texts: How many times can I submit my app to iTunes Connect?

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I recently have been submitting quite a few reviews to Apple, and I wondered if they might get annoyed with the amount of times an app is called for review. I have not approached this limit yet, but I wanted to make sure I do not annoy Apple's reviewers.

How many times can I submit my app to iTunes Connect for review? Is there a certain amount of times per month or week?


texts: What is a painless and free way to test Internet Explorer 10 on a Mac?

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I’m a graphics (minimal tech) guy struggling to find an easy way of testing Internet Explorer on my Mac. I don’t have access to a Windows PC, and I don’t want to spend any money to test IE.

Obviously Chrome, Firefox, Opera (and Sarari) are interchangeable between the Mac and Windows OS. I can’t seem to find a clear method to test Internet explorer on a Mac. I wouldn’t use IE for any other reason and really don’t want to fork over any money to Microsoft if I don’t have to.

I found this tutorial which seems nicely written and detailed about how to do this. In a nutshell it  explains all I need is a copy of VirtualBox (free virtualization SW), and a developer copy of Windows 8 (free? really?) and I can test IE10 no problem. Anyone else tried this approach? Does Microsoft dumb down IE in the developer copy? Is there a better/easier way before starting down this path? Here's the tutorial I was talking about:
https://centroy.com/blog/testing-internet-explorer-mac-its-actually-quite-easy


texts: Does OS X file organization works like Ubuntu's?

texts: I mean, does mac have a "home" folder, and if I want to format and reinstall the system, it'll not affect my home folder? And the Desktop is a folder within the home folder?


texts: Why did syncing with iTunes delete one of my photos folders?

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I have an iPod Touch, and I tried to sync with apparently more room than my iPod Touch had on it.  So instead of not syncing some new podcasts, it decided to delete one of my photos folders off of my iPod Touch (over 5000 pictures).

Why did the iPod Touch determine that this should be deleted? Why didn't it give me a warning or a prompt so I could have chosen what action to take?


texts: Is it possible to access Voice Memos from site icloud.com?

texts: I'm using Apple app Voice Memos on my iPhone. In the iPhone settings I have iCloud Drive enabled and as well as Voice Memos. But on the site https://www.icloud.com I can't see my saved voice memos. Should they be there?


texts: Running OSX El Capitan 10.11.6 and trying to make a bootable USB for windows 7 bootcamp on my MacBook Pro. I disabled the SIP by using Terminal in Recovery Mode but I still cannot replace or edit the info.plist file. Optical drive is broken so that's not an option. Any advice appreciated!


texts: Can I use an iPad effectively without a computer to dock it to?

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I'm interested in buying an iPad, but I'm trying to understand what the implications are of not synchronise/docking it with a computer. I only have Linux (Ubuntu) machines these days; I have nothing running Windows or MacOS. As far as I understand, there is no official support for Linux (I am aware of libimobiledevice, but would like not to rely on it).

I'm used to my HTC Desire, which is able to synchronise most things I care about (IMAP, Google Mail, Google Calendar being three key ones) over the air, and I'd like to work this way with the iPad. When folks speak about the iPad, there seems to be a lot of talk of docking it with the computer, but I'm not clear why this would be needed/desirable. Can iPad apps typically sync over the air? I've seen reference to MobileMe, but that implies that this facility is not built in and may cost extra.

What do I lose by not docking/syncing the iPad to a computer? Can I do that - buy it and use it indefinitely without docking it? Will I lose any major functionality?

Thanks.


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I have a late 2012 Mac mini running OS X 10.8.2.  My iTunes library lives on an external Seagate drive, which has its own power supply. When my Mac mini goes to sleep it will frequently wake up with the familiar message"

  The disk was not ejected properly. If possible, always eject a disk before unplugging it or turning it off.

After looking around on various forums I have tried turning off the "put hard disks to sleep when possible".  This seemed to make the problem occur less often but it still occurs.

The only way to fix seems to be to reboot the Mac mini.

Is there a way to stop this or to auto-reconnect the drive when it wakes from sleep?

This problem coupled with the fact that half the time the Mac mini won't wake up at all is really bugging me!  My MacBook Pro works great, but the Mac mini is a pain!

The external drive is a Seagate STBV2000200 Expansion Desktop.


texts: Navigate through application that have windows shortcut

texts:
cmd+tab navigates through all open applications.
Some Apps can have no windows at all e.g. firefox, finder.
Is there a shortcut for navigating through only applications that have at least one window?


texts: Fastest way to get an image from Skitch into OmniFocus?

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What's the fastest way to get a screenshot from Skitch into OmniFocus?

When you drag and drop an image into OmniFocus, it only creates a link to the image, rather than embedding it. One way to do this is to drag and drop the image from Skitch to finder, and then from finder to OmniFocus by holding down the command key, but this is tedious, especially when I need to do it many times. Another way is to drop onto finder, and then right-click and choose to attach and embed in OmniFocus, but this too is time consuming.

Is there any way to drag the image directly from Skitch into OmniFocus and have the image be embedded in the task?


texts: How can I get a list of all iPhone pictures that are imported to iPhoto?

texts: I have used iPhoto to backup my pictures from the iPhone. How can I find all the iPhone-photos without having to click on all the pictures to view the EXIF-info?


texts: Accessing my old FileVault2 encrypted drive from my new SSD

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I'm almost ready to mount my new Crucial M4 SSD into my MBP Unibody13" and move my old HDD into an Optibay caddy. (Finally, thanks to an Amazon's discount..)

I would like to install a fresh Mountain Lion distro on the SSD and keep all my data (and my Lion OS) on the old HDD. The thing is my old drive is encrypted using FileVault2, and I wonder if I will still be able to access my "old" content from my fresh install, i.e to copy some files before formatting it...

Will my FileVault's Recovery Key do the job?

Any advice will be appreciated...

Thanks


texts: Bose QuietComfort 15 inline Microphone and mid-2011 Macbook Air

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The BOSE headphones come with a cable that has a remote/microphone. The BOSE website and even the box says:

  The QuietComfort 15 inline remote and microphone cable is compatible
  with iPod nano (4th, 5th and 6th generation), iPod classic (120GB,
  160GB only), iPod touch (2nd, 3rd and 4th generation), iPhone 3GS,
  iPhone 4, iPad and iPad 2, and Macbook (unibody) and Macbook Pro. The
  remote is supported by iPod shuffle (3rd generation). Audio is
  supported by all iPod models. Requires latest iPod software.

Although it doesn't specifically mention a Macbook Air, one would believe that the machines are using similar technology, but since it's not mentioned, I cannot be sure. I'm ready to go to an Apple store, buy it, test it and if it doesn't work, then return it right there, but perhaps someone can save me the trouble. I'm looking to use Skype (and similar) apps.

Does anyone has first hand experience with this combination and can confirm if the BOSE's inline-microphone will work when plugged into a Mid-2011 Macbook Air audio plug?

UPDATE: I tested this in the Appstore with my Macbook Air and it works, despite the models (air) not being shown in the package description. It appears as "external microphone" (replacing the internal, so you cannot switch between the internal mic and this).


texts: My Macbook's headphone jack stopped working, how do I fix it?

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my headphone jack output stopped working a couple days ago. As in - when I jack a cable (or headphones) the sound comes via the built-in speakers.

On the installed Windows (Bootcamp) it works OK (sound coming out via headphones when jacked in).

Any ideas how I can troubleshoot this?

The OS is Lion, freshly updated (update after the problem first appeared).


texts: How to recover iPhone SE when stuck in recovery mode without data loss?

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My wife's iPhone SE was overloaded with data and hung up while rebooting. Then after attempting to update to the newest firmware, I kept stuck in recovery mode. The problem is, that the iPhone is too full for recovery. Because my wife didn't make a backup, I want to avoid a flat install. Unfortunately every recovery tool I tried gave the same error and denied work in the middle of the process.

I discovered a windows tool called "no erase ipsw", that modifies ipsws up to version 10.3.3 in that way, that it makes the installer think that it does a complete new install, although it replaces only the system files and lets the user files untouched. Unfortunately is the resulting ipsw not accepted by iTunes, because it is "unsigned", let's say too old for Apples authentication process.

My only hope as far as I see now is to make iTunes think, it is a new ipsw.
Second possibility would be to modify a new / signed ipsw in that manner, that it becomes smaller than the original to save installer space, because the iPhone is over full.

Can anybody out there give a hint?


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I am not tech savvy and know almost nothing about computers. Macs are even harder, so I don't know where to start.

I did the suggested update yesterday and now it is blocking me on a bunch of stuff but not all.

For instance, I can't go to facebook or my school division website, but can google, read news pages, go to yahoo mail......that is about all I do on here.

Anyhow it has also blocked my access to my portal that I had installed for work....no idea what happened, but an assuming it was the update.
any info would help.

If you could make your advice simple enough that a monkey could follow it then I might have a chance to fix it :)  Thanks


texts: Is a there a simple solution to avoid problems with hotspots?

texts:
It seems that OSX does not behave well with hotspots.

By hotspot, I mean the wireless networks which opens automatically a window for login/password such as

when you join them.

When you login for the first time to such a hotspot, there is no problem.

The problem occurs when to try connect later. I think OSX tries something like putting automatically your login/password, but it doesn't work. But the result is that the window to connect never shows up.

I had such a problem few months ago on OSX 10.8 and it was difficult and unclear how to solve it. It involves keychain and other things.

It seems that this problem still exists on OSX 10.9.

So is there an easy way to avoid these problems?


texts: macOS Sierra: Why can’t I bookmark to the “Bookmarks” folder anymore?

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After upgrading to Sierra, The option to add a webpage to the default “Bookmarks Folder” of Safari has disappeared. I’m given the option to bookmark a webpage to my Favorites folder, as well as all of my custom folders, but I no longer have the option to bookmark to “Bookmarks.” The Bookmark folder still exists, along with my previous bookmarks within it, but the option to add to it has disappeared from the UI:

In as many previous OSX’s as I can recall, “Bookmarks” existed as an option to bookmark a webpage to. Now it’s gone. I’ve added a “Bookmarks 2.0” folder in the meantime to save webpages to.

I’ve cleared my cache & local data, tried disabling extensions, purged Safari’s Container + Saved Application State folder contents, and traversed all of Safari’s preferences to see if I’d overlooked something. Additionally, I’ve reset iCloud syncing (unchecked then rechecked System Preferences > iCloud > Safari).

Nothing has worked. What gives?!

If there’s any confusion, SE member tubedogg posted a screenshot of the default configuration I’m talking about in the comment section. Many thanks :)


texts: Ability to write files/create directories on mounted filesystems not working in Mojave

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Recently, I upgraded to Mojave and I have discovered that filesystems to which I connect with Finder appear to have rw access, but I cannot change or create files.  Similarly with NFS mounts.  Having a file server that I cannot write to is not useful :-)

This worked prior to the upgrade, so I suspect Mojave, but I have been looking for similar issues for hours with no luck.

Any insights?

Config: Macbook Pro running Mojave 10.14.5, file server Netgear ReadyNAS OS6.10.1

Example (Finder->Go->Connect to Server->smb://fserver/pictures):

$ mount | grep pictures
//tarsa@fserver/pictures on /Volumes/pictures (smbfs, nodev, nosuid, mounted by tarsa)

$ ls -ld@hbefO /Volumes/pictures/
32 drwx------  1 tarsa  family  -   16K Jun  8 10:40 /Volumes/pictures//

$ touch /Volumes/pictures/foo
touch: /Volumes/pictures/foo: Permission denied

Example (mounting with nfs):

$ mount -o rw -t nfs fserver:/run/nfs4/data/Pictures ~/mnt

$ mount | grep mnt
fserver:/run/nfs4/data/Pictures on /Users/tarsa/mnt (nfs, nodev, nosuid, mounted by tarsa)

$ ls -ld@hbefO ~/mnt
3 drwxrwxr-x  1 tarsa  family  -  1.3K Jun  8 10:40 /Users/tarsa/mnt/

$ touch ~/mnt/foo
touch: /Users/tarsa/mnt/foo: Permission denied


texts: Mouse hover doesn't work when Microsoft mouse is connected

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I'm using the Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Desktop for one and a half years now and had no problems with it.

A couple of days ago I noticed weird behaviour with the mouse. The same behaviour was with the trackpad as long as the mouse's dongle was connected to the Mac.

Any mouse-over/hover behaviour is gone. The Dock doesn't pop up automatically, no tooltips or sub-menus (which only open when hovering the curser above them) show up.

I did do some changes before I noticed it. I created an admin account and set my personal account to standard; I activated the firewall; I activated FileVault. I'm uncertain if this is just a coincidence.

Additionally, a strange side effect occurs when plugging the dongle in or out: If a web browser is opened, you can see that the web-page's layout slightly shifts horizontally.

My Mac's specs:
OSX 10.10.3 (14D136)
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)

The keyboard/mouse combo: Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Desktop

Update

I tried replacing the batteries, which did not help.

I tried out the mouse on my colleagues Mac and it had the same behaviour.

Interestingly, when I turn off the mouse while keeping the dongle plugged in, the track pad behaves normal again.


texts: Kensington Trackball Works, how to scroll horizontally with Trackball or Auto Scroll

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I have a Kensington Expert Mouse on the Mac running the latest 1.3 drivers.

There still is no option to use the trackball to in addition to scroll vertically also scroll horizontally. Similar to the ball on the mighty mouse.

Has anyone found a hidden setting that I could enable with the defaults write command?


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Is there a quick and easy way to tell about how many files I have on a given HFS+ formatted hard drive?

On Unix, I use df -i, but HFS+ apparently doesn't use inodes and returns a silly answer based on the percentage of disk space I'm using:

# df -i /Volumes/BARRY

Filesystem     Size   Used  Avail Capacity   iused     ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1s2   4.0T   2.7T   1.3T    68% 660707979 315962685   68%   /Volumes/BARRY

Of course, I can find /Volumes/BARRY | wc or something, but does HFS+ keep track of how many files are on a given filesystem?


texts: Best approach for enterprise integration

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I found information from Apple regarding managing a business with a large number of iPhones and iPads. It looks to me like Apple just builds the libraries, and expects vendors to build applications that actually manage these devices. Of course all of the options that Apple mentions are the typical "call us for a price" places.

Any advice on a simple way to manage iPhones within an enterprise? Recommendations on reasonably priced software? I want to do the standard stuff. Deploy applications, create restrictions, etc.

Just looking for someone with experience that can point me in the right direction.


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Are there any (hopefully free) iPad apps for viewing PDFs containing links?

For instance, I have a long PDF with a table of contents in the beginning containing links to later parts of the PDF. These links work when reading the PDF in Preview on my laptop -- when I click on the link for a specific section, the Preview jumps to that section.

Unfortunately, on my iPad, none of the PDF readers I've tried so far support this functionality. Are there any apps for the iPad that work like Preview?


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How to copy my iPhone contacts to my sim card? (without Jailbreak)

I want to go back to my Nokia phone but I was using iPhone for a Year so i have many contacts in it. Now I want to copy my all iPhone contacts to my sim. and I will use same sim in my nokia phone.


texts: Safari on MBP keeps running extensions for the 'first' time on startup

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Strange problem - I recently purchased a MacBook Pro, recently updated to the latest OSX and I have an issue in Safari where when I install an extension (doesn't matter what extension) Safari will keep loading its "first time installed" dialog, every time I start safari rather than once, when the extension is installed.

It is driving me crazy - I have tried it with another user on the same mac - I can't reproduce the problem. I have tried it with multiple extensions installed, and a single one, every extension I have installed (1Password, Amazon, Ad-block) recreate this problem.

I have uninstalled extensions, deleted preferences, etc...

Any ideas anyone?

I have had a look at this question (which is the opposite of what is happening to me): Installed Safari Extensions disappear after restarting Safari
I tried deleting extension-related keychains, and changing permissions on the Safari Extensions List but to no avail...


texts: Disk became full, had to force shutdown, now it doesn't boot

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Don't know why I didn't get a warning about disk being almost full... It came down to zero free space and I couldn't do anything except force-shutdown it. I booted into Windows, deleted some files from OSX drive, but now on boot there is a progress bar every time and when it reaches the end (in 15 min), the computer shuts down.

I went into the recovery mode and tried to repair the disk, but it says "The Disk Utility cannot repair the drive... backup files and reinstall the OS" -- something like that.

I have a time machine backup but I'm currently not at home - going home in 3 weeks.

Is it "normal" that system gets borked like this because of full disk + force shutdown? Seems too fragile to me. I have Mavericks 10.9.4 on this system.

Is there anything I can do?


texts: Why don't my icloud.com contacts download to my iPhone?

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I've manually imported my Google Contacts into icloud.com (via a vCard file). Now I'd like to have these contacts available on my iPhone. My iCloud is property set up (Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > iCloud). "Fetch New Data" is set to Push, "Contacts" switch is turned on.

Nevertheless the contacts don't sync. How can I analyze and fix this?


texts: Is there a way to generate a report for the number of hours per-meeting-category?

texts:
I've seen a couple of solutions recommended throughout the internet, but they're all for Windows based Outlook. Is there a way to get a report of how many hours were spent in each meeting based on categories in Outlook for Mac?
If it helps, I'm on Version 16.41


texts: What is Format Painter shortcut in Excel 2011 for Mac?

texts: I've been looking on the Internet for the shortcut to the Format Painter tool. No luck so far, it seems there's no shortcut for this tool. Maybe someone here knows better.


texts: Is there a htop-on-linux like alternative for top / Activity Monitor on OS X?

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I'm looking for a better alternative for top. Both top and Activity Monitor are highly limited with regards to features. In particular, I'm interested in the following features:

Limit processes by name
Send different kill-signals to a process interactively, i.e. select the process from the process list and send a signal
Ability to show the entire command, not only the program name (as top -c does on Linux)
Show the status of each process
Optional: On Linux, top also updates the command when displayed, i.e. if a process writes in it's own argv during runtime, the updated command will be shown.

Htop is not an option, as it is unstable on Mac OS and only a small subset of it's features actually works on a Darwin system, probably because it partially relies on procfs. Is there a build or fork of htop that works on OS X since it has the features I want if it worked as it does on Linux?


texts: Run iMac from external SSD - Transference Process

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I've purchased a Samsung external SSD with the intention of using it as the boot disk. I've formatted it Mac OS Extended (Journaled), and I've been told that I can 'restore' it from the Time Machine back up. But all I get then is a clone of the TM back up drive. Can someone explain in simplest terms how I go about this? Preferably I'd just like to move everything over from the internal HD and then boot from the new SSD. How do I do this? Or is it as simple as drag and drop? I've tried Googling but there's so much conflicting information out there, so I thought I'd just come straight to the experts.

Thanks.

iMac 2017
OSX Mojave 10.14.5


texts: using find my phone to "track" kid does it send email or other notice to kid?

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my son is overseas and I had to send him a new phone...before sending I turned on location services so that I could log onto find my phone on my phone and locate his phone.  (his first phone was stolen so thought would be good to have)
He is now saying that he keeps getting emails saying I am using Find my phone to find his phone...I have never heard that it sends an email to the person?


texts: How do I reinstall the OS when buying a MacBook Pro since no install media was delivered to me?

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I just bought a refurbished MacBook (through a reputable retailer) and 3rd party external drive for Time Machine backups. There are no install discs and my concern is that after the warranty ends (90 days) if I need to reinstall the OS, I will have to purchase Snow Leopard (it has 10.6).
So, how would I reinstall OS X since I received no installation media?


texts: Safari won't load pages after system restore

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I hope someone can advise please...

A few days ago I had to restore my whole system from Time Machine backup after a power outage stopped my Mac from booting up.  Everything seems fine, except for Safari.

Safari now won't load any web pages, it just shows a message at the top: "this webpage was reloaded because a problem occurred".  Other browsers are fine.

My MacOS is High Sierra 10.13.6

Safari version is 12.0.3

I have read other pages that suggest that maybe when I was restoring, that the newest version of Safari might have downloaded via "automatic updates" from the App store, but I don't know (a) what version of Safari I had before, and (b) whether Safari 12.0.3 is meant to be OK with High Sierra 10.13.6?

Any clues or advice welcome!


texts: How do I download iOS 8.0 or newer for iPhone 4s

texts:
I have an iPhone 4s that is running iOS 7.04 and won't update. It requires iOS 8.0 or newer to install any apps.

How can I download iOS 8.0 or newer on my iPhone 4s?


texts: How can I find the intersection of two lists in AppleScript?

texts:
Let's say I have two lists in AppleScript:

set listA to {"red", "green", "blue"}
set listB to {"green", "blue"}

I'd like to create a third list that has only the items present in both lists:

set listC to intersection of listA and listB --something like this
-- would return {"green", "blue"}

Basically, something like PHP's array_intersect().

Is there a built-in way to do this?
If not, I'd love a recommendation for a scripting addition that solves this problem.


texts:
Does Mail on Mac OS have any add-ons applicable ? Such as the ones possible in website-based Gmail application ?

I would like a feature that allows me to UNDO a sent message. Gmail has an addon which accomplishes this.

Is it possible in the Mail app ?


texts: My MacBook Pro won't connect to my Wi-Fi

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My Wi-Fi router is provided by BT and works fine for my iPad and Mac mini. However, my MacBook Pro now won't connect to the router but will connect to the external BT hotspot.

When I try to log in it says invalid password. I've removed the router from the list via System Preferences → Network → Advanced but this has had no effect. I've tried adding " before and after the password—now I don't know what to do.


texts: How could I mute all notifications in Microsoft Teams on macOS 10.15.6?

texts:
Microsoft bypasses the standard notifications mechanism in macOS: there is nothing in System Preferences -> Notifications to control both the sounds and the incessant popups.
Has anybody found away around this lack of utility?
Thanks!


texts: Why can't I see the three dots when someone with a iPhone is texting me back?

texts: Everyone with an iPhone tells me they can see when I'm texting back because of the three dots. My question is: why can't I see the three dots when someone is texting me? I have an iPhone SE.


texts: Usefulness of the Apple Watch Series 5 to a Cyclist: does it have electric sensors instead of, or in addition to, optical heart-rate sensors?

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Update: Motivation for the question

The motivation for the present question is to determine whether it is possible for a cyclist 1- to measure the heart rate without touching the crown, which would require holding the handlebar with just one hand for a few seconds, 2- to connect the Series 5 to a head unit—thus avoiding to look at the watch at all, and only glancing at the head unit, as well as 3- curiosity about how the Series 5 can measure the heart rate through electric sensors, given the understanding that there must be two electric sensors, quite far apart.

End Update

Cyclists and runners may want to keep track of their fitness level by confirming that their heart-rate remained below a certain threshold for a given activity. For that use case it's helpful to monitor the heart rate after a workout. But they may also want to ensure during a workout that they cross a heart rate threshold and remain there for some time.

A heart rate sensor that attaches through a chest band is a reliable solution, but it's far from being an unobtrusive one.

A good alternative, one that's much easier to tolerate, may be a wrist watch such as the Apple Watch Series 5.

Does the Apple Watch Series 5 have electric sensors instead of, or in addition to, optical heart-rate sensors?

The reason it matters is that electric sensors require the cyclist or the runner to stop and touch the crown with a finger from the alternate hand. (This produces an ECG, not just a heart rate, but the latter can obviously be derived from the former.) For continuous monitoring, IIUC, an optical sensor is still required.


texts: How can I alter the default behavior of iTunes 10.7 to suppress some UI elements like the store?

texts:
I like iTunes 10.7 and I've been sticking with it ever since it came out and hope to avoid updating it now that I run macos High Sierra.

I'm trying to figure out how to delete/remove/hide the 'iTunes store / iTunes Match ' option in the left panel.

I’m OK disabling SIP (system integrity protection, patching / modifying system frameworks - hex editing files, hacking on a plist file etc.. I've had luck with editing other apps this way such as calculator, but I knew what to look for.)

With iTunes I'm clueless. Has anyone reverse engineered this app or know specifically how to edit this specific version of iTunes on macOS?


texts: Security hole in firmware password by installing another boot loader?

texts:
I set up a firmware password on my MacBook. One thing I don't understand is how I can install a tool such as rEFIt, and effectively bypass the entire firmware password (i.e. installing it never asked for my original Firmware password).

It says on their website:

  [...] since “refit.efi” is configured as the legitimate boot loader, it effectively circumvents the firmware password protection.

Isn't that a huge security hole in setting up a firmware password? Doesn't that mean that the securing a computer by setting up a firmware password is only as strong as an admin account's password (i.e. someone that has privileges to install a tool such as rEFIt)?


texts: If reference cell contains "x", return "y", otherwise return "z"

texts:
I'm trying to build what seems like a dang simple formula, but for some reason it's stumping me. Here's the idea:

IF(//B4 contains "apple"//),"$100","$200")

so that it returns "$100" if B4 contains "apple", or "$200" if it doesn't.

I can't figure out the function to use in the //B4 contains "apple"// part. I tried this, but it didn't work:

IF(LOOKUP("apple",B4),"$100","$200")

What am I missing?


texts: Spoofing a serial number on a MacBook Pro

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro that got liquid spilled on it. I cleaned it up and everything works except the fact that it no longer has a serial number. When I go to look at System Information, it says "Serial Number: Unavailable." I've tried re-flashing the serial using Apple's Blank Board Serializer tool, which didn't work. I think that the place where the serial is physically stored on the board is somehow broken.

So is there any way to "spoof" a serial number so that FaceTime and iMessage work correctly? I've been looking at trying to set boot arguments, or change kernel extensions, or something.

Where in the boot sequence does the OS look for the board's serial number, and how can I change that? It seems to be stored in the NVRAM, but I can't access it.


texts: Unable to connect to a public folder as guest, "Connection Failed"

texts:
I have a Mac desktop and a Mac laptop. On the desktop, I have a public folder, which I've shared:

Under "Options", I've checked both "Share files and folders using SMB" and "Share files and folders using AFP". I've also experimented with only using one or the other.
On my laptop, I can see my desktop under network, and if I double-click on it, and select "Connect As..." > "Guest", the connection fails immediately with "Connection Failed"

I can connect using my own login credentials, but I want to share my Public folder with everybody, not just myself.
Desktop is running Catalina. Laptop is running Mojave. Another laptop running High Sierra also cannot connect.


texts:
I have downloaded macOS Catalina, through the software upgrade, and it doesn't install for me, and it keeps adding the downloaded software to my storage, so I downloaded the OS upgrade once it went down 8 gigs, the next time I downloaded it, it went down another 8, so I lost 32 GB of storage because of the downloaded files. I was wondering how to delete these files.

Edit: There is no Install macOS Catalina.app file in my applications folder, I have checked for hidden files in that folder, and used the terminal to ls that directory.

Thanks


texts: How to repair, merge, or "update" (using rsync ?) partially downloaded/backed up duplicate icloud archives?

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When I used icloud drive on my mac, and then disabled it, it moved all of my desktop files and documents to an archive. This happened multiple times. Now, I am no longer using this feature and I want to merge my 3 icloud archives (some of them partial or incomplete archives), into one archive, copying all files and duplicates into the same directories. However, I want to preserve my newest files and don't want to accidentally copy an old file over a more recently edited file of the same name. Furthermore, I don't want to accidentally copy a corrupt or "partially downloaded" file/folder over an intact file/folder of the same name. Essentially, how do I merge all of these folders, files, and subfolders into an orderly directory tree while preserving the integrity of the most up to date files and not accidentally copying over them? I would also like to preserve the file and folder structure so they all merge into one cohesive directory tree.

I did a little bit of research and it seems that rsync might be the tool to use, however, it also seems very complicated as well as very "Permanent". I don't want to use rSync unless I actually know what I am doing. After reading a bit more about rsync, I have gotten this far and think that a formula like this might do the trick:

rsync -ruvp --progress -topc -I --size-only -v -v ~/myicloudarchive2/* ~/myicloudarchive1

where my icloud archive directorys are located at ~/iCloud Drive (Archive) - 2 , ~/iCloud Drive (Archive) - 1 . and ~/iCloud Drive (Archive)

Following this syntax, my "actual" command would look something like this:

Atomicamps-iMac:~ atomicamp$ rsync -ruvp --progress -topc -I --size-only -v -v  /Users/atomicamp/iCloud\ Drive\ \(Archive\)\ -\ 2 /Users/atomicamp/iCloud\ Drive\ \(Archive\)\ -\ 1

Can anyone either confirm, modify, or adjust the above syntax in order to help me achieve the results that I am looking for? Furthermore, can you also recommend any other ways to achieve this? Thank you all for your help!


texts: How can Skype track downloaded file on the file system?

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Using Skype 7.37 on OS X El Capitan, observing this highly unusual behaviour:

I receive a photo in a Skype chat.
I click "Reveal in Finder", Skype places the photo in my Downloads folder as it is configured to do.
I move the file to eg. Dropbox.
I click "Reveal in Finder" again - Skype correctly opens the Dropbox folder!
I move the file again to eg. Desktop and rename it by appending "test" or such.
I click "Reveal in Finder" again - Skype correctly opens Desktop!!!

In steps 4 and 6 I was totally expecting Skype to download the photo again and store it into Downloads.

Can anyone else replicate this behaviour? How is Skype able to do this?


texts: Photos smart album for photos with no people at all

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The macOS Photos app allows searching for photos that contain specific people. But how can one create a smart album that only contains photos that do not contain any people at all?

It is possible to create a filter that excludes a specific person.  That filter might be a solution if there only was a way to exclude all persons using a wildcard or similar.


texts: How to use the Homebrew installed git on Mac?

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I have installed the newest version of git (1.8.3) using homebrew but when I type

git --version

in my terminal, it prints:

git version 1.7.10.2 (Apple Git-33)

What should I do to replace the old version of git with the new one?


texts: How to ssh to remote web server without using a password

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I'm new to OS X.

As per title, I'm having trouble connecting to my web server through SSH.
My server accepts keys and we don't use passwords.
I've come from windows, and on windows I used PuTTY to connect to my server using a .ppk file generated using PuTTYGen.

On the Mac, I've generated using ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048 and made a key.ppk file in ~/.ssh and pasted the contents of my Windows .ppk file into it.

I also made a config file with the following contents...

Host domain.com
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/key.ppk
  User username

When I try to connect, Terminal prompts me for a password (why?) then when I enter nothing and press ok it fails with message

Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic).

Any help on what I'm doing wrong will be great!
Thanks for reading and thanks in advance for any tips.


texts: How to recover from deleting Xcode CoreSimulator devices from disk?

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By mistake I deleted ~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices from my Mac so all my Xcode simulators were deleted.

Now none of my Xcode projects run. When I try to, an alert shows that no simulator is selected in select device.


texts: Every Ubuntu update breaks rEFInd on my MBP

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Every time when I'm updating Ubuntu with:
apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade

I've needed to do this in MBP recovery mode:
mkdir /Volumes/EFI
mount -t msdos /dev/disk0s1 /Volumes/EFI
bless --mount /Volumes/EFI --setBoot --file /Volumes/EFI/EFI/refind/refind_x64.efi --shortform

How can I avoid this?


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I want to run a bash script on my jailbroken iPhone whenever it is being charged. Currently my script looks like this:

#!/bin/bash

ACpower=$(pmset -g | sed -n '2 p' | grep -o '*')
if [ "$ACpower" != "*" ]; then
    exit 0
fi

rest of script...

As you can see I'm using the pmset package to basically output a list of different variables and then extract the * which indicates if it is being charged or not. If it is not being charged the script stops, otherwise it continues with the rest of it.

Next I was thinking of adding this to a launchdaemon to basically run this script at a given interval.

However, that also gives rise to my question for you guys: If I run this command say every 15 or 30 seconds will that have a noticeable impact on my battery life? Or is there a better way to monitor this variable change than letting the script be ran at an interval?


texts: List the extensions installed in Safari for Mac OS X, and state whether each one is enabled

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I'd like a list, from which text can be copied.

(Not a screenshot of preferences.)

This information does not appear in any of the following:

Safari
System Profiler in Snow Leopard
System Information in Lion.

I wondered whether there exists an extension to list other extensions, but when I searched I could not find anything suitable.

If not a command or an extension, maybe there's an app, but again: I could not find anything suitable.

(I could instead have posted this opening question to Super User, where a command piping guru might step up, but I prefer Ask Different for the likelihood of someone knowing an extension or app.)

Background

With the extensions master switch off, the simple presence of installed extensions may cause some versions of Safari to take longer than expected to launch.

For that reason and others, it's sometimes necessary to have a comprehensive list of installed extensions, including those that are disabled.


texts: Dual-boot macbook air 2013 Kali & Mojave deleted kali now unbootable

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Please excuse my english, I have a macbook air 2013 which dual-boots Kali and Mojave.
The macbook when powered on boots into Kali and if i wish to use Mojave, i boot holding the option key.
Recently, wishing to remove Kali and turn my mac back into a single boot, I have deleted the Kali partition from Mojave using DiskUtility by simply selecting the 64GB Kali partition and clicking the minus "-" sign, then being unable to resize my 64 GB Mojave partition, i tried rebooting hoping that the system would auto-reclaim the space. But instead, the mac can no longer be booted into MacOS, the only option showing is Internet Recovery.
What I've tried
I've gone into internet recovery mode.The "Reinstall OS X" option does not show any disks at the "Select disk to install to" screen though the 64 GB Mojave partition can be found in disk utility and terminal using the diskutil list command.
Note: The 64 GB Kali partition is not found in DiskUtility and diskutil list.
Problems

Cannot boot into Mojave anymore.
Cannot see the 64 GB Kali partition.

Desired results

Boot into Mojave with disk size to full 128 GB as single boot,
removing GRUB.

Could you please help provide a step by step solution to solve this problem ? Any help is much appreciated, thank you !
Images
Please find images below to help troubleshoot, please do feel free to request for additional captures.
Terminal with command gpt -r show /dev/disk0:https://imgur.com/s3ZTx3e
Terminal with command diskutil list: https://imgur.com/nFUeAxg
DiskUtility Apple SSD: https://imgur.com/KbtAR4a
DiskUtility_disk0s2: https://imgur.com/lSoROpT
DiskUtility_disk03: https://imgur.com/JxTJaeZ
DiskUtility_MacOSBaseSystem: https://imgur.com/q9iHA0R
Boot
Booting without pressing any key: https://imgur.com/2xtZIye
Booting with Alt/Option key pressed: https://imgur.com/iSZsaJa


texts: Ensuring replies to group messages go to the whole group rather than just the individual who sent the original

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When I send a group text - I get back replies as individual messages all in their individual conversations and no one else can see the reply - this is fine if I want them private.

But I have once seen where each group member was replying and we all could see the messages like a conversation string - how do I set it so when each group member replies we all see their answer and also it is on the same stream


texts: Why is my iPhone prompting me to install an update meant for iPhone XS?

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I am using an iPhone 7 in Turkey. My iPhone is prompting me to install a software update which appears to be meant for iPhone XS.

Is this normal? I just want to make sure my iPhone isn't hacked and is behaving as expected.


texts: How does my iPhone (iOS 9) know that I'm about to drive home?

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Since iOS 9, every time I get in my car and start it, I receive a notification that I can expect an x minutes drive to my home. How does the phone know that I'm driving my car?

Does it detect motion without footsteps? Does it know I just drove to that location and assumes that if I move away from it, I'm in my car again? Does it recognize that it has connected to my car's phone system via bluetooth?

The reason I'm suspecting the latter is that I got such a notification when my wife got into our car (which both of our phones are connected to) and drove away (while I walked away from that location). Anyway, I'm curious about how Apple pulled this off...


texts: My iPhone is giving unexpected, creepy reminders

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My iPhone keeps popping up with creepy reminders such as:

  'shes there' 'check the bedroom' 'i know what school you go to'

However, I haven't set any reminders on my phone ever and do not use the Reminders App. I'm confused as to what is happening. Can anyone help?


texts: Problem syncing Calendar across 2 different Appleid's

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My wife and I have seperate AppleId's. I am having a problem is syncing our calendar from my device(s) [iMac using OS 10.15.2, iPhone 11 using latest iOS] to her iphone 6S (version 13.2.3).  Tried sharing calendar, but have not succeeded. Can anyone help with this?
Thanks


texts: Can I get any info about my iTunes Connect customer?

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Regarding in-App (or other) purchases, is there any info available about the customer for a given transaction?

So far I've only found reports without any info on the customer.

It's important because how can we handle any customer requests in email without knowing if he/she has bought anything at all from us?


texts: Day-O clock not starting by itself on restarting Mac

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I am using  Day-O as the clock on the menu bar in place of the default clock. After installation I have checked "Launch Day-O at login" but whenever I restart my mac Day-O does not start by itself. I have to manually double click it to start.

I have also added Day-O under Login Items under "System Preferences". But still no luck.

Can you let me know how can I make Day-O to start at Login.

Environment

Mac OS - 10.12.6
Day-O - Version 2.0 (21)


texts: Connecting non Apple monitor to Macbook Pro

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I'm planning to buy standard 13-inch MacBook Pro (2017) without Touch Bar or Touch ID features; I plan to use this for basic computing task and web development/programming.

Does connecting a monitor to MacBook Pro via display adapter lower the refresh rate, or should I just find a non apple monitor that has thunderbolt port? I don't want to have to deal with any performance issues while coding and compiling or render images/graphics in Adobe CC.

I'm very new to the whole Mac ecosystem, so all advice is appreciated.


texts: Can I move my iTunes library to a network drive?

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The question title pretty much says it all. I'd like to be able to free up space on my iMac G5's hard drive. I had considered upgrading the drive, but moving it off the Mac seems like it'd be a better option.

If I'm able to do this, might it be possible that other non-Mac computers could make use of the MP3s on the server? I'd love to, for example, be able to access the library when the Mac isn't on, particularly from my ChromeOS laptop and Win7 netbook. (I can post a separate question to SuperUser about that part of the issue.)

The mac is a G5 iMac, the drive is a LaCie 2TB drive connected to an AirPort hub via USB.

What would I need to do to get this to work? What about protected AACs from the Apple Store? (I still have a few of those, but most of my iTunes library is DRM-free.)


texts: Technical information about the iPhone touchscreen controller?

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I want to make a driver for low-level access to the iPhone's touchscreen controller, the Texas Instruments TI 343S0538, so I can try to detect fingerprints. However, I can't seem to find any information about it, because the Google search results don't return much information, apart from lots of pages showing the iPhone specs.

So does anyone know anything about the controller, or is it secret because it's used by Apple?


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I have just bought a new Mac Mini (M1) with Big Sur.
When I start Mail I get a screen headed "Message Import" , "Welcome to Mail". I have 2 options Continue to import messages or Cancel to import later.
If I select either option Mail closes down.
Any ideas please.


texts: Prevent data on unsecured wireless, until VPN is connected

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There's a lot of good advice around about avoiding connecting to unsecured wireless networks, and using a VPN (for all traffic) if you absolutely must use one.

What seems to be missing from this advice is the gap between when you connect to the unsecured wireless, and when you've got your VPN connection up and running. This can be a pretty short period, but a lot of software will detect the new network (via some OS event, I guess) and immediately start attempting to reload/reconnect/etc. So the very first thing that happens is various login details and connections occur before you have time to connect to the VPN (since this requires the unsecured wireless first). Likewise, if the VPN connection goes down for some reason, the default route will return to the unsecured wireless.

So is there any way to avoid this unsafe gap? For example, blocking all data that's not going to the VPN server by default.

I'm hoping for a built-in solution rather than 3rd party firewall software, but keen to hear about any options that truly close this gap in security.


texts: Locate long file paths on external drive with terminal

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I need to move a large volume to a new raid server that's PC formatted. However I have a couple paths and filenames that are interrupting this process.

I would just like to know how to use the terminal to:

Locate the targeted external drive
Then search that drive for paths/files that are over 130 characters

Can anyone help?

I know how to search for long paths find " . -type f -name '?????...*' ", just not sure how to target my external drive.


texts: Unable to create a DIY Fusion Drive using a 3 TB hard drive

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I'm trying to make a Fusion Drive with a Samsung 830 256GB SSD and a 3 TB 3.5" HDD (connected via SATA to my late 2012 Mac mini). I'm able to create the Fusion Drive, but when I start to install Mountain Lion, it fails because it's unable to create a recovery partition. I have tried Fusion with a 640 GB or 1 TB hard drive, everything is working fine. Only the 3 TB (either Seagate or Western Digital) doesn't work: it can't create the Recovery partition.

Why could this be?


texts: make it easier to call often used terminal commands

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I have a java tool that I use quite often from the command line but to use it I have to type java -jar dsim.jar. I want to make it so that I can call it just by typing dsim regardless of what directory I am in, but I can't quite work out how to accomplish this.

I have created a file at ~/.bash_profile and put into it:

alias dsim='java -jar dsim.jar'

And I have placed the dsim.jar file into /usr/local/bin as I read this is where user created command line tools should be kept. This location is in my $PATH.

I think the alias works well but location of the file doesn't seem to be accessible from anywhere. If I call dsim from within /usr/local/bin it works fine but if I am in any other directory I get:

Error: Unable to access jar file dsim.jar

How can I get this to work from any directory?


texts: Files in Desktop cannot be edited in macOS Catalina

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I cannot open, change, edit, write, or read any of the files in my desktop.

I have pictures on my desktop but when I attempt to open them, this error appears: "The file “FileName” couldn’t be opened."

Same with documents and other text files.

This includes files in subdirectories underneath Desktop as well.

All the permissions of Desktop and read and write, in terminal I can move and edit text files, but I cannot do it within the UI itself.

Model Name: MacBook Pro.
Model Identifier:   MacBookPro14,1.
Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Core i5.
Processor Speed: 2.3 GHz.
macOS Catalina 10.15.1


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I have an iPhone7. When I dial a number I find that the volume level of pressing the buttons is very low. Is there a way to increase it?

I have the same volume level question for send/receive text message. My ringtone volume is fine. It is just the aforementioned I can't work out.


texts: MacBook Pro printing fails with an Epson printer

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I am unable to print from my MacBook pro to an Epson 5500 proof printer.
The printer works with an old G4 Mac. But it stubbornly refuses to work from the MacBook running Lion. The computer knows the Epson is there and allows the setup procedure. However when I send a file, the print status goes to Printing  and then almost immediately to Ready, suggesting that the job has been completed.

The printer only has a USB interface. I have tried different cables, but all to no avail. I have even sent the same file from the G4 and the PowerBook.

Any suggestions please? Yes I do have a driver for it.

Thanks

Mike


texts: My computer will not recognize that python exists

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I have opened python on my somewhat outdated Mac OS X in Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and although it was working fine earlier, my computer will not recognize that I am using python.  When I click on the python window, instead of saying python in the upper left of the screen it will just say the last application I have been using, also, it will not let me type or do anything.  Also it will not quit unless I force quit it.  Python will work fine when I open it, the bug only starts when I open a new window.
If it helps when I open the shell it gives me this message:

Python 2.6.1 (r261:67515, Jun 24 2010, 21:47:49)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.

****************************************************************
Personal firewall software may warn about the connection IDLE
makes to its subprocess using this computer's internal loopback
interface.  This connection is not visible on any external
interface and no data is sent to or received from the Internet.
****************************************************************

IDLE 2.6.1

I am not sure that this is the right forum to post this in and hopefully I have provided useful information.

~~~Droonkid


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I bought a 32GB MacBook Pro because I teach a software boot camp and need to run several memory intensive apps (video conferencing, ide, chat, browser w/ many tabs, etc...) and my 8GB MBA couldn't keep up.

I soon found that certain apps will use all available space which doesn't solve my problem. I still run into memory issues because certain apps are memory hogs.

Is there some way to specify memory limits on specific apps in MacOS?


texts: How do I get shutdown codes using terminal in macOS

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How can I use Terminal to get my shutdown codes, going back to the weekend?

I'm on Mojave 10.14.6


texts: Any way to add 4K support to a late 2012 iMac?

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I have this late 2012, 27" iMac (model iMac13,2) and I want to connect that to a 4K UHD TV because I am willing to create 4K stuff.

Apparently this iMac is unable to output 4K resolution, right?

If this is true, my question is: is there something I can attach to one of its thunderbolt ports (an external video board or something) that can make this iMac support 4K for cheaper as possible?


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I have an iPad 4 + WiFi + 32 GB with me and it was showing me an update to iOS 6.1.3. I haven't selected it as there are multiple issues with lock screen and battery. Today accidentally I clicked on Update. Is there any way to cancel the update?

Also, I have a good score on Temple Run and Temple Run 2. Will the game data be available after the software update or will it be removed? Is there a way to back it up somewhere or transfer it to another iDevice?

ps: I have already searched for this, and got answers like removing SIM (I don't have one) or recording content till the space gets exhausted. Filling up 32 GB is not an easy task. Is there any other good method to make this?


texts: Error in restoring iOS 5.1.1 on iPhone 4 using custom IPSW

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I'm trying to restore iOS 5.1.1 on iPhone 4 GSM that currently has iOS 4.3.3 and is jailbroken.

I'm using "redsn0w" to get into pwned DFU mode and then trying to restore from iTunes using custom IPSW file stitched with the 5.1.1 shsh blobs (I have my shsh blobs saved locally).

It works until iTunes reaches the point Preparing iPhone for restore.

At this point my iPhone automatically exits the DFU mode and enters into restore mode, but iTunes stops restoring with the error iPhone could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (21).

I have checked the hosts file and have commented the line that redirects to the cydia server. (I have also checked it by uncommenting that line but it still didn't work)

Any idea what could be going wrong or is there anything I'm missing?


texts:
The procedure to get an Android phone to tether the internet connection to a Mac is given on countless websites.

I followed the instructions provided on the official page (https://joshuawise.com/horndis) but nothing happens.
The connection is not recognised in the Network section of the System Preferences.

My machine runs a Mac OS 10.14.6 and I'm tethering from a Huawei P20 Lite.

Anybody got any piece of advice?

I've added a screenshot of the Network preferences.


texts: How do I remove items (individual or all) from Reading List on my iMac (OS X 10.6.8)?


texts: Clear Automatic Proxy Configuration box in MBP Network settings (El Capitan)

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So I input the URL for my school's proxy server in the automatic proxy server box in network settings (under advanced and then proxies). I want to now clear this box (yes, I realize I can uptick the box to turn off the proxy server). However, if I delete the URL, click OK, then press Apply, when I go back into the proxy server settings the url is still there.

Does anyone know how to clear the field so it stays cleared (I also realize I can replace it with 0000000 or something nonsensical, but I prefer to have it cleared).

Admittedly, I have not tried a computer restart (and pram reset), which is dumb on my part, so I will try that now. If I don't edit this post saying that cleared the box,though, then it did not work.


texts: I am paying for 50 GB of icloud storage. It shows up in my settings, but I can't access it. I am still deleting photos so I can store everything on the 5 GB I have. Have spent hours researching this but can only find others with the same problem. No answers from Apple.


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I have been trying to get Windows running on my MacBook Pro after I deleted linux. I have the disk back to 2 partitions and bootcamp assistant tells me that it is unable to partition the boot volume or restore to a single partition.

Diskutil list gives me:

Jamess-MacBook-Pro:~ jamesestes$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE
IDENTIFIER
0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
2:                  Apple_HFS MacBook Pro             397.9 GB   disk0s2
3:                  Apple_HFS Recovery HD             101.8 GB   disk0s4


texts: Is it possible to create photo events from the Camera Roll photo's on an iPhone?

texts:
I see that the Photos app let's me create Albums, but is it possible to create and manage Photo Events on the iPhone without iTunes or iPhoto* on a Mac/PC?

*I say iPhoto on a Mac/PC because the iPhoto iOS app doesn't appear to allow it either:


texts: imovie picture-in-picture remove bottom border

texts: I have a white movie clip that I am embedding inside a white background as picture-in-picture.  Although I have no border selected, the movie clip retains a small border on the bottom.  How do I ensure there is absolutely no border in the clip?


texts: Do I have to enroll an Apple Developer Program to access itunes connect as a team member?

texts:
I have searched and the closest I came to an answer was this, Do I have to enroll an Apple Developer Program when working for a client?.

My problem is similar to his EXCEPT,
I can generate certificates, provisioning profiles e.t.c even though I DO NOT have a paid account (but the team which I am part of does).

However I CANNOT log in to itunes connect to create an app, when I log in to itunes using my credentials, I see the following screen,

Must I have a paid developer program account in order to see this screen instead?


texts: Every time I have a message sent to me, it's sent to my family's Mac and my iPod. How do I get them to stop going to my Mac? I have already tried looking into Settings and "Send and Receive" but all I have in there is my Apple ID and email.


texts: Slow throughput with Time Machine backup over network connection

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I am not a Unix, Linux, or OS X guru, far from it. I have a Macbook Pro that is almost 4 years old and I am running Yosemite: 10.10.5. I am up-to-date with the software updates.

I have been having problems with my Time Machine. I expect to see anywhere from 5 MB/s to 30 MB/s when backing up in optimal conditions (Time Capsule in the same room for the lower bandwidth, ethernet connection to server for the higher bandwitdh). Instead, I am getting a trickle. Today after what I did as described in the first edit I got 26 MB of data backed up in one hour. I am familiar with the fact that sometimes TM needs many hours to sort itself out, and then eventually it kicks off. So that's why I did not worry at first. I have been trying to do a backup since the 5th of September, first at home (over wifi) and now in the office (over ethernet). I have had Time Machine and Time Capsule for about 10 years now over 3 different laptops and I have never had this kind of problem. It makes no sense. I am either missing something glaringly obvious or something is broken in my laptop.

Here are some facts and some hacks I have already tried:

my wife also has a mac. On our home Time Capsule, her backup (80GB) took a couple of days, without problems. Mine was stuck at very low bitrates, a few MB/day.
I erased both sparsebundles from our Time Capsule and started over. Again, my wife’s worked very well. Mine (180 GB) didn’t.
I saw on various forums some possible solutions:

Exclude the backup disk from the antivirus software: I did, and it did not make any difference
Unthrottle low-priority processes:

sudo sysctl debug.lowpri_throttle_enabled=0

I did, and it did not make any difference.
After checking the priority of all processes:

ps -eo user,pid,nice,pri,command

I increased the priority of the backup process:

sudo renice -n 5 -p 1523

no difference, meaning that Time Machine is stuck on: "234 bytes of 280.09 GB, calculating time remanining…"
I tried restarting in safe mode and then restarting again. No difference.

Now the plot thickens. I am currently in a company with some real network admins who however use Linux and are unfamiliar with Macs. So they are puzzled.

They set up a NAS volume with plenty of space for me. I accessed it using

  sudo tmutil setdestination afp://TimeMachine:<password>@192.168.1.220/TMBackup

and after that Time Machine could indeed find it.

Furthermore, they are monitoring the volume and the size of the sparsebundle file is increasing, currently at 1.05 TB in approximately 1 hour, which sounds about right. However, during this time Activity Monitor did not show ANY outgoing data flow, and my TM status is still at 234 bytes of 280.09 GB.

It looks to me like there is a bug in Time Machine and in Activity Monitor. However, this sounds strange and unlikely. Perhaps a virus? Sophos tells me I am clean.

How can I analyze and resolve this?

PS: A small twist. Rather than

  sudo tmutil setdestination afp://TimeMachine:<password>@192.168.1.220/TMBackup

I tried using the Go/connect to server command

afp://192.168.1.220/

Here I gave my personal credentials for the NAS volume, which then appeared in the Finder under Network. From the Time Machine control panel I then selected my own disk "paolo" rather than the generic service name TMBackup. This seems to work better. Afer 20 minutes we are at a whopping 16 MB and Activity Monitor shows a trickling of data being sent over every few seconds. In about 3-4 months my backup will be all done!


texts: detect thunderbolt display connection and switch bluetooth accordingly

texts:
I have a thunderbolt display that I use as a docking station with wireless keyboard and mouse.

Is there a way to turn on bluetooth when connecting the display and turn it off when disconnecting the display?


texts: How to connect an early 2013 MBP to a 4K LG Television

texts: I've seen some people on YouTube saying they were able to connect an early 2013 MAC Book Pro with some 4K Monitors. I bought an 4K LG TV. It seems that I can't connect using 60Hz. I already tried the Thunderbolt connector and couldn't make it. Could anyone help me with that?


texts: Deleting a hard drive protected by password with Mac OS X Yosemite

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I recently changed my hard drive for a SSD device. The removed storage device can be used as an external drive, via USB. I want to delete everything on this HD, but it is asking me for a password when I plug it in the Mac. I forgot the password.

I tried every password I have in mind, but it didn't work. I want to force format of the hard drive, but neither Disk Utility nor Terminal commands works (Apple may have locked these functions).

I tried the procedures described in this topic, without any success.

With Mac OS Yosemite 10.10, the following message is displayed in Terminal:

Usage: diskutil coreStorage delete lvgUUID|lvgName

Delete a CoreStorage logical volume group. All logical volumes will be removed.
Ownership of the affected disks is required.

Is there a way to overpass this with Mac OS X?


texts: Is it possible to manually TRIM the unused blocks (free space) for an existing APFS volume?

texts:
When migrating a MacBook from HDD to SSD, I did a block-level copy using dd. I believe for optimal flash lifetime and performance, it would be the best to issue a TRIM for every unused block in the new filesystem to inform the SSD controller (so it won't confuse my dd copy with a large file that occupies the entire disk).
Is it possible to TRIM the free space manually for an APFS volume on macOS (like FreeBSD's trim or Linux's fstrim)?  I've read that on HFS+, macOS's fsck has a TRIM pass, so TRIM can be triggered manually by running fsck -fy in single-user mode, and one should see a "trimming unused blocks" message. But it doesn't support APFS (I tried it and I didn't see any message about TRIM).


texts: Why are my app settings not appearing in the Settings app?

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I cannot seem to find my app settings in the setting app after updating my iphone to iOS 10.3 beta 4 (14E5260b).

The issue is still present even after waiting a night, so it's not an issue about apps taking a long time to load.

Were they moved or removed? If they were moved, can you tell me where I could now find them?


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My daughter's MBP recently had a hard drive failure. I replaced the hard drive and purchased the Snow Leopard install disc from Apple.

During the install start up, at a certain point the screen goes white and after a bit the fans go to a high speed. It then sits there running hot until it is powered down.

Things I have tried:

With a Crucial MX300 SSD (525GB, SATA III) installed:

Install using the Snow Leopard disc Install using Yosemite on USB thumb drive (from App Store)
Install using High Sierra on USB thumb drive (from App Store)
Install using Internet Recovery (Command—Option—R)

With a HGST Travelstar 7K1000 (1TB, SATA III) installed:

Install using Yosemite on USB thumb drive (from App Store)
Install using Internet Recovery (Command—Option—R)

Original System Details

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011)
2.0 GHz Intel Core i7 (Sandy Bridge) 2635QM
8GB RAM
500 GB, 5400 RPM Hitachi HD
10.6.6 Snow Leopard

Other notes

Booting in verbose mode (Command-V) shows various messages before the white screen depending on which install version is used.

The extended version of the hardware test over internet (Option—D) reports no issues.

The MBP was working fine before the hard drive failure.

I am pretty much out of ideas.


texts: Apple Mail hides mail received on multiple addresses

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Recently I've noticed that if I'm sent an e-mail on multiple addresses for which I have accounts set up in Apple Mail (macOS or iOS), the Apple Mail client will only display only one of these mails, and provide no access (other than explicitly selecting to view one account) to the others. Moreover I can't choose which account's mail is displayed (and it can be different on macOS and iOS).

Is this the intended behavior? Is there a way to restore the normal e-mail client behavior of simply seeing all the mail I've been sent?


texts: Turn on Internet Sharing from Terminal (on Mojave)

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In System Preferences > Sharing, there is a way to turn on Internet Sharing so that devices connected to my laptop can use its Internet connection.

Start/stop internet sharing from a script? recommends to manually load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.InternetSharing.plist but this file doesn't exist on Mojave.

So how do I turn Internet Sharing from Terminal on Mojave?


texts:
I own a MBP 17" model with i7, 4GB RAM, 750GB HDD. It is early 2011 model.

I upgraded to OS X 10.9 when it was released. Since then the boot and shutdown time has been extended greatly. What used to be a few seconds to shut down now takes like up-to a minute. I also don't use many apps or graphic intensive processes. But still when I launch VLC or certain apps the fan spins really fast and the apps themselves take quite a while to start. I even started thinking of going back to Snow Leopard. But after using the new features for a while now, am really doubtful of what I would do without them.

Is there any remedy to reduce these long waits and increase the performance? Like install any app or updates.

Has anyone had a similar experience and rectified it?


texts: script to switch to fullscreen app space

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I would like a script to manage the switch between spaces. I don't want to switch to a specific desktop, but to a fullscreened app (i.e : iTunes).
I already tried the activate command in script editor, but it only switches the menubar, not the app interface.

I don't know if it matters, but I disabled auto rearrange spaces based on the most recent used.


texts: Prevent a process from being killed by any user mode means

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I use Freedom to help me stay focused while working. Sometimes I will be so disillusioned with my work, that I will go to such lengths as to try and kill the process from the terminal.

I'd like to prevent myself from doing this. Is it possible to elevate the process so that it can't be killed by any means, including by using sudo kill <process ID> from a terminal?


texts: I would like a way to shut down the block devices to do safe removal by turning them off. On Linux there is the UDisks2's udisksctl power-off -b /dev/sdX command. Is there something similar? Or if you know a library to use to create a script that can do this.


texts:
I'm trying to reload NFS mounts on my machine. What has worked in the past is:

sudo dscl .
delete Mounts/
exit
sudo autmount -vc

But now I get the error:

automount: Another automount is running

Doing a

sudo ps -ax | grep automount

shows there's only one process (besides the grep command itself) that contains "automount":

admin% sudo ps -ax | grep -i automount
59770 ??         0:00.01 /usr/sbin/automount
60201 ttys018    0:00.00 grep -i automount

I've tried killing it and rerunning sudo automount -vc and sudo automount -vcu, but no luck.

Has anyone else encountered this error message, or have any ideas on how to fix it?

I'm running Mac OS X 10.10.1 (Yosemite) on my local machine. If it's useful at all, the remote file server is running Mac OS X 10.7.5.


texts: I was looking around on Cydia until it suddenly froze then after a few minutes the screen turned black. I know that it is on because when I press the lock button and home button at the same time, I can hear the camera sound from the screenshot but it's still a black screen. I tried everything I could think of but nothing works.


texts: USB Drives always need to be formatted to delete items

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I have a MacBook Air running Lion. Issue is I cannot delete things from USB sticks. The icons disappear but if I try to copy something on I get a not enough space error message.

I can format the stick to delete everything, but it seems I must do this every time.

Can anyone help me out?


texts: iPad cannot be restored due to 15 min timeout (recovery mode)

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I have forgotten my passcode and have tried to restore my iPad(8th 32gb wifi) by this instruction. It reboots after 15 minutes and iTunes on my PC says me "Waiting for Ipad..." or "Could not find Ipad". I am using Windows 10(64 bit) by VirtualBox which is on Linux(Ubuntu 20.04 lts). I have already downloaded the iOS 14 for iPad. And iTunes does not have to download the iOS. But when it starts to restore it fails due to 15 min timeout. I have tried to update & restore my iPad with ipsw file and without it.
Could you help me to restore my iPad?
And is it possible that it fails due to VirtualBox?


texts:
Here is the Junk Mail settings:

Also, junk mails are shown in Smart folders even when the "Message is not in mailbox Junk" condition is set ("Contains messages that match" is set to "all" as well).

Messages are identified as junk by Mail.app (they color is yellow and the icon is shown).

My question is how to make Mail app to hide junk mails in all non-Junk mailboxes.


texts: How many cores does a Mid 2012 Macbook Air have?

texts:
I checked the specs, and the i5-3427U CPU has 2 cores.

But the Activity Monitor shows 4 little charts for the CPU, so it looks like 4 cores.

Which is correct? Why does the Activity Monitor have 4 charts?


texts: Finder not showing DVD/CD drive even when it is checked in the Preferences

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I am playing a DVD so it's definitely "understood" by macOS to be present. But not by Finder ?

I tried unchecking and re-checking  the CDs, DVDs and iPods: no change.  I have also rebooted the system a few times: the behavior persists.   What can be done here?    I am on Catalina 10.15.3
Update  The DVD drive is found without any issue on the command line: the following works:
diskutil eject /dev/disk2 .


texts: Restored iPhone from iTunes backup - where's all the iMessage storage that was previously used?

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iPhone 7 Plus running iOS 12.4.1.

Device showed the following iMessage statistics under iPhone Storage:

I took encrypted backup using iTunes on Windows, then restored that backup (also to 12.4.1).  Waited 24 hours following the restore for everything to sync, iCloud messages to download if necessary (Messages in iCloud was set to ON), etc.  But same screen shows vastly different numbers now:

Things like this about the iPhone - there you have zero visibility into what is actually happening freak me out.  What would account for the substantially lower storage numbers afterwards?

UPDATE: I am convinced that all of the photos and videos reflected in the "before" screenshot are still present on the device (despite Messages in iCloud being on), yet for some reason the Messages storage page simply isn't reflecting the usage for some reason.  The reason I believe that the media is still present on the device is because when I back up the iPhone via iTunes and then use any number of 3rd party tools to inspect the backup, all of the photos and videos are there.


texts: Does the MacBook Pro with Retina have two Thundebolt busses, or are the two TB ports sharing a bus?

texts:
Just wondering whether the two ports on the rMBP are sharing the same bandwidth.

If so, does the single-port, non-retina MBP have the same bandwidth with just one port instead of two?


texts: Is there a way to show the calendar on iPhone lock screen?

texts: I used to be a Windows Phone user and I loved the way the calendar (a today's agenda) is shown on the lock screen. So I was wondering if there's a way to see a days's events on the iPhone lock screen. It happens that I feel I am out of sync with day's events without having it on my lock screen.


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I own an iPhone X, purchased a few months after its release (November 2017).  I'm getting close to the end of my AppleCare+ window, and as such have some urgency to identifying whether the following issue is legitimate (and needs to be/can be fixed) or not.  I'm not looking for support for the issue itself, but for how to identify/troubleshoot it.

The last few days, my GPS location accuracy has been ... bad.  Very bad.  I was driving home on Sunday, and asked Siri for directions out of the strip mall I was having lunch in back to the highway; Siri started telling me things that made no sense, multiple different sets of things, and was very far off track (and moving about wildly).  My wife, who also has an iPhone X purchased at the same time on the same service, set up her directions and had no issues with drift.

The rest of the trip home I continued to experience far more frequent "course  corrections" (while I was driving along a deserted freeway) than is typical - tens of corrections, even in fairly open areas, as opposed to the typical two or three.  My wife's phone had nearly no issues.

I also play some location-aware games, and have had multiple instances where they were far, far worse than usual.  I'm familiar with normal GPS drift, but this seems different.

Is there any way for me to identify this as an actual problem (as opposed to just normal GPS drift that I'm just noticing more for whatever reason)?  An app, a log, something like that where I can either diagnose the problem or collect data on the problem so I can 1) prove if this is a problem or not, and 2) show it to Apple support so they can identify the (hardware/software) problem?

If it's relevant, the issues occurred on iOS 12.4 and iOS 13.0 (but I've since upgraded to 13.1).  Never on a beta, always on release versions.


texts: Xcode 7 Simulator - "SpringBoard cannot be opened because of a problm."

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I was successfully using the Xcode Simulator yesterday evening. This morning when I came into work, I didn't change anything, but suddenly, every time I open the Simulator, this error pops up "SpringBoard cannot be opened because of a problem." The same exact thing is also happening to my coworker on his Mac. I've clicked Report and sent a report to Apple.

Since I didn't touch anything, I can only assume that the problem was caused by some update that happened in the background between last night and this morning. I've tried deleting the simulator devices and adding them back. I've tried clicking "Reset Contents and Settings..." in the Simulator menu. And I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling Xcode.

I have:

OS X El Capitan 10.11.5
Xcode 7.3.1 (7D1014)
Simulator 9.3 (SimulatorApp-645.9)

I have no idea why this would suddenly be an issue. Has anyone else run into this?


texts:
In the Mail application, when I choose the option "see more from " the app unfolds the replied messages in different colors as quoted texts. How can we undo the unfolding and hide the quoted text? It is so messy right now.

Please see the image below for the part that I want to hide.


texts: Automatically Mount Encrypted Core Storage Volume (10.14.4+)

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Prior to Mojave 10.14.4, macOS would automatically attempt to mount locked Core Storage volumes, and if the necessary password was found in the current user's keychain this would occur automatically.

I've taken advantage of this behaviour until now to allow me to have multiple encrypted volumes that are all mounted automatically by successfully logging in to a user account on my encrypted startup volume.

However, macOS no longer appears to be attempting to mount Core Storage volumes automatically, despite the necessary passwords being in either my user keychain, or the system keychain, forcing me to mount them manually with Disk Utility. This isn't ideal as it ties the volumes to the user account, meaning if I log out the volumes are locked again.

This behaviour differs from encrypted APFS volumes, which mount automatically exactly as before. I know Apple is pushing us to move to APFS, but with still no conversion for AppleRAID (I'm not keen to erase and restore a multiple terabyte volume just to switch), and no use for Time Machine which still doesn't support an APFS backup volume.

Is there a way to restore or securely emulate the previous behaviour such that the volumes are unlocked automatically for all users?

In case the specifics of my setup are useful; my startup volume is an APFS encrypted volume that only my admin account is authorised to unlock, but I use other, standard, user accounts (one for work, one for general use etc.) when actually using my system. I then have an AppleRAID volume of several disks using Core Storage encryption, and a CS encrypted Time Machine disk.


texts: Are the LaunchPad icons bigger/magnified in Mac OS 10.7.2?

texts:
Just upgraded to 10.7.2 and found out that the Launchpad icons had become much bigger / magnified.

Is this a normal thing or is there something wrong with my installation?


texts: Yosemite install freezes on "Transfering your Information"

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I installed Yosemite on a blank external drive. For the past half hour, it has been frozen on the Transferring your information screen, saying 20 minutes left, but not budging.

Aside from waiting indefinitely, how do I break out of this non-progress, and what domain need to do to resume the installation process, preferably without starting from scratch?


texts:
I was having trouble with my font cache in Photoshop, so per Adobe's instructions I reset the font cache with:

sudo atsutil databases –remove

Now, while most applications will show my fonts, Font Book comes up completely empty:

Is there something I need to do in order to restore my Font Book database?


texts: How to mount a .dmg file with a different volume name (or modify it once mounted)?

texts:
MacOS Catalina, 10.15.6
Given a .dmg file, foo.dmg, I want to be able to attach it so that its contents will be visible in the Finder application under the Locations section with an arbitrary name, bar.
When I attach/mount it with the command
$ hdiutil attach foo.dmg

It's being mounted by default under /Volumes/foo and is visible in MacOS Finder application under the Locations section as foo. I don't care what is the directory name (on disk) it's being mounted under in the /Volumes but I care about the name of the volume visible in the Finder under the Locations section.
Is it possible to do (programmatically) either

attach the foo.dmg under a different name (that will be visible in the Finder's Locations section).
rename the volume once it has been mounted with the default name.
modify the foo.dmg file to amend its volume name to be used when mounting (however my understanding is that the volume name is baked into the .dmg file at the creation time and I have no control of it)

When running
$ diskutil list

I can see the mounted disk image:
/dev/disk2 (disk image):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        +494.4 MB   disk2
   1:                  Apple_HFS foo                     494.4 MB   disk2s1

Running command
$ diskutil rename /Volumes/foo "/Volumes/bar"

gives me /Volumes/bar does not appear to be a valid volume name for its file system because of the naming limitations (having a / in the name)
and running
$ diskutil rename /Volumes/foo "bar"

fails because one cannot write under the root (/) - Failed to rename volume: Read-only file system (49182).


texts: How do I get iTunes to actually PLAY songs at random once shuffle is turned on?

texts:
I am in my iTunes library (not a playlist) and have "shuffle" turned on (songs, not albums). If I click on "play", it plays the song currently highlighted, then stops (it does not play another song afterwards).

The only way I get it to play several songs is by manually checking the songs I want to be played. Which obviously is the opposite of random shuffling.

Also, when I turn off shuffle, then turn it on again, I don't see any change in the order of songs in the library (whereas when I'm in a playlist, I do see a change in the order).

In all the help forums, I've only found answers to the question of how to turn "shuffle" on. I know that. But how do I get iTunes to play songs randomly once shuffle is turned on?


texts:
Okay so I decided to reinstall Lion on a MacBook Air 11' Mid June/July which my dad gave me after he used it for a while. I restarted using Command + R and erased the Macintosh HD first and then tried the Lion Internet Recovery.

The problem i'm facing is it downloads all the way and then in between/by the end i get this error:

'Additional Components of Lion were unable to download. Please try again.'

Now i wish i hadnt erased my HD first. I've tried it for like 5 times with different connections. Still no luck.

Is there a solution guys? Or is my best bet to take it to the iStore here in India.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Cross-platform password manager that syncs with iCloud Keychain?

texts:
I am currently using the macOS/iCloud Keychain as my main password manger, and have been for ~20 years. It's of course great with Safari and iOS apps, but not ideal when using multiple browsers, an Android phone, a Windows PC and other devices.

Is there a password manager that ALSO syncs any password it manages with the macOS keychain?

I am thinking of a natural migration from Keychain to a cross-platform, cross-browser solution, over a couple of months.


texts: Screen turns off when I move my MacBook when it is on the sleeve

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I've noticed that when my laptop is on its sleeve and I slide my laptop on it the screen goes black. This doesn't happen when I have the laptop on my lap. Its consistently reproducible. It's somewhat annoying as sometimes when I adjust the laptop on the sleeve the screen goes black. Does anybody know why this happens?

Is some static being created when the laptop is moved when on the sleeve that causes the laptop screen to go black and back to the lock screen?


texts: Reading creation date from file an change

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I have files named "clip-2016-03-01 10;01;14.mp4" and would like to make filename to creation date of file.

Found this thread
read creation date from file name and change - batch

for f in *; do
t=$(echo $f | sed -E 's/([A-z]*-)|([ ,;])|(\..*)//g' | sed -E 's/(.*)(..)/\1.\2/')
touch -t $t "$f"

done

But I'm not that used to using terminal.

1. Where do I put the search string to the folder containing the files in terminal?

Also found another thread suggesting that touch command won't work and that I should use SetFile -d command.
https://superuser.com/questions/492342/how-can-i-batch-shift-the-creation-date-of-files-on-os-x-10-6-8


texts:
I am trying to include SwiftyJSON as found here:

https://github.com/SwiftyJSON/SwiftyJSON#initialization

I installed Carthage with homebrew and setup a Cartfile as described on the Carthage github page under the If you're building for iOS heading.

I have the following directory structure:

x/
x/Cartfile
x/Cartfile.resolved
x/Carthage/Build/iOS/SwiftyJSON.framework
x/MyProject/{my Swift code and project}
x/MyProject.xcodeproj
x/MyProjectTests

Here's my project's General -> Linked Frameworks section:

Here's my project's Build Phases -> Run Script section:

If I don't have any code that references JSON then I'm fine. I can build. I can even get the dummy response from my little server providing some json stubbing.

However, as soon as I add let json = JSON(data: swiftObject) I'm in trouble.

No matter what I seem to do I get the following:

I know I must be missing something obvious or completely silly but I'm at my wits end. I haven't been able to find anyone explaining this issue via Google (Or I'm just having a bad day for searching). Can anyone point me toward what I'm probably overlooking or just totally missing?


texts: APFS, two data volumes on a single OS partition for dual booting

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I'd like to be able to switch between two Data volumes on the same macOS  installed partition.

My thinking is that I could have one data volume for home and one for work. This would, essentially, allow me to "dual boot" with only one installation of the OS (since having the same OS installed twice is a waste of space and a hassle to maintain).

Is it possible to choose which data partition to mount on boot?

The current data volume disk1s5 would be my Data home volume, and an additional volume disk1s6 would be the Data work volume.

~ % diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         250.7 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +250.7 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            10.8 GB    disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 80.9 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                528.5 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      3.2 GB     disk1s4
   5:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD - Data     68.4 GB    disk1s5
...

The Data volume disk1s5 has its mount point /System/Volumes/Data. Could I remove the mount point from disk1s5 and set disk1s6's mount point instead?

~ % diskutil info disk1s5
   Device Identifier:         disk1s5
   Device Node:               /dev/disk1s5
   Whole:                     No
   Part of Whole:             disk1

   Volume Name:               Macintosh HD - Data
   Mounted:                   Yes
   Mount Point:               /System/Volumes/Data

   Partition Type:            41504653-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
   File System Personality:   APFS
   Type (Bundle):             apfs
   Name (User Visible):       APFS
   Owners:                    Enabled

   OS Can Be Installed:       Yes
   Booter Disk:               disk1s2
   Recovery Disk:             disk1s3
   Media Type:                Generic
   Protocol:                  PCI-Express
...

And how would I set the new volume's Booter Disk to disk1s2?


texts: Adobe CS6 problems after installing MacOS 10.12.5

texts: After installing the newest version of Mac OS, I can't open Illustrator at all, and InDesign and Photoshop are giving me a notification that "The Universal Type Client application that is currently running is incompatible with the Universal Type plug-in". I don't know what that means but I guess its related to the fact that Illustrator suddenly isn't working either? I tried updating my version of Java but that didn't help. Does anyone know what I can do?


texts: How critical are macOS Mojave compatibility requirements?

texts:
As per Apple support document, How to upgrade to macOS Mojave:

  1. Check compatibility

  You can upgrade to macOS Mojave from OS X Mountain Lion or later on
  any of the following Mac models. Your Mac also needs at least 2GB of
  memory and 12.5GB of available storage space, or up to 18.5GB of
  storage space when upgrading from OS X Yosemite or earlier.

  MacBook introduced in early 2015 or later
  MacBook Air introduced in mid 2012 or later
  MacBook Pro introduced in mid 2012 or later
  Mac mini introduced in late 2012 or later
  iMac introduced in late 2012 or later
  iMac Pro (all models)
  Mac Pro introduced in late 2013, plus mid-2010 or mid-2012 models with a recommended Metal-capable graphics card.

I am currently running macOS High Sierra on my Early 2011 MacBook Pro.

What does Apple's requirements mean for my ability to install Mojave? Is it possible or worthwhile to do so?


texts: Create System Preferences URL to Privacy Files and Folders in 10.15 Catalina

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In macOS you can create a link to the Automation section of the Privacy Pane in System Preferences by the following URL

x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.security?Privacy_Automation

Does anyone know the equivalent for the new Files and Folders section in Catalina, or a way to make macOS to print out all links?

I have tried running the apple script mentioned in a similar question about a link to Full Disk Access in Mojave, but this doesn't appear to return all sections (for example Input Monitoring and Files and Folders).


texts: Macbook Pro 2011 white screen - can't install MacOSX

texts:
I've recently tried to update my Macbook Pro late 2011 using dosdude's Catalina patches, as it is not officially supported. It worked fine, but after using it for a few days, it suddenly froze and crashed. I tried to restart it, got at the login screen but it would just try to sign in and freeze again on a white screen. I also have red horizontal lines in my screen. I have tried going to recovery mode, doing a SMC, doing a NRAM reset, going into safe mode, but nothing seems to work. I also tried the hardware test which told me there was no trouble. The internet recovery does boot up, but after entering my WiFi password it starts loading and eventually gets stuck on a white screen again. Even trying to use an installer USB get's till the point whether I would like to start from my Macintosh HD or USB, but after loading, it just freezes again.

I went to a even worse path by resetting the SSD, because I found some posts telling that the SSD might be corrupted. This means I have no backup unfortunately.

What can I do to resolve this issue?

EDIT:

The comments suggested to record it. I have a image of the last logging (using verbose mode) that I could see before the screen went dark and started bootlooping.


texts:
I just installed Lion over Snow Leopard.  I was trying to rearrange the icons in Launchpad into folders/groups.  It worked for a while, but sometime in the middle of rearranging I could no longer take previously foldered/grouped icons out of the group I had previously put them.

I performed the killall tutorial to reset Launchpad, only to have to start over again.  I tried restarting, etc., but I ran into the same problem again after a while of rearranging.

I cannot find anything online regarding being locked out of rearranging in Launchpad.  Has anyone else had this problem?  How can I fix it?


texts: Remove notifications for one specific email account on Mountain Lion's Mac Mail

texts:
Is it possible to set or disabled Mail notifications on a per-account basis on Mountain Lion's notification center?

I have shared an email address that gets a lot of emails that I only need to check once in a while and it would be great if I could disable notification for this email. I can't find any settings to do this on Mail preferences or Notifications preferences.


texts: Way to run shell command from Excel Mac?

texts:
I'm trying to get a numeric value that is the output of a shell command into a cell in Excel for Mac version 16 (which I believe is the latest version).  Is there a way to do so?
Thanks!


texts:
I just fixed an old iPhone 5c of mine to get some old pictures and games, but as I was trying to update a game I had, which is Pokemon Shuffle. It asked for an Apple ID that I no longer have access to, even though my current Apple ID is on this phone.
So what I'm wondering is if I delete the game and reinstall it with my current Apple ID, will my data be lost? Or is there is a way to remove the Apple ID from the game and update it?
The iOS version is 9.3.3 and the version of Pokemon Shuffle is 1.11.0.


texts: iMac 12,2 - Likely hardware problem: How to properly diagnose?

texts:
The problem:

All applications that are launched on the iMac take a very long time to start. E.g. on a clean startup Word takes about 40 seconds to fully start, Adobe Reader about double. The same problem also happens when starting things like the settings menu.

Starting multiple applications simultaneously often leads to a complete stall.

Once an application is (or multiple applications are) running there isn't really a noticeable lack of performance anymore.

Steps taken so far:

Fully updated macOS via AppStore as well as all relevant 3rd party software. Also cleared ~/Library/Caches and many cache related folders of individual applications.
Ran a check of the HD via Disk Utility, it did not find anything wrong.
Ran ps aux in Terminal to see if any application or process is slowing things down. Yet I did not find any particular program, the highest CPU and MEM usage mostly coming from Terminal itself and not surpassing 5%.
Ran a full check of the system integrity via OnyX (Maintenance Tab - first checkbox). It did not report any problem.
Ran EtreCheck 3 times to see if any clear problem would present itself. No major issues where found. Three minor issues appeared:
Upgradeable RAM - (the iMac runs on 4GB, 1333Mhz)
Unsigned files - Which resolved to launch agents of Adobe, Skype, etc.
Low performance – EtreCheck report took over 5 minutes to run. This is unusual. - NB: Problem only appeared once in three runs of EtreCheck.

The full EtreCheck report can be found here.
Ran Apple Hardware Test (by pressing D during startup). It showed an error: 4SNS/1/40000000:TH00-9.000 which led to this possible cause / answer. Basically it boils down to problems with newly installed HD's that do not have a circuitry for fan sensors integrated into the drives.

Current gut-feeling:

The low-ram mentioned by EtreCheck might be part of the problem, but I would find it strange if a 4GB RAM would cause such a slow iMac, especially when ps aux isn't reporting any real activity most of the time. Also, I would not understand why the problem occurs mostly during the launch of applications while not slowing them down once they are up and running.

The problem found by Apple Hardware Test resolves to a problem with the temperature-regulation of off-the-shelf HD's. The iMac did indeed receive a new HD at one point in its life, it was installed by a professional computer store (though not Apple). So my gut feeling is that maybe this is what is slowing it down. This answer would strengthen that believe, yet it doesn't really explain why it would cause the problems that I am experiencing.

Questions left unanswered:

Apple Hardware Test stops after it detects the error mentioned above; is there anyway I can force it to continue its test to see if there might be anymore errors?
Could a fully functioning hard-disk cause the problems as described simply by badly communicating fan-sensors?
What else could I do personally to further diagnose the exact problem?


texts: Does remote copy with scp support the -E flag?

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In this documentation page section titled "Copy a file or folder remotely", Apple says scp supports the -E flag, which preserves extended [file] attributes, resource forks, and ACL information.

On none of my Macs does scp support this flag. Is this a documentation error or is it really supported?


texts: Accidentally deleted bootcamp drivers, stuck on windows 10 how can I restore macOS

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I accidentally deleted all of my bootcamp drivers on my mid-2015 iMac by undergoing a windows reset which I did not realize deleted all of my bootcamp drivers. I am currently stuck on windows with no backups to restore to. My Mac partition is not being read by Windows but Windows has not taken up the space the old partion would have.

How would I go about restoring access to my macOS side?


texts: how to mount internal hd after booting with external drive?

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I am running macosx 10.6.3 and trying to mount/access the internal hd through diskutility: it does not show up here. I tried this:

http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/23/view-mount-hidden-partitions-in-mac-os-x/

What could be the reason why I cannot access my internal hd anymore?


texts: How can I reduce the time it takes to sync my ipod touch

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I have a 64 GB ipod touch with about:

20 GB of music on my external hard drive
20 GB of photos on my external hard drive
About 50 apps

It now seems to take over 40 minutes for my ipod-touch to do a full sync regardless if there is anything new or not (pics, etc) to sync

How can i find out what is taking so long?  Is there anyway to view a log file or something to highlight if a specific app or something else is driving this slowness
I see things going on (like copying Genius results, etc).  Is there a way to control the sync process and turn any of these features off) to try to make it faster.

Also, itunes.exe basically runs at 95%+ CPU during the sync process.


texts: Type straight quotes (",') when smart quotes is turned on

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I love smart quotes in macOS, but for those few times where I really need a straight quote (when manually typing  links, for example), I can’t find a quick keyboard shortcut to insist on the straight ones.

Is this possible with a simple keyboard shortcut?

Update: The most effective way seems to be creating a custom keyboard shortcut for turning off/on Smart Quotes in individual applications (Edit > Substitutions in supported applications) for those few times I do need a straight quote.