texts: My school is thinking about getting smart speakers for each of its classrooms for various purposes.  It seems like the Alexa devices can be grouped into one account and controlled easily all from the same app/account.  Does Apple's HomePod offer the same kind of control for multiple devices?


texts: Replacement parts for Macbook Air (13-inch, Early 2008) - broken hinge problem?

texts:
I have a "MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2008)" with a broken hinge problem.

I'm presently outside the US and wont be able to go into a Genius Bar anytime soon. Besides, the laptop is far outside the warranty period so it is unlikely that any servicing could be done by Apple.

I'm planning to fix it on my own, but need to understand which replacement parts I need to order. Does anyone have any insights into what I should order?

Pictures:

I had also posted about it a year back at:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/22873267#22873267

Edit1

Model   Model Identifier    Model Number    Configuration
MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2008)   MacBookAir1,1   MB003xx/A   MBAIR 13.3/1.6/2/80HDD


texts: Stop Chrome from being a resource hog on Mac

texts: How can on stop Chrome from being a resource hog on Mac. If it often opens up many Chrome helper task and I understand it should make my browser faster, but it's make my computer slower.


texts: Where can I find a reference for Apple's extensions to RTF format?

texts:
I was inspecting an RTFD file and I noticed it contained several Apple-specific directives. Where can I find a reference or explanation for all of these directives? Examples:

\appleattachmentpadding0
\appleembedtype0
\appleaqc
\NeXTGraphic

I searched with Google, but only got two pages of results and nothing from Apple directly.


texts: I can't get my launch daemon to run my shell script

texts:
For some reason, I am unable to get my shell script to run when the computer boots.  My script fine by itself, but for some reason my Launch Daemon is not starting the job.  Please help.

My launch daemon is saved in /Library/LaunchDaemons/local.pingtest.plist

My Launch Daemon Plist:

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

my shell script:

/usr/bin/nohup /sbin/ping -i 5 ipaddress | /usr/bin/xargs -L 1 -I '{}' date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S: {}' >> /pingtest/Ryan-lou.txt &

/usr/bin/nohup /sbin/ping -i 5 www.google.com | /usr/bin/xargs -L 1 -I '{}' date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S: {}' >> /pingtest/Ryan-int.txt &

/usr/bin/nohup /sbin/ping -i 5 ipaddress | /usr/bin/xargs -L 1 -I '{}' date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S: {}' >> /pingtest/Ryan-fcc.txt &


texts: Why my iPhone 6s restore application and its user data by Internet even when I backup them by iTune?

texts:
I got my iPhone 6s and transfered content from my old iPhone 5 by following Apple Support HT201269, and backup my iPhone 5 with iTunes. After I restored the backup to my iPhone 6s, it's seemed that 6s was reinstalling all my 3rd party Apps and restored its user data with Internet.

There are several questions that confused me:

Where is my Apps user data saved? In my iTunes backup or in my iCloud automatically? I found that all Apple's applications restored their data including settings, and some of 3rd Apps restored their user data, but some not. How does iTunes backup my all 3rd party Apps?
Whether or not I click "File > Devices > Transfer Purchases.", it seemed that iTunes backup would not save any app, and will re-download them from App Store after iOS restored. But I can find all my App backup in iTunes, it doesn't make any sense at all.
How can I backup all my Apps and all their user data from old iPhone to the new one? if I need always connect usb cable when iPhone re-download Apps?


texts: Open an URL in Safari with Private Browsing

texts:
I want to open an URL in a browser's private mode.
--args -incognito does the job with Chromium-based browsers (e.g. open -na "Google Chrome" --args -incognito http://www.example.com).
I tried -incognito, -private, -private-browsing arguments, but none worked with Safari.
What's a Safari's command option to open in private mode?


texts: Is it possible that some hacker is logged in to my computer?

texts:
When I type w at the terminal I see myself logged in two times.

What are console and s000? Is it possible that one of these neos is actually somebody else?


texts: Mac keyboard shortcut to open recently closed pdf file on preview

texts:
Lately, preview on Mac is not saving all the pdf highlights (seen some discussion online about this with no solution yet). I highlight quite a bit of pdfs regularly. The one solution, although extremely inefficient, I found is to save and close the file regularly after 1 or 2 new highlights and open it again. Even with this, unfortunately, the highlights are not saved properly 10 to 20% of the time. Anything more than 2 highlight changes, I am certain they all are not saved 90% of the time.
My question is if there is a keyboard shortcut to open a recently closed preview file? It's a pain to right-click preview every time and open the just-closed file from the list? Any ideas to avoid this problem with preview is also very welcome. Thanks in advance!


texts: How to disable the play button of an Apple Remote in OSX?

texts:
I sometimes accidentally hit the play/pause button of my Apple Remote while Keynote was in show mode, closing the active presentation. Therefore, I would like to disable the play/pause button; either globally or specifically for Keynote.

I thought that BetterTouchTool would help me out, but it doesn't. Setting up a new trigger for Keynote on the play button does not work (tried to set it on Global and on Keynote).

Any tips on how I can disable the play/pause button? Thanks!


texts:
When I upload photos from my iPhoto Library on my old MacBook (OS 10.4.11; iPhoto 6.0.6 (3.2.2.)) to Dropbox and download them from Dropbox onto my new MacBook (OS 10.8.5; iPhoto 11, version 9.4.2), I get the photos but not the comments.  The comments on the individual pictures that I entered in iPhoto into the little information box in the lower left-hand corner seem to have been lost in the process.
The same thing happens when I burn them on a CD and copy them from the CD onto my new MacBook. Again, I see the photos but not the comments. (I can see the  comments if I look at the photos on the CD, but not if I copy them from the CD into my iPhotolibrary and look at them there.)
My questions: (i) How can I make the comments visible?  (ii) Will the comments be visible if I transfer the photos from the old to the new Macbook with a firewire?


texts:
I want to record the build-in sound of my Mac computer without using speakers. I want to record directly the sound of my computer. Tutorials shows me that I must do it in System Preferences, but in system preferences, I cant select the sound of my computer in entry. I can only select a microphone. Any Ideas ? I have only 1 option: use speakers
How to use build-in sound to record sound from my mac ?
Also in audacity I have not "Soundflower" option ...


texts: Is there a way to evaluate OS X without purchasing Macintosh hardware?

texts:
I'd like to play with OS X to see what makes it tick under the covers for the purpose of IT support - at CWRU here we have a lot of Mac-using professors. However, I can't justify spending twice as much on hardware as I would purchasing from any other vendor. Therefore, I'd like to avoid getting Apple hardware. I know you do get something for that money (nobody else does anything like Apple's aluminum unibody), but I don't need that for what I'm doing.

(Even the cheapest MacBook Pro is $1,199.00 -- compare to Lenovo, which itself is one of the most expensive PC makers, $809.00 for the same specs. [Okay, the Lenovo has a bit smaller hard disk, but it has a faster CPU and discrete graphics, so it's kind of a wash.])

Is there any (supported) way to do that or am I forced to purchase Mac hardware?


texts: There was an error in Security & Privacy preferences

texts:
I head on to Security & Privacy on Filevault and try to encrypt my disk. When I click the Turn On Filevault I get the error.

When going through the syslog I see this:

Dec  3 00:09:48 --- last message repeated 7 times ---
Dec  3 00:09:48 MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.preference.security.remoteservice[30942]): Service exited due to signal: Illegal instruction: 4 sent by exc handler[0]


texts:
My wife's iPhone 5 is exhibiting strange behavior:

It isn't receiving iMessages.
It can't access the internet.
It can send texts, but they come across as plain SMS instead of iMessage.

I'm sitting next to her with an identical phone on the same plan, and mine is working perfectly.

What's causing this?  (Or, what should I google to find more information?  My searches so far have proven fruitless.)


texts: Does the iPhone have a disabled chip for FM Radio?

texts:
This commentator writes:

  The iPhone 6 has an FM receiver chip Apple disables, forcing you to use iTunes…

My question is: Does the iPhone 6 have a disabled chip capable of receiving FM Radio?


texts:
I am trying to upgrade the Samsung EVO SSD I put into my MacBook Pro 2012 to APFS so I can upgrade to Catalina. I’m currently running Mojave.

In Recovery Mode, the standard instructions on the internet are to select the drive, and click on APFS from the Edit menu. But my Edit menu does not have that option visible, I only see things like Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, etc, and they are dimmed out. Someone else suggested that there may be something about the drive that just needs to be erased and installed as APFS from scratch. But in the Recovery Mode’s Disk Utility’s Erase panel, the formats I can choose are Mac OS Extended, MS-DOS, and ExFAT. There is no APFS option.

What do I need to do to either upgrade it to APFS or erase it and install it from scratch as APFS?


texts: How to save sent messages in Outlook to the same folder as message being replied to?

texts: If I am replying to an email in Folder "TEST", how do I get a reply to automatically go to the Folder "TEST" as opposed to the Sent folder?  This helps with productivity so that I don't have to move the responses to the folders they are in.  If the message responding to resides in the inbox, the response will go to the Sent folder and can be moved to another folder at another time.


texts:
I bought my macbook pro in HK and I live in China.
As a new user, I don't understand why I can't update my apps and I see this message:
"Your Apple ID is not valid for use in the Chinese Store. To create a new Apple ID, you must switch to the U.S. Store."

What am I supposed to do? Apple is really weird with these "border limits" in a global world. Please help!

Thanks


texts: MacbookPro bootable Windows USB not visible

texts:
I have a MacBookPro retina (id MacBookPro10,1 mid 2012) with El Capitan installed and want to create a Windows partition through BootCamp. I already did that some time ago without that much trouble, but had to wipe out the entire harddrive and install both systems from scratch.
This time I did:

By "hacking" BootCamp made it install Windows 7 boot into a USB I have.
Downloaded and copied over BootCamp drivers for windows into this bootable stick.
Disabled FileVault, that prevented external devices (even recovery HD) from being seen on boot.
Turned off System Integrity Protection (had to do that already to make step 1 happen) with csrutil disable in recovery.

The problem I am having now is that the USB is not visible on (hold option key) boot even if it is plugged in and is lighting up. I tried installing reFit, but it also does not see the USB. Not only that, the interesting thing is that this USB is not even visible in reFit partition table you can see in the options.

UPD: another interesting thing, the USB is not visible in startup disk setting inside OSX, this may mean that for some reason even if the USB drive itself is visible, Mac does not recognize it as bootable. Or is it because startup disk is not able to see USBs at all?

How can I troubleshoot this on El Capitan?


texts:
I set up a new Apple Watch yesterday by restoring from the backup of a previous watch. The watch from which the backup came was successfully logged in to my iCloud account. But with this watch, each time I have attempted to log in, I am getting an error:

The error is "Could Not Sign In - There was a problem connecting to the server"

The iPhone I'm doing this on is connected to the internet and logged in to iCloud. I am able to authenticate to iCloud in other apps (verifying App Store purchases, for example). It seems to be just this one task that can't connect.

This has persisted through restarts of both the phone and the watch. Is there a fix? How should I go about troubleshooting?

Apple Watch series 3, watchOS 4.2; iPhone 8, iOS 11.2.5.


texts:
I've a bad memory, therefore I can't recall where I spent my time during last day, last week and definitely not last month.

However I still need to log my hours and generate reports to track the projects evolutions and time spent in each feature.

Ok, nothing new so far. Problem is I used ManicTime and I loved, it silently collected all my info day after day and when I had to check where I spent my hours in certain day, I simply check by hour by day and it was perfect.

But on mac... I found a huge list of application that or doesn't do a proper tracking (harvest, timings, tyme) or doesn't give me reports I want like RescueTime.

Is there any application that silently does the job? As I work with multiple virtual machines, cross platform support is a big plus.


texts: what is the filesize limit for ota ios app distribution?

texts:
i'm trying to deploy an ipad application ota, however i am getting the error:

unable to download application
"appname" could not be downloaded at this time.

the ipa file itself is 1.8gb and the server is on the same wifi network as the ipad (ipad 2 wifi-only, ios 5). is there a filesize limit?


texts: how can i get imessages that i missed when imessage was off?

texts: My imessage button was turned off for a week and I am concerned that I missed a lot of important messages. How can I get those messages to come through now?


texts: Empty output when using some shell commands via AppleScript's "do shell script"

texts:
AppleScript allows you to run shell commands with do shell script. It's easy to assign a variable to an output of such command.
set theResult to do shell script "echo everything"

>> theResult = "everything"

On macOS you also can run Javascript code in Terminal with osascript:
osascript -l JavaScript << EOF

console.log('everything');

EOF

>> everything

However, if you execute this piece from AppleScript, you get nothing:
set theResult to do shell script "osascript -l JavaScript << EOF

console.log('everything');

EOF"

>> theResult = ""

I also tried to assign a shell variable to the osascript output and to print it with echo. Again, works in Terminal:
theString=$(osascript -l JavaScript << EOF

console.log('everything');

EOF
)

echo $theString"

>> everything

But it still does not work when executed via do shell script:
set theResult to do shell script "theString=$(osascript -l JavaScript << EOF

console.log('everything');

EOF
)

echo $theString"

>> theResult = ""

Why is this happening? How to make it work?
I'll appretiate your help.
My goal is to be able to do some text processing with Javascript within an AppleScript script.
I'm not interested in putting Javascript code into external .js file, I prefer to keep it in place.


texts: Font on Unity Application doesn't smooth

texts:
I'm using Mac book pro 13 inches with retina display. I see that on retina screen, font is smooth, and in almost applications, I see font is always smooth, too but not in Unity. I'm currently using Unity 4.6 free edition and Mac OS X Maverick version.

I have uploaded an image demo. As you see, font in taskbar, title bar is smooth, but font inside unity doesn't. I have watched some demos online using unity too and I see their font screen is smooth, not as I am.

Please explain for me why and how can I fix this.

Thanks :)


texts: Why is bash echoing instead of running Apple Script

texts:
I have a function in my .bash_profile that should allow me to add startup items. The only issue is this echo's a string instead of running the Apple Script.

This is my function

function addtologin(){
    if [ $3 = "hidden" ]; then
        osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to make new login item at end with properties {path:"${1}/${2}.app", name:"${2}", hidden:true}'
    else
        osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to make new login item at end with properties {path:"$1/$2.app", name:"$2", hidden:false}'
    fi
}

When I run addtologin /Users/iProgram/Applications Spotify hidden it outputs login item ${2}.

Why is this? Why doesn't it adding Spotify to the Login items?

If it helps, here is my full .bash_profile incase it is causing an issue (don't think it is)

.bash_profile

source .colors
export PS1=${BOLD}${CYAN}\\W\ \\A$\ ${DEFAULTCOLOR}
export SUDO_PS1=\\W\ \\A#\
export PATH=$PATH:/Users/iProgram/bin
export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim

function ipaddress(){
    ifconfig en0 | awk '/inet / {print $2}'
}

function macaddress(){
    ifconfig en0 | awk '/ether/ {print toupper($2)}'
}

function wifi-off(){
    networksetup -setairportpower en0 off
}

function wifi-on(){
    networksetup -setairportpower en0 on
}

function wifi-connect(){
    networksetup -setairportnetwork en0 $1 $2
}

function nano(){
    vim $@
}

function home(){
    cd ~
}

function addtologin(){
    if [ $3 = "hidden" ]; then
        osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to make new login item at end with properties {path:"${1}/${2}.app", name:"${2}", hidden:true}'
    else
        osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to make new login item at end with properties {path:"${1}/${2}.app", name:"${2}", hidden:false}'
    fi
}

.colors

export BLACK='\033[0;30m'
export RED='\033[0;31m'
export GREEN='\033[0;32m'
export BROWN='\033[0;33m'
export BLUE='\033[0;34m'
export PURPLE='\033[0;35m'
export CYAN='\033[0;36m'
export LIGHTGREY='\033[0;37m'

export DARKGREY='\033[1;30m'
export LIGHTRED='\033[1;31m'
export LIGHTGREEN='\033[1;32m'
export YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
export LIGHTBLUE='\033[1;34m'
export LIGHTPURPLE='\033[1;35m'
export LIGHTCYAN='\033[1;36m'
export WHITE='\033[1;37m'

export DEFAULTCOLOR='\033[0m'
export BOLD='\033[1m'

If it helps, I got the osascript from here


texts: Mail prompts me for SMTP password the first email I send

texts: New Mac user here, running 10.9.2 on an air and am running into an annoying issue with Mail.  I have setup my Live account and POP is working great but at least the first email I try to send, per each time I log on to my machine, I am prompted for my SMTP password.  This is only an annoyance but I would think I could ask it to remember my password.  Is this possibly a setting in keychain which needs adjusted?


texts: Can the signal level at which Wi-Fi disconnects be changed?

texts:
On my iPhone 5s, I am often at a location at the edge of the limits of my Wi-Fi  signal, where my 4G signal will actually be stronger than the Wi-Fi  signal. However, my iPhone will remain connected to the Wi-Fi  at this point, and will only disconnect when there is no Wi-Fi  signal at all.

Is it possible to increase the level at which Wi-Fi  will disconnect and the 4G (or 3G) will be used instead? As it is, I have to manually turn off Wi-Fi  every time this happens, which is rather frustrating.


texts: Quicktime failing to join (or save joined) video clips

texts:
I have a pair of video clips (mp4) that I would like to join into 1.  The internet tells me that I can do this with Quicktime.

Unfortunately, whenever I try exporting joined clips, with clips of any size, I get the same error:

"The operation could not be completed; an unknown error occured"

If I try to save, rather than export, I cannot. But if I try and close, I'm given an option to save. If I choose to save then, I get this error:

Can anyone tell me where I'm going wrong?

For full information: there is a two minute video of me running into the problem here


texts: Cannot connect to x11vnc server from other client

texts:
Hello guys I have installed x11vnc server on MAC OS el capital but trying to connect remotely and stream the images of desktop only a black image is rendered to vnc client do you have any idea? I am using it as below
x11vnc -forever -shared -many -display :0


texts:
I want to downgrade from macOS Sierra to OS X Mavericks. I have backed up my Mac using Time Machine and I made a USB with the OS X Mavericks Installer.

The thing is that when I reboot my Mac with Alt/Option, enter the USB Installer and open Disk Utility I can't delete the main drive since there isn't just the button to erase it, but the volume ("Macintosh HD") has this button. How can I solve this problem?


texts:
Are there any OSX tools that can watch for file changes in a directory then sync (SFTP) those changes to a remote server?

Basically I want to edit files locally (whatever files, whatever program) and have them automatically upload to the server.

Rsync can't watch a directory for changes on it's own, and I can't seem to get lyncd to run on osx, due to no inotify tool.

Any ideas?


texts: Log in iTunes with existing Apple account without credit card

texts: I have existing Apple ID but when I tried to log in itunes, clicking None as payment, I still can't proceed even if I click 'Next'


texts: Finder reports error code -36 when copying some files

texts:
I have a 4.6GB file on my hard drive. Today when I tried to copy it to another machine through network, I got the following error message from Finder halfway through the copy:

  The Finder can't complete the operation because some data in "(name of my file)" can't be read or written. (Error code -36)

In addition to copying that file to another machine through network, I also did the following:

checked some other files on my hard drive and found another one with the same problem;
tried copying those files to another folder on the same hard drive, and got the same error;
tried to open one of those files, which was a .dmg file, by double clicking on its icon, and got a different message when Finder tried to verify it, saying there was an input/output error.

Then I tried the following to fix the problem:

Disk Utility: I ran Verify Disk and it said my disk is OK;
fsck -fy: it also said my disk is OK;
dot_clean as suggested here: didn't work, the error remained.

So what else can I try? Is this an indication that my hard drive is failing?


texts:
I don't know how SIM cards work in your country, either you should charge (increasing its credit) it every time when its credit is finished Or its credit is unlimited .. anyway my SIM needs to be recharge after a while. Basically I do that like this via the mobile:

Recharging: *141*{16 digit code}*1#
Seeing the current credit: *141*1#

Based on this, that's depends on the sim provide. But actually apple devices are really rare in my country .. So my sim provider doesn't have much information about how to work with ipad.

All I need is to find a dialer keypad in the ipad.. is there any? If yes where exactly?

Noted that I'm using MTN Irancell SIM card. Well can please somebody tell me how can I both "see current credit" and "recharge it" of the SIM which is into the ipad?


texts: Quicktime video not being saved on Catalina

texts:
After starting a video the Stop button is being displayed as usual:

I then click the stop button ( by the way is there a shortcut for stop?? ) and here is where things are broken: there is no offer to save the buffered video!
Here is the menu: notably the Save is disabled.

So what has happened to Quicktime - and how to fix this?


texts: I want to keep my Notes only on my iPhone 6 and not have them appear in my mail account but I have been unable to disable notes without deleting them from my iPhone. I tried to find the On My iPhone option in Notes settings to set the default account but it is not there, nor is it available in Mail, Contacts, and Calendar settings. Please advise.


texts: Is it possible to make Apple Watch Series 5 measure heart rate (pulse), passively, all the time?

texts:
I bought an Apple Watch Series 5, because I wanted to measure my heart rate, passively, all the time (24/7).

However, I cannot find a way to enable the heart rate monitor, so that it's "on" by default.

Only by opening specific apps, like Pulse, I'm able to start the heart rate monitor, but as soon as I close that app, the monitor stops.

I know that Garmin Forerunner Fenix 5 monitors the heart rate all the time, without the any user-intervention, which is what I want to achieve on my Apple Watch Series 5. Is this possible?


texts: How to send several pings per second? (ping more quickly)

texts:
I was looking into pinging a host 5 times per second. I've read the man page for 'ping' for Mac OSX, but I can't find anything that would allow me to do this. I tried setting the -W switch to 5, to try and force sending more packets faster than the reply is received, but no luck there.

  -W waittime
               Time in milliseconds to wait for a reply for each packet sent.

I ended up using liboping from homebrew.

Is there a reason why I can't control the time gap between ping attempts with the default ping utility?


texts: My MacBook Pro periodically displays ads in a banner on the top right that says "Breaking Apple News"

texts:
I have OSX 10.9.5.  It seems to happen once or twice within a few minutes after I come out of sleep.  A smallish banner on the top right kind of slides in place.  It's always text that starts with "Breaking Apple News" and then it advertises something.

Is this Malware, or did Apple really stoop to this level?  If it's really Apple SW doing this, is it at least optional to disable it?  I paid for my MacBook Pro.  I don't think slide in ads are appropriate here.


texts: Early 2011 MacBook Pro not booting, damaged firmware?

texts:
I have an Early 2011 MacBook Pro (A1286). I upgraded it to macOS High Sierra and I sold it to a friend of mine, who returned it back after few weeks because it stopped booting. It always gets stuck at white screen after the loading bar reached certain level, no matter what booting method we tried - safe mode, recovery, recovery from the Internet.

After few days of several attempts, I had a bad idea of downgrading firmware by using the Firmware Restoration CD 1.9 which was probably not intended to be used with the particular model. At first, the CD did not do anything during booting but I forgot it in the DVD drive. However later during one of reboots, the laptop beeped and probably installed the firmware. Since then, the keyboard does not work and of course, it still does not boot.

Is there any way, how to repair it and install the correct firmware?

UPDATE:

This is probably not related to firmware but some hardware error. I removed the hard drive and installed Sierra on it from different Mac. It still hangs with a white screen.

UPDATE 2:
USBs seem to be dead as well. External keyboard does not work and even the LED indicators do not switch on. The same for infrared mouse which does not light on. Arduino works gets power from the port. Nothing from the USB boots even though it did before.

I also tried a hard drive with Ubuntu which booted before. The screen goes black and stays like that.

I haven't tried CD/DVD as I don't have an option how to eject it then. I even had a problem to remove the Firmware Restoration CD. I had to use a very brute force to get it out.

UPDATE 3 (as of 2018-05-03):
I have tried to boot latest Ubuntu from DVD. The system probably booted as the DVD device was working for several minutes. This time, all I could see was just a black screen. A GPU issue? But I don't know why the keyboard is not working :-/

UPDATE 4:
An Apple service identified a hardware problem on a main board, which would need a replacement. Thank you all for your advices.


texts: Preserving mountpoint names in the Finder for NFS shares

texts:
I am mounting a number of NFS shares, with a Terminal command akin to this:

sudo mount -t nfs -o soft,resvport,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=900,retrans=3,proto=tcp,nobrowse crbn-store-02.hectic.local:/mnt/raid/ /mnt/crbn-projects

The directory for the mount point ("/mnt/crbn-projects") is in place, and the mount command completes succesfully. However, the Finder shows me the name of the NFS directory on the server instead of the name of the mountpoint (it shows "raid" instead of "crbn-projects"). How can I force the Finder to not apply the "beautified" NFS directory names and sticking to the mount point names instead? In the terminal and on the FS all my mountpoints are named properly.


texts:
Since upgrading to iOS 10 and macOS 10.12 at about the same time, I can no longer handoff calls from my iPhone to my Mac.

When a call comes in I get the notification window appearing on my Mac, as before. When I click the "answer" (or whatever it is) button, it pauses for a moment, gives an error message, and then the iPhone disconnects the call.

BT is turned on on both devices, both are connected to the same WiFi, Handoff is turned on on both machines. Any ideas?


texts:
I would like to limit kernel_task's CPU usage on my computer. I provided cooling for my MacBook Pro, cleaned out the internals, and tried resetting the SMC multiple times. I haven't tried re-installing macOS 10.12 yet, but do that every once in a while.

kernel_task's CPU usage often makes my laptop unusable, and the only fix for this is to leave my computer wait until my mouse can move smoothly.

Is there any way to limit kernel_tasks CPU usage during/for spikes?

I have a mid-2012 MacBook Pro (model w/ superdrive), 16gb ram, 1tb+500gb drives


texts: What free WiFi app can I download onto my iPhone 7 so I can text Android phones and call them using iMessage over WiFi with no cell phone service? For can someone tell me how to do be able to call and text Android phones using iMessage


texts: Reclaim deleted partition now Free Space after Yosemite removal

texts: I've installed Yosemite in a second partition. Once I decided to remove Yosemite and go back to Mavericks, I am not able to claim the free space partition in the Disk Utility. How can I reclaim this partition?


texts: Apple Airport - Access DHCP from ethernet connection?

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Is it possible to have a device connected to an Airport Express via the ethernet cable to access the DHCP / sit within the NAT functionality for Internet use?

I have an existing network where a network switch connects to both the cable modem and the Airport Express. This currently works.

I am now trying to add a wired device (an XBox 360) to the switch. All attempts to sit within the Airport's subnet have failed (manual IP setup, tested with various pings, etc). This leads me to the conclusion that all devices receiving DHCP/NAT connectivity must be wirelessly connected.

As the Airport is bridging the connection to the (internet) router, I'd like the XBox sitting within the router. The cable modem has a static IP, which doesn't share well with both the Aiport + XBox trying to use the Internet.

Is there a way to to allow a device connected via ethernet within the subnet / DHCP-controlled zone?

The alternative is to replace it with a wireless router with a built-in switch.

Thanks.


texts: SuperDrive does not accept or read discs. Tried everything. Are they just horrible quality?

texts:
Have an external USB SuperDrive from 2012, most expensive version with DVD writer (says Model: GX40N on the inside).

It stopped accepting discs and stopped reading them. I have searched for info and tried absolutely everything.

The thing is, it's barely been used, only a handful of times. There is zero dust in it. It used to work just fine. Then it stopped accepting discs, but would still read them. Then all of a sudden it stopped reading them too.

When it stopped accepting discs, I have been using a trick to hold the disc in, and perform the eject command, and it will try to push it out, and then suck it in.

No idea why this started happening... But at least it would read the discs.

Then one day it just decided to refuse to read the discs. Now, when I try to read them, it just spits it out immediately, doesn't even attempt to start spinning.

I have tried pushing all kinds of thick and thin, mint condition, CD's and DVD's in it.

I have opened it and blown out any speck of dust.

I have cleaned the lens with Isopropyl alcohol.

It makes all the right noises, everything seems to move/glide perfectly; arms, rotating thing, lens rail.

I have tried it on multiple machines, Macbooks, Mac Mini, Thinkpad+Windows 10, so it's not like it's a driver problem.

Meanwhile, my 20 year old, $20, who-knows-what-brand, DVD writer, in my home PC is chugging along every so happily, not a care in the world. That portable CD player from the 90's works fine too, because why wouldn't it?

When googling I find endless amounts of people having these kind of issues with SuperDrives from various production years, but no real solutions, just "replace it".

Are there any actual solutions that I have missed? Or is the only conclusion that these devices are just absolute trash quality at luxury prices, because Apple?


texts: An iPhone with an ICCID printed at the box is carrier locked?

texts:
I am trying to buy an iPhone 7, but when the seller sent me photos of the box, it had a ICCID (SIM card number) number printed on it, along with IMEI, Serial number and part number.

All other iPhones I ever saw have no ICCID on the box.

Does this mean this iPhone is tied to a carrier?


texts: After typing sudo I can no longer autocomplete commands by pressing Tab

texts:
In a Terminal, if I type beginning of any command by pressing tab I can see the rest of that command.

However this feature does not work with any words I type after sudo.

How can I complete command names even after I write sudo?


texts:
I try to get previous shutdown cause and when it happened but i don't know correct syntax.

syslog -k Sender kernel ???

I need to get date and time in start of the row and shutdown cause number in end of the row which can be negative number too.


texts:
Is there any way to recover your apple ID if you forget both your password and your recovery key?

If this happens: would it mean you wouldn't be able to use your your iOS devices that used that apple ID with activation lock active?

Could you contact Apple to solve this issue?

I hope it never happens to me, but I'd just like to know this.


texts: How to update a MacOS installed in an external SSD beyond Sierra

texts:
My 2015 MacBook Pro 13's internal SSD died during an update yesterday. When I try booting it says there are no drives to boot from. I used Internet Recovery and there is no sign of the internal SSD anywhere.
So, I plugged in a brand new 1 TB external SSD, it installed El Capitan and it worked perfectly. I updated it to Sierra without issues but when I try to update it further to High Sierra and beyond I get a message saying the disk doesn't have a firmware partition. I google this issue and it seems that MacOS versions released after Sierra require a working internal storage disk in order to install. Is it possible install the High Sierra in a USB stick and use that to run the installer?
Edit: It was running Mojave when it died, I had noticed that it was running much slower than usual which is why I tried updating it.
I was also wondering if it is possible to install Windows 10 in a different partition of the same external SSD since the stuff I need for work runs on it, however I can't get bootcamp to work without a internal SSD either.


texts:
I need to mount a .sparseimage from .bash_profile but I don't get how to do it. I tried:

alias of22='hdiutil attach "Documents/OF.sparseimage" -mountpoint "$HOME/OpenFOAM" > /dev/null ; . $HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.2.0/etc/bashrc'

but this gives me:

hdiutil: attach failed - no mountable filesystem

if I double-click on it or I put it in Startup Items it works (but i need also to source the bashrc after the mount)

What's the problem?


texts: How to isolate sys / kernel vars that may cause odd problems and "no mountable file systems" on a high memory system?

texts:
How would one ascertain what the bottleneck is on a system with high memory (128 GB RAM) and starts getting peculiar errors when there's only 10-20 GB remaining free?

I'm getting various odd issues that are not being enumerated in the system log, but include apps not opening sometimes and no mountable file systems.

When I close a significant number of applications, the system begins to start behaving properly again, but doesn't really behave entirely right until a reboot.

I'm assuming that I do not have enough file handles available or my maxproc settings are too low, etc.  What would I need to do to determine the actual limits that are causing problems?


texts: How can I stop my whole screen from flashing white on errors?

texts:
Whenever I access Terminal and press Command ⌘ + Delete ⌫ my screen flashes white.

It also happens when Chrome's Command ⌘ + F returns no results.

Have I somehow messed up my settings?

I already verified that Universal Access » Hearing » Flash the screen when an alert sound occurs was unchecked. I've tried toggling the setting and still get the flash animation.


texts: Why isn't my Qmaster cluster showing up in Compressor?

texts: I created and added two computers to a Qmaster cluster in Qadministrator so that a Compressor export would be faster. However, the cluster doesn't show up in Compressor! What do I do? I have no clue how to fix this, but I really need the extra processing power from the other computer.


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I need to copy "Network Diagnostics.app" into the Mojave Core Services library.

Running "csrutil disable" from terminal doesn't work, says you have to run from Recovery OS. I don't know if I have Recovery OS or not, only Mojave is installed.

Giving Finder "Full Disk Access" under "Security and Privacy" threw errors when I tried to copy the file (a circle with a line through it appeared when I tried to drag and drop).

Giving muCommander (a 3rd-party freeware file manager) Full Disk Access didn't work either, "unable to write to directory" error.

I read that this can be done through the command line, what would the syntax be? Is this correct:

sudo cp \Desktop\"Network Diagnostics.app\MacintoshHD\System\Library\CoreServices\Applications\

Seems strange that I can't run a program as Administrator, but I understand this was a deliberate decision by Apple. Is there a way to accomplish this?


texts: What should I do after my iPhone was stolen?

texts: My iPhone was stolen, what can I do to protect my data and get the phone back?


texts: Can I set up each space to be a different file location?

texts: I have five spaces that I use regularly. I was wondering if there was any way to link each space to a different location; for example, Space 1 would be Users/Me/Desktop, and the others would be locations of my choice, i.e. folders that I have created. Is this possible?


texts: Why is the diagnostic message history not writable as normal user?

texts:
When I use normally the OS as a plain user I get frequent console messages like:

20/05/14 08:21:28,194 SubmitDiagInfo[5376]: Launched to submit Diagnostics and Usage
20/05/14 08:21:28,735 SubmitDiagInfo[5376]: Diagnostic message history store was not writable. Will not submit diagnostic messages.

When I give myself admin permissions and boot up I get instead:

20/05/14 09:02:44,979 SubmitDiagInfo[432]: SubmitDiagInfo successfully uploaded 2241 diagnostic messages.

However when I get back to a normal user I keep getting the former messages, suggesting that disk permissions are somehow broken. Disk Utility doesn't fix them. What magical terminal chmod or chown incantations should I use to give my plain user access to submit bug reports?


texts: Messages having issues logging on recently on Yosemite?

texts:
Just within the last day or two I have had Messages go out on me.  It happened with 10.10 and then the same is occurring with 10.10.1.  I see that others around the web are experiencing the same or a similar issue from the way things are phrased, yet no one seems to have a clear answer.  One individual seems to have gotten some help by talking with Apple and having them look at their Apple ID account and changing something on Apple's end... but after being on hold for an hour and them telling me that they're just going to have to have someone call me back, I thought I'd start asking for some additional input here:

The first indicator of the problem is simply this message in iMessage whilst trying to sign in:

I then discovered the following messages in my system.log associated with each time I attempted to login via iMessage:

com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent): The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
com.apple.SecurityServer[56]: Session 100180 created
com.apple.SecurityServer[56]: Killing auth hosts
com.apple.SecurityServer[56]: Session 100178 destroyed
logind[71]: -[SessionManager getClient:withRole:inAuditSession:]:241: ERROR: No session dictionary for audit session 100180
logind[71]: _SMGetSessionAgent:73: ERROR: __SMGetClientForAuditSessionAgent failed 2
IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent[6887]: SACShieldWindowShowing:925: ERROR: NULL response

Anyone have an idea on what may resolve this?


texts:
When I'm working on MS Office 2011, when I close a document, spreadsheet, presentation, etc., the application stays open. This is confusing (to me anyway) and I find myself having to explicitly quit these apps all the time (to get them out of the way).

Is there a way to quit an app when the last item is closed?

Thanks in advance!


texts:
Here's the thing:
I'm organizing my document (for example to organize papers). I divide them into subsections, (ex: astrophysics & quantum physics) and all those sections have a "Read", "Reading" and "To Read" folders. Could I alias all the files contained in the folder efficiently to have a folder where all papers (or at least their aliases) are present (no matter if they were in astrophysics or quantum physics). I wouldn't mind using automator folder actions if shown how...

Example Folder Structure:

All Read:
    Nice paper I read about astrophysics.alias
    Nice paper I read about Quantum Physics.alias
All Reading:
    Nice paper I am reading about astrophysics.alias
    Nice paper I am reading about Quantum Physics.alias
All To Read:
    Nice paper I should read about astrophysics.alias
    Nice paper I should read about Quantum Physics.alias
Astrophysics:
    Read:
        Nice paper I read about astrophysics.pdf
    Reading:
        Nice paper I am reading about astrophysics.pdf
    To Read:
        Nice paper I should read about astrophysics.pdf
Quantum Physics:
    Read:
        Nice paper I read about Quantum Physics.pdf
    Reading:
        Nice paper I am reading about Quantum Physics.pdf
    To Read:
        Nice paper I should read about Quantum Physics.pdf


texts: Erasing Data from a Water Damaged MacBook Air

texts: I have a water damaged 2015 MacBook Air which will not turn on. I would like to sell it for parts but want to firstly erase all the data from it. I know that one method of doing so safely is just to take out the drive manually, but is there some method to do it for example from another MacBook?


texts: How to monitor and log my internet connectivity on Mojave

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I need to run a program remotely and need to keep my iMac (Mojave) connected to internet for hours. It seems when I leave my iMac, my program will stop running. I suspect that is due to some internet connectivity issue. I have my iMac so that it never goes to sleep when my display does in the power saver.

[Edited: Added] I need to know about internet reachability with a timestamp and Not the time when my program exits!

Are there software or scripts I could run periodically to make a log of this?


texts: IBM Trusteer Rapport... Daemons... Is rapportd part of Trusteer or an Apple MacOS Daemon?

texts:
Working here on problems arising from IBM Trusteer Rapport security software.

Problem: Their daemon rooksd has 60,000 ports open; mac slowed to a crawl.

Question: Is the daemon rapportd part of Trusteer or is it an Apple MacOS daemon? Other comments here say it's Apple. But, IBM Trusteer support says it's theirs.


texts: Chrome keeps creating Application folder in Home folder

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So has anyone noticed Chrome (around version 39?) keeps creating an Application folder in their Home folder?

The only way I've verified that it is Chrome is that after a fresh boot, it was the only app I ran and then the Application folder was created. I still may be wrong that it is indeed Chrome.

Haven't been able to find any documentation on this and how to disable it. Or I may just be searching with incorrect keywords.

So how does one disable this behaviour?


texts:
I have a monitor (LG flatron W2353S 24 inches), a Macbook Pro (Late 2011) Model A1278, and a VGA displayport adapter.

The issue is that when I connect my MacBook to my monitor it detects the monitor as a 47" TV.

The cable works and I can use my 1920x1080 native resolution, but it displays wrong. There's a black large line on the left (like 2 centimeters) and on the right you can see that it's missing a part of the screen.

I think it's a driver issue or maybe the monitor is not compatible with this? This monitor only has a VGA port.

Any anyone suggest other things I can try?


texts: Can I set custom album artwork that isn't included in one of the songs?

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I have a couple of albums in iTunes that are "Various Artists" compilations, and the kicker is that each song has it's own artwork.

Is it possible to add album artwork only to the "album", and not to any individual song, so that I'd see the logo for the game/album on the main iTunes/iOS album view, instead of the first song of the album's art?


texts: Unable to account for 23.6 GB of disk space

texts:
I have a 13-inch MacBook Air, and have been using it for about a year now. There are 23.6 GB of memory that appear to be missing from my hard drive. About This Mac -> Storage shows 91GB of files, of which 61GB are "Other":

The command df -h agrees, showing 91GB used (command output shown below):

    Homes-MacBook-Air:~ BrandonWork$ df -h
Filesystem      Size   Used  Avail Capacity  iused   ifree %iused      Mounted on
/dev/disk1     112Gi   91Gi   21Gi    82% 23864730 5456996   81%   /
devfs          188Ki  188Ki    0Bi   100%      651       0  100%   /dev
map -hosts       0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%        0       0  100%   /net
map auto_home    0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%        0       0  100%   /home
/dev/disk0s3   620Mi  548Mi   72Mi    89%   140256   18434   88%       /Volumes/Recovery HD
/dev/disk3s2    16Mi  9.8Mi  6.2Mi    62%     2503    1581   61%       /Volumes/Disk Inventory X

However, here the problem arises, as when I examine the disk, only 67.4GB are actually used:

I have six user accounts on this laptop due to my family borrowing it repeatedly, and have run Disk Inventory X on all of them, as I was told that other users' files could account for it, as they are not visible to non-admins. None of them had more than 2GB of files. I have also used OmniDisk Sweeper, with similar results. I have seen all of the following possible problems and solutions, to no avail:

Swap files (they are seen by Disk Inventory X)
Temporary caches (restart your computer; didn't help)
False volumes in /volumes (checked; don't have anything weird there)
Viruses (multiple scans with different programs turn up nothing)

On a previous computer, I had a similar problem with eaten memory; turned out to be WinRAR generating huge .txt files, and these could be found with Disk Inventory X.


texts: Microsoft Office 2016 reporting not enough memory

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I have 2016 MBP with Touch Bar, Radeon Pro 460, macOS Sierra 10.12.2 installed. Word 2016 is sluggish and keeps reporting that I either won't be able to undo an action or am not able to perform it at all because I do not have enough memory.

I have 16 gigabytes of RAM, Word consumes about 350MB while working on 40-page document. It doesn't matter if I have 1 or 10 gigs free memory, the message appears regardless of that. I have over 800GBs free on my SSD. Is that another bug in Microsoft's product?


texts:
I prefer to disable the trackpad on my macbook when an external mouse is attached via bluetooth, so that I don't accidentally hit it and to discourage me from using it, which I find un-ergonomic.

However, sometimes I'll move the macbook to the sofa or another room and forget the bluetooth mouse. In those cases I'm stuck with no mouse controller at all. So I would like to be able to re-enable the trackpad. However, I find that hard to do, using just the keyboard.

This is how far I've gotten:

It's that second checkbox I need to toggle, but I can't find a way to manipulate it without a mouse. Can it be done?

I actually did manage it using "Mouse Keys", but... mouse keys are quite annoying, since they disable the regular action of nine buttons on the keyboard. I also tried "Head Pointer", which is even more annoying in my opinion.

So I'm hoping there is some way to use the keyboard to do it, I might have overlooked.


texts: Homebrew command-line to display a formula's homepage

texts:
I can open the homepage for a Homebrew formula by running the following command-line:

brew home <formula>

and for a Homebrew Cask by running the following command-line:

brew cask home <cask>

However, running the above command-lines immediately open the homepage in the default Web-browser.

Is there a way (preferably via command-line) to only display the homepage for a formula or cask without opening it in a Web-browser?

Additionally, is there a way to configure the command-line such so as to open the link in a specific Web-browser?


texts: How can I run Visual Studio for mac as administrator?

texts:
I use Visual Studio for Mac Community 8.4.1 (build 4) on my iMac.
How can I run Visual Studio as administrator? How can I find out if I am in administrator mode?

I need to have rights to read a file that is located in desktop directory:

  string assetPath = "/Users/myname/Desktop/Level2.txt";
  try
  {
      File.SetAttributes("/Users/myname/Desktop/Level2.txt", FileAttributes.Normal);
      byte[] fileContents = File.ReadAllBytes(assetPath);
  }
  catch (Exception e)
  {
      Console.WriteLine("Exception :" + e.ToString());
  }

My code is not working. I get this error message:

"Access to the path \"/Users/myname/Desktop/Level2.txt\" is denied."

Why is the access to the path denied? Will it help if run Visual Studio as administrator?


texts: Drag-dropping M4R Ringtone to iTunes 12.0.1 to appear in iTunes ringtone folder?

texts:
I followed the instructions here for older iTunes but things have apparently changed in iTunes 12.0.1 and iOS 8.1. The drag-dropping and the double-clicking the M4R file do not work anymore. So

How can I create a ringtone to appear in iPhone and iTunes ringtone folder for iTunes12 and iOS8?


texts: Is there any danger to my devices in testing possibly-bad cables?

texts: I've been cleaning out my room lately, and in the process I've dug out several cables, both MagSafe and Lightning, in various states of disrepair. I want to plug them into my devices to see if they still work, but I need to know: Is there any risk of seriously damaging them if a cable turns out to be bad?


texts: Time entries in calendar automatically display month/day/year

texts: When in month view, Calendar in Mavericks (os x 10.9.4) normally displays an event followed by the time. Now calendar automatically adds (after the time) month/day/year. For example, if in month view for September 16, I enter "Jury Duty 8:30 AM," into the box for September 16, Calendar automatically expands this to "July Duty 8:30 AM 9/16/14. Any way to get rid of month/day/year?


texts: To-Do List App with Sync, Repeating To-Dos for daily food tracking

texts:
I'm on a diet plan and I'm looking for a simple repeating  To-Do checklist application for food tracking with the following features:

Sync to a cloud or web-based service where changes can be made
Able to repeat to-dos list
Notes
Groups / Filters / Folders for various food groups such as fruits, vegetables,

Can anyone recommend a to-do app with this functionality?


texts: How do I sync my iPhone 8’s contacts to my 2014 Honda Accord?

texts: I have an iPhone 8 connected to my 2014 Accord via HandsFreeLink (this is different than CarPlay). However, it won’t sync my phone book to my vehicle. I get the error “Unable to import phonebook”. How can I import my contacts to my vehicle? I’m using iOS 11.4.


texts: Will a crontab job wake OS X up from sleep?

texts:
Since OS X has its own task scheduler, launchd, it appears that crontab is a relic.

Hence I'm wondering: Will a cron job (crontab) wake OS X up from sleep?

In case it matters, I'm on Yosemite 10.10.5.

Why I'm not switching to launchd? Laziness:

> man launchctl | wc
     463    2975   27730
> man crontab | wc
      72     433    3577

The man page is a lot larger, and crontab does everything I need.


texts: How do I create an app-specific password for iCloud?

texts:
I'm trying to try out BusyCal, but it requires an app-specific password, and provides an outdated link to old information about how to do this.

The page refers to an "App Specific Passwords section" under the Security settings of the Apple ID site's account management page.  This section does not exist under Security, or anywhere else on that page.

There is almost certainly still a way to create app-specific passwords, but even Apple can't keep their help up-to-date, and even a company whose main product depends on users finding this information can't provide it, so Stack Exchange seemed like the best place to turn.

How (and where) do I create an app-specific password these days?


texts: Can't connect to LAN and internet at same time

texts:
I can't connect to a local network with ethernet and internet through WiFi at same time on macOS. The normal reordering solutions don't work. Here is the first few lines of routing table:

➜ netstat -rn
Routing tables

Internet:
Destination        Gateway            Flags        Refs      Use   Netif Expire
default            10.100.8.1         UGSc          165        0     en0
default            10.125.32.1        UGScI           8        0     en7

The first entry is my WiFi network through which I can normally access internet, and second is the restricted local ethernet connection.

Currently whichever one is set higher in priority works and it seems like I should be able to somehow get it setup to have them both function simultaneously. To clarify, by function I mean I can access intranet sites on ethernet and access regular internet through WiFi.

en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    ether 8c:85:90:cd:ac:f9
    inet6 fe80::9b:9439:d9a8:cf6f%en0 prefixlen 64 secured scopeid 0x8
    inet 10.100.10.27 netmask 0xfffff800 broadcast 10.100.15.255
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
    media: autoselect
    status: active

en7: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    options=4<VLAN_MTU>
    ether a0:ce:c8:17:94:d3
    inet6 fe80::1c6f:20f:65a0:5374%en7 prefixlen 64 secured scopeid 0x11
    inet 10.125.32.139 netmask 0xfffffc00 broadcast 10.125.35.255
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
    media: autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
    status: active


texts: Two laptops authorized to play my iTunes library; what can each laptop see?

texts:
There are two computers authorized to play my iTunes library; one is my main laptop and I sync my iPhone and iPad to this. The second laptop is an old one which I gave to a friend when I upgraded. I have no objections to her playing from my library. However, I am concerned now that she has bought her first iPhone.

When she syncs her device, what data (contacts, mail, texts etc.) will she be able to see of mine and vice versa?

Also if I download Apps will she automatically see them and vice versa?


texts: "Error loading media: File could not be played"

texts:
When I'm trying to watch videos online, they will sometimes fail to play, giving the above error. The odd thing about it is that often it is quite random - it will sometimes give these errors and then run a day later, or be running, and when I leave and come back to it cite the error.

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

I've already tried clearing browser data and history to clear the cache, that failed


texts: How can I rip my DVD to play them on my TV?

texts:
I would like to rip a DVD on to Mac then onto a multimedia device to play them on my TV set.

Is there a software that will help me to do so?


texts: Can you use Touch ID to bypass system password prompts?

texts:
Touch ID on my new MacBook Pro is pretty great, but I only seem to be able to use it to unlock the machine, not bypass/replace my system password once I'm in.

Is there a way to enable this?


texts:
My Windows 7 Laptop HDD crashed. I bought a new HDD and installed Windows on it. I also installed iTunes.

I'm patting myself on the back for setting up full backups of my laptop to an external HDD. I have a backup taken from 2 weeks ago!

All my songs are on an external drive, but I do not have an XML copy of my library.

What do I have to do to restore my iTunes content from the backup?


texts: Can the Early 2016 MacBook (not Pro) Drive Two Thunderbolt Displays?

texts:
This question is NOT about how to connect two Thunderbolt displays — there are plenty of questions asked here about that, but whether or not the graphics chip in the Early 2016 MacBook 1.3 GHz Core m7 (M7-6Y75) has the power to drive two external displays (Apple Thunderbolt Display) at 2560 x 1440 resolution?

Here's the backstory. I have a MacBook Pro connected to two Thunderbolt displays. I am considering replacing it, but I love my dual Thunderbolt displays. I would like to replace it with the newest 2016 MacBook, but concerned it won't have enough power to drive the two displays.


texts: Quitting an app makes the control move to MAMP

texts:
I've suffered a bit from this issue - when I quit MAMP, and then restart the app again, everything works just fine. However, when I quit all the other applications except MAMP, then the control immediately moves to MAMP (, which I opened in another window(Desktop) by the way). So for example, when I use TextEditor and quit it, the app is quit and the window moves to another one since MAMP is located in the window...

So the question is,

Why does this happen?
And why does this ONLY happen on MAMP? I quit other applications numerous times but this issue doesn't occur in those applications other than MAMP.
Finally, why does this ONLY happen when I quit MAMP once and restart it, but does NOT happen when I keep using MAMP from the time of the system login (i.e. no quit and restart since system login)

I use OS X 10.9 Mavericks, and I think this occurred also on Mountain Lion if I remember it correctly.

Thanks.

[update]

I just found the question posted over Apple Support Community, and OP and others there stated that they experienced the issue only after upgrading to Mavericks. And I just found that the issue also happens on Xcode, but it's only when I don't run MAMP.


texts: How can I create text-based aliases? (Local hyperlinks?)

texts:
I need to use deeply-buried files/folders on a hard disk at work. I can create aliases, which is helpful. An alias gives me an icon that I can double-click to open the original. But I would like to create clickable text "hyperlinks" to use in things like Excel spreadsheets, TextEdit, to do lists, etc.

Clicking one of those links would open the corresponding file/folder in Finder. It would function essentially as an html hyperlink, only referencing a local file. That would let me set up my workflow in advance with all the links in place for each project.

Use case:

  TODO:
  • Read the Quarterly Report
  • Review new applicants in the Product Manager Applicant Folder

I have researched automator and aliases but haven't found anything to create text-based aliases. I appreciate any help.


texts: How to remove/delete a partition in single-user mode?

texts:
I have a HD partition that is having problems. I have 3 partitions on that drive.

When the partition is mounted (after boot) the disk can not unmount. However in single-user mode the partition is not not mounted. This would be the best time to delete the partition.

What do I need to type to remove the partition in single-user mode?

Note:
You can use an example with the names disk0s3 and the name of partition "Install".
Also I am using OS X Mavericks.


texts: Macbook Pro 13 Early 2015 Display flickering and show rows

texts:
I have recently bougth a broken Macbook pro 13' Early 2015. The display is the main issue. Infact, when the macbook turns on, the display shows this:

When it goes to login, the display shows this:

The image on the screen is flickering and also there are horizontal rows on the screen.
So I tried to connect the macbook to external display via HDMI cable and there are no issues.
I have tried to disassemble the macbook, but there are not particular issues inside.
I think the issue is not related to graphic card, but to display instead.
I have let to rest the macbook for few days, and today I turned on and the problems disappers. No rows,no flickering on the screen. Anyway after 5 minute the issue reappears.
I have no idea how I can fix it.
Have I to change the display? Assembly or only LCD? Or have I to check display cable?
Thank you


texts: Does locking folders prevent .DS_Store being deleted in certain cases?

texts:
I deleted .DS_Store from folders via terminal using defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores -bool true as the command because the folders were the wrong font size, some size 12, some size 13 and I couldn't find a way to ensure consistent font size or viewing in list for all folders in Finder, upon updating to Big Sur, and it changed the modification dates for some directories of folders containing files that are used for reference but occasionally used.
I had to tediously use a date-changer to fix the relevant folders 'dates.
If I was to lock a folder or series of folders individually via Finder, any deletion of .DS_Store wouldn't affect the locked folders that already had a .DS_Store at the time and the settings within .DS_Store?
In theory, if there's folders you don't want modifying upon opening, locking before doing any delete .DS_Store is a good or bad idea?
As apple.stackexchange is about answering questions, I would appreciate an explanation since I've done some light Google-ing on the topic.


texts: How can a Mac split a single backup to two independent, external drives

texts:
I have been asked to perform an emergency backup of a device showing signs of HDD failure. I'm being provided with two individual external hard drives to accomplish this. Each drive is independently too small for the job, but together their space is sufficient. I can format them however I want and do anything I want with them.

Can Time Machine perform a single backup that is split across two devices, simply writing to one device until it runs out of space and then writing to the second? If not, can I create a RAID 0 array out of two independent external drives? What would recovery look like if I had to restore such a backup from scratch to a new HDD?


texts: Does the Mac still only have one hardware video decoder for the first video, and then it will be software decoder that is used?

texts:
I remember in the past, a PC had one hardware decoder, and say, if any video is being shown, such as on YouTube, iTunes, or perhaps even just a video ad on the web browser, then the hardware video decoder could be used and already busy.
And if that video is paused, and the user start to watch a movie, then the hardware video decoder cannot be used and the software one would be used, and it possibly would not be as smooth as the hardware decoder.
If it is the Mac or MacBook, would it be the same? For example, if it is a mid 2014 MacBook Pro, probably with Intel Iris Graphics, or a late 2015 iMac 27 inch with AMD Radeon R9 M380, would it be the same situation?  However, if I look at the Processor graph when some YouTube video is being paused and then I play another movie from a streaming provider like Netflix or Disney+, then I see that out of the 8 cores (4 of them virtual), 4 cores were at about 40%, and the rest of the 4 cores are near 0. So would that mean the processor itself can decode the video with ease, and therefore no hardware decoding is needed? Does the GPU participate in it, when (1) it is the only video being played, or (2) when there are multiple videos and all are paused except one?


texts:
In my MacBook's networking proxy settings I have "169.254/16" among the list of domains for which to bypass proxy settings:

What purpose does this serve and why do I need it? Can I get rid of it?


texts: Cannot erase and do a fresh install of Mac OS X Mountain Lion on my MacBookPro

texts:
I am trying to erase the hard drive of my MacBookPro and perform a fresh install of Mac OS X Mountain Lion. It already has the said os installed. I have a Mountain Lion installation USB key handy.  When I go through the erase steps in the Disk Utility, the erase button remains grey, so I cannot erase partition containing the already installed OS.

I go into Disk Utility, select the hard drive I want, click erase, but the format window (Mac OS Extended) remains grey. The name bar is untitled, and there is no option available change it. The erase button at the bottom left remains grey, I cannot erase the partition.

How do I resolve the issue?


texts: OS X 10.11 Disk Utility, encrypted dmg password and keychain

texts:
In previous versions of Disk Utility there were checkboxes whether to store the password in the keychain or not while creating an encrypted dmg image. Now there are less options.

Does the new version of Disk Utility safe the password in the keychain by default when an encrypted dmg volumes is created?


texts: After updating oh-my-zsh prompt is weird on startup

texts:
I have been using the default installation of oh-my-zsh (robbyrussell theme) without issues. I just did a 'git pull' and now on startup I see a weird prompt. As soon as I press any key the prompt becomes normal and I can use the terminal without any issues.

I assume something in the startup script got damaged or changed when I updated or possibly the prompt config?

Here is the contents of the theme file:

PROMPT='%{$fg_bold[red]%}<E2><9E><9C> %{$fg_bold[green]%}%p %{$fg[cyan]%}%c %    {$fg_bold[blue]%}$(git_prompt_info)%{$fg_bold[blue]%} % %{$reset_color%}'

ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_PREFIX="git:(%{$fg[red]%}"
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_SUFFIX="%{$reset_color%}"
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_DIRTY="%{$fg[blue]%}) %{$fg[yellow]%}<E2><9C><97>%{$reset_color%}"
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_CLEAN="%{$fg[blue]%})"

I am a Mac OSX and terminal newbie so sorry if it is obvious.

Thanks,
Jarrod


texts: my iPad Air 2 used to text to all apple products and now I can only text to iPods and iPads that use email. I looked at what everyone else did but it didn't help. I get the red error when ever I do try. Please help!


texts: How to repair Mac partitions without Internet Recovery and Rescue USB?

texts:
Resizing the C:\ drive under Windows(bootcamp) corrupted mac partitions. Neither Mac OS X nor Windows are able to boot. Holding the Option(ALT) key shows only Windows, which can't boot.

Internet Recovery doesn't work giving -2002F error.
No other Mac nearby to create recovery USB.
I have only Windows PC with internet in my disposal to fix this.
No single user nor verbose mode loads.

How do I recover the Mac partition table? I heard TestDisk could fix that, but how do I run it?


texts: I've unlocked the Users & Groups preferences pane, nevertheless I'm unable to select the user "username" for deletion. How can I delete the account?


texts: How to connect four monitors to a 15-inch MacBook Pro?

texts:
Considering the latest 15-inch MacBook Pro that has four Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports, I'm wondering if it's possible to connect four 1080p monitors to it.

I'm assuming I could connect three monitors to the three Thunderbolt ports , since one is reserved for power, but how would i connect the forth?

I'm not planing to game or do video editing of this machine, but otherwise, how will the performance be with four monitors (assuming this is possible)

Any ideas?


texts: iPhone 4 is stuck in a boot loop, has a broken power button -- how do I put it in DFU mode?

texts:
I have an iPhone 4 that has a broken power button. There is no warranty because I bought it from my friend.

It has never been a problem because I had AssistiveTouch, until now.

I went to use the iPhone one day and it was stuck in a boot loop.

I have never attempted to jailbreak it or install 3rd party software onto it. When I connect it to iTunes it says that I need to respond on the iPhone before I can restore or sync it. I can't respond because it's in a boot loop and I can't enter DFU mode because the power button is broken.

Is there a way to put the phone in to DFU mode when it's power button is broken?

UPDATE: After I made this post, I plugged my iPhone into a Samsung wall charger and it booted properly. I used it all day, until it died. Once I got home, I plugged it into the charger, and now it's stuck on the boot loop again. When the iPhone booted normally, iTunes allowed me to put files on it, etc. I have already tried RecBoot, and iTunes won't let me sync.


texts: How to import iPhone videos into Instagram without distortion?

texts:
Whenever I take a video with the standard camera app and then import it into Instagram on my iPhone 5S, the video ends up distorted.

A still from the original video:

A screengrab showing distortion:

I suspect this occurs due to the different aspect ratios of the two formats.

Is there any way to either:

Take video in the default camera app in Instagram's 1:1 ratio, or
Crop video in the Instagram app so that it doesn't distort


texts: How to set the default flag color in OS X Lion Mail.app

texts:
Currently, when I use the Command+Shift+L keyboard shortcut to flag a message in Mail.app, it defaults to the first flag in the available list (Red). Instead, I would like the default to be one of the other flag options (Yellow, Purple, Grey, etc.).

Is there any way to do this?


texts: Alternative to pressing home button to stop rearranging apps?

texts: To stop rearranging apps (i.e. after holding the finger down on an app so that they all start to shake, make them stop shaking again), the home button is used. Is there a gesture that does the same?


texts:
This is probably a duplicate. I can't imagine I'm the first person to notice this.

It seems that Safari 6 has removed the appearance tab from the preferences, and with it, the ability to change the default fonts.

How do I change the default fonts for Safari 6?


texts: How to mount a specific file system on a disk image in OSX?

texts:
I have a disk image file containing multiple file systems, such as HFS (Journaled) in addition to Joliet or UDF.  I want to mount whatever non-HFS file system is there.  First, I attach the image without mounting:

$ hdiutil attach -nomount path/to/image.iso
/dev/disk3             Apple_partition_scheme
/dev/disk3s1           Apple_partition_map
/dev/disk3s2           Apple_HFS

Then, the man page for mount seems to say that I can mount non-HFS file systems like this:

$ mount -a -t nohfs /dev/disk3s2 /tmp

But the response is

mount: exec /System/Library/Filesystems/nohfs.fs/Contents/Resources/mount_nohfs for /private/tmp: No such file or directory

which sounds like it just doesn't understand the documented "no" prefix for filesystem types that you don't want to mount.  Is there any way to make this work, or must I know what specific file system I want to mount?
(This motivation for this question involved building CDs for software distribution.  That might not be of interest here.  But people on StackOverflow suggested that there might be more expertise on the mount command on this site.)


texts: What is SafariDAVClient doing hogging up memory?

texts:
I felt that my computer was slow today so I checked Activity Monitor. What I found was a process called SafariDAVClient hogging up 3.32GB of memory.

I am not even running Safari. Has anyone seen this problem? I've recently updated to 10.7.2 and my first suspicion is iCloud syncing. If anyone else is having the same problem, we should probably file a bug to Apple.


texts: Disable a user's ability to unlock a FileVault 2 volume at startup/login time

texts:
I recently performed a clean install of Lion on one of my Macs. The installation process created one administrative user account. After installation, I enabled FileVault for the entire disk. Then, I created an additional administrative user. Both users are able to decrypt the drive during login.

How would I revoke decryption rights to one of the users without deleting the user or temporarily disabling FileVault? I have tried revoking one user's administrative privilege, making them a regular user, but they are still able to decrypt the drive during boot.


texts: I can't find a list of all apps I've ever purchased ( paid $ free). From my iPhone

texts:
I'm trying to find a certain few apps that I know I purchased but I can't remember the name of. I don't have access to my computer right now & there's an app that I really could use right now but I forgot the name of it so I can't just go to the app store and re-install it simply because I can't find it.

I don't, and won't have access to my computers iTunes for a few days. Otherwise I could just plug in my iPhone to my PC boot up iTunes and go through my list of thousands of apps that I've purchased and sync it to my iPhone. So if anyone knows ho I can get a list from my iPhone of every app I've purchased it would be very helpful.


texts: No security options for external hard disk erase in Disk Utility

texts:
I'm trying to erase an external disk drive that I had been using as a backup disk. There are no options for me to securely erase - the option just isn't there at all.

It is currently formatted as MAC OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted).

I have a second HDD drive that when mounted shows the security options when erasing.

Any ideas what is going on here? This is a new problem for me; I'm sure I've secure erased this disk before.

Edit: I've just noticed that the only difference between the two disks is that the one that could be securely erased is down as a 'USB External Physical Volume' whereas the disk I'm having the problems with comes up as a 'CoreStorage logical volume'. Is this the issue?


texts: I have a friend who lives where there isn't very fast Internet connectivity. He has a Mac Book, an iPad, and some iPhones. He has a decent WiFi hotspot. He wants to back up everything, possibly to a disk drive also connected to his home router - either WiFi or wired. He would also like to be able to restore things, should the need arise. Any suggestions?


texts: 13'' Mid-2012 Pro, can I use FireWire to VGA for a triple screen setup?

texts:
I have a mid-2012 13'' Macbook Pro. I'm currently using a Thunderbolt to VGA to use a second monitor.

I'm feeling myself in need for a third monitor for my work. I was wondering if it was possible to use a Firewire to VGA adapter to plug in a third screen?

I'm worried that my Macbook can only support 2 screens, and even if it could support three, I'm not sure I can do that with the Firewire to VGA adapter.

I'm looking for advice from seasoned Apple guys.

(Both external displays would be the same, I don't have the specs here but they're old VGA monitors with relatively low resolution)


texts: I dropped my iPhone 5c and the right hand side of the screen doesn't work but I need to wipe all my data from it, how can I do this using my laptop?


texts: How to move through words and break on punctuation on terminal?

texts:
I changed laptop and I cannot configure my Terminal the way it was.
I had this shortcut to delete words, and when deleting ab-cd.ef_gh, it would go ab-cd.ef_ then ab-cd. then ab- then nothing. So it would break on hyphens and on other such characters. But the behaviour now is to delete the full sequence ab-cd.ef_gh instead of doing it "one by one". How can I do that?


texts:
I have an Azure Point-to-Site VPN over IKEv2 configured and it works well.
The problem is with DNS.

DNS adresses are filled in Advanced tab of the VPN connection but it does not resolve anything.
The DNS server is not listed with command scutil --dns
The VPN connection is not present at output of command scutil --nc list nor with scutil --nwi
I cannot see the VPN connection entry even on the "Set service order" option in Network settings, viz screenshot below (...how humiliating!)

What is going on? What should I do to make it work?

OS X version 10.14.4 (18E226)

ad 2) scutil --dns

DNS configuration

resolver #1
  nameserver[0] : 192.168.1.1
  if_index : 5 (en0)
  flags    : Request A records
  reach    : 0x00020002 (Reachable,Directly Reachable Address)

resolver #2
  domain   : local
  options  : mdns
  timeout  : 5
  flags    : Request A records
  reach    : 0x00000000 (Not Reachable)
  order    : 300000

(and many other "local mdns")

ad 3)
scutil --nc list

Available network connection services in the current set (*=enabled):
(nothing)

scutil --nwi

Network information

IPv4 network interface information
     en0 : flags      : 0x5 (IPv4,DNS)
           address    : 192.168.1.102
           reach      : 0x00000002 (Reachable)

   REACH : flags 0x00000002 (Reachable)

IPv6 network interface information
   No IPv6 states found

   REACH : flags 0x00000000 (Not Reachable)

Network interfaces: en0 ipsec0

4) Humiliating inconsistence


texts: Best Method for Converting An Executable to A Word Doc?

texts: I'm sorting through a bunch of old writings & am running across a large number of files, which are exe's rather than doc or docx or txt or any other normal text doc format. I am almost positive that all of these writings were done in Microsoft Word for Mac (probably) 2004. There are gibberish characters at the header & footers but the body text has all seemed intact, from what I've glanced at. I am curious about how this might have happened, but my priority right now is just reconverting these files back to a simple text format. There are hundreds of documents, mostly notes, but some finished pieces and I would much prefer to not have to go in & remove the junk text from all of them by hand. So...what are my options? thx


texts: Why is my macbook pro non-retina slow to sleep (15-20 s) despite no sleepimage?

texts:
So, the situation:

non-retina macbook pro mavericks OS X or newer
have to wait 15+ seconds for macbook to sleep
already tried setting hibernatemode=0 (no sleepimage)
see the following text after typing pmset -g log in the terminal:

TimedOut InternalPreventSleep "com.apple.powermanagement.darkwakelinger" 00:00:15


texts:
I have tried 3 different apple magic keyboards with my older imac, these specific 8 keys don't work at all,  7 8 9 j k l m . on any of them.
I have a wireless acer and all keys work just fine.
I use macOS Catalina 10.15.7
I use Logic pro X for recording on my imac and really need the shortcuts on the apple keyboard. Is there any hope?


texts: I'm unable to turn off my iphone 4s.  I've attempted several times by holding the top right button down then slide the shut off prompt off but moments later it pops back on.   Currently the phone doesn't hold a charged and gets hot. This activity has been happening for a few weeks.


texts: Renaming the iCloud folder in the Terminal, but not renaming the actual file itself

texts: Is there a way for me to give my iCloud directory a "nickname" in the Terminal, that way I don't have to see "~/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs" in front of each line, but rather, can just see "iCloud" and know I'm in said directory?


texts: Stop Image Capture from opening when a new device is connected

texts: Ok I get how to disable Image Capture from opening for a specific device, but I'm an iOS developer and I work with a lot of devices. Is there a way to stop this ruddy app from launching the first time I connect any new device? It's a serious invasion of privacy when I connect someone's phone and immediately see their photos plastered on my screen for the world to see!


texts: Rating or reviewing an app from the App Store on iOS always silently fails. How to fix?

texts:
Whenever I rate or review an app on from the App Store on iOS, it never saves the rating or review. It only appears to save the rating/review initially, then if I view another app in the store and go back to the previous one, the review isn't saved. If I close the App Store and reopen it, the rating/review disappears.

I can tell that I'm definitely logged in to the App Store as I can see all of my purchases and register new apps to my account.

How do I get the rating/review system to work properly?


texts:
Does anyone know how to get Port Knocking work on macOS Sierra. I couldn't find any useful information after a search.

It works now, thanks for all the help. @klanomath  @jksoegaard. Wish you all the best.

Here are the configurations:

Configuration: /usr/local/etc/ssh-access.txt is empty initially
Configuration: /etc/pf.conf

scrub-anchor "com.apple/*"
nat-anchor "com.apple/*"
rdr-anchor "com.apple/*"
dummynet-anchor "com.apple/*"
anchor "com.apple/*"
load anchor "com.apple" from "/etc/pf.anchors/com.apple"
table <ssh-access> persist file "/usr/local/etc/ssh-access.txt"
pass in quick proto tcp from <ssh-access> to port 22

Configuration: /usr/local/etc/knockd.conf

[options]
        logfile = /var/log/knockd.log
[openSSH]
        sequence    = 7000,8000,9000
        seq_timeout = 5
        command     = echo %IP% > /usr/local/etc/ssh-access.txt
        tcpflags    = syn
[commitFW]
        sequence    = 9000,8000,7000
        seq_timeout = 5
        command     = pfctl -t ssh-access -T replace -f /usr/local/etc/ssh-access.txt
        tcpflags    = syn
[closeSSH]
        sequence    = 5000,4000,6000
        seq_timeout = 5
        command     = echo '' > /usr/local/etc/ssh-access.txt
        tcpflags    = syn

Output when Launch knockd:

config: new section: 'options'
config: log file: /var/log/knockd.log
config: new section: 'openSSH'
config: openSSH: sequence: 7000:tcp,8000:tcp,9000:tcp
config: openSSH: seq_timeout: 5
config: openSSH: start_command: echo %IP% > /usr/local/etc/ssh-access.txt
config: tcp flag: SYN
config: new section: 'commitFW'
config: commitFW: sequence: 9000:tcp,8000:tcp,7000:tcp
config: commitFW: seq_timeout: 5
config: commitFW: start_command: pfctl -t ssh-access -T replace -f /usr/local/etc/ssh-access.txt
config: tcp flag: SYN
config: new section: 'closeSSH'
config: closeSSH: sequence: 5000:tcp,4000:tcp,6000:tcp
config: closeSSH: seq_timeout: 5
config: closeSSH: start_command: echo '' > /usr/local/etc/ssh-access.txt
config: tcp flag: SYN
ethernet interface detected
Local IP: 192.168.8.101
Adding pcap expression for door 'openSSH': (dst host 192.168.8.101 and (((tcp dst port 7000 or 8000 or 9000) and tcp[tcpflags] & tcp-syn != 0)))
Adding pcap expression for door 'commitFW': (dst host 192.168.8.101 and (((tcp dst port 9000 or 8000 or 7000) and tcp[tcpflags] & tcp-syn != 0)))
Adding pcap expression for door 'closeSSH': (dst host 192.168.8.101 and (((tcp dst port 5000 or 4000 or 6000) and tcp[tcpflags] & tcp-syn != 0)))

Knock from client Mac

192:~ vincent-st$ knock -v 192.168.8.101 7000,8000,9000
hitting tcp 192.168.8.101:7000
192:~ vincent-st$ knock -v 192.168.8.101 9000,8000,7000
hitting tcp 192.168.8.101:9000
192:~ vincent-st$ ssh vincent-st@192.168.8.101
ssh: connect to host  port 22: connection refused

After using the proper knock command ssh works:

Knock from client Mac

192:~ vincent-st$ knock -v 192.168.8.101 7000 8000 9000
hitting tcp 192.168.8.101:7000
hitting tcp 192.168.8.101:8000
hitting tcp 192.168.8.101:9000

192:~ vincent-st$ knock -v 192.168.8.101 9000 8000 7000
hitting tcp 192.168.8.101:9000
hitting tcp 192.168.8.101:8000
hitting tcp 192.168.8.101:7000

192:~ vincent-st$ ssh vincent-st@192.168.8.101
The authenticity of host '192.168.8.101 (192.168.8.101)' can't be established.

RSA key fingerprint is SHA256:6AlMpQmxODOueRS+faoODOueRS+ODOueRS+fa.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added '192.168.8.101' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.

Password:

Last login: Tue Jul 11 01:14:56 2017 `


texts: Is there an SVG version of the Finder icon from macOS Big Sur?

texts:
In a project I'm working on, we have icons to represent different platforms. Since we support both macOS and iOS, we don't want to use the Apple logo for either because it's ambiguous between those two platforms. Currently we are using the Finder icon from macOS Big Sur.
However, we are looking to replace the platform icons with SVG files (preferably lightweight ones), so that they will look great at any resolution, while being smaller in file size. Is there any way I could get an SVG version of this icon without re-creating it?


texts: How do I charge my iPhone 6 without it being on the whole time?

texts: I've tried shutting off my iPhone 6 AFTER plugging it in to charge, and it will turn back on.  How can I make sure it stays off while charging so that it charges more quickly?


texts: Is it possible to lock the position, or delete the options for earlier or later, of the Calendar app on OS X?  I don't want anything before 8am or after 10pm, but the calendar moves too easily, so I may not always be aware of some entries.


texts: How to use TestDisk to recover a formatted Time Machine drive

texts:
I bought a new portable drive to use as my Time Machine drive, but stupidly forgot to backup some files from the old Time Machine drive before I formatted it, and now I need to recover some files. I searched through this website and found that TestDisk has been repeatedly suggested for this situation. I have downloaded it but found it rather cryptic to use. Its website does not have much help either. Can anyone walk me through how to use Test Disk please? Thank you

EDIT: More details
My original partition was this:
Partition 1: Time Machine, 600GB
Partition 2: Regular backup drive, 400GB

Current Partition:
Partition 1: Time Machine 1, 500 GB
Partition 2: Time Machine 2, 500 GB
Two Time Machines for two devices.


texts: What is the difference between SSD and flash drives in the latest MacBook Pros?

texts:
What is the difference between an SSD and the flash drive in the latest MacBook Pros? The only difference I've noted is the price, because MacBook Pro with retina display costs $2799 with a 512 GB flash drive. At the same time, MacBook Pro without the retina display costs $2199 plus $800 for a 512 GB SSD, for a total of $2999, and a difference of $200 from the MacBook Pro with retina display.

So what is the difference between the two types of drives?


texts: How to change iOS app "developed by" name?

texts: I have developed an iOS app using Phonegap technology. I have uploaded it on Apple App Store & it has been approved, is ready for sale & is live on AppStore. The problem is that I want to change developed by name of the app. How do we change it? Can anyone guide me?


texts: Calendar widget on Mac showing no events

texts:
I'm running macOS High Sierra on my MacBook Pro and I do have events in my calendar app. However, it is not showing any events on the calendar widget in the Notification Center. I have tried deleting cache several times but no luck.

How can I resolve this?


texts: dock folders - how to view list/grid/fan on hover & open in finder with 1-click

texts:
I feel that its slowing my productivity, to have to click on the dock folders to see the list of contents.

Are there any apps or tweaks that will enable me to view the contents automatically when hovering the mouse over the folder.

I would also like to be able to 'open in finder' in 1-click, instead of the 2-step's of clicking on the folder, then selecting 'open in finder'


texts: Can anyone recommend an app for creating flowcharts and diagrams?

texts:
I'm seeking a Mac app for creating basic flowcharts and similar diagrams.

Google has been no help; I've followed dozens of links to apps that either don't exist anymore, I can't find any real reviews of, or that won't run on OS X 10.6.6.

What I'd really like:

A simple and clean interface
Basic shapes
Automated connectors that stay linked as you move shapes around
Inexpensive, preferably under $30 but definitely under $50

What I'm not looking for:

Hundreds of shapes
Default styles that have shadows and textures and such that I have to keep removing
Dozens of amazing features that allow you to automatically map databases and draw UML diagrams from code and such (I'm looking at you, Visio) that I have to constantly navigate around to make a few basic diagrams
A mind-mapping app with all the features such a thing entails, one that happens to also let you make basic diagrams
A full-fledged drawing app where, once again, I have to maneuver around a whole bunch of features and options to get to the basic functions I need.  (I have Illustrator, I love Illustrator, but it's crap for basic flowcharts and other simple diagrams.)

I wouldn't actually use it for flowcharts, but rather basic similar diagrams to show data flow between apps, information flow in a company or other places, that kind of thing.

I recently found out that the drawing portion of Google Docs actually does a pretty good job with the types of diagrams I need to create, but the UI is pretty poor and it obviously requires a constant net connection.


texts: Is JMicronATA.kext part of Yosemite? And others

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There is a file JMicronATA.kext in my GF's iMac in /System/Library/Extensions ... is this an official part of OS X? Or can it be deleted? I ask because its modification date is 2012 and in System Report it shows that it's Not Signed and not loaded.

As well there are these kexts in /Library/Extensions which do not show to be from Apple, are not loaded, and many are from 2013:

ACS6x.kext
AcrMSR.kext
ATTOCelerityFC8.kext
ATTOExpressSASHBA2.kext
ATTOExpressSASRAID2.kext
CalDigitHDProDrv.kext
HighPointIOP.kext
HighPointRR.kext
PromiseSTEX.kext
SoftRAID.kext

What are all these and why are they in /Library/Extensions instead of /System/Library/Extensions if they are officially part of OS X Yosemite? If they're not, how can I identify where they came from? Why would they still be there after I just reinstalled Yosemite yesterday?

How can you tell what's an official part of the system, and what isn't? How can you uninstall 3rd party crap, short of rooting out individual files from within alllll of the folders in the three different Library folders, not to mention anything hidden in the /private directory??

Thanks.


texts: How to periodically show alert message *in foreground*?

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I want to have an alert / dialog box to fire up periodically in foreground.

I tried a combination of AppleScript and launchd and managed to have the script (actually converted to a app) fired up periodically via launchd. However, the alert box does not show up in front of all other windows (rather totally hidden until I tab to it – though it does get started via launchd). How can I get it in front?

My script is as follows:

on run
    activate me --> tried to get alert in foreground
                --> didn't help, though
    display alert "Should show up in foreground..."
end run

My launch.plist is (in /Users/bernhard/Library/LaunchAgents/):

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

    <key>Program</key>
    <string>/Users/bernhard/programming/periodic.app/Contents/MacOS/applet</string>

    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>

    <key>StartInterval</key>
    <integer>1200</integer>
</dict>
</plist>


texts: How to rescue light red Time Machine backups

texts:
Today I've been looking for deleted by mistake folder. Time machine should help me, right?
But when I entered time machine (after multiple errors saying "Can't connect to a current Time Machine backup disk."), I saw my backups in light red, which means it's now available and nobody knows why (thanks Yosemite):

What to do? How to recover this backups?


texts:
I constantly find myself ⌘CMD+Space to do some arithmetic based off numbers I have in front of me. The problem is, as soon as I've entered the first operation, Spotlight expands and opens over some/all of the source of my numbers.

Is there a way I can add an opacity to the Spotlight overlay so I can see through it to the windows below?


texts: How can I stop the Photos app showing the "What's New Photos" screen every time I launch it?

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I'm on macOS 10.13.3, and every time I launch the Photos app, I get the following screen, showing "What's New Photos". I have to click the "Get Started" button to access my library, which works every time, but is a bit of a nuisance.

This seems like a bug in the app, but perhaps there's some sort of work-around. Does anyone have any tips?


texts: How do I use llvm-profdata in Mac OS X Yosemite?

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I have a simple question: how do I use the llvm-profdata binary provided by XCode's Command Line Tools in the terminal?

I have installed the Command Line Tools and could see the binary in /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/, like this:

$ ls /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/ | grep llvm
llvm-cov
llvm-profdata

I know I could make it work by adding the path to /etc/paths, but I'm not sure what other side effect will occur if I do that.

For reference, here's my current /etc/paths:

$ cat /etc/paths
/usr/local/bin
/usr/bin
/bin
/usr/sbin
/sbin

I also have homebrew installed, if that matters.


texts: Can you charge an iPhone 5 from a standard, non-Apple Micro USB cable?

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Someone who has the new iPhone 5 said you can charge it from a regular Micro USB port but he's not tested it.

Can you?


texts: iSight cable for mid 2009 macbook pro 13" help

texts: If my iSight camera no longer works and neither does my bluetooth, should my wifi still technically be working? Aren't they all co-dependent(if that makes sense) or can the fact that my wifi is still functional mean that the iSight camera still works and it's a software problem.


texts:
My Early 2008 Mac Pro won't boot.  Won't do much, actually.  This is what I've done:

replaced the power supply
removed DVD player
removed all RAM
removed all video cards (I have a handful of wonderful flavours)
no drive at all (although I have a single HD with fresh test OS (I forget which OS though, but compatible as I've had it running on this box)
replaced the CR032 battery with a tested battery having ~3V

BTW I've been referring to Mac Pro Service Source Manual but it has a different LED layout, so it's extra confusing.
The box powers-up, with the fans spinning, front LED solid white.  Nothing else.  No chime.  Tried pushing the SYS_RST and nothing happens.  I'll include an actual pic of my LEDs when in this state.

Not sure what to do at this point.  Any insight appreciated how I can make this do something.  It is sitting in my garage which is ~6°C at the moment, so it's not overheating at all half a second before startup.  BTW I thought the similar white button TOP RIGHT of the motherboard was the SYS_RST, not the one in the image.  I need some clarification on that.


texts:
I want to use iBooks to read the pdf I have synchronized on my old Iphone 4 (iOS7). I can't install it from the appstore on my phone because the latest version of iBooks require iOS 10.

It says "This app needs iOS 10.0 or later"

But according to this link, I can install it through iTunes and then synch it with my phone to get an older version.

Except for the fact that in iTunes (latest version) on my 2 computers (Win10) I can't click on the "get it" button, it is grayed out like shown on the capture :

But I can download any other app without any problem.

So how can I get iBooks on an Iphone 4 OR any free app wich allow me to read pdf (not from links or mail, but the one I've synch with my phone) ?


texts: Mac OS X 10.6.8 server migration to new hardware (not Lion)

texts: I have a aging iMac with 10.6.8 server, user accounts in OD, and user shares.  We have a newer mac mini with 10.6.8 server that I want to transfer over to.  Can you tell me the steps/document to help me accomplish this?  I see the apple doc for xfer to Lion, but not 10.6.8


texts: suggestd taking too much memory overnight on 10.14 Mojave

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It's not the first time my Macbook wakes up and I find it very slow because suggestd took 6-10 Gb of memory out of 16. Only kill -9 helps.

I have the latest 10.14.6 Mojave. I am not willing to upgrade to 10.15.

In Spotlight settings, only "Applications" and "Settings" are enabled. There is a very limited amount of them, so it doesn't look like suggestd is functioning properly.

Can I fix it? If there's no known fix, how do I diagnose what is going wrong?


texts:
I friend of mine has no space left on her iPhone, so we bought a external harddrive and try to transfer the photos and videos from the iPhone to the harddrive. I am using windows 10.

I unlocked the phone and connected it to the computer, it appears in the file explorer.

I was able to move all files appearing in there to the external harddrive (I was unable to delete the folders btw, I had to open each folder and delete all files there...)

I thought that was it, but if I open the iPhone and go to photos then there are still thousands of photos, even though the folder "Internal Storage" appearing on windows is empty.

There are also still photos and videos on the iPhone which are not on the external harddrive.

What is going on?

How can I move all media from the iPhone to the external harddrive?!

I also tried it via iTunes, but the "synchronize" field is grayed out even after restarting windows.

I also tried to transfer all the files from iCloud to the computer, but there is a limit of 1000 Photos.
So I installed iCloud for Windows, but the software does not work. The sync is not triggered at all.

Update: I figured out that I have to trigger the synch by clicking on the icon on the down right in the tray. Now I can synchronize the data between the computer and the iPhone