texts:
I use macOS 10.14 and came across a problem when I tried to install an open source plugin for Vim that I found on Github. I downloaded the source code and compiled it myself, which worked well, but when I ran it, the execution was interrupted because the "Code signature [of executable] not valid for use in process".

This has given me a lot of questions that I can't wrap my head around:

I could either sign it myself, but wouldn't that kind of ruin the purpose of code signing? Is there any qualitative difference in signing code from the internet and allowing apps from unidentified developers in the "This app was downloaded from the internet" dialog box?

If I don't do it, whose "responsibility" is it to sign? The repository maintainer? The contributors? Is Apple expecting open source developers to always have an Apple Developer ID? Or have I misunderstood the purpose of code signing?

Edit:

To clearify, my question is how I should handle unsigned source code that I compile myself, since I don't expect contributers to always be able to, or remember to, sign their code, especially when it comes to tiny contributions to open source projects with many contributers.


texts: How do I open Google Chrome in Incognito mode by default

texts: Is there any way (using apple script or by using settings on chrome) to open Google Chrome in incognito mode.


texts:
I have a mapped network folder on my Mac.

About a week ago everything was fine and I could save Word documents to my personal folder on the network drive. Now, I've been getting the following message:

"Word cannot save this document due to a naming or permissions error on the destination volume"

I have the latest Office and OSX version.

Why is that?


texts: Which changes are necessary for XM and XMTrading applications to both be approved and not rejected by Apple Guideline 4.3?

texts:
There are two applications:
One you can see it directly in app store: https://apps.apple.com/gr/app/xm-trading-point/id1072084799
The second one I'll share it to you via Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xmtrading.webapp
When the two aforementioned apps are being submitted to the same countries then they might be rejected with reason:

Guideline 4.3 - Design
This app duplicates the content and functionality of other apps submitted by you or another developer to the App Store, which is considered a form of spam.

Which are the minimum amount of changes to be done in order for the two apps to not be considered similar and both be approved ?


texts:
I bought this iMac 6 months ago, model late2019, with 64gb RAM and fusion HD 3TB
I ran all the utility tool and I get a lot of MT mapping warnings when i run the First Aid, but they don't seem to be critical error
I feel my computer started to get slower/freeze after a message about Adobe Creative cloud file being corrupted or what not... was an unusual message but i just ignored it until the mac was impossible to use, literally freezing for a minute every click.
I wonder if installing bigSur will fix everything or should I simply erase everything and reinstall the original OS, then upgrade to bigsur and reinstall all the apps (pain in the butt:))
thanks


texts: Recommendations for inter-app audio apps for GarageBand?

texts: I have so far learnt to use Apple loops and thirsty to learn more: more loops, try some inter-app audio apps and so on. Please recommend inter audio apps for GarageBand.


texts: Emacs GUI won't start when launched from the Terminal

texts:
When I type

brew install emacs

at the Terminal, the following message displays:

Warning: emacs 25.3 is already installed

However, when I type

emacs &

the only thing that happens is that the following message is displayed:

[1] 21302

but the Emacs GUI isn't launched. I have another apple computer where typing

emacs &

launches the Emacs GUI. How can I make the Emacs GUI launch by executing a command from the Terminal?

macOS Sierra Version 10.12.6


texts:
Although everything is working fine with my Macbook Air from Mid-2013, I have a few errors that bother me.

Here they are:

Onyx says this:

  The SMART status was not verified because it is not supported by this hard disk.

But the system report writes this:

disk0s2:
  Media Name:   APPLE SSD SD0256F Media
  Size: 250,14 GB (250 140 434 432 bytes)
  Medium Type:  SSD
  Protocol: PCI
  Internal: Yes
  Partition Map Type:   GPT (GUID Partition Table)
  Status:   Online
  S.M.A.R.T. Status:    Verified
  PV UUID:  4F6EBACC-CA60-4DE6-95BF-37F42D820284

After installing smartmontools:

smartctl disk1 -a
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

So SMART seems good, maybe onyx is in fault. But my cksum mismatch problem is still here

When I run disk utility and I perform a verification on my hard drive I always get this:

  Invalid Disk Label @ 250123653120: cksum mismatch

And sometimes if I wait enough time (a few days) after a repair (with the cmd+R on boot utility) I get this kind of error:
Incorrect block count for file (...)

This last problem seems to happen with files I downloaded and most likely which I didn't finish to download.

What I think:
When Yosemite came out I installed it, but since I found that even resizing a window wasn't as smooth as on Mavericks I decided to downgrade using my Time Machine backup.

Do you think upgrading back to Yosemite would fix all this? And would I still find this kind of performance?

Edit: If it is a good idea, I have no problem with doing a clean install of Yosemite.

Thanks in advance for your help. My Mac is still young and I don't want him to be sick.


texts: How to save emailed video into Photos program?

texts: I'm just now getting used to Photos. When someone emails me a video, I can't just drag it into my photos library like I could with iPhoto. How do I add it to my existing library?


texts: Giving instructions to an executable in UNIX?

texts:
I'm pretty new at this, so excuse me if this is too easy.
The thing is, I have a bunch of instructions stored in a text file named: 'FTIG_dldStruct.txt' and I want to write them all into an executable named: 'STP'. I wrote this script:

#!/bin/bash
set +H

./STP # This is the executable

for i in {1..586}
    do
        sed -n -e "$i"p FTIG_dldStruct.txt
done

My program runs the executable, and it asks me for input like this:

STP> # I want the instructions here, but my for loop is not working until I exit the executable.


texts: How do I troubleshoot personal hotspot mode failing to issue IP addresses?

texts:
When I turn on the personal hotspot, I cannot get a DHCP network address on my computer. I've tried with 2 different computers and an Android phone. They can connect to the network router but not my iPhone, which won't give out an IP address.

It just says "the connection is limited" and I get a 169.* address on my computer.
Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5c88:c538:f588:efe%4
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.14.254
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

When I connect via USB cable, it does not work either:

After I reset network settings (Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings), I was able to briefly get an IP address, but I was not able to ping any servers, like Google's public DNS server. I received a phone call while the hot spot was turned on, and I believe that is what allowed me to get an IP address, but I'm not sure why. Subsequent disable/enable cycles failed to get an IP address.
$ ipconfig
Windows IP Configuration
Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5c88:c538:f588:efe%4
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.20.10.2
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.240
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.20.10.1

$ ping 8.8.8.8
Pinging 8.8.8.8 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.

I even tried to connect via Bluetooth, but that didn't work either.
$ ipconfig
Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::b09b:4eb7:6091:ac17%5
   Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.172.23
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

I have an unlocked iPhone 5 with latest iOS on MetroPCS.
Reference
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2756. I have not restored/reset the entire phone. Would rather not have to.


texts: Is Disk Utility's "Repair Disk" a viable TRIM solution for Mac OS X Yosemite?

texts:
I'm upgrading a 2010 Macbook with an Intel 730 SSD.  Since Trim Enabler is still available but more risk, I'm trying to get by with just Disk Utility.

My question was prompted by this hint which seems to imply that "Disk Repair" will perform a one-time TRIM.  Using either a reminder or an automated script, I could run Repair Disk once a week or once a month to get the benefits of TRIM.

There is a similar question at Creative solutions to work around kext signing issue in Yosemite? that does not answer my question.


texts: OS X 10.10.3 connects to wireless router but unable to resolve domain names

texts:
I can connect my daughter's MacBook to the wireless router but not browse the internet with two different browsers (Firefox and Safari). This is a recent development as she has successfully browsed the net with this MacBook earlier. She says that she didn't change any settings.

Her MacBook is given an IP address by the wireless router's DHCP server. I can ping other computers on the LAN as well as on the WAN (but only using an IP address with the ping command). In other words, I can ping 8.8.8.8 but not google.com. My router's log does not log any requests from her macbook.
Other computers on this LAN have unrestricted access to internet browsing.

ifconfig en1 returns...

en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
     ether 00:23:12:55:3b:a0
     inet6 fe80::223:12ff:fe55:3ba0%en1 prefixlen 64 scopid 0x5
     inet 192.168.1.9 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
     nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>
     media: autoselect
     status: active

I've tried rebooting the computer and the router.
Any help trouble shooting this would be greatly appreciated.
to clarify my original question based on comments that I've gotten...

@Buscar I was only connected via wifi when I ran the ifconfig so the en1 must be wifi.

@Jamie I checked the DNS servers listed in the router status and got 208.180.42.68 208.180.42.100 and I can ping these from my daughter's macbook. It is curious that my Netgear router doesn't log any requests from the macbook. Also, the App Store on the macbook indicates that there are 2 items in the queue (icon in the dock) but when I click on that icon the App store doesn't finish loading (probably because it cannot connect [on a different port than 80???]).

I also tried dig and nslookup. These both had connection time outs.
Thanks again for your help


texts: I've added a second HD into my Macbook 2011 instead of CD-ROM. Is it safe to encrypt it using Finder?

texts:
Years ago I changed my cdrom in my Macbook for a second hard drive, and have been using a SSD as a first drive ever since.

This HD is shown in Finder, and, clicking on it with two fingers, there's an option to encrypt it.

Since this has never been an endorsed upgrade from Apple (changing the cdrom for a HD) I've never used this encrypt option, but now I'm traveling too much because of work and I'm planning to do it if somehow I lose the macbook or it gets stolen.

Does anyone here now of any caveats of this approach? I think this is the same option if you plug an external HD in USB.


texts:
I have bought Macbook with Lion, which I have upgraded to Yosemite. Now I want to reinstall Yosemite from stratch. Which Mac OS version will be installed if I'll follow this instructions (Command (⌘) and R keys).

Will it install Lion (which was installed on my Mac Air when I have bought it) or will be downloaded last version - Yosemite?

How can I install Yosemite from stratch?


texts: Network disconnect causes leftover directory under /Volumes

texts:
I have the following issue on Snow Leopard (10.6.8) after mounting a network drive (⌘+K in Finder. When I disconnect the laptop from the network without dismounting the drive, I get the Finder notification that the drive is no longer available, where I usually click "Disconnect All". This still leaves a leftover directory in /Volumes, which doesn't get deleted.

So if I mount the drive foo, a directory /Volumes/foo is created for the mount. This directory is still there after disconnecting the network cable and confirming to disconnect the drive. The next time I mount the same foo share, a new directory /Volumes/foo-1 is created etc.

This is causing some trouble with scripts (or Unison, which I point to /Volumes/foo), since the expected mount point is not the same (/Volumes/foo is empty in this case).

Is there any way to automatically remove this directory after the disconnect I described above?

This happens to me on a regular basis when I put the MacBook to sleep, remove the network cable and then want to work e.g. on the train without being connected to the network.

Update
After observing this issue for a couple of months now (I'm still on Snow Leopard), I've noticed the following: The folder /Volumes/foo is not removed even with the network cable in when removing the mount through Finder. To clarify:

Open Finder, press ⌘+K
Select a Samba drive to mount, e.g. smb://server/foo
This will be mounted in /Volumes/foo, make sure you can browse it through Finder
Click the Eject button next to the share in Finder
The directory /Volumes/foo is not removed

As a consequence, when I try to mount the same share again, another directory /Volumes/foo-1 is created, etc.


texts: Apps "cannot be opened because of a problem"

texts:
Whenever I am trying to open an app, most of them won't open with the error as below.

I am really helpless here. Is there is any issue with my machine?

I have a Ubuntu background and recently started using OS X.

Mac version :


texts:
I purchased 'Chris Hardwick Mandroid' SD Movie on iTunes.  I see it in Finder, and I see it in my Recently Added playlist... but I don't see it in my list of Movies or TV Shows on iTunes.

First Question:  Am I too big of an idiot to consume such media on my Mac?
Second Question (seriously):  Where do I find my media in iTunes?!


texts: Prevent users from unchecking "require password to wake computer from sleep or screen saver"

texts:
I've recently been given the task of securing a small network. One of the things we want to have happen is to have the computers lock down after a period of inactivity.

The easy thing for this, of course, is to require a password after the computer goes to sleep or the screen saver starts. The only problem is that I have users unchecking this, as it's a user preference (they don't need to authenticate as an admin to turn it off).

I know I can log them out after a period of inactivity, but that closes all files and programs and is a bit more of a pain for everyone. If I could just have the password prompt all the time, we'd be satisfied.

Is there a way to make the user preference "require password to wake computer from sleep or screen saver" only editable to an admin account?

The clients in question are using 10.5.8.

Thank you for any help you can provide.


texts:
I tried quicktime and monosnap to make a video tutorials, but both produce a mono audio. What should I do to make it stereo?

nb: I'm using Steinberg CI2+ soundcard + ISK mic.


texts: What to do when macbook pro's battery starts to spurt out flame?

texts:
I am not sure whether this is the right place to ask about hardware incident, but I am not sure where else to ask. If you know a better place, please kindly share with me.

I failed to dismantle my macbook pro's battery. It's currently lying on the ground outside my house.

Here's what happened:

I bought a new battery for my Macbook Pro 15' Retina early 2013 and started to remove the old one today. I made several mistakes along the way:

I had only experience with installing SSD, but was thoughtless to think it's the same.
I wasn't intellectually prepared. For example, it might be better to use up the battery before dismantling it. Mine was fully charged.
I used a metal chisel to pry up the battery from the base (it was glued tightly with the base) . I should've used plastic materials.

The battery looks like this:

I successfully pried up the leftmost two batteries and the rightmost two batteries, leaving the two central pieces. When I began prying one of central ones(quite hard), an orange flame flashes!

In case it exploded, I dropped it outside of my house and put warning signs around it. I even called the fireman asking what to do, but he just told me to be cautious..??

The worst part is, the chisel is still stuck between the battery and the base! I tried to remove it, but instantly the flame showed up again.

Here is what it looks like now:

I am considering ask for some help from local computer repairment shops. But in case they are not able to help (since it's rather dangerous), should I give up fixing it or not?

If so, what is the safest way to dispose the battery, and the laptop?


texts: How to set a custom dynamic wallpaper in Catalina?

texts:
I tried to set a custom dynamic wallpaper in Catalina as I used to do in Mojave (that worked fine) but my dynamic wallpaper will display the following option as you can see the picture (bugged).

and when I want to change it the "Dynamic" option it's no there!

I tried to find the path of the dynamic default wallpapers and I couldn't paste the ".heic" files where catalina's wallpaper is. I also tried to set a default dynamic wallpaper first and in dynamic mode and then I switch to the custom one and didn't work.

Did dynamic wallpapers format changed in Catalina OS?

How can I set a custom wallpaper in Catalina?

link to the custom wallpaper


texts: Creating System-Wide Keyboard Shortcut To Launch Applications

texts: I recently switched from Ubuntu, and I was feeling very comfortable with using Ctrl + Alt + T to launch terminal. Can I assign Shift + Cmd + T to do the same thing in Yosemite? Specifically, I want a new terminal window to be opened.


texts: How can you find out if your iPhone ever got wet?

texts:
I know that iPhone has some internal sensors that can be used to test if the device was got ever wet.

Apple uses them in order to deny your warranty.

The question is how to find out this before sending your device to service?


texts: Why is are the keys on my MacBook Air so stiff?

texts:
I've bought an 11" MacBook Air a month ago. The 9 came out from the keyboard after few hours and I couldn't believe it. They gave me a new MacBook Air. One month later I'm using it and today the T is too strong to press and I can hardly type it.

I had another Mac before, and it lasted for years and I had no issues with the keyboard. This laptop never hit the floor; nothing's happened to it.

I can't believe I have to come back to the Apple Store and tell them the keyboard is broken again. What do you think about it? Is a line defect?


texts: Screen Time Passcode: Use Password rather than 4-digit PIN?

texts:
iOS uses a a 4-digit passcode to secure Screen Time settings (formerly known as Restrictions).

Use Screen Time Passcode
Use a passcode to secure Screen Time settings, and to allow for more time when limits expire.

I would instead like to use a 20+ character random password that is hard to remember and hard to type. I'll store the password and look it up when necessary, rather than easily accidentally remember the Screen Time passcode.
Is there any way to use an alphanumeric password rather than a 4-digit PIN?

This is similar to the main iOS device passcode, which does allow for more secure input:

Enter a six-digit passcode. Or tap Passcode Options to switch to a four-digit numeric code, a custom numeric code, or a custom alphanumeric code. (link)


texts: I just want a lightweight antivirus for my Mac that doesn't keep running on background but only scanning a file by request. Is there any?


texts: Why do I have a calendar called weather? And has nothing to do with anything

texts:
I have a calendar called "Weather: Auckland, NZ"
The Weather calendar on the sidebar is checked and it's called "Weather: Springfield, MO" And the "calendar" shows three days for my zip code. Of course I can share, add, use, save, import, export, make into orgami, but can't delete. WHy does it exist? Where did it come from? I haven't been to any of the places associated with the calendar. I live in the zip code. OH, and it's it's own calendar. Not associated with any other emails or calendars. A color all it's own. Which, of course, I can also change. Any idea?


texts:
I have a nice new iPhone 4.  I can use it for my work calendar, but not my work email.  The reason why is because I work for a medical company and email is very protected.

I have heard that the encryption that comes with the iPhone 3GS is laughable for real enterprise use.

Did it get any better with the iPhone 4?  Or is that just an OS based thing?

If it is iron clad safe then I might be able to convince my company to let me get emails on my device.


texts: iPad Air Wi-Fi randomly disconnects after update to iOS 11 - Possible cause faulty Bluetooth?

texts:
My iPad Air (1) started dropping the Wifi connection at random times just after the major upgrade to iOS 11.0.

Since then I have taken all the updates (6 I think now!) and am now running 11.1.2. I have experienced the same problem with every update - i.e There has been no difference with the dropped connections.

I've been through the recommended steps of Renew Lease, Forget Network, and Reset Networks - None had any positive effect. I've 2 Android phones and a laptop (Windows) which have no problems using the same wi-fi connection.

Apple have told me that it's likely to be a hardware fault with the Bluetooth module - but I've been testing the BT connecting to a variety of devices with no problems at all.

That, coupled with the rather big co-incidence of this problem only starting after going from 10.3.3 to 11.0, just doesn't make sense to me - and haven't found any results from searches of similar forums which I’ve done.

Any ideas?


texts: Dealing with bad Gmail certificate in Adium

texts:
My wife and I are both running current versions of OS X (10.7.2) and Adium (1.4.3). We both use gmail accounts in it for instant messaging.

She launched Adium yesterday, and it complained that Gmail's security certificate has been revoked, so she has the choice to override and trust the certificate anyhow, or not use that account--given the DigiNotar breech, the former is not a happy option.

I'm not getting that result: the gmail certificate appears valid. As a test, I tried deleting my gmail account from Adium and deleting the certificate via Keychain Access; when I re-added the account in Adium, a certificate was pulled, and it came up as valid again.

On my wife's machine, when I tried deleting the gmail account and the certificate (interestingly, there were no gmail certificates per se on her machine, but since the cert was issued by Equifax, I deleted the Equifax cert), and then re-adding the gmail account, I got a new error: "this certificate was signed by an unknown authority."

I'll admit that the whole security-certificate infrastructure is over my head.

So my questions are:
What do we do? Why is Adium having trouble pulling a good certificate? Why might we be getting different results?


texts: Replace symbolic links to libraries in executable with full path

texts: Because I use homebrew to manage my packages but I compile ffmpeg by myself (I need to enable some components that is not included in the homebrew build), when homebrew upgrades one of its formulas that is a dependency of ffmpeg dyld can't find the library. Because I set an environmental variable to disable homebrew cleaning old versions of formulas, the libraries are still there, just that the /usr/local/opt/<formula> path is linked to the new version in /usr/local/cellar/<formula>/<new_version>. How can I replace the symbolic links in the libraries ffmpeg links to with the full path? E.g. /usr/local/opt/x264/lib/libx264.155.dylib to /usr/local/Cellar/x264/r2917_1/lib/libx264.155.dylib I know I can use install_name_tool, but there are 151 libraries and 3 executables (ffmpeg, ffprobe, and ffplay) so it's very time-consuming to do it by hand.


texts: Recommended disk format for external SSD running as system drive for a 2019 iMac

texts:
I'm setting up a new 2019 iMac with an internal Fusion drive. I have an external 1TB Samsung T5 SSD drive that I'd like to use velcroed to the back of the iMac as the main system drive in order to improve performance.

Should I format the SSD to APFS or HFS+?

The iMac has MacOS 10.15 Catalina installed by default.

(I've read some stories of 2 minute wait times after restarts using APFS on external system drives, but I'd like to use the most up to date system if it's right to do so).


texts:
I regularly deal with e-mails from a company using SalesForce where the messages are sent with a bright white background for the entire message body, set in the HTML.

In Dark Mode this is exceptionally uncomfortable, as you'll be ticking through your e-mails reading white on black, when suddenly you're hit with an almost full screen of white.

I checked the raw message contents and I do see that there are two parts, an HTML version and a plain-text version. However, I cannot find the configuration option to specify that I want Mail to render the plain text version of the message. So how can I do this, or otherwise override the colours of these messages?


texts: Automator PDF contact sheet not using all images

texts: I've used Automator to create a service that creates all selected images into a contact sheet. For some reason, the service doesn't want to use all the images; I have a selection of 42 images but only 33 get used. This problem persists even when I try to make separate contact sheets of the same 42 images. Does anyone have a solution?


texts: Which iOS features require two factor authentication?

texts:
Today my iPad automatically updated its OS to 14.2 and it shows a prompt from Apple ID Security to enable two-factor authentication.
The message mentions that "Some iOS features require two-factor authentication", but I could not find which features exactly require it. The Apple's support page Two-factor authentication for Apple ID tells me what this two-factor authentication is and how it is important, but it doesn't say which features of the OS require it. There is only the same vague phrase without any details:

Certain features in the latest versions of iOS and macOS require this
extra level of security, which is designed to protect your
information.
...
You need two-factor authentication to use certain features that
require improved security.

I'd like to know exactly what features of iOS require two-factor authentication.


texts: How can I stream my desktop to another device so I have complete control over it?

texts:
I have a desktop Mac and I would like to work with it in different rooms without moving the Mac around. I am currently collecting options, this is information I gathered so far:

AirPlay won't help me since it can't control the Mac.
The SteamLink software on a RaspPi would be able to stream the desktop, however I doubt very much it is able to transmit gestures from my Magic TrackPad.
Apple Remote Desktop could do it (I can run it on a MBP) but is targeted at sysadmins and not for regular, 8h/day work. I have no idea how responsive it is and I'm not entirely sure if it sends all TrackPad gestures to the remote Mac instead of acting locally on them. Also, the price tag is rather hefty.
Generic VNC does not seem to support gestures according to this question.

Are there any other options?


texts: How can I disable this mutli-monitor window-cutoff in Mavericks?

texts:
If I drag a window in between two screens, half the window disappears. Is there a flag I can set from the command line or pref option somewhere to disable this?

My chrome window below is in the middle of my two monitors with the left half hidden.


texts: How can I find the product key of Office 2011 after restoring from backup?

texts:
I had to restore my iMac from a Time Machine backup.

Everything seemed fine until I tried to start Office 2011 and it is asking me to re-enter my product key. I am trying to locate my key (I believe I downloaded this version originally and it should be in my email but I can't find it)

I tried a program that is supposed to "find the keys for products installed on your computer" (Mac Product Key Finder) and it found my very old Office 2008 key, but not 2011.

I am surprised that if I had a totally working install before recovering from back-up that this wasn't restored as well - do I have any options to find it hiding somewhere on my drive?

Note: The recovery was after a hard drive was replaced by the Apple store - if that makes a difference, so this is a new internal drive.


texts:
On Linux you can use update-alternative to change the version of a command.

Which command in OS X (10.8) will switch the alternative of the current command?


texts: What is the best free hard drive diagnostics app for Mac OS X?

texts:
My MacBook Pro (described below) fell 5 feet while it was powered on. Would the sudden motion sensor be able to turn off the hard drives in time? Also, can anyone recommend the best (free) hard drive diagnostic tools Mac OS X?

Thanks, Chirag

  Model Name: MacBook Pro
  Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,5
  Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed: 2.53 GHz
  Number Of Processors: 1
  Total Number Of Cores: 2
  L2 Cache: 3 MB
  Memory: 4 GB
  Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
  Boot ROM Version: MBP55.00AC.B03
  SMC Version (system): 1.47f2
  Serial Number (system): W89241NW66E
  Hardware UUID: D62F2A33-E5BA-5208-B300-28730564D27F
  Sudden Motion Sensor:
  State: Enabled

System Software Overview:

  System Version: Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L30)
  Kernel Version: Darwin 9.8.0
  Boot Volume: Macintosh HD
  Boot Mode: Normal
  Time since boot: 5:20


texts: Show function keys on Touch bar only for Google Sheets

texts:
I want to use the function key "F2" when I am working on Google sheets. However, I don't want the Function keys to display on my TouchBar when  working on some other website. Is it possible to achieve this?
Alternatively, is it possible to have a shortcut for Function keys on touch bar which when tapped expands the function keys row? Or, is it possible to have the "F2" key always be displayed on the touch bar irrespective of the currently opened application?


texts: Can I dictate if an attachment is included in the text or as a thumbnail?

texts: Occasionally I wish to send a photo or file to open with the message text and at times I wish to send as an attachment that needs to be opened by the receiver. How can I determine this?


texts: How to forward an email containing multiple threads with multiple pictures in Mail?

texts:
I have an email thread I would like to forward. The email thread has a bunch of replies each with pictures.

I can forward and select "include original attachments", but that only includes the images on the most recent reply. Every previous attachment still looks like <PastedGraphic-14.png>. Is there anyway to forward an email including all the actual images?


texts: Does Battery Usage/Percentage need to be calibrated again?

texts: I recently installed iOS 7 on an iPhone 4S. Does the Battery Usage/Percentage (as shown in the top-right corner of the screen of the phone) need to be calibrated again (by letting the battery fully discharge once, possibly to be followed by a full charge and a hard reboot)? Or is this nonsensical advice?


texts: Missing scaled resolution for external 4K display on MacBook 2016

texts:
I'm running my MacBook 2016 attached to LG 27MU67-B operating fine in native 4K resolution. But the choices for scaled (DPI)resolution are somewhat broken.

In display preferences pane I'm presented scaled resolution setting choices as follows:

3840 x 2160
1920 x 1080
1680 x 945
and more useless resolutions.

I'm currently forced to use 1920x1080 which results on a ridiculously zoomed in UI. The highest resolution is native resolution which is a bit too small to work with. With a MacBookPro 2012 I get a 2400-something resolution, which is not available on the MacBook. Is this limit imposed by the MacBook hardware ? Or is it possible to activate more higher resolutions than 1920x1080 but lower than 3840 x 2160 with a defaults write trick ?

This is a screenshot of my currently possible settings:


texts: OS X: How to lock down these frivolous protocols!

texts:
I ran a port scan on my Mac (OS X 10.9.4 if its relevant) and i realised all these random protocols with next to no explanation on the internet.

2 of the most unusual protocols include ndl-aas and dec_dlm, And i recall that keeping track of these open ports on your computer is generally a good idea to maintain your computers security.

So my question

What are the purposes of the protocols ndl-aas and dec_dlm?
And how do I block access to these ports?


texts: Where does MacBook save Sierra OS update files for Mac, not iPhone?

texts: I downloaded an update today and had to click "install later." Now, not sure where that update is. Where does MacBook save Sierra OS update files?


texts: OS X Terminal: 'ls' shows program but then says command not found?

texts:
I am trying to start MongoDB from the terminal. When I navigate to the folder and hit 'ls', all the applications show up but when I type in the name of the application( 'mongod'), it says it is not found!

Abes-MacBook-Air:bin abe$ ls

bsondump    mongodump   mongoimport mongorestore    mongostat
mongo       mongoexport mongooplog  mongos      mongotop
mongod      mongofiles  mongoperf   mongosniff

Abes-MacBook-Air:bin abe$ mongod

-bash: mongod: command not found

What is going on?


texts:
ok - bit convoluted, but I'm creating a tool that emulates a GPS device. Combination of C code and a tool called SOCAT. SOCAT reads a udp port and passes the data to my C Code which decodes the data and pumps out a GPS sentence.
The GPS sentence is then (theoretically) passed back to SOCAT which creates virtual PTY device which can then be accessed to provide positioning information.
Unfortunately, SOCAT is only creating the following device /dev/ttys002 which is lovely, but not quite where I want it. SOCAT has an option to 'link' to another device name, which will ideally be /dev/cu.serial02 or something like that.
Catalina is actively preventing me from putting in a symlink - even as sudo/root.
Any idea how I can get around this /dev limitation ?


texts: System Integrity Protection (SIP) creating problem for oci_connect(): OCIEnvNlsCreate()

texts:
After I upgraded my OS to El Capitan (which comes with SIP), I am getting error in oci_connect()

  Warning: oci_connect(): OCIEnvNlsCreate() failed. There is something wrong with your system - please check that DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH includes the directory with Oracle Instant Client libraries

If I disable the SIP, everything works fine again. But I understand keeping SIP disabled is not good for security. So I was looking for a solution to keep the SIP enabled and make oci_connect() work like before.

I am using XAMPP server for PHP and have oci8 for oci_connect.

I had a post on SO for this, where couldn't find any help yet : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35356318/xampp-in-os-x-el-capitan-oci-connect-ocienvnlscreate-failed


texts: How can I get IRC Colloquy to catch up history of a channel when I reconnect?

texts:
How can I get colloquy to catch up history of a channel when I turn back on my laptop?

I assume its something like leave a bot in the room.

Thanks, Martin.

PS. Perhaps someone would make the tags irc and colloquy for this question?


texts: Is there an iOS4 app that when clicked will perform the same function as Settings->Airplaine Mode on/off?

texts:
I have issues with my iPod Touch 4G where it disconnects from the access point for no apparent reason, and I need to go into the settings app and toggle the airplane mode to get the wifi working again.

Is there an app that I could run to automatically turn the wifi off and then turn it on again so that I don't have to waste so much time opening the settings and toggling airplane mode?  I haven't been able to find one in the appstore.


texts: Permission denied rm a symlink I own on OSX 10

texts:
The output below confirms to me that "emp1" the current user own the symlink "npm", thus I should be able to rwx all day if I want to.

Why am I getting Permission denied when trying to remove it?  Thanks

~$ whoami
empl1
~$ ls -la /usr/local/bin/
lrwxr-xr-x   1 empl1  staff  38 26 Dec 16:02 npm -> ../lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js
~$ rm /usr/local/bin/npm
rm: /usr/local/bin/npm: Permission denied


texts: 90 degree down angled USB connector for iphone 4s

texts: Anyone know of supplier of such a cable?  I have very restricted space at rear of car headunit to fit the USB connector - hence I need a down angled USB plug with a 30 pin connectoe at other end.   Apple doe not seem to manufacture them.  I want to buy one that is supported by Apple- ie they cannot "disable" it because the manufacturer is not licenced.


texts: How to always show file sync status icons in Backup and Sync from Google on Mac?

texts:
Update 2018-03: Originally reported for Google Drive app, still have this problem in new Backup and Sync app.

Intermittently these Finder icons disappear and the context menus stop working:

(This is the feature where it integrates with the Finder to show green checkmarks on synced files, and supports a control-click context menu with "View with Google Drive" and "Share using Google Drive".)
The only way I have found to bring them back:

Click on the Backup and Sync menubar icon > ... icon > Preferences > Settings > Show file sync status icons and right click menu.
Turn that off
Click OK.
Quit Backup and Sync
Launch Backup and Sync again
Go back to the same screen and turn it on again.

Is there any way to keep them around permanently?

Update 2018-12: I have enabled Backup and Sync by Google in the new Extensions screen in the Preferences app, and it still doesn't work.


texts: Setting system volume in macOS when an external display with speakers is connected

texts:
Recently I purchased an external display for my MacBook Pro (2017). I chose an LG 27UK850. The display has built-in speakers and is connected to my MacBook via USB-C port.

The speakers are working fine, but I can't use the volume keys (+/-) on my keyboard any more. If I want to change the volume I have to use the buttons under the display.

Is there any way or a "hack" to enable volume control from my keyboard?


texts: How do I backup my Mac without a different storage device or computer?

texts: I only have my Mac which is on Catalina 10.15.7 (and my iPhone SE if that helps). How can I backup using Time Machine without anything else? I want to install bootcamp and it says I should backup my disk but I'm not sure how with the resources at hand.


texts: Backup crisis: Will Time Machine backup iCloud Drive files ? Will it backup Box?

texts:
I've ben religiously backing up my Macs using Time Machine, onto a NAS. Everything runs, I get no errors. However today I was looking for a file that I had accidentally deleted and couldn't find it.

Which led me to want to find a final answer to the questions:

for files stored on the iCloud drive that I access on a daily basis directly from my Mac, will those be backed up to Time Machine?
for files stored, similarly, on Box.com, that I also access on a daily basis... Will those be backed up to Time Machine?


texts: I need to reliably access the SqlServer running on my Windows 7 VM. I've tried setting a static ip and reserving that ip for the machine in VMWare's Nat config but that cuts off WAN access from the VM. Right now I am just editing my database url every time I restart the VM. Does anyone have a complete set of instructions on how to configure an internal NAT static IP in VMWare Fusion 5.0?


texts: Assuming I have songs with lyrics already added to them, how do I easily view them when listening to a song?


texts:
So on my windows laptop, Lync 2013 is set to automatically configure the connection settings, however when I try to automatically configure the connection settings on my mac it doesn't work.

Is there any way to get the automatic connection settings from my windows laptop so that I can set them manually on my mac?


texts: Does there exist an iPhone application that can call an online API (RESTful or otherwise) triggered by geofences?

texts:
I've pretty much stated the entire question in the title:

I'm looking for an iPhone application that can call an online API (preferably RESTful but I'll accept anything) as a reaction to triggering a geofence.

So, as a stupid example, a tweet could be sent out automatically when I arrive at my house. The iPhone would see the geofence trigger, the application would be invoked, which would call the Twitter API to send the tweet.


texts: Is it possible to use Ethernet connection on Mac without battery draining?

texts:
I'm using a Macbook Pro 15" 2018 model. I want to use wired Internet connection with it. I've tried using 2 different USB-C hubs to accomplish this, both are USB-C to Ethernet plus some USB-A 3.0 ports (SD card reader slots on one of them). They both drained the battery life on my Mac by a lot, like roughly halved it or so even though I only used the Ethernet port on them.

Today I also got a pure USB-C to Ethernet adapter (not a hub). It seems to not drain the battery as much as the hubs but still has the same problem. I was hoping it would be better and I'll test it some more tomorrow.

The thing is that without the Internet connection through a USB-C to Ethernet port the battery life is just fine. It seems that it's as good as advertised, actually, more like 10 hours or so. I haven't done a real test to see how long it actually lasts before it shuts down, but it's still significantly better. Even Wi-Fi seems to use less power than USB-C to Ethernet.

Does anyone know a solution to this? Are USB-C to Ethernet connections on Mac bound to drain battery? Or could it be a software issue? I've tried searching the Internet a lot for a fix but it seems like a lot of people don't even have this problem with these kinds of adapters.

Thank you so much for any help, and kindest regards.


texts: Since update to Mojave SD card disappears after sleep

texts:
Since an update to Mojave, the SD card which I use permanently in my MBP
always gets unmounted after longer sleep and importantly, it does only remount after restart.

I know this question has been posted several times. However, the only solution I found which is supposed to solve this problem automatically (the tool "Mountain") is

A) not doing the job

B) crashes the mac sometimes I guess after hitting the "reactivate USB drives command

Anyone has a solution for that?

here some system.log details during sleep:

Oct  3 00:13:43 XXX-MacBook-Pro kcm[5005]: DEPRECATED USE in libdispatch client: Setting timer interval to 0 requests a 1ns timer, did you mean FOREVER (a one-shot timer)?; set a breakpoint on _dispatch_bug_deprecated to debug

Oct  3 00:15:23 XXX-MacBook-Pro kcm[5011]: DEPRECATED USE in libdispatch client: Setting timer interval to 0 requests a 1ns timer, did you mean FOREVER (a one-shot timer)?; set a breakpoint on _dispatch_bug_deprecated to debug

Oct  3 00:18:53 XXX-MacBook-Pro kcm[5070]: DEPRECATED USE in libdispatch client: Setting timer interval to 0 requests a 1ns timer, did you mean FOREVER (a one-shot timer)?; set a breakpoint on _dispatch_bug_deprecated to debug

Oct  3 00:18:53XXX-MacBook-Pro syslogd[63]: ASL Sender Statistics

Oct  3 00:20:07XXX-MBP kcm[5085]: DEPRECATED USE in libdispatch client: Setting timer interval to 0 requests a 1ns timer, did you mean FOREVER (a one-shot timer)?; set a breakpoint on _dispatch_bug_deprecated to debug

Oct  3 01:20:44 XXX-MBP com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.privax.osx.provpn.update): Service only ran for 601 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10199 seconds.

Oct  3 01:20:44 XXX-MBP com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.sandboxd[124]): Service exited due to SIGALRM | sent by kernel_task[0]

Oct  3 01:20:44 XXX-MBP syslogd[63]: ASL Sender Statistics

Oct  3 01:20:53 XXX-MBP kcm[5093]: DEPRECATED USE in libdispatch client: Setting timer interval to 0 requests a 1ns timer, did you mean FOREVER (a one-shot timer)?; set a breakpoint on _dispatch_bug_deprecated to debug

Oct  3 01:21:12 XXX-MBP com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.getdropbox.dropbox.garcon.XXX[726]): Service exited due to SIGKILL | sent by Dropbox[545]

Oct  3 01:21:16 XXX-MBP com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.getdropbox.dropbox.2252[545]): Service exited due to SIGKILL | sent by Dropbox[5117]

What I also get is the following ReportCrash message:

com.apple.message.domain: com.apple.crashreporter.writereport.crash
com.apple.message.signature: sshfs
com.apple.message.signature2: UNBUNDLED ||| ??? (???)
com.apple.message.signature3: UNKNOWN
com.apple.message.result: NO
com.apple.message.summarize: YES
SenderMachUUID: XXX


texts: How can I open or export a abcddb file in Windows 7 Excel?

texts: I have a file in the abcddb format. This file was saved on a Mac. I am trying to open in Windows 7 in either Excel or Access. How can I do this?


texts: Ethernet Working but No Internet Connection

texts:
In my office, nearly everybody uses Mac and we have just only one Windows 7 system. Just this morning, all the Mac systems (10.8.2) could not connect to the internet but could connect to the network, but the Windows 7 can reach the internet all connected to same switch.

When I tried pinging the DNS address, it replied but I can not ping www.google.com on any of the Macs. If I try creating a new location for the network and enter all the details manually instead of autoConfig, it connects to the internet for like 30 seconds and then shuts off again. The connection still shows green afterall and could still ping the DNS.

I tried killing the mDNSResponder but still same issue.

NB: We don't use any DNS/Mac Servers. We connect to the switch that connects directly to the router.


texts: Is there a proxy testing application on OSX?

texts: I remember I have used a Windows proxy testing software a long time ago. The software allows me to input say 100 proxy at a time, and I could set a destination url (for example, Google.com or Facebook.com/messages/) and then test how many proxies in the list can visit the destination url (and at what speed). I am wondering if there is a similar application on OSX can do the similar thing. Thanks!


texts: How to switch from from the active application on monitor 1 to the active application on monitor 2 via keyboard

texts:
TL;DR: I am typing notes into a full-screen notepad on monitor 1. I want to switch to typing into the visible, full-screen application shown on monitor 2 without using the mouse.

(I know I could just click on the application shown in monitor 2). I know cmd+tab lets me cycle through all possible application, and will bring them up in the correct monitor. However, with 8 open applications, this method seems slow, especially if I haven't used the application currently shown on monitor 2 in a long time.

Is there a keyboard shortcut for this?


texts: After update to OS X Server 5.0.3 ports 80 and 443 closed

texts:
The title pretty much sums it up.  I just updated to the new OS X Server (5.0.3) today and when I try to go to localhost, 127.0.0.1, I am getting connection refused.  When I load into OS X Server program, and go to the tab on the left Websites, it says Server website on port 80

Not reachable, this website is not available over the Internet

The same goes for port 443.  I ran curl, telnet and these ports are indeed closed.

How can I enable these ports again?  I can't find where to do it.

Not sure if it matters but I also updated Xcode, and Command line tools today as well.


texts: Lightweight PDF reader with auto refresh

texts:
I'm looking for a PDF reader that is both light weight and automatically updates the PDF to pickup background changes (e.g. when a LaTeX file is edited and compiled). There are two very good choices that fit the requirements but the auto refresh capabilities come with a minor hindrance in each:

Preview — The background modifications are not picked up until the app regains focus. This is quite annoying when working if I need to keep tabbing/clicking to Preview and back to pick up the changes.
Skim — A confirmation dialog pops up the first time, asking what it should do with the background changes. Clicking "Auto" makes it behave exactly like I want. However, if I happen to close the window, it prompts you for the confirmation again.

At this point, I'd even be happy with a solution that "fixes" the problem in either of these apps. If there was some way to make Skim not ask any confirmation at all (forever use "Auto") or ask it just once per file and not per window, it would be perfect.

If this is not possible, recommendations for alternate viewers are welcome. I do not require any other features typical in PDF readers, such as annotations, tabbed reading, bookmarks, etc.


texts:
I don't have .bash_profile or .bashrc files and I am definitely using the bash shell. I am using Mac OS X 10.11.1 El Capitan.

How do I permanently modify my $PATH to cut down the default values Apple ships?


texts: What the hold-over arrows on icons in Finder do?

texts:
What exactly do these hold-over arrows in OS X 10.9 do?

When I mistakenly press on the right arrow, it just starts flashing/blinking, and the other arrow — the left one — appears to indicate that it's now available, too.  Yet nothing at all happens, not even any kind of title or annotation is provided.

The right arrow stops blinking and the left stops being bold if you navigate away from the folder, and then go back.

These arrows are really annoying; more worryingly, I'm afraid they're doing something bad behind my back.  How do I turn all of this nonsense off for good?

Also, if mistakenly pressing them may have caused any damage I haven't noticed yet, how do I undo any such damage?


texts:
I have been trying to get one of my apps to notify me the same way the IMessage or phone does but I have not had much success in figuring out how to do this. I want it to persistently vibrate or ring the same way the phone would. This normally wouldn't be a problem but for a job I had just gotten they use an app for scheduling and its notifications are of particular importance. The iphone's standard notifications for anything other then the main services only seem to vibrate or beep for like a second  before going silent and I want this to last at least 5-10 seconds longer. Sadly, as far as I can tell, its not possible with the default settings and I need 3rd party software to do this, but I have not had much luck in finding anything that would do this.
Any help is appreciated.


texts: I am trying to run Laravel but I was getting a mcrypt error.  I found more than one php on my mac so I decided to delete both and reinstall.  However I can not seem to find instructions on how to install the php.  Every thing I find already has the php installed and it is instructions on how to make them work by enabling.  I need to know how to get it installed.


texts:
I have external monitor with VGA and HDMI ports, i plan to connect my macbook pro (mid 2014) to connect it.

What's the best way of doing this: Direct HDMI to HDMI connection, or MiniDP to HDMI/VGA adapter?


texts: Can I revert Mail.app to handle notifications in the pre-10.9.2 way?

texts:
After updating to the latest Mavericks version (10.9.2), the behaviour of the new mail notifications changed. Before, if I clicked on the notification, the main Mail.app window would open and show the message in the thread preview pane. After the update, the message is opened into it's own window (same as double-clicking the message in the main window), which is not what I want.

Is there a setting somewhere to restore the previous behaviour?


texts: Why is 2017 MacBook air battery life so much better than 2014 MacBook pro's?

texts:
Why is my girlfriend's 2017 MacBook air battery life so much better than my 2014 MacBook pro's (after just having brand new battery installed) when the batteries have the exact same device name (bq20z451)?

Format: her computer/my computer

Processor: 1.8GHz i5/2.2GHz i7
Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 6540/8230
Cycle count: 628/10
Device Name: bq20z451/bq20z451

Hers is notably better, maybe about 2x better. No, I'm not storing or editing insanely big video files. We both run code but haven't done much of that recently.

I calibrated my new battery and it helped but just not that much.

I dropped £199 on a new battery and I wanted an absolutely sick battery but I'm really disappointed in this. Yes it's better than it used to be but nothing like when I first got the machine.

Does my 2.2GHz i7 processor really drain it 2x faster? Why would it matter if neither of us is maxing out the CPU anyway? Maybe my bigger motherboard is more demanding even when idling but really is it bad enough to account for this drastic of a difference? Bluetooth is off in both cases.


texts: Creating bootable USB from "Install OS X El Capitan.iso"

texts: I have "Install OS X El Capitan.iso" file. I have burned the image to a DVD and successfully installed El Capitan in the past. Now that my DVD drive is broken, I would like to create a bootable USB Drive out of it. Can this be achieved? If yes, I'd like to know how.


texts: How to upload (not sync) files to iCloud Drive without using any browser?

texts: I'm having a hard time with iCloud Drive on Mac. The files I drop in iCloud Drive folder simply sync while I wanted to upload the file to cloud so that I can delete the local copies in my Mac to free up space. I had to open iCloud in browser to upload files. As I'm on slow internet connection, uploads stops midway incase of large files. I thought optimised storage feature in macOS Sierra might solve the problem, but its automatic and I don't get to choose the files I actually want to upload. So I need suggestion about any third party apps that could upload files to cloud or any other cloud service that works seamlessly among apple products.


texts: Deleting Photos, what iCloud saves and how to access things from iCloud and device storage issues

texts:
My understanding (erroneous as I may be told this is) is that iCloud is like a virtual external drive to some extent. Maybe that is my first mistake. But before everyone starts saying to look at other posts, please know I believe I have read all the posts about photo stream, camera roll, and the link that was posted (in one of these answers on this general topic) about iCloud backups, as well as those Q&A's related to freeing up space. I am still confused.

I am reaching storage capacity on my iPhone. I have a lot of photos on my phone because they've always migrated over from phone to phone every year or so. However, I need to free up some space and would like to delete photos from my iPhone (the device I took them on), but am still not sure if I do this, if it will remain on iCloud.

I have an iPad and a Macbook too, and they (the photos and docs) are on there, but with photos I just don't ever want to lose, I want to be sure that if I start deleting off my phone, and my computer gets stolen or dies and my iPad is broken or whatever, that I can still always access all of my photos by just logging in to iCloud from any device.

I (supposedly) have iCloud backing up all of these things. However, If I log into iCloud.com, I do  not see my documents and photos. Shouldn't I conceivably be able to log in to iCloud.com from any device (Apple or not - say my work computer) and access my saved documents and photos?

Because I cannot go to iCloud.com (not settings/iCloud - bit iCloud.com) and see these things, I am hesitant to delete photos from my phone, depending on the idea that they are stored in iCloud. The same is true, to a different extent with my documents.

I have purchased extra storage on iCloud w/the idea that these things will always be there. What am I missing.

Also, aside from apps, photos and documents - are there some less obvious things I can delete that will free up space that would not be evident to the less than professionally savvy user?


texts: Can I merge 2 Apple ID/iTunes accounts then change 1 to a teen account

texts: Finally making the switch from Android to Apple. Never before an Apple user. My daughter uses one of my old email addresses for her iTunes and Apple ID account, she is 14. I stay logged onto that email for her iTunes account and some of my other contacts. Unlike previous questions on here, I do not want to create a new child account, because from what I've read apps and items purchased will not transfer. I want to know if I create a new Apple ID / iTunes account using a new email can I connect or merge the two accounts and change hers to a child/teen account? If so, how? If not, any advice or thoughts on what I should do or not do? Should I just leave it as is and monitor her account as usual? I do not want her to loose all her purchases.


texts: What counts as data/storage on iphone 4s?

texts:
My phone has told me that my data/storage is hitting the limit. My question is what exactly makes up this data/storage? Is it the notes I keep on it? Saved texts?

I've seen the categories and how much room they take up including photos, audio/music, apps and data. Do I just need to go in and delete stuff to make more room?


texts: Mac Automator variable not working as expected

texts:
I've created a workflow in Automator that isn't working as expected.
I started with an 'ask for text' action and a 'set value of variable' action (ProductCode). Then a 'New folder' action using that variable as part of the name and that works fine giving me (ProductCode)_Master Folder.
The trouble I'm having is using the variable again, when I use the (ProductCode) variable to name another folder, I'm just getting $(6BF6D2D6-19E6-474A-99CC-78F5F7F8E44F) instead of the (ProductCode).
Here's a screen grab of the workflow with results. Any help would be appreciated.


texts: MacOS Catalina: How to move the pictures folder to an external drive

texts: How can I move my Pictures folder (users/me/Pictures) to an external flash drive (volumes/"SD UltraFit 256GB (Fotos)") using MacOS Catalina and "link" the new folder back to its original destination. Symlinks don't seem to work here with OsX 10.15.


texts: How do I get a song to repeat in the Music App in IOS8.4.1?

texts:
I can find the repeat button in the Music App for IOS8.4.1, when clicked or highlighted the song does not repeat.  The shuffle button does work.
How do I make this button work?
Is there a work-around that will allow me to repeat a song or a group of songs?

TIA.


texts: Tracing PHP process killed on Mac does not work

texts:
I'm running a simple PHP process that uses a tiny bit of memory and CPU. The max memory limit is 2G and the script is run from console.

The memory used never exceeds 200 MB. CPU use fluctuates between 10 - 80% of a single core.

At random, the process will be killed with message Killed: 9. There is nothing else given in the error message in the console and nothing appears in the logs.

This even happens if I pause the script using XDebug so that no additional memory can be used.

This happens if I disable Xdebug as well, so I don't suspect that is the culprit.

I've tried rebooting, but still happens.

The PHP script simply pulls a list of ads from Facebook using their PHP SDK v3.2 and then adds them to a database. There is only one worker running. Very simple process.

I have 32 GB RAM and 1TB HD. Running PHP 7.2 with nginx, MySQL 5.7 and redis.

My sw_vers output:

ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.14.2
BuildVersion:   18C54

System Integrity Protection status: enabled

This is the essence of the script:

$ads = $this->getApiAdAccount()->getAds($fields, $params);

$ads->setUseImplicitFetch(true);
$ads->rewind();

if (!$ads->valid()) {
    return false;
}

while ($ads->valid()) {
    $adData = $ads->current()->getData();

    try {
        if (!Campaign::find($adData['campaign'])) {
            dispatch(new ImportCampaign($adData['campaign']));
        }

        Ad::updateOrCreate(['id' => $adData['id']], $adData);
    } catch (\Exception $e) {
        $this->error($e);
    }

    $ads->next();
}

There is no specific spot it fails. I can run the Laravel job worker (redis queue) to process the code and insert/update the tiny array of data it processes on each loop.

How can I trace the source of this crash?

I've tried dmesg and dmesg | grep -E -i -B100 'killed process' as suggested elsewhere, but no useful information comes out.


texts: What's the best way to play music from my iPhone in my car wirelessly?

texts:
I have an iPhone 4 (and have pre-ordered a 4S] and I have a car.  I'd like to play the music from my phone over the car's speakers easily.  I know I can get a cord that has a cigarette lighter adapter on one end and a 3.5mm audio jack on the other but I'd prefer to do it completely wireless if possible.

Has anyone had any success doing this?  If so what device(s) did you use?


texts: Why are many songs just not played in iTunes in Apple Music? How to force them to be played?

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I've installed iTunes on PC and have registered with Apple Music. I've started playing an album. But most of the songs are just not being played. Only one-three songs for an album are playable. What kind of issue with iTunes/Apple/Apple Music is that? How to force iTunes to play them?

Here are screenshots of the difference.

A song that is playable has a grey color slider:

Songs that iTunes doesn't play have blue color slider. iTunes just freezes on those songs and never goes to the the next song in an album:

And no any hints except these about why Apple Music doesn't play songs.

Similar questions:

iTunes - Apple Music - songs are not playing

Why can't some songs be played with Music?


texts: How can I copy an icon from a .icns file onto another folder or file?

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I had to erase my hard drive and restore it from backups. The one thing I’m having trouble restoring is the drive’s custom icon. I have a Time Machine backup that includes the .VolumeIcon.icns file that was in the root directory of the hard drive, but this file itself doesn’t have a custom icon, so it’s not possible to do the usual “copy the icon from one file’s Get Info window and paste it into the other file’s Get Info window” routine.

How can I take the icon from a .icns file and “paste” it onto another folder or file?


texts: Autodeleting resource forks on FAT disks

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I totally hate to see those .dsstore and resource files on my Windows disks.

Is there a free program that will autodelete those files on specified disks on logout/eject?


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An example situation:

Let's say I have a song on my iPod (in iTunes Devices > iPod > Music) and it shows a play count of, let's say 16. I disconnect my iPod, play the song, then connect it again and check the play count again. I would expect it to be, of course, 17. However the play count almost doubles every time (for a song with 16 plays, I suddenly got 31).

This is quite a problem for me, as I want to scrobble my tracks to last.fm, but I can't if my play count increases on some freaking exponential scale (when I do what I described above (disconnect, play the track once, connect + sync), the last.fm scrobbler suddenly has 16 scrobbles of the same song to upload).

Is there any known way to fix this? Most of discussions I read about this were years old and without any solution.


texts: Problem entering accented characters with Mac OS X 10.7.4 and MS Office

texts: When I first installed MS Word for Mac on this MacBook Air, pressing and holding characters such as o and u produced a little menu of accents for that character - wonderful! But all of a sudden, this no longer works - the character just repeats like with an ordinary word-processing app. I tried disabling the Press and Hold to Repeat function in Apple preferences, but that just stopped the repeating, it didn't bring back the little accent menu. How can I reactivate this really useful feature?


texts: What is the MAX pixel estate I can get from a MBAir 2011 with multiple displays?

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I intend to buy a MBAir 11 and need lots of pixels.

the more I have the better. If I could have 4 30' screen I'd do it.
Graphic performance is of absolutely no interest to me, as I only do programming and bloomberg.

What is the configuration that gives the most pixel estate ?


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I found a free menu bar app (AutoPing) that works well at allowing me to keep a visual check on whether my internet connection is up or down (I live in a country with frequent instability in connectivity).

However, I'd like to change the placing of the numeric output to the left, not the right, of the indicator icon, or if necessary get rid of it, because all I really need is the green or red indicator.

I'm a complete beginner. Anyone know a way to edit such an app in the way I'd like?

I tried opening up package contents, but I don't immediately see what (if anything) can be changed to tweak the app.

p.s., I looked for the developer, but it ends up being an ISP and though I mailed them some days ago I got no reply.


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I don't use any printers now, but I have in the past.
Systems Preferences / Printers & Scanners shows "No printers are available".
However, /Library/Printers still contains over 200Mb of stuff.

How can I clean the contents of /Library/Printers and any other folders that contain printer stuff?

I suppose /Library/Printers protected by SIP and so sudo rm will not work, nor is recommended.

I'm running El Captain 10.11.6 (15G21013).


texts: Firefox doesn't respond to a shortcut for window zooming, because it has another "zoom" menu item, how can I avoid this?

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Firefox has a problem by which you can't assign it a shortcut to zoom the window.
As it has another menu item named "Zoom" which actually has subitems for zoom in, etc. you can't map the shortcut by menu item name, because that item takes the stroke instead of the window zoom.
I tried to edit Firefox's resources, to see if there was a .nib where I could rename the menu item to another thing so the shortcut would find the correct "zoom" item, but failed.
Does someone have a solution for this?

edit: I'm talking about MacOS's Zoom Window action equivalent to Windows' Maximize, and not about zooming the contents in or out.


texts: Automator task to open screenshots in Preview automatically

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I'm pretty new to Automator but it seems like it's possible - I just can't seem to get it to work.

I'd like to be able to take a screenshot and then open it up in Preview for easy annotation. If it's possible I'd then like to copy it to clipboard after saving but that's not 100% needed.

I've tried following a few articles but never received good results. The one that got me closest is here: https://andytaylor.me/2014/05/22/better-os-x-screenshots-with-shell-scripts/

I don't need Dropbox so I edited that part out and I modified it based on some other suggestions - here's what I have:

directoryname="Screenshots"
filename="shot_$(date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S').png"
path="$HOME/Pictures/$directoryname/"
mkdir -p "$path"
screencapture -o -i "$path$filename"
open -a 'Preview' "$path$filename"

When I run the Automator task it says that it was completed successfully but it just opens up Preview, it doesn't even allow me to do a screencapture. When I copy/paste into Terminal it hangs on the last line - but successfully allows me to do the screencapture.


texts: Force QuickTime Player to auto-play files

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I want QuickTime Player to auto-play a file when I execute that file from Finder.

The default behaviour is to simply load the file and wait for you to press play.

I found a default pref that you can set to force QuickTime X to play movie files automatically.

defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX MGPlayMovieOnOpen 1

How can you force QuickTime to play all its files automatically, regardless of their type (mp3, wav, aac, etc)


texts: I find Spotlight very very useful, however I would like to be able to search for documents that contain a given phrase, i.e. words appearing together, instead of anywhere in a document. Do you know of any way or plugin to perform such a search?


texts: Eclipse: switch between editors keyboard shortcut

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Is there any keyboard shortcut like ctrl+tab for switching between open editors in Eclipse except for the advertised cmd+F6?

Is there a way to customise it?


texts:
I have a third generation iPod classic from 2005 (20GB). Nothing catastrophic has happened to it, but it has sat in a box in the basement for the past two years. When it went into the box, it worked, but now when I push the power button, nothing happens. When I plug it in to a charger (even when I leave it for an extended period of time), I don't see anything happening.

Is there either

anything useful I can do with this device or the parts it contains,
anyone else who could benefit from my donating it to them, or
a responsible way to dispose of it?


texts: MacBook Pro 2017 - suspicious network settings I don't understand

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I've been looking at my network preferences and I am concerned that these settings mean someone may be spying on me.

Can someone explain what proxies are and what does bypass proxy mean? And, should I be concerned about the Passive FTP Mode that is enabled?

I don't know what to look for or what are red flag as far as the entries for hosts and domains.


texts: How do I turn off CTRL + Left Click= Rightclick With Better Touch Tool?

texts: Well, it's a simple question. How do I turn off CTRL + Left Click= Right-click With Better Touch Tool? I see that other people figured it out but I can't quite figure it out. Can anyone help me out?


texts: How to Check Authentication Status in Outlook for Mac (2016)

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At the University where I work, we've recently made the switch to Modern Authentication.  This has caused a lot of issues for users, with previously configured mail clients not properly negotiating connections with the mail servers.  In Windows Outlook, I've been able to check if a client is properly authenticated by checking the "Authn" authentication column in Outlook's "Connection Status" window (See Microsoft's documentation here).  If the authentication is broken, I can tell it's getting stuck negotiating the connection, because it displays a "NEGO" status in the "Authn" column.  However, if the mail client is functioning properly, I can see a "BEARER" displayed in the "Authn" column.
I'm wondering if the Mac version, Outlook for Mac (2016), has any sort of feature parity for the "Connection Status" window.  I've checked Microsoft's Support Tools, but none of them seem to be relevant.  I've also checked for anything in /Applications/Microsoft Outlook.app/Contents/SharedSupport/, but nothing seemed relevant there either, as the Microsoft Activity Monitor fails to launch.
To reprise/TLDR: I'm wondering if there's a way to check if a client is stuck negotiating authentication on Outlook for Mac (2016).
Bonus: I would love to be able to push a command out through Apple Remote Desktop to find clients that aren't authenticating properly, so a Terminal/bash/zsh solution would be fantastic.  I haven't been able to find anything about builtin command line tools for Outlook though...
Edit: I've been looking at the logs in ~/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Outlook/Data/Library/Logs/Diagnostic/ and there may be some relevant information in there, but the "Logging for Troubleshooting" may need to be enabled in Outlook.


texts: can I run two versions of safari side by side

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On a freshly intalled computer rather then importing my old safari bookmarks (ea wih migration assistant) I want to start anew with no bookmarks. However, from time to time I would like to browse through my old bookmarks (on the 'old safari') to selectively drag a few bookmarks over to the 'new' safari.
Both new and old safari's are in fact the same version.(what if the old was leopard and the new was snow leopard, does the old run inside SL?)

An extension to switch bookmark libraries wouldn't solve this, as I need both bookmark lists open in a window to drag and drop bookmarks from one to another.

So I guess I could use http://michelf.com/projects/multi-safari/ but feel this is more then I need: I wonder if I can do this with both safari's using the same webkit version of the OS (just like camino uses the same webkit as safari and can be open at the same time)

Also would it be possible to run the old safari from an external disk, so without it being located in the local applications directory?


texts: Map left command key to left control key in terminal only?

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I'm using neovim to edit code and am needing to create a mapping in which I press the left command key, and neovim (or at least my alacritty terminal) thinks that I am pressing the left control key.
I of course would love for neovim to be able to recognize the command key on mac but I can't seem to find any way to do this.
I have tried writing a karabiner-elements rule that applies only when editing in neovim without any success.
Would someone be able to show me the correct way to write an application-specific keybinding in karabiner elements that only functions in neovim? Or if there is any way in which I may use the command key natively in neovim?

macOS: Catalina 10.15.7

Terminal: Alacritty@latest

neovim: v0.4.4

karabiner-elements-@latest


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I have setup a wifi network in a cafe. Some clients with iPhones have an issue. They connect to the network, then lock the screen and after 10 minutes (about) they unlock the screen. When they unlock the screen the iPhone is not connected to the wifi and they have to manually select the same wifi network and connect again.

This is strange because in other iPhones this doesn't happen.

Does anybody know the reason for this behavior?


texts: How to terminate connections to shared PCs?

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I don't know why this PCs are showing up in the shared computer and when clicked on anyone of the them it's showing that I am connected to this PC as a guest. I never tried to connect to this PC then how did the connection happen so my question is how can I remove this PCs and terminate the connection

I have tried the solutions mentioned here Mystery computer appearing in the Finder's source list but nothing seems to work!


texts: Can I delete Lion and re-install Snow Leopard while keeping my Boot Camp partition?

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I upgraded my MacBook to Lion and am less than impressed. I figured I should re-install Snow Leopard.

Can I do that without destroying the lion partition?

If not, can I at least keep my Windows 7 Boot Camp partition? (And can I re-install Boot Camp on Snow Leopard and point it to the existing Boot Camp partition?)


texts:
I have a mid 2010 MacBook Pro that won't boot up. Faced this problem quite a while ago, so i sent it in for repair and was told the logic board may need replacement. The store told me they tested my machine out with a working logic board and replacing it would solve the issue.

I decided not to get it fixed and took it home.

Strangely enough, I was able to boot up after I left the store. There was around 20% charge on it too, seemed to work fine. I was not able to get the battery to charge though, MagSafe light would remain green. Eventually the battery drained since it couldn't charge.

I even replaced the MagSafe DC-in board myself later but it doesn't charge no matter what, light remains green.

My question is, if my logic board was truly faulty, would it have been possible to boot up when I got it back from the store?

Edit: I have tried the following:

Asking a friend of mine to verify if my MagSafe adaptor works and was told there was no issue with charging.
Disconnecting the battery and plugging in the MagSafe adaptor to boot up, which didn't work.


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On my husband's iPad 2, we are able to play Hoopla movies on our Apple TV (using AirPlay and mirroring) with no problems, however if we try to use my iPad 4, all movies are fuzzy.  We have compare all settings on both devices and they are the same.  If I play a Hoopla movie on my iPad4 screen only, it works just fine, very clear, not fuzzy at all.

Any help would really be appreciated.  Thanks

Bartye


texts: In Safari, there is a lag for the Open Location and New Tab shortcuts.

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I started noticing this about a month ago that when I hit CMD+L or CMD+T, there is about a second or so lag to when it actually does something.

I verified it's not a memory problem, as it happens after a restart. Internet searches didn't come up with anything.

I'm using OS X 10.10.3 and Safari 8.0.6.


texts: How do I move files to external HD via Terminal?

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I am trying to move a couple of folders from my Desktop to an external Hard Drive as Finder is not working.

When I type command mount, I get the HD listed, but when I try to use command ls or cp I get No such file or directory.

Any idea why? And what could be the remedy?

The full command I'm trying to use is cp ~/Desktop/*.jpg ~/Volumes/1 where 1 is the name of the external HD.

I'm on a Mac Pro running macOS Sierra.


texts:
I would like to make a wedding photo booth using my macbookpro and the osx photo booth software. To prevent that the guest can click away the apps or do things that I don't want to, I build the laptop into a box so the keyboard and trackpad are covered. I connected an old USB mouse with 2 switches soldered to the left and right buttons and I want the left button to activate the shutter and the other button change the build in effects.

Is there anybody who can point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Is there a Compatibility Mode for iOS Safari I can set?

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I have an IIS hosted website.  With iOS 8, some of the page looks ugly now in Safari.  Until we have the resources to determine what's wrong so we can fix the website, I was hoping I can set an HTTP Response Header to set "compatibility mode" somehow in Safari?

For example, for IE, there's the X-UA-Compatibility header that you can set to say "always render as IE9" if needed.  I'm looking for something similar, to tell Safari to always render as whatever Safari in iOS 7 is.


texts: Can I remove a Family Sharing child by deleting his account?

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I started Family Sharing and created a new account for my child, but I was forced to create an icloud.com account, which is not desirable. He already has a Google Account, which may be favourable.

Because he is under 13, I find I cannot actually remove the recently-created account from the family, only transfer him to another family.

It seems possible to self-delete the child's account whilst logged-in as him, which generates a request for parental approval by me.

However, will this also achieve the aim of removing him from Family Sharing? I assume, if the child account which had been added to Family Sharing no longer exists, it cannot be a part of Family Sharing.

And then I could start again, creating a new Apple ID using his Gmail address.


texts: I'm not sure that this is the right place but I really need some help!!!I connected my ipad  with my laptop  and my brother  pressed sync with the library itunes , but my laptop has not the photos and all things that had my ipad so everything form the laptop passed through  the ipad and everything from the ipad deleted!!Basically, if anybody knows of a program to get back my files, you are a hero!!  I didnt make a safe copy so  I cant reload the photo or files! I've never encountered this sort of problem and I don't know of any programs that are legitimate that do this; so if you guys could tell me of one I could easily get a hold of (preferably free) then I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance.


texts: Can changing iPad motherboard to older version bypass iCloud lock?

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I was curious to know if its possible to change the motherboard of an iPad to reset its software version? The iPad is locked to my friends late grandpa, and hence locked to his name.

I was using it without any problems until one fine day when the iOS upgraded from 6.0 to 7.0 and after that it was asking the iCloud password of the device, which unfortunately none of us knows. Then I kept the iPad as a decoration, until today, when it struck me, that probably changing the motherboard might help to reset the software version to an earlier iOS version.

Or are there any other possible technical solution to bring back the iPad to life, instead of running around solicitors and lawyers?

This is a genuinely bought family iPad / not stolen etc duly passed on to a family member.


texts: How to make MacBook require password after closing lid but NOT after sleep/screensaver?

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For both battery-life and environmental reasons, I prefer my MacBook (Sierra) to enter sleep mode fairly quickly if I'm not using it. For security reasons, I would like for it always to require a password when it's opened. But it seems like the only way to make it lock when closed is to make require a password every time it goes into sleep mode.

Meanwhile (also for security purposes), I have a pretty long/random password -- one I don't want to have to enter every time I leave my computer for five minutes.  Surely I don't have to choose between security and battery life?

It seems like both would be pretty standard concerns for Mac users.  All I want is for my machine not to require a password when it wakes up, and to require one whenever it's reopened.

Is there a way to achieve what I want?


texts: Is there any way to make Console prompt for authentication to logs the user isn't authorised to?

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If I try to access system.log from my non-admin account I get the message "Unable to read the file"

Is there any way to make Console.app prompt for administrator credentials to view logs the user isn't authorised to as happens elsewhere in the GUI?

Presumably the message is because I'm not authorised:

A1398% ls -la /private/var/log/system.log
-rw-r-----  1 root  admin  1807993 Jan 23 16:14 /private/var/log/system.log

I know sudo /Applications/Utilities/Console.app/Contents/MacOS/Console will open Console.app with sufficient rights but it is rather inconvenient.


texts: can i print from an apple computer to a Dell printer

texts: i just got a dell printer that is WIFI because my old printer broke.  my wife now wants to buy an apple computer or laptop.  Would she be able to print from an apple computer to a dell printer?


texts: Is there a way to make the iTunes Store faster in Windows?

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I realize that iTunes is a little slow on windows in general.  But dealing with my stuff locally is workable.  But whenever I use iTunes to go the iTunes Store, that tab takes a long time to do anything.  The home page takes a couple of minutes.  I have a fast internet connection using IE or Firefox.  (Comcast 12MB service)

Any thoughts on how to make the iTunes store go faster?


texts: /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.servermgrd.plist Is Missing - Causing postgres to not start properly

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I recently updated my Mac Mini Server to Yosemite and the Server app 4.0.  When I tried to verify that Postgres is available by executing sudo serveradmin fullstatus postgres I get the following error:

postgres:error = <62706c69 73743030 d4010203 04050618 19582476 65727369 6f6e5824 6f626a65 63747359 24617263 68697665 72542474 6f701200 0186a0a4 07081112 55246e75 6c6cd409 0a0b0c0d 0e0f1056 4e53436f 64655a4e 53557365 72496e66 6f584e53 446f6d61 696e5624 636c6173 73100180 00800280 035f1014 636f6d2e 6170706c 652e7365 72766572 6d677264 d2131415 165a2463 6c617373 6e616d65 5824636c 61737365 73574e53 4572726f 72a21517 584e534f 626a6563 745f100f 4e534b65 79656441 72636869 766572d1 1a1b5472 6f6f7480 0108111a 232d3237 3c424b52 5d666d6f 7173758c 919ca5ad b0b9cbce d3000000 00000001 01000000 00000000 1c000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 d5>
postgres:errorDescription = "The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.servermgrd error 1.)"
postgres:errorCode = 1

When I attempted to execute sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.servermgrd.plist  I got the following error:

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.servermgrd.plist: No such file or directory

I tried doing the same in /Library/Preferences/com.apple.servermgrd.plist and got the following error:

/Library/Preferences/com.apple.servermgrd.plist: Invalid or missing service identifier

My guess is that the first file is the one it's trying to access which is missing.  I'm not sure what deleted the file.  How can I create this file?  I have websites using the Web Service that are down.

I guess if I cannot figure it out I will restore to the backup right before I upgraded to Yosemite on both my servers.  Oh well.


texts: What happens to my purchased music if I cancelled my Apple Music subscription?

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I have a big music library that I assembled through years of purchasing music from iTunes and CDs.

I would like to give Apple Music a try but what happens to the music that I own? Particularly worried about the music that I bought from iTunes as I paid a lot for that.


texts: Icon without app name in Notifications (iOS 9.2)

texts:
There is an icon without app name in the Notifications screen of my iPhone (iOS 9.2).

Any idea what app may be causing that?


texts: External hard drive spinning up during sleep

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Every time I close the lid on my macbook air, my external hard drive seems to spin up for about 5 seconds every 30 seconds, and this will go on continuously, even for several hours. The noise itself isn't too loud, so I don't really have a problem with that, but I'm worried it might damage the hard drive.

Is this normal OS X behaviour (I'm on Mountain Lion, sleep mode 3), or is it specific to my model of hard drive (Samsung 1tb USB 3)? I read that Mountain Lion will supposedly check emails and perform updates during sleep, could that be the cause?

If it doesn't harm the hard drive, I'm not too worried, but if repeated spinning up will exert extra strain, I'd like to find a way to stop this happening.


texts: How to keep bluetooth audio device to connect in high power mode?

texts: With some of the bluetooth 3.0 devices, the device will go into idle mode if there is no audio for a while (a couple of seconds maybe), and when the audio is restored, the device will have a obvious delay and pop sound (like 2 seconds or so). This is very annoying. I understand bluetooth devices will go into the idle mode to save power, but in my case I want it to run in high power mode all the time. Is it possible to force macOS to keep bluetooth devices alerted for audio bits all the time?


texts: Missing Plug-in in macOS Mojave Dashboard

texts: When I choose the "Open in Dashboard..." option, my dashboard opens up but says Missing Plug-in. Do I have the wrong idea of using the "Open in Dashboard...?" If I'm using it correctly, how should I make this work?


texts: How to disable auto-adjusting of mic input level in Chrome in Mac OS?

texts:
Although this question has been addressed at this link, none of the solutions worked for me and they are mostly from several years ago (I tried 3 or 4 of them and left comments too).

The problem I'm having is that the mic input level (in the sound panel of system preferences) keeps decreasing automatically. Each time I reset the audio input level back to 100% my problem is solved. I want to be able to have it just stay put without readjusting.

Here's more detail: I'm using a language learning website that has an interactive feature that allows me to record myself saying a phrase so that it can then check if I've repeated the phrase correctly. But I find that as I'm using this record feature, the input mic level in the system preferences starts to decrease over time. So I end up repeatedly adjusting the mic input level back to 100% and it works well again.

I'm using the Chrome browser on Mac 10.13.6 with a MacBook Pro 2015


texts: Where would I find where an .htaccess file is located and being used on a Mac OS X Lion server that sets Basic Auth on an Apache server?

texts:
I've installed some software, namely, a continuous integration (CI) server (Jenkins) on a Mac Mini running Lion Server. The server, by default, runs from port 8080 on local host via the url: http://localhost:8080. However, when I try to access the page it seems to be protected by Basic Auth and it asks me for a name and a password.

Granted, I never set that Basic Auth and I've been told I can remove the authentication and use that port for the CI server. However, I'm hard pressed to find an .htaccess file anywhere that sets the Basic Auth? If it's not set in an .htaccess file then where would Basic Auth be set?


texts: Why won't iPhone mail connected to an Exchange account download email bodies?

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I bought an iPhone 4 today and after alot of fiddling around I got it connected to Microsoft Exchange Activesync. Mail shows the message headers correctly and a preview of the first line from the body. When I click on any of the message headers, it displays the header information but then it just sits their loading the message body.

Eventually it times out and says: The message has not been downloaded from the server

How can I fix this?


texts:
My SSD system disk is apparently unmounting about an hour after booting, causing "drive is not configured" errors when trying to read any files, and the Spinning Beach Ball of Death.  Disk Utility and TechTools Pro report the drive as being OK, passing all tests, and the drive's SMART information shows all reported attributes as being nominal.  I suspect that the SSD's drive controller or the motherboard's SATA controller is to blame.

Are there any system log files or other tools that may lend some insight into what is actually happening?


texts: Too many apps; not enough space on my iPod

texts:
I have a new PC. I have never used auto sync because I have more data than space on my iPod and I swap songs, movies, photos, and apps back and forth. My new PC now has all my music and photos on it in the Windows folders as well as all the songs in my iTunes library now. I have backed up the iPod through iTunes. I have done the transfer purchases thing, but only 48 of my apps are on my PC and my iPod right now because my old computer died and, as I said, my iPod is small.

Some of my apps are for scrapbooking and are over 100 MB and have cost a fair bit of money with all the add-ons and in-app purchases I've made. My songs will be ok. My photos will be ok. But what about my apps? I am terrified I won't have access to all my apps after I upgrade. Or maybe I'll only have the 48. I cannot use sync because obviously I am a control freak; I mean, obviously the new PC is an issue and the amount of storage space on the iPod and need to swap is an issue and WAY too confusing and time-consuming to have to use the checkmark method. I have to do it manually.

I was hoping to put all the songs and apps in the Cloud once I upgraded and purchase the $25 non-iTunes songs storage thingy so I can swap on the go until I go and get a bigger iPod, lol. But: will my apps be gone after the upgrade? Can I not go to iTunes and just reinstall the apps on my iPod when I want them like I have been doing? Will I have to buy them all over again?

My head is very fuzzy, so if this is not making sense, please tell me. I know someone out there knows the answer to this and likes to help techno-duds like me.


texts: What does it mean to be signed in to the devices below?

texts: So I am signed in with my company's Apple ID and I noticed I am signed in to several devices according to Apple website. What exactly does that mean in terms of capabilities and features?


texts: Will a 120Hz monitor work with Thunderbolt?

texts:
Will a 2011 Mac with Thunderbolt run a 120Hz monitor?

I ask because I'm considering switching my desktop from a 24" iMac 2.8 ATI to a 2011 Mac mini AMD and want to pick the best monitor.


texts: How can I get my music from iOS GarageBand to iOS iTunes so iPhone apps can use them?

texts: I want to use my developed music in iOS Garageband for apps in iPhone. How can I do this?


texts: Can I receive messages in my iPhone as iMessage if it's turned off or out of battery?

texts: In case my iPhone is turned off/out of battery, will I be receiving messages as iMessage or text message?


texts: Saving Photos in iPhoto to a flashdrive or other device

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I would like to back up my photos from my iPhoto Library (right now, I have about 8,000) and all I have available at the moment is a 10G flash drive.

Eventually, I would like to buy an external hard drive to save them to, but that is just not feasible at the moment. How do I save them to a flash drive? Would there be room for all of them? Oh, and I have video clips also.


texts: Can I use tethering to share my iPhone's connection with my iPad?

texts: I own an iPhone 4 and I am planning to buy an iPad. I am wondering whether I'll be able to use the tether feature in the iPhone to access the internet from the iPad over Bluetooth. If this works, I won't need to get a 3G-enabled iPad; if it doesn't, I'll need a 3G iPad. Any ideas? Thanks.


texts: How can others connect to port 80 on my computer via an IP address?

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I'd like to be able to give certain people my IP address (24.178.XX.XX) so they can access port 80 on my machine from their browser.

Right now just putting that IP address from my own browser doesn't connect to anything...just says it can't find the server.

So is there some setting I need to enable?

I have an AirPort Extreme.


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Is it possible to use both the Key Repeat & the Press and Hold functionality in OS X Mavericks? How?

I write in English, French and German on a Macbook's US keyboard often. I really like the Press and Hold accent popups, but I also need the Key Repeat functionality to work decently with iTerm2, ssh, vim, sublime and so on.


texts: sendmail fails complaining: create file maildrop Permission denied

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When trying to use sendmail from a script, it fails with

postdrop: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/690025.14220: Permission denied

Output from ls -la /var/spool/postfix looks like this which is identical to the output on another Mac with working sendmail:

total 0
drwxr-xr-x  16 root      wheel      544 24 Sep  2016 .
drwxr-xr-x   6 root      wheel      204 21 Okt  2016 ..
drwx------   2 _postfix  wheel       68  8 Jan 17:22 active
drwx------   2 _postfix  wheel       68 11 Feb  2017 bounce
drwx------   2 _postfix  wheel       68 24 Sep  2016 corrupt
drwx------  11 _postfix  wheel      374 11 Feb  2017 defer
drwx------  11 _postfix  wheel      374 11 Feb  2017 deferred
drwx------   2 _postfix  wheel       68 24 Sep  2016 flush
drwx------   2 _postfix  wheel       68 24 Sep  2016 hold
drwx------   2 _postfix  wheel       68  8 Jan 17:22 incoming
drwx-wx---   2 _postfix  _postdrop   68 12 Feb  2017 maildrop
drwxr-xr-x  10 root      wheel      340  8 Jan 17:22 pid
drwx------  26 _postfix  wheel      884  8 Jan 17:22 private
drwx--x---   7 _postfix  _postdrop  238  8 Jan 17:22 public
drwx------   2 _postfix  wheel       68 24 Sep  2016 saved
drwx------   2 _postfix  wheel       68 24 Sep  2016 trace

I've searched the net for solutions and tried them, but they don't seem to work.
sudo postfix check gives me these messages:

postfix: Postfix is running with backwards-compatible default settings
postfix: See http://www.postfix.org/COMPATIBILITY_README.html for details
postfix: To disable backwards compatibility use "postconf compatibility_level=2" and "postfix reload"
/usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: mydomain_fallback=localhost

The last line is repeated approx. 20 times.

sudo postfix set-permissions results in the same output, plus

chown: /usr/libexec/postfix: Operation not permitted

When I try sendmail with sudo (no idea if that should work), I get

postdrop: warning: unable to look up public/pickup: No such file or directory

Any ideas how to fix that?


texts: What Would Cause APFS Volumes to Show Up Under the Wrong Disk?

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I’ve got a pretty interesting APFS problem. There are two volumes on one, internal drive, and two that were cloned from it, on an external. All four volumes show up under the internal drive, even though they show up under the right device going by device number. So - you have disk1s1, disk1s5, disk8s1, and disk8s5 all showing up under disk1.

They are also showing up as belonging to disk6, which houses disk8. Disk8 though - it’s listed as “Uninitialized,” and won’t do a thing.

It started like this:

My system drive had an fsroot error when checked. It seemed to cause problems with booting and some hangs; I wanted to clone the drive to have a back up to my backups - to be super safe.
I couldn’t clone either the disk or the system drive volume. I’d end up with a single file on the target drive that said “tobeinverted.”
I used dd to clone the drive. The clone has the same “invalid fstroot tree” problem, of course.
After a reboot, the volumes that belong under the external drive are shown in the container disk for the system drive (internal). And after another reboot... unmounting and mounting again...

Meanwhile, I’m unable to get High Sierra reinstalled on the original system drive - it hangs with a completed status bar and the Apple logo. It does this even after I’ve erased it - First Aid / fsck checks out now that it’s wiped, too. So that’s confusing.

I’m going to get myself out of this mess, but since I can’t find anything on this weird issue, I think it could be helpful to someone else in the future.

I don’t know much about these aspects of disk and drive structure and so on, but if fsroot doesn’t stand for filesystem root, I quit everything.

So - the volume has corrupt information about which disk it belongs to? Is that how I ended up here?

They know which device they belong to... it shows up under the Device section, and using diskutil list, or df -h; whatever you like.

The Disk Utility First Aid errors:

error: invalid dstream.default_crypto_id (0x4), given apfs_fs_flags (0x1)
error: xf : INO_EXT_TYPE_DSTREAM: invalid dstream
error: inode_val: object (oid 0x1a24c0): invalid xfields
fsroot tree is invalid.
The volume /dev/disk/ could not be verified completely.

That’s it - if someone has encountered this problem I’d love to hear about your experience.