard to a pointing device, to find and click a small "x", is mentally disruptive and wastes my time. (It's worth noting that the "x" is not in the same location on every overlay, forcing you to hunt around for it.)

Preemptive comment #2: Some people may object that hiding such overlays would take away ad revenue from the site owners. I have sympathy for efforts to pay one's bills, and am not trying to do hurt the site owners.  I am only looking for a way to stop these devices on a voluntary per-user basis, not for everyone on the site.


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I had already installed iMovie on my Mac. Now after some months I wanted to create a new movie, but I couldn't find iMovie in OS X again.

When I look in the App Store I can see iMovie available now for $15.

Now I am very confused. Could it really be that Apple uninstalled iMovie and now I have to pay for it? Or is this a different version?


texts: Macbook Pro (Mid 2012) Not recognizing USB

texts: Recently I downloaded VirtualBox to setup a Windows 10 Virtual Machine on my Macbook Pro. I bought a new 32gb PNY flash drive to boot Windows 10. Everything worked great until I shut everything down. Now my Mac doesn't recognize the flash drive (even disk utility gives me nothing). My USB ports are both fine and the flash drive still works with Windows machines. My question is two-fold, can I fix this and more importantly, can I prevent it from happening again?


texts: How to know which app is playing a sound?

texts:
There are a couple of sounds that my mac makes, which annoy the heck out of me.

However, I don't know which application that's running is making these (perhaps it's the system itself)

Is there a way to identify which app recently caused a sound to play?


texts:
My teacher doesn't believe that I did my homework, just because I did like 95% of it.
So he thinks that I did it this morning and I want to prove to him that I did in fact do it last night @ 6 pm.

In other words, I would like to know how to check when a TextEdit document was created on Mac.
I am running El Capitan.


texts: A friend is having trouble with her email on her iPhone and iPad. If she reads a message on her computer, it doesn't show as read on her iDevice and vice versa. She's with Bell/Sympatico, and from what I understand, Bell uses POP3 for its incoming mail and POP3 doesn't sync across devices. Are we hosed, or is there a way around this?


texts:
I want to know if there is some way to trigger a workflow when an external HDD is plugged.

I want to mirror one folder in my local machine to backup it. Target folder will be in the external HDD and I would like it to trigger everytime the HDD is mounted.

Any ideas?


texts: Different UI for same version of YouTube official iOS app

texts:
I have the same version (10.22.11614) of the official YouTube app in my iPhone 6 and iPhone 5, but the UI is not same in both of my phones.

My iPhone 5 has the new material design and my iPhone 6 has the old UI.

Why for the same version I'm having two different UIs?

iPhone  5

iPhone 6


texts: Left Shift not working for combination with [

texts:
I have an Apple (wired aluminum) Keyboard (using with Mac mini).

Left Shift + [ does not work (to type {). But Right Shift + [ works.

Left Shift key is working for all the other keys.

I tried this keyboard with my laptop and the behavior is same.

I assumed it is hardware problem. I tried disconnecting and cleaning from outside and shaking off dust and debris.

What other measures should I take to correct this malfunction? or this keyboard is gonna die?

One of the other strange behavior is on USB connection, the keyboard automatically types - until I presses a key. (only on Mac Mini)


texts: Does Adobe Photoshop CS (version 8) run on Snow Leopard?

texts:
A friend has a Mac that’s still running Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4). She has Photoshop CS (version 8.0) on it. She needs to upgrade the Mac to Leopard or Snow Leopard to allow installation of iTunes 10, because she has an iPhone 3GS now.

Does Adobe Photoshop CS (version 8) run on Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6)? I.e. if I upgrade the Mac to Snow Leopard, will Photoshop CS still run okay?


texts: How can I identify the macOS version from the command line?

texts:
After detecting a GNU/Linux system through running uname, in a GNU/Linux distribution lsb_release -a is a good entry level utility you could use to [try to] find out the GNU/Linux distribution name and particular version1.

After detecting a Darwin (possibly macOS) system through running uname, there must be a Different (maybe not that much...) way to Ask the OS version number1. Even if it only works on macOS, it'd be useful.

This is similar to the /etc/release for other Unix / Linux, but I’d like to specifically target macOS to script a check of the version. In what way(s) is this possible?


texts: Where are Time Machine local backups/snapshots stored?

texts: Out of curiosity, I'm wondering where in the file system Time Machine stores its local backups/snapshots.


texts: What caused iPad Air to go black screen and not power up?

texts:
When I was on my iPad Air last night an Apple warning appeared.
Usually I can go into settings and clear it.
This one kept flashing.
I clicked the button on bottom left to re-log in.
After, I entered my password, the tablet went black and unresponsive.
Now it won't power up?

I am unsure of what to do now, any help is much appreciated.


texts: Is there any way to sync iPhone with Google contacts with custom labels?

texts: The problem is that when you sync iPhone with google contacts through Microsoft Exchange all numbers with custom labels just don't sync to iPhone. So is there any solution to this problem?


texts:
I was looking at my system.log for another issue I was trying to fix, and noticed after a reboot that I had a service hijack attempt, I then noticed that the process that was trying to hijack was called loginwindow.107. Below is the terminal output for relevant lines in system.log:

Nick@MacBook-Pro:/var/log$ cat system.log | grep loginwindow
Mar  5 02:46:43 NicksMBP com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.loginwindow.107.4294967295): Service sets EnableTransactions=false and EnablePressuredExit=true, which makes no sense. Enabling Transactions.
Mar  5 02:46:43 NicksMBP com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.loginwindow.107.4294967295): Service sets EnableTransactions=false and EnablePressuredExit=true, which makes no sense. Enabling Transactions.
Mar  5 02:46:43 NicksMBP com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.loginwindow.107.4294967295): Service sets EnableTransactions=false and EnablePressuredExit=true, which makes no sense. Enabling Transactions.
Mar  5 02:46:43 NicksMBP com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.loginwindow.107.4294967295): Service sets EnableTransactions=false and EnablePressuredExit=true, which makes no sense. Enabling Transactions.
Mar  5 02:46:43 NicksMBP com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.loginwindow.107.4294967295): com.apple.noticeboard.agent: EnablePressuredExit is not compatible with KeepAlive=true. Ignoring EnablePressuredExit.
Mar  5 02:46:43 NicksMBP com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.loginwindow.107.4294967295): Service sets EnableTransactions=false and EnablePressuredExit=true, which makes no sense. Enabling Transactions.
Mar  5 02:46:43 NicksMBP com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.loginwindow.107.4294967295): Service sets EnableTransactions=false and EnablePressuredExit=true, which makes no sense. Enabling Transactions.
Mar  5 02:46:43 NicksMBP loginwindow[107]: objc[107]: Class AMSupportURLConnectionDelegate is implemented in both /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileDevice.framework/Versions/A/MobileDevice (0x7fffb5eca6e0) and /usr/lib/libFDR_osx.dylib (0x10ac56ad8). One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
Mar  5 02:46:43 NicksMBP loginwindow[107]: objc[107]: Class AMSupportURLConnectionDelegate is implemented in both /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileDevice.framework/Versions/A/MobileDevice (0x7fffb5eca6e0) and /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/EmbeddedOSInstall.framework/EmbeddedOSInstall (0x10abbfde8). One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
Mar  5 02:46:51 MacBook-Pro loginwindow[107]: USER_PROCESS: 107 console
Mar  5 02:46:51 MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.domain.501.100007.Aqua): Caller tried to hijack service: path = /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.pluginkit.pkd.plist, caller = loginwindow.107
Mar  5 02:46:51 MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.domain.501.100007.Aqua): Caller tried to hijack service: path = /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.storeinstallagent.plist, caller = loginwindow.107
Mar  5 02:46:51 MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.domain.501.100007.Aqua): Caller tried to hijack service: path = /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.trustd.agent.plist, caller = loginwindow.107
Nick@MacBook-Pro:/var/log$

Is this normal? Can someone help me understand what is happening here?


texts:
I have a 15 GB USB that I want to use as a macOS installer, and it got corrupted.

I tried to reset it, but Finder and the normal Disk Utility does not recognize it, the Recovery Disk Utility loops on loading drives and Terminal throws an error if I tried to reset it.

What can I do to make it work again?


texts: Parallels: Make sure VMs never start automatically at program startup

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If I quit Parallels when there are virtual machines running, then these machines are automatically started the next time I start Parallels.

Is there any way to make sure that Parallels never automatically start any VM at startup?

I have already set the "Start Automatically" setting set to "Never" for all my VMs. (Its under "Virtual Machine > Configure...", and then "Options > Startup and Shutdown"). But this is not helping.

I'm using Parallels Desktop 9 (Build 9.0.24251).


texts: How to backup and restore /opt with Time Machine on macOS High Sierra?

texts:
I have an old MacBook Pro running High Sierra. Time Machine backs up /Users but not /opt.
The Time Machine preferences let me exclude directories, but does not let me add directories that I want to back up.
How can I get Time Machine to backup /opt on High Sierra and how can I restore it?


texts: What is ASRNewVolume and why is it taking up so much space on my disk?

texts:
When I look at my Storage usage in About my Mac, I see a partition called "ASRNewVolume_1606" which is taking up 32GB of unusable space. I went to Disk Utility and I can't restore the partition to my main disk (El Capitan). How do I remove it and restore that space back to my main disk?
I think this was created when I installed Windows. Not exactly sure though.


texts: Exploring the files in a MobileSync backup

texts:
I'm trying to find if some movies that I had on my iPhone 5 might be hidden away in a MobileSync backup.  The weird part is that iTunes → Preferences → Devices doesn't show a backup for this device in February, but there's a folder in the MobileSync backup folder that shows a Feb 10, 2013 last modified date.

What I'd like to do is find out what all is in that folder without having to restore a device. Honestly, I'm not sure how to do the restore anyway, since there's no entry in iTunes for it.

Is there any way to browse what is in each backup?


texts: Safari from macOS Catalina not working on macOS Mojave

texts:
I followed this answer to downgrade from macOS Catalina to Mojave (without having a Mojave backup). This has worked well, except using the Time Machine backup made in Catalina to restore data to Mojave has resulted in getting a too advanced version of Safari for macOS Mojave:

You can’t use this version of the application “Safari” with this version of macOS.
You have macOS 10.14.6. The application requires macOS 10.15 or later.

What would be the easiest way to downgrade to a working version of Safari? I am hoping it does not involve reinstalling macOS Mojave.


texts: Restore closed tabs with no back up (iOS)

texts: I accidentally closed all my windows in safari and wondering if there is any way to reopen them? Some of them had been open for days so I don't know if I can find correct ones from History. No back up.


texts:
I am new to using macs. I was using the bash shell, but recently tried switching to using iTerm2 and zsh. Originally, it looked the way I wanted, but something changed and reformatted my shell.

Basically I want my user prompt when it opens to look like this... I want to go back to the original iterm2 and zsh defaults

https://draculatheme.com/iterm/

Instead of the -> , my terminal has Username@PCname: ~%

Edit

ECHO $SHELL gives

/bin/bash

more /etc/shells outputs:

List of acceptable shells for chpass(1).
Ftpd will not allow users to connect who are not using
one of these shells.

/bin/bash
/bin/csh
/bin/ksh
/bin/sh
/bin/tcsh
/bin/zsh


texts: Delete an app completely (special case) and question regarding empty trash

texts:
I downloaded a game and deleted it by just Holding it for few second and click x on the launchpad, because I can still see it occupies 20 GB in my hard disk which is truly annoying. Does it mean it wasn't removed completely?

It seems the Mac can empty the trash securely or not securely?
Does it mean whatever deleted in the trash (even you empty the trash) is possible to recover? Unless you press the Empty trash securely?
Thanks
I feel like I'm so stupid, because I lost 40 GB by just doing deleting and downloading .... BUT I wouldn't lose any disk space if it 's microsoft window... this makes me feel really uncomfortable.. SSD is already very limited disk...

HOW can I get it back and delete it completely ? Is there any apps allow me to do so?  THANKS
N.B.I'm currently using the newest model of Mac book pro.

Situation: I deleted the file (by just holding it for few second and press the cross) but it still occupied 20 GB... Is there any way to get the space back?


texts: How I retrive a lost password without changing or resetting it

texts:
I have Facebook on my iPhone and it works well because it has the password stored on it so I don't have to put it in every time I log in. Now I want to use Facebook on my new computer, but I forgot the password since I don't have to enter it each time I log in.

I really don't want to change the password because I have done that before and keep mixing them up.

Some one help me please.


texts: Autofill password not working on iTunes Connect?

texts: Every time I connect on iTunes Connect (OS X 10.10, Chrome) I have to fill in my password, which is very tiring. Chrome autofills all my passwords, why doesn't it work there? Even with the 'remember me' check


texts: My MacBook pro late 2011 15" has 800% usage with kernel_task

texts:
So my MacBook Pro is getting super slow and laggy after a while of usage. I updated to Sierra today and my kernel_task is sky-rocketing - hitting up to 1100% and I have no idea why? I've tried all kinds of things like an SMC and PRAM reset and it didn't work. Has anyone had the same issue? Does anyone have a fix?

Edit: I have 8GB of RAM and a 250GB SSD with 35GB of free space.


texts: How to use and access web sharing with Mac OS X Lion?

texts: I am new to Mac OS X, and I have a MacBook Pro. I am developing a web application with PHP and MySQL. I already installed XAMPP on my Mac. I discovered the option for hosting in System Preferences > Sharing > Web Sharing, but I don't know how to use it or how to tell my friend to view my web application remotely. Can someone help me?


texts: What is the app which let user to find by finding application and files with key combinations?

texts:
I am not a mac power user and when ever I need to find an application or file, I open Finder and look for it. Couple of weeks ago, I saw someone using some keyboard shortcut, which opened a dialog box, where as he enters the name, the application showed the files matching the word he is searching. Is this a mac power tool or is this a different app?

Thanks


texts:
How can I disable the Top Sites on OS X ver 10.9.5? I have deleted the cache and locked Safari so that new windows images do not get saved.

I know how to Delete but need to know how to Disable the Top Sites in Safari.


texts:
Automator would seem to the appropriative tool, but ehmac.ca is stumped and so has this board been so far — my "Automator Newbie" question asked yesterday (my first ever on this site). Two sticking points — changing the .tiff extension to .tif, and losing the Alpha option.

The problem to be solved is prepping a large collection of edited scanned text files in tif format and getting them ready for processing by the OCR app TesseractGUI 0.3. This OCR app balks at TIF files with an extension of .tiff, also balks at Alpha within the file format.

Here's the manual routine I've been using.

Open the file in Preview.
From the File menu choose the Export command.
Click in the file name field and delete the second "F".
Uncheck the Alpha option.
Click the Save button.
In the next dialogue choose the "Replace" option.
Close the window.
Rinse and repeat with the next file in the list.
Exit when all files have been prepped.

Appreciated.


texts: Repairing Time Machine volume taking forever

texts:
Over 18 hours and counting, currently in the "Checking multi-linked directories" phase, but it's been there all night long.

I see disk I/O, not a lot, but some. I assume its from the TM drive as the machine is nominally idle (as idle as these machines get, anyway).

What prompted me was that I kept glancing up and see it backing up. It was stuck doing a backup for a long time, so I simply stopped the backup, and tried again. Later, it was still taking forever and nothing happening. So I shut down TM, unmounted the drive, unplugged it, replugged it in. Then I decide to run Repair.

The basic question is if this repair time is "normal", or is the drive bad. I'm debating simply erasing the drive and starting over, but if the drive is bad, then it's not trustworthy.

Advice appreciated.


texts:
I am taking py ipad on holiday and plan to take pictures with my Digital camera and at the end of the day transfer the pictures from the memory card to the ipad via a card reader.

Will these photos go into the photo stream?
If I set up iCloud on my PC, which will be left at home will the pictures be synced to that automatically? In which case the 1000 picture limit wont be an issue?
Am I right in understanding that the pictures will lose some resolution when viewed on the ipad but will keep the resolution when viewed on my Windows PC?
Does all of the above only work when connected to WiFi?

Thanks


texts: Is there a way to access HealthKit data through a web interface?

texts:
I would like to read, and ideally write to, my HealthKit data from a computer's web browser. Is this possible? I have not found any tools so far that let me do it.

An out of the box tool is ideal, but a script-based workaround that syncs with Google Spreadsheets or Dropbox would work as well.


texts: "Today" search in Finder doesn't work after saved

texts:
If you type "today" in the Finder search box, it allows you to create a search of all files that have been modified today:

and then click on Today:

And you can see, I only have 39 objects modified today:

However, if I click "Save" and save this search in my sidebar, it doesn't give me just today. Instead, it gives me all of the files on my computer, sorted chronologically. Is this a bug? Am I saving Today the wrong way? This is a useful search, but not when it provides every file.


texts: How to change iCloud storage size for Emails?

texts: I am using the 25 GB plan for iCloud. This morning I got the message in Mail.app that my iCloud storage is full. However, the iCloud system preferences tell me, I have still 11 GB left. In MobileMe I could set the split on how much would be used for my Email account. How can I increase the Email storage with iCloud?


texts: How do I put my device in supervised mode from Windows/Linux?

texts:
I'd like to configure an always-on VPN on my iPhone and as always Apple's absurdity gets in the way. Specifically, they require to put the device in supervised mode, which requires Apple Configurator running on a Mac. I don't have any and I do not plan to buy one in the near future.

I've searched around and it seems like some MDM services allow provisioning of the devices from Windows, which means the supervision process of Apple Configurator has been reverse-engineered.

Now, I'd like to know if there's other Windows or Linux software that allow switching devices into supervised mode, or at the very least some documentation about the process so I can write my own code to do it.


texts: Where does Apple App Store download security updates to?

texts:
My problem is that my internet speed to Apple's server is very slow, and I have 6 devices running macOS so I like to download security updates or system updates only once for all 6 of my devices.

I checked these folders:

$TMPDIR../C/com.apple.appstore/
aka
/var/folders/mp/???/C/com.apple.appstore

~/Library/Caches/storeaccountd
~/Library/Caches/storeassetd
~/Library/Caches/storedownloadd
~/Library/Caches/storeinappd

The package is not in either of these folders...

Also, once the file is downloaded and installed, App Store removes the package immediately it seems. Is there a way to prevent App Store from removing updates?


texts: Can iPods (3rd gen) brick completely if left uncharged?

texts:
I have an old 3rd generation iPod, barely used it since I got an iPhone a couple of years ago. I wasn't expecting the battery to hold its charge anymore (I've replaced it once or twice already, infact), but even when plugged in there is no reaction, the device is just dead.

Is this the natural conclusion of leaving it idle/flat for many months? Or do you think there is another problem with the device? (I could perhaps get a replacement battery but I'm not sure that would help)


texts: Does iTunes balance transfers when you change country?

texts:
I noticed there is an option to change country in iTunes (after I signed in).

Does the iTunes account balance transfer from the current country to
new country?
Where is the currency exchange rate (to be applied)
listed? Please provide URL.


texts: How to hide user accounts when starting up my Mac?

texts: I would like to hide that Admin user. Command: sudo dscl . create /Users/admin IsHidden 1 only hides the user when logging out. But when I restart my computer and the launch screen pops up I can still see the user. Are there any more commands for launch screens? What should I do? Is it even possible?


texts: How do I recover deleted browser history on iPhone?

texts: I accidentely deleted the browser history in Safari on the iPhone, but would still need to re-access one link. How can I recover a deleted browser history?


texts: Photos app on macOS doesn't sync with iCloud when Photos app on iPhone uploaded correctly

texts:
I don't see photos on my macOS (macOS Big Sur) Photos app but on my iPhone (iOS 14.4) there is info that all photos were "Updated Just Now".
The count of photos in the iOS app is higher than the macOS Photos app.
I've checked the free space on macOS (there is 12GB free space), also iCloud has free space (14 GB free  of 50 GB)
Other services like Calendar and Notes sync without any problem with iPhone


texts: Toggle language by pressing Shift + Command

texts:
I've moved from PC to Mac and I'm used to pressing Shift + Ctrl, while on Mac I have to press Ctrl + Space. This is a bit frustrating (probably because I've only used it for 2 days), so I opened System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts and tried to change the shortcut to Shift + Command and for some reason it refuses to change.

I tried to test some other shortcuts such as Command + Z and it works fine. I'd still like to change it to Shift + Command. Is there a way I can achieve this?


texts: Apps on iPhone lockscreen: how to remove them, i.e. Starbucks

texts:
Hopefully a simple solution. I installed a recent Starbucks app, and noted it was tracking my location and popping up on the lock screen. I do not want that. At all. Even after setting not to show on lock screen, it shows. I finally just removed it, but wondered as to how to get it to stop? I even turned off location tracking and yet it continued.

I wonder if having the older version still on my phone might have caused this?


texts: How do I download a single song via iTunes Match in iOS 6

texts:
When my iOS device doesn't have synced music but instead shows songs that are matched and available from iCloud, I've noticed there are only buttons to download groups of songs and not one song.

What is the new way for downloading just one song from the cloud to the device?


texts:
I am quickly filling up my hard drive and would like to move my iPhoto library to an external drive. I understand that it must be on an HFS+ formatted drive to properly work. I would prefer to attach an HFS+ formatted drive to my TimeCapsule and use that drive via WiFi to store my iPhone library. But I see that there are issues with network dropouts. I would prefer to not have to schlep a drive out of the closet or upstairs every time I want to import photos.

So, my question what, if any, other options do I have if I want to get my photo library off my local storage and onto some sort of network option? I am open to switching away from iPhoto to Aperture or Lightroom if needed.


texts: Can't enable password protection in Notes app

texts:
I'm following the advice here where I want go to settings and set a password. If I do this I get

  Update Notes
  For the configuration of the password protection open "Notes" and update your notes. (tranlated)

What should I do here?

iOS 9.3.2 is installed. Also the is no lock note option if I tap the share button.


texts: Mac mini starting itself when power is applied

texts:
Having a weird issue with a Mac mini.

At the end of the day, I perform a full shutdown.  The main power is then turned off.

When the main power is turned back on again, the Mac mini is automatically turning itself on and starting up. I don't want it to do this.

Under the Energy Saver settings in System Preferences, start automatically after a power failure is unchecked. There is also nothing in the Schedule that would cause the machine to turn on.

Any ideas why my Mac won't stay off when the main power is reapplied?

EDIT - pmset -g output

Active Profiles:
AC Power        -1*
Currently in use:
hibernatemode        0
womp                 0
networkoversleep     0
sleep                20
Sleep On Power Button 1
ttyskeepawake        1
hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
autorestart          0
disksleep            10
displaysleep         20

EDIT 2

If I understand correctly, I will be resetting the SMC every day because the main power is removed from the machine. As per; https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201295

Could the fact that the SMC is being reset make the machine power on the next time main power is applied?


texts: What causes ps to show the uid instead of the username on my Macbook pro

texts:
This is occurring on my MacBookPro, running OS 10.9.5.

I don't know what I might have done to change the behavior.  When I executed ps before, it would show the username.  Now, for some reason, instead of the username, it shows the uid of the person who executed the process.

I've read on this site and other sites that if the username is longer than 8 char, ps shows the uid.  However, the output below shows that even for root, it shows the uid instead of the name root.

I know there's a workaround to execute

ps -jef

to show the username but I'd like to have my laptop go back to the old way of things.

Any help would be appreciated.

Here's the output for ps -ef

0   138     1   0 11:20PM ??         0:00.03 /usr/sbin/ntpd -c /private/etc/ntp-restrict.conf -n -g -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -f /var/db/ntp.drift
0   142    50   0 11:20PM ??         0:01.76 /Applications/Druva inSync/inSync.app/Contents/MacOS/inSyncDecommission
1321896443   967   916   0 11:22PM ttys005    0:00.02 -bash
1321896443  2865     1   0 11:35PM ttys005    0:09.32 /Library/Java/Home/bin/java -

Here's the output for ps -je

root              138     1   138      0    0 Ss     ??    0:00.03 /usr/sbin/ntpd -c /private/etc/ntp-restrict.conf -n -g -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -f /var/db/ntp.drift
root              142    50    50      0    0 S      ??    0:01.77 /Applications/Druva inSync/inSync.app/Contents/MacOS/inSyncDecommission
myfirst.mylast    967   916   967      0    1 S    s005    0:00.03 -bash
myfirst.mylast   2865     1  2788      0    0 S    s005    0:10.31 /Library/Java/Home/bin/java -

NOTE: I checked my .bash_profile, .bashrc, and .profile files but didn't see any alias for ps in them.  Is there anywhere else that an alias of a command can hide?

Note #2: I can migrate this to the unix/linux or serverfault stack exchange site if it's more relevant there.  I just put it here b/c this was on my MBP and not on a linux server.


texts: GFortran compiler error on Mac OS Big Sur

texts:
I am trying to compile a hello world program in fortran on Mac OS Big Sur. Before updating everything  worked fine.
I compile with this line:
~ % gfortran hw.f90
--> ld: library not found for -lSystem
    collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

I have installed gnu gfortran and gcc before updating. Version command output:
~ % gfortran --version
--> GNU Fortran (Homebrew GCC 10.2.0) 10.2.0
    Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
    warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

~ % gcc --version
--> Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
    Apple clang version 12.0.0 (clang-1200.0.32.28)
    Target: x86_64-apple-darwin20.2.0
    Thread model: posix
    InstalledDir: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin

Output of which command:
~ % which gfortran
--> /usr/local/bin/gfortran

~ % which gcc
--> /usr/bin/gcc


texts: Device or computer could not be verified

texts:
Recently I bought Macbook Pro Retina Early 2015, and after approximately one month my wifi shows

  No Wifi/Wireless device found

I rush to the iStore and submitted my macbook, they serviced it and returned it to me, after approximately 2 to 3 days the problem was back again and gone after 2 days. Since my wifi is working perfectly.

The problem I am facing is now when I open APP STORE and sign in there I get the following error message:

  Your device or computer could not be verified. Contact support for assistance.

I googled it search it on forums and got that its an issue of non registered network adapter. Kindly help me in this scenario is this a software bug or a hardware one or some effective solution.


texts:
I have an Extreme PRO 64GB SanDisk memory card for my Canon camera. In macOS I can view the pictures I took, but not the videos. They just don't show up in the Finder window but I can watch them on the camera.
How can I access the videos?


texts:
Similar to How do I edit an info.plist file inside of a kext file?

There is a need to change how a kext works.

(Specifically /System/Library/Extensions/AMD6000Controller.kext/Contents/Info.plist needs a change in IOKitPersonalities > Controller > aty_config > CFG_FB_LIMIT from 0 to 3)

This can be achieved by manipulating the info.plist file inside the kext.

However, in newer versions of macOS, this requires either a certificate to re-codesign the kext or disabling SIP (at least partially with csrutil enable --without kext).

I am looking for alternative methods.

Loading the kext manually apparently doesn't offer the option to pass parameters.
Is there an nvram command to force this on boot?
Is using Clover the easiest way?

How to use a kext that has just the info.plist changed without codesign or SIP disabled?


texts: Time Capsule & Airport Express Keeps Disconnecting

texts:
I have a problem setting up the network in my house.
I have a Time Capsule which is connected to a Huawei router, the Time Capsule is set to "Create a wireless network" and router mode to "Off(Bridge Mode)"

It was all working great and I get the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz networks.

Today I bought an Airport Express so I can extend the wifi signal in new section of the house, I tried to connect it to the Time Capsule as "Extend a Wireless Network" for a while it would connect and everything seems fine and then both TC & AE starts to drop and reconnect again and drop again, the LED lights starts shifts between green and amber every now and then and keep doing that.. The WiFi signals keeps dropping and reconnecting !

I'm not sure whats the problem..! tried to configure it couple of time but nothing seems work.
But once I switch off the AE, the TC starts working fine!

So here is how my network setup should be:

Wall --> RJ11 >-- Huawei --> Ethernet >-- TC   ...> WiFi >... AE

Note: when I connected the AE to TC the 1st time, this diagram was shown in the Airport Utility:

Internet > TC > AE

but it would still drops, after resetting the AE several times and tried to configure it multiple times, now what I see is both are connected to the Internet icon somehow !

Any help !?


texts: How can I customize the Touch Bar interfaces for my tremor?

texts:
I have an essential tremor. This means that the slightest unintentional graze on the Touch Bar or touchpad on my MacBook Pro can have extremely undesirable consequences.

So how can I change the sensitivity on those input devices and yet retain the key functionality of those devices? The key functions provided by the Touch Bar are the escape key (accidental grazes are easy and can have extreme consequences), and changing the sound volume or screen brightness. All other features of the Touch Bar are accessible by other means.

The touchpad also has key functionality, but not quite as critical as the escape key. But once again, slight grazes can result in highly undesirable effects.

How can I change the sensitivity on the Touch Bar and the touchpad and still retain the essential functionality provided by those input devices?


texts: What URL does Facebook app use for data?

texts:
I want to block the Facebook app on my iPhone. I've blocked facebook.com in restrictions and every single Facebook URL for servers I can find - this works great in safari, but open the Facebook app and nothing is blocked. What URL do I need to block to fix this?

EDIT: I know school filters somehow are able to do this so there has to be a URL..