texts: Copying the current directory's path to the clipboard

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What's a quick way of copying the path to the directory that's currently open in Finder?

Copying that path is very easy in Linux and Windows file managers - you just need to copy it from the address bar. I don't see a corresponding option in Finder.


texts: What malware has actually affected Jailbroken iOS devices?

texts: Are there examples of malware that affects jailbroken iOS devices that doesn't require installation of shady packages (e.g. something that can compromise a device just by opening a PDF or visiting a site)?


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We found a new iPhone 8 in a foreigner country, the owner of the phone is also a tourist in that country.
The sim card in this phone is a new local sim card that this owner bought at that same day( I know by an sms on the lock screen he received about it).

It’s locked with touch ID.

We really really wanted to find this man, but we couldn’t.

We waited for him to call but we suspect that he doesn’t know his own phone number because it’s a new number he bought probably for data only.
He didn’t use Find my iPhone(i think) or got any message from a friend on the lock screen( because this sim is a new number/data only probably)

Now, i am not sure i can find him or return it to him because we left that city, and soon the country anyway.

I left with a locked new iPhone 8 that i feel guilty to use anyway.

What are my options to give it back?
I feel bad to ask - but if I can’t find him- can i use this device? Unlock it and remove all data?

Thanks.


texts: How to get iTunes to copy music you import to a safe/internal folder

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When I drag music into iTunes from the downloads folder, and then empty my downloads folder, the music is obviously no longer in iTunes because the source file was in my downloads folder.

This is on Windows 7, but I don't think that's relevant. I think it's an iTunes setting/preference.

How do I set it up so when I drag music into iTunes, it copies the music file to another folder, so I can empty my downloads folder?


texts: Directories listed in /etc/synthetic.conf not accessible via the link

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Background:  Catalina removes access from the root filesystem. We can not create directories there even as sudo and even when disabling SIP.  There appears to be a kind of workaround by using /etc/synthetic.conf.

Here is the contents of my /etc/synthetic.conf

  data    /Users/steve/data
  git     /Users/steve/git
  shared  /Users/steve/shared

I have created those directories under my home directory and rebooted.

$ls -lrta /Users/steve/data /Users/steve/shared
/Users/steve/data:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x    2 steve  staff    64 Apr 11 19:02 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 250 steve  staff  8000 Apr 13 11:29 ..

/Users/steve/shared:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x    2 steve  staff    64 Apr 11 19:02 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 250 steve  staff  8000 Apr 13 11:29 ..

$ls -lrta /Users/steve/data /Users/steve/gut
/Users/steve/git:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x    2 steve  staff    64 Apr 11 19:02 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 250 steve  staff  8000 Apr 13 11:29 ..

So those directories do exist ..

But then using the link from /etc/synthetic.conf does not work the way I had expected:

(base) 11:29:14/git $ls -lrta /data
ls: /data: No such file or directory

How is that association/link supposed to be used?

Update Permissions for /etc/synthetic.conf are


texts: Using karabiner to address the issue of double pressing

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I have this problem (again) - pressing one key (b for me) sometimes makes it to be registered twice. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7840547

Is there a way to use karabiner-elements to modify such that when a key is pressed twice within a short time the second key will not be registered?
https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/complex_modifications/


texts: Boot Camp on Late 2010 Macbook Air using USB flash drive?

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I want to dual-boot via boot camp to install XP on an external USB flash drive on my Late 2010 Macbook Air.  Has anyone done this successfully?

Virtualization is not an option, installing XP on small internal partition and putting programs on USB drive is not an option, looking for a real solution only

(Important detail - I have a Macbook Pro that I can use to get things rolling)


texts: How do I pair the Apple Watch with another iPhone?

texts: I have an Apple Watch and a second iPhone. Now I need to unpair the Apple Watch from the first iPhone, and pair it with another iPhone. I want to keep all of my data though. How would I go about that? How would I continue?


texts: How can I disable an Apple laptop's touchpad button (physical click)?

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I really want to find a way to disable the Apple touchpad physical tap button. My wife does not make use of the software tap functionality that I enabled. She sits next to me every night clicking away. This is very annoying when it goes on for several hours.

There has to be a way to catch / trap the input from the device.


texts: Enroll multiple times iOS Developer program

texts: Is it ok to enroll multiple times into the iOS Developer program to overcome the 100 device Limit ? I could not find anything about this within the Agreement. The Basic idear is that each Developer could enroll into the program and once as Company. Is this allowed ? If not it would be nice to point me to the appropriate resource as reference.


texts: Can't successfully download nor resume mac os x mountain lion

texts:
I'm sorry if this a redundant question but I'm really desperate.

I recently bought a used Macbook (5,1) from ebay that came preloaded with snow leopard, my main goal of this purchase is to start developing for iOS.

it's been a while now and I'm ready to dig in, as I was trying to get the latest OS release from the App Store I've been getting this weird glitch or bug;

the bloody OS won't be downloaded! It shows as it's progressing, but suddenly it will go hay-wire and stop at 50 something mega byte. Sometimes it would show that I reached a giga byte or so but then after I leave it for a while (an hour or two) it would show an error "failed to download or something"

I admit that I live in the middle east, and we might not have the best ISP's in the world, but I successfully downloaded 4 or 5 giga bytes before with no problem whatsoever!

What shall I do? I'm really relying on you to end this for good.


texts: Dropped MacBook, lots of disk io errors. How to fix?

texts: My 2011 MacBook just slid off the table and hit the floor face down opened. There was a message saying to reset and I did. After that it wouldn't load OS X Lion; it stays at the gray screen forever. Going into single user mode and running fsck -fy returns a lot of disk i/o errors. After several hours, it's still displaying those and some other messages. Can fsck still fix this drive? Mu windows partition is working.


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I recently saw that there are already UHD 4K Blu-ray drives (with SATA) available, like this one from Pioneer which should (combined with appropriate USB housing) make mounting the disks in macOS possible. So I was wondering if I can get UHD Blu-ray playback on my new iMac 5K 2017 working?

Concerning hardware there should be no problem with its Kaby Lake processor (required for decryption) and HEVC hardware acceleration, right? The AMD Radeon Pro 580 should also support HDCP 2.2, however I'm not sure about the built-in display…

Regarding software:
As of my understanding AACS 2.0 has not been cracked yet, so ripping is out of question at the moment. But there seems to be software for Windows which supports UHD BD playback, like the newest version of PowerDVD. However, I wasn't able to find an equivalent software for macOS.
I found serveral "guides" and "how to"s, listing software they claim to support UHD BD playback (and even ripping), but none of the companys official websites advertise such a feature.

Has anyone got playback of 4K Blu-Rays on the Mac working, tried it or has any experience on this topic whatsoever? Am I right about my assumptions regarding the hardware support?

Thanks in advance!

P.S.: I hope this is the right branch to post this question to. Please redirect if it isn't.

UPDATE: I just installed Windows 10 with Bootcamp and ran CyberLink's "UHD Blu-ray Advisor" to check my hardware. These are my results:

I'm not completely sure what to take out of this. Either there really are hardware problems or it is just some compatibility/driver issue with Bootcamp (that maybe doesn't occur in macOS). The Intel i7 7700K does support Intel SGX according to Intel but the feature could be disabled...?

It most certainly means that playback with PowerDVD (also from CyberLink) in Bootcamp will not be possible (at this stage).

Could it really be that HDCP 2.2 isn't supported due to the iMac's hardware? Does anyone know of a similar diagnostics tool for macOS?


texts: OSX Server File Sharing allowing more access than configured

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I am working on a computer used as a server running 10.10.5.

I created a folder on the server as follows.

Folder List
Shared-Folder1
Shared-Folder2
Shared-Folder3
Shared-Folder4

User List
UserA
UserB
UserC

Permissions List (Read/write)
Shared-Folder1: UserA, UserB
Shared-Folder2: UserB, UserC
Shared-Folder3: UserA, UserC

When I login to the server using UserA's credentials using my Windows 10 computer over the network, I see Shared-Folder1, Shared-Folder2, Shared-Folder3.

I made sure that every folder's pre-defined groups in the permissions section is set to "No Access" and all permissions are assigned by username and not by groups.

When I make changes to Shared-Folder2, UserA also sees the changes.

The problem is that UserA should NOT be able to see Shared-Folder2 at all but they clearly have access to it.

Is this a bug in OSX 10.10.5?

Does anybody know how to fix this?

Thanks in advance.

ls -lae "Shared-Folder2" output:

Mini-Server:Raid Storage Admin-User$ ls -lae "Shared-Folder2"       total 16
drwx------+  3 Admin-User         staff   102 Oct 10 16:03 .
 0: user:_spotlight inherited allow list,search,file_inherit,directory_inherit
 1: group:com.apple.sharepoint.group.3 allow list,add_file,search,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity,file_inherit,directory_inherit
 2: user:UserA allow list,add_file,search,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity,file_inherit,directory_inherit
 3: user:Shared-Folder2 allow list,add_file,search,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity,file_inherit,directory_inherit
drwxrwxr-x  18 Admin-User         staff   680 Oct 10 16:04 ..
-rw-r--r--@  1 Shared-Folder2  staff  6148 Oct 10 16:03 .DS_Store
 0: user:_spotlight inherited allow read,execute,readextattr
 1: group:com.apple.sharepoint.group.3 inherited allow read,write,execute,append,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity
 2: user:UserA inherited allow read,write,execute,append,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity
 3: user:Shared-Folder2 inherited allow read,write,execute,append,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity
Mini-Server:Raid Storage Admin-User$


texts: How is the Apple Watch ECG disabled in certain countries?

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In Japan there will not be ECG for potentially many years until it makes it through mountains of bureaucracy.

I haven't tried a different Apple ID to enable the ECG, but I heard others have tried without any luck.

I heard the block is serial number geo-fenced.  It's obviously not a different WatchOS version. What happens if I factory restore in an approved country?

When Japan or other countries approve ECG existing watches will suddenly have ECG so how will it be enabled?

Do you think this is simply a matter of setting the region, pairing a blocked Japanese watch to an American iPhone and using an American Apple ID?


texts: How do I circumvent the versioning system to run an outdated MacOSX application?

texts:
I have iMovie HD 6.03. I want it to run on Yosemite. The application icon itself has a "circle-slash-do-not-run" icon superimposed on the iMovie icon. When I double click the icon a dialog pops up saying that it can't run.

I can dig into the application package itself and run the actual compiled executable; this tells me that the application itself can run but something in the packaging is preventing iMovie from running.

How do I tweak the application packaging so that iMovie 6.0.3 can run on Yosemite? I expect to edit a plist or something.


texts: Looking for tool/software to create HDR photos on OSX

texts:
does anyone know a good tool to create HDR photos on OSX?

Freeware or paid?

From Windows I know:

Photomatix Pro
Picturenaut
FDRTools

any hint?


texts: MP4 object: 10.8 webkit browsers "Missing Plug-in", other browsers display video via QuickTime

texts:
My organization's web site uses object tags to display MP4 video files. Here's an example:

<object width="494" height="388" codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab" classid="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B">
<param value="http://server.site.org/path/filename.mp4" name="src" /> <param value="false" name="autoplay" />
<embed width="494" height="388" autoplay="false" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download" type="video/mp4" src="http://server.site.org/path/filename.mp4" />
</object>

The videos display correctly in: Mac Firefox, Windows Firefox, Windows IE, Windows Chrome, Android browser, iOS Safari, Mac 10.6 Chrome and Mac 10.6 Safari. Other html tag options (iframe, video, etc) failed to offer as much compatibility.

The videos do not play in Mac 10.8 Safari and Mac 10.8 Chrome. (I think 10.7 works). Instead, Safari shows a blank white space with "Missing Plug-in", and Chrome shows a broken plugin icon and message bar.

The Macs in question do not have DivX or Perian (discussions.apple.com said those add-ons can cause similar problems).

What has changed in OS X (or QuickTime, or WebKit) to cause this? How do I work around this regression, without breaking functionality in other browsers?


texts: Is it possible to install Xcode 9 on a mid 2009 MacBook Pro 17 inches?

texts:
I'm looking for a MacBook to develop iOS apps and I've found this mid 2009 17 inch MacBook Pro at a reasonable price.

Does Xcode 9 run on it?


texts:
I am currently downloading the OS upgrade Catalina for my Macbook Air. I have sufficient space (over 25Gb) on my hard drive. Initially, it shows the download to be quick with ETA ~40mins (till around 1Gb), but then suddenly slips to over days. It is not completely stopped, it is going on, but at snail's pace. My internet is definitely not so slow. What could be the problem?

Is there any method to pause the download and continue after a shutdown or sleep? 3 days is very long and I have already lost the download twice due to power off and accidentally closing the laptop.

Also, the past downloads I have lost, seem to be taking up space - my mac now shows 4Gb less free, after the previous download stopped at 4Gb. Is there any way I can clean them up to reclaim space?

edit - this is continuing to happen. I have presently downloaded 7Gb of 8gGb and it still shows 2 days ETA. Previous downloads that were stalled now account to 12Gb of my space and now it is taking away precious space (128Gb Mac). Even if this update doesn't work, I need to delete the occupied space.

edit 2 - the download is finally over - over 2 days (with download speed being 45mbps since ppl have asked - I think speed wasn't the issue as the initial few Gb was downloaded very fast). The problem is that to install the update I need 10Gb additional space which now I don't have. I would have to delete over 15gb of partially downloaded update files to be able to do this.


texts: Increase the size of bootcamp of Windows 7 on virtual machine

texts:
Someone just helped me install VMWare Fusion and Windows 7 as virtual machine.

And I realize that the disk BOOTCAMP (C:) for Windows 7 is just 39.90 Go, which will be too small... The disk Z is the shared folder with Mac OS.

Is there any way to increse the size of the disk BOOTCAMP (C:) for Windows 7?


texts:
I use my iPad as PDF reader, so my iPad contains many PDFs which I'd like to sync.

It should be the steps below:

You need to login with correct Apple ID on every device you want to sync
Plug in iPad/iPhone to your Mac (my situation)
Open iTunes
In iTunes go to File → Devices → Transfer purchases from <iOS device>.

But iTunes copy all my apps, not only books or PDFs.


texts:
I am admin for department and I want to batch change the "show remote management status in menu bar" so that I don't have to log in to each machine and set it.

I have ARD so I can run a terminal command across all machines I just can't seem to find out how to set that option through the terminal

Could anyone tell me how to do that ? or if it's even possible ?


texts: I love Dterm but it is no longer maintained.  Is there an alternative? I also use Alfred's term launcher and iTerm but those are not as efficient for context sensitive one liners.


texts: MBPr 13" - still warm and out in the cold

texts:
I have been using my Macbook Pro Retina 13" (late 2012 model) for a few hours, shut it down, put it in my laptop bag and went outside. It was pretty cold, I could see my exhaled breath condense; I guess it was pretty cold - probably close to 0 degrees celsius.

The computer was still warm when I went outside. When I finally came back home (about 30-40 minutes later) the computer remained relatively warm to the touch (although you could tell that it was outside in the cold). I haven't yet turned it on.

Question 1: Could this cause damage to internal components? I am aware of condensation damage, but this time it's the other way around - the computer was already warm when I went outside to cold weather.

Question 2: Suppose we have the usual scenario - out in the cold and then back home in warm temperature. How long should I wait before turning the computer on? I once tried opening the screen and exhaling directly on it and I saw my breath on the display, but it disappeared immediately and I turned the computer on promptly afterwards. Could this also cause condensation/corrosion damage?


texts: iMessage not working on iPhone without sim

texts: My friend never had a sim for her iPhone 4. She uses the phone as a skype device and camera (and she loved it that way!). I recently persuaded her to update to iOS 5.1, created a new iCloud account (she never had one), enabled iMessage. However, she does not receive any iMessages. She can send out iMessages but they do not reach me (I have a working iPhone with iCloud, iMessages). I have restarted her machine several times and did a clean install of iOS 5.1. Can anyone tell me what might be incorrect here? (I see that a lot of people have an iPhone without sim working as an iMessage device.)


texts: Prevent MacBook from waking automatically while it is kept in sleep mode

texts:
Is it possible to prevent my MacBook from waking automatically from sleep mode unless I manually intervene by opening the lid or touching the keyboard/using the mouse?

I have set it up to announce the time every 30 minutes. When I close the lid to put it in sleep mode, I still hear the time announcement, even if it's during late night. I expect my MacBook to be sleeping when the lid is closed but that's not the case.

Sometimes, when I open the lid, my MacBook is really hot — I assume it was working or woke up somehow. Again, I would expect it to be sleeping instead of doing some work when the lid is closed.

Both cases happen when the power cable is plugged in.

I don't have any additional hardware connected to the laptop: no monitors, no mouse, no keyboard, etc.

I'd like to set up my machine like this if it's possible: Whenever the lid is closed it goes into 100% sleep mode, no Power Nap, no email checks, no battery power wasting for tasks I don't need. Just plain sleep.


texts: Where are my iPod videos after I sync to iTunes?

texts: I did sync my iPod with iTunes, but I can't see where are my videos on iTunes (videos I recorded using the iPod). Any hint?


texts: I want to play audio from an iPhone and record it on a Mac or PC. Can a simple male to male stereo cable be used as headphones to the iPhone and a recording device to a PC or Mac?


texts: How to remove dataloading.net malware from browsers

texts:
I have recently installed one software from internet and it installed MacKeeper malware in my system. So every time when I open any link in any of the browser one page pops up in different window with dataloading.com and disappears.

It was frustrating as it was loading for every action (even for page refresh) you do on browser


texts:
I remember in older versions of MacOS there was a setting in:
System Preferences -> iCloud -> Options @ iCloud Drive -> Optimize Mac Storage

It's been known to cause all sorts of problems, so I want to make sure I disable it, but it is not there any more!
How can I make sure I disable this setting and NOT have Catalina manage free space on my drive for me?


texts: Word for Mac: how to increase/decrease font size with (laptop) keyboard?

texts:
Again, title says it all.

On a normal Mac keyboard, shortcuts for font increase/decrease are:

SHIFT CMD < - decrease
SHIFT CMD > - increase

However, on a laptop keyboard the latter doesn't work. I just can't reach the ">" key while CMD pressed. Turn on the keyboard viewer and see for yourself.

I press SHIFT, the "<" turns to ">", so far so good... but once i press CMD (while still holding SHIFT), it goes back to "<" so I can only decrease font size, but not increase.

These shortcuts are speeding up the workflow tremendously, I wan't 'em! :-)

Any suggestions? Thanx...


texts:
I've found a few questions on here that are several years old and ask about general HDCP support.  However, with the oncoming 4k revolution a new version of the specification, HDCP 2.2, has been introduced specifically to lock down 4k content.

For instance, in order to stream Netflix at UHD quality, your display (and cables/connections) must support HDCP 2.2.

From the Netflix UHD Help Page:

  Please note that both the HDMI cable and the HDMI port on your TV must be HDCP 2.2 certified.

I'm having a hard time finding any hard facts on this.

Mostly I'm curious about my current device, a 15" Mid 2014 MBP with an Nvidia GT 750M and retina display.


texts:
I know that with Mavericks and iOS 7, iCloud syncs text shortcuts automatically across devices. Does iCloud also sync custom Application specific Shortcuts across Macs?

Application specific shortcuts:


texts: Macbook Pro 13 won't sleep (Mountain Lion 10.8.2)

texts:
So my Macbook Pro early 2011 13inch won't go to sleep.

I've tried both manually and closing the lid. Also tried in Safe Mode, which worked as normal. Seems to be a software problem.

When the lid is closed or it is manually put to sleep, the screen goes black (as it should) but power light stays lit continuously. Laptop doesn't respond again, and the only option is to turn it off then back on. Upon doing so, I get the 'unexpected restart' message before the computer boots up. When it has booted, I get prompted to send an error report to Apple.

syslog | grep -i "wake reason" does return wake reasons, such as the most recent one below (the last time I gave sleep a try):

Oct 24 15:11:05 Matthew-Ruddys-MacBook-Pro kernel[0] : Wake reason: EC.LidOpen (User)

I've tried disabling Login Items via the 'Users' System Preferences tab, but that didn't do the trick.

Upon booting up, I don't open any applications, so it doesn't appear to be caused by any applications I'm manually using.

Really stumped, and this is driving me crazy. Only started happening recently, but don't recall doing anything that triggered it. Lastly, tried resetting SMC to no avail.

Appreciate anyone that can help.


texts: Sharing Mac mini with monitor in another room. (also bluetooth keyboard/mouse with second monitor)

texts:
My 2012 Mac mini/thunderbolt are in one room
I want to sit in another room and work on the Mac mini. I have a second monitor and bluetooth keyboard accessories. I do not want to set up a second computer, but I do have an iPad.

Can I work on the Mac mini from this other location, and does the remote monitor have to be hard wired. If I had to hard wire, would setting up ethernet connection work? The benefit of the ethernet is that my house is prewired, so I would be able to work from several rooms without moving the Mac mini from its office setup.

For now, we would not be using the TV or a second user on the mac mini at the same time as the remote location. The remote location is mainly surfing, email, minor document projects etc. I have an iPad but also a second monitor which i'd like to put to use and it is more enjoyable and convenient w/ bluetooth keyboard/accessories at the fireplace location.


texts: I'm not normally one for paraniodly checking my activity monitor for rogue processes; but this one just has my internal nature-watcher all curious. Why is there a racoon running under my root user? What's it doing? Foraging? Looking for nuts and berries? Staring at headlights?


texts: I'm looking to download the reading list I've been populating from iOS (I think this is stored in iCloud), preferably in CSV format. Is this possible? I don't mind getting it in another format, but I'd prefer to get it from the web (I couldn't find iCloud's online interface, is that still a thing?) and not from iTunes.


texts:
I'm on osx 10.11.

(Background:
I'm having trouble getting the system installed Python to use TLS 1.1.)

From what I've read I need to use brew to manage Python.  But I want to upgrade openssl first so Python picks up the right version?

I did brew update, brew upgrade, brew doctor (no problems)

Then I tried:

$ brew install openssl
Warning: openssl-1.0.2h_1 already installed
$ brew link openssl --force
Linking /usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.2h_1...
Error: Could not symlink ../../../opt/openssl/include/openssl/aes.h
/opt/openssl/include/openssl is not writable.
$ brew link --force openssl
Linking /usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.2h_1... 1601 symlinks created

I'm not sure if those worked on not, but here's where I am now:

$ openssl version
OpenSSL 0.9.8zg 14 July 2015
$ which openssl
/usr/local/bin/openssl
$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/openssl
lrwxr-xr-x  1 greg  admin  46 Jun 27 15:23 /usr/local/bin/openssl -> /usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.2h_1/bin/openssl
$ /usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.2h_1/bin/openssl version
OpenSSL 1.0.2h  3 May 2016

So it seems like I might have installed the upgraded openssl version but am I ready to do brew install python and it will get the right openssl version and let me use TLS 1.1?
(Is this even the right approach to get TLS 1.1 support for Python?)


texts: How long does the battery last on mid-2011 MacBook Airs?

texts:
I know that one of the big innovations in the MacBook Air was in the battery (which gets most of the internal volume of the computer!)

What is a normal loss of battery life (change in usable time on battery starting from a full charge) for a mid-2011 13" MacBook Air? After how many charge cycles does one expect to see a substantial reduction in usable time? Is there any recommended course of action for someone to take to slow or reverse this degradation once it begins?


texts: Which songs in my iTunes library are DRM protected?

texts: Is there an easy way to obtain a list of all songs in my iTunes library that are protected by DRM?


texts: Can you, and if so, how, set a repeat rate for mouse buttons?

texts: I have an external mouse, with programmable buttons. I'd like to set some of those buttons to repeat if I hold one of them down- similar to how keyboard keys repeat, but don't see where to do that.


texts:
I was looking to disable some startup daemons and apps on my Mountain Lion iMac, and I noticed that inside /Library/LaunchDaemons there is a file called cn.com.zte.PPPMonitor.plist which point to an application at /Library/Application Support/ZTE/PPPMonitord.app.

Does anybody know what this is, or at least if it's something internal, or installed by third-party applications?


texts:
I am running iOS 10.3.3 on an iPhone 7 plus.

When I go to Settings > General > About, I see Applications on the list with the number of apps I have installed. There is no ">" arrow to the right of the number of apps as I have seen in screen shots of other iPhones.

Clicking on Applications does nothing. Restarting the phone does nothing.

Anyone know why I don't have the App Compatibility screen? Do I have to turn something on somewhere else to see it?


texts: Is it a problem if kernel_task is routinely above 130MB on mid 2007 white MacBook?

texts: In trying to get the best performance possible out of this old guy, I've been looking into Activity Monitor more and more. kernel_task is usually above 130MB (142.9MB right now). Is this abnormal? If so, what could I do to fix it?


texts: Stop Safari 12.1 from auto-submitting forms

texts:
Since the recent macOS 10.14.4 update which includes Safari 12.1 (14607.1.40.1.4), last started to automatically submit web forms with login & password fields once a value for password or login is selected from auto-fill options.
This seems to be related to the new 10.14.4 feature where Touch ID got an option to confirm auto-fill in Safari. However I have it switched off but Safari still does this crap.
I'm curious if anyone else have the same problem and how to solve it.

UPD Starting Safari 13.0 (14608.1.49) auto-submitting is disabled!


texts: Yosemite crashes, goes to a black screen and then wakes on a login screen?

texts:
Ive got an issue on a mac mini running 10.10.5 where it will crash, the screens goes black and about 30 seconds later the screens wake up again, on the login page.

I believe the issue is being caused by either Adobe Indesign or Adobe Photoshop. (As from what i can tell from past experiences with this happening these apps always seem to be used at the time when i have the issue)

I was running the 2015 version of these softwares, but have since updated to 2017 (as part of the subscription service) as i thought this may resolve the issue, but i hasnt.

I have taken notes of the time the issue occurred, is there somewhere i can look in the logs to see what might be causing it ?


texts: iTunes Smart Playlists: Songs not played in the last 6 hours

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I'm hosting a barbecue on Saturday that is likely to go on well into the night, so I have compiled a playlist of approximately 10 hours of music. I want to make sure that if I need to stop the playback and start it again, I don't want to hear the same tracks already played recently.

In conclusion, I'd like to create a Smart Playlist that will only show songs that haven't been played in the last 6 hours. Unfortunately, the "Last Played not in the last" shortest option is 1 day. I considered the "Limit to XX items selected by least recently played" option, however that will mean the music will be skewed towards music I haven't listened to for the longest, which is not what I want, because that ends up grouping lots of a similar artist together and it won't feel very random. I tried entering a fraction for number of days, but it doesn't allow that.

Does anyone have any ideas on how I could get this to work?


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After upgrading to Yosemite, I found there are quite some Google Chrome Helper (not responding) processes after MacBook resumes from hibernate (closing the MacBook cover).

It seems to me close-and-reopen Chrome will clean up the (Not Responding) processes.

What is the problem?


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I listen to podcasts using iTunes (my only reason to use it), and I am growing to hate it. Can someone suggest an alternative that:

Will not download the podcast unless I specifically do so.
Will play a podcast to the end, and then stop.  What happens next is for me to decide, not the app (this is why I cannot stand iTunes anymore).
Make it reasonably easy to find the podcasts I listen to and add them to a list.
List all available episodes for a podcast, ideally with the summery if that is available.

BTW, I use my laptop to listen to podcasts.

Alternatively, if there is a way of stopping iTunes from autoplaying podcasts once one is finished, that would be an option too.


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When I open Pages 09 4.0.3, it tells me I need a software update; yet, running Software Update responds that all software is up to date.

I believe there is a later version of Pages with improved Lion support (like full page modes).

I've been to Apple Support pages download section: No dice.

How can I get that upgrade?


texts: Shortcut Virus: What's the effect on a Mac?

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I was at school when we tested a PowerPoint presentation on one of the school's laptops. Apparently, when we got home, many of my classmates told me that the laptop gave a "shortcut virus" on their USB flash drives. The flash drives contained a shortcut to the flash drive itself, which would lead to nothing. Files would have to be recovered.

I haven't plugged in the flash drive to my Mac yet. I have no antivirus installed and I'm not sure if flash drives are scanned prior to being shown on macOS. If I plug it in, will it give a virus to my Mac?

Thanks.


texts: Is macOS Sierra currently bug-free and stable to run Adobe programs?

texts: I'm thinking about updating to macOS Sierra, but I'm worried if there are still any bugs. Has anyone used it yet?


texts: AppleScript: 'exists' returns true every time

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On every exists in AppleScript the result is true. For example:
set a to (POSIX path of (((path to home folder from user domain) as text) & "skfhshfkh:" & "hfjhsfhsj:"))
if exists a then
    display dialog "AppleScript wrongly returns true ..."
end if

The result is
tell current application
    path to home folder from user domain
        --> alias "Macintosh HD:Users:[User]:"
end tell
tell application "Script Editor"
    exists "/Users/[User]/skfhshfkh/hfjhsfhsj/"
        --> true
    display dialog "AppleScript wrongly returns true ..."
        --> {button returned:"OK"}
end tell
Result:
{button returned:"OK"}

This path does not exist so where is the mistake? Is it my mistake or is it a bug in AppleScript?
Thanks for any help.


texts: Remove fonts from top of Keynote Font Menu

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When I click on the Font menu in keynote, I see many fonts that are not in my document:

How do I remove the fonts that I'm not using?


texts: Being a freelance designer I have a shared iCloud calendar with my wife so she knows what to expect from my work week. I also have an exchange account cause of my Microsoft work but my wife can't see this. Is there any way to import my exchange calendar info to my iCloud calendar so my wife can be kept up to date?


texts: How to hack into a deceased person's Mac that is still running?

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This is kind of an unusual question: a (non-technical) friend of mine (quite literally) on the other side of the world finds herself in the following situation:

A person died unexpectedly, their Mac is still running and displaying the Lock Screen, and nobody has the password nor any sort of technical expertise. They would like to get access to at least the data on the disk, maybe also the account. They are currently afraid to shut down the computer because it displays a warning about unsaved files.

Is there any chance they can get into the account from the Lock Screen? I guess not.

Failing that, what would be the easiest way to gain access to the data (after a forced reboot)? Single User Mode?


texts: "This is not a supported method of installing the operating system" when reinstalling OS X after formatting

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After formatting my MacBook, when I reinstall OS X it doesn't come. When I skip that I can't choose startup disk because nothing shows up.

  This is not a supported method of installing the operating system.
  Please run Install OS X Mavericks.app that you downloaded from the App Store.


texts: How can avoid to open the apps that I was using on my last session when I start the Mac?

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Since I update my Mac to Catalina version, every time that I will start it, it opens the apps that I was using last time before to shutdown it.
On Mojave version Mac asks me if I prefer to launch the apps on next session, but Catalina didn't ask me and it opens always the apps.
Do you know how can I configure the mac to not open them?


texts: Synching my iPhone 6+ with a iTunes on a new Mac

texts: When I connect my iPhone 6+ to my Mac, iTunes greeted me with a "Set up your iPhone" screen, which offered me the choice of "restoring from backup", and "setting up as a new iPhone" . Please help! I especially do not want to loose my app data. I also use iMazing and it does not have the same problem. I really went the Mac route initially hoping for better compatibility with iTunes but Apple really seems to complicate the use of iTunes totaly unnecessarily. I there a really definitive technical guide for iTunes.


texts: Batch-download from iTunes Match to Mac in iTunes 11

texts: I used to be able to batch-download songs from iTunes Match on my Mac by selecting a group of tracks and choosing Download from the contextual menu, but that option seems to be missing in iTunes 11 (11.1.3 to be precise). Don't want to have to click several thousand songs individually — is there still a way to batch-download in iTunes 11?


texts: What can cause a (software) keyboard failure on a unibody macbook?

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I've got a macbook on which the keyboard has suddenly failed.

The trackpad works, the power button first, but pressing any other key on the keyboard has NO effect.

On the other hand. During boot I can do CMD-opt-P-R to reset the EPRAM (this has no effect), but does show me that at least those keys are working during boot.

What might be happening here?


texts:
I've been trying xonsh and I don't get used to it, so I would like to uninstall it given that I need to work.

How can I get back to my previous (default) terminal configuration?


texts: How do I change the time format used by ls command line on osx?

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I want to make ls display time in ISO format (military format). How can I change this behavior?

On Linux I knew that I could force ls to display time in long format by usin --full-time but this doesn't work on OS X.

Update: I know that the format used by the command is based on the locale settings. The problem is that on OS X I was not able to use the trick of setting LC_TIME=en_DK.


texts: Unable to restore iPhone 5 after it dropped

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I have dropped my iPhone 5 last night and since then its either been flashing the apple logo on and off or just stuck in recovery mode. I have tried restoring it, but I just get error 21 or error 2002. I have tried using reboots, holding the home button and the on/off button and nothing seem to work.

How can I restore the iPhone?


texts: How to stop an app from launching on Login?

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I have created an app, that sets itself to launch at Login using SMLoginItemSetEnabled. Here is the code it uses. My question is, how can I manually remove this app from launching at login?

The app does not show under "Login Items", or /Library/LaunchAgents, or /Library/LaunchDaemons or in the /Users/username/Library/LaunchAgents, or /Users/username/Library/LaunchDaemons folders. I looked around in /Library/Preferences and PreferecePanes, but I found nothing. The app does load on login.


texts: Is it possible to glue a set of windows so that they can be moved, resized, fullscreened, etc, as one ?


texts: Installing iOS 9 public beta (pb) 3 with iTunes

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On OS X I run iTunes (12.2.1.16)

I keep going from iOS 9 beta 3 back to iOS 8.4 due to finding glitches. Because of this I have to keep waiting for ~20mins for iOS 9pb1 to download. Is there a way to download the IPSW so I can doit within iTunes to skip the waiting time?

To get iOS PBs I had to enrol my device by installing a profile. After I done that I then updated OTA via System > General > Software Update.


texts: How to specify backups destination folder in TimeMachine

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In TimeMachine settings I can choose only device where to store backups. But I don't want to see backups in the root directory of my external hdd.
I have directories like:
 - Backups
 - Movies
 - Music
 - Photos

And I want to force TimeMachine store backups in /Backups directory, not in the root of hdd.


texts: Is it a kind of UPC Barcode or something else and what are it's uses?


texts: Is it possible to take simultaneous screenshots of two windows?

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I want to be able to take a screenshot of two windows at the same time without capturing what's in the background. For instance, instead of taking a picture like this:

I want a picture like this:

Obviously it was quickly Photoshopped, but you get the point.
So is this possible?


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The display of my old iPhone 6s broke yesterday. I want to repair it by myself.

I've found many displays that can be bought on the internet but with a price of 30€ I don't think that these are original Apple Components.

Does anyone know if theres a way to get an original iPhone display without bringing the device to an appleStore?


texts: How can I change the default alerts of Calendar (iCal)?

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I use Mavericks and want to change the default behaviour in Calendar when a new Event is created. In the preferences it is possible to change some of the settings. But I would like to get two default alerts and no "basso" sound (Only "Message" not "Message with sound"). I Already found that in ~/Library/Calendar/ are folders for each calendar and every calendar seems to have its own settings in its LocalDefaultAlarms folder: "EventAllDayAlarms.icsalarm" and "EventTimedAlarms.icsalarm".

But I'm not able to change these files. Or to say it more clearly, I can change them, but each time Calendar is restarted, they change back to the state before. Besides that, it is the same with the Info.plist file.

So, is it possible to prevent Calendar to update these files? Or is there a better method to change these settings?


texts: AppleScript : Set do script result as variable

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I would like to get the result of this search and display the result in a notification or safari popup.

" set result to do shell script "curl https://www.binlist.net/json/" & cc without altering line endings" only have as a result the same value of the main query

-- Web site https://www.binlist.net
-- Get https://www.binlist.net/json/431940
set cc to the clipboard
set finalresult to do shell script "curl https://www.binlist.net/json/" & cc without altering line endings
set the clipboard to finalresult

display notification "result is " & finalresult

The result won't display as a notification so for now, its only set as clipboard
Also the result is really raw can I clean that somehow ?

{\"bin\":\"431940\",\"brand\":\"VISA\",\"sub_brand\":\"\",\"country_code\":\"IE\",\"country_name\":\"Ireland\",\"bank\":\"BANK OF IRELAND\",\"card_type\":\"DEBIT\",\"card_category\":\"\",\"latitude\":\"53\",\"longitude\":\"-8\",\"query_time\":\"1.370709ms\"}""

Thanks.


texts: How can I configure the iPhone to send/receive mail through Gmail, but using a different e-mail address?

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I have a pobox.com account whose address I use as my main e-mail address and that forwards my messages to a Gmail address.

Eventough that is the address I tell my friends and coleagues, when I send e-mail from my iPhone it uses the default gmail.com address, and so people start to pick that as my e-mail address.

How should I configure a Gmail account in the iPhone that uses my pobox.com address for sent messages, instead of the gmail.com address? How should I set up storage of sent/junk/trash messages? How will Gmail archiving work?


texts: I sold my iPad (after restoring it and deleting all accounts/data), but it still shows up in iCloud settings under "Devices". Since I don't have access to the iPad anymore, how can I delete it from iCloud.com?


texts:
I know I can go to system preferences and change the background color for selected text.  Is there a way I can change the foreground color?

Use case: I'd like a dark background color with white text for anything highlighted.


texts: Unable to format internal drive as APFS on 2018 MacBook Pro

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I’ve recently ran a semi-routine clean install on my 2018 MacBook Pro. This involves the following steps (in the given order):

Creating a USB installer with the latest macOS Mojave 10.14.2.
Booting into the USB (Pressing Option key on boot).
Using the Disk Utility, erasing the Disk and formatting it as APFS with a GPT Partition scheme.
Using the Terminal, unmounting the disk diskutil unmountDisk disk0, where disk0 is the internal NVME drive.
Using the Terminal, running gpt destroy disk0 where disk0.
Using the Terminal, running diskutil zeroDisk disk0.
Once that process is complete, I use the Disk Utility application to reformat as APFS, and install macOS.

Nothing super crazy, maybe a little redundant in steps, maybe a little overkill, maybe a little unnecessary.

Recently, however, on the final step where I format it as a APFS drive, it fails in creating the APFS container and says Internal State Error. It appears to first format as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) then create an APFS container, then add a APFS Volume. It fails when adding a Volume with An internal error occurred.

I have tried many things, including:

Securely erasing the drive diskutil secureErase 0 disk0.
Simply zeroing the disk again diskutil zeroDisk disk0 (I’m not sure what the actual difference between these two are).
Reformatting the drive as other things, such as ExFAT / FAT / MacOS Journaled, then trying to format as APFS.
Reformatting the drive through the command line instead: diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ NAME disk0 → diskutil apfs createContainer /dev/disk0s2 → diskutil apfs addVolume disk0s2 APFS NAME (It fails here with Error starting APFS Container creation: The given disk is not an APFS Container Reference (-69630), even though I just made a container there. Also, trying to add a volume to where it actually made the container (i don't know what it does this) diskutil apfs addVolume disk24 APFS NAME also fails with Error: -69624: Unable to add a new APFS Volume to an APFS Container
Reformatting the drive using this: diskutil eraseDisk APFS NAME disk0
Restarting and trying these again.
Using a different installer than the USB (The one from Command + R, Command + Shift + R, and whatever the other combo is), and trying these again.

All end up at the same thing - the final step fails. I would expect especially after a secure wipe that the drive would be removed from whatever state it was put in, or that if it was a bug with the 10.14.2 installer, that it still wouldn’t happen again in the High Sierra installer. In Disk Utility, I’m left with the following structure:

- APPLE SSD AP(...) // “Container disk24” takes up all space

   - Container disk24 // or some other number. “Used” is 207.2MB and “Free” is 1TB.

Please note even though I can format as JHFS+, it won’t let me install the OS to such a formatted volume. The installer tells me this computer forces me to only install on APFS formatted volumes.

Any direction is greatly appreciated. I have never had such a silly problem before. Also, note that I have no Time Machine backup.


texts: How do I take a screenshot of an active phone call without hanging up?

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I'm trying to take a screenshot of the "hard-pause" dialing feature. If you put a semicolon after a phone number you can provide, for example, a conference line pass-code as part of a phone number.

1-800-123-4567;987654#

The call screen then shows a little clickable label in the bottom left-hand side of the call screen to appear

Dial "9876..."

I try to screenshot that, but pressing the home button causes the call to end and I get a screenshot of the hanging up call screen.


texts: Different Node versions in OS X El Capitan

texts: Is it possible to run different Node versions in OS X El Capitan with Homebrew?


texts: How do I route internet through local PPP connection I have on PTY terminal?

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I'm doing this hack job where I have routed a cell phone's GPRS modem over to a local PTY. The proprietary debug software actually routes the modem over TCP, I then use socat to route it to a PTY (planning on using PPPD, which needs a serial terminal to connect to AFAIK).

I plan on establishing a PPP connection over that PTY (maybe PPPD, or any other solutions?)

However, even if I establish this PPP connection, I have no idea how to make it effective over the OS (so it doesn't use the WIFI or any other configured options such as Ethernet). This is the part I really have no idea how to setup. I took a look at possibly setting something up in System Preferences → Network but the remotely closest options are Bluetooth DUN, PPPoE, USB modem, but I don't know what I am doing at this point. I'll even have to learn to make this successful PPP connection. We will see.

Background
OS X Mavericks
T=Mobile Sidekick II phone with Enfora Enabler-II G modem


texts: Linked Folder in a shared folder in Dropbox

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I have a folder, that I linked with one in Dropbox using:
http://lifehacker.com/5154698/sync-files-and-folders-outside-your-my-dropbox-folder
and was just wondering if that was situated inside a shared folder, would the changes someone else made in the linked folder also automatically get made to the folder on my computer, or would mine overwrite it?

And also, if the other person could link that folder on their computer, whilst mine remained linked, would that be okay, and work properly, so that we would both have the latest files/folders/etc. automatically?


texts: How do I erase my apple ID from my iphone which got stolen?

texts:
I lost my iPhone and it had no password. I'd like to disable my Apple ID on it and wipe it.

Is there any way to do it if I don't have the phone with me?


texts: Mac OS 10.15 Catalina: where is the first time boot presentation of new features stored?

texts:
where do I find the presentation of the new features of macOS that is automatically displayed after booting the computer for the very fist time?
Thanks


texts: Black or displaced screen when screen sharing headless mac mini on macOS 10.12

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My config: Mid 2012 Mac mini connected to a projector via HDMI. The projector is typically off and the Mac mostly works headless.

This setup has worked for me for a couple of years now. Ever since I upgraded to Sierra (10.12.3), I get only a black screen with the mouse pointer being visible though. When I log out (cmd+shift+q), I sometimes get an image but it does not really update and is displaced.

Once I turn the projector on, screen sharing will also start working – even if I turn the projector off again. SSH always works without issues.

Any clues how I can fix that?

What I tried (will update):

SMC reset
NVRAM reset
killing the Screen sharing service
Running "First aid" in disk utility (also from the Rescue partition)
Run maintenance scripts in Onyx

Update 1: This seems to be a related Apple Discussions thread.

Update 2: I added an answer that gives some hints. Can anyone help me find a better solution, please? My guess is the GPU has to be force enabled somehow, e.g. in bash...


texts: Install python pyqt4 on macOS 10.12 Sierra?

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pyqt4 is deprecated, but is still required for some applications, like electrum.

homebrew says that it will not install. this is not possible without rewriting the program.

can anyone advise of a workaround to install pyqt4?


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Mac Pro 2010 quad core, Mac OS X 10.6.8.

I have a USB 3.0 PCI card plugged in. When I tried to plug in a second external drive, I got this message:

I unplugged, and rebooted. Nothing plugged into the 2 USB 3.0 ports. I still get the message. Did I fry my card by just trying to use both ports? Any advice to troubleshoot this?

Edit - I just checked my eBay purchase history, the card is "Sonnet 2-Port Allegro USB 3.0 PCI Express Controller Card" and I bought it January 2014, so it ran pretty happily for almost 2 full years.

Final Update - After no luck with a couple reboots, I powered down, pulled the card, booted, powered down, re-installed card, then booted. No error message, card seems to function, although not nearly at the speed I thought I had. That's a different issue.


texts: Dual 27" Cinema displays...can I play both sets of speakers?

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I have a pair of 27" Cinema Displays attached to a Mac Pro running OS X El Capitan 10.11.3.

The displays have speakers.  I'd like to play iTunes (or whatever else) through both sets of speakers at the same time and ideally, set the balance on the left hand display all the way to the left and the balance on the right display all the way to the right to give me a larger stereo sound stage.

System Preferences >> Sound only let's me select one Display Audio at a time.

Does anyway inherently or by third party exist to accomplish this?


texts: Some problems after installing Windows 10 on iMac

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I installed windows 10 two days ago on my iMac 2011 21.5 inch with drivers from bootcamp. Unfortunately, I don't have sound and I don't have 1920x1080 screen resolution :(

My question is: What i need to do to repair this?
And if i need to install other bootcamp drivers, how do I delete the old bootcamp?


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In Pages, I want to write a document that has two columns: One for the main text, and the other for annotations.

For example: Say I write a paragraph in the main text talking about the many varieties of poodles, and which of them have ever turned vigilante, worn Luchador masks, and roamed the country in a '67 Chevy dispensing justice. Then of course I'd need to have a summary in the side column referring the reader to the primary sources in the literature.

First issue, is that pages doesn't keep the two columns separate: Once you've filled a page's leftmore column, it scrolls into the right. I want it to scroll to the next page.

Issue two is that even if I manually force the text to line up, using carriage returns to get annotations to line up with primary text, any little change could screw up the formatting of every following page. I want it to be such that I can write an annotation in the right column, and pin it to an invisible anchor in the left column, so it will try to follow that text.

How would you accomplish this?


texts: Open files with same extension in different directories with different applications

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Say I have mp3 music in directory 'A' which I want to open with iTunes. And I have some more mp3 files in directory 'B' which I want to open with VLC player.

How can I set the default 'application' for each set of files and store it permanently in OSX Mavericks? The idea of having a single application type per extension and using 'open with' is too painful to use on a repeated basis.

(Now, answering the 'why' - to be honest, I dont have this requirement with mp3 files but with source code from different projects. Due to project specific requirements, certain application works best for a source file in project 'A' and another application works right in project 'B')


texts: Printer will not print, status: "Hold for Authentication"

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Used to be able to print like a charm. It's a network printer. Now all I get is:

When checking the system log all it says is:

09/02/16 12:24:41,669 NetAuthSysAgent[42720]: NAHSelectionAcquireCredential Error Domain=com.apple.NetworkAuthenticationHelper Code=-1765328228 "acquire_kerberos failed username@LOCAL: -1765328228 - unable to reach any KDC in realm LOCAL, tried 0 KDCs" UserInfo={NSDescription=acquire_kerberos failed username@LOCAL: -1765328228 - unable to reach any KDC in realm LOCAL, tried 0 KDCs}

There shouldn't be anything kerberos related with this printer.

Anyone know of a fix or workaround?


texts: Using select.kqueue() to tell when file is modified in python?

texts: How can I use select.kqueue() to find out when a file in a folder has been modified?


texts: How to format the OS X installer USB stick that comes with MacBook Air?

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When you purchase a new MacBook Air they give you a mini-USB drive that is used to reinstall OS X and iLife '11.

How can I format this USB stick and put whatever I want on it?

The option to format is not available in Disc Utility and the USB stick mounts as a CD.

Note: I realize what the disk is used for and what Apple says on their FAQ. My question isn't "What do you think about formatting the USB?" it is "How can I format the USB?" The answer may be that it is impossible.


texts: How to add apps to Big Sur Finder toolbar?

texts:
Before Big Sur I can just hold down the command key and drag an app into the finder toolbar. But with Big Sur that has stopped to work.
I used to have vscode and BBEdit on my finder toolbar and after upgrading to Big Sur they just shows 2 big question mark icons.


texts: How do I burn a movie DVD on MacOS Catalina without additional software?

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I can burn a data DVD on MacOS Catalina but getting a movie DVD burned is escaping me.  Is this possible without additional software?

A VIDEO_TS folder is what I am looking to burn... VLC plays this perfectly including displaying the DVD menu.  How can I burn this?


texts: I have a brand new Macbook Pro Retina, MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) with Yosemite 10.10.4 (14E46). Every now and then the whole display jerks briefly down and then back up again in place. I haven't found any reference to this online. Any idea why this might be happening?


texts: How do I cover up the color of my macbook?

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I have recently gotten a "old" macbook 12" (from 2018) from a family member, unfortunately the color is rose gold. It doesn't look that bad, but I would prefer a darker/space grey color. Is there any way I can cover up the rose gold color? I am wel aware of skins or slim cases, but non of those cover up every bit of the macbook (for example the edges of the screen or the space between the keys). If not everything is covered up I find it more ugly then the original and so not worth it for me. So I am looking for an other option to hide the color completely.
The reason I would like this change, is that it is now a pretty feminine computer and not a man's.
Thanks in advance for the answers!


texts: How to store unused Macbook battery for long period of time?

texts: I'm going on a long backpacking trip and going to leave my Macbook at home unused. How should I store its battery to maximize the battery life?


texts: How do I tell beta app review to test on a compatible device?

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I'm trying to do a TestFlight beta test for an app, but app review keeps rejecting it saying it crashes.

My app has UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities set to limit the devices it can be installed on. It doesn't support the iPad, but the app review team keeps testing it on an iPad, saying it crashes, and rejecting the binary. I've told them the above multiple times, both in the testing notes and when responding to the rejection.

How do I get them to test on a compatible device?


texts: How to disable Time Machine for an external hard drive

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My wife has a MacBook Pro and two external hard drives; both of which currently contain a Time Machine backup of her MacBook Pro hard drive.

Now she wants to "turn off" Time Machine for one of her two hard drives, so that she can backup the MacBook Pro hard drive and the other external hard drive onto it.

In addition to the Time Machine backup, there are also additional files on the hard drive, so she cannot reformat it unless she first copies the files she wants to keep to somewhere else.

Is it possible to tell OS X "Do not recognise this external hard drive for use with Time Machine any more", so that it can be backed up using Time Machine? Currently, the external drive she wants to back up shows up in the "Exclude these items from backups"-list and cannot be removed, likely because it has been used as a Time Machine drive in the past.

How can she make it so that the one external hard drive (Drive A), can be backed up to the other external hard drive (Drive B), without reformatting it.

I appreciate any help with this.


texts: What is analogous to the Windows registry in Mac OS X?

texts: I am new to Mac and was wondering where application/OS settings are saved.


texts:
Is there a way to access the values ioreg utility accesses via Python?

What i'm looking is to add monitoring of the battery status of my Magic Mouse. I know I can get it by using

ioreg -c AppleDeviceManagementHIDEventService -r -l | grep -E '"Product"|BatteryPercent'

So -- what's the magic to get the value of BatteryPercent into Python, without launching ioreg via subprocess?


texts:
I came home to my Mac Book Pro (late 2009) showing me the blinking question mark folder.

I followed all the instructions available online (Reset NVRAM, SMC) but neither boot screen (pressing Alt during/before start-up) nor Internet recovery (Command+ r during/before start-up) shows me anything. They just lead to an empty grey startup screen.

I attached an external hard drive with bootable macOS that I have used on this computer before, but it changes nothing - boot screen doesn't show.

EDIT: I solved the Problem by exchanging the IDE Cable. I do not know how this has effected the start-up process, but now i was able to boot from the external drive and from my drive as well.


texts: This "weird group trick" makes MacBook Pro login, apps, and systems run slow slow slow ... but why?

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Edit  In response to Tetsujin's comment, further details now are provided for reproducing the slowdown, and for reverting back to normal speed.

The usual caveat  Experimenting with system-level bugs is inherently risky.  You are advised not to do so, unless you have a working understanding of users, groups, and permissions and you possess reliable system backups.

Here's a "weird trick" that instantly makes my MacBook Pro / Yosemite system run slow slow slow ... create a circular group inclusion in the Users & Groups pane of System Preferences.

Answers Sought Why does this slowdown happen?  Are other users affected?  Is there a tool that automatically diagnoses and fixes it?  How can it be avoided in the future?

Remark After creating this slowdown inadvertently, it took me two weeks to figure out, reproduce, and repair the cause of it.  The search for a fix was slow and frustrating because none of the usual fixes of "slow Mac syndrome" were effective, and none of the usual diagnostics were revealing.

Reproducing the slowdown

In the System Preferences pane "Users & Groups"

create new groups "a" and "b"

Close System Preferences.

Now open the Finder's "Get Info" pane for the directory at the base of a large directory tree ... for me /usr/local is large enough to elicit a severe slowdown.  Then

under "Sharing & Permissions", give "a", but not "b", read/write privileges to all files in the tree, via the menu-selected option "apply to enclosed items".

Now reopen the System Preferences pane "Users & Groups"

include group "a" in group "b"
include group "b" in group "a"

Voila!  Now everything on my MacBook runs slow ... slow ... slow.  Logins require up to one minute, and even simple typing sporadically elicits the "spinning pizza."  Fortunately, eliminating the circular group inclusion instantly restores the system to its former speed.

Returning to normal speed

To revert the changes, reverse the above steps

first undo the group "a" and group "b" circular inclusions
then remove the group "a" read/write permissions
then delete groups "a" and "b"

Hypothesis Yosemite's bash shell performs poorly in resolving circular group references when searching large directory trees in "$PATH" variables.

Evidence Even simple command-lines like "ls" run slowly ... it appears that when circular group inclusions are present, bash is slow in searching $PATH to locate the "ls" file.

System Software Overview:

System Version: OS X 10.10.2 (14C109)
Kernel Version: Darwin 14.1.0
Boot Volume: Macintosh HD
Boot Mode: Normal
Computer Name: [redacted]
User Name: [redacted] (Administration)
Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro11,3
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.5 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 16 GB
Boot ROM Version: MBP112.0138.B14

Note also that /usr/local tree is fairly large (as is typical of developers and LaTeX users) ...

$ find /usr/local -type f | wc -l
204713


texts: How do I get iWork / iMovie / Garage Band free of charge?

texts:
Everything that I have read says that iWorks/ iMovie etc should be free for Mac users after 1 September 2013.

I already bought Pages but want Numbers and iMovie. My MacBook Pro with retina is early 2015 and I am being charged.

Why is this please?


texts: How to make itunes stop asking "do you want to allow this computer to access information" on my iphone?

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I have an iphone and a macbook. Whenever I plug the phone into the laptop for charging, itunes starts dancing in the dock cause this alert demands my attention:

  do you want to allow this computer to access information on

  if you don't allow access you will not be able to manage or sync your iphone with this computer

I always say no. This is a work laptop. I just want to charge my phone. I don't want to accidentally opt my phone into some draconian corporate device management. Is there a way to get itunes to never ever ask this again?


texts: Notification when Apple compressor is done

texts: I'm using the Apple compressor app from the command line to generate movies from sequences of images. This works fine, but the relevant command line command just exits before the job is done (while the compressor app carries out the task in the background). Hence one is left wondering when the job is finished. Using top I can check whether Apple compressor is still active, but I was hoping there is an option that let's me know when the job is done (ideally via osascript).


texts: Why do duplicates keep showing up in my address book?

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I maintain a very clean address book (OSX), complete with photos and profile info of my contacts. Contacts are on iCloud and Exchange.

However, sometimes I'll get an email from a contact and the picture won't show up. In fact, an entirely new email-entry shows up in the address book even if that email is already associated with a contact.

Any advice on how I can make this stop happening? My Contacts is now full of duplicates.


texts: Holding the mouse button automatically on OSX

texts: Is there some sort of app that will let me, preferably toggleable with a keyboard shortcut, hold down the left mouse button? (Not click fast, just hold down).


texts: iPhone 4 won't connect to the internet except on wifi

texts: My iphone 4 won't connect to the internet except using wifi. I've reset the device, turned off and on airplane mode, called AT&T where they instructed me to reset network settings, cleared cookies, history and web sites history. Still nothing except on wifi. The phone makes and receives phone calls and text messages fine. Any other suggestions?


texts: Fix "fork: resource temporarily unavailable" on OS X / macOS

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I ran into some problems on my Mac running OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 that appeared to be related to resource limits. I was seeing things like error: cannot spawn or unable to fork or

-bash: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable
-bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable

From the fact that my system was not completely freezing or spewing errors all over the place, I expected that what was happening was that I had reached my limit on the number of processes I can run.

$ ulimit -u
709

709 is a lot of processes, but I was running a lot of servers on my Mac, so it seemed possible I was using that many. I tried this command, which prints out how many processes the user is running (actually 1 more than the number of processes)

$ ps -xu $(id -ru) | wc -l
fork: Resource temporarily unavailable

OK, I could not run that command, which creates 3 processes, so I was probably at the process limit. And the error message did not start with -bash so it was not about ulimit either. I was hitting the systemwide limit kern.maxprocperuid.

I was able to confirm this by running a shell as root:

$ id -ru
501
$ sudo -i
root# ps -xu 501 | wc -l
706

Yes, 706 < 709, but mdworker processes routinely come and go, so being close to to the limit was evidence enough.

How do I increase the limit on the number of processes I can run? I searched around for answers and found articles that suggested I create a file /Library/LaunchDaemons/limit.maxproc.plist with this content:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple/DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
 <plist version="1.0">
 <dict>
 <key>Label</key>
 <string>limit.maxproc</string>
 <key>ProgramArguments</key>
 <array>
  <string>launchctl</string>
  <string>limit</string>
  <string>maxproc</string>
  <string>2048</string>
  <string>4096</string>
 </array>
 <key>RunAtLoad</key>
 <true />
 <key>ServiceIPC</key>
 <false />
 </dict>
</plist>

I did that and rebooted and now

$ ulimit -u
2048

Which would be great, except

$ sysctl kern.maxproc
kern.maxproc:
1064

THIS IS DANGEROUS. What it means is that the entire system is still limited to a maximum of 1064 processes, but an individual user is allowed to create more than that. When the system hits the maximum number of processes, it generally crashes quickly and in a very bad way. It is therefore very important that no user be allowed to create enough processes to fill up the process table, which is why on the Mac users are limited to 2/3 of the total number of processes.

I found similar suggestions regarding the maximum number of open files maxfiles and maxfilesperproc, which are even more dangerous, because a single process should get nowhere near being allowed to open the systemwide limit on the total number of open files.

The other issue is that if 709 processes was not enough, 1000 processes is really unlikely to be enough either.

So, what is the right way to fix "Too many open files" or "fork: resource temporarily unavailable" on OS X El Capitan?


texts: Is it possible to use MacBook Pro with 3 monitors?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Mac book pro - can I plug two external monitors in?

I do have a MacBook Pro (2010) and I would like to use it with 3 monitors: the internal LCD and two monitors using DVI.

From what I know the DVI dual-link should support two monitors up to HD resolution each (1920x1080).

The question is if this is supported by the hardware and in this case what kind of adaptor do I need.

Please do not suggest invalid alternatives like using an iPad or and USB graphics card.


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Now I am using OS X 10.8.2. I have installed Xcode 4.5 on my Mac. It has completely installed and I am able to open sample Xcode projects. The problem is Xcode is not displayed in the Application folder.

How can I make Xcode visible in the Finder?


texts:
Below is a storage overview from "About this Mac" on Lion, running on a Macbook Air.

It says: backups 71.07 GB. No data is in the "Other" area, which seems a bit weird, because I have at least 20 GB worth of data from a Virtual Machine image and several other data files:

I decided to turn local backups off with sudo tmutil disablelocal

Then the overview changed to the following:

This would make more sense to me, given my "other" data.

Next, I decided to turn local backups on again with sudo tmutil enablelocal.

The overview now changed into the following:

Part of my "other" storage moved back into "backups" it seems. What the hell is going on? Is this due to the usage of hard links in Time Machine?

Note that Finder tells me that I have 136.69 GB free because it thinks it is clever by not counting Backup space claimed by Time Machine, while in fact this space could just be shared space with the original files:

I'm confused. Please explain what is going on here.

EDIT: note that when I completely turn off Time Machine (through the GUI), the folder /Volumes/Mobile Backups disappears and in the "About this mac" window, around 70 GB is in the "Other" area. When I turn on Time Machine again, this number decreases and gets added to backups.


texts: I am only seeing 1:50 of estimated run time on a new MacBook Pro battery. Problems?

texts:
I have bought brand new MacBook pro 15-inch model with highest specifications in this June. I have also installed newest Mac OS, Lion.

However, how it could be strange, when cable is not plugged it, battery shows me that there is only max 1:50 of vitality (nevertheless, despite the fact that there is written in the official web page (http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/specs.html) that the battery work is "up to 7 hrs wireless web".

I do not know what the problem is, is this OS problem or the issue with the battery.

Update:

Okay, after all your recommendations it shows me almost 4 hours on 98% of battery. Here is the screenshot (is it normal to have 4 hours with these processes running?):


texts: Less brightness after plugging once my macbook pro to a thunderbolt display

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I own a Macbook pro (15'4) with Yosemite.

I used to use it without an external display.
The brightness was very powerful :)

I've just plugged a thunderbolt display (Mac 27''), and then removed it.
I even restarted my MacBook pro right after.

Now, I found that the brightness is not as powerful as before, even on MAX :(

My color profile is the one by default (LCD color).

Is there an explanation?
Have someone ever experienced this?


texts: open safemac.co in safari, is it adware?

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I'm new to macOS and Safari, while surfing, occasionally when I click on white page (empty screen, no links, etc) a new tab to a strange url opens, it redirects multiple times, then forwards to safemac.co.

I think it's an adware.. How to get rid of this?

Just happened again, redirected to this url:
http://securemacfix.com/landings/197/?affid=mzb_349.40938911.1480466987.1111.mzb&utm_source=prpllr&utm_medium=cpm&utm_campaign=mk_prpllr_wl_rmnt_ww&utm_term=&utm_content=&userDefiner=mzb_2952&alert=10&trt=29_3121511156&tid_ext=814559


texts: Are DropBox files viewed on iOS devices taking up space on them?

texts: When travelling I will need all of the "space" I can claim on my iPad. Am I correct in thinking "space" is not being taken up on the iPad by DB folders, unless I have made them favorites?


texts:
I want to edit tab delimited text files with my iPad 2. I'm looking for an editor with visible spaces and line endings as well as Dropbox support.

Anybody know of such a product offering?


texts: Why does iBooks connect to the Internet whenever I copy/paste?

texts:
I am monitoring the Internet usage of my applications and I noticed that iBooks initializes a connection to 23.221.221.248:443 whenever I select some text and then copy it.

Does someone know why, or how can the actual contents of that connection be exposed?


texts:
I read that the USB-C charger (29W) can "power charge" the large iPad Pro, almost reducing the charging time by a factor 2.

Would the same work with the small iPad Pro?


texts: Create a PDF with a custom page size? (Mavericks)

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I'm trying to create a PDF with a custom page size.  Basically, I'm converting a set of JPEGs which are exactly 5:4 dimensions into a single PDF, so I wanted to set the paper size to 8x10, so as not to have "letterbox-type" borders on the top and bottom of the PDF pages. The purpose is for viewing on-screen, not for printing, and these are personal documents which I am not sharing, so there is no need to worry about printability.

I'm using a consumer-grade HP LaserJet printer (P1102W), whose driver apparently "does not support" custom paper sizes. This is evidenced by the fact that I am unable to choose the option to "manage custom sizes" in the paper size list - it is grayed out.

Researching around the Internet seems to reveal that only certain drivers actually will let you configure a custom page size. To experiment, in TextEdit (which does have the Page Setup option), I was able to configure a custom page size. However, Preview does not have a Page Setup option. I've also seen screenshots where certain HP drivers do enable this option, but I obviously don't know which ones, nor do I have the corresponding printer or driver on my system.

I tried installing a generic PostScript printer driver by entering a nonexistent IP into the network printer settings, but even then I was unable to set the custom page size.

Is there any solution I can use to accomplish this? Remember, the goal is to produce a PDF file with a custom page size to eliminate borders, and that PDF will never need to be printed. It seems silly to be limited by the printer driver when the goal is to produce a generic PDF...

Thanks!

EDIT: Ghostscript may be able to do this, but there's something wrong with either my installation or with the Ghostscript that Homebrew installed.

I created a PDF with Preview that had borders, and am now trying to use GS to change the page size. Here's the result:

Mac-mini:~ fmillion$ gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=612 -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=720 -dFIXEDMEDIA -c "<</PageOffset [0 36]>> setpagedevice" -o test1.pdf test.pdf
GPL Ghostscript 9.14 (2014-03-26)
Copyright (C) 2014 Artifex Software, Inc.  All rights reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
**** Unable to open the initial device, quitting.

If I do not include the "-c" option along with its parameter, the operation succeeds, but I end up with a page with a half inch at the bottom and the top half inch of the page cut off. The idea of the PageOffset command was to shift the entire page down by 36 points, thus eliminating the bottom border.

I'm using the Ghostscript provided by Homebrew, simply installed with "brew install ghostscript".


texts:
I use bindfs with osxfuse and sshfs to mount specific folders (chroot) to allow sftp access for external users (macOS Sierra 10.12).

Binding a readOnly folder for the user "sftpusr" is done with

bindfs -r -u sftpusr /volume/folder /chroot/folder

The folder is correctly bound, I can login using sftp and listing the folder once only - then folders and files disappear, I need to mount and bind again.

There is no difference in using either homebrew to install osfuse, sshfs, bindfs or making my "own" binaries.

I had this feature running for years (Mavericks, Yosemite). Is this an incompatibility with macOS Sierra?


texts:
When I add an event to my calendar on my iPhone 5s, there is no "Save" button, so nothing gets saved to my calendar!
I can set everything but I can't save anything.


texts: iOS 4 and Landscape Orientation Lock for iPhone

texts:
iOS 4 allows you to lock your iPhone in portrait mode by double clicking the Home button, swiping the dock left, and clicking on the lock icon.

However, it does not appear to allow you to lock the iPhone in landscape mode, which can be desirable for some applications.  Instead, the lock always seems to force portrait orientation.

How can I prevent my iPhone from rotating out of Landscape mode?


texts: How do I open an app in my new mac book pro

texts:
I just bought a new mac book pro.  I am pretty sure I transferred my apps from my iPad to my mac book pro.  How do I open the apps now in my new mac book pro?  I can see all my apps in the iTunes library but when I double click on them, nothing happens.

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you


texts: Magic mouse two button click stopped working

texts:
My Magic mouse two finger right click stopped working 4 days ago. I can use the control click combo to right click but the mouse was way more convenient. I have not changed any settings, it just stopped working.

I am using a Macbook pro 15", both were purchased togeather about two weeks ago and worked fine until 4 days ago.

I googled around and could not find any suggestions to get it fixed, does anyone have any ideas? Thanks


texts: Remove graphic from background of PowerPoint slides

texts:
I have an old slide deck and can not discover where a graphic "lives" in it. In the screenshot here we can see the Slide Master being edited - and specifically the Footer area.  The scala logo graphic is presently selected. That is a graphic I do want.

But the 10 Silicon Valley Code Camp should be removed.

I can not select that second graphic (in order to delete it): in what layer or layout element should I look?

Update I had actually also checked the Format Background from theSlide Master`: here that is shown having only a gradient and not an image:

Another update Apparently the "bonus" graphic only shows up on the first five slides. So then I will look to see what is "special" about those first slides vs the rest..

Me again.. Selecting Hide Background Graphics does do exactly that - but it is an "equal opportunity" option- it also hides the (desired) scala graphic.


texts: Error 403 on accessing http://localhost/phpmyadmin/setup

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I am trying to set up phpmyadmin on BigSur 11.2.3. I have MySQL server running, put phpmyadmin folder to /usr/local, created config file and trying to access setup via http://localhost/phpmyadmin/setup. Also tried with 127.0.0.1. But I get "Forbidden" error.
I haven't use XAMPP or other tools (I don't know if I need to, I am just starting as a junior :) ).
Maybe someone could help.


texts: maps.app on iOS "follow me" mode without a destination set

texts:
In stand-alone automotive GPS systems if you just have it on but have not programmed in a specific destination it will show your moving on an active scrolling street map of the road you are on and any roads that are currently within the default zoom area.

So you get a display that shows your car stationary in the middle of the screen with the map moving around you. I found this extremely helpful when I am in locations that I am not real familiar with or just exploring to get the lay of the land. It's also good for finding shortcuts that you were not previously aware of.

If I open Apple maps (or Waze or Google maps...) tap on the locator (Apple maps arrow at top right) to display my current location the map does not follow me. I eventually drive off the displayed map and would have to tap the arrow to re-center the map. Needless to say operating a phone while you are driving is both Not Really Safe and unlawful in many parts of the US.

Is that something that Apple Maps does and I have not discovered how to activate it? Anybody know what that feature is called?


texts: Why can't I see the weather information in Notification Center?

texts:
After upgrading my iPad 4 to iOS 7, I don't see the weather forecast in the new Notification Center. The calendar is there, and the bottom of the Notification Center has the Yahoo! copyright info for the weather data, but the weather information is not displayed.

Wi-fi is turned on, but I have the location services disabled. When turning on location services, the weather info is shown. What's strange is that on my wife's iPad, the weather info is shown even with location services disabled. Both of our iPads are Wi-fi only, no 3G.

Are you seeing the same behavior? What could be causing this inconsistency?


texts:
I’m trying to compile a generic list of troubleshooting steps when a Mac has a kernel panic. No particular device, just one that would reasonably be in use now, so both the later Intel models as well as M1 models. Beyond this list, any other things you would recommend?

Reboot
Remove any peripherals attached
clear PRAM (CMD+Option+P+R at boot)
Run Apple Diagnostics (D or CMD+D at boot)
boot to safe mode to try and duplicate panic
run disk utility first aid & repair permissions
look in startup items for possible problem software
run software updates if possible
boot to known good external drive (CMD+Option at boot)
Attempt reinstall of just OS
Use iStat or something similar to monitor
look in console logs for clues

These are not in a particular order. Thanks in advance for the help!


texts:
I have a mid-2010 MacBook Pro with macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 installed.
I have just found out that my Smart LG TV with webOS has AirPlay incorporated so, I would like to mirror my MacBook Pro screen on my TV.
However I can't find AirPlay on my MacBook. Already searched for some solutions on Google but the only option that I found was to go to Screen Settings on System Preferences and turn on "Show mirroring options in the menu bar when available" which it is. However the AirPlay icon doesn't appear in the Menu Bar.
Does anyone know how to solve this? Is my MacBook too old to support AirPlay?


texts: Starting a call from MacBook - Your iPhone needs to use the same iCloud and Facetime

texts:
I'm trying to start a call on iPhone 11 using MacBook Pro on macOS Catalina, however I'm getting an error message that says "Your iPhone needs to use the same iCloud and Facetime".
I've double-checked that FaceTime and iCloud accounts are the same on iPhone, yet the message won't go away. Is there a way to know what macOS thinks the accounts on iPhone and macOS are and how they are different? Or is there any other fix for this?


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I wanted to send my iPhone contacts to Google mail and transfer back to my new Samsung Android.

After changing iTunes setting "sync address book contact"-> "sync google contact", no new contact appear in my new Google Mail account and all my contacts on iPhone have been ERASED.

Why has this happened?


texts:
tl;dr -- My iPod hangs on the boot screen (black background, silver apple logo). When I try to restore it (on both my Virtual Windows XP and on a Mac laptop), it'll restore fine, but when it reboots the iPod, the iPod'll hang on the apple logo screen, just like before.

Update: I've booted a Windows XP virtualbox, and have the latest iTunes running on it. Whenever I tell iTunes to restore it (while my iPod is in disk mode, since that's the only way it is recognized), it'll download the software, restore my iPod, then say that the iPod is rebooting and that I need to make sure it stays connected.

However, once it boots, it still hangs on the apple logo, and isn't recognized by the computer (host or guest). If I boot it into disk mode, it is recognized, and iTunes shows the "Welcome to your new iPod" screen; the iPod is wiped, and presumably installed the new software.

I've searched and searched for an answer, and although I've found numerous posts on other sites similar to my problem, most of them haven't worked for me.

Basically, what's happened is about half a year ago, my iPod would occasionally freeze, and I could solve the issue by restarting it (Menu+Select); about late November last year, however, my iPod froze on the boot screen (black screen with apple logo), and since then I haven't been able to do anything - it just hangs on that screen until it completely drains the battery. My problem is similar to the one in this video.

Is there a way I can fix my iPod Nano 4th Gen?

Also, I'd prefer if I could do it without iTunes, since I'm running Ubuntu and Wine has spotty iTunes support, but I can run a VirtualBox of Windows if need be.


texts: Commands not found in Terminal except echo

texts:
In my terminal basic commands are not found like:

mds-macbook-pro:~ ZILLURRAHMAN$ ls
-bash: ls: command not found
mds-macbook-pro:~ ZILLURRAHMAN$ env
-bash: env: command not found
mds-macbook-pro:~ ZILLURRAHMAN$ edit
-bash: edit: command not found
mds-macbook-pro:~ ZILLURRAHMAN$ open
-bash: open: command not found
mds-macbook-pro:~ ZILLURRAHMAN$ vi
-bash: vi: command not found
mds-macbook-pro:~ ZILLURRAHMAN$ tail
-bash: tail: command not found
mds-macbook-pro:~ ZILLURRAHMAN$ ls
-bash: ls: command not found

But echo is working. Like: mds-macbook-pro:~ ZILLURRAHMAN$ echo $PATH
“users/ZILLURRAHMAN/desktop/bioinformatics/bow-tie/bowtie2-2.2.3/BT2_HOME:??

I can call up programs like pico using their full path like /usr/bin/pico.


texts: How do I clone an installation of Windows 10 from macOS?

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I have an external SSD which has a working copy of Windows 10 on it. I would like to transfer this copy of Windows 10 onto a different SSD. However, I do not currently have access to a Windows computer.
How would I clone this installation of Windows onto the new SSD? I already have Paragon NTFS installed, which allows me to write to NTFS drives. What should my next step be?

I could drag and drop everything from the Finder into the new SSD. However, this might not copy over some hidden files and might not be a good option.

I could drag and drop after revealing hidden files, but that might also cause issues (?)

I could use rcopy to make sure everything gets copied over (including hidden files), although I don't see any difference between this and option 2.

Note: This question is not necessarily related to BootCamp—I would like to know the same for M1 Macs as well, which do not have BootCamp.


texts: How do I know when my 100$ search ads promo credit is exhausted?

texts:
In Apple's terms for Search Ads Promo Credit thay say that you will not be notified. I currently have 30$ which I am spending on ads. But I also have the 100$ promo credit. I currently have only spent 20$ worth of ads.

So how do I know when my promo credit is being applied? Will I just have to do the math until 130$ is spent? Or will there be something which indicates for example if I am currently spending promo credit?


texts: Can't open .jar files, "The java jar file cannot be launched."

texts: I can't open any .jar files. Java is up to date, the jar file is supposed to be executable, but I can't open it with Jar Launcher. Thanks in advance.


texts:
Could YouTube, Todoist, myEmail (fill in name app your looking for) be controlled/used with Siri?

Could a third party iOS app be controlled by Siri?


texts: Can you play h.264 saved in Dropbox on iOS?

texts: I want to save h.264 video files on dropbox and play them on iPhone. Can we do that?


texts:
My touch bar often shows the wrong keys, is unresponsive, or (as is the current situation) only shows one or some of the keys. Right now I'm listening to Spotify and only the pause button is showing whereas it usually has my normal configuration. I have hard-set it to a custom configuration which is almost identical to the keys before the touch bar came out.

Note - I just started pressing all over the touch bar and the correct buttons came on in each area that I pressed.

This thing offers little value and causes lots of problems. I haven't played around with it much or done anything with my computer (i.e. fun/sketchy software) that is atypical. Are there common reasons for the new touch bar to break all the time?


texts: Why CMD+N opened new popup Terminal window doesn't follow the default preference?

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I love Mac terminal in Dark and had set up the default color scheme to a dark one. Every time I open the terminal it's OK but I found that if I open one terminal window and then open another one via CMD+N the new one still remains in the original white one.

How can I make sure every Terminal window I opened all in the default preferences?

I am using OS X 10.9.1.


texts: OS X Terminal not recognizing any commands

texts:
I recently tried to install CoffeeScript on my mac and now am unable to use even the most basic of commands like ls, cd and so on. Something tells me that it's because the $PATH variable has changed. I remember having to do that when I tried to make the installation. I tried following the instructions found here, but it doesn't work because the vi command isn't found.

Upon entering echo $PATH in the terminal, it reads /usr/local/bin:


texts: Using timed access control in airport extreme base station

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I have an airport base station model A1354. I am attempting to setup MAC Timed Access so a laptop can only connect between 5:00AM and 11:00pm through the Airport Utility version 5.5.2 (552.11). My AEBS is running firmware version 7.5.2

When I try to enter the time values by double clicking over the time and entering 05:00 AM and 11:00PM the time values don't stay as soon as it looses focus. Instead they become what is in the following screenshot, and the laptop looses connectivity as soon as I update the base station. I also tried entering the values in military time with the same result.

Here is the requested screenshot:


texts: VIPs in Mail haven't worked since the first El Capitan public beta

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All of my email accounts seem to be working just fine, and in the main inboxes, emails from VIPs are marked with stars next to the senders' names as usual. The issue is that all of the VIP-specific mailboxes show up as having 0 messages, even the big "VIPs" one (the one that contains mail from all VIPs). Un-starring and re-starring the contacts doesn't fix anything. I can still search for the messages by the contact and find everything, it just doesn't show up in their VIP mailbox in the sidebar.

Another helpful observation: Turns out VIPs work fine on my two rarely-used email accounts (Verizon and iCloud) that aren't Gmail. I knew OS X didn't like Gmail, but I've never seen this before.

This has been going on for as long as I can remember on El Cap, from the first public beta all the way to the newly-released 10.11.1 public beta. How do I fix it?


texts: FaceTime camera has blurred lines during a FaceTime call but not during skype

texts: When I make a video call through FaceTime on my iPad the person I talk to has blurred lines through the video. I've tested it myself by calling from my iPhone and I see these blurred lines as well. However when I make a Skype call the video is crystal clear?  It's an iPad 4 if that makes any difference. Please help me


texts: Is there a DAC (Digital to Analog Converter) in the iPhone Lightning Dock?

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I'm wondering if there's a DAC in the dock because the first sound loudness level is noticeable higher than the first level from iPhone 6+ when the iPhone is mount on the dock.

I suppose if there's a DAC that it has a lower resolution, i.e. less steps between silent and max loudness making each step wider on the dock.


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I have a MacBook Pro 13-inch mid 2012 with macOS Sierra v. 10.12.6
Some technician installed Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1TB for me on this machine. There was no problem until I tried to install MacOS Mojave.

After some reboots on the installing process I have this error message:

  macOS could not be installed on your computer. An error occurred while
  verifying firmware.

I already tried:

A) Install on safe mode
B) Format, reinstall Sierra, try A from there.
C) Run First Aid from Recovery.

I don´t have the original HDD.

Any ideas?


texts: I am trying to find my iphone . Will the find my phone through icloud work

texts: I am using the find my iphone app to locate my lost i phone.does my iphone have to be on to find it with the find my iphone app


texts: Linked MBP to my account even after erase

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I have to send my MacBook Pro M1 back to Apple as a replacement. I tried to format it but it didn't work (I think)(I used disk utility and erased Macintosh HD) as it still shows the activation screen and my email address linked to it. How do I unlink it from my account?
I tried using iCloud but I see the following screen which is my old email address and it won't let me type in my new email address.


texts: iMac 14,1 won't Netboot from Deploy Studio server running OS 10.8

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A little background, we have a lot of iMacs at my organization, different models.  We have about 5 different servers running Deploy Studio.

I have found that any of the 14,1 iMacs (late 2013) will only net boot to DS servers that are running OS 10.9+, if I attempt to net boot from a server running OS 10.8.5, using the same image that is hosted on the other servers, the unit will not net boot.  The unit stays at the Startup Manager for a few seconds, seemingly frozen, then Apple logo spinning gear, boots to login window of internal HD.

I have read that the TFTP protocol has changed, could this be the reason for the discrepancy of net booting from the same image on different Deploy Studio servers?


texts: Where has the SearchMe extension for Safari and Chrome come from?

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Again, today, I found out that my default search engine has been changed to "Yahoo", which is weird as I didn't do that.

This is the second time it happens, and I found out there is an extension named "search me" is installed both in safari and chrome. Where is this stupid plugin comes from?  I don't remember I install it.

Some other guys also have this issue: Apple Support Communities thread


texts: CEF Folder inside Application Support - Mac OS X Yosemite

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I deleted this folder a few days ago and it came back recently. Inside there are two empty sub folders (User Data and Dictionaries). I'm running Yosemite.

Not sure what app or where these folders are coming from. I've heard it's from Google Chrome/Widevine CDM but I'm not sure.

Thanks!


texts: Can I rename the "Pictures" folder without "Full Disk Access"?

texts: Our application needs write access to the user's Home directory, specifically to Pictures, Movies, Music, etc., so it can redirect them to our cloud support. But, on Mojave, renaming Pictures (to some back-up folder) fails with EPERM without the Full Disk Access right, which seems too much and too hard to acquire (cf "Unfortunately, Apple has intentionally designed the process of granting Full Disk Access to be difficult, so that users are discouraged from granting Full Disk Access unless absolutely necessary." seen here). Is there another way ?


texts: How do I get my iPod touch (1st gen) out of a recovery mode boot loop?

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I restored my iPod touch 1G and when it rebooted after completing restore, it got stuck showing the iTunes logo.

I tried two different methods of exiting the recovery mode as explained at

How To Fix Recovery Mode Loop OR iTunes Logo on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch

I even tried via Snowbreeze as explained at

How To Jailbreak Using Sn0wbreeze v2.9

but these didn't work for me.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?


texts: Can I see any information about which machines are authorized against my iTunes account?

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When I just opened iTunes and authorized my Mac against it for purchases, it told me there were two machines authorized against my iTunes account (therefore, one other one). However, I can't think which that other one would be - I've had various virtual machines etc. configured against iTunes in the past. Are there any ways to find out any more about it (hostname, OS, etc.) so I can check out the situation and potentially deauthorize it?

I'm aware of the limit of 5, and I'm aware of the ability to deauthorize all of them and start again. I'd just prefer to keep things clean and not have stray authorizations hanging around if I can.