texts: File associations keep being reset to TexShop

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I use Sublime Text as my editor for markdown (.md) files and have it set as the default program for this filetype. But occasionally the association changes to TexShop. This is corrected by going into Open with..., selecting Sublime and checking the box to make it default, but a few days later it's back to TexShop again.
There's seemingly no rhyme or reason to it. Last week I set it to Sublime once again and it was fine. This morning a markdown file opened in TexShop again, so I decided to write this question. But as I was trying to reproduce the issue and confirm the exact steps, it started opening in Sublime again despite me doing nothing to change the situation, other than opening and closing the editors. I assumed the problem went away and moved on, but an hour later I tried to open the same Markdown document and TexShop popped up again, despite Sublime being already open with another text file and TexShop application not running at all.
How do I diagnose the underlying cause and fix it? I don't want any file association changes without my explicit approval.
I am on Mac OS Catalina 10.15.4.


texts: How can I delete something from the Apple Pay wallet

texts: How do I remove an old boarding pass for Amtrak?  Tried settings, tried the info button on the lower right corner, I just don’t see any option to delete.


texts: Application development ON the iPod Touch?

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I have a pretty long commute to work and own an iPod Touch. I figure it would be nice to do some simple programming on the way. I'm not picky on which language to code on. Also, I usually have no internet connection on my commute so developing and editing on the cloud is out.

I've been looking through the app store but haven't found any apps that offer a "development environment" or an editor with a compiler. It's also not clear to me if I can access the iPod Touch's OS itself and do some coding on it.

Is any development ON the iPod Touch possible? Does an app for this exist?


texts: What command-line text editors come bundled with macOS?

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When I walk up to a Mac, and open a Terminal.app window, what options do I have for editing text files?

I see that both Pico and GNU nano text editors are included with macOS Sierra, along with vi and Emacs, but apparently not the ee text editor bundled in FreeBSD.

What other options for command-line text editors are built into macOS?

Pico
GNU nano
vi
Emacs


texts: iMac (Late 2015) using swap when there's still plenty of RAM left

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My wife's new iMac is behaving rather oddly. Despite being a pretty powerful machine, it's rather slow and laggy. I looked into it, and it seems her swap memory is maxing out, even though there's plenty of RAM left:

Yet my Mac Pro looks like this:

This happens consistently, causing the machine to significantly underperform. Is there something wrong with the system, perhaps?


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I use an extension cable with my iPad2 to connect to an external amplifier with a built-in Dock.  I have recently purchased an iPad3 (awaiting delivery) and was wondering if the cable will work with the updated iPad, or do I need to procure one specifically made for the iPad3.

The cable supports AV, so it's not just a matter of charging/syncing.


texts: Can't add a new ID to Volume Purchase Program Customers

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I have an app that I sell using Apple B2B / VPP. When logging into iTunes connect to add a new Apple ID (for a new customer) I am finding that clicking "Add Apple Id" is doing nothing (e.g. the page reloads, but I can't add a new Id).

Presumably this is just a short term issue with the iTunes connect website? (I've been having the problem since yesterday).

I've tried using Firefox, Safari, and Chrome; and connected on a few different networks to rule out my router.

Is anyone else seeing the same issue?


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My less than 1 year old iPod touch (A1421) lasts about 8 hours with no use other than listening to podcasts.

Is this level low enough to justify an in-warranty battery replacement?

If so, do I need to do anything to provide proof or will they just set it to play and see the power gone after 8-9 hours?


texts: I'm having trouble setting up my email for my Mac, it's version 10.7.5

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I received my brother-in-law's old Mac as a gift. When we tried to switch from his email to mine, the app won't accept my password or connect online. Does anyone know to fix this? The Mac still has his name and email address as the default even though I've changed to my Apple ID and everything.

I brought the Mac to my campus tech guy, but all he could suggest was hard resetting the computer, which is something I don't want to do.
If you need anymore photos for clarity, let me know and I'll be happy to edit my question with more.


texts: Getting “Unable to Check for Update” error when trying to update to iOS 13.1

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I’m currently running iOS 13. When trying to update to iOS 13.1, I get the following error after opening the software update screen:

I’m using an iPhone XS Max. I’ve tried the following without success:

Restarting the phone
Force restarting the phone
Being on WiFi or cellular
Resetting the network settings
Contacting Apple Support via the app (the suggested solution was a force restart)

I’ve never encountered this error before, even when I updated to iOS 13 (or even 12) right at the launch time, so I’m suspecting it’s not related to the amount of traffic for a mostly minor update. I’ve also been experiencing this error almost continuously for about 24 hours.

Unfortunately I don’t have access to a computer with iTunes running to attempt the update with.

Has anybody else experienced this error and is there a solution?


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I've upgraded my devices to iOS 13 and macOS Catalina. When my iPhone prompted me to upgrade reminders, I went ahead with it since all my devices were now new-reminders capable.

Reminders are working on my mobile devices (iPhone and iPad), but on my macOS Catalina device I just get two reminders: "Where are my reminders?" and "The creator of this list has upgraded these reminders." Since I've already upgraded the device to Catalina, I'm not sure what to do to get it syncing again.

The one thing that's odd about my setup is that the iCloud account with the reminders is a secondary account on the device. I don't use reminders with the primary iCloud account on this device.


texts: Installing Mountain Lion on multiple macs with one application install

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If I have downloaded Install OSX Mountain Lion application file from the Appstore, I can use it as an installer on multiple machines.

Any idea for how many machines will this be valid? How apple verifies a valid install?


texts: Duplicated volume name bug with NTFS-formated drives on Yosemite

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I used this solution, Write to NTFS-formated drives on Yosemite, but after system restart have strange bug with names for NTFS drives - every next reboot I see new number right after volume's name. E.g. at first it was DISTRIB, after next reboot - DISTRIB 1, next time DISTRIB  2 and...

Any ideas?


texts: How to access console mode in macOS Big Sur

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I can't login using the >console trick to disable the GUI on macOS Big Sur.
Is there any other way to use macOS Big Sur in console mode?


texts: Is there a way to downgrade a 2nd gen iPod touch from iOS 4 back to 3.1.3?

texts: Is there a way to downgrade an iPod touch (2nd gen) from iOS 4 back to 3.1.3?


texts: Does importing an .ics calendar resend all invites?

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I have exported an .ics calendar which includes past events with previously send out invites to other people.
When I now important this calendar to a new account in Apple Calendar on my Mac, does it send out the invites for these events again?


texts: MacBook Pro screen dimming problems after EFI 2.3 update

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I recently updated my MacBook Pro to the latest firmware: EFI 2.3. Since then when my screen dims from idleness (while plugged in), it takes at least 5-10 seconds to come back on after I touch the trackpad, keyboard, or mouse. Everything worked fine before the EFI update.

Has anyone else encountered this problem? If so, are there any solutions?


texts: mac OS microphone only works when System Preferences Dictation pane is open

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When using my Mac on various apps (Zoom, Quicktime audio recorder, Skype etc.), the input from all microphones is extremely quiet and voices become inaudible.
This occurs for the inbuilt microphone, for Bluetooth headphones, and for AUX headphones.
The input volume is turned up to max (see pic below)

But very strangely, when I open the Dictation Preference Pane (pic below), the microphone then works normally in all apps.

Anyone have any ideas why this might be occuring? And how I can fix it so that the microphone input works normally all the time?


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In trying to resize a bootcamp drive, I managed to get myself in a lot of trouble.  I've successfully managed to get my computer running again, but now I've lost some HD space and I can't resize or remove any of the partitions except for the bootcamp volume.  Any help is very much appreciated.  I am willing to wipe the entire drive and start over with my TM backup, but I can't seem to get the Fusion drive to even allow reformat while in Recovery Mode.

iMac:~ hellman$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Mac HD                  121.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *3.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Mac HD                  2.1 TB     disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                99.0 GB    disk1s4
   5:          Apple_CoreStorage                         402.0 GB   disk1s5
   6:                 Apple_Boot                         134.2 MB   disk1s6
   7:                  Apple_HFS Hell Baby               398.8 GB   disk1s7
   8:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s8

/dev/disk2 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +2.2 TB     disk2
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2, disk1s2
                                 B7F7A5D5-EF16-4221-9630-CF4C93618955
                                 Unencrypted Fusion Drive

iMac:~ hellman$ diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group D1C81059-65FF-4528-B862-9C93152602EC
    =========================================================
    Name:         Mac HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         2219635531776 B (2.2 TB)
    Free Space:   16384 B (16.4 KB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 82570857-4FBF-4E5F-ACEA-043B49F9317A
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     120988852224 B (121.0 GB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume BE84AD9C-B121-4900-827B-F882607AEFF2
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    1
    |   Disk:     disk1s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     2098646679552 B (2.1 TB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family CA8476E4-5B44-48C4-BC88-10B68F99FC04
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Type:         None
        |
        +-> Logical Volume B7F7A5D5-EF16-4221-9630-CF4C93618955
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk2
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          2213780258816 B (2.2 TB)
            Revertible:            No
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS
            LVG Type:              Fusion, Sparse


texts: How do I get the Calendar app to stop asking me for my gmail password?

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Since upgrading to Mavericks, the Calendar app will pester me for my gmail password every half hour or so, even though it already has the correct password stored.

I've tried changing the password, setting up 2-step verification and creating an app-specific password, changing the app-specific password... I even tried deleting all of the relevant passwords from the Keychain Access app and then entering a new app-specific password into Calendar, and still Calendar continually pesters me to re-enter the password.

I'd blame google, but since Calendar (and specifically Mavericks Calendar) is the only app that has trouble with the Google calendar, that says that the problem is on Apple's side.  Has anyone experiencing similar problems found a workaround?


texts: Encrypt External Hard Drive for Mac and Linux

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I have an external hard drive that I backup with Time Machine. I'm trying to determine the best way (or if it's even possible) to encrypt it so that Time Machine can still back it up and it can be mounted and read by my Ubuntu server. I'm not hoping for write access but that'd be even better.

I've looked into way to read File Vault 2 volumes on Ubuntu but haven't found anything too promising. So I'm assuming I need to go with something like TrueCrypt but am not sure how Time Machine will handle that.

The driver is currently formatted with OS X extended but I can format if needed.


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I need to record just my browser and nothing else on the desktop. Does anyone know how I can do that?  I know I can do a screen recording with QuickTime, but it takes the entire desktop.

I want to stick a demo of something into a presentation, therefore just want the browser visible.


texts: can't use publickey authentication for ssh with sierra

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I have had a script that has worked for a number of years that runs on linux (ubuntu 14.04) that ssh's to my iMac.

i set up public private key pairs for the script to log into the iMac.
I have struck a problem so i regenerated the public private key pairs using
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048  then i put the public key in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
i made sure the permissions of .ssh where set to 0600

i did the reciprocal key generation on ubuntu and the imac can log into ubuntu
i have updated ports on the imac.

a transcript of ssh -v 192.168.1.111 (imac) from (ubuntu) follows:

pete@ZEN:~$ ssh -v 192.168.1.111
OpenSSH_6.6.1, OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to imac.local [192.168.1.111] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /home/pete/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
debug1: identity file /home/pete/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /home/pete/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: identity file /home/pete/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /home/pete/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1
debug1: identity file /home/pete/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /home/pete/.ssh/id_ed25519 type -1
debug1: identity file /home/pete/.ssh/id_ed25519-cert type -1
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.6.1p1 Ubuntu-2ubuntu2.8
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_7.2
debug1: match: OpenSSH_7.2 pat OpenSSH* compat 0x04000000
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com none
debug1: sending SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_INIT
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY
debug1: Server host key: RSA 19:dd:96:1d:99:9b:53:1a:71:b2:3f:2d:93:d0:c4:d9
debug1: Host 'imac.local' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /home/pete/.ssh/known_hosts:1
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Offering RSA public key: /home/pete/.ssh/id_rsa
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug1: Trying private key: /home/pete/.ssh/id_dsa
debug1: Trying private key: /home/pete/.ssh/id_ecdsa
debug1: Trying private key: /home/pete/.ssh/id_ed25519
debug1: Next authentication method: keyboard-interactive
Password:


texts: What exactly enforces secure boot on the iMac Pro?

texts: It's not clear to me how the iMac Pro enforces secure boot chain - specifically if this performed by the x86 processor, EFI firmware, the T2 or a combination of some or all of the above?


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Is it possible to download Mac OS X to a PC? Some people have told me that it is possible but I've done some research and I haven't found anything that really convinces me the real Mac OS is somewhere on the internet. I don't want to download a virus or something that is not actually Mac OS (but a "knockoff").

Is there any, 100%, Mac OS that can be downloaded to a PC? And if so, what is the link?


texts: is it possible to use iCloud to share Pages files on a Mac amongst users

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I find the iCloud product to be confusing. Ideally, I'd like to be able to have a read only copy of a document pushed from one user to another user both on a mac. This would seem to be really straightforward to set up on a mac but it doesn't seem to be. Also thinking of using Dropbox but want to see if it can be done in iCloud. Any ideas on getting this to work? Or is iCloud really only for syncing amongst devices from the same user?

thx


texts: Severe GPU throttling freezes 2019 MBP16 after 30 minutes of Civilization VI

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My brand new 2019 Macbook Pro 16" (macOS v10.15.7) suffers from severe GPU throttling after 30 minutes of playing Civilization 6. The freeze causes visual GPU artifacts that extend beyond the game's window while consuming 1100% CPU. In Windowed Mode it is sometimes possible to force-quit Civ6 and recover system stability. I've read online that these thermal issues do not occur with top-line AMD Radeon 5600M GPU.

Is there any known software fix that can prevent this catastrophic breakdown, perhaps by limiting the GPU clock's speeds?
Personally, I invested in this machine as a musician and a professional programmer to do live music and video performances, so if the GPU freezes in the middle of a concert, that will be unacceptable. Machine details:

Machine: 2019 Macbook Pro 16"
Processor: 2.3Ghz 8-core i9-9880H
GPU: 8GB AMD Radeon 5500M
View Mode: Full Screen or Windowed
Graphics Detail: Low to Ultra. Seems to happen faster at Ultra.
Displays: No external displays.

Suspected causes in order of likelihood:

Flawed Thermal Design on MBP16. My machine idles at 70-85degC out-of-the-box.
Badly applied Thermal CPU Paste at Apple's factory
Faulty AMD Radeon 5500M drivers
Faulty 5500M Hardware (GPU)
A bug in Civ6. Unlikely because this should not cause visual artifacts outside of the game.

In the meantime, I am in a battle with Apple to replace my £3200 Macbook Semi-Pro.
Here is a related question, but mine should not be considered a duplicate.


texts: How can I use Terminal to copy all files of a certain type from a failing hard drive?

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I need to use terminal to copy my Pictures folder from a failing harddrive onto another drive, but I can't actually change into the folder and use just cp *.jpg ~/Documents. Is there a way to do this without having to navigate into the source directory?

Doesn't need to be copy obviously, just whatever that can get my files out of the drive.

Edit:
Found a way around my current problem, so I figured I'd add it. (The answers below did work on other folders, just not on the one I was having problems with. I guess nothing can handle the nightmare that is iPhoto.)

I couldn't see the subfolders of my /Pictures/ directory (and couldn't change the permissions on the folder since the disk is broken).
But, using terminal, and

sudo find /Volumes/Olddisk/Users/me/Pictures/ -type d

I got it to print the subfolders (and could probably use the trick in the answers on the individual folders, I guess) so within the mess of iPhoto I found my pictures at

/Volumes/Olddisk/Users/me/Pictures//iPhoto Library/Masters/2010

and just resorted to grabbing each year with

sudo cp -rpv "/Volumes/Olddisk/Users/me/Pictures//iPhoto Library/Masters/2006" ./


texts: Mac external displays are now in the wrong order

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I have a 2017 27" iMac that generally has one external display, connected to  the DisplayPort port of a OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock. This display is always connected to my mac.

Occasionally I will also connect a thunderbolt 3 external touch display for work. Up until today, that display was always considered display #3 and wouldn't affect the icon or window placement of either of my other two displays.

However, today I booted up my system with the external thunderbolt 3 display connected, and now macOS considers it to be display #2 as long as it's connected. All of my carefully arranged desktop icons that used to be on my DisplayPort external display now get kicked over to this thunderbolt 3 display. If I disconnect it, the DisplayPort display becomes display #2 again and the icons reset. It's very annoying!

I haven't found anything I can do to reset this behavior. How can I get my displays back to working the way they were before, with the thunderbolt 3 display always being display #3?


texts: Syncing contacts from iCloud to Gmail not working

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I am trying to export my contacts from iCloud to Gmail but it is not functioning.

I keep on pressing export option but nothing is coming out. Is there any other way to sync my contacts to Gmail or to any other phone?


texts: Is there an app that will notify me (in notifications center) if a process is using up a high percentage of CPU for a specified amount of time?

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The other day, I was sitting in a coffee shop working, when I looked down to find that 25% of my battery was left.

I looked at my Activity Monitor and saw that the time machine process was going at 90% for a while (as long as I was watching it).

Are there any apps that can notify me if a process is at a certain level for a certain amount of time?


texts: AirPrint driver not visible for Printer Canon TR4550 connected over WiFi. MacOs 10.15

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I have a printer Canon TR4550 connected over WiFi.
MacOs 10.15.
When I go to Add Printer dialog, it is listed, with Kind = Bonjour.
But in Use:, there is supposed to be AirPrint driver, which it is not.
What should I do? Canon offers no printers, referring to AirPrint.


texts: Unable to access 10.2.3 16D17a machine over network

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I was in the midst of attempting to setup the built in apache webserver to do some light network file sharing to my iOS device that I didn't wish to sync, discovered that I can only access network related stuff from the machine itself and no other device on the network except the router can seem to discover the machine.

For example, I can access the built in webserver via it's IP and localhost (as well as *.local) if I do it directly on the same machine. If I try to access the webserver using the IP address or the .local address from my iPhone connected to the network, the page times out. I also cannot seem to ping the machine from my iPhone either, however when I ping the machine from the router, the router gets a response.

I also attempted to try installing MAMP and use the :8888 setting for Apache but it still can't be resolved from anywhere else on the network other than from the machine itself.

Curiously, I also cannot ping my iOS device from the macOS machine, only from the router. But, if I use canyouseeme.org to check if my running torrent app's forwarded port is working, the website is able to connect to the app on my machine.

The only thing to note is that both the iOS device and macOS machine are both on the latest beta versions available.

I do not feel as if this is a router issue as I've used the .local and IP address just fine to access previously configured apache setups on previous OS X versions. With most updates, it seems to reset the server configs and as such I have had to restore the settings. Up until now, this process has been working fine. I don't understand why this isn't working now, possibly a bug in the beta?

IP-addresses:

macOS Machine: 192.168.1.5
iPhone: 192.168.1.3


texts: Hosts file being reset after every reboot

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My /private/etc/hosts file is being reset after every reboot. I can make my changes, save the file, and it will work. Right up until I reboot my Mac. Has anyone found a work around for this or a way to prevent it from happening?

I'm running OSX Yosemite 10.10.4.

UPDATE: It was my VPN Client, Cisco AnyConnect. See comments for solution.


texts: Disabling the ability for my iPhone to use my iPad as a Speaker for the Phone app

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Since iOS11, when making a call using my iPhone Dialer app, instead of the speaker button being listed alone, when I click it, it has a context menu that offers Speaker or my iPad. I've never used this, and really have never wanted to use my iPad as the speakerphone for my Phone.

What's funny is that Googling for it shows very little written on this feature.

Any ideas on how to remove it?


texts: How to restrict accès to pre- installed apps, in. Big Sur?

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I actually want to restrict access to distraction ( tv app, FaceTime, App Store) and I was able to do that without any problem in Catalina.. but with Big Sur it's another story
I have already tried using screen time but I don't think parental control is the solution to my problem.  As I want to use the Mac for accademic use, I wanted to prevent myself to be distract by them but still use safari without any problem. I actually activate screen time, but it 's not effective (  in screen time, we aren't able to to activate "Downtime limitations" and "limits apps"but still use Safari) So I'm looking for  alternatives solutions – :)


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I just got my Airpods gen 2 a couple of weeks ago. However the battery life is nowhere near the 24 hours Apple says.
I took notes, and got 9½ hours of listen time, before the Charging Case was empty (5%; no longer charging the Airpods). Once the Case is empty, the Airpods slowly discharge, inside the Case, at around 6% per hour. This appears to be the case for others, but this would mean they would be empty within a day.
I exclusively use them when walking the dog, so 4 times a day, for about 30 minutes. I get only 4 days of use out of them, before I have to recharge them.
My question is; Is it normal to get so few hours out of them, with my usage pattern? Or should I have them checked out, by the store, under warranty? I know the 24 hour they promise is under ideal conditions, but getting around half that seems odd. Other than this, I'm really liking my Airpods.
Some additional info:

My volume is always below 50%
I have them connected to my iPhone 8 (which supports Bluetooth 5 AFIK)
"hey siri" is disabled
I only listen to podcasts (Overcast App)
After walking for half an hour, the Airpods charge is around 90-93%, which is about right (10% of 5 hours = half an hour). When I put them in their case, and wait for them to charge up again, the case looses 6-8%. One would expect this to be only 2-3%.
I measured charging only the case with a generic Charger Doctor, and got 326mAh of current usage (5% -> 100%).
One would expect the case to add 19 hours of usage (i.e. 24h total - 5h for the Airpods themselves). So I get exactly halve.
I tried looking this up, but everyone is only talking about the battery like of the airpods themselves (5h), not the case (or both combined).
(I don't live near a Apple store)


texts: Turned off iCloud, but still deleted my photos from all devices

texts: I got a new phone (iphone 6s) so I wanted to wipe my old one (iphone 5s), once I had signed into icloud on my new device everything was recovered, photos, contacts, apps etc. So I turned off iCloud on my old phone so it wouldn't remove everything from my new phone and laptop. However when I deleted my photos it still deleted them off all my other devices, I have now lost over 1000 photos! It didn't wipe anything else I deleted just the photos! Is there a reason for this? Or anyway I can get my photos back?!


texts: How do I end dictation without using my mouse, and without triggering unintended shortcuts?

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As far as I know, to terminate hands-free voice dictation mode one must use their hands -- either by clicking 'Done', or by pressing Command + D.

However, pressing Command + D also executes the application shortcut associated with that key combination. (eg, in a web browser you trade your dictation dialog for a bookmark dialog)

How can I end dictation mode using my voice?

Is there an official way to exit dictation without using a mouse?

Is there a way to return to Speech Commands once I've successfully used Speech Commands to start dictation mode? (eg, to get the words 'Computer, open Calendar' to open the calendar like usual instead of merely typing those very words into the document in focus)


texts: How to position cursor precisely on an iPhone running iOS 9.3.x?

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So I'm trying to find ways where I can easily control cursor position on my iPhone.

example.

I type the following phrase/sentence on Messages: I have a pet cuck.

I want to position the cursor just after the u in the work "cuck" and correct the spelling. Any ideas on it came be done --without-- resorting to jailbreak (which is not even possible on my version anyway).

Thanks :)


texts: Is is possible to move a Verizon iPhone 4s to another US cellular carrier?

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Is it possible to use a Verizon iPhone 4S on another US carrier, such as GSM AT&T or T-mobile or CDMA Sprint, etc? And why if not?

Assuming the devices has been legitimately unlocked via the procedures mentioned in  Verizon iPhone 4S SIM UNLOCK Tutorial?

  Verizon has confirmed (here and here) they WILL unlock the SIM on the iPhone 4S, allowing for use of local SIM cards while traveling abroad (no word yet on whether this will allow for use on AT&T and T-Mobile.) This is different than the jailbreak unlocking method; SIM unlocking through Verizon is permanent and will not affect your warranty in any way.

  Meet the following requirements:

  Must be a Verizon Wireless customer.
  The iPhone 4S being unlocked must be active on a Verizon Wireless line of service.
  The line of service must be active at least 60 days.
  The line of service must be in good standing for the past 60 days.
  Only one SIM Unlock per line every 10 months.

  If you don't meet one or more of the above requirements, call anyway. You may still get lucky.

  Insert a foreign SIM into the SIM card slot on the side of your phone (only required to confirm that the unlock is successful.)
  Call 1-800-711-8300 (Verizon Global Support) and ask the representative for a SIM unlock. Occassionally a representative may not know exactly what you are referring to; make sure you are not transferred to a different department. You are in the right place. Explain that they should have a walkthrough on how to do this, and that it allows for the use of local, non-Verizon SIM cards while traveling abroad.
  Get confirmation from the rep that the unlock has been applied to your account, then check your phone to make sure it recognizes your SIM and can connect (if successful it will roam on AT&T, assuming you are calling from the USA.) You will NOT see an unlock confirmation in iTunes as that is for a factory-applied unlock only.
  Enjoy your new unlocked iPhone 4S!

However it seems that this unlock mentioned above is only for Internationale SIM cards for use outside of the US. Can this be done in the US, really looking for other carrier options with my existing phone.


texts: macbook mid 2010 white 13.3" running high sierra has half chance to boot

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I have "Macbook (13-inch, Mid 2010)" it has white plastic case with 4GB 1067MHz DDR3 RAM and NVIDIA Geforce 320M 256MB.

Model Identifier: MacBook 7,1
Boot ROM Version: MB71.003F.B00.18022149
SMC Version (system): 1.60f6

It had originally El Capitan installed. It booted nicely every time. I think that I didn't go trough all software updates it provided.

I did a fresh install of High Sierra from USB flash drive. I went trough some installation steps with errors and restarts.

Now when I boot, there is a 50% chance of booting to OS.

Other times I see grey Apple logo and a progress bar that is filling slowly, gets to 100% and then nothing happens for a whole day.

There were some updates of software in between, but they are not related to this booting problem.

Is there any way how to fix this problem?

Here's a list of things I have done to test/diagnose the problem:

three passes of extended Apple Hardware Test;  passed OK.
First Aid on HDD; passed OK.
First Aid test from Disk Utility passed with no errors
smartctl short and long HDD tests passed with no errors.
I tried to reset NVRAM and SMC. Didn't help.
I recently did an update in High Sierra and update of the SMC to the latest version provided for my hardware. Didn't help.
I was doing some High Sierra updates, re-installs to Lion, El Capitan and Snow leopard and my Boot ROM Version has changed from MB71.003F.B00.18022149 to 66.0.0.0
according to this article from 31.10.2018, my firmware was latest to that day, so i probably have a recent firmware.
output of diskutil info disk0 | grep SMART is SMART Status: Verified but as I said I used smartctl to run short and long SMART tests which passed. Anyway SMART looking ok may mean nothing.
verbose boot shows a message Waiting for DSMOS... with few other messages

removed second partition formatted 320GB partition to APFS and reinstalled high sierra from usb flash drive, original distribution from apple store. didn't help it freezes every other boot.


texts: terminal custom commands source every time

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After following this comment I added all my startup/alias commands to ~/.bashrc file and in ~/.bash_profile I added source ~/.bashrc

But still my aliases are not working. I have to manually source ~/.bash_profile overtime (with source ~/.bash_profile).

My .bashrc file:

alias km='cd /Users/apple/Desktop/km'

and my .bash_profile file

if which rbenv > /dev/null; then eval "$(rbenv init -)"; fi
source ~/.bashrc

In my user directory I only have following files:

My iterm2 profile:

UPDATE:
For me this solution actually worked


texts: Is there an option/shortcut in Safari 6 to focus the search results after a search?

texts:
When I write a search query in the url bar in Chrome, I want the focus to go on the search result.

In Chrome I can search for something, then hit tab and select the results with my arrow keys (and open the link with return).

Is there any option/shortcut to focus the page after search?


texts: How can I control Music with arbitrary global hotkeys (SizzlingKeys replacement) on Catalina?

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On High Sierra I was able to control the playback of iTunes using arbitrary keys of an external keyboard (one without any Media control keys) using SizzlingKeys.
But SizzlingKeys is a 32-bit app and no longer works on Catalina.
What is the best SizzlingKeys replacement, allowing me to assign arbitrary global keys as hotkeys, allowing me to start/stop playback regardless whether the Music app is in the foreground or not?


texts:
I have this issue and from what I discovered a lot other people do - my pointer disappears. I can see stuff beneath reacting to the movement, but the pointer is gone. It happens rarely, but is confusing enough. Cmd + Tab to Finder fixes the issue, but then when going back to the browser, the pointer is gone again.

It mostly happens in Safari and Chrome. I haven't seen any solution that works.

I'm using OS X 10.8, but this problem existed before that too.


texts: How do I move to the beginning of text in a line, not to the beginning of line?

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I just switched from Windows and I'm giving Xcode a try. It's really nice, but I have an annoyance when coding - I want to be able to quickly move to the beginning of text in a line of text. However, CMD+left arrow go to the beginning of line, leaving me to manually press right arrow until I get to the first letter.

Can I do something to get a similar behaviour as in Windows?


texts: Is it possible to see the running timer on the lock screen in iOS 14?

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In iOS 13, a running timer was shown on the lock screen, so picking up your iPhone was enough to quickly see the remaining time without needing to unlock it:

In iOS 14.0.1 this feature is gone, so in order to see the remaining time on a timer you need to unlock your iPhone, find the Clock app, and switch to the Timers tab.
Is it possible to see the remaining time on the lock screen in iOS 14?


texts: Is there a configurable "word-of-the-day"-screensaver/ -widget

texts: I am looking for a "word-of-the-day" screensaver or dashboard widget where I can configure (e.g. in a text file) that "words" to be displayed?


texts: Process not running but app shown in dock

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I have an applescript that runs automatically and relies on the application "Contacts" to be running. Occasionally, it fails when the "Contacts" process mysteriously disappears from the activity monitor, although the dock still shows it as running.

The following will NOT work:

Applescript "tell application "Contacts" to activate
Applescript "tell application "Contacts' to quit
(both respond with "application not running)
Applescript "do shell script killall launchserviced" followed by "killall dock" executes ok but doesn't solve the problem

Only solution is to MANUALLY quit "Contacts" from the dock and then reactivate it but that solution is not satisfactory because it requires a manual intervention.
Any ideas as to a) why the error happens and b) how can I cater for the error by quiting "Contacts" from applescript ?

Any ideas will be appreciated

....

In response to bmike's comment;

Running OS X 10.10.5 and here is the relevant section of the applescript

set todaysdate to (current date) as text

*tell application "System Events"

try
    set myprocessid to (get id of process "Contacts")
on error number errorno
    display dialog errorno
    if errorno is equal to -1728 then -- process not found
        try
            tell application "System Events" to run application "Contacts"
        on error number errorno
            if errorno = -600 then
                display dialog errorno & todaysdate as text
            end if
        end try
        do shell script "/bin/sleep 3" --and allow enough time for the app to activate
    end if
end try

end tell

This section attempts to activate "Contacts" if it finds the process is not running (error -1728). It then attempts to run the app but it always errors out with -600 (app not running). A simple applescript to quit the app also errors out with -600.

So, if the process is missing, the app cannot be activated and quit does not work either.

Thanks for your comments


texts: 1440x900 no longer available on my external display after "MLB for NVIDIA" fix

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My early 2008 Macbook Pro was recently fixed for the known "MLB for NVIDIA" issue. Since I've gotten my computer back, my external monitor no longer has the correct resolution available. This was working fine before. I've tried resetting PRAM and the problem still persists. Why?

Computer: Early 2008 Macbook Pro, OS X 10.5.8
Monitor: Acer 19"


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I recently bought a new headphones, which have two jacks; One for microphone and one for headphones.
My Macbook Air only has one "hole", which is for the entire headset. I bought a reduction.
The problem is, neither my Mac nor other computers recognize the external microphone I have wired up through the reduction, not even if I plug the microphone jack itself to the headset hole. (Headphones play sound even if its wired thru the reduction, so the reduction itself is not broken anyway.)
I've tried it on several computers and systems, but I'm writing this here because I have a Mac after all.

Hope you can tell me some info on that problem, thanks.


texts: IntelliJ IDEA - how to enable keyboard shortcuts

texts:
I have IntelliJ IDEA and a MacBook Pro with an Italian keyboard.

I want only be able to use keyboard shortcuts.

I see for example that I should be able to comment a block of lines with:

alt + cmd + /

But when I try nothing happens. Absolutely nothing.

I think the Italian keyboard should be the key of the problem.

Any idea?


texts: Recover ssh private key from Keychain Access

texts:
I have OS X 10.8.5 – I just accidentally deleted my .ssh directory. I have backups, but would prefer not to have to go through the trouble. The keys still "work" right now (they're loaded into Keychain Access and I can ssh into remote hosts) but I assume they will be lost once I log out.

I tried finding the key in Keychain Access, right-clicking on it, clicking "Copy SSH: …", but that only seems to have copied the password for that key. Is there some way to recover the private key from Keychain Access?


texts: External drive seagate not working in Mojave OS

texts: Recently I have upgraded the OS to mojave, after the upgrade I see the write option is disabled for my hard drive Seagate. NTFS format is done for the hard drive. Any one here facing this kind of issue?


texts: I’m not interested in sports programming, is there a way to hide the sports tab in the TV app?


texts: Launching the Notes app subsequently launches the Calendar App as well

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Whenever I launch the Notes app, the Calendar app launches as well. I use the Notes app a lot and this can be very frustrating. I updated to High Sierra 10.13.5 to see if it would solve the problem, to no success. When calendar opens it asks something about subscribing to a calendar. The message is shown I am on an iMac.

How can I solve this problem?


texts: Finder displays wrong volume names, drive status (High Sierra)

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My JetDrive volume is inexplicably showing as "Dropbox Installer" in the Finder. If I eject and re-mount it, the same.

Also "TB Backup" is supposedly mounted, according to Disk Utility, but Finder does not show an eject button.

If I try to browse "TB Backup" I get:

This mess is preventing my SuperDuper backups from working.


texts:
Why doesn't iTunes allow me to reset my Music library?

When I click the iPhone icon and then click to "Music Settings",  this is what I see.  Nearly nothing.  Why?

I just want to reset my library, and then drag new music in manually, and re-create my listening library.


texts: I am trying to get terminal colors working in 10.9. I have tried ls -G, I have tried exporting CLICOLOR=1, I have set a bunch of different TERM settings and none of it works.  Anyone know what the magic incantation is?


texts: "Bookmarks are being synced..." message in Safari

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What causes the iPad to show

  Bookmarks are being synced. Please add the bookmarks once syncing has completed

when attempting to add a bookmark or favorite in Safari and how can it be prevented?


texts: Prevent TextEdit from opening for unknown file types that are plain text

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TextEdit is used by the system so it can't be removed, but I have another text editor I use and it causes confusion when text files that don't have a suffix or don't have a suffix which I've already associated with my real text editor open in TextEdit.

An example of this getting really strange in a workflow is if I've selected many files that I want to edit and open them all up at once, and some are in my real editor and others have opened in TextEdit in the background, but I'm unaware of that. Another example is simply knowing that I opened a file some time back, but not being able to find it anywhere in my text editor because it is actually sitting there in TextEdit.

I don't mind that .rtf files or .doc files open with TextEdit but I would like to make it so that a plain text file of an unknown type or one which hasn't been actively associated with my real text editor will never open up in TextEdit. Is there any way to do that? I'm using 10.8.3.


texts: App for Instagram Videos/Stories download

texts:
I am interested in creating a mobile app for downloading videos/photos/stories from Instagram. The idea is simple: the users provide links of the instagram posts they wish to download and they directly save them to their phone's photo library.

Would this somehow violate Instagram's terms of service or Apple's? Would the application be taken down from Apple's app store?


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Hello guys I had a simple automator/script to copy one file to another folder, but since the last update of the system (I am using Mojave 10.14.6 with my MacPro), the action will always time out and nothing happens.
on run {input}
tell application "Finder"
    copy file (item 1 of input) to folder (item 2 of input)
end tell
end run

The input is:
{alias "Watch_Folders:QC:Audio_Video:THEMYSTERYOFHENRIPICK_SOFA_20200910_3185:ElMisterioPick_TLR_F_FR-ES_INT_51_2K_2019-07-15_OV-Reel 1-SOFALAB.mov", "/Volumes/RAID-QC01/SOFA DIGITAL/JOBS/QC/MATEUS/THEMYSTERYOFHENRIPICK_SOFA_20200910_3185"}
The goal
For further clarification, what this script does is taking whatever file is selected on the company's server and:

Look for the parent folder (it is the vendor id of the job) and extract it
Creates a folder on my local HD using the vendor id.
Copy the file to the folder.

So the step one is saving the file's name/location:

Extracting the folder's name:

Saving the folder's name (PASTA means folder in portuguese)

Step two, creates the new folder:

Saves the new folder as the destiny:

Recall the file name/location

Recall the destiny, adding it to the input pool:

Step three, copy the file:

Everything goes fine until the last bit. If you think the action should be AppleScript only, I will be happy to delete all the steps, I just don't know how to write it myself.


texts: External Monitors Flicker when plugged into my Mac

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Seeing as I am going to be working from home the next couple of weeks (or possibly longer...) I purchased some USB-C to HDMI cables to plug my work Mac into my desk monitors.

They display correctly, but every so often (maybe every 5 minutes) one of them will turn off for a split second which will make the laptop behave like a monitor is being unplugged and plugged back in. I tried only having one monitor plugged in and the issue still persisted.

When running the Intel Power Gadget I notice a spike in the "PKG" and "Core" power every time one of these monitor incidents occur. I have included an example picture, when they hit 50 the monitor went off and on.

Does anyone have any recommendations of how to stop this? I know the monitors are fine as I have them plugged in my PC without issue.

This is a 2018 Mac, 2.2GHz i7 with Radeon Pro 555X

Running system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType yields

Graphics/Displays:

    Intel UHD Graphics 630:

      Chipset Model: Intel UHD Graphics 630
      Type: GPU
      Bus: Built-In
      VRAM (Dynamic, Max): 1536 MB
      Vendor: Intel
      Device ID: 0x3e9b
      Revision ID: 0x0000
      Automatic Graphics Switching: Supported
      gMux Version: 5.0.0
      Metal: Supported, feature set macOS GPUFamily2 v1

    Radeon Pro 555X:

      Chipset Model: Radeon Pro 555X
      Type: GPU
      Bus: PCIe
      PCIe Lane Width: x8
      VRAM (Total): 4 GB
      Vendor: AMD (0x1002)
      Device ID: 0x67ef
      Revision ID: 0x00e3
      ROM Revision: 113-C980AL-075
      VBIOS Version: 113-C97501P-005
      EFI Driver Version: 01.A1.075
      Automatic Graphics Switching: Supported
      gMux Version: 5.0.0
      Metal: Supported, feature set macOS GPUFamily2 v1
      Displays:
        VG270U:
          Resolution: 2560 x 1440 (QHD/WQHD - Wide Quad High Definition)
          UI Looks like: 2560 x 1440 @ 60 Hz
          Framebuffer Depth: 30-Bit Color (ARGB2101010)
          Display Serial Number: TEHEE004852A
          Main Display: Yes
          Mirror: Off
          Online: Yes
          Rotation: Supported
          Automatically Adjust Brightness: No
          Connection Type: DVI or HDMI
          Adapter Firmware Version: 0.00
        VG270U:
          Resolution: 2560 x 1440 (QHD/WQHD - Wide Quad High Definition)
          UI Looks like: 2560 x 1440 @ 60 Hz
          Framebuffer Depth: 30-Bit Color (ARGB2101010)
          Display Serial Number: TEHEE004852A
          Mirror: Off
          Online: Yes
          Rotation: Supported
          Automatically Adjust Brightness: No
          Connection Type: DVI or HDMI
          Adapter Firmware Version: 0.00

  [1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/0owqT.png


texts: Restart. Some updates. Mac does not start anymore. Logs attached. How to fix it?

texts:
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]: Process:               macOS Installer [549]
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]: Path:                  /System/Installation/CDIS/macOS Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/macOS Installer
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]: Identifier:            com.apple.macOS-Installer
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]: Version:               1.0 (1004.29)
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]: Build Info:            OSInstaller-1004029000000000~86
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]: Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]: Parent Process:        ??? [527]
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]: Responsible:           macOS Installer [549]
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]: User ID:               0
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]:
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]: Date/Time:             2018-04-19 14:49:54.196 -0700
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]: OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.13.4 (17E199)
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]: Report Version:        12
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]: Bridge OS Version:     <device not connected>
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]: Anonymous UUID:        FB9E7040-D694-4666-932D-0596AA936FC4
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]:
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]:
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]: Time Awake Since Boot: 79 seconds
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]:
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]: System Integrity Protection: disabled
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]:
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]: Crashed Thread:        0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]:
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]: Exception Type:        EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]: Exception Codes:       KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000018
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]: Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]:
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]: Termination Signal:    Segmentation fault: 11
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]: Termination Reason:    Namespace SIGNAL, Code 0xb
Apr 19 21:50:04 MacBook-Pro ReportCrash[553]: Terminating Process:   exc handler [0]

Full log on Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/GtkESaWh

Any ideas?


texts: iMac 27" intermittently fails to reach login screen after Mountain Lion Upgrade

texts:
I have recently upgraded to Mountain Lion from Snow leopard and now the system will not always go to the login screen. (iMac 27" circa 2010 standard as it came from Apple no upgrades)

I have tried disconnecting all devices and uninstalling all non essential software.

To get the login screen I have to hard switch of the machine off then after 20 30 seconds turn it back on it sometimes goes to the login screen.

If I start in safe mode then reboot it always goes to the login screen.


texts: VLC 3: Adding file to existing playlist (enqueue)

texts:
VLC 2.x.x used to have the option --playlist-enqueue to add a file to the existing VLC Playlist. VLC 3.0.4 no longer has that option

$ vlc  --playlist-enqueue ~/Music/John_Mayer_Daughters.opus
VLC media player 3.0.4 Vetinari (revision 3.0.4-0-gf615db6332)
vlc: unknown option or missing mandatory argument `--playlist-enqueue'
Try `vlc --help' for more information.

Running /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC with arguments will result in another instance of VLC being created.

$ vlc ~/Music/John_Mayer_Daughters.opus
VLC media player 3.0.4 Vetinari (revision 3.0.4-0-gf615db6332)
[00007fbacb531620] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[00007fbacb500980] main libvlc error: interface "(null),none" initialization failed
[00007fbacb500980] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.

There does not seem to be any setting for VLC to run in a single instance only.

Question

How can I:

Add a file into VLC's playlist from the command line?
Do the above without launching another instance of VLC?


texts: How to clean install Windows 8 Pro *Upgrade* on BootCamp already running Windows 7?

texts:
Now that Windows 8 is officially supported in the latest BootCamp, I am considering this for my Mac.

There is plenty of general advice about installing Windows 8 / Windows 8 Pro in BootCamp on a Mac.

However, what I do not see is how to clean install a Windows 8 Pro upgrade on a mac with an existing BootCamp Windows 7 install. Clean install is an option offered in the upgrade install process for general PCs - but can this work on BootCamp?

Why do I want to install Windows 8 Pro upgrade ?

Because it's much cheaper than the regular version (though it is still a full OS install) and I am eligible in that I already have a legal licensed copy of one of the pre-requisite operating systems to qualify - I have Windows 7 64bit installed in bootcamp on my mac. In other words Microsoft offer Windows 8 cheaper if you have a legal copy of an earlier qualifying OS.

What do I mean by Windows 8 Pro clean install?

I also have a desktop PC which used to run Windows 7. I clean installed the Windows 8 Pro upgrade on this successfully. Although Windows 8 Pro upgrade is a full OS installation, during the install process, it will check the hard disk for the presence of a valid, licensed eligible OS already installed - in my case Windows 7. BUT, once its done that, it offers the option to format the disk on which it is to be installed. Obviously I would have backed up any valuable files, deactivated any applications and uninstalled them -ready to reinstall and reactivate them on the new OS later.  A fresh start. I prefer the clean install approach as to me this is the optimal deployment; no baggage/kruft/residue/ditritus/call it what you will from a prior OS. I also hear anecdotally from friends that an "in-place" upgrade whereby Windows 8 retains personal files and apps during install has proved unreliable for them.

So can anyone advise me about clean installing Windows 8 Pro upgrade on Bootcamp that already had Windows 7 installed?

(By the way, I would not want comments or discussion about why I should have Windows/Windows 8 on my Mac. Not useful to me. I work in computing and prefer to keep a balanced informed opinion of what is out there to help me and others. Thanks!)


texts: Can’t install macOS High Sierra after formating my HDD

texts:
After erasing my HDD with APFS format, I always get an error while installing macOS High Sierra. Error is caused because of APFS format. Now I can’t erase it using a different format... how can I solve this issue?

Macbook was bought in 2009/2010 Macbook Pro 13”


texts:
iOS has a great Emergency Bypass feature for allowing certain contacts to ring through to you even when in Do Not Disturb mode.  But on macOS, DND prevents any alerts on incoming text messages, even from those set as EB in iOS.  This has caused me to miss urgent texts from my other half many, many times when my mac is in DND mode and my phone is not within earshot.

Is there any way to set specific contacts as EB on macOS?

To be clear, this is not an iOS question.  This is specifically and only a question about setting EB for contacts on macOS.  I'm running High Sierra on my MBP but if a newer version of macOS had this feature, I'd consider upgrading for it.


texts: Is there a way to wrap any website as an iOS app?

texts: I'd like to take a mobile website and add it to the home screen of iOS, but when I touch it, it would open in its own app, NOT in the Safari app. Is there a service that would let me do this or a way I could manually do it myself, sort of like Fluid App?


texts: Is there an alternate way to get receipts from the Mac App Store

texts:
I purchased an app (Divvy) from the Mac App Store ten days ago and still have not received an email receipt for the purchase. The e-mail address in the App Store Account Settings is correct and it's not in the Spam folder. The same account gets receipts fine when I make purchases in the iTunes Store.

Is there a way to either:

View old receipts somewhere, or
Get receipts emailed again?

The reason I need the receipt itself is so I can turn in an expense report. In the case of Divvy, it's not that expensive, but if I can't get receipts, I'm certainly not going to make further purchases.


texts:
I have install ruby using RVM. Next I create workflow in Automator, which detects new files in folder and then copies them to another dir. The next thing I want - to switch to those folder and run few rake scripts.
I have tried to add next step to workflow:

cd ~/blog/octopress/
rake generate
rake deploy

But it's failed with error:

  Run shell script failed - 1 error. Rake aborted

What I'm doing wrong?


texts: How to Handle two people with same name in Apple Photos?

texts: I am sorting my photos in the Apple Photos app via Faces, and have two contacts with identical names. Is there any way to create two "faces" with identical names, or do I need to change one of their names?


texts: iPhone 3g; iOS 4.2 to iOS 5 performance?

texts: Features aside, should I expect a performance increase in general or the reverse?


texts: MacOS Big Sur: animated cursors sticking

texts:
I've noticed recently that animated cursors are sticking (screenshot cursor with x:y cordinates, spinning beach ball, arrow with blue spinner, etc.)
I've tried adjusting cursor sizing in system prefs > accessibility > display, but this makes no difference.
It's only just recently happened after upgrading to Big Sur 11.3


texts:
How can I create a python script that runs when the computer boots? I know to get it to run on login I can turn it into an app and add it to a as a startup item in settings, but I need it to run once the computer boots.

How can I make a python script run when the computer is turned on?

I am running MacOS High Sierra 10.13.1 and Python 2.7.10


texts: I use OSX and Windows 7 on my MBA. I have an access to OSX partition on Windows 7. I was wondering... is it safe? I mean, could OSX partition be destroyed by some kind of virus? Is there any way to disable that partition in Windows 7, making it unaccessible for any program, virus, etc. ?


texts: Choice of Scheme when formatting USB flash drive in macOS

texts:
When using Disk Utility 16.3 with macOS Sierra to format a "thumbdrive" USB 3 Lexar flash drive (64 gigs), when I choose a Format of ‘Mac OS Extended (Journaled)’, I get a list of three Scheme items:

GUID Partition Map
Master Boot Record
Apple Partition Map

Which is appropriate for a flash drive?

I know the first one (GUID Partition Map) is for booting modern Macs. Booting is not an issue for my use of this flash drive.

The second one (Master Boot Record) is old, from the 80's DOS 2, for old PCs. Why is this offered as a scheme for "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)"? That really threw me, and prompted this Question.

The third one (Apple Partition Map) is for booting old Macs (68K and PowerPC rather than Intel chips).

Mysterious error when formatting higher item

No matter what Scheme I choose, I get an error when trying to format the item higher in the hierarchy in the sidebar to the left (Lexar USB Flash…), as shown in the screen shot above. Why?

If I select the secondary item in that list (Lexar), I can successfully do a format operation. But the "Scheme" popup menu does not appear in the panel.

What is the difference between the two items in hierarchy? Does it make sense that I cannot choose a Scheme on the secondary one?


texts: Weird behaviour with google calendar and iOS

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I use Gmail for my work email and calendar, and I've added the Gmail account to the macOS native Calendar and Mail apps.

All is working well on the Mac. When someone invites me to a meeting I see the invite in my Calendars 'inbox' view, and can choose to accept it, etc.

On iOS it's a little weird, however. I see the meeting in the calendar day view, where I can see it's not yet accepted/maybed/rejected, however it doesn't show in the iOS calendar 'inbox'.

I do see all my invites in both iOS and macOS in the replied view under inbox.

any ideas?

Thanks


texts:
I tried to ignore an entire subfolder of the current folder when running du:

du -I=./subfolder -sh

This, however, gives me the grand total size of the current folder as if the -I never worked. I read from manpage that:

  -I mask
           Ignore files and folders matching the specified mask.

So it's supposed to work with folders.
But all the examples that I found online specify simple globs like -I="*.txt".

Is it that the folder must take on a specific form instead of a plain relative path?


texts: I want an operating system that can be used for both gaming and developing. Is Mac OS the right choice?

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I'm both a (newbie) developer, student and a gamer. Right now I have Ubuntu 11.10 and Windows 7 installed on my box. I usually run Ubuntu for my everyday chores, but when I want to play games or type a damn report, I have to switch over to Windows (Sorry, I'm still trying to get accustomed to OpenOffice :)) Since I am going to reinstall my OSes, I want to look at all my options. Seeing that some games I play - StarCraft II, LOL, Diablo III - already supports Mac OS, so I am thinking of giving it a try as well.

I'd like to know if developing the same technologies using Mac OS is anything different from using Ubuntu. The technologies I currently have my hands dirty with and are especially concerned about are: GNU C/C++, Boost, Cassandra (Thrift, LibEvent, Flex, Bison), MySQL, Java, Android, Python (Django) and PHP. (Especially Cassandra, because I need to compile it from source for a project.)


texts: How do I exclude a song from iTunes Match

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I have a number of audio files in iTunes that I do NOT want iTunes match to match. I do not want iTunes match to find the files and upload them to the cloud.

Essentially I want to tag some files in iTunes to make them ineligible. How do I do that?


texts: Macbook Pro no longer connects to wireless network. All other devices do

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I haven't made a single change to my wireless network over the last few months. However, lately, my macbook pro will NOT connect to either of the 2 SSIDs that I have broadcasting. Both wireless networks are using WPA2 PSK.

The one that it will connect to is using WPA2 PSK as well. I have like 8 devices in my home that are connecting to this wireless network, and I can re-connect all of them just fine. Even disconnecting some and trying to connect the laptop will not work.

Is there any way to do like a hard reset or something with the wireless profile? This is very annoying. No changes have been made on the WLAN, so I see no reason why I'm having issues.

The only thing that I've done on my Macbook Pro lately was delete my old KeyChain profile, but since I'm "forgetting" the wireless network and re-adding it, I don't see why this would have any effect.

I've tried changing the wireless network password to "Password1", bringing the encryption down to WPA instead of WPA2.. Still nothing.


texts: Different enterprise signed apps on same iOS device

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Company A has an Apple Enterprise Developer account and distributes "in-house" iOS applications signed with its account key. Likewise, Company B does the same with its own in-house apps.

Is it possible to install a Company A enterprise-signed app and a Company B enterprise-signed app on the same iOS device? Or are iOS devices restricted to apps from at most one Enterprise Developer? Can someone point to Apple documentation that addresses this question?


texts: macOS Catalina doesn't allow MAMP permission to certain folders (Documents, Downloads, Desktop)

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I have been using MAMP for a few years now, I just updated to macOS Catalina, it seems that macOS Catalina is blocking permissions to the Documents folder among a few others (such as Downloads and Desktop).

I have already checked the permissions on these files with terminal and that doesn't seem to be the issue.

Additionally I have

The server gives me this error:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /Users/xxx/Downloads/index.html on this server.

The Apache log gives me this error:

[Wed Oct 09 12:31:30 2019] [error] [client ::1] (1)Operation not permitted: file permissions deny server access: /Users/xxx/Downloads/index.html, referer: http://localhost/Users/xxx/

It seems to be an issue with the way macOS is restricting permissions to certain directories. In the settings panel under Security and Privacy there are additional settings for file access, I have granted MAMP those permissions, in addition I have also went inside the MAMP folder and granted Apache's httpd the same permissions, still no luck.

Does anyone have a work around? This is causing me such a headache in development.


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I have a Browning game camera that takes timelapse photos... I was disappointed to discover it records them as huge 1-2 GB .TLS files that require software Browning makes to open, and it only works on windows.

Browning suggests Mac users change the files to .AVI, which doesn't work. Are there any other options to open these files or are they inaccessible to Mac users?


texts: How can I download Mac OS X El Capitan without app store?

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I was going to install a new copy of El Capitan via my USB drive, but it turns out it's dead, it's been corrupted. I erased everything before that, so I'm stuck with the installation screen.

How can I download a new copy of El Capitan? As you know, Safari comes preinstalled. I also have a Windows computer, so I'm open to suggestions.

Here's my Macbook Air Model:
MacBook Air "Core i5" 1.4 13" (Early 2014)


texts: How can I save all modified files in Preview in one go?

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When I open several images in preview and apply quick modifications in succession I would like to close preview and save all the files without questions. Unfortunately preview keeps asking for each modified file if I want to save it or restore the original. Which is  anyway quite useless because it only offers the name instead of showing what image is the question about.

The only quick and manual way I've found is to use the keyboard shortcuts for save + close window in quick succession. But this is quite tiresome. I was hoping there is a "save all" but can't find anything like that in the menus. Can all files be saved without the annoying question?


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I created an alias to display permissions in octet format:

alias lso="ls -l | awk '
{
  k=0;
  for (i=0;i<=8;i++)
    k+=((substr($1,i+2,1)~/[rwx]/)*2^(8-i));
  if (k)
    printf("%0o ",k);
  print
}'

I also set added this code to display ls in a colored format:

export CLICOLOR=1
export LSCOLORS=GxFxCxDxBxegedabagaced

What I am wondering, is how to make my alias display in a colored format as well?
Also, if anyone could explain the syntax of the alias (after the pipe)? I copied the text and am trying to learn to be able to synthesize commands like it.


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I have a new Macbook Pro and I want it to last and keep a healthy battery.

How do I best ensure this?

If I am using it, do I let it discharge, or leave it plugged in?
If I am discharging it / allowing it to be unplugged, should I plug it in again when it reaches a certain %?
Is there a particular battery level I should wait for before shutting down / recharging?
When is it okay to close the lid vs. shutting down completely?

If it matters, I use my Macbook Pro daily, and I take it to work with me so I can do some coding when I have downtime at work.


texts:
This question has been asked of European adapters, however, I am traveling to some other countries such as India, Thailand, and Indonesia. I wonder if it is safe to charge my MacBook Pro and iPhone 8 simply using an adapter in those countries.

I know most appliances these days are 110/220 dual voltage and I've had no problems charging my MacBook pro in hotel rooms in India before. However, I will be mainly staying in homes during this visit - I did some research and found out that there are commonly neighborhood "brownouts" in India and several other Asian countries which can fry your electronics. I've been trying to research my options and the best I've found is to purchase a voltage transformer with a regulator. I wouldn't even require the transformer aspect and the appliance is both expensive and bulky.

Is it safe to use my US iPhone/iPad charger with international plug adapter?


texts: Upgrading Python 2.7 to 3.8 : Recommended?

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I am running macOS Big Sur 11.1 on MacBook Air M1. It comes bundled with Python 3.9.1 for regular usage and running python command through terminal says that I have Python 2.7.16 for compatibility with legacy software.
I want to install TensorFlow which specifically requires Python 3.8. So, if I upgrade Python 2.7.16 to Python 3.8 will it cause trouble with legacy software? If no, then is it a good idea to do this upgrade? If yes, can you please tell me the procedure? I don't find a pip installed on my machine but there is a pip3 to work with Python3.
Also, is there a way to find the list of software/packages installed on my machine that require Python 2.7.x to work?


texts: Fantastical: how to add alerts/reminders in text

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I'm a big Fantastical fan, but I can't work out the syntax to add a reminder/alert to a new event:
For example:

  Lunch with John at 12:00, alert 15 min before

should give an event with the title "Lunch with John", at 12 o'clock today, and add an alert 15 min before. But it doesn't :)
I tried a lot of different combinations to no avail.

According to some blog post this should be working:
http://flexibits.com/blog/2012/05/1-3-add-reminders-to-fantastical/

Any clue anyone?

Thanks!


texts: I can't create a bootable OSX Mavericks Install USB Drive

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I've downloaded Mavericks from the App Store, repartitioned a 32GB USB key, and followed the instructions. Specifically, I ran:

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app

Here's the output. As you can see, it fails with an error:

Ready to start.
To continue we need to erase the disk at /Volumes/Untitled.
If you wish to continue type (Y) then press return: Y
Erasing Disk: 0%... 10%... 20%...100%...
Copying installer files to disk...
Copy complete.
Making disk bootable...
Couldn't mount dmg /Volumes/Install OS X Mavericks/Install OS X Mavericks.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg (error code 112)Mount of outer dmg failed.
Done.

Help?


texts: Which applications should be in the Utilities folder?

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A while ago I wanted to make things more convenient so I organized the my Mac applications in folders. Little did I know, it prevented Software Updates to detect needed updates.

Now, I've been trying to revert things the way they were. For most Apple application, thats easy, just put it at the root Application folder. However there is the "Utilities" folder, that I played with a bit.

Which application should and should NOT be in this folder?


texts: How can Launchpad be configured to keep layout after reboot?

texts:
I updated to Yosemite. I organized my launchpad but when I turned my laptop on after shutting it down, my apps weren't grouped together like I did before.

What do I need to do to keep the layout I defined?


texts: Is there a way to queue YouTube videos on iOS?

texts: I've recently been listening to a ton of music on YouTube via iOS. I'd like to be able to start playing a song, go search for another song (while the other song is playing in the background), and add it to the queue of songs. This is very similar to the playlists feature of YouTube itself, with the exception that it's just a local queue and I can add/search while music is playing. I'm looking for a third-party app. Is there such an app?


texts: How can I achieve higher quality results from my bargain based 4K monitor?

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I just got the latest 2013 15.4-inch MBP 2.6GHz and I also have the 39-inch Seiki 4K television.

I previously had a 2010 MBP 15.4-inch 2.53GHz and used a Mini-HDMI to connect to the 4K which was able to support 1920 x 1080p at 30Hz and 3840 by 2160p at 24Hz. 4K videos on Youtube had a picture that looked fantastic, but the 24Hz really put my ongoing enthusiasm in a bind.

Since I've upgraded to the latest MBP, which is in every way superior to my old build, how can I best utilize the new features and power to get the most out of the 4K or at least improve the 24Hz rate.

Are there any best practices to follow for movies, audio, browsing etc when you have a choice between Thunderbolt2, USB3.0, HDMI, etc? Are the dual graphics enough to push 4K at a rate above 24Hz?

Perhaps there is a single cable that can solve all my problems.


texts:
I have a late 2010 MacBook Air (13 inch) and would absolutely love to be able to boot it from my SD Card on which I have Puppy Linux installed. I use Puppy Linux on an old HP Mini 2133 netbook and I'd like to have the option to use it occasionally on my Air as well. However, I've attempted in the past to install ReFIt and had no luck going that route. So, my question is: is it possible to simply boot from the SD card without installing additional software? I very much prefer to keep my Air as stock as possible - I currently only have about 8 or 9 3rd party apps installed so if it's possible to do it without ReFIt that would be awesome. Still, if ReFIt is necessary I'm more than happy to give it a try but, as I said, I've attempted it in the past and, upon rebooting, seen no evidence that it was installed (other than the files on my system).

*note - I'm not trying to install Puppy Linux to the drive, I'd just like to be able to boot from it.


texts: How to get two symbols “\ $“ in Swedish Apid Pro Keyboard?

texts: I have tried all compositions such as “shift+option”`+ any other letters but there is no symbol as “\ $“. How could get it?


texts: Installing pgadminIII v1.22.1 on macOS Sierra 10.12

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I just got a new MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) with 10.12 installed and am installing various applications on the machine to get it ready for work.  After downloading the pgadmin3-1.22.1.dmg from https://www.postgresql.org/ftp/pgadmin3/release/v1.22.1/osx/, I am unable to open the program.

So far, I have tried the following:

I found a description of the Gatekeeper updates made to version 10.12 at https://9to5mac.com/2016/06/15/macos-sierra-gatekeeper-changes/ and then attempted to right-click and select 'open' in order to get pgadminIII to open.  This unfortunately didn't work.  A popup is displayed with the following:

"pgadmin3" can't be opnened because it is from an unidentified developer."

Using the open command from terminal.  Same problem -- popup displays the following:

"pgadmin3" can't be opnened because it is from an unidentified developer."

Using sudo open from terminal.  Error is returned within the terminal and is a bit more verbose:

LSOpenURLsWithROle() failed with error -10810 for the file /Volumes/pgAdmin3/pgAdmin3.app

Google and SE have been fruitless so far.  Grateful for any ideas...

Cheers,
James


texts: Why are my app reviews deleted so often and quickly since iOS 10.3?

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Has Apple made it easier for devs to shoot down unwanted app reviews since 10.3? (Maybe 10.3.1, but surely around that time I noticed it.)

I tend to write app reviews that are critical in nature but still constructive and I use a respectful language. I rarely write glooming 5 star reviews however.

What I notice is that eg I write several reviews in the evening and the next morning they are gone. They are not only not showing up in the AppStore but in the list of all of my reviews I can check on my iPhone it appears like I have never written them.

I use a German AppStore account, review mostly apps made by German devs, and because the deletion of my reviews is sometimes happening so quickly I assume that the devs can delete reviews themselves, right? Can't imagine that Apple hires people in CEST to shoot down reviews within a few hours of writing them.

Can anyone please explain what's happening? I could understand how devs view their apps as part of their brand and don't want to get it tarnished by non favourable reviews. So if it's that and Apple is cool with that and supports these kind of devs, more power to them.

I'd just like to know about it so I can eventually think twice about writing an app review when chances are big that it gets deleted as well.


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I have an eMac (PPC G4) with 512 MB RAM, running 10.5.8. When I run Software Update, the "Checking for new software..." process never completes. I have tried deleting my /Library/Caches/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate/Cache.db and running Software Update again, with no luck. I have also tried Repairing Disk Permissions from Disk Utility, and that hasn't worked either. Both of those suggestions I got from here

Any suggestions??


texts:
I know Xcode is installed because (1) I can launch it and (2) App Store offers to update it and successfully does so.
But every time I launch it, it asks me to install the command-line tools with a GUI pop-up, and makes no complaint of error when I OK that.
And brew keeps saying xcode-select --install but if I try it it complains
xcode-select: error: no developer tools were found, and no install could be requested (perhaps no UI is present), please install manually from 'developer.apple.com'.

It does NOT offer the GUI pop-up mentioned in the answer to Installing Xcode Command Line Tools
Solution?


texts: MacBook Pro Kernel Panic on Boot - even without a hard drive installed

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My (Discrete, not Unibody) MBP (2007-ish) just started to kernel panic on boot.

Pulled the HDD, which boots via USB on my Mini - hopefully ruling out a HDD or data/OS issue.

I've disconnected the Airport card as well as removed the memory SO-DIMMs and booted with one at a time.  Still kernel panics.

Tried the Apple Hardware Installer/Diagnostic DVD and it froze near the end (logic board testing...)

Wasn't able to get it to boot to try Tech Tool Pro diagnostics.

All signs are pointing to a logic board failure - am I missing anything?


texts: When can I remove the El Capitan install drive?

texts:
I have installed 10.11 from a USB drive, it has run as expected and I am now at the "Create account" screen (input name+username).

I will now turn the computer over to the person who will do the remaining steps.
Can I remove the USB drive at this point without problems?


texts: Maximizing app window while persisting Menu bar on top

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I would like to maximize all my app windows, especially browser windows. But I don't want to cover up the Menu bar at the top of the screen.

Right now, when I maximize Google Chrome for instance, it will expand all the way and hide the Menu bar, but when I hover the mouse pointer to the top, the window will jump up and down to reveal/conceal the Menu bar. I find this to be super annoying.

The first step of the dance routine:

The second step of the dance routine:

And, as I move my mouse up/down the view will toggle. I just want the Menu bar to always remain visible, but for my app windows to be maximized. Is that so hard?


texts:
For people who type with many fingers, are Macintosh keyboards are multi-key rollover?
Bonus points for explaining how to test this on any Mac or listing which models are 3 key rollover or higher.


texts: Appstore multiple update of the same application

texts: When I open up the AppStore, under updates, the application thinks that I need to update the same application several times. In this case Command Line Tools is listed several times in a row. How do I remove these multiple entries from the app store.


texts: Can I search for a string of text inside Notes.app on an iPhone 5c (iOS 7.1)?

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I use Mac's Notes app on my MacBook Air (Mavericks).  I can readily search for any specific note just using command - F.

It finds notes containing the string of text either in the title of the note or in the body of the note.

However, when I sync all my notes to my iPhone 5c, I can't find how to search for a particular note in this way.  Is it possible?


texts: macOS Terminal.app can't split with Command + D

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I installed zsh. When I press Command + D in iTerm2, it could split normally.

But when I return to using Terminal.app, I use bash or zsh, it can't split with Command + D, it changed like the screenshot below.

Before pressing Command + D

After pressing Command + D

How can I solve this problem?


texts: custom ringtone on iphone5s using linux?

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I have an iPhone 5s. I want to have my own custom ringtone on my iPhone.

But is there any way to do this without the (really time consuming) way of starting up computer, start iTunes, connect iPhone and sync the ringtone. And then set the ringtone as default.

I am running Linux so iTunes does not work anyway it would on a windows computer.

I connected my iPhone to my linux computer (elementary os). I saw a lot of directories which I do not see on a windows computer:

Books
Cloudassets
DCIM
Downloads
iTunes_Control
LoFiCloudAssets
PhotoData
Photos
Podcasts
Purchases
Radio
Recordings

I was thinking if it might be possible to get my ringtone on my iphone using one of these directories...

Is there a solution for this?

I have read this question:

How to convert my music to ringtones for the Iphone 5

But the tutorial mentioned over there implies working with either a Mac or Windows computer and having iTunes.

And I have also read this question:

Can I add a custom ringtone to my iPhone without syncing to iTunes?

And a google search brought me a shenzhen iphone app which should be able to import a ringtone from dropbox but then still needs iTunes to sync the ringtone to my iPhone.


texts: Automator services run with 0.5 second delay

texts:
There is a 0.5 second delay between triggering a service (via the Services menu or a shortcut) and the service actually performing the actions. For some workflows that I run via a shortcut, this delay is pretty annoying.

Is there a way to get my AppleScript and shell scripts executed (almost) instantly via a shortcut?

This question has been asked before but it has no answers: Running services with keyboard shortcuts has a 0.5 second delay

Update: My solution.


texts: Is there a way to get a modal display when ⌘-⌥-→ and ⌘-⌥-←?

texts:
When switching between applications with the keyboard (i.e. ⌘-tab) a modal display is shown with graphical representations of each application.

Is there a way to get a similar modal display when switching between tabs of an application (i.e. ⌘-⌥-→ and ⌘-⌥-←), such that some summary is displayed (e.g. in a browser the tab text, in sublime the filename, etc)?


texts: Running the memz virus on a parallels vm: safe?

texts:
I have a copy of the memz virus, and have parallels windows vm. What I'm wondering, is if I run memz.exe/bin (not memz-clean.exe/bin), will I screw up the mac that I'm running the vm on?

Thanks


texts: Is there any way to access the Photo Stream outside of Photos.app in El Capitan

texts:
This is basically a duplicate of this question, which was answered for prior versions, but whose answer is no longer applicable in El Capitan.

My question includes programmatically: if there's a programmatic / Cocoa way to access the Photo Stream contents stored (somewhere?) on your computer, then perhaps we can build a filesystem-in-userspace or similar to access them?


texts: Photos faces lost after full restore through Time Machine

texts:
I recently did a full restore through Time Machine with my MacBook Pro (Early 2015). I have just opened the Photos app and realised that all face recognition data appears to be lost. So I have a few questions regarding this:

Is it possible to get this organization back?


texts: Jailbreak and iOS 'hardware encrypted' data

texts:
My understanding of reading apple security document below
http://images.apple.com/ipad/business/pdf/iPad_Security_Overview.pdf

is that using iphone4s or ipad3,

and setting a complex passcode,

the data on the iPhone/ipad is encrypted when iphone/ipad is locked.

If iPhone/ipad is jailbroken, does it mean the original data is lost ?


texts: Unable to Airplay audio or video from MBP to Apple TV

texts:
Apple TV Gen 4
MBP early 2013 with Sierra (10.12.6)

I'm unable to make the MBP switch from internal speakers to Great Room, the name of my Apple TV. I click Great Room, and after a moment of silence it switches back to internal speakers. Both the MBP and the Apple TV are connected via Ethernet to a Time Capsule. They are both on the same subnet.

I can use my more recent MBP to send its audio to Great Room (using WiFi). And while connected this way, I can return to the ethernet-connected MBP, try to switch to Great Room, which knocks my newer MBP off, but still, after a moment, the old MBP switches back to internal speakers. I conclude, then, that the Apple TV and my new MBP are configured properly but the old MBP is not.

It used to work fine until the other day when I rearranged and reconnected the router and the MBP, but as far as I can tell all other connectivity is intact.

There are several system interfaces that offer "Great Room" as an option. Right-clicking the audio volume menu icon; clicking the AirPlay menu icon; the Sound System Preference panel; the Display System Preference panel. I don't know if they all accomplish the same thing, or if one is necessary for the other, or just what.

Suggestions?

UPDATE: I am able to send iTunes audio to the Apple TV. (iTunes has yet another interface for sound routing, in the iTunes toolbar). However, I'm still unable to use any of the other four interfaces to switch from internal speakers to AirPlay.


texts: Keyboard Touch Bar MacBook Pro late 2016

texts:
I bought the new MacBook Pro (with the Touch Bar) 4 months ago. The problem is I keep pressing by mistake "esc" and "siri" multiple times per day.

I thought it was my bad and I'd get used to it, but after 4 months I really think I have a problem or this Touch Bar is not well made in terms of User Experience.

Is there anything I can do to customise the Touch Bar avoid this problem?


texts: Dark grey bar at the bottom of Chrome in iPad

texts:
The grey bar in Chrome in the image above in iPad OS blocks form fields at the bottom of the screen. I believe it is the auto fill feature Chrome has. I know it is not the shortcuts bar and also predictive text is off.

Is it possible to get rid of this bar to get more space on screen?


texts: How can I diagnose the root cause of a slow screensaver unlock on Yosemite?

texts:
Several people in our organization are seeing a pronounced pause after entering their password on the login screen after the screen saver / lock has kicked on. It happens regardless of whether the system is coming back from sleep or not. It usually goes:

type in password
press enter
25% chance of it showing the desktop right away, 75% chance of having to wait about 10 seconds before seeing the desktop

It might not be happening when we are not connected to VPN or work network. Can't say for sure.

How can I track down what is causing this slowdown? It's an annoyance more than anything. I would love to get rid of it.

Systems are all MackBook Pros.


texts: Expected behavior of Textedit  Encoding preferences

texts:
In TextEdit preferences, I keep <Opening files: Automatic>,  and change the other setting to <Saving files: Unicode (UTF-16)>. What's the expected behavior of this setting?
(Existing files continue to be saved in non-utf16 encoding. And new files continue to show the save panel with utf-8 selected as default.)


texts:
I have an issue with my Logitech MX Master mouse continuously fail to reconnect when I get back to my desk. I have to press the connect button on the bottom of the mouse and pair it. This is getting annoying as I have to do this on a daily basis. Is there any way to make the mouse pair once and not have to worry about it again?

Thanks!

EDIT:

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
OS X 10.11.6 (Cannot update due to macOS issues with Airwatch)
Logitech Options 6.30.48 (shows no new options)
Mouse 11.00.0012

EDIT 2:
This is getting nuts


texts: Can I set up a way to load iTerm with or without Full Disk Access on the fly?

texts:
I really appreciate Catalina's "Full Disk Access" Privacy right for keeping software I run in iTerm out of things like removable volumes, photos, etc.

However, sometimes I do need to use iTerm in some of these folders, especially when maintaining Time Machine drives, etc.

Is it possible to create an alternate way of launching iTerm that selectively has Full Disk Access?

I tried:

copying iTerm and pasting a new copy, renaming it "iTerm (Full Disk Access)"
unzipping a new copy of iTerm and renaming it "iTerm (Full Disk Access)"

but neither asked for new rights—they both inherited the rights of the main iTerm application.


texts: Cannot play a voice memo I recorded earlier this week. It appears to be there but when I hit the arrow to play, nothing happens. When I sync my phone up to my pc only 2 of the voice memos show up yet my phone tells me there are 4. I can play 3 of the 4 but no this one. Please advise.


texts: MacBook Pro has kernel panic same time every time

texts: I purchased a second hand MacBook Pro 2015 and installed High Sierra on it and upgraded the SSD. Every day between 5-6pm it has a kernel panic and restarts. Any idea what might be behind this? I can't identify an activity trigger and its been happening daily for about 6 months.


texts: Convert a partition from case-sensitive to case-insensitive

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I have installed snow leopard on a macbook ans selected case-sensitive file system when partitioning the disk, presuming that it's a standard thing and I'd rather have this system behaving as close as possible to *nix shell.

Although when trying to install Photoshop CS5 recently I got an error message saying that case-sensitive file system cannot be used for installation. Apparently reason is some issues in Apple installer system, which Adobe developers cannot find their way around.

So it looks like I will have to convert the case-sensitive FS to a case-insensitive one.

Are there any tools capable of doing that? Doesn't have to run under macos, anything will do, really (bootable CDs etc)


texts: Photo thumbnails remain in camera roll after moving photos to computer

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I'm exporting my photos to my computer by connecting my iPhone 5S (iOS 7.1.1) to my Ubuntu 14.04 setup and cutting the photos from the DCIM folder and pasting them on my computer.
The photos go through alright, but the camera roll still shows the thumbnails. When I click on the thumbnail I get a white blank screen.
How come?
How can I move photos out of the phone without keeping its thumbnail in the camera roll?


texts: MacBook freezes constantly but not in safe mode

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This is a MacBook Pro, 13 inches, from 2016, running Mojave 10.14.3
First I noticed that the mouse moved in a jittery fashion, like if it bounced around the point I wanted it to be instead of simply being there.
Then the computer became excessively slow. Opening a new tab to google the problem took several minutes, and loading each site with possible answers took also a long time.
I tried many things, I checked the memory (I have like 30 GB of free space), I turned it on in all the possible modes, and odly enough in Safe Mode the mouse moves normally... but it is still quite slow.
There are no Apple stores where I live, but the guy who saw it noticed that it had too much dust inside, and that the battery was expanding.
His diagnostic was that because it had so much dust inside it overheated and that damaged the computer somehow.
We took the battery out and I'm gonna buy a new one but running my computer in normal mode is VERY difficult.
I could use it in regular mode, my job right now is to edit video and you need audio to do that and there is no audio in Safe Mode.
Also, in Safe Mode it works at almost normal speed, the mouse never bounces, so it's not a hardware problem... but there is this general slowness to everything that gets much worse in regular mode, plus there is that mouse bouncing that makes clicking on anything extremely hard.
I've checked Activity Monitor a thousand times and there is nothing weird. I have run Malwarebytes and it found nothing bad.
Except for the battery the computer is perfect in every test I can make... but it still takes like a minute for System Preferences to open.
What could be wrong?, how could I fix it?


texts: How can I rename a song in iTunes with a keyboard shortcut?

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I can hit the up and down arrows to navigate a playlist in iTunes 10.5 but hitting F2 doesn't allow me to rename a song.  I have to grab the mouse and do a finicky click, wait, click to highlight the song and then rename it.  Can I just assign F2 to this?  Or can I use an existing keyboard shortcut?

Incidentally, I know I can hit Command-I, and then Command-2, tab to Name, change the name, and hit Return, but this sub-optimal.

Bonus points if you can explain how I would assign such a shortcut to highlight the Genre of a song, which is my more common use case (long story).


texts: How can I transfer all data except photos to a different iPhone?

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I need to send my iPhone in for a screen repair, which quotes a 5-9 day turnaround time.  In the interim, I would like to use my previous, smaller storage capacity iPhone.  Ideally, I would want to be able to use all my apps with its app data.  I can't just do a transfer or a restore from backup, since my new phone has more storage capacity used than the old phone's max capacity.  If I were to do a transfer without the photographs, it would fit without a problem, and would be plenty acceptable.
Is there any way to transfer all data without images to the new phone, or barring that, at least the application data?  I have my data backed up on my local macOS computer.  I already own iExplorer, so a solution using that would be great.  However, another dedicated tool may be acceptable, depending on the price.
Assume I am on the latest iOS operating system on both phones.  I am using macOS 10.14 Mojave, though I would be willing to upgrade if necessary.


texts: How much disk space do I need to upgrade Xcode on macOS Big Sur?

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I'm on macOS Big Sur (11.2.3).  I would like to upgrade my Xcode to the latest version and have this disk space available
$ df -h /
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/disk1s5s1  234G   15G   30G  33% /

However when I go into the app store and attempt to upgrade, I get this message ...

Is this message a false flag?  Do I really need more then 30 GB to upgrade Xcode?


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I am distributing my (heavily edited in the picture below) app via a read-only installer DMG. Both the app and the DMG are signed and pass the Gateway validation.  My build machine is an El Capitan 10.11.6.

On Sierra (10.12) only, after mounting the DMG, this is what Finder shows me (except the popup on the left that, of course, I trigger afterwards):

As you can see:

the Applications icon is not what one would expect;
right-click -> Get Info shows the expected icon for the alias (at the upper-side as well as under Preview).

Force-quitting Finder will rectify this situation.

I downloaded a Skype for Mac kit, knowing that it uses the same deployment mechanism. Interestingly, the Applications icon is properly shown from the get-go.

Another interesting aspect is that hitting Get Info on my DMG's Applications alias will display (at the bottom of the window) the Sharing & Permissions section, while the Skype one won't.

Details that may be relevant: my DMG is created using a "template" one, that I am modifying, then cloning and making the clone read-only. The alias placed on the template image is an alias that I created on my system and simply copied it there.

I would appreciate any idea on what I am doing wrong. Thank you. [Question updated below, left this one for consistency purposes.]

[UPDATE] Found this SOV thread, which seems to suggest that I am not doing anything wrong per-se. Is there any work-around, e.g. relaunching Finder programmatically after it opens the window (AppleScript)? Or something even less ugly? I wouldn't bet my $ on Apple fixing this anytime soon, as Finder "fetching" apps "in a hurry" and showing the strike-through circle over their icon as if they were broken, while they were not in fact, was a long-standing issue.


texts: How to get 'favorites' to display in finder...?

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I used to have several favorites in the sidebar of the finder window, but today they are gone.

I cannot drag folders into the sidebar, and I can't display the ones available to choose from in Finder > Preferences.  WTF?

Here's a little screen capture of it misbehaving:


texts: Is there any shortcut to mute one specific tab in Safari? Or to mute all except the current tab? Using only the MacBook keyboard.


texts: Is there a Terminal command that will list the current admin account?

texts: Does anyone know of a terminal command which lists the current administrator account?