texts: Bootcamp and Windows 7 - Mounting the .iso onto a blank DVD-R

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So im trying to install Windows 7 Ultimate via Bootcamp on my Macbook Pro 13"....Managed to partition the HDD but for some reason whenever I click install, the Macbook restarts and I'm met with a black screen with white text that read something along the lines of "This is not a bootable device" or something like that.

Now i should note that Windows is on a DVD-R, so i thought maybe the DVD-R was damaged so i created an .cdr image of the DVD-R via the disk utility and then changed the file name to .iso as stated on this website - http://www.ehow.com/how_2093946_create-disk-image-mac-osx.html.

But now I'm wondering how do I mount the .iso onto another DVD-R? Or am i going about the entire thing completely wrong? In other words, help!


texts: How do I stop GitHub Conduit and keep GitHub.app from reinstalling the job in launchd?


texts: Accidentally formatted an exFAT partition to OS X journaled and lost data

texts: I accidentally formatted an exFAT partition to OS X journaled on MacBook Pro and lost data, how to recover?


texts: Is it possible to add an app to your wishlist in the desktop version of the App Store

texts:
I love adding apps to my wishlist on the iPhone or iPad.

I would only find it normal that the same thing can be done with the Mac OS X version of the AppStore.

Obviously, this feature should be located under the little arrow of the price tag, right under the app's icon:

But it's not the case:

It seems that gifting an app from the Mac OS X version of the App Store isn't there either.

As we can see in the 3rd image, it isn't on the right-hand side either.

So, am I missing something, or is the desktop version of the App Store a diminished version of the iOS's?


texts: Is there anyway to record video of my facetime chats with my grandkids?


texts: How to tell if an iPhone is hacked and how to prevent it?

texts:
A friend of mine said he thinks his iPhone has been hacked. How do you find out if it has been and more importantly how do you stop it?

He called me up because his girlfriend says things during fights that he mentioned in text messages. He said she let it slip she ‘remoted’ in to his phone.

I think I know one way this could have happened. If she backed up his phone to her Macbook then iMessage on her computer might be receiving his messages. But that would only work if she has a Mac unless there is an iMessage for Windows.


texts: Downgrade to iTunes with App Store support

texts:
I was trying to downgrade my iTunes to an earlier version so I can access my App Wishlist and copy it and then upgrade to the latest.

I came across a webpage that suggested navigating to the Applications folder via terminal and deleting the iTunes app via sudo rm -rf iTunes.app/ however many files didn't get deleted and this left me unable to open iTunes anymore and I can't install an earlier version since the install thinks I have a newer version.

Is there a way to fix my iTunes (at least get the newest version fixed/to work again) instead of maybe reseting macOS?


texts: Is there a script for downloading videos from YouTube utilising only Wget or curl on iPhone?

texts:
I'm looking for a script that does not utilise youtube-dl and instead Wget or curl (coupled with things like sed and other base UNIX utilities that I wouldn't need to install, like no perl).

I'm asking for such a hassle of a job, as my iPhone running iOS 9 can't run utilities like Python or youtube-dl because of architecture issues.


texts: I'd like to count the occurrence of unique items found in one column of about 120 items. I  can't find a way to do this in Numbers.app


texts: Is it possible to restore a macbook pro to an earlier date without an external hard drive backup?

texts:
I've read that "Time Machine" is the appropriate tool for restoring a Mac to an earlier state.  Time Machine requires the use of some external storage device.

If I remember correctly from Windows, you could revert the state of your computer to a previously set "restore point" -- even without the use of an external storage device.  Does this possibility exist in macOS?


texts: SSH into another mac on different network using port other than 22

texts:
I tried to access one of my mac on a different network using a specified port: 1234
ssh remoteuser@remoteip -p 1234

but I got the result that connection refused. How do I specify the port I want to use other than the default 22?


texts: How do I service the Apple Wireless Keyboard?

texts:
I recently got a little bit of water on my Apple Wireless Keyboard and now when I press a key others are registering at the same time along with it. For example when I press shift, t and/or r is also sometime registered. Also when I press:

e, t and r are also registered, typing out etr
r, t is also registered, typing out rt
t, t is registered multiple times giving an output of ttttttt
f, g and r are also registered, typing out fgr
g, f and t are also registered, typing out fgt
v, b and r are also registered, typing out bvr
b, v and t are also registered, typing out bvt

These are the only keys that cause issue and they also happen to be around the area the small ammount of liquid was spilt. Is it possible that the liquid has messed up the registering system of the keyboard so that those keys are often registered incorrectly?

If so, how might I go about cleaning the keyboard out?

Update:

It has worsened now and the r, t and f keys do not register at all now.


texts: Have Automator parse down folders and list all filenames without their extension

texts:
Automator newbee question here. I've searched around and just can't find what I need (nor fully grasp how things work :-( ).

I would like to have Automator parse thru a given folder, which is subdivided in dozens of folders. Each of these sub-folders contain a varying number of files with their respective file extension (.mov, .mp4, .wmv and others). Ultimately, the automated process would output the list of all files, minus their file extension name into a text file. There should be anywhere between 50 to 200 names in total.

Sample Sources:
RootFolder > SubFolder1 > File1.mov, File2.mp4
RootFolder > Subfolder2 > File3.wmv, File4.mov, File5.mp4

Output text file content:
File1
File2
File3
(...)
This text file could be located at the RootFolder's level or on the Desktop.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

Alain


texts: How do you complete an album using Apple Music?

texts:
I have an album that I discovered and downloaded with the help of the new Apple Music service.  I deleted one of the tracks in order to see how Apple Music would allow me to complete an album that was missing one or more tracks.  However, I cannot get Apple Music to show me that complete album again, including the song I have deleted.  I can only see the album as it exists locally, and of course is missing the deleted song.

How can I get Apple Music to once again show me the full and complete album, so that I can download the missing song?


texts: How to use Mission Control with multiple monitors?

texts:
I'm using a MPBr + Yosemite with 2x 27" monitors.

I also use parallels with Win8 for development.

I'm hoping to have 2x 'spaces'. (I'm not sure if that's the best way to describe this). Each space uses BOTH monitors.

1st space (space_1) is my OSX space. This is where I will do my email/slack/chrome.
2nd space (space_2) is Parallels in full screen mode, which will extend over both monitors.

My outcome is this:

When i click on the chrome or email or slack icon in my dock, BOTH monitors display the content of space_1. (eg. email/slack/chrome windows).
When I click on the windows application in my dock, everything in space_1 disappears away .. and suddenly my windows environment takes over BOTH monitors ... and this is what I call space_2.

I'm trying to do this with Mission Control but it's not working right. When i click on a mac app or a windows app (in the dock) only one of the two monitors changes .. not both :(

It's very frustrating.

Is this possible? Can what I'm asking, be done?

Help me AskDifferent, you're my only hope.


texts: What can cause an application to be available for sale elsewhere and not in the USA?

texts:
I've an application and it's language is english. I am not in US. I changed my iTunes app store to U.S for looking at the apps in the U.S Store... I trying to access my app but I'm getting this:

But my app is downloaded in U.S and other many countries in the world. I am a little confused. My App really isn't available in the U.S Store? Then how it is downloaded in U.S? How can I see which stores sell my app?


texts: Dictionary application doesn't show all the dictionaries I can use

texts:
I have a problem with the Dictionary application: all in a sudden, without any changes on the preferences, the application doesn't show all the dictionaries I can look a word in the toolbar that appears under the title bar.
The Mac synchronizes its preferences with another Mac (through Mobile Me), but in the other Mac the application shows the usual list of dictionaries, as it is used to do, and how it should do basing on the application preferences.

What can I do to resolve the issue?


texts: How do you contact a human behind iTunesConnect?

texts:
I don't know if the iTunesConnect Contact Us page is a fun way for Apple to troll developers or if there's a hidden path through this maze that I haven't found yet. But from what I can tell, you can't actually contact anyone using the Contact Us page. Instead, it navigates you through a tree of answers that have nothing to do with your actual question, and when you get to the end, you loop back to the beginning, but never actually contact anyone at all.

I have a question about iTunesConnect. Before I ask it here, I was wondering if there was perhaps another way to get ahold of someone at Apple?


texts:
I recently brought an iMac 27" 14,2 back to life after a CPU fault (which  in itself was odd since I never seen a PC or Mac with a fried Intel CPU) and it runs pretty nice ... but on a Intel Core i3 4130 which leaves a lot to desire in terms of performance.

i'm thinking of replacing it with an i5 or i7 - but then I've seen that Xeon 2013 Xeon's are quite cheap and was wondering if the iMac Mainboard can run with it.

Does anybody knows if such upgrade is possible?
E3 1150 Xeon's are basically i7s without the GPU but more cache and offer better per watt performance.

Update

I will test 3 different CPU's with the iMac 27 14,2 mainboard, despite the the answer below. The information I found is not conclusive and well... why not?

I was able to grab 3 CPU's for testing, however the 1285 is not something you can call cheap alternative to i7 ;-)

Xeon E3-1231v3
Xeon E3-1285v3
Core i7 4790K

Once tested I'll share the results here, incl. some pictures. The CPU cooling block CPU/GPU hybrid is quite difficult to mount and one need to be really careful with it -  something ifixit and others don't mention.


texts: Migrating old Xcode project to version 4.3

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Today I moved to the latest version of Xcode (4.3). I tried to open an old project and when I try to launch the iOS simulator it returns me the following error:

Xcode cannot run using the selected device.

No provisioned iOS devices are available with a compatible iOS version. Connect an
iOS device with a recent enough version of iOS to run your application or choose an iOS
simulator as the destination.

I also tried to create a new project and there I am able to launch the simulator.

How can I fix this problem and run all my old projects again?

Thanks!


texts: How can I increase brightness on Mac without Mac keyboard

texts:
I’m using a MacBook Pro and I broke it a while back. So, the keyboard doesn’t work on the laptop. I hooked up a keyboard to the USB port so I can still use it. I’m using a Dell keyboard.

Last night I wanted to listen to music without the brightness of the screen. So without thinking I turned the brightness off. Now I can't get the screen back so I was wondering if there's a way I can use the Dell keyboard to get the screen brightness back?


texts: I can no longer see the url from where I have downloaded a file in Get Info, can I get that back?

texts:
I always used to use Get Info to see the URL where I've downloaded a file. Image, PDF, data. Now I can't see this field anymore in any of my recent downloads. I don't see it for old files or new.

update: based on the comment, I went back and looked more carefully. In the Title and Headline lines I only see the file name and extension repeated in each place.

Did I loose this information when I deleted the indexing? Or is the display just turned off temporarily?

MacBook Air 10.11.6 El Capitan  Downloads with Chrome primarily, seems to be same with Safari downloads.

edit: following instructions from @user3439894's comment to drag the file into a command window after typing xattr -1, I can see that the url is still available somewhere, and in at least this case is correct (I've changed some codes to xxxxxx):

david-selfs-MacBook-Air:~ david$ xattr -l /Users/david/Desktop/IgRb0.png
com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms:
00000000  62 70 6C 69 73 74 30 30 A2 01 02 5F 10 23 68 74  |bplist00..._.#ht|
00000010  74 70 73 3A 2F 2F 69 2E 73 74 61 63 6B 2E 69 6D  |tps://i.stack.im|
00000020  67 75 72 2E 63 6F 6D 2F 49 67 52 62 30 2E 70 6E  |gur.com/IgRb0.pn|
00000030  67 5F 10 23 68 74 74 70 73 3A 2F 2F 69 2E 73 74  |g_.#https://i.st|
00000040  61 63 6B 2E 69 6D 67 75 72 2E 63 6F 6D 2F 49 67  |ack.imgur.com/Ig|
00000050  52 62 30 2E 70 6E 67 08 0B 31 00 00 00 00 00 00  |Rb0.png..1......|
00000060  01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000070  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 57                    |.........W|
0000007a
com.apple.quarantine: 0001;xxxxxxx;Google Chrome;xxxxxx—xxxxxx-…


texts: Preview missing lots of fonts that are shown in font book

texts:
Clean almost untouched install of macOS Catalina 10.15.2.

I haven't installed any fonts yet.

Font book shows me fonts for example PSL Ornanong Pro. This font doesn't show up in Preview.

I would like to use this font in Preview.

How can I use all fonts from Preview?


texts: Where are receipts for App Store purchases on OS X

texts: I recently upgraded to Lion, which has been good so far. My employer likes receipts for the things I purchase though. Is there some place where you can see what you bought through the OS X App Store and how much you paid for it?


texts: Changing tabs in Terminal is very slow with lots of output

texts:
I frequently have Terminal open with several tabs.  I have noticed that sometimes switching to a new tab takes several minutes, during which Terminal appears to hang with a busy cursor.
I suspect that cause is running programs in that tab with very verbose debug output, that is producing extremely long lines.  I know that sometimes there are single lines with megabytes of text in them, and it's possible that the lines have tens or hundreds of megabytes.
One solution to the problem is to run those commands as command_with_long_output | cut -c 1-1000, but I have a tendency to forget to do that, especially if I'm switching from running a test data set (where the lines are maybe a few kilobytes) to running the full data set.
I'm hoping for a setting of "Only keep 1M of data" or "Only keep first 20k characters per line", but I don't see anything like that.


texts: iPhone 4 having trouble connecting with dock

texts:
My iPhone 4 has trouble connnecting to a Sony speaker dock, it will continuously charge.

Sometimes it will play music through the speakers; sometimes it will not.

If it is not playing music it acts exactly as it would if it were to play music (the play/skip area drops down over the volume) but nothing comes through the speakers.

If it DOES play music at all it often seems to come disconnected from the dock every 30 seconds or so only to reconnect itself and have to be pressed play again.

I believe that is just a problem with my iPhone 4's connecting area... any suggestions at all would be so helpful!


texts: iPhone Update Verification Failed from home network

texts:
I have a problem when I try to install iOS or whatOS Updates from my home network.
It always stops after the verification process, and tells me that the verification failed, and I should check my internet connection. So I did that

My Firewall is a pfsense box with two internet connections.
ISP_1 is DSL connected
IPS_2 is LTE connected

When I disable ISP_1 OR make the update over my local Internet connection on my phone, the update works.

So It seems to be an issue with ISP_1, but i'm out of ideas what might be the problem?
Updating an iPhone is possible without WLAN, but updating the apple watch is impossible.

May be a network or Firewall guy can help

Additional Information:
When Updating over ISP_1 line I see a lot of Retransmits FROM my phone to an Apple owned IP (17.x.x.x/8)
This NOT the case when I do the update over ISP_2!

All those connections are IPv4 only, and all outgoing traffic is allowed without any modifications.

For now I helped myself with a simple rule which sends out all Traffic directed to 17.0.0.0/8 over ISP_2. But that's only a workaround, not a solution...

EDIT
As the Rules where to be questioned on a statefull Firewall, the rule in question that allowes the trafic looks as folowing

pass in quick on igb1 route-to (igb0 37.186.x.y) inet from 192.168.1.0/24 to any flags S/SA keep state label "USER_RULE: Default allow LAN to any rule"

the following rule inserted above the allow LAN to any fixes my issue

pass in quick on igb1 route-to (igb2 192.168.254.254) inet from any to <Apple> flags S/SA keep state label "USER_RULE"

<Apple> is a table containing the 17.0.0.0/8 Subnet block


texts: Can I localize app store metadata for more than the supported languages?

texts:
I need to localize an app to fit markets which are actually not in the list of markets supported in the iTunes App Store (see here). So e.g. if you want to customize your app description for the Romanian market you would have to incorporate Romanian specialties in the English (GB) version of your app metadata. If you have to support a multitude of markets this can become very unpleasant. Also it's not convenient for Romanian people that they have to look at english descriptions (although the manufacture would have loved to translate it to Romanian).

Is there a way to overcome this situation by any means?


texts: Trying to run Windows from USB on Mac, says "No bootable device found"

texts: I am trying to run Windows 10 on my Macbook Air. I originally wanted to upgrade my SSD so that I would have enough space for a windows partition. Unfortunately, I can't do that with my model (I have a mid 2013 Macbook Air) so I'm trying to run Windows from a USB instead. I Downloaded the windows .iso, installed it on the flash drive using WinToUSB on a Windows computer and all appeared to be fine. I inserted the USB, restarted my computer, and chose to boot "Windows". Then a screen came up informing me that No bootable device was found and saying something about BIOS. I am at a total loss of what to do to make this work...


texts: How to view files within the Chrome Cache data folder

texts:
I am attempting to perform an examination of the files stored in Google Chrome’s cache folder on Mac OS X. These files were copies from another computer’s cache folder.

The files are all random names with no extension. Is there a forensics or analysis tool that will allow me to view these files?
I have thought about renaming them all to include a jpg extension, but that would be very messy.

There is also a cache index file in a separate folder, but I am unable to read it to extract the list. If there was a way to extract the list, I could write a tool to properly rename the files in the cache folder.

Are there tools for this? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!


texts: Siri reports my correct birthday, but then uses wrong date when asked how many days until my birthday

texts:
When I say to Siri "When is my Birthday", the response is May 20th, which is correct.

However, when I say "How many days until my birthday" the response uses September 16th as the birthday. How do I fix this?


texts: How to install Scala on Mac OS X with MacPorts?

texts:
I'm trying to install Scala following the advice at the official website:

sudo port install scala

But this gives me:

--->  Fetching archive for scala
--->  Attempting to fetch scala-2.7.7_2.darwin_10.x86_64.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/scala
--->  Fetching scala
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for scala
--->  Extracting scala
--->  Configuring scala
Error: Please use one of the numbered scala* ports instead.
Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: obsolete port
Log for scala is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_scala/scala/main.log
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>

I'm completely new to both MacPorts and Scala, and don't know what "Please use one of the numbered scala* ports instead" means. What command should I use then?

I'm not too picky about the Scala version, but of course I'd prefer the latest stable one (currently 2.9.1).

NB: I know I could install Scala without MacPorts, but I'd rather use Macports to manage the installation if it's possible without much hassle.


texts: MacBook Pro 2012, HDD speed 80MB read/write normal?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro 13" (non-retina) from 2012 with a 512GB HDD. I've run some speed test with BlackMagic and those are around 75-80MB/sec for read/write. This seems slow, but maybe this is normal for this configuration.

Are these normal values?


texts: Set the WorkingDirectory to user's home in launchd?

texts:
I understand that you can change a LaunchAgent's working directory with a WorkingDirectory key, but is there any way to set the Working Directory to a user's home directory reliably and portably within the plist? Can I do something like:

<key>WorkingDirectory</key>
    <string>~</string>

and have it work?


texts: Reformatting Mac... what are some files that are automatically saved?

texts: Last time I reformatted my Mac, I noticed all my passwords and favorited websites were saved.  Also my voice memos, I think, were also still there.  Everything else was deleted and I did not use iCloud Drive.


texts: 2011 Macbook Air connects to WiFi but can't get Internet

texts:
This 2011 MBA is updated to High Sierra.  I have tried to connect to 5 different WiFi networks but in all cases, the MBA can connect to local network but no Internet.

All 5 of these networks are professionally configured in hotels.

Running Diagnostics seems to say everything is ok.  Also, at the same time I can connect to the same networks with another Macbook Air (2013, Mojave) and two different iPhones (8 and 6s) with no problems.

If I turn on Personal Hotspot in either of the two iPhones, the 2011 MBA obtains Internet no problem and gives a fast connection.

The 2011 MBA used to work fine on wifi with no problems.  It may be that updating the OS has somehow caused a problem, but I'm not the primary user of the 2011 machine and am not sure if the problem appeared with HS or was there before.

Does anyone have any suggestions to troubleshoot a WiFi connection that doesn't get to the internet?


texts:
Is it true that using a dynamic wallpaper will drain the battery faster than a still wallpaper? If so, how much faster does it drain?

(I'm using an iPad Air running on iOS 7.1)


texts: Which version of iOS causes Messages.app to combine message threads with a single contact with multiple different phone numbers into one?

texts:
Assume the following:

You add a contact (let's refer to them as "Person A") to your iPhone and add two separate numbers for them - one entry labeled "Home", and the other as "Work"
You open Messages.app, and compose a new message to Person A's Home phone number - this creates a new message thread, because up until this point you hadn't ever messaged them previously
Person A then replies to your message, but using the number that you have labeled as "Work"

Whenever the above scenario was encountered, I can recall that in older builds of iOS that two message threads would have been created - one for each number (in this case, Home and Work). Now, however, iOS appears to combine the conversations from both numbers into a single message thread because it recognises that despite being separate physical phone numbers, the contact is still the same person.

So - my question. Would somebody be able to clarify which version of iOS introduced the new behaviour described above?


texts: QuarkXPress crashes when opening one project

texts:
I am having a problem with QuarkXPress 9.5.4.0 on an iMac running Mac OS X 10.11.6.

The problem is that whenever I try to open a particular project QuarkXPress crashes. I would normally have a backup, but I’ve only been working on this project since yesterday and haven’t got one.

Is there anything I can do that will avoid losing everything I’ve done up to this point?

Please tell me if this is the wrong site for this question. I flipped a coin to pick between this one and the graphic design one. :)


texts: Any risks/disadvantages of using MacBook Pro as a desktop?

texts:
I have used iMac or Mac Pro for my Desktop system for the past 5 years but now consider replacing them with MacBook Pro Retina in desktop environment. The reason is mostly because I don't like bigger screens; 11 ~ 13inch for mobile and 15 ~ 21inch for desktop is the best combination for me. Also, I prefer the amalgamation of keyboard and trackpad as seen in the MacBook line.

However, I wonder there are any disadvantages of using MacBook Pro as desktop. Especially, because I have to open the laptop and run the system for the whole day/week/month, which is the way I have used Mac Pro or iMac, I'm worried how it influences the internal battery.

Is there any serious risk - e.g. increased chance of breakdown, or explosion or ignition for the worst - of letting MacBook Pro to run the system permanently, keep connecting it always to the AC adapter, and rarely shut down the system? Or does it just lead to the exhaustion of the battery life?

For your information I use 13' MacBook Pro Retina in mobile environment. I just want to use 15' MBP Retina as desktop and won't use it outside of home.

UPDATED

I want to handle my Mac much like President Obama does, which is the most comfortable posture for me...


texts: MacOS Sierra - Cannot find what is using all disk space

texts:
My Macbook Pro has run out of disk space, and I cannot find out why.

I have minimal Applications and user data.

Output from df -h

Filesystem      Size   Used  Avail Capacity  iused   ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1     233Gi  227Gi  5.8Gi    98% 59462769 1518477   98%   /
devfs          182Ki  182Ki    0Bi   100%      630       0  100%   /dev
map -hosts       0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%        0       0  100%   /net
map auto_home    0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%        0       0  100%   /home

As you can see here, it is reporting that I have around 6GB free space.

I then used ncdu to try get a better understanding of what was actually using the space

As you can see, ncdu is reporting that I have used about 30GB of space, which looks right to me.

I am obviously looking at something incorrectly here.

Any insights?


texts: Why use ps -ef check the process every time the pid will change?

texts:
I use the ps -ef to check the process, but every time the pid will change, you see the below, 1726-> 1728->...

aircraftdeMacBook-Pro:etc ldl$ ps -ef | grep safira
  501  1726   527   0 10:14上午 ttys000    0:00.00 grep safira
aircraftdeMacBook-Pro:etc ldl$ ps -ef | grep safira
  501  1728   527   0 10:14上午 ttys000    0:00.00 grep safira
aircraftdeMacBook-Pro:etc ldl$ ps -ef | grep safira
  501  2298   527   0 11:18上午 ttys000    0:00.00 grep safira
aircraftdeMacBook-Pro:etc ldl$ ps -ef | grep safira
  501  2301   527   0 11:18上午 ttys000    0:00.00 grep safira


texts: Unable to access a storage drive on one Mac from the other while both MacBook Pros are on the same network

texts:
So I have two Macbook Pros connected to the same network, lets call the first one John the second one Molly.
I connected a hard drive (lets call it Jr. ) to John and attempted to access Jr. while working on Molly over the network.

I get the following error message: "The operation can’t be completed because the original item for “Jr.” can’t be found."

I have replaced Jr. with other storage drives, and applied all of the solutions shown here with no success.

How can I get this to work?

Thanks


texts:
I've accumulated 1000+ contacts over the years and multiple iPhone upgrades. Is there any way to remove contacts quickly either on the phone or from my Mac while syncing?

(A decade ago, the Blackberry, company issued, synced with outlook. So I didn't edit on the BB at all. Does the iPhone sync to a program on the Desktop Mac, and I've just not noticed?)

iPhone5, MacPro running 10.6.8 by the way.


texts: My iPhone 4S says no storage available even though there should be space available

texts: The first time I got the message, I was willing to believe I just needed to free up some space, so I uploaded all my photos and cleared them off of my phone and deleted a few apps I no longer use, which should have opened 2-3GB in storage space. But the phone still shows 13.5GB used, 0 bytes available. When I add up the usage - 6.6GB for facebook, 1.1GB for music, and 1.45GB by other apps and games for a total of 9.15GB - it does not total the 13.5GB the phone shows in use. I don't suppose there is an easy way of fixing this?


texts: APFS container size is same after resize

texts:
After resizing the APFS container, it is not reflecting the changes but Disk Utility shows that the container is successfully resized.
Container size should be 128 GB but it's 78.09 GB. Strange!

Amans-iMac:~ aman$ sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk1
Password:
      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34       2014
       2048     921600      1  GPT part - DE94BBA4-06D1-4D40-A16A-BFD50179D6AC
     923648     204800      2  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
    1128448      32768      3  GPT part - E3C9E316-0B5C-4DB8-817D-F92DF00215AE
    1161216       2048
    1163264  236097536      4  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
  237260800     962560      5  GPT part - DE94BBA4-06D1-4D40-A16A-BFD50179D6AC
  238223360  250173768      6  GPT part - 7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  488397128          7
  488397135         32         Sec GPT table
  488397167          1         Sec GPT header
Amans-iMac:~ aman$

Amans-iMac:~ aman$ diskutil list disk1
/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *250.1 GB   disk1
   1:           Windows Recovery                         471.9 MB   disk1s1
   2:                        EFI NO NAME                 104.9 MB   disk1s2
   3:         Microsoft Reserved                         16.8 MB    disk1s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data Windows                 120.9 GB   disk1s4
   5:           Windows Recovery                         492.8 MB   disk1s5
   6:                 Apple_APFS Container disk3         128.1 GB   disk1s6
Amans-iMac:~ aman$


texts: How can I install a single app from an unknown developer?

texts:
I am new to Mac and am trying to install a Hex Editor.  Google sent me to "Hex Fiend", but, when I try opening it, I get "'Hex Fiend.app' can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer."

How can I tell Mac to install and trust Hex Fiend? Ideally, I'd like to keep the setting of "identified developers only" and just make an exception this time.  Or, is there another Hex Editor I can use? I'd just like to be able to edit hex!

UPDATE: I tried the answers below, but they don't work, because I'm trying to do Open With from Finder (that is, click on the file, choose open with Hex Fiend).  Is there a way to do that? If not, how can I shut off this setting?


texts: Caps, tab and fn not working in bootcamp

texts:
I am using bootcamp regularly with Windows 10. Everything was working fine but now caps, tab and fn is not working, whereas left shift is working fine and also tilde. I have tried

SMC reset
Created new account for windows

But nothing seems to work. I see this seems to be running issue searching on web, however I find no proper solution. And its really frustrating.

Station: Macbook Book Air, mid 2013. El Capitan

Any help would be appreciated


texts: Can iOS 7 folders and dock be skinned to be totally black?

texts:
I've just upgraded to iOS 7 on an iPhone 4S. I prefer a completely black wallpaper, but I noticed that making it so will turn the backgrounds of folders and the dock grey.

I am looking for a combined wallpaper color and folder/dock background to make them as close as possible to all black. If someone has a jailbreak solution, that's great, but that won't work for me as I prefer not to change the OS in that way.

Are there solutions to achieve this visual effect?


texts: Can an eMac boot from a USB optical drive connected via a FireWire adapter?

texts:
I've got an eMac that's mostly working (running Tiger, plus a selection of other nice software), but has a broken optical drive.  I have a spare USB optical drive lying around, and it works for most purposes, but, according to this discussion on the Ars Technica OpenForum, most PowerPC Macs (including eMacs) can't boot from USB drives (at least not out of the box and without a LOT of tinkering and swearing), although they can boot from FireWire drives.

Just in case I ever have to reinstall Mac OS X on the eMac, here's my question: if I plug a USB-to-FireWire adapter into one of the eMac's FireWire ports, and plug the USB optical drive into that, will the eMac be able to boot from said optical drive, or will I have to shell out for a FireWire optical drive?


texts:
What is this output of ifconfig telling me? Any explanation of the first in particular would be sweet.

A:~ Linda$ ifconfig

lo0:  flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
      options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
      inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
      inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
      inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
      nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>

gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280

stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280

en0:  flags=8822<BROADCAST,SMART,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
      options=2b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_HWTAGGING,TSO4>
      ether 00:1e:c2:1d:0c:15
      media: autoselect
      status: inactive

en1:  flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
      ether 00:1e:c2:ba:ce:23
      inet6 fe80::21e:c2ff:feba:ce23%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5
      inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
      nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>
      media: autoselect
      status: active

fw0:  flags=8822<BROADCAST,SMART,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 4078
      lladdr 00:1f:5b:ff:fe:13:0d:f0
      media: autoselect <full-duplex>
      status: inactive


texts: I remember (perhaps wrongly) an AirBNB update being several megabytes, implying the entire app.  Today's update is only 129 KB.  Are they allowed to just update portions like MacOS updates?


texts:
I installed the new OS X Mavericks and new Xcode on the "mid 2011" Macbook air.

I run the code from this question, trying to test if the GPU supports OpenCL. But It seems to behave the same it behaved on Mountain Lion. It seems Mavericks doesn't support OpenCL yet.


texts: Getting only two email accounts to push to iPhone

texts: I have six accounts. I've been to the iPhone push tab and have set the two I want to push to push and the rest to manual but they all push. I've rebooted the phone, tried to toggle off and on, and still have all or nothing. I've tried closing out the email application on the iPhone and no joy.


texts: What jabber clients are there for iPhone?

texts: My girlfriend just got an iPhone, and we are wondering what are the available (and recommended) applications to chat using jabber.


texts: How to hide preview of text contents from Messages.app notifications in Mountain lion?

texts:
In Mountain Lion's Notification Centre, I don't like having a notification pop up with the contents of an iMessage text I just got, but I do want to have notifications about it happening.

Is there a way to make it just show a notification without the content, similar to the iOS setting to not "Show preview" that hides the text content from the iOS notification center?


texts: How to completely disable auto-save and versions in Mac OS X Lion?

texts:
I hate the automatic saving and versioning in Mac OS X Lion.

Is there a way to completely turn it off?

(This has been asked before here, but the answer and the linked article are completely wrong, so I thought I'd try again.)


texts: Lion: Application's window size doesn't persist after quit/re-open

texts:
(Disclaimer: I'm not sure if my question is isolated to Skim.app – if so, it's fine if someone changes the title to reflect that – or if it's a Lion thing.)

I'm using Skim to read PDFs.

Every time I …

Open a document
Resize the window to cover my whole screen
Quit the application
Re-open the document

… the application's window revert to small size (about 2/3 of my screen instead of the whole screen.

I find this very annoying, as I expect the application's window size to persist after closing and re-opening the app.


texts:
I use an Exchange account to sync my Gmail account to the iPhone's mail app. Recently (the past 2 days or so), every time I try to open the account I get an error that says my password is incorrect. I've reentered the password several times with no luck; I've even verified the password by opening up gmail on my laptop, so I know the password is correct.

This problem was outlined on the FeldThoughts blog, so I tried following his advice to unlock the captcha in google apps, but that didn't do anything either.

Is there anything else I can do?

[Edit] I'm not using 2 step authentication, and I'm using "Google Sync"/"Exchange", not imap or pop. This page explains how I set up Google sync.


texts: I've noticed that I can add contacts to a calendar appointment. What is this useful for? Will they be notified of the appointment? What can they do with the appointment? What is the whole purpose? I can invite contacts to attend, so I don't see what this is used for.


texts: Can I show a 24-Hour clock on my Mac's Lock Screen?

texts:
I just got a MacBook Pro, and different from my iMac is that I'll be using the lock-screen much more on this one.

I noticed that in the upper right corner of the lock screen, the time is shown, but it is in 12-hour mode with AM/PM indicators.

I guess this is some remnant of the machine having been configured to use english language as the main language (I'm a developer, I don't want to have to fight with badly worded Norwegian translations of error messages on google).

I have configured my main user to have normal Norwegian formats for everything, but I guess that on the lock (and possibly on the logon screen as well?) screen, there is some kind of global system-wide configuration in use.

So, can I:

Configure the lock screen (or the system wide configuration) to use 24-hour clock?
Remove the clock altogether?


texts: Disable automatic iTunes launch when iPhone is plugged in via USB

texts: How do I disable automatic iTunes launch when iPhone is plugged in via USB (for charging)?    In fact, I would like to disable automatic launch of anything when an iPhone is plugged in (including photo sync).


texts:
I have an iPad 3, running iOS 8.3. I am unable to update it to iOS 9.3.

When checking for Software Update in Settings app, it says that I have the latest version installed.

How do I update it to iOS 9.3.5?


texts: Do I need Apple TV to stream wirelessly to my TV?

texts:
I recently bought a new TV. Now I want to mirror my MacBook Air on it.
I don't need all the other fancy features of Apple TV (I don't have an iPhone/iPad, don't use iTunes etc.).
Right now I'm using a VGA cable, but I want to do this wireless.

If I get Apple TV, can I still play the sound over my MacBook (to use USB-Headphones)? I live together with other people and want to watch movies late at night.

Are there good alternatives to Apple TV that I could use or is Apple TV the only hardware that would allow for me to wirelessly send a mirrored display of my Mac to a television set?

Update for people who stumble upon this now:
By now I'm using Chromecast. For my case it does the very same thing and it's cheaper, more handy, is hidden behind the TV (invisible so to say) etc. It streams YouToube or Google Music/Movies and I can control it with my Android phone/mac. If you have a movie file, you can stream it to it (1080p, no problem) with the 'Videostream for  Google Chromecast' extension for Google Chrome. The mirroring performance (enabled through the Google Chrome browser) is.. ok? A little worse than Apple TV I think, but it's ok for presentations, or showing pictures etc.


texts: Is there a standard uninstall procedure on Mac OS X?

texts: I've seen advice on an per-application basis, but is there a standard approach like Add/Remove Programs in Windows?


texts: iPhone XS Max running 13.5.1 notification issue

texts:
I realize this is not really the kind of question for a SE site and I do apologize but I've looked elsewhere and can't seem to find anything so I'm desperate.
Tapping on a notification for a received message, whether in the banner, lock screen, or notification center, will only open the Messages app but not the actual received message.
Is this a known issue? Is there a resolution?


texts: Text input trouble on OS X Snow Leopard - text doesn't show up before mouse click

texts:
I have this strange problem on my MacBook Pro, running Mac OS X Snow Leopard. It comes and goes, but I haven't found out why or when.

The input cursor is displayed in a text field, e.g. the URL field in Chrome or Safari. When I type some text, nothing shows up. When I click with the mouse somewhere, the text that I typed shows up. If I continue to type, the same thing happens. Nothing shows up until I click the mouse.

There is another annoyance that I think is related. In a larger textbox, like the Xcode editor, the same thing happens, but when I click the mouse, it selects all text from where the input cursor is to where I click. Then it outputs the text that I typed, replacing what where selected.

If I click multiple times, it will always select all text from where I clicked to where I last clicked.

I have no good strategy for solving the problem. Sometimes switching between applications solves it, other times I need to close the affected application.

Have anyone experienced anything similar?


texts: I've customized my terminal theme but I'd like to be able to share it with people. I know I've been able to download ".terminal" files, in the past. Where are these files located on a Mac?


texts: How to fix missing Dock icon when Safari is active and minimized?

texts:
After recently upgrading to Mountain Lion, I had no problems with my settings or personalization of my environment.  However, all of a sudden (yesterday) and for no reason I've been able to discern, Safari (and Safari alone) is now minimizing to the dock in a very different way.

When the application is visible, there is no dock icon. And when it minimizes, it minimizes to the trash-side of the dock with a preview, instead of simply minimizing to a dock icon like everything else.

What might have caused this?
And, more importantly, how can I set it back to behave like other applications?


texts: Using Alt/Cmd + Right/Left Arrow in iTerm

texts:
Is it possible to move between words in iTerm using Alt + Right/Left Arrows ?
Now if I press Alt+Left I will get '[D' and '[C' if I press Alt+Right.


texts: Apple Discussions website not responding to clicks?

texts:
This is ironic, Apple's Discussions website is not working properly in the latest version of Safari (6.0.3) or Chrome (25).

Any link or button that I click on the page does not work.

Is this happening to anyone else? I've restarted each browser.


texts: How can I independently adjust the horizontal and vertical mouse tracking speed on a Mac?

texts:
I have searched long and hard and have found no way to independently adjust the tracking speed of the mouse cursor on a Mac. I'm running 10.11.6 El Capitan on my 2013 15" Retina MacBook Pro.

For whatever reason my mouse moves WAY faster horizontally than vertically. I have without success tried both USB Overdrive as well as Steermouse to see if they have any options that would let me adjust this. I've searched for ways to adjust this via the terminal.

At first I thought it was a Logitech mouse issue. I have been using a Razer Orochi mouse with the Razer Synapse software installed it's been working great. I wanted to try out a Logitech M705, and started noticing this issue. I tried installing the Logitech Control Center to see if that would help. No luck. Then I tried an Apple Magic Mouse, and noticed the vertical tracking speed is faster vertically than it is horizontally. Very odd.

Any ideas?


texts: Mac Big Sur home folder permissions: Read-only file system when renaming files

texts:
UPDATE #2
I was able to successfully rename the files using sed:
for f in *.Rdat; do mv $f $(echo $f | sed "s/PCC-//"); done

UPDATE
I discovered I can rename individual files:
mv 'PCC-ASR-L.Rdat' 'ASR-L.Rdat'

So evidently the problem occurs only when trying to batch rename in a for loop. I would still like to understand why.
ORIGINAL POST
After upgrading to Big Sur from Catalina, I tried to use the terminal to rename some files in a subfolder of my Home folder. I had created and used the subfolder before upgrading. Specifically, I tried renaming a group of Rdat files using a bash for loop. I could do this under Catalina, but now I get an error. Here, I am trying to replace 'PCC-' in each file name with an empty string (i.e. ''):
for f in *.Rdat; do mv $f ${f/PCC-//}; done

This yields an error for every file, like this (for file PCC-ASR-H.Rdat):
mv: /ASR-H.Rdat: Read-only file system

This seems strange because as owner of the folder I have write permissions:
drwxr-xr-x    8 mike  staff   256 Nov 21 15:04 Rdatafiles

And I have write permissions for the files in the folder (example):
-rw-rw-r--@ 1 mike  staff  10926 Dec  4 18:26 PCC-ASR-H.Rdat

I tried disabling SIP in Recovery Mode:
csrutil disable

But the problem remains. Is it possible to make subfolders of the home folder writeable under Big Sur? Are there some additional changes I need to make to the system (i.e. permissions) to enable write access? Or do I now need to move my work files out of Home and into, say, Home/Documents, to avoid this issue?


texts: Can't UsePrivilegeSeparation sandbox with Homebrew sshd

texts:
With OSX 10.9.5, and using the latest Homebrew OpenSSH, which at time of writing is OpenSSH_7.1p2/OpenSSL 1.0.2f, I must set the following in /usr/local/etc/ssh/sshd_config:

UsePrivilegeSeparation yes

(Or comment the line out entirely I suppose)

Just to get it to work. With it set to sandbox (which is the preferable and more secure default as I understand it), I get entries like this in my /var/log/system.log:

Feb  9 13:46:22 machine.local sshd[80808]: fatal: ssh_sandbox_child: sandbox_init: dlopen(/usr/lib/libsandbox.1.dylib, 261): image not found [preauth]

This seems like the behavior prior to the MacPorts patches being added in late 2014. So how am I still seeing this issue? Is there any way to fix it?


texts: iPhone 11 and iPad stopped inserting a period after double tapping space bar

texts:
This started when phone updated to  IOS 13
It slows me down ... I have to shift to add the period

I have down a hard shutdown, reboot, checked all my settings.


texts: Encrypt folder on Mac without dmg file so that the contents can expand in size

texts:
I want to encrypt some folders on my Mac.

I know there is a way of doing it by making a dmg file, but I also want to keep editing those folders. So I just want to encrypt that folder while being able to add more things in the encrypted folder. You know, it should act as how the password works on a user account, if that makes any sense :P


texts: Mac Could Not Restart After a Kernel Panic

texts:
I was forced to restart MacBook Pro when a kernel panic happened about 2 hours ago... Since then my computer would just stuck on the grey screen with the Apple logo every time I tried to reboot it. Some useful log appeared when I tried to boot it in Safe Mode and single user mode:

disk0s2: I/O error.

   0 [Level 3] [ReadUID 0] [Facility com.apple.system.fs] [ErrType IO] [ErrNo 5] [IOType Read] [PBlkNum 24] [LBlkNum 2][FSLogMsgID 327376684] [FSLogMsgOrder First]

   0 [Level 3] [ReadUID 0] [Facility com.apple.system.fs] [DevNode root_device] [MountPt /] [FSLogMsgID 327376684] [FSLogMsgOrder Last]

0 [Level 3] [ReadUID 0] [Facility com.apple.system.fs] [ErrType IO] [ErrNo 5] [IOType Read] [PBlkNum 55232] [LBlkNum 763][FSLogMsgID 375551380] [FSLogMsgOrder First]

0 [Level 3] [ReadUID 0] [Facility com.apple.system.fs] [DevNode root_device] [MountPt /] [FSLogMsgID 375551380] [FSLogMsgOrder Last]

0 [Level 3] [ReadUID 0] [Facility com.apple.system.fs] [ErrType IO] [ErrNo 5] [IOType Read] [PBlkNum 55008] [LBlkNum 749][FSLogMsgID 299898203] [FSLogMsgOrder First]

0 [Level 3] [ReadUID 0] [Facility com.apple.system.fs] [DevNode root_device] [MountPt /] [FSLogMsgID 299898203] [FSLogMsgOrder Last]

That was when the booting process got stuck. The log seemed to suggest that there were problems with the disk i/o and mounting the file system.

To you experts:
Can you interpret what this means? Was this a hardware problem? Can you decide more specifically what the problem was? Do you have any suggestions of a potential fix?

Thanks,
Stephen


texts: Automator - Deleting files with date modified older than 30 days, except if in a folder labeled red

texts:
I am trying to do an automator calendar event where every Friday, it deletes files whose date modified is older than 30 days; EXCEPT files within folders labeled red.

I have my Documents folder with 3 files, one folder created today and labeled red, a folder last modified a week ago, and a pdf that was modified more than 30 days ago.

My automator script goes as follows:

[Find Finder Items] Search "Documents", ALL of the following are true:

-Date last modified is not in the last 30 days
-Label is not red

[Move Finder Items To Trash]

//end

But this moves the red labeled folder and the older pdf, when it should only move the pdf to the trash.

Can anyone help me? Thank you!

Edit: Running macOS 10.13.3


texts: Move of time machine backup: unable to "restore"

texts:
I want to use a new hard drive for time machine. I try to restore the old backup into the new disk using disk utility. It fails with the following error :

  source volume is read-write and cannot be unmounted, so it can't be
  block copied

Why ?
What can I do ?


texts: Opening apache conf file with write permissions

texts:
I'm trying to open the /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf file to make some changes. I thought I'd be able to open this with the correct permissions from the command line, so I tried:

cd /private/etc/apache2
sudo open -a TextEdit httpd.conf

This opened the file in TextEdit, but TextEdit gave me this message:

  You don't own the file "httpd.conf" and don't have permission to write to it.
  You can duplicate this document and edit the duplicate. Only the duplicate will include your changes.

Fine. Apparently using open even with sudo opens the app as the user. So I tried this:

sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit httpd.conf

But I immediately get this popup:

  The document "httpd.conf" could not be opened. You don't have permission.
  To view or change permissions, select the item in the Finder and choose File > Get Info.

This makes TextEdit hang too, so I have to force quit it.

I also tried to open the file using my Komodo text edit, which is my normal development environment:

sudo -b /Applications/Komodo\ Edit\ 8.app/Contents/MacOS/komodo httpd.conf

The terminal spits out this strange message:

  2014-09-24 11:48:29.583 komodo[30647:507] * WARNING: Method userSpaceScaleFactor in class NSWindow is deprecated on 10.7 and later. It should not be used in new applications. Use convertRectToBacking: instead.

And Komodo opens, but doesn't open the file. How do I edit this file with my program of choice?


texts:
I have 3 different Apple products: iPad, iPhone and MacBook. I had written separate notes on all three. Somehow, the MacBook's notes ended up getting on my iPhone too. I didn't want excessive notes on my phone, so I deleted them. This then deleted the notes off of my computer as well.

I tried erasing the content from my iPhone and restoring back to the night before this happened - which didn't make a difference. The notes from my computer are still not there. I don't understand how the notes I originally wrote on my computer got permanently deleted through my phone, and I don't know how or if it is possible to recover them. Any ideas?


texts: Is it possible to configure Internet Sharing to allow the computer to sleep?

texts:
TL;DR: Internet Sharing is preventing my Mac from sleeping. I need to manually sleep the system on a regular basis. I want a way to configure Internet Sharing to stop preventing sleep.

I have an iMac at home in my bedroom too far away from my router, and I can't use wireless, also, 3G coverage here is awful, so I've enabled Internet Sharing so I can use my iPhone/iPad connected trough my iMac.

At work I am on a corporate network and wireless is somewhat lame and too restrictive, so I've enabled Internet Sharing on my MacBook Pro there too, so my iPhone can reach internal stuff.

The problem is: When I hit ⌘+⌥+⏏ (or  > Sleep) neither computer goes to sleep as desired; that is unless I disable Internet Sharing first.

At home I want the computer to sleep while I sleep (saves power + more silence) and at work when going home I want it to sleep too, so I don't have to close all connected apps (Adium, Colloquy, etc) and reopen again the next day.

How can I configure pmset or Internet Sharing so I can sleep my computer without running into this problem?

Note: I've already used pmset to check if there were other reasons and the offending pid is always com.apple.InternetSharing.

Edit: I realize that sleeping the computer will make it impossible to use Internet Sharing. I want it to sleep completely and I want Internet Sharing to be on again only when the computer awakes.


texts: I recently upgraded to iOS 12.0 from 11.2 and I didn't save my SHSH2 blobs. In the process, I stupidly lost my jailbreak and realized there are no iOS 12 jailbreaks that are public yet. How do you downgrade to iOS 11.2 without SHSH2 blobs? I am aware that downgrading results in a factory reset and restoring your data with iCloud will bring it up to that iOS version, unless there is a way to do it that I am not aware of...


texts: Cubase not remembering window position when switching apps and coming back to it

texts:
I know there's the ability to have "saved states" which is what Im' assuming Cubase (audio editing program) usually has, but for some reason I had an issue with Mojave recently, had to re-install the MacOS underlying, and now this program in particular is playing up.

So, I have 3 screens, I usually put one of these secondary windows on the 2nd screen, and normally if I switch to another app and come back to Cubase, everything's in it's place.

Now, every time I switch out and back, said window now reverts to the initial (1st) screen and doesn't remember its position.

There's no 'saved state' folder for the program, and I've reinstalled the software - is there any way of fixing this ? Or creating a saved state ? I don't have the programming knowledge.


texts: How do I force Spotlight to index new folders?

texts: When I create new folders, Spotlight does not see them. When does Spotlight index new folders? Or better yet, can I force Spotlight to index new folders?


texts: How do I shutdown a remote Mac using AppleScript if a 'user' is connected? I need to override Shutdown confirmation

texts:
I have a bash script that shuts down a headless Mac in my office without needing to sudo…

ssh headless@XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX osascript <<EOF
   tell application "System Events" to shut down
EOF

The only problem is, I get this alert on the headless Mac…

I don't care about this error, the other 'user' is me and I assume it's just a hangover from sharing a volume from this headless computer to my main computer. Even hours after disconnecting the volume it insists on warning me anyway.

Is there a way I can either override this warning or have AppleScript click the 'Shut Down' button for me? There's no keyboard shortcut in this dialog, it can only be clicked.

BTW - Logging in over VNC and shutting down manually is not an option. I need it as an AppleScript as I'm integrating it into a larger script that I'm writing.


texts: Is there any way to prevent a MacBook Air (2019) from powering up when an input device (keyboard or trackpad) is touched or the lid is open?

texts:
While I know there is a hack to prevent MacBooks — 2016 and higher — from starting up when the lid is open, I would like to know if there is a similar hack to prevent a MacBook from powering up when an input device (keyboard or trackpad) is touched or when the lid is open.

I have a MacBook Air (2019) that is running macOS 10.15.4 (Catalina) and it seems to do something that owners of 2016 and newer MacBook Pros mention experiencing: The second you open up the lid of the MacBook, the MacBook boots up without hitting the power button.

This isn’t a completely annoying issue, but I find it to be a bit odd. I have read blog posts like this one—as well as this Ask Different post—that recommends modifying the NVRAM like this:

sudo nvram AutoBoot=%00

And to unwind that you can run this command or reset the NVRAM completely:

sudo nvram AutoBoot=%03

But when I did this, while the machine—indeed—did not initially boot up when the lid was open, pressing any key on the keyboard—and even the trackpad—will make my 2019 MacBook Air start up. So my question is similar to that other Ask Different post but I am also asking about the issue where the machine will start up if a keyboard key or the trackpad is pressed.

This seems weird to me: Why have a power button when any touch of an input device will start the thing up?

Is there any way to prevent a MacBook Air (2019) — and possibly 2016 and newer MacBook Pros — from powering up when an input device (keyboard or trackpad) is touched or the lid is open?

Just let me be able to power it up the good old fashioned way by pressing the power button (with Touch ID) that is in the upper right-hand corner of the keyboard.


texts: Display Issues for Early 2011 Macbook Pro

texts:
I am currently experiencing an undocumented problem for my 15 inch Macbook Pro (Early 2011 Version), and was hoping to get some help diagnosing what the issue might be.

The problem is that whenever I am doing anything that is computationally expensive (i.e. streaming video or using parallel processing in MATLAB), my screen goes haywire and shows up noisy green lines on anything that is supposed to black. Similarly I get noisy light blue lines on anything that is supposed to be white. The problem is hard to describe, so here is a picture of my screen when this happens:

Changing the color profile does not change anything. Taking a screenshot does not change anything. Also, the issue seems to pop up regardless of whether or not I have the onboard graphics card enabled.I am fairly certain that is a hardware issue, but I would appreciate any input in regards to finding out what it may be. I have an appointment coming up at the local Mac store, but I'm almost dreading going in since I do not want to have to send the computer in for repair.

UPDATE: After running the tests you suggested, I was able to nail down the issue to the GFX card instead of the screen. In order to be sure, I downloaded the gfxCardStatus app from Macupdate and ran a quick experiment to see what happened when I I switch from the ATI Graphics Card to the Integrated Intel Graphics Card. As it turns out, the weird behavior only occurs when the ATI Graphics Card were in use, and switching to the Intel Graphics Card resolved the issue. I'm still headed to the Apple Store tomorrow, but I think this will help expedite the repair process :)


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On my iPhone, the Software Update section in Settings used to have a "Download Update" button. With iOS 11 it is replaced by an "Install update button", which means its downloading updates automatically.

Sometimes I get a message saying “Update will be installed after 10pm if connected to power”.

In order to get rid of the update data file, I used Settings -> Storage to delete the update. After few days the update was downloaded again and asked me to install.

My internet connection is a 4G hotspot with limited, expensive data. Every time an unnecessary update is downloaded it is a loss of money..

I have tried the Mikoto jailbreak tweak, but it doesn't work for this.

How do i get this tvOS Profile?

How can I stop iOS from automatically downloading updates?


texts: What happens if you do not listen to an audio message an iPhone?

texts:
I do not want to open an audio message that was sent to me via iMessage. How do I get it to go away without deleting the whole conversation?
Sidenote… I do not have my read receipts on, so if I open the conversation but do not listen to the audio message, can i delete it without being noticed by the sender?


texts: Slow Wi-Fi internet connection with Mac Mini

texts:
We have two Apple computers next to each other on one desk: a Mac Mini and a 27” iMac (both late 2012) and both running macOS Sierra 10.12.3.

We have a Wi-Fi router in the next room (about 9 metres away from furthest machine). It's a Virgin Super Hub 2ac.

The iMac connects on 5G and works well – it rarely drops out and is quite fast (DL 49.37 Mb/S).

The Mac Mini connects on 2G (will not connect on 5G – it almost immediately defaults to 2G).  It is often (but not always) painfully slow in connecting to websites (particularly in the evening). It makes it almost impossible to use. DL speed this morning was 18.96Mb/s.

This is very frustrating. I have spoken several times to both Apple and Virgin. Both have seemed helpful at the time. Virgin have adjusted some settings remotely which seemed to work initially but problem returned. Virgin claims the Mac Mini is not able to pick up the 5g signal because of its specification.

Is this true? Do we have to buy a new computer to replace the Mini?


texts: How can I easily and individually update the Genre tag for a lot of songs?

texts:
I am a DJ and I have just got a new Mac and transferred all my music to iTunes. A lot of my tunes do have the wrong Genre assigned mis-tagged (e.g.a tune that is TECH HOUSE is maybe tagged as genre House).

What I would love to be able to do very quickly is go through all my tunes and tag them genre-wise how I would like them.  I have so many  tunes that I actually ned to hear them before tagging.  My dream is to be in the 'music' section of my tunes, play a tune, have a little listen then hit a keyboard shortcut that would assign/change the genre to what I think it should be.

At the moment, I listen, use a shortcut to get me to 'GET INFO' use the mouse to click in genre, delete it, then type in the new tag!


texts: I've downloaded the Handbrake CLI. What's the best place to install a command line app on my Mac?


texts: May I bind Mission Control's next and previous space to ctrl+mousewheel?

texts:
May I bind Mission Control's next and previous space to ctrl+mousewheelup and ctrl+mousewheeldown?

Using the system settings apparently I can't, so I'm wondering if there's another non-invasive way? (such as manually editing a config file, for instance)

OSX 10.8, in case this matters.


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I'm on Yosemite 10.10.4, Mac Mini.
I have a small Bash shell script to start Quake3 Arena in Wine. It works fine.

#¡/bin/bash
cd Desktop/Quake3ISO
hdiutil mount "Quake 3 Arena.iso"
cd Quake3
wine quake3.exe

Line 2: cd to the folder on my desktop that contains the iso, and also extracted files from the iso. I know it's a mess, but its the only way I can get it to work.

Line 3: mount the iso

Line 4: cd to a folder within the first one, called Quake3

Line 5: run "wine quake3.exe" which lives in that directory. (Desktop/Quake3ISO/Quake3)

So, trying ./quake3.sh mounts the iso, and runs the program happily.

But...
I am trying to do the same in AppleScript, but it's failing to find the configuration file for quake3.
It loads the image, and changes directories, runs wine and begins quake, but it now can't find the configuration directory, and possibly a few other files. The configuration directory is also below that (Desktop/Quake3ISO/Quake3/baseq3) folder

Q3 1.11 win-x86 Nov 24 1999
----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
Z:\Users\robert/baseq3

----------------------

Running in restricted demo mode.

----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
Z:\Users\robert/demoq3

----------------------
----- CL_Shutdown -----
-----------------------
Couldn't load default.cfg

I forgot to add. My Applescript

tell application "Terminal"
    activate
    do script "cd ~/Desktop/Quake3ISO"
    do script "hdiutil mount ~/Desktop/Quake3ISO/Quake\\ 3\\ Arena.iso"
    delay 5
    do script "cd ~/Desktop/Quake3ISO/quake3"
    do script "wine ~/Desktop/Quake3ISO/quake3/quake3.exe"
end tell

After some more experimentation I discover the following. As usual with QuakeIII, the CD has to be in the drive. So mounting it seems to fix that.
Next, I had done an install in the ~/Desktop/Quake3ISO directory, but a few years back had also done a wine install - which would not run.
But just now I copied all the files in the ~/Desktop/Quake3ISO/Quake3/baseq3 folder to the wine install folder in ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Quake\ III\ Arena/baseq3 folder, and now I can run Quake directly from that wine folder.

   ie
    cd "/Users/robert/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Quake III Arena"
    wine quake3.exe

and it runs fine.

I can also so the same in the ~/Desktop/Quake3ISO/Quake3 folder

ie
cd ~/Desktop/Quake3ISO/Quake3
wine quake3.exe

... and it runs fine.

So this tells me that I need to have AppleScript understand that the command to be executed should be executed in the directory it's changed to. So that when the program is looking for it's config files, it uses that directory as the base, or root directory and not the wine base directory?  I think?


texts: Why are my Touch Bar volume controls grayed out (disabled)?

texts:
I’m unable to adjust the volume using my Touch Bar, how do I get out of this mode?

(as you can see the volume buttons are disabled).


texts:
I have a iPhone 3GS with iOS 3.1.3 in my job. I have to update it to 4.1 and after I need to go back to 3.1.3. We have only this iPhone with it, so if I do something wrong, I will never can go back.

I run TinyUmbrella and it save the SHSH for 4.1 , 4.3.5 and 5.0bx iOS.  But, why it don't save for 3.1.3? This mean, if I update it, I will not go back to 3.1.3??

Why it not save for other 4.x versions?? Am I doing something wrong?


texts: Why does the iPhone have a physical sound-switch?

texts:
I'm new to the iPhone world, although I've been down iPod lane for a few years. One thing that is well-known (and even parodied) about Apple devices is the slimmed down and minimalist approach.

So it strikes me as odd that there's a dedicated switch on the side, just for silent mode.  There's already the control center for many similar 'quick go to' things, which also includes 'do not disturb' (which in turn doesn't seem that different to me).

So what's up with the one-function switch on the side?


texts:
I'm a developer and usually I need to see my app folders with programs like iExplorer or iPad File Explorer and I installed the released to the public version of iOS 8 into a device and now I can't see the bundle folder of any app, only Library, Documents and tmp.

How do I read files from iOS devices over USB from a Mac?


texts: How can I convert 100 photos into a pdf thats less than 6 MB?

texts: I need to convert 100 photos into a pdf file thats less than 6 mb. I use iPhoto to store my photos in. HELP!


texts: Prettify OS X console by coloring output?

texts:
OS X terminal is not using colors for highlighting output from different commands, for example ls.

When compared with other systems like Ubuntu, this is a big loss of accessibility/productivity.

What solutions do I have to improve this experience? For the moment I found only this guide for colored ls output under OS X but I am looking for a more complete solution.


texts: Unable to partition internal Toshiba drive for OS X re-installation,

texts:
Trying to resurrect an older MBP and I'm at my wit's end on how to go about it. Hoping you all might be able to shed a helpful light on things.

The MBP in question is circa 2012 and immediately boots to the OS X Base System on startup. When going through the 'Reinstall Max OSX' option (High Sierra, in this instance) I'm able to proceed past the license agreement but lack any disk volumes besides the Base System (which I clearly can't override). Additionally, the base system itself seems to take up roughly 350 GB of the total 500 GB hard drive.

When moving through Disk Utility options I am only able to run a First Aid check or Partition both the OS X Base System and the internal Hard Drive (a Toshiba MK5065GSXF HDD). When attempting to partition I have no option to increase the number of partitions. Additionally, the OS X Base System now registers as being 500 GB in size in this menu.

So,long story short--the hard drive seems borked. If anyone has any ideas on what I might try next, I'm all ears. Otherwise, this little dinosaur may end up being recycled.


texts: Mac won't boot Windows partition after using disk utility

texts: I needed more space on my Windows partition... So I used Disk Utility to free up some space from the OS X partition, and upon restarting to Windows in order to add the free space to windows, I discovered that windows no longer boots! OS X still boots, but how can I fix my Windows partition without reinstalling Windows and losing all my data?


texts: Mac Rechargeable Battery - 13-inch Serial Number

texts: Where are all the places I can locate the serial number for a Mac Rechargeable Battery?  I know the serial number can be located on the battery itself as well as on the Mac they were used with, but is the serial number available in any other locations?


texts: MBPr Yosemite – USB speakers to external (mini displayport) display not showing as an output option

texts:
I have a Bose USB 2.1 system. When I plug it into my MBPr directly, I have the option to output sound to "Bose USB Audio" and it works beautifully. I just got a new monitor, (a Dell U2415,) and if I plug the speakers into the USB ports on the monitor, it doesn't show up as an output option. I'm trying to set up a home workstation that I can plug in and out of easily – I would love for both the speakers and monitor to work with just the mini displayport plug instead of having to plug/unplug both the mini displayport and a USB every time.

Why don't the speakers work when plugged into the monitor USB, and is there a way to fix this?


texts: When I upgraded my iPad to ios 7, I was forced to restore to factory settings. I lost all of my photos and videos. Are they somewhere?

texts: When I upgraded my iPad to ios 7, I was forced to restore to factory settings. I lost all of my photos and videos from the past 3 years. Are they "out there" somewhere?


texts:
Is there a native way to rebind keys in OS X without requiring a 3rd party tool?

I'm interested in rebinding my whole keyboard layout, not specific shortcut keys. It's not a standard layout either, so I can't just change it from Qwerty to Azerty, for example. I need to be able to choose exactly which keys are at each location.

I noticed that Mac OS X has the directories KeyBindings and Keyboard Layouts under the ~/Library/ folder. Are these related to what I want to do? If so, how would I use them?


texts: How can I reduce the delay when locking the sceen on a MBPr?

texts:
So with a little research I found that control+shift+fn+power replaces the old control+shift+eject on keyboards without eject keys. However I find I have to hold the keys longer for it to work, probably due to the power button having a delay to prevent accidental sleeping/shutdown.

What I'm looking to do is throw caution to the wind and remove that delay so I can simply hit the key combo not hold it, as I'm more likely to lock my station if it's quick than if I have to do it with purpose.

For reasons related to what system hooks get fired I need to use this method of locking the screen, so other methods aren't what I'm looking for.

It looks like I'll be forking on the NoEjectDelay source to make a NoPowerDelay variation if nothing better comes along.


texts: Recreating distribution certs in enterprise apps

texts:
I have an enterprise account and the distribution certificate for the account is going to expire. I read through the documentation here and understand that I need to generate a new certificate and attach that to the existing mobileprovision.

My question is, once I do that, will I need to recreate an ipa (with this updated mobileprovision) for users having the existing app and will these users need to re-download it? Or will the existing enterprise distribution still work without any changes?

Thanks.


texts: Some files in Time Machine are being locked

texts:
I run Mountain Lion 10.8.4 on a Mac Mini 2012. Over the past year or so (dating back to my older iMac mid-2010, after which I transferred the data to my current Mac Mini), I've noticed that most of my files in Time Machine are getting locked. The files on my Mac are not locked, but the backed-up versions of the files are locked. The icons have a padlock icon on them. This is NOT due to the "auto-lock documents" feature, since this no longer exists in Mountain Lion.

For instance, my Firefox profile is a good example. Here are two screenshots:

Screenshot of my Firefox profile. Everything looks fine.
The same profile, except the latest Time Machine backup.

These locks appear in every single backup I have, up until the oldest one. I ran "Repair disk" on Time Machine, which took about 30 minutes, and then made another backup, and this time the newest backup did not have any locks—but all the older backups still had locks. I found this a bit strange, because why would a backup I made AFTER running "Repair disk" be fixed, but the older ones remained unaffected?

Anyway, I hoped that this would fix the problem, but every time I do this, a few weeks later, the problem re-occurs.

So, is there anything more permanent that I can do?


texts: How do I burn my iTunes purchased TV shows onto a playable DVD?

texts: I have several tv shows that I purchased on iTunes for my daughters to watch. Rather than have them sit at the desk and watch on my laptop or on the iPad, I  would like to burn the episodes onto a DVD that will be playable in my DVD Player.


texts: Restore user data, settings and apps from hard-drive copy

texts:
Here's the situation:

My GF's MacBook Pro broke, OS would not start at all
I inserted Knoppix Live CD, booted and just copied all of the files from her HD to folder on  external HD
I've reinstalled OS on MacBook pro

My questions is: how can I easily restore all of her settings from HD to new OS installation and user account? Will simple copying files do the job? And what kind of software you recommend for backups?

I'm coming from *NIX / PC background, and new to Mac OS X, so wanted make sure before proceeding.


texts:
I think this is not normal memory usage.
How can I check why this happens?

Update:
After restart it dropped down


texts: Why won't Apple allow users to access iCloud online via an iPhone?

texts:
Try this on your iPhone.

Go to www.iCloud.com . You can try it on Safari or Chrome.

Apple won't let you access the online version of iCloud.

On Chrome for iPhone, there's something called "Request Desktop Version." If you try that, Apple will redirect the site to www.Apple.com

Reason I want to access iCloud online: I don't have the iWork apps installed on my iPhone. So, I wanted to try out the web apps on iCloud (via my iPhone) and test them.

Why won't Apple let anyone do this. Anyone have any clue?


texts:
I didn't charge my iPod Shuffle for a long time. One day I plugged it to my computer and tried to charge it. The charging light doesn't blink, and it looks like the iPod is already dead.

Can someone help me to solved this problem? How can I revive it?


texts: Can I take a hard drive from an iPod Video and put it in an older iPod?

texts: My 80gb iPod Video just died, and I'm pretty sure the hard drive still functions. If I buy an older black-and-white iPod, can I throw in the hard drive and expect it to Just Work?


texts: My notes appear in mail in invisible mailbox

texts:
It started with me finding spotlight results from Mail when I searched for my notes. Apparently the content of hundreds of my notes are in my gmail account, according to Mail. I have not had notes sync enabled for that account for a long time.

I navigate back in Mail from the opened spotlight result, trying to determine which mailbox the email is in. Apparently it's in mailbox Xyz which is the name of a folder from the notes app, but that mailbox doesn't exist in Mail app nor in the Gmail app.

I delete the Gmail account entirely from my phone, but I can still search for, and open, these phantom emails.

I reboot the device — no difference.

I look closer: the emails are addressed from me, but not to anyone. They don't appear in my unified sent box, and I can't find any trace of "real" emails from the deleted account.

Where are these emails/notes located, how did they get there, how do I ensure that I'm rid of them all and how do I prevent this from occurring in the future?

I have many notes that I don't want to remain on some mail server long after I think I've deleted them.

Update
Disabling mail sync for my iCloud account makes Mail unable to display the emails when opened from spotlight.

iPhone 5, iOS 10.3.1


texts: Script copy the content of the clipboard into a file

texts:
I want to write a shell script which copies the contents of the clipboard (plain-text only) when the previous content changes. When I launch the script each time I copy something (so the content of the clipboard changes) the script copies the new values into a file.

I wrote a script which works correctly:

#!/bin/bash
prev=" "
while true
do
curr=$(pbpaste)
if [ "$curr" != "$prev" ]
then
   echo -n " " >> /Users/davide/desktop/file
echo -n $curr >> /Users/davide/desktop/file
fi
done

I don't like this solution very much. There must be different ways to solve this problem.

1) Get the content of the clipboard, store into a variable and compare this value with the current value of the clipboard (my solution.)

2) Detect key pressed CMD+C. When the user presses CMD+C (shortcut for copy something into the clipboard) almost certainly the content of clipboard changes, but I don't know if is possible to detect the keystroke without installing additional libraries.

3) See the process.

Can monitor the cpu or mem usage of the pboard process (when copying something into the clipboard the value of this percentage change)?

Or (I don't know if is it possible) I can see to address space of the process?

So my question is this:

In your opinion, is there a better alternative to the script which I wrote, considering the alternatives 2 and 3?


texts: Dell DW15 docking station audio output set up with mac

texts:
I'm using a Dell DW15 docking station with a mac High Sierra and wanted to ask how can I set up the audio output so that when I plug in the audio jack in to the docking station the audio output would go to the device connected to the docking station and when it's unplugged the audio output would go to the mac's built in speakers?

Currently it outputs the audio through the speakers in both scenario's.

If I go to System Preferences -> Sound -> Output
and then choose the docking stations USB output it only outputs audio to the docking station, meaning that there is no sound when the audio jack is unplugged from the docking station.


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As far as I can tell, suggested apps show themselves based on location.

There are two places where these suggested apps show themselves to me:

At the bottom left of the multitask screen when I double press the home button
At the bottom left of the lock screen

CNET's Disable iOS 8's 'Suggested Apps' feature article describes how to get rid of the small app icon appearing in the bottom left. However, this method is for iOS 8, and I am now on iOS 10, where I am unable to find iTunes and App Store > Suggested Apps.

How can I get rid of these (in my opinion) annoying little things?


texts: OSX - Not enough disk space to copy file

texts: I've been having issues with my Corsair keyboard and the first step given to me by support was to try updating the firmware. After plugging in the keyboard with the reset button held, it shows up as an external drive. When trying to copy over the firmware file using Finder, I would get an error along the lines of "file cannot be copied because there is not enough disk space". The file was the same size as the listed amount of free space on the external drive so I expected this to work.


texts: How to change how your Terminal app starts

texts:
When I launch my Terminal app, it starts in a Basic mode. I'd like to do a few things:

Change default to "Pro"
Control how Terminal is started .. For example, i'd like to either use my keyboard or LaunchBar to bring first terminal as Pro, second as Ocean etc

Please advise.


texts: Dual 4k displays on a Macbook Pro 15" Late 2013

texts:
I would like to get two external monitors for my MacBook Pro 15 Late 2013 running Mojave 10.14.3. Specifically, I'm considering two of the Dell P2415Q 24" Monitors. I may also keep my MacBook open and use the display as a 3rd monitor.

Usage is mainly for programming work with some light non-FPS gaming (talking Civilisation, not CS:GO)

Will my MacBook be powerful enough to drive this dual 4k monitor setup?
Can I use MST and daisy chain the two displays from one Thunderbolt port, or would I need to run a separate cable for each display?
Just generally will it work perfectly fine, or are there potential issues I should be aware of?

Similar questions have been asked before but I feel like there's some conflicting answers (or I just don't understand) and I just want to check before I spend so much money...


texts: iPhone has photos/videos which I didn’t take, has it been hacked?

texts:
When looking around in my setting, General, or anywhere else in my iPhone 6 Plus, what is it I should be looking for, that could tell me my phone has been hacked? I already know it has been.

Someone has taken remote access of my camera. They accidentally left 6 recorded videos in my Saved pictures/videos, showing when they got the camera to innitially turn on, and showing as it zoomed in and out, even twitched the picture from one angle, to another in a single frame.

Things that are impossible for me to do myself? When I am operating my camera. Are there any specific terms/etc I should be looking for?


texts: iPhone 6s repaired without disconnecting the battery

texts:
I replaced the screen on my iPhone (turned off). With the phone still open I turned it on the check screen and it worked. Since it was locked I pressed the home button, and the screen went on and blank again (the phone still open).
I later realised that I did this whole thing with the battery connected. Did I possibly shortcut anything?

After, I took it apart, disconnected battery and put it all back together, but no luck, the phone won’t turn on.

I followed procedure from ifixit, except for the battery disconnection step.

Can I try anything or I’ve just cooked it?

Cheers

Edit:
I’ve tried the old cracked screen, and that works.


texts: Max external monitor on MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) not retina

texts:
I have a macbook pro 13" mid 2012 not retina,
and am looking at wide monitors.
Apple says that my macbook can support 2560 by 1600 at 60. https://support.apple.com/kb/sp649?locale=en_GB
But the apple tech forum "heretically" says it might go up to 3840x2160 30Hz - https://www.apple.com/ie/shop/question/answers/product/HHLN2ZM/B/i-have-macbook-pro-13inch-mid-2012-is-compatible/QJPT72K94KFAAF9JP
Will I be able to do 3440x1440? And at what refresh rate? How will I connect to 35WN73A?
Thank you


texts: iPhone wifi is half the speed of Mac when using an Airport Express

texts:
My internet account with Comcast is 75 Mbps down and 10 Mbps up. To verify my internet speeds, I used SpeedOf.Me in Safari on my 2011 iMac and 2014 Macbook Pro which gave me 75-80 Mbps down and 10-15 Mbps up on both computers. To make sure I was getting similar speeds on my mobile devices, I installed the Ookla Speedtest app on my iPhone 5 and iPhone 6 which gave me 32-35 Mbps down and 12-15 Mbps up. Both iPhones are running the latest version of iOS 8.4.

My internet equipment and settings are as follows:

Motorola Surfboard SB6121 cable modem

Docsys 3.0
latest firmware
IPv6 only

Airport Express wifi router

802.11n at 5GHz
WPA2 Personal
latest firmware

I tried reseting the Network Settings on the iPhones but that had no affect on the wifi speed. I tried restarting the Airport Express several times, one of which gave me 72 Mbps down on the iPhones but a few minutes later the wifi speed decreased back to around 34 Mbps on the iPhones.

Why is the wifi on my iPhone about half the speed of my Mac and how can I fix this?


texts:
Is there any way to boot a Mac with WiFi turned off completely, until manually turned on again?
(And to be precise - it should be turned off completely and not just disconnected from a network.)

The use case would be to patch a Mac that hasn't been used in a while
(and has been powered off) and therefore booting it in an unpatched state
is a small but non-zero security risk.

I've searched the web and haven't found any hint (could be me using wrong search phrases) so at this point I'm looking for any undocumented, "obscure" solution that's out there.

EDIT: This question has been marked as a duplicate of Can I disable wifi on boot? System not booting but while it's pretty similar,
I believe it's also different, so let me clarify.

The other question is about fixing a system that doesn't boot, whereas my question is about security.

We know that EFI in Macs is able to connect to WiFi to download the Recovery image,
or in case of Macs with the T2 chip--to verify the OS if secure boot is enabled.

This means that if the system hasn't been updated in a longer while,
the WiFi (or more general: networking) code in the EFI can have known vulnerabilities.

So basically when I turn on such a vulnerable Mac, up to a few minutes can pass
until I can disable the WiFi in macOS preferences (let's say is has a spinning disk,
so the boot time is significant),
and even then the EFI will still be able to turn it on after a reboot.

Now, I'm fully aware that it's unlikely that something bad will happen,
but I'm hoping to learn a way to somehow enable "radio silence" mode on boot,
e.g. using some magic, undocumented keyboard shortcut.


texts: How Do I Gain Access To The Content Folder Of A .jar File?

texts: I want to use a modded Minecraft launcher on my Mac but the launcher I want to use is from an unidentified developer. When I try to open the app it says “TechnicLauncher.jar” is from an unidentified developer. Are you sure you want to open it?" and it is preventing me from being able to play. I play on a Mac that I am not an admin and I can't get access to change the setting. So I was wondering how to gain access to the apps' content folder so that I can copy it into another folder that I can then turn into a .jar file.


texts: How do I force Safari to save password for ALL websites?

texts:
Just seems safari can be picky with what website password gets saved. Like I can save my password for stackexchange but I can't do the same for macrumors.com.

I've looked at Safari preferences and nothing stands out. Can you please help? Thanks


texts: Can't connect to AFP shares with 10.10.4

texts:
I just updated the Mac Mini that I use as a file server to the 10.10.4 and the Server App to 4.1.3. After I updated I can't connect anymore to the AFP share that I see in the Finder sidebar on the client, a MacBook Pro.

If I restart the sharing service in the Server App, the connection is successful. After a while, if I click again on the Mac Mini in the MBP Finder sidebar, it says "Connecting..." and then "Connection failed".

The web server on the Mac Mini doesn't respond either. I can't connect either with the "Screen Sharing" button and sometimes it just disappears from the sidebar.

On the MBP when the sharing connection fails it says:

14/07/15 14:10:23,438 sharingd[174]: SDSharePointBrowser::handleOpenCallBack returned 65

or:

14/07/15 15:14:36,418 NetAuthSysAgent[318]: DNSAddressResolver:Resolve CFNetServiceResolveWithTimeout failed
14/07/15 15:14:36,418 NetAuthSysAgent[318]: ERROR: AFP_GetServerInfo - connect failed 64
14/07/15 15:14:36,419 sharingd[179]: SDSharePointBrowser::handleOpenCallBack returned 64


texts: Does it help to fully reset a Mac once a year to keep it "healthy"?

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So I’ve owned the MacBook Pro for about a year or so, upon looking at a list of ways to keep a a laptop healthy; was this operation in particular that stood out. To manufacture reset annually. I then circle around to my question(s), what if I were to reset my MacBook and not for selling? Would I still need to sign out of all accounts, being that I would be logging right back in after doing so? Also being this early in stages of ownership, should this be in option?

I have been really neurotic about keeping it clean and healthy since I’ve tarnished many PCs and traumatized by the aftermath.

Any glimpse of help of info pointing me in the right direction of approaching this would help! Thanks you in all in advance


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I use WordPress keyboard shortcuts a lot, but Safari's use of Cmd + [Num] (e.g. 1, 2, 3) is overriding WordPress' use (which formats text with  tags).

How can I disable Safari's use of the keyboard shortcut so that I can use it for WordPress?


texts: Copy Mac Time Machine Backup Directories from One External Drive to Another

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I decided to stick to the safest approach to make copies of my backups. In other words, my Mac backs up everything to one external drive and then I copy that entire backup directory to the second external drive.

I researched and found this command to be good for any files to be moved and synchronized from source to destination directories:

rsync -av --delete /Volume/Drive1/MyPictures/ /Volume/Drive1/MyPictures

That worked pretty well for any directory I store on the external hard drive except for Mac's backup directories. Running this causes an error:

rsync -av --delete /Volume/Drive1/Backups.backupdb/ /Volume/Drive1/Backups.backupdb

failed: Operation not permitted (1)
rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23)

Any suggestions how to address this? I tried rsync -rtb and got the same error. Copying manually using Finder also alerts with The operation can’t be completed because backup items can’t be modified.


texts: HFS+ case-sensitive or case-insensitive -- which type to use for the primary drive partition?

texts: What reasons are there for choosing the case-insensitive version of HFS+ when formatting the primary drive partition? Would case-sensitive not always be the best choice?


texts: iPod Nano 7th generation (w/ lightning connector) - will video work with a treadmill?

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The treadmills at my gym have 30-pin iPod connectors so you can control it and watch video on the treadmill screen. However, the new iPods don't have the old 30-pin connection, but have the smaller lightning connector.

Converter cables are pretty cheap, but I'm concerned that the video playback won't work through the converted cable. Some googling doesn't see to give a clear answer, and I'm not sure if anybody has actually tried it, but I'd like to clear it up before I order the converter cable and try it myself.

Has anybody connected an iPod Nano to a treadmill and been able to successfully play back video?


texts: 27" iMac late 2009 - Monitor and graphics card broken

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I have a late 2009 27" iMac which has served my well for many years. Unfortunately, it seems the graphics card is broken. Trying to boot normally, I just get the grey screen of death after the initial chime and Apple logo. First of all I tried all the usual resets, including:

Safe boot
Boot into recovery (including Internet Recovery)
Re-install OS from OS X DVD
Clear NVRAM
Reset SMC

Results:

Booting into recovery mode works (CMD+R) with mayor graphical glitches.
Trying to run the Apple Hardware test (D) results in the same grey screen of death as the on normal boot.

Thanks to the tips from Boot hangs on grey screen (even when booting from USB drive with fresh OS X install) I de-activated the graphics card by booting into single user mode CMD+S on boot and moving the driver files:

/sbin/fsck -fy /
/sbin/mount -uw /
mkdir /dsle
cd /dsle
mv /System/Library/Extensions/ATI* .
mv /System/Library/Extensions/AMD* .
touch /System/Library/Extensions
exit

After this OS X normally boots up into OS X again, so I guess the graphics card is broken.

Under About this Mac > More Info ... > Graphics/Display the graphics card is still shown correctly:

ATI Radeon HD 4850:

Chipset Model:  ATI Radeon HD 4850
Type:   GPU
Bus:    PCIe
PCIe Lane Width:    x16
VRAM (Total):   512 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID:  0x944a
Revision ID:    0x0000
ROM Revision:   113-B9110C-425
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.383
Displays:
Display:
Resolution: 2560 x 1440
Pixel Depth:    32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display:   Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Display Connector:

But even with the graphics card de-activated, there are graphic glitches.

Dose this mean the OS is still running of the dedicated graphics card? Or dose this mean the error is somewhere else?


texts: Gray globe (earth) appears after restart for no apparent reason - might something be wrong?

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I restart my MacBook Air OSX 10.8.5 every few days as a routine habit. Twice in the last few months it has come back with the globe (earth) image displayed for 20-30 seconds (I believe it was flashing), then continues on to start normally. See sequence of images.

The first time was immediately after removing some software which displayed my screen via WiFi to a projector at a company (downloaded earlier from the projector mfr. website). Second time nothing particular except that I only had 3GB of remaining disk space at the time.

Should my computer/OS ever display the globe image spontaneously? Is this something that "just happens" sometimes, or should I be looking for a cause?


texts: MacBook Pro running Tiger 10.4 erase start up disk

texts: I do not have the original disks but the computer has been upgraded to Snow Leopard.  I have the Snow Leopard 10.6.3 disks but the computer will not allow the disks access to my startup disk.  I need to erase all and restore the computer to its original state so I can sell it. I have talked to Apple and they say the machine is too old and they do not have the original disks available.


texts: Had my iMac 2009 21.5" hard drive replaced a few days ago, from a 500GB to a 1TB. This was done by an authorized Apple repair dealer. I have been trying to run backups through Time Capsule but it seems to be getting hung up at one stage or another. Why is my Time Capsule backup getting stuck on "preparing backup" or "cleaning old backups?" The new hard drive has caused a huge positive difference in performance, which is suffering as the Time Capsule and backups get "hung."


texts: Does iMessage take up iCloud Storage Space?

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If I send/receive iMessages, or photos and/or videos through iMessage, will those iMessages take up my iCloud storage space?

I am not talking about iCloud backups. I'm asking that if I do not backup my phone using iCloud, will iMessages still take up iCloud storage space?


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Is it possible for the dock to only display the running apps of the space that is currently being used and not all of the open ones?. In Linux that feature exists and I really miss it, it's called something like "isolate desktops" if I remember correctly. Couldn't find it in the settings and google search didn't give me anything.

Edit: I am on OS Mojave.


texts: LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -600" I am getting error

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While running ./getcov -s from Jenkin to MAC-OS and I am getting following errors:

  LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -600 for the file /Users/imacsbuild/Documents/XXX/XcodeCoverage-master/lcov/index.html.

Has anyone come across such errors?


texts: Cellular data not working after software update?

texts: I have updated my iphone software to 6.1 on my 3GS and now my cellular data network is not available. Can this be fixed or can I restore an earlier version again?


texts: Where is Google Voice and Video installed?

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After I have installed some programs I can't find them to open them. I have looked in…

the Applications folder
the Utilities folder
About this Mac → More info → System report → Software → Installations as another user explained, and I can I see the program but I cannot open it from this window.

The program I am specifically looking for is called Google Voice and Video, if that matters?

What am I doing wrong? How can I open a program after I have installed it?


texts: Instagram sharing icon not display on iphone 11

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In my IOS app there are three icons Of share on - Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and tweet. When I clicked shared the funcality of  via Facebook or Pinterest that particular app are showing in my app list . But when I clicked at Instagram share button then Instagram app didn't see in list. This is only happening in iPhone 10 and greater then 10 . But when I checked the same feature at iPhone5 it's working correctly and showing the Instagram app in my list .
Even Instagram app is installed in my iPhone


texts: macOS Sierra: Safari dialog opens with no buttons

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Whenever I open safari, this alert opens with no buttons. The only way to close it is to force quit safari. How can I fix this?

MacOS 10.12.4
MacBook Air 2013