texts: Catalina: Time Machine claims there is not enough space for a backup

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A family member has updated their MacBook Air from the latest version of Mojave to Catalina 10.15.1.

The MBA has got a 250GB SSD drive, of which only 80GB are in use (170 available). They've been backing up the MBA with Time Machine more or less regularly, with the last backup completed 7 days before the upgrade. (I know, I know: they should have backed up right before upgrading, but now it's too late for that) The Time Machine drive is an external hard drive connected via thunderbolt (v1) cable and thunderbolt to USB-C adapter.

Now the upgrade to Catalina has completed successfully, but they can't backup to Time Machine anymore because "there isn't enough space".

The Time Machine drive is a 1TB hard drive with 505GB available. That should be plenty to perform a new incremental backup of the MBA. I know that  backups following a major macOS update take more space, but it should still fit comfortably in 505GB, and even if it didn't it should automatically clean old backups.

Is it a genuine issue (it actually needs more than 500GB), or an error? How do I fix it without losing the old backups?


texts: MacPorts on mountain lion - cannot install apache2 due to gettext package

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I have been having problem with installing gettext package from macports. When I am launching

 /opt/local/bin/port -v install apache2

it checks dependencies, and continues with gettext package installation. But the configure process freezes here:

checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E

and nothing happens.. can wait hours, nothing changes.

I tried to configure, make, make install manually for that package and it went all fine. But, when same configure is launched by ports, it hangs there. Question:

1) How can that be fixed?
2) Maybe I can somehow manually tell ports, that I installed that gettext package manually already?

Sorry, if wrong "site" for this question. Felt most proper one.

sudo port -v install apache2 solved the problem :/

still unbelievable, that same operation from root user was hanging..


texts: I turned off iCloud... How do I get my files back

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iCloud was hammering my CPU since I got my new computer so I turned it off... Not realizing it would delete ALL of my local copies (WTF).

I also canceled the "final sync" that happens when you turn it off..

Luckily I'm seeing some of my files still in iCloud web interface..

So i turned icloud back on, but they aren't coming back into my local folders...

How do I get my files back!


texts: How to set the python environment for LaunchDaemons

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I have installed Python 3 via Homebrew, on my Mojave system, and have it symlinked to /usr/local/bin/python.

I have a LaunchDaemon plist as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>test</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
          <string>python</string>
          <string>--version</string>
        </array>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key><true/>
        <key>KeepAlive</key><true/>

        <key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
        <dict>
            <key>PATH</key>
            <string>/usr/local/bin/python3</string>
            <key>PYTHONPATH</key>
            <string>/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages</string>
        </dict>

        <key>StandardOutPath</key>
        <string>/var/log/test.log</string>
        <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
        <string>/var/log/test_err.log</string>

    </dict>
</plist>

However, this still returns Python 2.7.10 which is installed by default on the Mojave system.

How do I set the path up for this LaunchDaemon so that is has access to the Python 3 environment instead?

Additional info:

For the full plist I am using, the program calls python at some point (python isn't the entry point), hence requiring the PYTHONPATH being set to point to the site-packages where some additional packages have been installed.

The error which pops up there is:

Your PYTHONPATH points to a site-packages dir for Python 3.x but you are running Python 2.x!
     PYTHONPATH is currently: "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages"
     You should `unset PYTHONPATH` to fix this.


texts:
well I have java 8 45 and when I go into terminal and do java -version it says this

"java version "1.6.0_65"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_65-b14-466.1-11M4716)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.65-b04-466.1, mixed mode)"

But when I go to the java panel it tells me I have the latest version which is java 8 45. And I need to get this working asap because one of my minecraft server plugins needs java 8 and its not working. Can anyone help me with this problem thanks!


texts: External monitor suddenly stopped working at 2440x1440 on OS Lion 10.7.3

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I have a 27" iMac and I'm using Samsung SyncMaster SA850 as a second monitor (connected via a displayPort cable with a mini DisplayPort adapter).

Everything worked fine until yesterday - the Samsung screen turned black and now it only works with max resolution 1280 x 1024 (native is 2440x1440). I think I upgraded Lion 10.7.2 to 10.7.3 (I don't remember for sure though).

When I connect the monitor to an iMac with 10.7.2 everything works fine. And another iMac with 10.7.3 has the same problem as me.

Any ideas what could be wrong, please?

Thanks!
Tomas


texts: OSX color picker history - save file data

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I'm not exactly sure if I am using the right terminology, but when using the OSX color picker, you have the ability to store colors in your own personal archive. (see picture)

I recently did a clean install of my operating system and lost my palettes. Does anyone know where this data is stored?

Thanks!


texts: Equivalent of Dragon NaturallySpeaking's HeardWord function in Dragon Dictate 4

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In Dragon NaturallySpeaking's Advanced Scripting Command on Windows, HeardWord is a function that enables Dragon NaturallySpeaking to behave as if the specified word, word sequence, or voice command was received by the recognizer. HeardWord can be used to create a command that executes a series of other commands, or that has the same function as an existing command but a different name.

Here is an example to type a closing remark, in bold type, at the end of a document.

HeardWord "go", "to", "bottom"
HeardWord "set", "font", "bold"
Wait 1
SendDragonKeys "{Enter 2}" + "This document was dictated using Dragon NaturallySpeaking."

In Dragon Dictate 4, is there any way to write a voice command that calls other voice commands (e.g. a voice command that would call the built-in command "Cap")?

Since I bought the product more than six month ago I do not have access to the customer support anymore. Searching on Google didn't bring any interesting results.


texts: How to copy/paste a formula down an entire column in Excel 2011?

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I have a formula that references A1:B5 for instance, the result lives in any arbitrary cell, say D1. How do I copy and paste the same formula, referencing the same values as in D1, through the entire column D? For some reason, I can't find this answer anywhere.

If I select D1 for instance, and click the bottom right, and drag to use auto-fill, it seems to increment the A1:B5 values which ruins the results.


texts: How to share files or folders across different user accounts on Mountain Lion?

texts: I have some files with an user account.I would like to share some of the files to another user on the same MAC. I copied the files to Public folder,but I am not able to view the files in the other account.Later I enabled the file sharing to read and write,still I am not able to view any files in the Public folder.How to enable file sharing so that I can view and modify the files across the given user accounts.


texts: Any Way to Remotely Control (or at Least View) an iPad without Jailbreaking?

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There must be thousands of people in the same situation as me, so I find it hard to believe there isn't a solution.  But I've looked all over and have come up dry.

My elderly Dad got an iPad and is having trouble with it.  He's no dummy, but iOS is new to him and he's not good at describing his problem and what he's seeing to me, 1100 miles away.  I'm sure I could help him if I could just see what he sees.

I had installed LogMeIn on his laptop, and could remotely control and view his screen when he had problems.  I know iOS is different and has different levels of sandboxing and other protection from Windows.

But is there any way to remotely view a WiFi-connected iPad, without jailbreaking?  If not, this seems like a great opportunity for an app developer, or maybe Apple if things are too locked down for a 3rd party app.


texts: How to handle *.framework, *.xcarchive (etc.) like the folders they are?

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*.framework, *.xcarchive and similar are just normal folders if I look at them with command-line tools (file, ls, etc.). Still Finder treats them different from normal directories, e.g. double click opens *.xcarchives with Xcode archive content viewer.

Is it somehow possible, to make Finder behave so that such folders aren't treated specially compared to any "normal" folder? Alternatively, if that is not possible, is there a file explorer, that "ignores" file extensions and just treats every file with "d"-flag as simple directory (I tried a few, but they all seem to behave like Finder)?


texts: How do I AirPlay mirror my iPhone screen to my MacBook Pro?

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I am using a 13 inch Retina MacBook Pro with Mavericks and a iPhone 5s with iOS 7.

I want to record game tutorials. Where the game is running on my iOS device and I'm recording the tutorial via a screen capture of an AirPlay on my MacBook Pro.

After searching apps from the App Store, I found that there is no apps to record your screen and the only way is through AirPlay on your Mac or Apple TV.

Is there any free and legal way to do do?

I have tried a trial of X mirage and it is just what I wanted, but it cost money. I want to record my iPhone.

Note that I do not have any other apple devices.


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OS: Yosemite 10.10.4

So, I have a kids educational DVD I want to rip to have on my phone for commute time.  No problem in a DVD player.

On my Mac, DVD Player has it blotchy and large amount of artifacts.  I tried to use Handbrake to rip it, same issue - bad audio and huge video artifacts.  I tried to be clever and say "oh, it must be timing with DVD hardware, lets create a disk image with Disk Utility, mount it, and let Handbrake do the rip with the mounted drive instead" Nope, still has video artifacts and bad audio.

I searched here, nothing about artifacts, just DVD ripping tips.  Anyone else experienced this and figured something out?


texts: Where is the icon used in this dialogue box?

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Where on my disk can I find the icon used in this dialogue box in OS X？

It may be Security.icns in OS X 10.7.3

I cannot find it in:

/System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes/Contents/Resources
There are only LockedIcon.icns and UnlockedIcon.icns in this folder who looks like the icon in the dialogue box,the size of the icon in the dialogue box is 128x128px, but LockedIcon.icns and UnlockedIcon.icns is 32x32px.

lockedIcon.icns

So they are not the same icon.

/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/
/System/Library/CoreServices/Problem Reporter.app/Contents/Resources
/Applications/System Preferences.app/Contents/Resources
/Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access.app/Contents/Resources
/System/Library/CoreServices/Certificate Assistant.app/Contents/Resources/


texts: Siri - Change language without completing the setup

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I was playing with Siri and somehow I came up with the idea to change the language of Siri to Japanese, then I tried going through the set up (I managed to do so in Russian & totally forgot that Japanese is way different than English/Russian), but because my Japanese is non existent  I cannot complete it.

Now I don't have the option of changing the language and I cannot read the following text.

Can I reset the settings without resetting the phone itself?

Edit: So I cross posted this question on reddit.com. The 4th line to say is:

  Hey Siri, kyou no tenki wa?

And the fifth one is:

  Hey Siri, watashi desu.

That got me through the set up. One minute later @drivec's edit came up and I tried to replicate my problem with choosing Chinese to see if his solution works. Sadly, it doesn't.

Now I'm heading to reddit again to find a thread for Chinese language learners... Still open to suggestions how to change the language of Siri.


texts: Would using an iPad as a second monitor be harmful to its battery life?

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I have a Macbook Pro and an iPad Pro 9.7".

Using Duet, I can use the iPad as a second monitor. That's awesome for my setup - but Duet requires the iPad being connected to the host machine through the lighting cable.

I'm worried that having the iPad connected to the Macbook all the time (and hence, getting charged all the time) could be bad for the iPad's battery life in the long term. (The iPad would be connected for many hours every work day.)

Does this worry have merit, or is it unfounded?


texts: iCloud Photo Library not fully syncing on iOS

texts: iCloud Photo Library appears to be working great between iMac and an iPhone 5c, but has been stuck on "13 items to download" for over a week on iPhone 5s, plus no photos taken with that phone have been uploaded in some time. Any ideas?


texts: How can I remove the update history in the app store?

texts: I upgraded my iPhone to IOS7. Since this upgrade the app store has been having a new update history. How can I remove the history?


texts: I just found out that cron has been deprecated in Mac OS X. Why is this, and will it eventually be completely removed from future releases?


texts: How to whitelist remote image loading in iOS Mail app?

texts: In the iOS Mail app (9.3.3), is there a way to whitelist senders for whom I wish to load remote images? Thanks!


texts:
I have an early 2006 Mac mini (A1176, Macmini1,1). It seems to work fine for a while, but it eventually starts crashing, then booting right back up again. It will either crash somewhere along the Apple Logo boot screen, it it'll just barely get to the Desktop before crashing again. At that point I just unplug it and put it away for the day. Coming back the next day, it starts off working fine, then eventually it starts crashing. I also notice that the fans ramp up a lot during this loop and it heats up as well.

Any idea what this might be? Unfortunately, I'm unable to run AHT at all, it refuses to acknowledge the D key even when I have a bootable USB drive that's has a working copy of its original restore disc (with the AHT on it).

Updates: trying to diagnose what's wrong with the machine, I never see anything of note in the log after a crash, the GPU/RAM area seems particularly hot after it boot loops for a while. One time, I got a corrupt screen output. Sometimes it fails to boot and just does a flashing LED light.

Update #2: I tried booting from a different drive, no success. I even SMART verified the internal HD. I tried using only one RAM stick, each in different RAM slots. Tried installing 10.6, it won't ever fully install, always crashes.


texts: Does Dark Wake turn on the backlight, but with all pixels black, on an iMac?

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Sometimes, when I wake up in the middle of the night, I find my iMac's screen suddenly come on, but with all pixels black.

On one occasion, I also found color bars like

at the top-left corner of the screen, with the rest of the screen black.

Is this normal? It feels eerie when the screen turns on suddenly in the middle of the night, but displays only black.

Power Nap was enabled.


texts: How to have certain *windows* start in different spaces during start up?

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Is there a way to have certain windows of an app open in specific spaces?

Whenever I start up my computer, all my log in items get mashed into one space.

I'm using OSX 10.7.5 Lion

Edit: I would like to use textedit in any space, but if I assign it to space#3, for instance, then everytime I use textedit, it switches to space#3 unless I manually drag it to the space I need. Is there a way to do this?


texts: Is there a simple way to clear "documents & data" + "other" from iPhone while running iOS 10 beta?

texts: I am running the iOS 10 beta and there is roughly 6GB on my iPhone 6s that is currently documents & data and other. I want to get rid of it the simplest way possible. Under non-beta I could do a backup and restore. In beta, it doesn't seem as simple to restore the phone and free up all that space. Any thoughts? Thanks.


texts: Is it possible to set Right Size All Columns Individually as default for all Finder windows all the time in column view?

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When I switch to column view in Finder, I want to have the column widths to 'Right Size All Columns Individually', 99.9% of the time.

The problem is that this setting goes back to the very narrow default everytime a new window is opened. How can I make my prefered setting the default?


texts: Is there any reason why I shouldn't install Java?

texts: I know that you can improve performance and battery life by not having Flash on your Mac. Is there any similar advantage to not installing Java?


texts: Use AirPort as Time Machine whilst using internet

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I have an AirPort Time Capsule (model 802.11ac 2TB). I connect to the internet via my work's WiFi. I have managed to set up the AirPort as my Time Machine backup, and can connect to the device by switching my WiFi to the new WiFi network that the device creates. Although this allows me to perform backups, I cannot use the internet whilst I am connected to this WiFi device. Similarly, if I connect to my work's WiFi network, my MacBook cannot see the AirPort device and therefore cannot perform Time Machine backups.

How do I enable both use of the internet and background backups at the same time? Surely this must be possible.

Note that I have a spare ethernet socket nearby, which I could plug into the AirPort device if this helps. Or, if the AirPort device is capable of doing so, I could register the device on the network and connect it to the work WiFi as well.


texts: After upgrade to Yosemite Time Machine says "Disk Full" even if there's 350GB free space

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I upgraded to Yosemite yesterday, and just now I got a Time Machine alert

  Disk is Full

although there are 350+ GB on the backup disk according to Finder. It said it had deleted an old backup (boo).

Just now I did a manual backup (from the TM preferences panel) and it backed up 2 MB to the free 350GB disk and all was fine.

What gives?  What can I do to make TM happy?


texts: Does the command `reboot` hurt a Mac computer?

texts: Does the command reboot (used in Terminal) hurt the computer?  Because it is almost like pulling the power cord, which is not a recommended way to power down a computer.


texts: Today I updated MS Office on my Mac Air.  5 updates.  Went to use Word and needed to repeat a single letter for a few lines on my new doc.  Couldn't do it, had to type the same letter one at a time. A pin.   On my Windows laptop I can hold down any letter key and it will go forever.  There is a setting somewhere that I cannot find that let's you repeat the key for as long as you want on the doc.  Cannot find that setting.  Please help...thanks.


texts: list of os x processes by name and function?

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Main machine is os x 10.9.5

Is there a canonical list of all os x processes by name? For instance TransportClient is always at the top of my Activity Monitor - Network list. Would like to find out about basic functionality etc. Also I'm the default tech for a teens' macbook and want to be able to identify rogue processes by name whenever possible. I've already had to remove adware and, despite security lectures, there will be more issues.

Thanks for any info.


texts: Switch to another app's active window only

texts:
Command+Tab and Command+Shift+Tab - toggles between apps

Command+` and Command+Shift+` - toggles between windows of the currently active app

Is there a way to switch to another app but only to the most recently active window (so that it doesn't dredge up the rest of the app's windows)?

I have multiple windows open for some apps and having this would be very handy especially if I have one has limited screen space.

If not available, is there a way to create such a shortcut through System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts for all applications?

Thanks!


texts: How can I change the default 1 hour duration of a new appointment in the iOS calendar?

texts:
My calendar appointments automatically default to an hour for the end of appointment. I am running on iOS 11 on my iPhone.

How do I change the default time to just 1/2 hour?


texts: What are dos and don'ts when charging an iPhone / Apple device? Can I charge the phone all day long?

texts:
I usually charge my phone all day and night long. All day long, because at work I connect my phone with my laptop, and all night long because when I go sleep, the phone will be charged overnight too.

But I got worried this may reduce battery life. So I went searching online, and the best article I can come up for best practice for charging Apple device is this. In the article, it just says that the device is smart, and can automatically stop the charge once it's almost full, to prevent overcharging. Does that mean it's actually completely okay for me to charge the phone all day long? I still can't find any article that can give me the straight answer to this question.


texts: What is the use of selection like blue box in pdf apps?

texts:
What could be the use of that selection like blue box(see the + sign and box from by it) which can be formed when we right click and drag in files like pdfs? on home screen this will be useful for multi selection of icons, so what is use of it in pdf? its is not selecting anything when we start dragging at some empty place.

If its not having any function then why is it present?


texts:
I'm using iOS 10 on an iPhone 6, with the latest Remote app (updated today). I want to use it to control iTunes on my MacBook Pro, running OS 10.11.6. Both devices are on the same wi-fi network and have Bluetooth enabled.

In the iOS Remote app, I click "Add a Device". It tells me to go to iTunes and click the Remote button in the top left of the window. But there's no such button! Where do I find it?


texts:
I recently moved from Linux to OS X.

So far nothing has disappointed me but I miss the compiz desktop effects I used to have on my Debian (on Ubuntu before I moved to Debian) with xfce and compiz like 3D effects, desktop workspaces in 3D view and many more:

I tried searching for equivalent or similar stuff for OS X but no luck.  Looking forward to making my OS X desktop experience like (or even better than) compiz.


texts: How do I stop my iPod from playing audio books when I 'Shuffle Songs'

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On my main menu in my iPod, I frequently click 'Shuffle Songs' to play randomly through my songs.  It manages not to include my podcasts but every once in a while will play a chapter from an audio book.

Is there a way to stop the Audio Books from mixing in with the music?

I have an iPod nano if that matters.


texts:
I am about to buy an iPad, and was using a friend's device recently.  I noticed all these multi-colour intrusive square things I'm completely unused to seeing because I've been using Adblock Plus for years now.

What are my options?


texts: No USB connected, receiving error message "USB devices disabled: Unplug the device using too much power"

texts:
Recently I have been getting the error message "USB devices disabled: Unplug the device using too much power almost constantly. There has been nothing plugged in for some time, and if something is using too much power, I'm not sure what it might be.

Different problems that have suddenly appeared, but may be related - occasionally won't charge with the MagLite charger; occasionally runs slowly; audio stopped working just today - the little speaker symbol up top is greyed out and it won't recognize headphones or the laptop's own speaker.

It's a 2014 MacBook Air running El Capitan - I recently updated from Yosemite, which did not solve any of the issues but also didn't make new ones appear. I have also tried restarting the computer, resetting the SMC, and scanning for any viruses using Avast Security, which found no issues. Nothing has helped.

Anybody else having similar issues? Thank you for any help you can provide!


texts: Why I am unable to switch bash to the one installed by homebrew?

texts:
I'm trying to update bash to version 4.x. I did brew upgrade, then brew update, then brew install bash. I ran sudo bash -c "echo /usr/local/bin/bash >> /etc/shells" and sudo bash -c "echo /usr/local/bin/bash >> /private/etc/shells". I've tried symlinking /usr/local/Cellar/bash/4.3.32/bin/bash to /usr/local/bin/bash. I've closed Terminal.app. I've even logged out of Mac completely. Nothing I do has updated $BASH_VERSION to the right thing. bash --version does say the right thing, but I think I read somewhere that that is less reliable then echo $BASH_VERSION (maybe). Here's a summary of what I'm seeing:

I just need to know . . . what version of bash am I actually on? And if it's not 4.x, how do I reliably, definitively make it that?

I am on Yosemite FWIW.

Edit:

$PATH was too long for a comment. Here it is:

/Users/AndrewNichols/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1/bin:/Users/AndrewNichols/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1@global/bin:/Users/AndrewNichols/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/bin:/usr/local/heroku/bin:/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:/usr/local/Cellar/grep/2.18/bin:/usr/local/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin:/usr/local/opt/gnu-tar/libexec/gnubin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/heroku/bin:/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:/usr/local/Cellar/grep/2.18/bin:/usr/local/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin:/usr/local/opt/gnu-tar/libexec/gnubin:~/activator:/Users/AndrewNichols/sonarqube-4.5/bin/macosx-universal-64:/Users/AndrewNichols/sonar-runner-2.4/bin:/Users/AndrewNichols/bin:~/activator:/Users/AndrewNichols/sonarqube-4.5/bin/macosx-universal-64:/Users/AndrewNichols/sonar-runner-2.4/bin:/Users/AndrewNichols/bin:/Users/AndrewNichols/.rvm/bin

Here's one split on colon, for readability:

'/Users/AndrewNichols/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1/bin',
'/Users/AndrewNichols/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1@global/bin',
'/Users/AndrewNichols/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.1/bin',
'/usr/local/heroku/bin',
'/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin',
'/usr/local/Cellar/grep/2.18/bin',
'/usr/local/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin',
'/usr/local/opt/gnu-tar/libexec/gnubin',
'/usr/local/bin',
'/usr/bin',
'/bin',
'/usr/sbin',
'/sbin',
'/opt/X11/bin',
'/usr/local/heroku/bin',
'/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin',
'/usr/local/Cellar/grep/2.18/bin',
'/usr/local/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin',
'/usr/local/opt/gnu-tar/libexec/gnubin',
'~/activator',
'/Users/AndrewNichols/sonarqube-4.5/bin/macosx-universal-64',
'/Users/AndrewNichols/sonar-runner-2.4/bin',
'/Users/AndrewNichols/bin',
'~/activator',
'/Users/AndrewNichols/sonarqube-4.5/bin/macosx-universal-64',
'/Users/AndrewNichols/sonar-runner-2.4/bin',
'/Users/AndrewNichols/bin',
'/Users/AndrewNichols/.rvm/bin'

Some of the duplication there is because I have terminal set to run tmux on startup, so .bashrc gets sourced twice.


texts: How can I install Kindle app on an iOS 9.3.5 iPad?

texts: How can I get a download a copy of Kindle App for a iOS 9.3.5 iPad 3rd generation?  The one in the app store requires ios 10.


texts: since an up date safari Version 10.0.3 (12602.4.8) and Os 10.12.3 hotmail will not allow login due password fail or allow password reset however it works fine in Firefox and thunderbird .. on the same imac so the fault is 100% safari any ideas ??


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  iTunes track notifications for Mountain Lion

I want to turn on iTunes notifications on Mountain Lion?
Anybody knows how I can do this?
Growl dosn't work :/


texts: Remove "Move to Dropbox" menu from Finder context menu

texts:
I want to remove the annoying "Move to Dropbox" entry in the context menu when I right click a file in macOS Finder.

I know I can disable Dropbox's Finder Extension all-together, but I do like the green check marks that display syncing status. I just don't want the clutter in the right-click context menu.

Is there a way to disable only this "Move to Dropbox" menu item while keeping Dropbox's other Finder integrations?


texts: Downgrading from macOS Catalina to macOS High Sierra

texts:
I have macOS Catalina installed and I want to downgrade back down to macOS High Sierra. After I have downloaded the macOS High Sierra installer from the Mac App Store, opening it says:

  This copy of the "Install macOS" application is too old to be opened on this version of macOS

How do I install macOS High Sierra on my Mac?


texts: MBP TB 2016 Failed to format and crashes. APFS Container damaged?

texts:
Hy everyone!

I need help restoring my MBP.

2016 MBP15TB

I made a USB stick with Mojave, restarted with Command+R, went into disk util, and wanted to erase my SSD to start the install. The computer was working fine earlier today, but had a lot of crap on it and I wanted to start fresh. Had about 260GB free space.

Unfortunately this did not work, and the erase process crashed.

Looked online and found a topic here and found out that you can delete the apfs container manually in terminal with diskutil.

Found a YT video explaining it and it worked until the process actually started.

When in gets to 50%, it crashes again and restarts.

Format does not happen. I can try erase from the disk utility and it does the same. No % shown but after unmounting everything it hang for a few secs and crashes again.

Cannot load back to the original OS either.

Also diskutil list shows 22 disks for some reason that i do not understand.

Here is a video on what's happening:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg25MFLcQc4&feature=youtu.be

Anyone have any idea what to do? How to clean the SSD for a full clean install?
Thank you.


texts: How to stop MBP from disconnecting external display when screen is locked?

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Setup

MBP, 13", 2017, with touch bar;
MacOS 10.15.4 (Catalina);
LG 27UD88-W external display;
Display is connected over USB-C -- USB-C cable. Signal and charging over the same cable.

Problem

Every time I lock the screen, the external display loses signal a few seconds later. This is a problem to me because reconnecting the display on wake up causes numerous annoyances. Corporate apps like Citrix will even regularly crash when the external monitor gets disconnected.

I'd like to make my mac to keep signal with the display when locked.

I can't find any useful options neither in power not display settings. I can't find anything useful in the internets either.

More details

The MBP keeps getting charged through the monitor, so at least power is still on.

Even though I'm on MacOS 10.15.4, it's been a problem since at least 10.13.


texts: Red pixels on Mojave and Catalina Dark Mode

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I purchased a new MacBook Pro 15 (2017) and immediately installed Mojave. I then started to see red pixels appearing on the same line as the top menubar. It happens very rarely, but has already occurred about 4 times per week. Pixels disappear if you move any window. I noticed this while using Firefox and iTerm.

Could it be an issue with hardware (dead pixels) or software (Mojave dark theme)?


texts: QuickType capitalises words unnecessarily

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Quite some time ago, QuickType started capitalising the word "long" into "Long", even if it was not the first word in the sentence. This issue has begun to affect more than the word long, and a few are mentioned below:

long -> Long
low -> Low
cricket -> Cricket
teachers -> Teachers

There are many more, but they are too many to list and don't exactly contribute to the purpose of this question.

I don't usually capitalise these words, some of them I have never used before (in the case of "cricket"), but they are just capitalised like that.

Is there any logical explanation as to why QuickType seems to be capitalising these words as and when it pleases?


texts: How to change MacBook's performance back to normal after it was reduced?

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Sometimes my MacBook shows a "Performance is reduced" notification after it gets hot from running intensive apps on a hot summer day.

When it's left idle for about 30 minutes and becomes cooler, is there a way to manually increase the performance back to its normal level without having to reboot the Mac?

Or, when the Macbook is left idle for a couple of hours, will it automatically go back to the usual performance and how can you tell?


texts: Can the stand in a Mid-2011 21.5" iMac be removed?

texts: I have a mid-2011 21.5" iMac (EMC 2389) and I am trying to remove the stand. I'm trying to follow this guide but I can't seem to find the "latch" that he talks about. I heard that any iMac past 2011 doesn't have a removable stand; this is a 2011 model. Is the stand even removable (whether or not in this manner) and if so how would I go about doing it? Thanks!


texts: Time control for specific applications on OS X

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Is there a simple way to limit the use of a specific application to a certain amount of time (for instance one hour per day)?

To be more specific, I use a Macbook with OS X 10.10, on which there are several accounts, one for me and one for my daughter, who is a Parental Controls account.

Apparently, it is possible with the Apple's Parental Controls system to put time limits on the use on the computer, and also to block specific applications, but not to combine those two applications, blocking one application at certain time or for certain duration. So how would I do this?


texts: Disable word prediction in Macbook touchbar

texts: There are plenty of questions on how to disable the touch bar on a Mac, but I am only interested in disabling the text prompts. I find them visually distracting and would like them removed, but do not wish to change the touchbar to only function keys. Any ideas?


texts: Spotlight not showing applications owned by root

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Somehow my spotlight is not working correct.

After each reboot it will show only dictionary items. Then when I do
    sudo mdutil -E /
it will find many items.
However applications shown are only which are owned by myself, applications owned by root will not show.

So basically I have two questions,

Why is spotlight not working properly at startup and must be reindexed always.

Should I take ownerships of all applications to myself?

Thanks


texts: is there a better alternative to clean installs?

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Effort to reinstall OS on M1 fails when following Apple's published steps; even two Apple Sr. Advisors were stumped by the issue. One felt the computer needed to be returned and the problem could not be solved.
The following discussion came up in the context of trying to solve this issue.
Why do a clean install? @benwiggy argues pretty persuasively that you shouldn't

The separation of the OS on a read-only partition, with third-party installs and user-specific content all in different places means that there's very little point and usually an easier way to fix any problems. [...] Brand new hardware sometimes has special builds, that are a different fork from the available download.

My take on why

Clean install has been a great way in the past to remove all customizations and private information. It enables anyone to start from a known starting point shared by an entire community of users. I certainly think of it as 'best practice' when handing off computers between team members, and as a result I'm in the same boat.

Logical follow-on question: is there a better way of returning to "known starting point shared by an entire community of users", and/or of reaching a reasonable certainty that all private information is removed?


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I have a big file compressed in split .rar archives. There are 68 archives named .rar, .r01, .r02, etc., annd the problem is that .r36 is corrupted resulting in an Unexpected end of archive. I've looked around and I have found nothing.

There is no way to repair the file.

And now my question is if it's possible to skip the file. I mean, extract all files except the .r36. The result should be a big file with a small part of it corrupted, but it doesn't matter.

Is that possible - to skip a file from extraction? Because my main problem is that all the apps I've tried stop the task when they find the error.


texts: Thunderbolt Display Camera No Longer Recognized by my Macbook Pro

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I have a MacBook Pro Retina 2.5 GHz Core i7 with OS X 10.9.5 from March 2014.

I teach in an Adobe classroom every week, and have never had the following problem until last night after I downloaded the new Adobe Plug-in.

The video pod in the room has always recognized the camera on one of my two Thunderbolt displays as the video source (and optional audio feed) for my classroom. As of last night however, after the update downloaded in Firefox the Thunderbolt camera and audio are no longer recognized, only FaceTime HD is listed. I can get a video feed only when I open up the laptop.

The audio option from my displays is also gone from the list in Adobe. In Google Chrome, the Adobe room video dropdown option box essentially says, "No camera available" - so in Chrome it does not even recognize the MacBook Pro's camera as available. I usually use Firefox, and have never had problems until last night's update.

Bottom line, my MacBook Pro no longer seems to recognize that the Thunderbolt displays have a camera and audio feed available. Can someone help me to fix this please?


texts: How can I delete photos imported to an iPhone from a PC?

texts: How do I delete photo albums that I accidentally imported to my iPhone 4S from my PC? There is no delete available for either album or individual pictures.


texts:
I have just bought a Macbook 5,1 Unibody Late-2008 (the Macbook which looks like a Macbook Pro).

The seller told me that the WiFi was not working anymore. The Bluetooth isn't working either so I presume the Airport Card is broken.

I have added a USB WiFi adapter and it works correctly, but when I close my laptop it goes into sleep, the light gently fades once, and then the sleep light shines and no more sleep...

I have looked in the pmset logs and found that the computer made DarkWakes but without telling reasons.

If I look in syslog, I see Wake Reason: ?

I have not found anyone experiencing the same behaviour with their computer.

Could the broken Airport card make the computer wakes from sleep?

Can I remove the Airport Card to make it totally disappear from the system?
I have seen an iFixit tutorial to change the card but first I would try to disconnect it. Do you think just removing the Camera cable is enough to switch Airport off completely?

I have tried to install several OS from Moutain Lion to El Capitan and the results are the same, the computer doesn't stay on sleep. And now, after two days of work and installations, the computer doesn't want to shut down anymore. Instead, when I choose Shut Down, it restarts ..

I don't know what to do.

Just a small note, the previous owner had replaced the Optical Drive with a 1TB hard drive. The hard drive works correctly.


texts: How can I create a wifi hotspot which passes all traffics to local proxy server?

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I have a mitmproxy server listening on port 9999 and my macbook pro is connected to internet with usb tethering.

I want to make a wifi hotspot which forwards all request to the mitmproxy server. How can I do this?

I want network communication like this:
Client connected to hotspot <-> Hotspot (mac) <-> local proxy server <-> tethering (usb) <-> phone <-> internet

Context:

I'm insisting that all sites must use https. So I have to demonstrate a security issue cause by using http. (They calls the script injection problem 'theoretical')


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iMessage started acting up today. If I get a message from someone and I am reading it in the "chat" window when that person sends me a new message, I have to click>Messages(1), exit the chat window and click on them again to go back into the chat and see the new message.

It wasn't doing this yesterday.  Yesterday, a new message would just pop up in the "chat" window.  Any ideas why/how to fix?


texts: Why doesn't my wireless mouse connect automatically?

texts: Every time I want to use my wireless mouse (Apple Magic Mouse) with my Macbook Pro, I need to plug in a USB mouse and "Connect" the mouse manually via the bluetooth menubar widget. Is there anything I can do to make this happen automatically?


texts: Time Machine keeps validating backup, how to identify reason?

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I have a Time Machine backup of my Macbook running the latest MacOS (11.2.3) on my Time Capsule (so not a local drive).
Recently I've noticed that the "Validating backup"-step runs often, presumably daily, which is much more frequent than I expect.   (I notice the drive spins up and keeps running).   Time Machine reports backups are being done on a regular basis.
Is there a way to get more insight in how Time Machine is working on my machine, and why the validation step happens so frequently?


texts:
How can I disconnect my Internet connection and still be connected to my TimeCapsule?

The only way I know of to disconnect Internet is to turn off my Wi-Fi, but I then I cannot reach my TimeCapsule, and that's what I still want to do.

Thanks!


texts: Option-N and Option-P (What are they doing and how do I disable or rebind them?)

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On Catalina 10.15.6 (and even on High Sierra), typing either Option-N or Option-P pops up a series of "quick looks" at all my current "application windows." But I am unable to find any documentation about what this is called (it only appeared in 10.14, I believe).
I have spent--truly--hours looking up how to understand and change this behavior...shocked this is not mentioned anywhere.
While I can see some value in this behavior, I use those keys in Emacs (as well as Logic Pro), where N/P keys are frequently used as mnemonics for "next/previous." While I have worked around this in Emacs by using ESC as a substitue, I want to free up Option-N and Option-P again.
If I can learn the name of this operation, I will gladly also rebind those functions to non-conflicting shortcuts.


texts: Where are the installation directories for homebrew?

texts:
Where does Homebrew install it's software?

I've installed Maven with Homebrew and searching for the Maven installation directory, so that I can set MAVEN_HOME.


texts: How can I make sure texts from friends with iPhones don't go to iMessage instead of my Android phone?

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I have always used an Android phone, but text messages from certain friends get hijacked by iMessage. How do I prevent iPhones and MacOS Messages from sending me iMessages? I need all messages to be SMS or MMS.
Some friends with iPhones will text me, but I don't receive the message. Today I noticed the Message app on my Mac had notifications. I never open this app since I don't use iMessage, but I looked today, and found multiple "lost" messages from several weeks ago.
Please note that this is NOT the same question as Removing phone number from iMessage. My Android phone is not, and has never been, registered with iMessage, and I have already followed those instructions. Another poster (cpcallen) had the same question as me--How can I ensure that friends with iPhones send me SMS/text instead of iMessages?--but it was closed, being deemed as the same as the Removing phone number question. It's actually fairly different.
I have tried:

Leaving my Messages app closed on my Mac. But somehow messages from these people get hijacked.
Deregistering my mobile number using Apple's online Deregister iMessage tool. When I attempted this, I got the message "Your phone number is not registered with iMessage."
Finding a setting on my Android phone that addresses this. The
problem is apparently (and logically seems to be) on the Apple end.

Things cpcallen says he tried:

Closing Messages.app. I still get macOS notifications of messages.
In Messages > Preferences… > Accounts > [my email address], untick "Enable this account". Then my friends messages disappear and I never
see them at all, at least until I reenable in Messages.app.
Looking in System Preferences and on icloud.com and appleid.apple.com    to see if there is some setting I can disable—but
I've not found    anything relevant.
Using Apple's Deregister iMessage tool to unregister my mobile    number. When I attempted this it gave me the message "Your phone
number is not registered with iMessage."


texts:
I just bought a 2018 Mac Mini (3.2 GHz i7) and three 4k monitors (one 32 inch and two 27 inch). The setup is great, but there is one flaw. 4k is too small! This is a common complaint and while Apple lets you scale them to a more usable size, there must be a lot of graphical interpolation going on as the scaling is not 1:1. So when I scale my monitors, everything is much more readable, but when I type, the characters are delayed when being written on the screen. It’s as if it is lagging behind and can’t keep up drawing the letters as I type them.

So my question is, if I got an eGPU, and connected all my monitors to that, would it solve this problem?

Bonus points, does anyone have an eGPU set up they recommend or have had success with? My guess is I don’t need much power as I am an Android developer (but still use iPhone because it’s just better…), and all I want it to be able to type smoothly again.


texts: Batch Trim Videos With QuickTime and AppleScript

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I have a very large number of videos of which I would like to systematically trim the first X seconds (some videos it is 6 and in some others it is 8, but they are in separate folders).
I found this stackoverflow question, but it is not really what I want (the person wanted to trim frames, not seconds): Applescript trim movies in quicktime. I also found this MacRumors thread but it does not seem to work.
Here is what I did so far, but I get the following error "QuickTime Player got an error: Can’t get document 1. Invalid index." number -1719 from document 1:
set secondsFromStart to 0
set secondsToTrim to 6
set srcFolder to choose folder

tell application "Finder"
    set fileList to files of folder srcFolder
    repeat with f in fileList
        tell application "QuickTime Player"
            open f
            tell document 1
                trim from secondsFromStart to secondsToTrim
                save
                close
            end tell
        end tell
    end repeat
end tell

I don't mind adding Automator (with which I don't seem to get how to pass the information from the Ask for Finder Items action to the Run AppleScript action) to the mix in order to query in which folder to work and the beginning and end time of the trimming.
I am using macOS Catalina version 10.15.7, AS Editor Version 2.11 (208), Automator Version 2.10 (492).


texts: How to use Bluetooth PAN and WiFi simultaneously in OSX

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On my Macbook Pro I connect to the Internet via Bluetooth on my iPhone, which does not work when connected to a WiFi network.

How do I tell OSX to route WAN traffic over my Bluetooth connection, while still being able to communicate with other machines over WiFi?


texts: iOS 11 reminder completely broken, not working

texts: Yet another major major bug with the simplest app such as reminder. I can't set the reminder for certain time. I can set it, but as soon as I go out, and in again to the Reminder app, it gets resetted and doesn't have the date set to be triggered. Completely useless app. Does anyone know how to set a reminder on an iPhone with iOS 11?


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I have seen several blog posts and articles about how to create context menu items in Finder and have been motivated to try creating a Context Menu (right-click) Items inside the Photos app.

Using Automater, I created a workflow using an Applescript to find what albums include the image selected. In the workflow header I say that the Workflow receive current 'image files' in 'Photos.app + Finder.app' Please see picture below.

The result is that the new context item is shown in the Finder.app (at the bottom = "Find Albums") but not in the Photos.app as can be seen in the other pictures below.

I don’t know how to save this script into Photos.app to get it to activate.

What setting allows my script to be seen in Finder and not in Photos?


texts: Magsafe to USB-C converter for charging Macbook Pro 2016

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I have a few standard MagSafe 2 chargers left and want to use it with my new MacBook 12.

Are there any adapters I can use to convert these Magsafe chargers into USB-C chargers that work with the MacBook 12" or 2016 Macbook Pro?


texts: Is there a tool like Furigana that I can use on iOS Safari?

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On my iPod (iOS 4.1), I'm often browsing Japanese webpages, and while I can usually understand the meaning, I often don't know the readings, especially in new contexts.

For my desktop web browsers, there are various ways to get it to display furigana for the webpage you're looking at: the Furigana Inserter extension, a bookmarklet to hiragana.jp, etc.

Does iOS Safari support extensions, or bookmarklets, or any other mechanism by which I can have it add furigana?  I can manually copy the URL, and go to hiragana.jp and paste it, and it looks great when it's all done, but the process is manual and slow.  Alternatively, is there any built-in furigana support, for Safari or any other app?  (If there is it's probably well-hidden, but it wouldn't be the first well-hidden part of iOS!)

I'm not too concerned at this point about whether it's built-in functionality, or whether it has to send my webpage unencrypted over the internet to a service.  It would be really nice if it was local-only and secure, but at this point I'll take anything.


texts: How do I turn on calculator in spotlight without enabling conversions?

texts:
In Yosemite spotlight sends all requests to multiple third parties depending on your settings.  I've disabled all of these options, leaving "Calculator, System Preferences and Applications" out of principle. Disabling conversions however, seems to have disabled the calculator too.

My question is how can I enable the calculator without enabling conversions?


texts: Safari keeps downloading data when Gmail is open

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If I have a visible tab (non occluded window) open on Gmail, my Safari (8.0 running on Yosemite) keeps downloading data at a rate of 1 MB/s. The same does not happen with Chrome.

I'd like to understand what this is for, and if possible, make it stop.

Some info:

logs don't show anything suspicious.
caches are ok
network panel of web inspector shows no activity
lsof output: https://gist.github.com/Agos/78fa61943af31d634a99


texts: I have purchased a Apple Mac Pro A1186 2008 original 2.66GHZ however I power cable is not supplied and I need to purchase one. What cable is it that I need exactly.


texts: How to change default settings for volume and brightness keys?

texts:
One of the best Mac OS keyboard shortcuts I've discovered this past year is that by pressing SHIFT+OPTION while pressing the volume up/down keys or brightness up/down keys, the levels change in quarter increments instead of whole increments.

I find that I'm using this so often, that I'd now prefer the quarter increment change to become the default for these keys.  In an ideal scenario, for example, pressing the volume up key (without having to press SHIFT+OPTION) would increase volume by a quarter increment, and pressing the volume up key with SHIFT+OPTION would increase volume by a whole increment.

What would be the best way to accomplish this?  Someone pointed me towards the Karabiner-Elements keyboard remapping software, but I'm not sure if that's the right approach here or if it would even work.


texts: is it possible to batch rename from a list, using a bat file like rename filename.txt newfilename.txt?

texts:
So I teach a class and a few of my students have Macs. Literally the only thing I have encountered is this .bat issue.

We use Excel to start with a list of filenames in one column, and a list of new filenames in the other column, and then create a bat file. The new names are not intuitive and they do not follow a pattern, so typical logic can't handle this; we must rely on the list.

Do Macs have something that can work? I would love to provide a solution.

This is what it looks like in windows (this assumes all files are in the same folder, and the bat file runs  from the root; it is just as possible to use fullpaths)

rename accounting2016.xls ID0001.xls
rename vacationphoto01.jpg ID0042.jpg
rename BuildingPlans.docx ID0189.docx


texts: Sleep wake failure in EFI & turning off the touch bar (Macbook Pro)

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I have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) running MacOS 11.3.1 (Big Sur), and I have been getting sleep-wake failures for a few months now (even when I was running Catalina).
Basically, every my computer goes to sleep, it crashes, and has to restart. This is very annoying, since I cannot leave my computer for long without it restarting. Even if I put it to sleep manually (and even when I shut it down and restart it!), this happens.
The error message is typically something like "panic: Sleep Wake failure in EFI." I suspect that it has to do with my touchbar, especially since I see the touchbar going crazy (the LEDs flash crazily) every time I open my computer lid.
My questions are:

Does anyone know how to fix this sleep-wake failure? Is it a software issue I can fix, or is it a software issue only Apple can fix, or is it a hardware issue that I can go to a repair shop for?
How can I fully disable my touchbar? I want to see if doing so fixes the problem.

I've seen numerous posts about this elsewhere, but nowhere has a satisfactory answer, so please don't mark this as a duplicate. Thanks.


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I upgraded my iPhone 3GS to iOS4 and although I love most of the new feaures, multitasking keeps me checking for open apps.

Is there a way to disable multitasking support in iOS4 or a "kill all apps" app/switch?


texts: Restore a lost partition from degraded software mirror RAID

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I used to store my valuable files on Apple software RAID (mirror). Recently one disk has failed and the mirror became degraded.

I rebuilt the mirror using new drive, following this guide, but seems like there are no partitions on it.

I believe the data on the healthy drive is not corrupted. What programs should I use at this point to retrieve if not the lost partition, but data?


texts:
I've just update MacOS to the latest version of Mojave 10.14.1 from the previous one (already Mojave) and now the Mail app won't load anymore. It crashes instantly after launch, no GUI is visible before the bug

Greetings


texts: How does one find the plug-in setting on Chrome for Mac to aid in stopping Chrome Helpers processes from running?

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I recently noticed that I had about 4 or 5 Google Chrome Helper processes running in my Mac. I have no windows opened on chrome and it seems that the Helper processes still stay there regardless. I looked at the other question Why does Google Chrome launch multiple instances of Google Chrome Helper? and this good article explaining what the issue is and how to solve it. They suggest to follow the following steps:

shut down all your Chrome windows without quitting the program.
go to “Preferences,” scroll all the way down in the menu
click on “Show advanced settings…”
The first item in the expanded advanced settings list will be “Privacy,” and click on the “Content Settings” button right under that.
(step that fails for me) About halfway down the content settings list is a “Plug-ins” entry, which will likely be set to “Run automatically.” Instead, select “Click to play.”

The instructions are clear and easy to follow but it seems that the plug-ins button doesn't exist or it was moved. Does someone know where the plugins section went to?

I don't know even if we find the new section for the plugins if it would solve the problem, but if it doesn't, can we truly get these chrome helper processes to go away?

As a side remark, I did go to the extensions section of chrome and I disabled all of my extensions, however, I still have at least 3 chrome helper windows running. Why is that? Can we get rid of them in anyway?

It seems that the main issue is that the new extension section has no clear (analogous to the article) way of preventing auto-helping to enable. This seems to be my main goal. To have the auto-helping turned off. In particular I want it to work as this sentence of the article suggests:

  Disabling Helper’s auto-helping is easy, and it won’t prevent you from using plug-ins.

Right now the extension section has no analogous section to the "Click to play" which seems to play the following important role:

  This is essentially the same thing as configuring email to load images
  only when you click a “load images” link. Any embedded Flash, Java,
  Quicktime, DivX, or Silverlight content on a webpage will appear as a
  grayed-out space until you click on it to load the player and the
  content.

Right now the only way that (very) unreliable works is disabling the extensions. Which is of course not the solution I want or the solution the article alludes to.

Is there a "Click to play" in the new chrome for mac?


texts: What happens to the mobile number used by FaceTime/iMessage on an iPhone when swapping the SIM containing a different phone number?

texts:
Assume the following:

FaceTime/iMessage are activated on an iPhone - using both the phone number associated with the SIM card that's currently inserted in the phone, as well as the email address of the Apple ID that's signed in

The SIM card is removed from the iPhone, and a new one inserted that contains a different phone number

At this point, would FaceTime/iMessage automatically detect that a new primary mobile number is now in use and automatically update the number for both services - or would the old number still be used unless manually updated?


texts: Shutdown Script in macOS / RAM Disk Backup

texts:
I'm attempting to create a shutdown script in macOS (10.11) - that is, a script that runs at shutdown, not a script that shut's down the Mac. The linux "rc" system is not present in macOS.

I've searched and searched for a solution, and this is the only one I've been able to find. It launches at boot with launchd, and both the startup and shutdown functions run when they should:

#!/bin/bash

function startup()
    {
    ## commands to create and fill ram disk

    tail -f /dev/null &
    wait $!
    }

function shutdown()
    {
    ## commands to backup contents of ramdisk

    exit 0
    }

trap shutdown SIGTERM

startup;

As I said, both the startup() and the shutdown() functions run when expected. The problem lies within the commands of the shutdown function. It's a pretty simple script, it just copies the contents of the ram disk to a folder on the hard drive:

function backup_ramdisk()
    {
    ## empty ram disk backup folder
    rm -R -f /webfolder-backup/*

    ## copy contents of the ramdisk to the ramdisk backup
    cp -R /Volumes/webfolder/ /webfolder-backup/

    ## make me the owner
    chown -R me /webfolder-backup/
    chmod -R 777 /webfolder-backup/

    exit 0
    }

The actual script is loaded with extras that log stuff, and I can confirm that the entire script does run. But what happens is the cp line fails. Sometimes it fails completely, and the backup folder is empty. But more often, it gets part of the structure of the RAM disk, and stops copying files right around (but not exactly) the same spot.

Often times it will throw the error cp: /Volumes/webfolder/: No such file or directory even though it has already copied a hundred items from that folder. It makes me think that the shutdown command is unmounting the RAM disk before my script has time to finish backing it up. Keep in mind, because it's a RAM disk, it only takes a couple of seconds to copy all the files off of it. But it seems that's not enough. If there were a way I could pause the shutdown process while my script is running, then proceed, that would be ideal! Or maybe a better approach to this entirely?


texts: Why is my iPhone calendar stuck in the year 2562BE?

texts: And how do I change it, to the current year, 2019?


texts: Does the Mail app store the email on the storage drive?

texts: I bought a new Macbook pro the other day and I set up my mail account on it. It started syncing mail from about two years ago. I was worried that it might be storing mails on the storage disk and since I have the 256gb SSD, I didn't want the space to be taken up by emails from ages ago. I just wanted to know whether it does store a copy of the emails on the storage drive and if so, is there any way to just let it sync emails from only the last two months or so.


texts: Script Editor shows Error: No Error in JavaScript code for sending email

texts:
I am trying to learn how to create automation scripts in macOS with the JavaScript language. I was trying to figure out how to make a script that would send an email. Everything seemed to be going fine until I got an error message that said Error on line 12: Error: No error. I've searched the web and haven't found any other occurrences like this.

This is the code that I ran:

var currentApp = Application.currentApplication();
currentApp.includeStandardAdditions = true;
var Mail = Application('Mail');

var messageName = Mail.OutgoingMessage();

messageName.sender = 'email@example.com';
messageName.subject = 'Test';

Mail.send(messageName);

The error appears to be for the Mail.send(messageName) line.

Can anyone explain to me why I got this message and what I need to do to fix it? Is it just a bug with Script Editor?


texts: How do I keep QTKitServer (QuickLook Helper) CPU usage from exploding out of control? OR How do I disable QuickLook entirely?

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I've been watching lots of .MKVs lately, opened from the Finder. In Column View, when you single-click any file, QuickLook will load a viewable thumbnail into the next column over. This causes noticeable and repeated momentary hangs in Finder responsiveness.

I have a feeling this is related to a non-Apple-kosher file-type like Matroska Video giving QuickLook some problems.

Has anyone had experience with this problem, OR have a way to disable QuickLook entirely? I ask because I would rather have my OS always be responsive than have CPU time eaten so that a useless thumbnail can be loaded that I never use.


texts: OS X Mountain Lion - Kernel Panic and Restart after Sleep

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I have a mid-2009 15" MacMook Pro, with 10.8.2 installed. Periodically, after sleeping my machine, I open it and hit a kernel panic. The logs fail at the AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient kext, and I don't see any non-Apple related kexts in the crash log. Any idea what could be causing this? Hardware failure perhaps?

Wed Jan 30 20:16:32 2013
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff800e4b7bd5): Kernel trap at 0xffffff800e42da10, type 13=general protection, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffff80effc5000, CR3: 0x00000000110ac000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0x0000000000000001, RBX: 0xffffff80206e3000, RCX: 0x0000000009000000, RDX: 0xffffff80e9f60078
RSP: 0xffffff80f57c3e50, RBP: 0xffffff80f57c3e80, RSI: 0xffffff80e9f60068, RDI: 0x0000000000000000
R8:  0xffffff800eabec60, R9:  0x00000000fffffffe, R10: 0x00000000001d9bc0, R11: 0x0000000000000000
R12: 0xffffff800eabebe8, R13: 0xffffff8020711ad0, R14: 0x01ffff8020711aa0, R15: 0x0000000000000000
RFL: 0x0000000000010002, RIP: 0xffffff800e42da10, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000000
Fault CR2: 0xffffff80effc5000, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x0

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80f57c3af0 : 0xffffff800e41d626
0xffffff80f57c3b60 : 0xffffff800e4b7bd5
0xffffff80f57c3d30 : 0xffffff800e4ce4ed
0xffffff80f57c3d50 : 0xffffff800e42da10
0xffffff80f57c3e80 : 0xffffff800e82e1e9
0xffffff80f57c3ec0 : 0xffffff800e82ca47
0xffffff80f57c3f30 : 0xffffff800e82d3a2
0xffffff80f57c3f70 : 0xffffff800e831e99
0xffffff80f57c3fb0 : 0xffffff800e4b26b7

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:
Not yet set

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.2.0: Sat Aug 25 00:48:52 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.18.24~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 69A5853F-375A-3EF4-9247-478FD0247333
Kernel slide:     0x000000000e200000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff800e400000
System model name: MacBookPro5,3 (Mac-F22587C8)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 1680101793
last loaded kext at 227453939: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient  196.0.0 (addr 0xffffff7f902ca000, size 20480)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 196.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI    4.9.6
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331   602.15.22
com.apple.nvenet    2.0.19
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI   5.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager   161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort  2.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM  1.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI   5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC   1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET  1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons   1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS    1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC    1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC  1.6
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall   4.0.39
com.apple.security.quarantine   2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement   196.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily    4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family   500.15
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily  3.0
com.apple.driver.NVSMU  2.2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily    2.2.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 5.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime    1.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 1.8.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily   1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox  220
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch   1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet  7
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 344
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore  28.21
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform  1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.7.2
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily    1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto    1.0


texts:
We use Pharos and have two printer queues for our students to use.  One is black & white; the other is color.  For convenience, we want them to be able to print any document to the BW queue and pick it up at any of our printers, including color printers.  The problem is I cannot find a good PPD file to use for the BW queue.  Some Canon PPDs will force a job to print to BW, but they don't have a setting for duplex.  Other PPDs allow duplex, but don't force the document to come out greyscale.

The way the Mac package is created on Pharos utilizes lpadmin to add the printer.  But, I cannot find a list of options on lpadmin to see if one of those would default a driver to black and white.  If it did, then I could use one of the drivers that does color and just set it to greyscale.

The printers we use are all Canons.  The color models are: iR ADV C7055 and C7260.  The black and white models we use are: iR ADV 3245, 4251, 4245, and 6055.

The PPDs I have tried so far are: the universal and PS driver for the 4525, 5055, 6055, and 6075.  The downloaded files work for more than one model, though, so the files are PPD_v4.24_MACOSX, PPD_v4.26_MACOSX, PS_v04.13.00_Mac, UFRII_v10.14.00_Mac, and UFRII_v10.15.00_Mac.

Any suggestions or assistance would be appreciated.  If I have not provided enough info, please let me know.


texts: easy way to manage VMware ESXi on Mac OS X

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I'm a VMware guy, running a dozen of ESXi ... and i'm also a mac user and I've had it with launching VMware Fusion to boot my Win7 to work on vSphere client...

Am I missing something? Sys Admins and Solution Architects are using Linux/Mac more and more ... Is there anyway that i can do that without having to rely on rdesktop and other unreliable workarounds?


texts: Delete incompatible ScreenFlow version from MacOS Sierra

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I logged into my iCloud account from a fresh install of macOS Sierra.
I had a very old version of ScreenFlow (from 2011) under Purchases in the App Store.
Installing it worked.
When I try to open it (from the App Store or from Spotlight), it says it's incompatible and offers me to search for a newer version.

Now how do I remove this old installed version? The App Store only shows me an "Open" button under Purchases, but I can't click on the icon to take me to a details page with an option to uninstall it.

It's harmless to just leave it there, but besides taking up a little disk space for nothing, it pollutes the Spotlight search index and just makes me feel my computer a little "dirty".


texts: Why is it that my Mac would rather swap than clear inactive memory?

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Why is it that my Mac (running 10.8 Mountain Lion) would rather swap than clear inactive memory? I know people say that the Mac OS manages itself and whatever, but there is a serious performance dip when my MacBook starts swapping out, even though it would have over 1.5 GB of inactive memory that isn't being cleared out. I have a launcher for the purge command in my dock - thats how severe it is!

Note the 2.21 GB of inactive and the 127.1 MB of swap, which, through the use of all the programs in my workflow, (Photoshop + Illustrator + Dreamweaver + Publisher etc.) will grow rapidly unless I use the purge command, saving my computer from a slaughter fest of beach balls.


texts: Adding and Deleting LSHandlerURLScheme from com.apple.launchservices.secure.plist is not immediately reflecting in Launch Services database

texts:
I am exposing an Mac OSX application by adding its bundle identifier and urlscheme in com.apple.launchservices.secure.plist.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>LSHandlerPreferredVersions</key>
    <dict>
        <key>LSHandlerRoleAll</key>
        <string>-</string>
    </dict>
    <key>LSHandlerRoleAll</key>
    <string>com.test.myurl</string>
    <key>LSHandlerURLScheme</key>
    <string>myurl</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Until I restart the machine I don't see the url scheme in lsregister - dump output

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -dump | grep myurl

  canonical id:  com.test.myurl (0x80000008)
    URL scheme:    myurl
    all roles:     com.test.myurl (0x80000008)

Even immediately after deleting these entries from the plist is also not reflecting in lsregister , I need to restart.

I tried Kill, seed of lsregister but no luck. How to update this entries in lsregister without a restart


texts: Xamarin Android Player runs slowly on MacBook Air 2015

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I've a need to virtualise an Android device on my MacBook Air. I've successfully installed the Xamarin Android Player and downloaded Nexus 7 Marshmallow image. The emulation starts correctly, but it is very slow.

From what I've found from the internet is that this could be a disabled virtualisation issue or outdated firmware. I'm running the latest version of El Captain - 10.11.6, so I think this couldn't be an outdated firmware issue.

There is no (very hard to find) clear walkthrough on how it is possible to enable virtualisation on MacBook Air early 2015.

I know that there are alternatives to Xamarin Android Player, like Visual Studio, but I'm really short on SSD space - 128GB. That's the main reason why I don't want to install Visual Studio with many features what I have no need to use.

Please share your thoughts on what issue could slow down the performance of Android emulator and what would be the optimal way to solve such issue.


texts: install opencv with cuda support and.. brew

texts:
i have installed opencv with brew and everything is magically ok. now i want to try to recompile by myself with cuda support.

for this i have to download opencv, change a line in CMakeList.txt (because i have already installed cuds 5 and cuda toolkit), run cmake, run make, run make install. Exactly what brew has done.

I am scared to do some mess with brew and blabla and going end up to have 2 different version of opencv and brew not happy.

I just compile opencv with pkg-config --cflags --libs opencv so pkg-config is the only thing i care about.

What is the best way to do it without mess everything up?


texts: Avoid stutter when watching Amazon Prime video on Mac Mini 32-bit?

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I have a Mac Mini that's a few years old.

I'd like to use it for watching online video, because it's small, we're not using it for anything else, it fits nicely under the TV, and I can connect its video output to the TV. We've got a month's free trial of Amazon Prime Video.

It's 32-bit (Intel Core Duo) so it's running Mac OS X Snow Leopard (version 10.6), which I understand is the most recent version of OS X that it's possible to upgrade it to. It has 1Gb of ram.

I've upgraded Flash and downloaded Silverlight and although APV videos won't play on Chrome, they will play on Firefox. Which is ok.

But when I play them back I get stuttering. :( Sometimes it's ok for a minute or 2 and then we get a little stutter, other times its stuttering every 10 seconds. It seems to stutter mostly when there's a big change in the image and lots happening in the audio - that could be my imagination.

To give video playback the highest priority (the machine is not being used for anything else), I did a renice -20 pid for the Firefox process and for the Silverlight process which it spawned. That didn't seem to help.

I know that the problem is with this machine (rather than with our internet connection or our router) because I've tried watching the videos on my laptop, connected to the internet in the same way, and that works well.

I've rebooted the machine and I've made sure there's only 1 logged-in user.

Can you suggest things I could try in order to make Amazon Prime Video play back without stuttering? Thanks!

sh-3.2# system_profiler SPHardwareDataType
Hardware:

Hardware Overview:

  Model Name: Mac mini
  Model Identifier: Macmini1,1
  Processor Name: Intel Core Duo
  Processor Speed: 1.66 GHz
  Number Of Processors: 1
  Total Number Of Cores: 2
  L2 Cache: 2 MB
  Memory: 1 GB
  Bus Speed: 667 MHz
  Boot ROM Version: MM11.0055.B08
  SMC Version (system): 1.3f4
  Serial Number (system): VM65001EW0C
  Hardware UUID: 00000000-0000-1000-8000-0016CBA7861B


texts: Can `diskutil cs deleteVolume` be undone?

texts:
I've by accident executed diskutil cs deleteVolume on the wrong, encrypted drive.  According to the manual, this will lead to data loss, but how bad is it?  It surely didn't overwrite the whole disk.  Of course, I have a backup, but it is in the cloud and the drive is large.  It would take a very long time to recover this way.
I've tried various recovery tools, some of which seem to detect the lost volume, but they ask for the password.  This password is unfortunately handled via iCloud and, AFAIK, cannot be obtained from there.  Not sure there is any fast way to work around this.  Hint: always maintain encryption passwords yourself!
No other destructive command was executed after the accident, the above was the only last modification.
Is there any way to recreate the encrypted volume without data loss?


texts: Outlook 2016 shared calendar doesn't show appointments

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I'm using Outlook 2016 on my mac connecting to office 365.

I can add shared calendars fine, and most calendars work absolutely without an issue for calendars that have permissions set to User = Default, Role = Reviewer.

But on some calendars where the Properties are set to User = Default, Role = Free/Busy, time, subject, location (i.e. the owner of the calendar doesn't want me to see the notes on the meeting), I can't see any appointments at all. It simply shows a blank calendar.

When I use Outlook 2013 on Windows with the same account, I can see the calendar entries for that use just fine.

Does anyone have a pointer on how to make Outlook 2016 respect the privacy settings of the shared calendar but still display the appointments as it should?


texts: Has Unix Parameter Name SystemAudioVolume Been Changed to SystemAudioVolume DB in El Capitan?

texts:
I am trying to change the startup sound. When I checked the setting using:

sudo nvram -p

it returns a setting for SystemAudioVolume DB  %ee

I entered:

    sudo nvram SystemAudioVolume=%00

When I check again using sudo nvram -p

both names show up in the list:

SystemAudioVolume DB .... %ee

SystemAudioVolume .... %00 (it took my setting but doesn't kill sound)

Should I be trying to set SystemAudioVolume DB instead?

If yes, is this the right way?

sudo nvram SystemAudioVolumeDB=%aa

(No space before DB.) Does anyone know the proper range for this?
My computer is old but I don't want to break it.


texts: Why can Firefox not allow permanent access to my screen?

texts:
When I join a Google Hangout and try to share my entire screen, Firefox always prompts me whether to share a window or the entire screen. I always want to share the entire screen. But when I enable the checkbox for "Remember this decision" I get this warning: Firefox can not allow permanent access to your screen.

Why does this happen? Is it because I'm on a Mac, or is it specific to macOS Catalina?


texts: Detect fn and function key simultaneously pressed

texts:
I am using ControllerMate to try to change what my volume buttons do.

Unfortunately, I haven't figured out how I can detect that the F11 or F12 keys are being pressed at the same time as the fn key.

Originally I'd planned to combine an F11 keypress detector and an AppleScript that checks for the fn key.

I haven't been able to find a way in AppleScript to detect the fn key. Research led me to possible solutions, such as

do shell script "/usr/bin/python -c 'import Cocoa; print Cocoa.NSEvent.modifierFlags()'"

But this can't distinguish between the different function keys or fn.

After almost a week trying to figure this out myself I ask you; is there a way to detect in ControllerMate a simultaneous fn and function key press?


texts: How can I prevent my Mac from selecting my Apple TV as an audio source by default

texts: I own an Apple TV at home and have an Apple TV at work. I play audio through my home's stereo system fairly often. Whenever I get into the office while being previously connected to the Apple TV at home, my Mac connects to one of the Apple TVs at my office. How can I prevent my Mac from doing that?


texts: How to make AppleScript ignore escape characters in string to make a Note

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I have a python script that takes a user's input and inserts it into the name and body parameter of the make new note apple script. The problem is that any escape or special characters get interpreted by applescript. I want all strings to be treated as raw and to ignore all escape characters and things like :\//tft// without giving me a Expected “"” but found unknown token. error

The line of python looks like this:

cmd = "osascript -e 'tell application \"Notes\" \n tell account \"iCloud\" \n make new note at folder \"Notes\" with properties {name:\"%s\", body:\"%s\"} \n end tell \n end tell'" % (header, body)

... where header and body are the user supplied strings.

But for manual testing I use the Script Editor to quickly reproduce the error.

tell application "Notes"
  tell account "iCloud"
    make new note at folder "Notes" with properties {name:"myname", body:"c:\test\test.txt"}
  end tell
end tell

This particular note ends up looking like this:

I know that I can use \\ instead of \ but I don't want users to have to sanitize all their input as they could be copy pasting from a large body of text. Think of a log file or paste-bin style body of text.

Is there a way to programmatically sanitize the user's input?


texts: My mom can't send me iMessages and she has iPhone4 and I know iMessage works on my iPhone 5

texts: The button "Use your apple ID ..... " doesn't work on her phone on iMessages settings, but she entered her phone number properly to be used for iMessages. I tried turning on and off the iMessages. Still doesn't work and she is sending me SMS regular instead of iMessage iPhone to iPhone. I even managed to send her iMessage from Macbook to her iPhone 4 using Message app for Macbook, but not from iPhone 5 (I have iPhone 5). But Apple, (please) this is the BASIC BASIC function of a telephone, why can't you fix this......I love Apple and all but things like this make me freaking jump out of my skin....the simplest basic stuff :)


texts: USB not recognized after installing OS X Snow Leopard on it

texts:
A while back, I tried installing OS X Snow Leopard on a USB Thumb Drive (64GB) in order to see whether it could run on a Mac with a broken HD. It worked, but was obviously incredibly slow (I didn't have an external hard drive to test with at the time).

Now I have the Mac fixed, but I'm having problems with the USB. It still has MacOS on it, but I want to erase it.

Here's what I tried on macOS High Sierra:
Disk Utility -> Select the drive (grayed out) -> Erase: Gives error "Cannot write to last block of device"

On Windows:
Command Prompt:

diskpart
list disk
select disk 1
clean
Error: Request could not be completed because of an I/O error.

On Ubuntu:
GParted -> Select my disk -> Delete MacOS X partition

Gives error: Error fsyncing/closing /dev/sdb: Input/output error

This might not be the right forum to ask about this, but I figured it was caused by OS X, so I put it on here. I anyone has a suggestion of a better forum to go to, please tell me.

Does anyone have any idea how I might fix the USB Drive?


texts:
I have a Camera that supports RAW (Panasonic Lumix FZ35), but sadly iPhoto (and Aperture) don't support this format.

Short of reporting Feedback to Apple and hoping for the best, is there any other way to make iPhoto work with this RAW Format, like a "Plugin" that integrates neatly into iPhoto?

I want to avoit having to use Photoshop to edit/convert them to JPG and then put those JPGs into iPhoto.


texts:
In older versions there was an option to reset safari

But in 9.0.3 I am not seeing this option

What are the alternatives?
How can I reset safari 9.0.3?


texts: How to connect an iPad to a Macbook's proxy server / app?

texts:
It used to be at work, we can set our iPad's Proxy to something like 12.34.5.67, port 8888, and then this iPad will be able to connect to our Macbook Pro machine (which is connected to the company network by VPN).

With the port 8888, it actually can connect to an app that's called Charles Proxy that can fetch any webpage for us, or override any HTML, JavaScript, or CSS files using a local file on the hard drive for us to do debugging.

But recently, the network configuration has changed and we can't connect to the Macbook Pro any more.  We can still do the same old way if we are at home, using a local IP address like 192.168.1.80.  So is there any way at all to make this work?  By using Bluetooth, for example, or by the connection cable, just somehow be able to connect to the Macbook to port 1888 or 3000, and we can always use rsh to route it to our 8888 if needed.  The ultimate goal is to be able to use Safari on the iPad to use the Macbook Pro's port 8888 as a proxy.


texts: Disable message / call notifications for one specific contact

texts:
One of my contacts is annoying me with text messages. I could block them, but then I'd never be able to see the messages they send and I want to have the ability to do that.

So instead the idea I had was to turn off text message notification sounds / badges / etc for just this one specific contact.

Is this possible? It seems like I can turn off notifications for people not in my contacts, but really I just want to turn them off for this one specific person.


texts:
In MacBook Pro’s touchbar, why specifically in the searchbox there are no word suggestions? How to show them?
The option is turned on


texts: How do i autorun .command files from a USB drive when I plug it in?

texts:
I've made two .command files, "lock" and "unlock". The first hides hidden files with: defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE, then refreshes finder with killall Finder. The second does the opposite, I simply replaced TRUE with FALSE, in the first command.

I'd like to copy these over to a USB thumb drive in such a way that when I plug this USB into my laptop, it automatically executes the "unlock" file, and as soon as I unplug it, the "lock" file is executed.

I don't know to what extent this is possible and what drawbacks/problems it may entail, but any help or input is very much appreciated. I'm also only doing this for fun, so I'm perfectly okay with experimenting!


texts: Anyone successfully syncing IMAP Notes with High Sierra?

texts:
I regularly use the Notes app with our corporate IMAP server to share notes between my devices. (Corporate policy forbids us from using iCloud or any other 3rd party service.)

This used to work fine, but since I've updated one of my two laptops to High Sierra (the other is still on Sierra), syncing no longer works as expected. Specifically:

If I create a note on either laptop, it never appears on the other laptop or my iPad (which is still running iOS 10).
If I create a note on my iPad, it appears only on the Sierra laptop, and changes I make are synced back to the iPad.

Any ideas? Could I expect it to work again if I upgraded the other laptop to High Sierra as well?


texts: FileVault 2 Full-Disk Encryption Alternative with LDAP Support

texts:
Has anyone come across a full-disk encryption alternative to FileVault 2 for macOS with better LDAP user support? I've been trying to identify a solution for macOS Mojave that:

offers pre-boot, full-disk encryption just like FileVault 2 does
allows users to type in a username and password from the pre-boot login screen, authenticate over the network to a local LDAP server, and then decrypt+login to a macOS system without being manually added as users on that system beforehand.

I'm working in an environment with thousands of constantly changing users across thousands of machines at different sites, so pre-adding each LDAP user to each system (as I understand FileVault 2 requires) isn't workable for me.

A question about FileVault alternatives hasn't been asked in some time. My search for an alternative meeting my needs hasn't turned up much, which is why I'm hoping someone in the community can help. Most tools I've found such as VeraCrypt, TrueCrypt, and Trend Micro EE only seem to offer directory-level encryption rather than pre-boot. I'm starting to become convinced FileVault 2 is the only pre-boot FDE option for macOS... does anyone know of another?


texts: How to copy video files from iPhone 6 onto computer?

texts: If I plugged my old iPhone 4 into a computer, all the files would automatically come up. But when I plug my new iPhone 6 into a computer, nothing happens. Did they change something in the iPhone 6, and I have to perform additional steps to view the files?


texts:
I have a couple of lines in my .zshrc file (although it could just as easily be my .bashrc file—the specific shell makes no difference) that use systemsetup to display the computer name and other similar things.  This worked flawlessly before I upgraded to Mavericks, but now it gives this error everytime (but still works anyway):

2013-12-24 15:21:20.575 systemsetup[3633:1403] ### authenticateUsingAuthorizationSync error:Error Domain=com.apple.systemadministration.authorization Code=-60007 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.systemadministration.authorization error -60007.)"
Computer Name: Tintin

(The first line is STDERR, and the second is STDOUT.)

Of course I could work around this by just piping STDERR to /dev/null, but I'd like to know what's wrong and fix the problem.

If I use sudo first, it works fine, the same as it always has worked.

The permissions on systemsetup are just what I would expect:

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root   wheel       118K Oct 31 13:49 systemsetup

What is wrong?  How can I fix it?


texts: Different speed for Magic Mouse and built-in trackpad

texts:
Is there any way to set different tracking speed for Magic Mouse and for built-in trackpad?

I'm using both, but Magic Mouse acts good for me at max tracking speed, but trackpad good for me at average tracking speed.

I see that tracking speeds are adjusted separately for each input device, but actually they affect both mouse and trackpad.

Is there any chance to set different configurations?

MacOs Sierra 10.12.2


texts: Accessing certain files on external HD without entire backup from External HD

texts:
How do I access certain files without backing up my Mac from entire backup from portable hard drive? My external hard drive is full. It has the same capacity as my Mac internal hard drive. I' did a wipe on my internal hard drive to keep it running. When I plug my external up, it does a complete back up, fills my internal drive and makes my computer error out because my internal HD is now full.

How do I upload certain files on my external to my Internal HD without having a full backup? or better yet, How do I delete/remove files on my external HD without it completing a full backup to my Internal HD?


texts: How to enable the iOS spell checker in Mobile Safari?

texts:
The iOS spell checker works for me in all the iOS applications, but it doesn't seem to work for text I type in a text area in Mobile Safari. For instance, spelling errors are underlined in red for emails I type in Mail, but they are not underlined in red in the web-based Gmail. I am not talking about completion feature, but the red underline of misspelled words, which is new with iOS 4, as shown in this screenshot:

How can I get spell checking to work for form fields in Mobile Safari like it works in other applications?


texts: Can I hide the "All on My iPhone" option in iPhone's Contacts app?

texts:
I'm using Gmail for Contacts, Notes, Calendar, and Mail sync.

Since I only have one account, most of these apps don't have the top level selection page which let's you choose which account to use. They always use my Gmail account, which is exactly what I want.

The one exception is Contacts, which allows me to tap "Groups", and then has an option "All on My iPhone". I want to disable this feature, so that I don't accidentally add contacts that aren't synced with Gmail. The Notes and Calendar apps do this perfectly... I can only add notes and appointments to my Gmail account, not to the phone itself.

I'm using Gmail's Exchange sync, by the way.


texts: Does Time Machine need a "clean drive", or can I use an old hard disk

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I want to use Time Machine on my Mountain Lion. I have 1TB external HDD I use for storing various stuff.

The thing is I selected the drive for Time Machine to work on but nowhere it is mentioned that it will either format the disk or Time Machine will create a separate folder leaving other stuff on the disk untouched. I am bit skeptical that it might erase my disk. I dont want that to happen.

What will happen if I let Time Machine take backups on that disk? Will it erase everything? Can I use that for time machine without erasing the stuff on it?


texts: Remove voice memos from iPhone in bulk without iTunes

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I have lots of voice memos taking up a lot of space. There are too many to remove them manually.
I have searched and cannot find a solution. Maybe there isn't one, but has anyone got a method of transferring a lot of voice memos in one go?
Voice memos no longer show up in iTunes so Retrieve Voice Memos from device? does not apply.


texts: Migrations Assistant - Best way to transfer data?

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I'm thinking of using Migration Assistant to transfer data to my new Mac, but what is the best way to do this?

I have a Time Machine Back up on a Time Capsule, but this would be over wifi, so slow?
I guess target disk mode is out, as my MacBook only has FW400 and the iMac only has FW800, I understand these are different connectors, so out of the question?
However I do have a FW drive with both FW400 & FW800 connectors, so could Time Machine onto that, would it be slow?
Or could I make a temporary wired network between the two machines? If so would I need a crossover cable, or are Macs clever enough for this to work with a standard ethernet cable?


texts: Huawei mobile broadband E173 data card not working properly

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I am using Mac OS X SnowLeopard. My Huawei mobile broadband E173 data card is giving me problems. After inactivity for some time, it gets disconnected and when I connect again, it shows as connected but sites don't get loaded. Even the default startup page that's supposed to start on connection is not able to load.

I am using the default driver that came with the device. Are there any alternative drivers?


texts: Second monitor - Dell and iMac 27 5 Retina

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I have an iMac 27" 5K Retina (late 2015) with 32 GB, AMD Radeon R9 M395x 4096MB.   I have just bought a second monitor, Dell Dell 27" UltraSharp UP2715K.   I am running macOS Sierra 10.12.1.

Can someone help me......   When I connect my iMac to the monitor with the DisplayPort Cable (Mini-DP to DP) the Dell Monitor simply is black screen and on its way to shut go in power save.....

When I use 1 of the DisplayPort Cables along with DisplayPort Cable (Mini-DP to Mini DP) I only get 4K on my Dell...

What am I doing wrong? Am I not able to use this second monitor?


texts: How to delete "invisible" files/folders (device backups)

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I am trying to recover about 162 GB of drive space by deleting device backups from ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup on a MBP running El Capitan (10.11.6.) To be safe I dragged the Backup folder to a folder I created on a NAS, thinking this would simply copy the folder and its contents over. Instead the folder disappeared from the local drive and was nowhere to be found on the NAS.

I think I understand why the drag operation failed without warning*. But the problem I face now is that I have no way to reference the Backup folder in order to actually delete it. Thus 162 GB are occupied with apparently no way for me to free them up. With about 2 GB of free space on that system drive the machine is crawling.

Any thoughts on how I might free up that space without reformatting the drive would be much appreciated.

*This NAS holds Time Machine backups of two MPBs, as well as a couple of shares used for temporary backup storage. If memory serves, rather than mounting the share properly, and accessing it in Finder from the Shared or Devices section of the sidebar to set the drag destination, I created a folder, possibly inside the folder containing the TM backup, and used that as the drag destination. The "copy" was instantaneous (a dead giveaway that something was wrong), and then I later could not find the folder I had created, nor the Backup folder I had copied. Dumb mistake, likely due to sleep deprivation, or lame human multitasking.


texts: How to unlock iPhone 5 (iOS 7.0.2) after forgetting my Apple ID?

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I have an iPhone 5 (iOS 7.0.2) which is locked and I can't unlock it because I've forgotten my Apple ID.

Is there any solution?


texts: How can I sync multiple photo and video folders in iTunes?

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I have an iPhone 4, a PC, and iTunes 10. I can't figure out how to sync photos AND videos from multiple folders.

In iTunes' iPhone view, under "Pictures" I can select a single master folder, then subfolders to sync. Eg, I have "D:\Pictures" and I select the "2010" folder. Fine. But I'd also like to sync "D:\Videos" and select its "2010" folder. I see that the "Pictures" option also allows you to sync videos. But what's impossible to do, as far as I can tell, is sync multiple folders arbitrarily located in my folder hierarchy, rather than multiple subfolders of a single parent folder.


texts: Using Apple Remote Desktop to view External HD files

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Can I have my Macbook Pro offsite access my other Macbook Pro at home using the Apple Remote Desktop? (Or if you know of another better way to access, let me know.)

If so, can the Macbook Pro at home have an External Hard Drive connected which I can access those files remotely?


texts: How to change file icon for macOS native file type?

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First up, there are several other posts here and on StackOverflow and SuperUser about this, but few of the answers are satisfactory, definitive or up-to-date.
I want to change the file icon for all PostScript files on my system to this:

(Veteran Mac users may recognise the inspiration for my design, to which all are welcome.)
Most solutions suggest hacking the Info.plist and Resources of the application that opens the file type: in this case, Preview, and that's undesirable for several reasons - increased security around app's integrity, re-applying the fix after every update, etc.
The alternative seems to be creating a 'dummy' application, though this does not seem to be fully described. A canonic, detailed, up-to-date solution to the problem is required.
Change Icon/Thumbnail for File Type
How to change file icon based file's extension (.txt, .cpp, .docx, etc)
https://superuser.com/questions/178316/how-to-set-an-icon-for-a-file-type-on-mac
https://superuser.com/questions/1270213/macos-create-an-icon-for-all-of-one-file-type
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28523975/change-all-file-icons-with-same-type-yosemite


texts: How do I disable iMessage on every computer I installed with my email address?

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I have two multiple Macs. 2 Macbooks and an iMac. I installed El Capitan on all of them, with my one iTunes account.

The issue I am running into is that whenever I get a message on iMessage, it shows up on all computers and my iPad...not just my iPhone (and my Macbook) -- which is what I want.

How do I fix that?


texts: USB device drawing too much power resulting in whining fan noise

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I have suddenly started getting the error message and exactly the same time there is now a loud fan noise on the left side of my Mac Book Air.
I have tried the safe boot mode I have seen on other threads and the message has gone but the noise is still there.
Everything also now loads really slowly. I can't get a genius appointment until next week so if anyone can help that would be great!!


texts: Upload file directly from a URL in upload (File/Open) dialog

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On Windows, if I go to a web site that needs a file upload, I can paste a URL into the "Open" dialog box that pops up, and Windows will download the file and upload a temporary version of it to the web site.

Is there an equivalent on the Mac?  If I hit ⌘+⇧+G, and type in a URL, it says 'The folder can't be found'.