texts:
I would like to bulk update the date of multiple videos in the Photos app.
While it seems to be possible for photos, I cannot figure it out for videos.
How to bulk update videos' metadata in Photos?


texts: Can I restore a system upgrade from a Time Machine backup?

texts:
I created a full backup from OS X 10.10.3 and I'd expect that sub-minor upgrade to be included in the backup. However this seems not true when I apply that backup in the initial setup-process of a mint MacBook—it will be a 10.10-version.

Is there a way to restore such a updates from a Time Machine backup? Respectively are the OS-files actually stored in the backup anyway?


texts:
I use the keyboard shortcut Command + F3 to scatter the windows and show my Desktop, and then unzip an archive on the Desktop. After unzipping, the windows always scatter back automatically.

Then I have to use Command + F3 again to show Desktop again, so I can interact with the unzipped directory.

Does anyone know how to stop this? It's super annoying.


texts:
I have PF configured and working with rule sets that are logged.
Where is PF logging to? How do I check these logs? How do I configure them?


texts: Change installation directory of XQuartz on Mountain Lion

texts:
Mountain Lion doesn't include X11 any more, and XQuartz is the substitute.  Having installed it, I see that XQuartz 2.7.2 installs in the non-standard (though commonly used) directory /opt.  It also installs symlinks from /usr/X11 to /opt/X11.

I would prefer having XQuartz only use /usr/X11 and not create /opt/X11.

Is there a way to change the installation directory of XQuartz on Mountain Lion?


texts: Defective Login After Failed Upgrade to macOS Sierra

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Yesterday, I tried to update to the second public beta of macOS Sierra. For some reason, however, the update process stopped shortly before the completion, and since there was no progress even after many hours, I decided to shut down.

Everything works fine as far as the startup is concerned, but I can not login with my regular user account. While the password is recognized as correct, the display turns black when my data are supposed to be loaded, and I am again asked to enter my password.

Neither restarts nor safe boots were of help. I also reinstalled macOS Sierra—probably the first public beta—via the recovery mode completely, but the problem is still there, even in safe mode. Apparently, all of the disk data are still there as well, but I can simply not login due to the black screen.

I tried to create a new admin user via Terminal to check if that account has the same issues. But the problem is that the sudo command, even whereis sudo and which sudo only gives me the line command not found after sudo, whereis and which, respectively.

echo $PATH gives me the response /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin. That seems rather long; is it alright?

I would appreciate your help, be it regarding the login issue or enabling the sudo command.


texts: How to have clipboard holding many entries available simultaneously...?

texts:
I am looking for:
There are many hot words which I often need to type while using my Apple MacBook Pro/Snow Leopard like say my desktop machine name, some other host names etc. Now, right now, I copy this and paste it wherever I need, but I would like these hot words to be all the time copied and be available like if I use a shortcut key + d, this should paste desktop machine name etc..

I don't know, if such a thing exists, but looks like a commonly needed requirement and nice to have thing.

Any ideas? Can I install any 3rd party clipboard software etc?


texts: Where's the Notification Center sound (aka Tri-tone) stored on the filesystem in 10.13?

texts:
NOTE: This is not actually a duplicate of the "Alert Tone Audio" question that folks had thought previously, but it is more or less answered there.  This "Tri-tone" audio file is not in /System/Library/Sounds, but it is located here:  /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ToneLibrary.framework/Versions/A/Resources/AlertTones/sms-received1.caf

Been hunting for a bit, but not finding it.  I'd like to find Tri-tone which also serves as the Notification Center sound for all general notifications that come into the system.

I'm not seeing an AIFF file that matches it in /System so I'm kinda shooting blanks.

Here's a ample of the sound.


texts: iPhone Contacts app Cross-References Facebook?

texts: I just added two contacts to the contacts app on my iPhone (iOS 9.1) and after each I had a dialog asking me to enter my Facebook password, presumably so it could cross-reference this with my Facebook account. I didn't enter my password and instead went looking for a setting that links the Contacts and Facebook apps together but could not find anything. Is there such a setting? If so, where? If not, is Contacts sending data to Facebook?


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Even if I don't do anything with the files in a .sparsebundle, just having a .sparsebundle open, it seems it is alive. Let me explain.

I regularly backup my main .sparsebundle (that sits on my Desktop) using rsync. I have an alias to do that, so every once in a while, I call that command to make sure everything is backed up properly to my external HDD. If I rsync multiple times in a row, at first, rsync updates many bands, then less, even less, and eventually it doesn't have anything to do anymore, all the bands are up-to-date. However, without using anything in the .sparsebundle on my Desktop, if I try to rsync again after e.g. 5 minutes, sometimes there are more bands to update! Why is that? Does the sparse bundle mechanism include, e.g. an OS background process that optimizes the bands silently?


texts: How to send non-HTML mail from Apple Mail?

texts: Can someone help me to find out how to send non-HTML mail from Apple Mail client?


texts: How many writes do I have on my 250GB SSD hard drive on my Macbook Pro High Sierra

texts:
I would like to know how many writes I have on my Mac's SSD hard drive?

I would also like to know if there is a terminal command I can run to find out this information and how many writes I have left so I can check the status of it?


texts: What are the downsides of getting a foreign keyboard layout on a MacBook Pro?

texts:
A 13-inch MacBook Pro costs £999 in the UK, compared to $1,199 (about £760) in the US.

For this reason (I guess), brand new US models cost about £850 on UK eBay. The obvious downside is the keyboard layout is US, not UK.

Only a couple of keys are different on US keyboards. So if it's possible to change system preferences to interpret it as a British-layout keyboard, then I'm happy to put up with a couple of wrongly labelled keys, if it saves me £150.

But are there any other downsides I should bare in mind? Any possible incompatibilities etc?


texts: What is the real world difference between 2020 8th generation iPad and 5th generation iPad mini?

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According to Apple website, the iPad mini has the following differences (these are some of them):

Wide colour capture for photos and Live Photos

Fully laminated display

Anti-reflective coating

Wide colour display (P3)

True Tone display

In real world usage, how would those differ, especially screen features. Are those worth spending the extra money on the mini or should I stick with an 8th generation iPad?
(Also about the resolution, iPad mini has less resolution but more ppi, so what is the difference here?)


texts: Mail - how to show POP3 mail account in the side bar

texts:
This is my Mail screen:

I have Gmail Imap account and a Bezeqint POP3 account.

I want to see my Bezeqint account in the sidebar as I see Gmail's account so I can add and change folders.

How can i do that ?


texts: Does an app's bundle ID change after App Transfer in the developer program and itunes connect?

texts:
I have successfully received a transferred app as per Apple's documentation on transfers: App transfers

However when uploading a new version of this app I receive this warning that is caused because the app is now under a different team ID:

  Potential Loss of Keychain Access. The previous version of software
  has an application-identifier value of 'A1B2C3D4E5.com.company.app'
  and the new version of software being submitted has an
  application-identifier of '5E4D3C2B1A.com.company.app'. This will
  result in a loss of keychain access.

Does that mean that the app's bundle id has changed to include the new team ID?  The error message seems to indicate that it has.

However in itunes connect the app's bundle id still shows without the team id as:

com.company.app


texts:
I have an VPN application that creates a logical interface in OS X programmatically.
Once created, its configured with private IP and parameters and the Routing Table is updated accordingly.

The initially presented 'default gateway of the physical interface' is deleted.
The 'default gateway of the logical interface is added' programmatically.

After sometime the Mac OS X system itself updates the routing table with the 'default gateway of the physical interface' and it looks like below

Destination  Gateway     Flags     Refs     use     Netif     Expire
--------------------------------------------------------------------
default      xxx.xx.x.x     UGSc     1        0        en3
default      yyy.yyy.y.y    UGScI    1        0        en1

en3: logical interface created by application
en1: physical interface

According to the above routing entries, all the traffic is routed to the logical interface created by application. This is ok in normal scenarios.

Requirement:

I need to route only specific destination IPs through the logical interface.
All remaining traffic should be routed through the physical interface directly.

Issue faced:

Once the default route for the logical interface is added, all the traffic is routed through. Got no control over it.
Even if the application is prevented from adding the route for logical interface, the Mac OS X system updates the routing table and sets the default to the logical interface only.

Hence not able to achieve the requirement.


texts: How do I manually throttle the CPU usage of an app?

texts:
When I export a file from iMovie, it usually takes a long time but uses a lot of CPU, and my computer gets very hot(around 180-190ºF), even with my fan controller maxing it out. Would I be able to slow this down so that it wouldn't put as much load on my computer? Or really for any app where it might be doing some intensive thing in the background. I get a little nervous having it working so hard for such a long period of time. I was hoping there would be some terminal command or other local way to do this,  Thanks.

A1342 MacBook, Late 2009, 10.10.5, 4GB RAM


texts: Mid - 2012 13" MacBook Pro screen conversion

texts:
I have an extra Mid - 2012 13" MacBook Pro screen laying around, and was hoping to make it into an
external display. I was also hoping to mount it into a rack drawer or tray. Anyone have any examples of projects similar that they've done?


texts:
I've read about a semi-untethered jailbreak by Pangu. What does semi-tethered mean? What are the differences between that and a normal jailbreak?

I have an iPhone 5 on iOS 7.0.6, and before to try upgrade to 9.3.5, I would like more information.


texts: Does Apple offer a page that lists all versions of published Boot Camp drivers?

texts: I realise that the recommended way of obtaining the latest drivers for Boot Camp is via Apple's official Boot Camp Assistant built into macOS, but was wondering if Apple offers an official index that can be used to easily obtain archival versions of the drivers that have been posted to the Apple website. Some simple searching has allowed me to find several different versions - through Boot Camp 2 to version 5, but as far as I can see, there's no "Boot Camp Downloads" page or similar from where these can all be found in a simple list.


texts: Can you tell if your phone has been wiped via Find My iPhone?

texts:
I lost my phone 5/think it was stolen.

I had "Find My iPhone" on it. The thing is it was very low on battery and by the time I realised it was gone I think the battery was done - it just showed "device offline".

So my question is, if somebody has taken the phone and has wiped it and is using it instead, would the Find My Iphone screen show anything different? Would there be some way to know that it can't be found again, or will I still be notified when they connect it to iTunes?


texts: On iOS, clear Safari history without discarding open tabs?

texts:
In most browsers, clearing the history leaves currently opened tabs untouched.

In Safari on iOS however, the only method of clearing the history I know of is Settings → Safari Clear History and Website Data, which also closes all tabs. This is never my intent, and has tripped me up several times already.

Is there some method to clear the history but keep the current tabs?


texts: How do I stop my Excel spreadsheets from opening when starting my IMac and also the first time I open Excel?

texts: When I first turn on my IMac each day, it opens all of my Excel spreadsheets, including ones that were not used previously.  (Using Microsoft Office Mac 2011)  When it gets to one that is passworded, it will stop and ask for the password and also give me a cancel option.  When I cancel, I get the message "Would you like to cancel opening all files at your XLStart location? (Macintosh HD:Users:starsinc:Documents:Excel Docs)?". This also happens the first time I open my excel program each day.  I unchecked "Close windows when quitting an application" under General in System Preferences but that did not solve it.  I have been unsuccessful in trying to locate where to change this at.  Help!!


texts:
I currently have a Mac Mini with 10.8 and server.app 2.2 installed.  The server is currently only set up with File Sharing and Time Machine services running.  It is handing out network Time Machine volumes to users on our network.

Recently, I keep running into this error whenever trying to get the Time Machine service in server.app.

Mar 11 09:20:08 retouch.roundhouseagency.com servermgrd[1669]: [1669] error in getAndLockContext: flock(servermgr_timemachine) FATAL time out
Mar 11 09:20:08 retouch.roundhouseagency.com servermgrd[1669]: [1669] process will force-quit to avoid deadlock
Mar 11 09:20:08 retouch.roundhouseagency.com servermgrd[1669]: outstanding requests are: (
        Module = "servermgr_timemachine";
        Module = "servermgr_timemachine";
        Module = "servermgr_timemachine";
        Module = "servermgr_timemachine";
        Module = "servermgr_timemachine";
Mar 11 09:20:08 retouch com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.servermgrd[1669]): Exited with code: 1

The server.app stops responding and eventually throws an error message.  I went through this thread How to fix hanging Server Admin, log shows servermgrd error in getAndLockContext: flock(servermgr_info) FATAL time out as it was the closest to the error I'm having.  Everything in that thread points to a DNS error, but I haven't found any issues with the DNS record so far.

Anyone have any insight as to what the cause may be?


texts: Active window changes when clicking inside a window

texts:
This is what happens:

I switch to an application (app 1) so it is active/in front.
When I click inside app 1, another app (app 2) gets focus. It's like I click through app 1.
To prevent app 2 to get focus every time I click inside app 1, I have to click on the "title bar" / "area where you can drag the window" of app 1.

This doesn't happen all the time, but too often. Running OSX 10.8.4 on a 2008 MBP. Anyone have an idea how to solve this?


texts:
I have bought a new macbook pro retina 15(the latest 2014 model) with dedicated graphic card couple of days ago, and not ever having a mac before, it feels extremely hot to me.

I've installed istats to check what the temperatures are like and it indeed seems quite high to me, and that is while not doing any extensive work, and just having a browser, airmail, st3 and slack open. The fans are not really loud or anything, so they don't seem to be running too fast..

Should I be worried?

..and I can imagine you get a lot of these temperature questions, so sorry for another one.


texts: Solder new RAM in a 2015 Retina MacBook Pro

texts: I know that the new rMBPs have no "user-serviceable" RAM. But is it possible to solder a new RAM chip onto a 2015 rMBP? Given that the technician doing this is able to install the new chip without damaging anything, would it work?


texts: Copy selected files from a Time Machine backup to iCloud?

texts:
My wife's 2011 MacBook Pro died.  It had a 512GB hard drive that had about 350GB of stuff on it, about 200GB of it is irreplaceable pictures and movies.

She will get a new computer, but with Apple's new 2TB iCloud service for $10/mo I think it makes more sense to keep all of these infrequently-used files in the cloud along with our other backups rather than on her machine.  She doesn't need more than 128GB of space on the new computer if I can keep this other stuff in the cloud.

I have a Time Machine backup of her computer before it died, so I want to restore certain files from that backup and put them on the iCloud drive.

I tried mounting the drive, navigating to the "Latest" folder and simply dragging the files to the iCloud drive.  This did not work, Finder told me that I did not have enough space on the iCloud drive (not true since I now have 2TB and it was copying about 200GB).  I tried copying smaller folders and files one a time, some of these worked, but some did not, like the iPhoto Library which is about 170GB for the one file (which isn't really one file but a directory).

I started to copy the files to the cloud with the command line, by simply using "cp" (other options are rsync, tar, etc).  This works in the sense that it seems to copy the files, but I know that Time Machine backup files are "special" because they have internal links and versioning.  In my case I don't care about the history but really just want a copy of the latest version of these files.

I am looking at the backup drive on another computer, an iMac.  I can browse through the files and Time Machine can restore them, but it would try to restore them to this iMac, which I don't want. I can also use Migration Assistant to do the same thing.  My iMac has 85GB available, not enough to restore everything.  It has a 500GB drive though, so I could probably do something like copy a bunch of stuff from the iMac to the cloud, delete it from the iMac, restore the backup to the iMac, copy that to the cloud, then restore the iMac's files from the cloud.  Or I could use an external drive to do something similar. But that would take many hours and I'd be worried about losing something.

Also given the irreplaceable nature of the files in the Time Machine backup I want to make sure I do this the right way.  Is there a way to simply restore files from the backup directly to the iCloud drive?

EDIT: I just found "tmutil" which seems to be exactly what I need.  I tried to use that to restore the entire backup to the cloud.  It ran for a few minutes (nowhere near enough time to actually copy everything), reported that it restored everything, but after looking there wasn't anything actually copied. Why is that?

  iMac$ tmutil restore -v Latest/Macintosh\ HD/Users//
  /Users//Library/Mobile\ Documents/com\~apple\~CloudDocs/
  Total copied: 334453.70 MB (350700119382 bytes) Items copied: 562891


texts: How do I lower OS /system resource usage /adjust for best performance?

texts:
Lets say I want to dedicate all resources in running some code so I would like to decrease operating system usage as much as possible  i.e. the mac equivalent of adjusting for best performance (e.g. in windows you can adjust for best performance make the whole thing look like windows 95 inorder to conserve resources I want to know how to do that for a mac.) totally get rid of extraneous/ overly fine graphics animations etc

Using a Mac OS catalina


texts: What are the radii of the iOS icon corners?

texts: What are the radii of the iOS icon corners at the various sizes?


texts: Controlling the sound during a Keynote presentation

texts:
Cómo puedo controlar el sonido insertado durante la presentación. No puedo ver el icono y no lo puedo controlar. Tampoco me permite aumentar el tamaño del icono. El Keynote 6 6.1 no me lo permite.
Gracias,

Google Translate:
How I can control the sound inserted during the presentation. I can not see the icon and I can not control. Nor can I increase the size of the icon. The Keynote 6 6.1 will not let me. Thank you,


texts: Is the 10Gb port on the latest Mac Mini (2018) backwards compatible with 10/100/1000Base-T devices? I ask because the Apple site reports that the upgraded 10Gb port uses NBase-T.


texts: My lock button doesn't work and a couple of days ago my screen stopped working as well. I can't slide my lock screen or anything now; do I send it to service?


texts: Can I add 100 Phone Numbers to a Single Contact?

texts:
My bank insists on sending me account info SMS (texts) from ~100 different numbers. They all start the same, only the last two digits differ.

e.g.

+43 664 6601301
+43 664 6601302
+43 664 6601303
...
+43 664 6601399

Can I add all of them to a single contact? Preferably without having to type them separately.

I tried

+43 664 66013
+43 664 66013,
+43 664 66013*
+43 664 66013#
+43 664 66013##

but the iPhone doesn't recognize any for the caller id.


texts: Purchase iTunes Match in countries that do not have it?

texts: Can I change to the US store in iTunes and purchase iTunes Match and then after the sync switch back to Swedish store in iTunes and still have access to iTunes Match?


texts: Is there a limit to the quantity of text one can write in Stickies?

texts:
I've gotten into the (bad) habit of writing for hours within Stickies. It's fast to start up, uses very little RAM, doesn't distract me with bells and whistles or obtrusive GUI, it auto-saves, and the windows can be usually very small, which I like.

Some of my notes are becoming rather large, however, and I am wondering if there's a limit to the quantity of text one can write in Stickies (with the default font and font size). Or if the limit may be assigned to the overall quantity of text within all Stickies notes combined.


texts: How to change the default application for WEBLOC files?

texts:
On macOS Sierra, I am encountering a strange behaviour of WEBLOC files. In the Open with: section of the Info window, the drop down list for choosing the default application is greyed out. It is set to Safari even though I have chosen a different default web browser in the System Preferences. I would like to change it to the browser of my choice, but it appears I am stuck with Safari.

When I select more than one WEBLOC file at once, the drop down list stops being greyed out. But when I try selecting a different browser, I get the following error message:

  You can’t change the item “Ask Different.webloc” to always open in the selected application.

  The item is either locked or damaged, or in a folder you don’t have permission to modify (error code -10823).

Needless to say that this particular WEBLOC file is neither locked nor damaged and that I have all the required permissions for the containing folder and the file.

How can I change the default application for WEBLOC files so they open with the browser of my choice?


texts:
If I plug my iPhone into a Windows computer the photos I believe DCIM folders display as basically a drive. All you do is drag and drop the files you want. This works great!

How can I do this on macOS, preferably without any additional software?
Unfortunately on my Mac it forces you to use the Photos application which I do not like. I'm transferring such a large number of files, I don't want airdrop.  AirDrop is to slow and sometimes doesn't work when using differing iOS and MacOS versions.

Right now I hilariously drag the files onto a thumb drive in Windows and then move the thumb drive to my Mac.


texts: GarageBand stopped recognizing my piano/keyboard after installing MacOS Mojave

texts:
I have a piano/keyboard (HP 137R Roland Digital Piano) hooked up (via MIDI to USB) to my Mac Mini computer and it has worked fine with GarageBand (10.1.6) and Synthesia (10.3.4077) for years.

Then yesterday I installed MacOS Mojave thinking dark-mode would be kind of cool. To be safe, I even googled to see if Mojave messed with GarageBand and didn't seem to find any red flags, so I went ahead and installed it.

Now neither GarageBand nor Synthesia recognize that there's a perfectly good keyboard hooked up for MIDI input. Please help me. Do I need to undo the switch to Mojave or something (if that's even possible)?


texts: OS X Lion Safari and Chrome's Vertical Scrollbar (overlay versus next to content)

texts:
What determines how the scrollbar is rendered in OS X Lion? On my home and work machine, I see the scrollbar next to the content like this:

A co-worker, also running Lion has that same scrollbar overlaid ontop of the content (partially transparent), rather than in a "column" next to the content.

What determines which of these you get? Only difference I can figure out is because he's using a magic mouse, and I'm using a Logitech. Systems preferences for scrolling (in the general pref), we both have "Show scrollbars" set as "Automatically based on input device."


texts: How do I allow the opening of all applications from a specific website?

texts:
I frequently download from an unidentified developer, and I want to be able to always allow opening downloads from them. How can I do so?

However, I don't want to keep an option to allow apps downloaded from anywhere, although on a side note that option seems to have strangely disappeared.


texts: Dragging a folder in Finder while pressing Command + Option (⌘ +  ⌥) creates an alias. But is there a quick and similar way to create a symlink this way?


texts: Will Samsung Galaxy Buds work with iPod Nano Gen 7?

texts:
From what I can gather, the iPod Nano (7th Gen) requires true Bluetooth connectivity / synchronization for wireless headphones. This means (as per their product page) that AirPods won't actually work with the iPod Nano.

However, from what I understand the Samsung Galaxy Buds are true Bluetooth and should sync up with iPod Nanos. Is this true?


texts: How to get the "securely erase" function of Disk Utility on El Capitan & Sierra

texts:
Up to Yosemite I regularly used Disk Utility with Erase > Security Options... > writes a single pass of zeros over the entire disk...
as a simple method to fully check that a disk is fully safe before installing a new system or backup on it.

For me it is a rule of thumb to fully verify a medium before starting production work on it.

Since El Capitan (and consequently on Sierra), this function isn't apparently accessible.

Is this function hidden somewhere else?

What are the other options to fully really erase a disk, whatever the technology used might be, the purpose being to verify that one can write everywhere on a disk without any bad surprise later?


texts: Why does Spotlight in Mavericks not show the location of search results?

texts:
With Mountain Lion, the following was working:

Search for a file type and name, e.g. to find all Excel sheets named Foo: kind:excel foo
This would show all Excel sheets where the name includes Foo in the spotlight results.
If the name of the files was the same, Spotlight would show the name of the containing folder right next to the name of the file.

Unfortunately I don't have a screenshot of this available. The displayed name of the containing folder was helpful in deciding which file I wanted.

In Mavericks, the folder name is no longer displayed next to the search result - see screenshot.

Is there a way to enable this in Mavericks?

I know that I can show the file location when hovering over the item in the search results and pressing Cmd, but that's not what I want.


texts:
When I booted up my iMac yesterday, I was confused to find my login field had seemingly moved upwards, so that only the bottom half was showing. The lower half of the screen was just black. Is this a screen calibration problem? The display corrects itself once I log in to show a normal desktop. I've tried rebooting.

Reference:

iMac 27", Late 2013

Running OS X El Capitan v.10.11.2

Screenshot of the problem is attached below:


texts: Retrieve data after deleting from Trash in OS X

texts: I deleted some important data mistakenly from Trash but I need to retrieve it asap. Is there any way to retrieve it either in Terminal or manually?


texts:
I just thought of this amazing April fools prank: I was going to make my friend think that his Mac was hacked using a rubber ducky. I realized that it'd take a long, long time to develop, so I decided to get started today. Anyway, I don't have a rubber ducky. I have a thumb drive, though, and I was wondering if I could put some sort of file in the root directory of the thumb drive that would turn it into one. Is there a way to do it so that when the computer reads the drive, it would think it's a keyboard? Or do you need a CPU in the ducky? Thanks in advance!
P.S. I know this might not be on-topic for this site, but I couldn't find another one that this question would fit into more.


texts: Why is Preview printing blurry text when there is colour in a document?

texts:
When printing a colour document using Preview, some of the text is blurry. There are no problems printing the same document from Adobe Acrobat. Below is a scan of the Preview printout. There is no such blurriness to the Adobe Acrobat printout.

This problem has been niggling me for a good few years, with many different documents. It's certainly not isolated to one singular printer, or version of Preview or OS X.

Why does this happen, and how can I fix it?

Notes:

the colour spaces in the original PDF are sRGB and gray.
as per the comments, I have used Acrobat to convert the page to a 1200 DPI, CMYK-format TIFF file. Printing this with Preview, all of the text is blurry (because the printer is using more than just black ink), but printing from Adobe Illustrator is perfectly sharp.
I expect that the problem is to do with colour-space conversions. But why Preview is printing some parts of the text as "true black" is beyond me. The fact that these regions are bounded by coloured parts of the document seems to stink of incompetent programming.


texts: Needing to run fsck -fy "often" should I send to repair?

texts:
Every month I usually give a go to Onyx so I repair all permissions and such. Every time I do that, I get that I need to repair the Disk and I end up having to boot with the single user (in which I see a hint of an error but goes quickly) and then use the fsck -fy command. After a couple of runs it gets solved and everything seems ok.

However, I'm a bit afraid that the disk goes off some day. Any experience with this?


texts: how could I change the file encoding using OS X? If I open a file on Windows Notepad I see all the symbols and everything is fine. If I open it using TextEdit or TextWrangler I see only question marks instead of the normal symbols. I tried to save the file as plain text using UTF-8 unicode, but it didn't changed. Any more ideas?


texts: Right shift and left function keys not working

texts:
For some time now (maybe after some Catalina update) I have had problems with some keys on my MacBook Air 2014. The keys not working are the right shift and function keys F1-F9.

I am sure it is not a mechanical problem since they work or fail together. I have not experienced any other problems. I have tried to reset the SMC and the NVRAM but whatever they do, it is only temporary. When I booted Ubuntu from a USB drive, it scared the computer into working a few minutes but now the keys are dead again. I'm thinking about downgrading to some earlier macOS, but I don't know if that will work.

Do you have any suggestions or solutions to this problem?

Update 1: The problem persists in safe mode.
Update 2: There is no problem with external keyboards (At least the right shift works).
Update 3: Other people also have this problem:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2805492
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2356256
https://www.mac-forums.com/forums/apple-notebooks/170660-f1-f9-keys-shift.html
https://www.mac-forums.com/forums/apple-notebooks/271214-shift-key.html

Update 4: Maybe it was mechanical after all. I opened the laptop and poked around a bit, and now it works! If this effect is lasting I will post it as an answer.


texts: How can I remap a play-button keypress from a Bluetooth headset on OS X?

texts:
I have an LG Tone (HBS 700) Bluetooth stereo headset, and am using it with OS X Lion.

The headset has a play/pause toggle button, but unlike my keyboard's play button, which will toggle play/pause for, say, VLC media player if it is running, the headset's play button will launch iTunes if it is not already open, or toggle play/pause in iTunes if it is already open. It will not toggle play/pause in any other media player.

Where is this mapping specified? Is there a way I can intercept the keypress event and remap it? I would like it to have the same behavior as the keyboard's play button.

Thanks for your help!


texts: How to sync email sent from Mail to Yahoo Business Mail server?

texts: When I send email through Mail app using my Yahoo Business mail account the sent mail is only stored locally and not on the server. How do I make the sent mail stored on the server as well?


texts: How can I batch rename files to copy them from OS X to Windows NTFS?

texts:
I am trying to copy a large number of files to an NTFS formatted Windows 7 machine from a Mac OS formatted external hard drive.  I am mounting the drive by attaching it to my Airport Extreme Router.  This gives me access to copy files, however, it chokes on thousands of files that have names with various characters that are not supported in filenames on Windows.

There are too many files to fix it manually.  I am looking for an automated way to move the files to the NTFS drive.  I am okay with the files being renamed, but I would prefer to not have to play a guessing game of which characters to rename across a folder with thousands of files.  Any ideas?


texts: How do I use cmd+1 as a keyboard shortcut? cmd+2, cmd+3, etc, work

texts:
In Preferences > Profiles > Keys
I've mapped cmd+1 through cmd+9 but cmd+1 alone does not respond.

Does anyone else have this issue?

This is for the latest iterm2, v2.1.1 and several earlier versions as well; it has never worked for me.


texts:
My macbook pro automatically restarting and it shows your computer restarted because of a problem...

How can I solve this problem?


texts: Files created by Terminal are not visible in my Finder

texts: So I've been trying to create a text file using Git, I punched in the command "touch home.html", then I punched in the command git "add home.html", then I input "git status" and the file doesn't want to appear, I have relaunched the finder multiple times, nothing.


texts: Giving private tutoring classes using an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil

texts:
Most of the private tutoring classes I give are done through the internet. I connect a Wacom tablet to my Macbook Pro, open a new Photoshop document, share my screen with my student through Skype and off I go. I am wondering if I could do the same but, instead of the Macbook+Wacom+Photoshop+Skype combo I could use an iPad instead and share my iPad screen with my students.

If that is possible, what video call software could I use? (I know for instance that Skype won't allow a shared screen on an iPad).


texts: Does iOS log emergency (911/999/112) calls?

texts:
Obviously this isn't something I can test and confirm myself, and I'm unable to find any confirmation either way elsewhere. My question is simple:

After making an emergency call on an iOS device, is the call logged within the phone history?

(I realise emergency calls are nearly always fully logged elsewhere, but I'm only interested at the device level)


texts: WiFi icon not showing on the menu bar and Internet not working (wifi or ethernet)?

texts:
It used to work fine. There is no physical damage to the MacBook and the WiFi network I'd like to connect is is perfectly functional.

It will not connect to any WiFi network or ethernet-based networks.

How can I fix this?

Sometimes, the wifi status is in the top bar, but when I click on it, it says "No Wi-fi Hardware Installed".


texts: How to increase value of tcbhashsize parameter in OS X

texts:
I am running OS X 10.11 - El Capitan. I am trying to tune my TCP setting for better network / Internet performance. Most of the settings I have been able to modify permanently through /etc/sysctl.conf configuration file.

I am trying to modify the value of net.inet.tcp.tcbhashsize to increase the number of TCP connections served and improve TCP lookup speeds. In Free BSD, it can be modified through /boot/loader.conf, but this file does not appear to exist in OS X.

How can this value be modified in OS X?


texts: Set text for macOS floating text screensaver from command line

texts:
I've tried a variety of different ways to change the message for the "message" screen saver on macOS 10.10.3.  When I change it through the GUI, at least the following plist file is updated:

~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.ScreenSaver.Basic.UUID.plist

When I try to update this file as root using:

defaults write /Users/myusername/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.ScreenSaver.Basic.UUID.plist MESSAGE "test"

or

defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.ScreenSaver.Basic.UUID.plist

after closing the prefs window, when I subsequently re-open the sys prefs and view the screen saver settings, they still show the old settings.

The following command to restart the prefs engine doesn't work either:

killall cfprefsd

If I modify the above files using defaults without opening the system prefs, then restart, strangely, the screensaver reverts to the default computer name after the restart.

Ultimately I'm trying to enforce a custom screensaver with floating text on all my macOS machines.


texts: What impact will a dropping Internet connection have on an in-progress iCloud backup?

texts: We are in an area where there is extensive construction going on so internet connectivity to our building is frequently interrupted. My iPhone 5 is set to backup to iCloud. I am connected to a local WiFi router in my office for said internet connectivity. If my iPhone 5 is in the middle of an iCloud backup will the backup fail outright and attempt to perform a backup at a later time (when internet connectivity is restored / present) or will it pause and resume when connectivity is restored.


texts: Mail app is multiplying mails when saving them

texts:
When I'm writing an email with Mail, the email is going to be saved automatically each "X" minutes.
The thing is, it is saved in my Archives folder every times it gets automatically saved ; that means I get the email saved 4-5 times maybe more.

It really bothers me, and it takes a lot of space into my account, I guess.
This is also happening on my gmail app on android.

Anyone could solve this problem ?

Here is a screenshot of the problem :

Thanks for helping me !


texts: 27” IMac crapped out with no recent backups. After research settled on it was hard drive related. Swapped out hard drive for ssd and can get to Os Catalina screen where I select the ssd to install the recovery but I can not select anything. Also my mouse does not work. I assume it doesn’t work because the Bluetooth is off, but no sure. How do I select this without a mouse. I got that far using the space bar and tab button, but it will not work now. I’m just before slamming this expensive paper weight on the floor.


texts: How to move from beta to stable releases of OS X

texts:
I have this VM which is currently on OS X El Capitan Version 10.11.4 Beta

I would like stop downloading beta in future and just use latest stable version

I have unenroll from the beta program

Now when 10.11.4 Stable version becomes available would i be able to upgrade to that one?

What is the best way to unenroll and go to stable releases in future?


texts: OS X : Terminal command to turn ON/OFF SSH server

texts:
I know how to turn on SSH server from System preferences :-

(System preferences ->  Sharing -> Remote Login )

Now I am looking for a terminal command for the same.

By knowing it I can use the command in my Python Script (for project work).


texts: Is it possible to launch a program in a specific language?

texts:
I'm a developer, and my primary language is French, so I use Mac OS X in French. However, I need on a regular basis to open an application in English to do support.

Right now I'm going to the International System Preferences and I put English above in the languages list, then I open the app I need to run in English. When I'm done, I switch it back to French.

This is an annoying process. Is there something else I can use, like a command-line program, to launch an application in a specific language?


texts: Is there any difference between the 2016 and 2017 iPhone SE?

texts:
Other than storage size, is there any difference between the 16/64GB versions of the iPhone SE released in 2016 and the 32/128GB versions released in 2017?

I have the opportunity to purchase a 64GB 2016 iPhone SE for less than the cost of a 32GB 2017 one. Is there any reason to prefer the newer phone even though it has less storage?


texts: Can a bad battery cause random beachball and other crashes?

texts:
I have a 2015 MacBook Pro exhibiting strange, seemingly random, beachball and application freezes. Sometimes so bad the machine has to be force shutdown.

On a recent hardware diagnostic test (hold D at startup) it reported an error on the battery. I'm wondering if the two are connected - the battery being out of spec causing the system to hang up from time to time.

The problem machine is running 10.11, and I'm updating it to 10.12 now to see if things get any better.

[edit]
The battery error was "PPT004: The battery requires service. The battery is not functioning normally, though you may not notice a change in its behavior or the amount of charge it holds. You can continue to use your battery before it’s checked without harming your computer."


texts: Help needed installing OS X 10.6 on a clean iMac 8.1/early 2008

texts:
I have an iMac that has had the hard drive wiped completly clean, no partitions at all, just a blank drive, I have purchased OS X 10.6 installation DVD.  I try to install OS X, the disc loads up and then after approx 4 minutes the light grey screen scrolls to a dark grey screen and the Mac has a message in the middle of the screen telling me to turn if off and back on again, if I do this, the process just keep repeating itself.

It's an Intel-based Mac, so I tried to install Windows 7 which worked nicely, but I still want to install OS X.

Can any one offer any advice please on how to get out of the boot loop when installing the OS X?


texts:
I had an email from Apple the other day saying

"Our records indicate that one of your apps requires iOS 4.3 or later.
Currently, iPhone users on the Verizon network are not able to upgrade
to iOS 4.3 and are unable to find any apps requiring iOS 4.3 or later
on the App Store. Unless your app is using iOS 4.3 functionality, such
as AirPlay, we recommend changing the iOS Deployment Target build
setting of your app to an earlier version of iOS."

I don't have any iPhone apps on my account that require 4.3 , I do however have an iPad app on the store that requires 4.3 . Could this just be a mistake? Can people who own a Verizon iPad download my 4.3 app?


texts: Why can't I uninstall a Unity game from my iPhone?

texts:
Several months ago, I created a simple game using Unity 4.5 on an iMac running OS X Mavericks, and decided to try testing it on my iPhone 5s running iOS 7. I tested the game using the Unity Remote 4 app, and then closed out.

No longer interested in testing the game, I deleted Unity Remote a few days later. However, the game seems to have left some kind of "ghost app" behind on my phone — a blank app icon with my game's name that appears on my home screen. Upon tapping the icon, I am briefly presented with a black screen, and then returned to the home screen.

The app does not appear in Settings > General > Usage > Manage Storage.

I have tried:

Deleting the app from the home screen. This does not work, as the icon re-appears after rebooting.
Using Xcode's Device view to delete the app. I was unable to do so due to "an internal API error."
Restoring from backups, rebooting, and hard resetting ("force restarting"), but all to no avail.

I would like to avoid a full reset of my phone as I have a large amount of data that isn't, and cannot be, backed up to iCloud or other cloud services.

My phone is currently running iOS 8.4.


texts: Is there a remote desktop or vnc app for the IPad that properly handles Bluetooth keyboard shortcuts?

texts:
I've tried 4 or 5 remote desktop apps, the most notable being Jump Desktop and Splashtop Streamer. Most of these remote desktop apps have some sort of on-screen keyboard for typing with the IPad, including special keys like shift, control, alt. The special keys act like  "sticky keys" meaning they stay depressed until another key is pressed, to make it easier to do key combinations. Even non-standard keyboard combinations like shift+enter work, in this sticky sense.

When using a Bluetooth keyboard with the remote desktop apps, both Jump and Splashtop Streamer recognize the shift + letter combination for doing capital letters. However, generically pressing shift, cntrl, or alt does not depress the sticky on screen shift buttons or do anything at all. Only a few combinations are recognized (again like shift+letter, cntrl+C). Most combinations do not work (shift+enter, alt+tab). Even having the keyboard shortcuts work like sticky keys (press shift then enter, not both at once) would be much better than the limited functionality they have now.

Is there an app, jailbreak app, or workaround that lets me use bluetooth keyboard properly with remote desktop on the ipad?


texts: How Do I Create A VirtualBox VM From An Existing macOS Mojave APFS Volume?

texts:
I saw a related post but the instructions were specific to VMware Fusion, which I am not using.

With Carbon Copy Cloner, I created a bootable backup of the existing macOS Mojave installation that I want to turn into a VM.

Do I need to include The Container when I convert that clone into an iso or cdr?

Yesterday, I made a macOS Mojave VM directly from the macOS Mojave Installer using the instructions and tools here: AlexanderWillner/runMacOSinVirtualBox

The post about doing this with VMware suggests adding the iso/cdr clone of the boot drive you want to virtualize to an existing Mojave VM. Would this work in VirtualBox, given that VirtualBox still doesn't technically support booting from APFS drives?

I'm not particularly familiar with VirtualBox and I don't want to purchase VMware or Parallels. What will be the simplest way to convert my existing macOS Mojave APFS installation into a VirtualBox VM?


texts: Wondering if there's a shortcut available to show all open Finder windows? Not sure what to call this behaviour; not 'focus all windows', since that involves a single window, not 'raise all window', since that also involves a single window.


texts: Reclaim hard drive space from deleted partition and reclaim Apple bootloader

texts:
I had my system dual-booted with Ubuntu 14.04. However, I found myself not using it enough to warrant the storage space. I deleted the ubuntu partition and the ubuntu swap partition.
However, am now facing two problems that I have struggled to solve.

I have been unable to reclaim the disk space from the deleted partitions. I've tried booting into recovery mode Command+R and repairing the disk. The disk repairs successfully, but still remains the same size, and will not let me increase the partition size.
The system is still trying to use the grub bootloader. In order to boot to OS X I have to hold down the Option key on startup. This issue is more of an annoyance, but I would love to figure out how to solve it.

Is any of this possible without a fresh install of the OS?

Edit: Screenshot of partition table below. Also, using OSX 10.10.3 Yosemite.

Edit: Could this have anything to do with the Recovery HD below by osx's hard drive on the partition list? Is it safe to remove the recovery hd given that CMD + R reboots are now an online process?

Edit: Output of requested commands below:

diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *320.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            245.4 GB   disk0s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *137.4 MB   disk1
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         32.3 KB    disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS VirtualBox              137.4 MB   disk1s2

    sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk0
          start       size  index  contents
              0          1         PMBR
              1          1         Pri GPT header
              2         32         Pri GPT table
             34          6
             40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
         409640  479330712      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
      479740352     262144
      480002496    1269536      3  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
      481272032  143870383
      625142415         32         Sec GPT table
      625142447          1         Sec GPT header

    sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
    Disk: /dev/disk0    geometry: 38913/255/63 [625142448 sectors]
    Signature: 0xAA55
             Starting       Ending
     #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -  625142447] <Unknown ID>
     2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
     3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
     4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused


texts:
I have a file structure for photos which is Year >Date, then within each date folder I have RAW images plus a folder named 'jpg', which contains jpg copies of the RAW files.

I need to move the jpg folders to a new location, but rename them first, to the name of the first file in the folder, which is always a descriptor, so from 'jpg' to 'Jack and Jill-1.jpg'

Once I've renamed all of the folders, (10 years of photos), I can strip out the extension and number leaving me with a folder called 'Jack and Jill'

I'm an absolute newbie with AppleScript, but have a script that works in a sense as in it performs perfectly on a test folder on my Desktop, but I can't get it to run on a mounted drive, or my network drive.

The script I've butchered is possibly carrying excess baggage and can be trimmed down, but I'm really looking for function over form as it only has to run once.

The script is purely for the initial rename, I have the extension removal side working okay via Better Rename.

tell application "Finder"
    -- Defining Pro Folders
    set pro_folder to folder POSIX file "/Users/JeffOliver/Desktop/photo"
    set all_pro_folders to every folder of pro_folder

    -- Iterate through folders and check if folder name is greater than one character
    repeat with parent_folder in all_pro_folders
        set counter to 0 -- reset a counter variable we use for the end of the name
        set child_folders to every folder of parent_folder
        repeat with current_folder in child_folders
            set fold_name to the name of current_folder
            log (fold_name)
            if (the length of fold_name < 8) then -- this will allow names > 9
                set counter to counter + 1 -- increment the counter every time we find valid folder
                set new_name to name of first file of current_folder
                log (new_name)
                set the name of current_folder to new_name
            end if
        end repeat
    end repeat
end tell

Any help in getting this to work on a network drive is greatly appreciated


texts: Add an App and give it permissions to access Downloads in Catalina

texts:
How do I give an app permission to access Downloads in Catalina?

The app does not appear in the list of apps. I unlocked the settings which you can see in the screenshot below but the + button is still grayed out so I can't add an app.

The app in particular is Screenflow and in trying to drag and drop an .mp4 file from Downloads into it. When I do I get this error which I'm only guessing is related to permissions

  The error message was "Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=-1 "Unknown error: -1"
  UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Connection interrupted}"

I have the same issue with Octave 3.8.0's GUI version. No OS level error gets displayed but the app cannot access Downloads and no way to add in the Security and Privacy System Preferences Privacy Tab

>> QKqueueFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: open: Operation not permitted
Warning: QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /Users/gregg/Downloads

>> cd Downloads
warning: load_path: .: Operation not permitted
error: cd: unable to find current directory
error: cd: unable to find current directory
>>

Note: There are newer versions of Octave for MacOS but Stanford University machine learning courses require version 3.X


texts: Removing uninstalled Command Line Tools from AppStore updates

texts:
I have deleted the Xcode Command Line Tools from my machine by essentially removing the folder. However, AppStore still shows updates from the CLI tools, which obviously I don't want.

I've been trying to properly understand where AppStore looks to figure out what needs updating, but I haven't been able to find a certain answer yet. I tried editing the updatejournal file, but that didn't help, so I've since restored it.

I started to suspect that the fact that pkgutil shows some CLTools-packages might be the cause of this. Forgetting them does not work however as the bom are neither in /var/db/receipts or /Library/Receipts (the pkgutil --forget essentially fails because of this).

I did however find them after a lot of searching in /System/Library/Receipts. Those I can't delete though due to the system security. I can of course bypass that and delete them to see if it works, but I don't want to do that "just to see".

I would like to find a proper solution to this.

Any ideas what I should do here?


texts: Viewing the Apple ID in iTunes' app list?

texts:
I'm using Windows 7 and I'd like to be able to group my apps by Apple ID, but there is no option from the list view:

If I browse to the directory using Windows Explorer I also cannot see the Apple ID listed.

Is there anyway to quickly see which Apple ID each app belongs to?

Thanks


texts: iOS 13 public release is not showing in my iPhone Software Update

texts:
I have been using Beta versions of iOS 13.

Now even after iOS 13 public release is made, My device is still showing iOS 13.1 public beta 4 in the Software update.

What do I need to get the public release ?

Note*
You may wonder why I need the public release, I just want to make sure how it behaves in the public version, since some of my apps is facing few UI issues in iOS 13 beta versions.


texts:
I'd like to sort my email on whether I've replied to it or not. Apple Mail puts a little replied to icon to the left of whatever emails I've replied to so I know this filter exists.

Thoughts on whether this is possible?


texts:
I have an iPhone 5. I have the latest software update of iOS 10.0.2. How can I repeat a Playlist and song?
Many thanks.


texts: Options for repairing iPod Touch with broken glass

texts:
I've got an 4th-gen iPod Touch with thoroughly smashed glass. What are my options for repair? It sounds like

Apple charges about $200
There are third-party repair-by-mail services that charge around $100, and
You can buy parts and do it yourself.

The first options seems a bit pricey for a $300 unit, and the third sounds too risky. That leaves the second option. I'm wondering if there is a reliable third-party service I can use, or if there are other options I've not considered?


texts: Run an AppleScript by using a keyboard shortcut

texts:
I need to run an AppleScript using a keyboard shortcut. How can I do that?

I think about

Save AppleScript in textual format.
Use Keyboard Maestro to launch 'osascript' to run the script when the matching keyboard shortcut is called.

What do you think? Is there better way to go?


texts: Apache on MacOS Sierra: AH00557: httpd: apr_sockaddr_info_get() failed for Macbook-Pro.local AH00558: httpd: Could not reliably determine…

texts:
I updated MacOS Sierra's Apache and PHP, and now whenever I $ sudo apachectl restart I get this:

AH00557: httpd: apr_sockaddr_info_get() failed for My-MacBook-Pro.local
AH00558: httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified
domain name, using 127.0.0.1. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to
suppress this message

Things I've tried so far that didn't work:

Setting ServerName localhost in /etc/httpd.conf
Setting ServerName localhost:80 in /etc/httpd.conf
Setting ServerName 127.0.0.1 in /etc/httpd.conf
Setting ServerName 127.0.0.1:80 in /etc/httpd.conf
Ensuring 127.0.0.1       localhost is set in /etc/hosts
Repeatedly restarting Apache


texts: Is there an iTunes Visualizer that displays the full song's waveform?

texts:
Is it possible for iTunes Visualizers to access the entirety of song data in order to display a full, un-animated waveform of the currently playing song? Perhaps the extent of the visualization would be a progress bar that sweeps over the song as it plays.

Assuming this is even possible, does something like this already exist?


texts:
I'm a huge user of Taglocity on Windows (Outlook 2010).  Being a recent convert to a Mac, I'm very interested in using the Outlook app from Mac Office 2011.  However, I can't get by without some at least basic functionality that I depend on from Talocity, which is Windows-only.

The most important feature is the ability to automatically keyword tag emails as they are sent and received and to have those tags follow emails that are subsequently sent/received in that thread.

Workflow is typically something like this --

I receive an email.  Take a look at it and manually tag it with the "Widget" and "Red" keywords.
I reply/forward that email and my response is automatically tagged with the same keywords.
A new email arrives from the same thread.  It is automatically tagged.
Rinse, repeat...

A simple keyword search/filter mechanism is needed as well.

Any ideas?  Thanks.


texts: External bootcamp drive not seen on different MacBook Pro

texts:
When I purchased my MacBook Pro I setup BootCamp to run Windows 10 from an external SSD drive. I wrote up the details here: https://blog.brettski.com/2015/11/08/booting-a-macbook-pro-to-windows-using-an-external-ssd/ at the time.

What escapes me is why other MBP's cannot boot from this drive. If I connect the SSD to an identical MBP, hold down Option and start, the external drive is not an option to boot from. It works fine from the computer it was created on.

Does anyone know what may keep other computers from being able to use this drive as a boot drive?

Partition information:

brettskiworkmbp:~ brettski$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *256.1 GB   disk0
   1:         Microsoft Reserved                         16.8 MB    disk0s1
   2:       Microsoft Basic Data Win10 BC                255.6 GB   disk0s2
   3:           Windows Recovery                         471.9 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk2         500.1 GB   disk1s2

/dev/disk2 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +500.1 GB   disk2
                                 Physical Store disk1s2
   1:                APFS Volume Main                    383.0 GB   disk2s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 48.5 MB    disk2s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                517.0 MB   disk2s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk2s4


texts: Add Novel Groupwise Account via Exchange ActiveSync to Mail

texts:
I want to add my Novel GroupWise account to my Mac, which is not possible due to the lack of a (reliable and recent) client. The firm I'm working for set a data sync server up for this purpose but that only supports Exchange Active Sync if I am understanding it correctly.

I am assuming this because setting up the account as an exchange account on the iPhone and iPad was no problem but it does not work in mail.

Does there exist a workaround for this situation? Maybe some daemon that pretends to be an mobile client and fetches everything? I would really like to be able to add the work calendar and emails on my mac. I'm running the latest El Capitan an a Macbook Pro.


texts: mds and mds_stores constantly consuming cpu

texts:
mds and mds_stores are constant CPU consumers even when I think nothing should have changed on the hard drive.
Activity Monitor:

I have a circa 2009 Macbook Pro with lots of software installed over the years. Dropbox and Crashplan are active background processes among many others.
I have included many locations in the privacy settings of Spotlight to exclude from its index:

USB drive
Crashplan folder
/Library/Caches
/Users/me/Library/Caches

Still, mds and mds_stores are constant consumers of CPU hovering around 10-12% each. My fan keeps running due to the heat.
Any ideas as to what it could be due and how I can troubleshoot?


texts:
Can I play a song from spotlight?

Maybe not default Apple feature, but is there a flashlight plugin for this or something?


texts: Keyboard shortcut for current window position

texts:
I am looking for the keyboard shortcut to place the current window in half of the screen, either to the left or right. This functionality is performed in windows by typing the windows button plus left or right.

How is this done on Mac OSX?


texts: How can I locate a stolen MacBook that didn't have Find My Mac turned on?

texts: My MacBook was stolen. Unfortunately, I didn't have Find My Mac turned on. Is there any way to track it's whereabouts so I can recover it?


texts: If I set a song as the alarm sound on my iPhone, does that count into playbacks?

texts: If I use a track from my music library as the alarm sound — on any given iOS device, will the playback times be updated every time the alarm fires? Or maybe when the whole track is played?


texts: AppleScript find the user's set default browser?

texts:
I've been doing some research on this topic but it seems Apple has changed their file hierarchy. From the MacScripter post "Get user default browser" it references the line:

 set pListpath to (path to preferences as Unicode text) & "com.apple.LaunchServices.plist"

but when running the handler in Sierra I'm returned an error that the file is empty.  Further research I found "How to use an AppleScript app bundle as the default browser in os x?" and "Use default browser in custom Apple Script?" that suggest:

on open location theURL
 ...
end open location

but I'm wanting to preserve the browser in a variable to reference later on in my script.  In Sierra is there a file or way to reference what the default browser?


texts: Magic Mouse 2 and Magic Keyboard not able to connect on reboot

texts:
I've just gotten a new iMac 27" 5k (Late 2015). Works great, apart from one minor, yet annoying issue. Whenever I reboot, it seems bot my mouse and keyboard are not working once presented with the login screen.

I can sort of solve this doing the following:

When at the login screen, I plugin the usb cable in my keyboard and
it (and only it - not the mouse) gets responsive. From there, I can
either login and reboot or reboot directly.
Once the machine has rebooted and the "boot up sound" has played, I remove the cable.
When at the login screen, both the mouse and keyboard are now working again.

Has anyone ever encountered this issue before? It's
    really cumbersome to repeat this procedure every time I do a reboot.

My system overview:

OS X El Capitan v. 10.11.4
Processor: 4GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 8 GB 1867 MHz DDR3
AMD Radeon R9 M390 2048 MB


texts: Can't open an app as root. Sudo command not found

texts:
I'm trying to install the torrent downloader Vuze and every time I try to open the Vuze Installer via the terminal, in my case,

sudo /Users/naza/Downloads/VuzeInstaller.app

after put the password the therminal says

sudo: /Users/naza/Downloads/VuzeInstaller.app: command not found

I'm a new MacOS user but I know I can install the app by just going root and log in as root user in another session but I read that is recommended to do it with sudo via the terminal.

I just installed MacOS Catalina, it would be weird if something, as the sudo command, is missing.

I also tried to use the SU command

su /Users/naza/Downloads/VuzeInstaller.app

but it doesn't seem to work. The terminal answers su: Sorry. I read that's because the command isn't on for non-root users, same if I try sudo su  /Users/naza/Downloads/VuzeInstaller.app, the terminal respond su: unknown login: su.


texts: How set up a local domain such as local.test?

texts: I'm web-developer and I need local domains. Before 10.7.2 update, I'm just fix /etc/hosts as I need, but new update crash this solution. How fix this new "feature"?


texts: How to get cpu/memory usage from command line output

texts: I am writing a program to read cpu and memory statistics from a remote host. The remote host can be Linux or Mac. So I need a command which returns the cpu/memory usage as output. I have found the command for Linux which is vmstat. But I couldn't find a good one for Mac. I know there is one command vm_stat on mac but it only returns memory usage. Is there a command for CPU usage as well? I have searched that most people use top. But top is good at monitoring and it would be hard to parse the result if I analyze its output in my program. I want to use one shipped with MacOS not a third party library.


texts: Restoring from Yosemite Time Machine backup on Mavericks

texts:
Is it possible to restore a Yosemite backup to Mavericks? I downgraded and want to access my most recent restore, or else I'll have to use the Mavericks one from a month ago.

I am on a Macbook Pro 13-inch mid-2011.


texts: Does my company's DUNS number need to be active to renew my Developer Program Membership?

texts:
I need to renew my Apple's Developer Program Membership. But my D-U-N-S number (which was required to enrol in the program the first time) has expired.

But it is too expensive, and it is useful for absolutely nothing. So, will Apple check it again in my renew? Do I really need to keep it active?


texts: Failed to mount HFS drive using diskutil-mount, while /sbin/mount works fine

texts:
I have a disk image file (.dmg) with a single partition that points to an HFS+ formatted filesystem, which is observable via device file /dev/diskNs1s1. The record for the single image in the partition table is set to specific GUID that triggers IOStorage kernel module that suppose to run this filesystem.

Once I tried to mount this drive to selected folder using /usr/sbin/diskutil mount ... it appeared that the filesystem might be corrupted :

Volume on disk2s1s1 failed to mount
If the volume is damaged, try the "readOnly" option
If the volume is an APFS Volume, try the "diskutil apfs unlockVolume" verb

looking deeper into the unified logger printouts, I saw the following message :

mount blocked by dissenter PID=0 (unknown) status=0xf8da000c log=kDAReturnUnsupported

I also made sure that my image is well formatted using fsck_hfs

However, when I use /sbin/mount -t hfs ... I successfully managed to mount the filesystem.

Perhaps anyone can tell me what is the difference between those to supposedly similar commands under the hood ?

thanks


texts: Bluetooth keyboard keys unrecognized by Mac

texts:
I bought a new third party keyboard. It looks like my macbook built in one in terms of key order, but the 2 keys in the position of the usual Cmd don't work.
I know I can remap keys and put Cmd instead of Ctrl, but the point is that I can't use anyway these keys for whatever command.
How can I make use of these keys?


texts: I can't create new iOS 11 HomeKit automations

texts:
When I go to create an automation on my iPad which shows as the home hub device and is updated to iOS 11 I see this message:

  To run automations based on other people's arrival or departure, make sure your home hub's software is up-to-date.


texts: Which one drain battery slower, airplay or hdmi?

texts:
Two ways of showing video on TV are airplay through Apple TV and hdmi cable.
Which one drain the battery of ipad/ iPhone / ... Slower?


texts: sync master apple lossless itunes library to slave AAC itunes library

texts:
I prefer to listen to my music on my laptop in Apple Lossless at home. On the go however AAC is fine, and a must, as I don't have enough space on my SSD.

Itunes has the feature to automatically convert AL to ACC when syncing with an ipod. Could this be replicated to work with another mac too? I would then have my master library (with AL) aliased to an external drive I hook up when at home, but when on the go it would fall back to my slave library (AAC) on my local SSD.


texts: Making MacBook faster? -> What preferences or other things might I miss, when install a fresh OS

texts:
My MacBook 2,16 GHz (13" white with the max. 3 GB RAM from about 2007) feels quite slow.

I read somewhere that upgrading and keeping old user profiles can slow the Mac down my current user profile in OS 10.6.5 is based on that from 10.4 (which might be even based on 10.3 or so...)

So would it make sense to "start fresh"?

What Preferences might I miss after a clean install
or would it be enough to start with an empty new profile?
May I get problems with permissions?


texts: I can't buy gems in Clash of Clans, conflicting Apple IDs

texts:
I downloaded Clash of Clans using my sisters Apple ID and her Game Center, on my iPhone. I backed up my phone. Then when I got my new phone and I created a new Apple ID and new Game Center for me.

I had kept all my progress from my earlier phone. However, now when I try to buy gems, it pops up with this message:

  This item is for an app that has been purchased by a different Apple ID. To buy this item with this Apple ID you must first purchase the app.

I am guessing this means I have to delete the app and re-download it, but I am afraid I will lose all my progress.

Is there an easy solution for the Apple ID confusion?


texts: The command diskutil eraseDisk is not what I want because that wipes the entire disk. I have a partition already allocated and it is blank. All I need to do is format it with VFAT/FAT32. How can this be done from Terminal? It must the same effect as using mkfs.vfat on Linux.


texts: How do I get Siri to pronounce my name correctly?

texts: Siri doesn't pronounce my name correctly. I tried editing the phonetic spelling as it says on many sites, but it doesn't fix the problem. How do I fix this problem?


texts:
How can I change all occurrences of one string to another in TextEdit?

Other text editors call this "find/replace".


texts: Win10 Bootcamp on 2016 15" MBP woes (I think it's due to macOS not copying over ISO contents to internal partition)

texts:
I've been through this a few times on my own, some really vague high level support chats (one of which said my hardware didn't support it yet?), and a call with a helpful senior support guy at apple (though he was a cpu guy for some reason and not really up to date on recent bootcamp specific changes).

Bootcamp has an acclimatization screen, continuing on from that I can select a Windows ISO image and slide my desired partition size, then hit install and the process goes on to download support drivers and then my laptop reboots. That's it. While not listed as a machine that bypasses having a USB flash drive on (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201468), I have no familiar "select task" screen or any prompts about external media.  The bootcamp installer happily downloads support software, then I reboot into a blue screen http://imgur.com/a/c2dFY. Once back in macOS (10.12.1, Bootcamp Assistant Version 6.1.0 (6050.20.1)) the bootcamp partition is empty.

I'm assuming that for whatever reason the contents of the ISO aren't being copied onto the internal partition, hence file not found and install hangs immediately.

For kicks I tried using a random file renamed as an ISO and I get the following: "Boot Camp only supports 64-bit Windows 10 or later installation on this platform. Please use an ISO file for 64-bit Windows 10 or later installation." So it is recognizing my image as valid.

Trying to do things solely from my machine I assume I'd need either:

1) To make my own bootable Win10 USB Flash drive. All the instructions I find say to use the bootcamp assistant, are for creating bootable OS X / macOS installers (createinstallmedia), or use windows tools to create the drive. I'm assuming a simple FAT32 partition with GUID table won't work?

2) To find out how the 2015 mac products work and mimic that once the partition is created, install process fails, and I'm back in macOS.


texts:
Is it possible to download the latest version of iOS without connecting my iPad?

I have ordered the iPad, but it has still not come. So can I download and keep the iOS update in the meantime? Because I think that the iPad would not come with it installed.


texts: How to separate and already established icloud account

texts:
How do I separate my daughter's Apple ID and iCloud account from my own and still be able to keep a payment plan that covers 2 phones? I read that this is possible but can't seem to set up the new account name or passwords on either  phone. What steps do I need to take?

Thanks for your assistance.
G.


texts:
My wifi works fine on all other computers/phones/tablets; however, it's very jerky on my MacBook Pro.

It used to work fine, but began being jerky a couple months ago. Nothing has changed, but it's like the internet just locks up every few seconds, then jumps right in and starts working again.

Any ideas on what's causing this?


texts: How can I get the Alt key to work in an X11 application?

texts:
I'm using an editor that requires X11 and for the most part it works well. I have many commands that use the Alt key and I like to navigate the menus this way as well, but the Alt key doesn't work through X11.

I found this article on configuring the Alt key for X11 applications, but it didn't work for me. Any other ideas?


texts: Remove Faces Permanently from Photos Library

texts:
Is there a way to permanently remove a name from the faces in the new Photos app?

Example:
When you tag a face accidentally with "John" instead of "John Miller", you can delete the face associated with "John" and remove the "John" tag from all your photos, but "John" will still be suggested every time you tag a face and start with "J...".

I guess this is especially annoying when you type fast and tag a lot of faces, where you will end up with dozens of typo/etc. names that will be suggested to you every time you enter a name...


texts: Java WebStart fails on Mac OS Mountain Lion

texts:
After searching several hours for a helpful hint on support pages and FAQs that really (!) work this question:

I need Java WebStart for an application that works on MAC OS X (Mountain) Lion. So far we had no problem with the application on Snow Leopard.

On my MacBookAir the applications starts. On a second system with the same OS and the same Java installations I always receive the well known  error window (with the corresponding English message like "you have to load the Java Runtime  Environment for Web Start...)

A click on "more information" delivers the java.com web page that offers the JRE download that is already installed.

The corresponding console error message is:

"No Java Web components present, requesting install"

System: Mac OS X 10.8.2, Intel Core Duo

Installed Java:

Apple 1.6.0_37-b06-434
Oracle Java SE  Run Time environment:7u9)
Oracle Java SE jdk-7u9-macosx-x64.dmg)

Output of
   /usr/bin/java -version
is: Java SE runtime environment 1.7.0_09-b05

The java.com website signals on the installed version web page): Version7 Update 9 installed.

The Java Control Panel also says:

"Version 7 Update 9 installed"

The Java Control Panel offers no choice to "enable the Java web start".

Any suggestion is very welcome!

Best regards,
Werner


texts: How can I obtain and install duplicate license keys when copying to a new Mac?

texts:
I have a desktop Mac and am getting a laptop, and I intend to use the migration assistant to copy software from the existing Mac to the new one.

I would like to obtain duplicate license keys for the software on it: Serene Screen 3, Microsoft Office, VMware Fusion, Windows XP (guest OS), Windows 7 (guest OS), and possibly others.

I don't know that the procedure for purchasing and installing duplicate license keys will be the same but how, for the software listed, can I purchase and install a duplicate key?


texts:
Please help me. Someone has supposedly used a clean up app on my iPhone & iPad.
Spoke with Google & they said I need to talk with Apple. Of course with the Holiday that is impossible. I found it going into my contacts. My name was in my contact list. Clicked on it & found my email accounts & Twitter. He has also got
in my calender & has revised it. There was a note that said use my photo & name for a Unified card. Looked online but not specific on exactly  what a Unified is & how the hell did he do it.any advice ASAP...would be a blessing. Just bought a new laptop & has u can see, not to savey with it yet.

Sincerley,
Karen


texts: Detect if logged in user is network active directory user or local user

texts:
When a User logs in to os x , I want to detect if user is a local user or a network account user based on which I have to allow my app to run.

Couldn't find any solution which tells that current logged in user is a network account user or local created account user.


texts: iOS 7: delete a location from the weather application

texts:
I would like to delete a location from the weather app in iOS 7.

If I tap and hold I can rearrange the order and the '+' sign allows me to add one.

Swiping left-to-right as in previous versions does not work.

How can a location be removed from the list?


texts: Why does Google Chrome mount and unmount a volume every few hours?

texts:
I'm assuming it's part of the 'check for updates' process, but does anyone know how this is controlled and what it's mounting and unmounting?

I first discovered this behavior after updating Growl, and I ran HardwareGrowler to see what it did (it was a slow afternoon) and it's kind of neat to see what hardware is connected at any given time, and watching what happens when I plug in various USB peripherals, etc.  I know, I have a severely deficient view of entertainment.  After amusing myself with this for about 5-10 minutes, I returned to my work.

Some time after this, I spotted out of the corner of my eye a Growl message that said 'Volume Mounted Google 8.0.0 (something)'  And just as quickly 'Volume Unmounted Google 8.0.0 (something)'.  I didn't get time for screen shots, it appeared and disappeared within seconds.

Has anyone else noticed this and is the explanation for it posted somewhere online?  Apparently there's some helper process that's running that's doing it, but I don't see anything in Activity Monitor with Google or Chrome in the name.  I'm not a process-killing weenie, I'm just curious about this behavior I'd never noticed before.


texts: I'm writing an AppleScript which should show the value for the output volume. With get volume settings I'm getting 4 values, but I need just the output volume value. The integer should be shown in a display dialog.


texts:
I have to get all the chromium and firefox info logs out of /var/log/system.log and into a nice quiet /var/log/{chromium,firefox}.log.

However I can neither recall or find how to set that in syslog.conf.  How would I go about doing that?

EDIT:  I have been looking at the asl.conf file  for the asl logging daemon.  This seems to have something to do with what I want, although, going from syslog to a binary log format is directly against sense.

EDIT:  To be very clear one can use syslog to dynamically slice the logs. Apple is transitioning from syslog to the apple system log. So the grep approach only deals with the deprecated /var/log syslogd files.

Switching to syslog-ng and logging to sqlite would seem to be easier, but who knows?  I'm sure the proprietary format is the way to go.

Note that

syslog(1)

is the command line tool for the ASL database.

syslog(3)

is the C api to the syslogd daemon.  The ASL replacement for the above is

asl(3)

Now,

syslogd(8)

has 2 modules, one writing to the files defined in

syslog.conf(5)

and one writing to the apple system log, as defined in

asl.conf(5)

ASL seems to be the future. Syslogd is configured by both syslog.conf and asl.conf.


texts: How to forcefully remove status bar icon?

texts:
I had this app called Spark for working environment communication.

However, the status bar icon of this app is so ugly that I avoid look at it every time when I glimpsing over status bar.

The worst thing is there is no option for hide it in the settings. Is there anyway that I can forcefully remove it?


texts:
Last night I left my iPad close to my bed, placed above my Windows phone 8. When I woke up in the morning I was first surprised that the alarm didn't work, but when I checked, the iPad was off and very hot the side of the battery, the Microsoft phone was also very hot on its screen but the phone was on and is working properly but my iPad took some minutes to cool down and up to now it doesn't switch on.

What is the step to power on or reset the power button on an iPad when one press doesn't work?


texts: How can I restore iPhone from iTunes Backup BUT keep iCloud Notes?

texts:
I lost my old iphone SE (gen 1) and most recent backup was 6 months ago (iTunes, no iCloud backup). I want to restore to a new iPhone SE (gen 2020) with the older iTunes backup BUT keep or somehow download all of my recent iCloud Notes (I do backup Notes and Contacts to iCloud). I do see in iCloud Account Advanced settings that I can restore to an iCloud Contact version, but how do this with notes? BTW, I'm using Windoz 2010 not a Mac.
Any suggestions are appreciated.


texts:
I have an Apple iPhone 4 (model A1349) with Virgin Mobile service.  It works fine in the US but Virgin told me that it won't work internationally (i.e., calling within other countries or calling US from abroad).

Is there anything that I can do with this phone or do I need a new phone and/or carrier?


texts: I want all visited links to have the same color

texts:
It seems like there should be a simple way for all links that I have clicked on to be highlighted in some way or have a color that stands out. I have not been able to find a universal way to do this on a Macbook Air.

I am currently using Mac OS 10.11.6 El Capitan, and the Safari and Chrome browsers.

Thanks for any help.


texts:
I am trying to setup automatic login on my machine.

I have FileVault off.
I am not using a icloud account.

Still the automatic login is greyed out.


texts: Is there an iOS app that measures/reports the battery charging current?

texts: I suspect my fake lightening cable charge my iPhone 5 much slower than my original lightening cable on the same charger. Is there an app that will display the current battery draw/charging current and also plot it over time?


texts: Applications gone from Dock. How to restore?

texts:
Somehow the Applications icon is gone from my Dock. However I can't just drag the Applications folder (from Finder) into the Dock. How else can I restore it?

Is there a config file somewhere for the Dock that I can just edit with vi and fix this?

Thanks.


texts: How can I make example.com and www go to http://www.example.com/wiki/projects?

texts:
With OS X Server Websites, how can I make example.com and www.example.com to go directly to http://www.example.com/wiki/projects

I have wikis setup correctly. I want visitors that come to example.com and www.example.com to see http://www.example.com/wiki/projects directly.

How can I do that?


texts: Screen saver no longer asks for a password

texts:
I'm using a MacBook Air 13" mid 2012 with Yosemite 10.10.3, it rebooted itself this morning without a reason and since then the screen saver is no longer asking for a password on unlock.

This is a great security flaw but I can't find a solution, I've tried modifying the security option by unchecking and checking everything again but it just does not work.

Anyone had this issue and know how to fix it? I use the device for work so it must always ask for a password before unlocking.


texts: Can I use iTunes Wi-Fi Sync to sync podcast positions?

texts:
It seems that iTunes Wi-Fi Sync only kicks in automatically (when plugged in) if there is new content, but not modified content. If I listen to a podcast on my Mac, the time remaining in the podcast is not synced with my iPhone. I have to go into Settings and manually perform a sync for this to happen.

Is there any way to have this happen automatically, or should I rely on a third-party tool such as Seamless?


texts: How does the Apple Watch  macOS Sierra unlock feature work in detail?

texts:
Does anyone know how the Apple Watch unlock feature work in macOS Sierra?

I figured out, that I have to be very near my Mac, that the feature works.

Does it use Bluetooth (BLE) or WIFI?

It would be really nice to get some details about this nice feature.


texts: cpio's file on disk is not older; skipping — how to suppress this warning?

texts:
I create shadow copies of a directory containing 50K+ images (I don't remove them from the card until they're in three other places). Every time I add images to the master, I update the shadow copies using cpio (find . | cpio -pdmv destination).

On Leopard, the above command gives me a list of all the (new) images being added to the shadow copies while silently ignoring the images that haven't changed.

After upgrate to ML, cpio now insists on advising me about every file that it didn't copy, i.e. cpio: ./some-file: File on disk is not older; skipping. In my case I get fifty thousand of these spurious (and obvious) messages, drowning out the files I'm interested in seeing. Removing the -v doesn't help and neither does --quiet.

I could redirect stderr; however, I do want to know if any real errors occurred like destination full.


texts: How does the AirPodCase identify the nearest device?

texts:
When opening the Case, your nearest device opens an info screen with the battery charge of case and AirPods.
However, when I have the iPhone and the iPad lying next to each other. still only the nearest one shows the pop up.

How do the AirPods measure which one is the closest and only pop-up the window on the nearest one?


texts: Root user able to access FileVault 2 encrypted drive

texts:
If you use FV2 to encrypt a disk, can the root user of the computer access the unencrypted contents of the disk or is it truly only accessible by the user that initially setup FV2.

We are trying to deploy FV2 across our company and trying to see if we should set a Firmware Password to restrict access to boot commands or if FV2 will be sufficient.


texts: Is it possible to share iCloud Notes with non-Apple device users?

texts:
Similar to how I can create a doc on Google drive and get a shareable link that allows anyone with that link to view the content.

Is there a way that I can send a link to someone who doesn't have an Apple device so that they can view a note that I've created in the Note application?


texts: Can I turn off display on my macbook when I'm using extended display, without closing the lid?

texts:
I'm using MacBook's keyboard to work on it, but I'm also using the extended display for work. I'd like to turn off the MacBook's screen without closing the lid while using the external display.
My searches so far have revealed that this is not supported (unless I mess with some terminal commands, which I don't want to as I'm a relative newbie with Macs), but I'm wondering if I may have missed some source? Can anyone advise?


texts: VoiceOver reading results of Swift Playground print statements in Xcode

texts:
(By way of background I have been helping a local blind child learn coding. He's switching schools from a Windows based school to a Mac based school so I am trying to familiarise myself with VoiceOver on the Mac.)

I have a very simple Swift Playground in Xcode which I am trying to build and run using VoiceOver.

var rate = 26
var hours = 12.5
var cost = Double(rate) * hours
print(cost)

As I type that last line VoiceOver reads what I am typing. I then use the keyboard shortcut Shift Command Enter (⇧⌘↵) to run the playground. VoiceOver announces "Run Playground" but does not read the resulting output. I cannot work out how to get it to read the result nor how to navigate to that bottom pane where it might read "325". How would I do either of those things?


texts: Remote control of a Mac that's behind a NAT

texts:
I'll soon be traveling to set up a Mac for my elderly mother. I'll need to later be able to control it from outside the network. I already use Apple Remote Desktop to control other Macs on my network, but i don't know how to penetrate the remote network to get to her computer.

What do I have to do to get her router to let me connect to it? I don't know what type of router she has, but if need be I will be installing an Airport Express or Extreme instead.


texts: Partition HD for triple boot (or move Apple_Boot Recovery HD from a primary partition)

texts:
I want to triple boot but I'm running into a problem I ran out of primary partitions. Currently using rEFIt bootloader chooser or whatever it is called, from what I understand it is not a bootloader itself but selects the bootloader for the OS you choose to boot from a list.

The four primary partitions are in use by OS X, OS X recovery, BOOTCAMP (Windows 7) and EFI is the fourth. I believe "GUID_partition_scheme" is just the disk label for the entire drive. The drive is a 256GB SSD but size or type of the HD doesn't appear to be an issue in this situation.

Here is the output of the command 'diskutil list':

diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            125.1 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                125.1 GB   disk0s4

Is my only option to delete 'Apple_Boot Recovery HD' or can I move and make it (or the EFI partition) into non-primary partition? Of course this will have to happen after resizing the drive to make room for the third primary partition.

I'm fairly new to Apple but I'm OK with partitioning if I knew what to do.


texts:
How to resize Favourites icons Safari New Tab

About a month ago, Safari received a new update, which brought significant changes to the new tab interface. As such, I've now noticed that the Favourites icons are now too small - for example, the names of some sites are going over onto two lines when they weren't before.
Is it possible to change the size of Favourites icons in the new Safari?


texts: Snow Leopard running Fusion has virtual ports invisible to wireshark

texts:
Win XP SP3 in fusion can surf the net through the mac's airport in either bridged or nat mode fine. the mac has a static ip. the windows is set to dhcp.

ifconfig on the mac shows

en1: inet 192.168.1.43 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255

vmnet1: inet 172.16.193.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.16.193.255

vmnet8: inet 172.16.143.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.16.143.255

ipconfig on windows shows

Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : home

    IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.42
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

when the network adapter settings in fusion are changed to NAT and the ipconfig is released and renewed, then ipconfig shows

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : localdomain

    IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.143.132
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.143.2

This shows that the virtual machine is now going through the subnet of vmnet8
Wireshark however does not reveal vmnet8, just en0 and en1-and en1 is getting all the traffic. Why no vmnet8? Why is vmnet8 getting a routable address? shouldn't it be one of those non-routeable 192.xxx.xxx.xxx or 10.xxx.xxx.xxx numbers? And even if windows is bridged and using 192.168.1.42, little snitch on the mac keeps asking if vmnet-natd can talk to the net so i know it's active.

I can see packets going to the windows ip but it's mixed in with traffic going to the mac (as I'd expect since they are both using the same airport) but it's all going over en1.

( btw, i dont understand why the gateway in windows is not 172.16.143.1 but rather .2 - after all doesnt the windows box have to talk to vmnet8?)

The same situation exists when one uses parallels instead of fusion. Except in this case 2 vNICs show up in wireshark. However, they are silent and never used either.


texts: What application can rotate a TIFF without re-encoding it?

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This question is inspired by my earlier question:

Ask Different: Why does rotating a TIFF in Preview increase the file size?

One thing I don't like about the Preview application is that even something as simple as rotating an image 90 degrees requires Preview to re-encode the file, adding an alpha channel in the process. This results in a file that is 10% to 20% larger than the original, with no added benefit. This size difference may not matter much on a 5 MB file, but on a 500 MB file, it is a nuisance.

Are there any applications that can rotate a TIFF image 90 degrees without re-encoding it and altering the image in any other way? The source of the TIFF is a scanner, which does not offer a rotation feature.

I did a search and all I found were JPEG programs.

(2013 rMBP) -- (OS X 10.11.4)


texts: Seeking good quality DVD ripping software for PPC G5, 10.4.11

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Subject says it all, but here are the requirements in full:

Power Macintosh G5 Dual 2.5 Ghz, 2 GB RAM, 2 TB HDD (destined to become a media and file server for v1 Apple TV and home network)
Mac OS 10.4.11, but will be upgrading to Mac 10.5 at a later date
Surround sound support (Dolby 5.1, DTS)
Movies are intended for use with an v1 Apple TV, so no disk images or VIDEO_TS folders.

Web searches reveal a lot of software out there but it all seems fairly random, so I'd like to see if anyone has had any experience with a particular application on older hardware and OS. Please note the Handbrake PPC build will not run on this particular machine (quits without error before loading is complete) and RipIt does not support anything before Mac OS 10.5.

I know I can go the route of Mac the Ripper to Handbrake, but that's doubles the process in time, space, and computers needed. I'm looking to avoid that if at all possible.


texts: Do I need to be a member of iOS Developers program to develop and install an app on my iPad?

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Do I need to be a member of iOS Developers program to develop and install an app on my iPad ?

Or can I just run Xcode and specify the device on which to install it ?


texts: How to prevent process / daemon from running on macOS?

texts: I installed an app called "ShadowsocksX-NG" and then whenever I restart my computer, /Users/admin/Library/Application Support/ShadowsocksX-NG/ss-local -c ss-local-config.json will be running in the background. This is undesirable. Obviously this process is not in my Login Items. Where and how does macOS handle daemons?


texts: How do I create automatic sections in Quark Xpress?

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If I create a document in Quark Xpress, can I 'link' / 'join' / what-else an external data source and simply use automatic repeatedd sections and placeholders so updating external source will allow an update in my xpress project?

I do not want to simply import a table!

For example: I have a file with a list of name, surname, phones, address, etc...

I'd like to tell xpress to insert a section with n repeated sections, and in each section place in the top left the surname, in the top right the phone, at center of second row the phone number, etc...

I ask here because I never worked before with this software, and actually as developer I must create 'something' that can be used as 'datasource' to easily generate a document in quark xpress. . .

I think it must be possibile, I simply do not understand how to create this kind of 'macro' or 'automatism' to use an external datasource.

Please, be patient with me, first posts here. Ask, and I'll try to update my question.

If this is NOT possible, an answer with a simple 'it's not possible' will be accepted.


texts: How do I get a high-quality version of my account iChat icon?

texts: I'm looking for the file that corresponds to my account photo (this is also my iChat icon).