texts: How to change which Aiport Express a MBP is connected to?

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So I have a Time Capsule which creates my wireless network, and I have an airport express which extends the network. However, when I open Airport Utility, it says that my Macbook Pro is connected to the Time Capsule, not the Airport Express, even when I'm sitting right next to it. How do I change it so that it connects to the Express?
Thanks.


texts: Why won't iPad connect to my mail server?

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I have just got an iPad and tried to set up my mail server.

I have a server that has SMTP on port 25 and IMAP configured on the default port 143, nothing special.

In addition, I have port 144 for secure IMAP and 26 for secure SMTP. SSL is a self signed certificate for a custom root that is installed in all devices that allow it.

I use SSL exclusively here and every laptop, desktop and other device works fine with it.

I first tried to set the iPad up with this, but when it did not work, I deleted the account and tried the non secure standard 25/143.

After main attempts (and failures) I did discover that I can send messages fine on both standard and the secure SMTP (indicating no problems with the SSL certificate).

I turned on logging on my mail server and found the message

TCPConnection - SSL handshake with client failed. Error code: 2, Message: End of file,

I get this when trying both SSL on and off.

I tested it on an iPod touch that was here and it works fine on both Imap Secure and standard.

Thanks in advance!

edit---

I found the enterprise tool, and managed to pull a log. I have cleared the log, then go in to mail and the following occurs:

Thu Nov 11 15:33:50 unknown MobileMail[47] <Warning>: Error: Tried to get message at 0, but we only have 0 messages.
Thu Nov 11 15:33:50 unknown MobileMail[47] <Warning>: Error: Tried to get message at 0, but we only have 0 messages.
Thu Nov 11 15:33:50 unknown MobileMail[47] <Warning>: Error: Tried to get message at 0, but we only have 0 messages.
Thu Nov 11 15:33:50 unknown MobileMail[47] <Warning>: Error: Tried to get message at 0, but we only have 0 messages.
Thu Nov 11 15:33:50 unknown MobileMail[47] <Warning>: Error: Tried to get message at 0, but we only have 0 messages.
Thu Nov 11 15:33:50 unknown MobileMail[47] <Warning>: Error: Tried to get message at 0, but we only have 0 messages.
Thu Nov 11 15:33:50 unknown configd[24] <Debug>: CaptiveNetworkSupport:UIAllowedNotifyCallback:63 uiallowed: true
Thu Nov 11 15:35:14 unknown MobileMail[47] <Warning>: Error: Tried to get message at 0, but we only have 0 messages.
Thu Nov 11 15:35:14 unknown MobileMail[47] <Warning>: Error: Tried to get message at 0, but we only have 0 messages.
Thu Nov 11 15:35:14 unknown MobileMail[47] <Warning>: Error: Tried to get message at 0, but we only have 0 messages.
Thu Nov 11 15:35:14 unknown MobileMail[47] <Warning>: ERROR: MFMessageErrorDomain/Socket Read - The connection to the server "ezpcltd.com" failed.

Straight after the last line, the device flashes the "Cannot Get Mail" message.


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I have an external hard drive in an enclosure that plugs into the firewire port of a Mac Pro, and it is not recognized. I connect the device to the firewire port, and this is what it shows:

Any ideas on how to make the drive be recognized? Disk Utility does not see it, and neither does diskutil on terminal. Running Lion on a MacPro 4,1.

Added: I just noticed the power went out, so the drive might have shut down improperly. Is there a software to correct the drive again?


texts: Apple Music is too loud for the first few seconds after resuming

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When I press «play» in Apple Music on macOS Big Sur, for the first 1-2 seconds it's playing the music much louder than it should, and then returns to the normal volume level.
Volume in Apple Music is set to 100%, I've tried to turn on «Sound Check» with no success.
Tested on MacBook Pro 13 M1 with integrated audio and MacBook 12 2017 with external sound card, both with Big Sur 11.1.
How to fix it? I think it's dangerous for both headphones and my ears.


texts: I lost my iPhone yesterday and I didn't turn on mobile data, so I couldn't use Find my iPhone to locate it. I have tried to call many times, but no one answers and the phone keeps ringing. That means my iPhone is still active with my SIM card. Does anybody know how can I locate my iPhone? (I use a Vodafone SIM card and I purchased my phone on plan.)


texts: Do Terminal processes stop if Mac sleeps?

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I'm running some Python machine learning programs through Terminal that take hours at a time to finish. If I leave my computer unattended it hibernates - the screen goes off and I have to type in my password again.

When this happens, does my script get cancelled, paused, or continue the same? I would hate to think that my script could be 99% finished, and then gets aborted because my computer went to sleep.


texts: Rebuild partition table on external HDD - not writable

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I have an external hard drive formatted with 3 HFS+ partitions. To cut a long story short I had it connected to a Windows PC and accidentally started formatting the drive to NTFS. As soon as I realised what was happening I disconnected the drive, but the partition table is corrupted. I used TestDisk to gather info about the partitions, and tried to use pDisk to rebuild the partition table, but when I try to do that, I get the message that the partition table is not writable, the device is busy. Anyone know how I can rewrite the partition table?

Update:

The TestDisk results are like this (for settings on Apple Partition Map - I don't know if this is the correct settings, but it's the only one which gives 3 distinct partitions):

Start:     262208 End:  419692607 Size: 419430400
Start:  419954752 End: 1258815551 Size: 838860800
Start: 1259077696 End: 1953525151 Size: 694447456

Does that look OK?


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I was trying to set up Google Calendar on my new Mac. After following the steps from this Google support article, I ran into this absolutely useless error message:

Any ideas how to fix it?


texts: OSX 10.13 Font rendering problem - Dell U3417W, ultrawide curved displays look awful.

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I realize this question has been asked before, but there seem to be about 50 different posts all offering different answers which haven't solved my issue.
I have a 2017 Macbook Pro. I just picked up a Dell U3417W.
My fonts look like crap. Everything is super pixelated unless i zoom my screen to about 175%. Even then, all of the text looks like it has a slight red hue around some of the letters. Is this just a result of me being used to retina display?

Prior to this i used an old 2008 Apple Cine Display. The text on that monitor wasn't retina or even 4k, but the fonts look significantly better.

I am currently using a DP to MDP cable.

Am i just stuck until someone releases a 34" 4k monitor?
is there any way to improve the font quality now?

Thanks !


texts: Does moving photos to multiple USB drives make the photos decrease in quality?

texts: Does moving photos over and over again make the photos decrease in quality? In either device?


texts: How to install terminal application globally?

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So I mess around with terminal once in a while. Occasionally I find I have to compile from source with the usual:

./configure
make
(sudo) make install

I'm trying to install gtk+ following the instructions on the build page of:
https://wiki.gnome.org

it suggests using a different account for those who have macports or fink installed. So thats what I'm doing.

I realized this means some stuff won't be available, but I'm literally scouring the internet for obscure packages that apparently I don't have, because I can't get past step one: install a bunch of supporting modules. I have XCode installed.

Why isn't at least some of the stuff I installed in my main account showing up for all users? I thought source installation did this by default? like in /usr/bin or /usr/lib?

I don't want to mess with my path too much as the whole point was to have a clean path free of macports/fink influence (I had both).

IDK what the issue with macports/fink is exactly, but is it possible to link against main libraries without linking macports/fink?

EDIT: Is it possible to make some ports selectively available for all users but not all?
I don't fully understand what exactly about macports (maybe just some of the ported utilities) doesn't work with gtk+ and jhbuild. But maybe thats a start


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Whenever I start up my old Mac Mini, I get an error indicating that it can't connect to an SMB share that I set up a long time ago:

So that this question is findable via Google, the text of this error message is:

Connection failed
The server "PROSECCO.STUDY.LOCAL" may not exist or is unavailable at this time.  Check the server name or IP address, check your network connection, and then try again.

I'd like to remove this connection, so that the Mac never tries to connect to the Samba share on the other (long-since expired) computer, but I can't find where to do this.  Can anyone tell me how to do this?  (The share doesn't appear in the Finder anywhere that I can find, and it's not shown anywhere under System Preferences ... -> Networking -> Advanced...)
(This Mac Mini runs Mac OS X 10.6.8, and is one of the models that isn't upgradeable to Lion.)


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My wife's iPhone went crazy over the past week.

There is a large number of calls to and from Romania in it's call log (5-10 a day). These include outgoing, incoming and missed calls (all of which she never initiated or received).

Most calls are under a minute but some are as long as 29 minutes. The phone never rings or vibrates. Also, it seems the conversations only appear in the call log on the phone as they are not visible on our account with the phone carrier.

Both EE and Apple are clueless as to what's going on.It looks like we are actually seeing somebody else's call log.

Has anyone encountered such a problem? Any suggestion on what we could try to stop this?


texts: Sort folders first, then files [El Capitan]

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I am aware there are many posts about this problem, but many are just workarounds for Finder. However I use console more often then Finder because of programming.

I am also aware of something like this (after getting coreutils):

alias ll='gls -la -h --group-directories-first'

But thats just another 'plugin' or external utility, which does the job well but doesn't answer my question.

I also found out that Dropbox web also sorts your files according to the User Agent. If it is changed from the Develop menu in Safari to IE or Firefox/Chrome (Widows) then it sorts folders first.

I get that OS X and Windows must be rebels so they use different sorting but frankly it's a mess when you got plenty files and they all get mixed up.

Does OS X have a system wide setting for this so when I type ls -la output is sorted folders first then files and both are alphabetically ascending (a to z)? Or is the sorting mechanism related to the implementation of program/application which is displaying files?


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Back in the day, I remember having an e-mail program (perhaps it was Eudora?) that could schedule the sending of mail, so when composing a message, you could set some preference for when it would be sent. The message would be composed and queued up, but would not send until the computer was connected to the internet at or after the schedule time.

Is there a way to duplicate this feature in Apple Mail? Specifically, I want to compose a message, but rather than clicking "Send", I click "Delayed send" (either from the Services menu, the AppleScript menu, or, ideally, from an icon magically added to the Mail toolbar, but I don't expect that will be easy to pull ofF). When I do this, I'd get a dialog box asking me when I want to send the message. I enter the information, and the message is queued up and will be sent at the soonest time after the scheduled send time/date when the computer is on and connected.


texts: How do I access the backup of my iPod Touch?

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I backed up my iPod Touch (4th gen) a few months ago on iTunes. My iPod has subsequently died and I want to get at the photos and videos from the backup. But I can't seem to find them anywhere.

Where are they stored, and how do I get access to them?

iPod Touch 4th gen, iTunes on a Windows machine.


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I have an AppleScript Automator application that, when double-clicked, opens FTP and displays an alert confirming the same. It is working perfectly as expected. However, I am looking to make it a tad more intuitive so that it opens FTP ONLY if FTP isn't already open. If FTP is already open on my system, the app should close it.

So, basically I want to use the app as a toggle switch which opens or closes FTP depending on its prevailing status. The code I am currently using to open FTP and display the alert is as follows:

set ipaddr to IPv4 address of (get system info)
set sun to short user name of (get system info)
do shell script "sudo -s launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ftp.plist" with administrator privileges
tell application "Finder" to display alert "FTP Launched and ready for file-transfer" & character id 8233 & character id 8233 & "User Name: " & sun & character id 8233 & "IP address: " & ipaddr

Can anyone please point me in the right direction? Is there any system variable that can be used to retrieve the FTP status? On Terminal, I could use this:

ftp localhost

And the results would tell me if it's open or closed. But how can I let AppleScript know the same?

Additional info: Output of "ftp localhost" on Terminal

Here's the result of ftp localhost when FTP is closed:

And here's the result when FTP is open:

Here, I just hit return without any input and then it gives this:


texts: Sudo keeps asking for password, despite that NOPASSWD already set

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The following sudoers configuration used to work well in MacOS 10.8.5, several days ago I upgraded to Mavericks, NOPASSWD flag does not seem to work anymore:

# User privilege specification
root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
howard  ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
%admin  ALL=(ALL) ALL

Mavericks' sudo still asks for entering password.

Is there any resolution/workaround?


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I tried to install Ubuntu by following this tutorial, however finding out that when I tried to boot Ubuntu it gave me the message operating system missing.

Does anyone has an idea what I should do now, or maybe help in providing another solution?


texts: When an old iPhone 3 can connect to WiFi but not associated with a Cell Phone carrier, can it still send files?

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I have an old iPhone 3 that was using AT&T as the phone carrier.  But since June 2010, I started using the iPhone 4 and that iPhone 3 has no phone carrier any more.

It connects to my home network using WiFi.  But when I try to send my old Notes written on the iPhone 3 by email or view weather or stock data, it can't access the network.

Is it true that an iPhone 3 that has no phone carrier won't be able to use the WiFi to send or receive data?  Thanks.


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In Chrome, where the autofill list can be shown with two down-arrow keystrokes, or with clicking the mouse once.

I'd like to be able to open the Chrome autofill list with some other keystroke rather than having than having to shift my hand over to the arrow keys or the mouse.

Are there any keyboard equivalents to the up/down arrow keys?
Perhaps something like ctrl+j or ctrl+k?


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In the place where I work, there is excellent wireless coverage, but it is a "guest" network...that means you can connect to the wifi hotspots (they all have the same name), but before you can begin browsing/checking email/doing any data transfer - you have to open up Safari and click a small button at the bottom of the usage agreement to be authenticated. From there on out it's just as if you were on any normal data network/wifi.

The problem is that it will not leave me authenticated for very long if my iPhone is in standby. Sometimes after authenticating, using the internet etc., and putting the iPhone to standby I re-open the iPhone within 2-3min or so, it stays logged in. However, most of the time it will require me to go back into safari, and attempt to browse to any webpage before presenting me again with the same agreement.

I am wondering if there is a way to automatically accept this agreement upon connection to wifi with a certain SSID. This would be a huge time saver, save a lot of battery power.


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I have been leaving my iPad plugged into my dock and just keeping the Remote app running to display the album art.

Which leaves me wondering, is there some sort of 'live news feed' app that I can get for my iPad just to display my rss feeds in a glanceable manner which will automatically update my rss feed?


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I am trying to enabled the Chrome policy EnableLSha1ForLocalAnchors on my Mac running Sierra and unfortunately have not had much luck! So far I have tried the following:

Opened the com.Google.Chrome.manifest file
Changed the code below to set the  values to 1 and saved the file
Restarted Chrome and confirmed that the setting is not shown as enabled when viewing chrome://policy/

What am I doing wrong? This seems very complicated compared to how it is handled through the Windows registry.

Thank you

    <dict>
        <key>pfm_description</key>
        <string></string>
        <key>pfm_name</key>
        <string>EnableSha1ForLocalAnchors</string>
        <key>pfm_targets</key>
        <array>
            <string>user-managed</string>
        </array>
        <key>pfm_title</key>
        <string></string>
        <key>pfm_type</key>
        <string>boolean</string>
    </dict>


texts: Safari opens tabs by itself and launches Mail

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I am using Safari Version 7.1 (9537.85.10.17.1) on OS X Version 10.9.5  Which I got free from Apple when they were offering it.  My Mac is about 5 years old.

When I open Safari it usually opens on the 3 tabs I closed it with (gmail, Facebook, twitter).  Sometimes I leave a random site open to read later.   I like the way it opens with the tabs I was viewing last time.  This works pretty well.

Lately I have noticed that when I open Safari it has 50 or more tabs open and one of them opens my Mail program which I never use (I have my comcast mail sent to a folder of the same name in gmail since I rarely use it).  What is going on here?  Is it a glitch or should I start entertaining paranoia about being cracked?


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Using OS X 10.11.3, Mac Pro 5,1, 32GB RAM, Radeon HD 7950 (Sapphire) graphics card w/ 3GB VRAM. I have a multiple monitor setup with displays not having separate Spaces. Usually, when using a shortcut key to change spaces, I see a nice animation where one space slides to the left, and the new space slides in from the right.

However, once I have around six "desktops" and/or a certain number (unknown) of windows open, the animation displays a black screen when sliding the new space into place. Happens in both "directions" - the current space slides left/right, and the black screen slides in. Once the changing of the space is complete, the black goes away and the desktop reappears. This video shows the phenomena at 0:15s.

Anyone encounter this and find out why this might be occurring? Never happened with the same hardware using OS X versions prior to 10.10.


texts: How can I restrict only iPad to be connectable to USB port of Mac?

texts: I would like to allow iPads to be connected to Mac for provisioning of applications on the devices, but would also like to prohibit any other device from being connected to USB port for security reasons. Would you please let me know what is the mechanism to be adopted to achieve this?


texts: MacBook Pro (Tiger): Get keyboard defaults to stick

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I have a circa 2007 MacBook Pro with fully-patched Mac OS X Tiger installed.  I recently plugged an OEM USB keyboard into the laptop after leaving my Mac keyboard at home one day.

Now that I'm back on my Mac keyboard (and just the laptop's keyboard for that matter), the control/command/option keys are all switched around after every reboot and after waking up from sleep mode.

I have to go in to System Preferences > Keyboard > Modifier Keys and Press the "Reset Defaults" button to get my control/command/option keys mapped back to their normal configuration.

I don't have to change any of the drop down options, they're already correct.

I've searched in vain to find a way to clear out the offending settings the OEM keyboard must have injected into the configs.  How can I fix this without reinstalling everything?


texts: Is there any way to REMOVE alert default from All day events?

texts: I have not been able to figure out a way to remove that default alert of one day events in iCal? Is there any way of doing it? I use quite a bit of full day events as remainders of things, and I hate that I always have to go and manually remove the alert of each event.


texts: App to run Chrome web extensions on iPad

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I have now moved from Android to iOS. In Android , I used Yandex Browser in which I can use Chrome web extensions. But in the Yandex Browser iOS app f, I can't download chrome web extension.

Does anyone know of a browser on iOS that allows the use of Chrome web extensions?


texts: How do I take a screenshot in iOS without hitting the Home Button and the Power Button?

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I would like to take a picture of this Apple Pay popup, while TouchID is active. However this seems impossible to do, since the TouchID sensor is also the home button, which prevents a screenshot from being taken.

Is there any alternative to taking a screen shot?


texts: macOS Sierra How do disable Siri prompt?

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After upgrading my wife's iMac to macOS Sierra 10.12.0, she chose to disable Siri from the System Preferences for her own reasons. Now, every time we press the play/pause button on one of the older white infrared Apple remotes, the following dialog appears:

Is there a way to prevent this from displaying, even if it means somehow nuking Siri altogether?


texts: What's the optimal Handbrake setting to convert AVI for editing in iMovie/Final Cut?

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A friend has a Canon still camera (the PowerShot G9) that has a movie mode. My research shows that the camera produces 30 fps VGA-sized AVI files (probably uncompressed). She wants to send the footage via iDisk or Dropbox to someone else to be edited (in iMovie or some flavor of Final Cut), but is being frustrated by the large AVI file sizes (more than a MB/sec). I know that she'll want to convert the raw movies in Handbrake before sending, and I've seen with my own movies that converting AVI to some version of MPEG4 can result in significant size reduction.

Two parts to this question:

What is the optimal Handbrake setting (preset preferred; this is a non-technical user) to convert AVI to an editable format?
If there is more than one editable format, which one will produce the smaller files? Since the source material is only VGA quality, I don't think that resolution will be a major issue, though of course we don't want to degrade video quality.


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I am trying to get on the Javascript for Automation bandwagon. I wrote a quick script that automates my travel request email, with a few dialog boxes.

Here is my code:

Mail = Application("Mail");

Mail.includeStandardAdditions = true

Origin = Mail.displayDialog(
                'Where is the trip starting from?',
                { defaultAnswer: 'Shanghai',
                  buttons:["Cancel", "Continue"],
                  defaultButton: "Continue"
            })

Destination = Mail.displayDialog(
                'Where is the trip to?',
                { defaultAnswer: "",
                  buttons:["Cancel", "Continue"],
                  defaultButton: "Continue"
            })

StartDate = Mail.displayDialog(
                'When are you leaving?',
                { title: "Onward Flight Date",
                  defaultAnswer: "",
                  buttons:["Cancel", "Continue"],
                  defaultButton: "Continue"
            })

RtnDate = Mail.displayDialog(
                'When are you returning?',
                { title: "Return Flight Date",
                  defaultAnswer: "",
                  buttons:["Cancel", "Continue"],
                  defaultButton: "Continue"
            })

content = 'Hi \n\n'

            + 'I am currently trying to arrange travel for an upcoming trip.\n\n'

            + 'Could you please help me in sorting out the flights, hotels and airport transfers?\n\n'

            + 'Please find below the details of the trip:\n\n'

            + 'FLIGHTS\n\n'

            + 'Onward Journey:\n'+ '\n'

            + '     From \t\t\t\t- ' + Origin.text +'\n'
            + '     To \t\t\t\t\t- ' + Destination + '\n'
            + '     Date of Departure \t- ' + StartDate + '\n' + '\n'

            + 'Return Journey:\n'+ '\n'

            + '     From \t\t\t\t- ' + Destination + '\n'
            + '     To \t\t\t\t\t- ' + Origin + '\n'
            + '     Date of Departure \t- ' +RtnDate+ '\n' + '\n'

            + 'Preferred Airline \t\t\t\t- Star Alliance \n'
            + 'Meal Preference \t\t\t\t- Vegetarian\n'+ '\n'
            + 'Loyalty Program\t\t\t\t- United:\n'

            + '\n ________________________________________ \n'+ '\n'

            + 'HOTEL\n\n'
            + '     CheckIn Date \t\t- ' + StartDate + '\n'
            + '     CheckOut Date \t\t- ' + RtnDate + '\n' + '\n'

            + 'Preferred Hotels \t\t\t\t- SPG\n'

            + 'Loyalty Program \t\t\t\t- SPG:\n'

            + '\n ________________________________________ \n'+ '\n'

            + 'Thank you\n'

msg = Mail.OutgoingMessage({
        subject: 'Itinerary Request - ',
        content: content,
        visible: true
        });

Mail.outgoingMessages.push(msg);

Mail.activate();

But when I run the script, the places where I have used the variables seem to come as [object Object]. (Shown below)

Can anyone please point out where I am going wrong?


texts: USB Hard Drive HFS+ Encrypted Partition Formatted / Recovery

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I have a WD 1TB USB External Hard Drive that was accidentally formatted. I had formatted the disk and started writing an ISO to the disk (less than 5 seconds), when I realized it was to the wrong one. The disk had 2 partitions, one is FAT32, the other is HFS+ Encrypted. The FAT32 partition can be lost, however the HFS+ Encrypted partition has data that I need recovered. Also, I know the password to the HFS+ Encrypted partition that was lost.

I have tried using EaseUs Data Recovery, Stellar Phoenix Macintosh on Windows, and Prosoft Data Rescue 4 to no avail. People online have mentioned TestDisk and PhotoRec, however I am not familiar with how those work.

I would copy my USB hard drive before attempting any restores, however I do not have a spare 1TB hard drive lying around. Is this something I should spend money to buy?

I would appreciate any help and advice you can provide.


texts: Is it a bad idea for a file name to contain space and capital letters?

texts: When naming a file, (for example in OneDrive) is it a bad idea for the name to contain space and capital letters? Is there any potential conflicts it might cause? Should I use hyphen or underscore instead?


texts: Slow Internet Mac Yosemite Recovery Doom (MacBook Air, Early 2015)

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Product: MacBook Air(early 2015) with OS X Yosemite.

The issue is, that I happen to have my Yosemite reinstalled, so I restarted my MacBook and at the sound of the chime(startup sound of Yosemite), I pressed ⌥ Opt+R and subsequently selected the Disk Utility.
Once into that, I erased my whole Macintosh HD and then restarted the computer
after which I was expecting the reinstall to be done automatically.

I am a novice in the Mac world.

Now once after the reinstall, I was forced into a screen with 4 options of reinstalling, Disk Utility, Time Machine and help from Apple.

I tried to reinstall, but due to a slow internet connection, I wasn't able to reinstall using Internet Recovery.

Now I created a bootable disk with "InstallESD.dmg" (using tansmac on windows)
This copy of installed is the one downloaded from macworld torrents.
It was after that I restarted the computer this time pressing only the ⌥ Opt key and then all I had was this black screen with a box that asked me for the network I had.

I selected mine in a hope it might work with my USB but it just shows an Internet Recovery option with a globe which I cannot afford due to my slow internet connection. Is there any specific key to select the bootable image because it isn't appearing there?


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When my wife's 2012 macbook pro is doing it's photostream sync, it slows my internet connection to a crawl and gives me 500+ pings in various video games.

If I knew the ports that Photostream uses, I could set up a QOS rule on my DD-WRT router- what ports does it use?

Another possible solution, is there a setting in IPhoto or the photostream agent to tell it to stop using all available bandwidth to sync?

Thanks!


texts: How to make Windows 10 recognize an Apple Super Drive A1379?

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Have a new Lenovo Yoga PC with Windows 10. I want to continue using my external disk reader, an Apple Super Drive A1379.

How can I make them them communicate with each other? Right now, the disk reader refuses to take in any CDs. I am not computer savvy, need easiest route. Or simply to know if it cannot be done. Thank you.


texts: Automatically sync folder contents in the background

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Since Lion still won't allow me to search the SMB volumes I need, I'm planning on syncing them to a local folder that will be indexed by Spotlight. What's the best way to sync folders automatically in the background? I don't want to open up an app and manually hit a button to capture the newly added files, so I'm hoping that there's something out there. Thanks for your help!

jared


texts: How can I use F6 to convert into hiragana in Japanese keyboard?

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I just found a way to convert into hiragana on Japanese keyboard using F6, but the F6 key is used to change the illumination of the keyboard in default.

But since my MacBook does not have any illumination, it is of no use, and rather want to use it as a conversion on the Japanese keyboard.

Is it possible to enable it, withouth keyboard hacking software like Karabiner? Or is it only on some specific models of Macs? I use High Sierra on 2017 MacBook.


texts: Spotlight can't find apps or folder, only seaches the web

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My Spotlight can't find any apps, even the native ones. It only returns results from web searches. With a little googling I found out that a pretty common solution to that is to rebuild the indexes. The problem is I can't do that: I tried a solution using the os interface (solution 1), but got the following error message:

An then I tried a manual solution, using the terminal (solution 2), but then this happened:

I don't know what else to try. Does anyone have been through that?
I'm using El Capitan latest version (10.11.6). Thanks!

PS.: I tried to post the link to each solution, but I can't post more than 2 links because of my reputation. If someone needs them, I can share on the comment section.


texts: How to manage a huge folder collection in two places

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I have a huge collection of movies (over 2,000) on my external hard drive, and since my girlfriend doesn't like those old movies, she would like to make distinguish between the old movies and those from the last 5 years.

At this moment, every movie has it's own folder containing a movie file and a .srt file. Consequently I have a very long list of movies.

What I would like to do is to make two directories in the root, organized:

by year
by alphabet

The 'by year' folder would contain folders like "2012", "2011", etc., and the alphabet folder would simply contain all the movie folders in a long list.

Maintaining both these folders is obviously a very hard thing to do, not to mention the extra space it will require to have every movie-folder duplicated.

Is there a way to do what I want without duplicating every movie folder?


texts: While cleaning Safari System Caches which files should be kept within the caches folder to prevent logging out of websites

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I use CleanMyMac 3 to clear caches ocassionaly on my mac, but I don't clear Safari caches often using CleanMyMac becuase I believe that clearing Safari caches logs you out of all the website you are currently logged into, logging into the websites again by entering passwords is a hit or miss scenario.

Luckily, CMM3 gives you the option to clear some parts of the file and leave the rest but I don't know which part of the Safari System Caches stores and remebers active logins. I am attaching a screenshot to give a better idea of all the cache files I am currently able to see.

If anyone can tell me which cache files to delete and which ones to keep then I can save myself from the hectic process of Logging in again to all the websites


texts: Combining parts from a MacBook Pro with a Dell Inspiron

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I have an old 2007 Macbook Pro 15" and Dell Inspiron 1720. Since the logic board on the Mac is damaged, I kinda combined it in Dell (I took RAM, WiFi card, HDD). It all works perfectly.

Since they are same age, and both use Intel. My question is, will Dell work with Mac processor inside as well? (Mac 2.4Ghz per core, and Dell is 2.0Ghz per core)


texts:
In Find My iPhone, once setting the parameters to enable Lost Mode, the screen displays the status as Lost Mode Pending.

Pending? Why is it pending?
Outside of the Lost Mode feature, I don't otherwise have a lock on my phone.

How long will it be pending? Will the person with my phone be able to read my incoming texts while it continues to pend?


texts: Backing Up OS X Server to Local Time Machine Server Folder

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I've setup Time Machine Backup services on Mavericks Server. I want to backup the backup server itself using Time Machine, but to the folder that I setup "Time Machine Backups" where all the other backups are being stored, instead of backing up to the root drive.

The only option I have when I select a disk using the server's Time Machine configuration is the drive itself, and not the "Time Machine Backups" folder I see from remote machines.

Is what I'm trying to do possible?


texts: Installed the PL2303 Driver in my Mac, but I still can not find the `tty.usbserial*` under `/dev`

texts:
Installed the PL2303 Driver in my Mac, but I still can not find the tty.usbserial* under /dev.

I follow the PL2303 Driver to install the PL2303_MacOSX_1.6.1_20171018.zip in my Mac.

I installed the pkg, and restarted my Mac, but there is a difference between the manual and mine:

The manual:

Mine MacOS:

And the most important is, under the /dev, I can not find any tty.usbserial*:

$ ls tty.*
tty.Bluetooth-Incoming-Port

EDIT-01

IDs in the manual:

Product ID: 0x2303
Vendor ID: 0x067b

My USB2.0-Ser!:

Product ID： 0x7523
Vendor ID：  0x1a86

EDIT-02

My macOS sierra version is 10.12.6 (16G1114).

EDIT-03

I tried install CH341SER_MAC_ZIP.html

But, now if I insert the USB into my Mac, my Mac will restart with the error on screen:

  your computer will restarted because of a problem. Press a key or wait a few seconds to continue starting up.

and there is no USB2.0-Ser! now:


texts: Looking for suggestions on scheduling iCloud Photo Library uploads

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I have a 57GB photo library that I would like to keep in iCloud Photo library, the only problem is that my ISP absolutely murders my download speed whenever I'm uploading anything.

Is there a way that I can schedule Photos to upload my library only during off-peak hours (rather than waking up at 2am, un-pausing the upload and then pausing it again at 7am manually).

I was thinking maybe a third party application like Little Snitch might work (I've never tried it) or something along those lines, maybe even some kind of Apple Script.

I'm a bit over my head with this so I need some help


texts:
I have created a m3u list file for some mp3 files.

How could I schedule the macbook to play it, e.g. tomorrow 6am?


texts: Apple TV Screen Mirroring not working from iPad

texts: Every time I select Screen Mirroring from the Control Center and select my Apple TV from the list, it shows that the screen is being mirrored to my TV (there is a checkmark next to the name of the Apple TV), but nothing happens on the Apple TV. I tried restarting the Apple TV and the iPad, disabling/re-enabling Bluetooth/Wi-Fi on the iPad and AirPlay/Screen Mirroring, nothing helped. What can I do to make Screen Mirroring work again?


texts: What is involved in converting a PC video card to have boot screen on the Mac?

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I've got a PC video card that I'd like to get boot screen support for on my Mac Pro. In particular, it is a Gigabyte R9 270X. The card is supported on the Mac once it boots, but I would like to get boot screen back since my old 8800GT has been baked in the oven a few too many times by now :-)

I've seen numerous guides on the internet about flashing the BIOS on the video cards and also ones that speak about adding the EFI BIOS, but in the haphazard forum approach, it isn't clear how this all works. To some degree, I've recently come away with the notion that you don't get rid of the existing BIOS, but rather add an EFI partition to it that the Mac would recognize. If that assumption is correct, then it would lead me to believe that adding an EFI BIOS that works on a similar card (R9 280X or 7950 which are both close but not quite) should work since I'm assuming that the existing BIOS would be similar enough to hook in. Failing that, I'm not clear how you would get a card-specific EFI BIOS for boot screen support.

Anyone an expert on this? I'm just really having a hard time trying to sift through all this and hoping to get a more direct answer!


texts: My brand new MacBook Book Pro dies at 30% with no warning

texts: I got my MBP earlier today and when I'm using it it works just fine but when it dies it gives me no warning and it dies around 30%, I don't know how to fix this issue as it's supposed to have a 10 hour battery life but when I charge to maybe 60 or 70 it just dies at 30 in an hour and a half or two, and when I charge it it begins at around 30-40, what does this mean and is there any way to fix this?


texts: How can I stop Keynote from trying to convert movies when opening old presentations?

texts:
For many years I took advantage of the Keynote feature of being able to embed Quartz Composer patches. I have come to accept that this feature no longer exists, and so most of my talks can no longer be given in their current form. However, some still contain slides without animations that I can use, so I would like to be able to open them.

However, when I try, Keynote informs me that the movies are incompatible and will be converted to another format. This process takes 30 minutes or more with my laptop's fans on full blast, but it ultimately doesn't work. (The movies just come out white.) If I click 'cancel', it closes the file.

How can I tell keynote that I don't want it to convert the movies? I'm fine if it just deletes them from the presentation, since I can no longer use them anyway - I just don't want to wait that long to open each file.


texts: What does this command do: sudo dscl . passwd /Users/administrator thePassword

texts:
I'm (attempting) to administer a group of Mac Minis used as servers. I recently needed to change all their passwords, so I SSHed in and ran this command, which was what I used when creating new user accounts on those machines:

sudo dscl . passwd /Users/administrator thePassword

Unfortunately, this didn't do what I thought when used on an existing user—the new password is not thePassword and so I've lost access to sudo. man dscl has this to say:

passwd

 Usage: passwd user_path [new_pasword | old_password new_pasword]

 Changes a password for a user. The user must be specified by full path,
 not just a username.  If you are authenticated to the node (either by
 specifying the -u and -P flags or by using the auth command when in
 interactive node) then you can simply specify a new password.  If you are
 not authenticated then the user's old password must be specified.  If
 passwords are not specified while in interactive mode, you will be
 prompted for them.  Passing these passwords on the command line is inher-
 ently insecure and can cause password exposure.  For better security do
 not provide the password as part of the command and you will be securely
 prompted.

So it looks like I should have provided the user's old password when running that previous command, but I didn't. I know what password I entered and I still have SSH access to the machines. If I can figure out what the command did, I'll be able to tell what password I set on the accounts.


texts: Show folder a file is contained in with finder list view in OSX 10.8.4

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I am trying to consolidate files that may be spread around my mac (photos in this case).  I can tell the finder to search for images, but I am very used to in Windows where I can search for the file type across the computer, and then show a column in the details view that shows the path where the file is located.  So far, I cannot find such a thing in the list or coverflow view in the finder.

I know i can see it in the properties of the files, but it would be very helpful to see it at a glance for multiple files, instead of individually.  But since I can't sort by their folder location, I can't even assume that the file after it in the list is in the same folder, so I can't even infer where they are based on pictures around it.

Is there a way to show the path where a file is in a finder search?  Or lest that, perhaps something that could print out where the files are into a text document to help the search?


texts: Is there a way or an app for getting a specific window layout across different monitors with ease?

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I like to have my apple calendar and asana visible at all times in specific areas of my screens. However, oftentimes when I turn off your my mac or when I loose myself into whatever I'm doing I tend to move these windows around, thereby also risking loosing track of my schedule and my todos. I would like to be able to come back to a specific window layout on my Mac at the push of a button, so to speak.
Does anyone know a way to accomplish this? Perhaps an app?
Also, such a feature should be built into macOS. It has such a nice mission control and yet no function to call predefined window layouts thereby requiring users to be opening and arranging all the applications time and time again. It's drudgery!


texts: Is "malformed base path in GetVolumeEntry" a cause of concern for Time Machine failing to start backing up?

texts:
I have one Mac that sits at calculating changes and won't start copying files to the backup drive. Both the Mac and the external drive pass Disk Utility checks (repair / verify of the drive and the volume) and this machine has been happily backing up since February every few weeks when the drive is connected. This drive also has worked to back up two other Macs from time to time (both of which completed a backup with no issues three days ago).

Here is the message that gets logged when the Time Machine UI says "Calculating Changes"

com.apple.backupd[585]: malformed base path in GetVolumeEntry

The tmutil status simply shows -1 for the Percent and I expect a NumberOfDeepScannedItems to count up as the changes are "calculated".

Does anyone know if this "malformed base path" is an actual problem or can be disregarded as something not necessarily causing this issue?


texts: iPhoto: How to make an "Abroad" smart album

texts: I want to make a smart album that includes all photos with location information but excludes my home country. But filtering out a certain country just includes all photos without location information. How do I filter out those?


texts: i want to use some maps app on my iPhone without using internet connection. So is there iOS maps app in which i can download full city map?


texts: How to exclude times for Time Machine backups via command line?

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I'd like to exclude specific times where Time Machine should not run. This is so that I can create an off-site backup of the Time Machine backup for disaster recovery purposes. I don't want a TM backup running while making this backup as it may create a copy in an inconsistent state.

I realize there are tools that allow you to do this, but all require you to disable the Apple Time Machine scheduler, which I prefer to not to do. I'd also prefer not to install software I do not know or trust. Therefore, I'm looking for a command line solution to prevent Time Machine backups from occurring from 12AM to 6AM.

I took a look at tmutil man pages and didn't see any way of including or excluding run times. However, I did see that one can stopbackup, disable, and enable the service using this utility. So perhaps, there's a way to easily schedule these commands to run at certain times? For example:

Run these commands at 12:00AM:

sudo tmutil disable
sudo tmutil stopbackup

Then turn things back on at 6:00AM:

sudo tmutil enable

I tried using iCal with those commands in an .sh file, but nothing happen. I read about launchd, but I'm out of my comfort zone with getting that going, especially since these need to run as root.


texts:
As you can discover, there are two riser cards, each with 4 slots accepting ECC FB-DIMM modules with heat-spreaders operating at 800 MHz, and I've just upgraded from 4x1GB, all on riser A to 4x1GB on riser A plus 4x4GB on riser B for a total of 20 GB. My question is whether it is better to mix the 4GB and the 1GB modules (pairwise) on a single riser card or to do it the way I've done it, segregated.

I've had a look around on this specific question, beginning with Apple's installation manuals online, and have no guidance so far, so I suspect there isn't any reason to do things differently. In fact, the new 16 GB upgrade was not recognized right away and I had to swap the two riser cards, top for bottom, to see all the RAM. I've done one round of testing using Rember (the GUI for memtest) and it has run tests through "Bit Spread" without registering any errors in the 17 GB or so that it is testing.

My inclination is to leave well enough alone, but I am curious as to whether my installation the best for the long run both with respect to heat dissipation and memory access.


texts: How can you find which monitor has the menu bar in AppleScript?

texts:
Playing with AppleScript I want to manipulate the location of a few windows with position but I'm having an issue defining the monitor.  Currently I have several different size and brand monitors I connect to with my MacBook during my travels.  The only repeating occurrence with all four monitors I connect to is that the monitor I want to manipulate includes the menu bar.

When testing with do shell script "system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType I'm not sure if the returned text of Main Display: Yes considers the main to be where the menu bar resides from the extraction:

Graphics/Displays:

    Intel Iris Pro:

      Chipset Model: Intel Iris Pro
      Type: GPU
      Bus: Built-In
      VRAM (Dynamic, Max): 1536 MB
      Metal: Supported
      Displays:
        Color LCD:
          Display Type: Built-In Retina LCD
          Resolution: 2880 x 1800 Retina
          Mirror: Off
          Online: Yes
          Rotation: Supported
          Automatically Adjust Brightness: Yes
          Connection Type: DisplayPort
        Thunderbolt Display:
          Display Type: LCD
          Resolution: 2560 x 1440
          Main Display: Yes
          Mirror: Off
          Online: Yes
          Rotation: Supported
          Automatically Adjust Brightness: No
          Connection Type: DisplayPort

If my assumption of the Main Display is correct how should I properly grep the resolution of the identified main display so I can manipulate the windows?

When I research it would appear some commonly just step into each display:

Positioning a window with AppleScript using dual monitors
Run AppleScript for Specific Monitor
Cannot get or set the window size of some apps using AppleScript?
Set position of window with AppleScript

So I don't know if this would be two questions in one.  I'm somewhat confused on how the sequence is determined when connecting to multiple monitors (such as today I might be connected to a thunderbolt display but tomorrow I might be connected to two Dells monitors through my two DisplayPorts) and if there is a way to target a monitor in particular based on the menu bar.

I can already detect the app and it's size with:

tell application "System Events" to tell application process "Notes" to set theSize to get size of window 1
set theWidth to item 1 of theSize
set theHeight to item 2 of theSize

but my issue falls in determining the resolution so I can calculate the position and bounds to move the app window.


texts: Why first (and only first) iMacs were colored with red, blue, etc?

texts: And why Apple didn't continue to create iMacs of different color?


texts: MacBook Pro 2017 daisy-chaining with DisplayPort

texts:
I have a 2017 13" MacBook Pro (with two USB-C ports) with Mojave and wish to use it to daisy-chain a display to two external monitors through DisplayPort.

Unfortunately, it seems that although the hardware supports this, MacOS itself does not support multi-stream transport - the two monitors in the chain are mirroring their display with no option to extend instead.

Is there any third party driver or other software available to make this work as intended in MacOS? If not, what would be the best alternate solution to get it working? Ideally, I'd like to avoid buying a separate £200 dock to be able to use multiple monitors and still power the MacBook as well.

The monitors in question are Dell U2515h if that helps - they support daisy chaining through DisplayPort 1.2, although ideally, I'd also like to be able to chain to another monitor too.


texts: Microsoft fonts (Consolas, Calibri, Candara, etc) not displaying in Safari since Lion upgrade

texts:
I can't see what I type as I write this question  in Safari – all I see is lots of capital A's in boxes. I'm new here, so I'm not allowed to post a screen grab.
No problems in other browsers, or in other apps. Seems to affect all the relatively recent Microsoft "C" fonts, but not Arial. I am using Font Explorer X Pro, which has exhibited a bit of post-Lion flakiness, but given it is apparently limited to Safari this is quite possibly irrelevant.
Anyone else had this problem? Any ideas?


texts: How can I disable Auto-Lock on iPadOS 13?

texts: I don't have the "never" option in Settings -> Display & Rrightness -> Auto-Lock.


texts: macOS: App icon remaining in Dock even after closing app

texts:
Every time I connect my iPhone to my MacBook, the system launches iTunes which I don't use. After I close it, the icon remains in the Dock and I have to right click and remove it. I don't move the icon in the Dock and I don't touch the Dock at all in this process.

Note that I am very aware that applications may be on the dock unless they are fully closed. In this case, not only is the app closed but the Activity Monitor does not list the process running.

Staying in the Dock also happens with other applications after I start them, but not all applications. Skype opened itself on reboot and after closing that application, it remained in the Dock. I also verified it is not listed in Activity Monitor. I removed the option to launch Skype on start and that one won't spin up each time, thankfully. But if I launch Skype manually it has the same behavior, it will place itself persistently into the Dock after it is closed.

How does an application put itself in the Dock? Is there a way to turn that off? Is it a setting?


texts: Boot 2010 iMac from 2007 MacBook Pro's drive?

texts:
I am considering purchasing a 2010 27" iMac to replace my 2007 MacBook Pro as my everyday development machine.  Ideally, I would like to work on the iMac when I am in my home office and work on the MacBook Pro when I am out at a clients office, coffeeshop, etc.  I would like both machines to be in sync so I don't have to worry about not having an application installed, missing project files, etc.

Is it possible to use the internal drive on the MacBook Pro as the boot drive of the iMac?  This would enable me to simply shut the machines down, disconnect my MacBook Pro and have a less powerful but functionally equivalent machine to go.  If it is possible what are the drawbacks?  Are things like system updates machine specific which would prevent me from updating the OS using the iMac and then trying to boot into the MacBook?

I am not interested in using an external drive to boot the MacBook as it would be too cumbersome, nor am I interested in using the iMac as merely a display for the MacBook since the iMac will be significantly faster.

If using the laptop as a boot drive is not feasible are their other options I should consider?


texts: Are apsd, ntpd, mDNSResponder, trustd, netbiosd necessary for macOS functioning?

texts:
I'm seeing 5 processes with network activity ( sending/receiving bytes ). I'm not sure whether these are normal occurrences?

List of processes

apsd
ntpd
mDNSResponder
trustd
netbiosd

I researched a few of those and some were associated to file sharing via windows or bonjour, however I don't have any other PCs on my network to even begin sharing files with.


texts: Removing garbish history from Terminal Remote Connection

texts:
When you press CMD+Shift+K on terminal, a Remote Connection window will appear, which allows you to save and manage your connections.

When I was trying to add the correct ssh command, I had several failed attempts. But Remote Connection saved all my wrong commands. It's now very confusing in the dropdown menu since there's tons of wrong hints.
Is there a way to remove the unwanted hints in the dropdown menu?
My Mac Information
MacOS High Sierra, Version 10.13.6
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)


texts: Is there an easy way to track quality of code in my xcode project for ios?

texts:
I really need to confirm with independent tool very bad quality of code in one of ios projects written in swift.

Is there any tool for this?
how it works?


texts:
I was had to reinstall Xcode 4 and now I'm getting message Xcode appears to be installed but xcodebuild is unusable; and xcodebuild exists but failed to execute all the time when I try to install anything using ports:

ash-3.2$ sudo port install wget
Password:
Warning: xcodebuild exists but failed to execute
Warning: configured user/group adm does not exist, will build as root
Warning: Xcode appears to be installed but xcodebuild is unusable; some ports will likely fail to build.
Warning: You may need to run `sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app`
--->  Computing dependencies for wget

xcodebuild exists but it wants to another one xcodebuild or it just wants to be in /Developer folder?

$ which xcodebuild
/usr/bin/xcodebuild

$ /usr/bin/xcodebuild
error: can't exec '/Developer/usr/bin/xcodebuild' (No such file or directory)

What's wrong with this utility? How can I fix it (I've already reinstalled Xcode)?

Update:
port worked fine even without xcodebuild, I think MacPorts uses make and it showed this message just to make me know that I may have a problems with Xcode.

That's interesting. I've tried … xcode-select … but for some reason it newer worked even after reboot, but today it worked :|. It asked me if I want to accept the license agreement and after I accepted it xcodebuild become functional. So now I can accept answer and thank everybody.


texts: Shut down via Terminal/AppleScript without restoring

texts:
How can I shut down my Mac via Terminal or AppleScript, but without restoring?

tell application "Finder" to sleep

works not, the windows will be restored.


texts: I spilled some milk on MacBook Pro, there is no sound what should I do?

texts: I spilled some milk on my MacBook Pro and immediately dried it, it seemed to only have been on the top and bottom. Then about 10 minutes later I played a movie and there was no sound. I then noticed a small amount of milk in the aux port so I sucked it out and turned it off and started drying it off (I turned it upside down and put it in front of my now barely warm fire place.) What should do for the sound to be normal?


texts: How can I make compiled applescripts on $PATH be found and executed?

texts:
I have some short applescripts that I want to use as utility functions inside shell scripts-- for example, one returns the name of the frontmost application.  The scripts reside in a personal scripts directory that is on my $path.  When in another directory, I can just run

$myscript.applescript

And, because the scripts directory is on the path, this file will be found and executed (at the top is #!/usr/bin/env osascript).  However, when I run

$myscript.scpt

To try and run the compiled version, I get:

  zsh: exec format error: get_front_app_name.scpt

I would like to use the compiled version but would also like to be able to run these like any executable on my $path, that is, without having to specify the interpreter name (osacompile) or the path to the file.  As of now, the only way I can see to execute the compiled .scpt applescript is to do both:

$osascript path/to/myscript.scpt

Is it possible to run the compiled form without this baggage?


texts: Can't connect to Internet except via a VPN

texts:
A couple days ago all of a sudden my laptop stopped connecting to the Internet. For instance, if I open the Chrome browser (64-bit version 78.0.3904.97) and enter in the url textbox: apple.stackexchange.com,
then after a long wait the following message appears:

  This site can't be reached
  apple.stackexchangecom's server IP address could not be found.
  Try:
  Checking the proxy, firewall, and DNS configuration
  DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_BAD_CONFIG

This happens whether I connect with Ethernet or WiFi.

However, strangely, my VPN app (TorGuard v. 3.96.1) still manages to connect when turned on, and if I repeat the above scenario while the VPN app is on, Chrome downloads the apple.stackexchange.com front page.

Given the above error message, I should probably add that, as far as I know, I use no proxy or firewall, however if someone could explain to me how to check this definitively, I'll be grateful.

Computer: MacBook Pro (mid 2012)
OS: macOS Catalina, v. 10.15

It has been suggested that this question is a duplicate of this question. I don't think it is, becaused the other question says: "I just tried at a friend's house to check, with no problems." In my case I don't think trying to connect elsewhere would have solved the problem, because the problem was with the DNS settings, which, to the best of my understanding, are configured manually, and don't simply change by moving the device to another location (but I'm not sure).


texts: Does the 'unibody' design of the MB/MBP actually help increase the strength of the MBP/MB?

texts:
I've seen and used many laptops, and one of my favorites is the MacBook Pro. It has a nice, clean design - but most of all, it seems quite sturdy.

Allegedly, this is due to the "unibody" design. However, I own a Dell Inspiron 1545 which is even stronger - I dropped it several times in multiple ways, see comment on accepted answer - and it is most definitely not unibody - in fact, it is the polar opposite. Almost every part of it can come apart.

Does the unibody design of the MacBook Pro and MacBook contribute at all to this strength, or is this strength from other factors, like the aluminum?

Please note: This is different from How tough is the aluminum body of a MacBook?. That question asks how strong the aluminum body is; I'm asking if the unibody design has anything to do with that strength or if 'unibody' is just a marketing term.


texts: How can I look inside iOS apps' folders from within iTunes?

texts:
When looking at an app's documents with iTunes (in the Apps tab of the iDevice), it is possible to view folders of the documents created by the apps. How can I look inside them? Double-clicking does nothing.
Here's a screenshot showing what I mean:

I'd like to avoid saving the folder, viewing it in the Finder, changing it, and re-downloading it to the iPad.


texts: How to use Character Viewer with only keyboard and no mouse?

texts:
I'm looking for a mouseless/mouse-free solution. And I want to use the whole Character Viewer-- not just certain characters.

I can open the Character Viewer with CTRL+CMD+SPACE, but it doesn't have focus, so it seems I have to use my mouse to select anything inside it.

How can I give that window keyboard focus without using my mouse?

And then how can I copy characters from that window without using my mouse?


texts: iPad Mini 1st Gen (Jailbroken), want to upgrade from 7.1.2 > 9.0.2, not 7.1.2 > 9.3.5, don't know where to start.

texts:
So I have an iPad Mini First Generation that is currently jailbroken using Pangu. It is currently on 7.1.2 and I want to upgrade it to 9.0.2, but not the latest, which is 9.3.5. I've heard about using BLOBs and unsigned IPSWs but I'm not sure what to do. Could someone shed some light on me?

Thanks!


texts: My Apple Messages has way, way too many people in it. I'd like to remove the chat sessions that have been dead for more than 6 months. It seems that I should be able to do this by deleting records from $HOME/Library/Messages.chat.db, an SQLite3 database, but I haven't figured out how the database works. Has anyone created a program to prune this?


texts: What file format should I use to format my new external HDD?

texts:
I've just purchased a WD Elements external hard drive and plan to use it across Linux, OS X and Windows devices (read and write on every OS).

Is there any file format by which I could format my HDD so that I could read and write across all these OSs?


texts: Rails reporting error: Failed to build gem native extension

texts:
I have installed up-to-date command line tools, and followed steps on other threads with this subject. I know this seems like a duplicate, but I don't see any answers to my issue here:

Jacobs-MacBook-Pro:~ jacob$ sudo gem install rails
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing rails:
    ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb
checking if the C compiler accepts ... *** extconf.rb failed ***
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary
libraries and/or headers.  Check the mkmf.log file for more details.  You may need configuration options.

Provided configuration options:
--with-opt-dir
--without-opt-dir
--with-opt-include
--without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
--with-opt-lib
--without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
--with-make-prog
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/bin/ruby
--help
--clean
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/mkmf.rb:434:in `try_do': The compiler failed to generate an executable file. (RuntimeError)
You have to install development tools first.
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/mkmf.rb:549:in `block in try_compile'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/mkmf.rb:500:in `with_werror'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/mkmf.rb:549:in `try_compile'
from extconf.rb:80:in `nokogiri_try_compile'
from extconf.rb:87:in `block in add_cflags'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/mkmf.rb:597:in `with_cflags'
from extconf.rb:86:in `add_cflags'
from extconf.rb:336:in `<main>'

Gem files will remain installed in /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7.2 for inspection.
Results logged to /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7.2/ext/nokogiri/gem_make.out


texts:
My 2010 MacBook Pro (running macOS 10.13 High Sierra) fan gets super loud when I open more than one app at once. (This has been happening ever since I had El Capitan installed.) However, it can go quiet over software - whenever I use Siri, it goes silent, but it goes back to loud as soon as I'm done speaking to Siri.

Is there anything I could do to make my MacBook less loud?


texts: How do I rename desktops in Mountain Lion?

texts:
It seems that Apple doesn't provide a way to rename desktops from the default "Desktop 1", etc. Renaming desktops would be great for my workflow.

Does anyone know how to do this manually or with a third-party app?


texts: I'm using Chrome and Firefox to view Live Photos on iCloud but there in no sound. Is there anyway to get sound or is this a limitation imposed by Apple?


texts: Google on my iOS devices is stuck in a different region than I live in

texts:
For some reason, my browser always defaults to New Zealand. I've reset my location in the Store and in the settings, but it always pulls up google.co.nz when doing a search and the default map centers on New Zealand when I turn off my location.

Anyone know how I can set the region of the browser to match where I am?


texts: Why don't pinned tabs in Chrome save when the browser is closed?

texts: In Google Chrome on both Windows and Ubuntu, pinned tabs are saved upon closing and reopened automatically the next time Chrome is started. With OS X, pinned tabs are not saved properly in Chrome and disappear with new browser sessions. Why is this behavior different and how can I get my pinned tabs to save?


texts: Apps in El Capitan won't close when clicking the red close button

texts:
Apps won't close when clicking the red close button in El Capitan. The "open indicator" stays on the app icon, the icon stays in the dock even if "keep in dock" isn't checked, and the app shows up in alt-tab. This is very odd to me since in Yosemite they closed just fine. I don't mind so much if the app stay open in the background, but if I use every app in a day and close them all, they all still look like they're open. This is confusing, and to me makes the close button no different than minimize. In fact, if you enable "minimize windows into application icon," the close and minimize basically act the same. Is this a bug, or a change? Any idea how to fix it? I saw a post recommending to uncheck "Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps," but this option seems to be gone.

Edit: I realized that when I was using Yosemite I had cDock installed. Maybe this program let me limit app indicators to apps with open instances in an old version. It doesn't appear to now.


texts:
I'm running OSX Yosemite and using JetBrains IntelliJ 2016.2.3.

I can't resize the IDE window, except for the maximize or minimize buttons. What I want to do is use the mouse to stretch the borders of the window to make it smaller or larger. But as I hover my mouse over the borders or corners of the IntelliJ window, the cursor does not change and I can't grab the edge of the window at all.

Every other application window on this Macbook supports resizing normally, but somehow IntelliJ doesn't.

Strangely, I also run on the same Macbook JetBrains PhpStorm—another IDE product from the same company—and that window does support window-edge resizing.

I've read about some add-on products for OSX that assist in window resizing, but I'd prefer not to install a tool. This should work with plain OSX, shouldn't it?


texts:
I switched from an El Capitan machine to a new MacBook Air with Sierra.
With El Capitan, when I ssh into an host from terminal, the SSH passphrase GUI dialog showed up, and then it never asked again the passphrase for the whole login session.

Now with Sierra the dialog is not showing up, I recurred to adding the following lines to .bashrc:

eval $(ssh-agent)
ssh-add

but the drawback is that every new terminal asks for the passphrase.

How to diagnose the missing dialog?


texts: iOS RSS reader App for offline browsing?

texts:
I am looking for an iOS app (iPhone and/or iPad) that lets me store read articles permanently for easy offline browsing.

I have tried a bunch of the ones out there, but somehow they just don't work.


texts: Apple Music checkbox is disabled and greyed out in Music

texts:
In the restrictions for Music, the Apple Music checkbox is disabled, and greyed out.

Things I tried/checked:

I am the administrator on this mac.
I'm signed in to iCloud on this computer.
I can sync my library to my Apple ID.
Restarting the computer
Restarting music


texts: osascript "set bounds of window" not working after Mavericks upgrade

texts:
I have a number of bash functions I run at the beginning of each day to start work. They all look pretty much like this:

mind() {
  osascript -e 'tell app "Terminal"
    do script "ssh -A user@my.server.net"
    set bounds of window 1 to {50, 50, 1200, 900}
  end tell'
}

After upgrading to Mavericks, this is mostly working, but it doesn't position the lower-right corner of the window. That is, it positions the top left corner of the new window at 50, 50, but fails to resize the window.

I have reinstalled XQuartz and have it running. How can I get this to resize properly? Did Mavericks change the way bash talks to AppleScript/XQuartz?


texts: Re-initialize iTunes track while keeping iTunes metadata?

texts:
Background:

I have been having the issue described here:

Why does my iPod Classic cut off the end of certain songs?

Except, it's not an iPod Classic.  It's a brand new iPod Nano 7th Generation, and a brand new MacBook Pro running macOS El Capitan 10.11.6.

The iTunes library was copied from my old 2011 MacBook Pro running Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4.

The "skip to the end" issue has been plaguing me for years, with odd little quirks:

Songs played on my 4th Generation iPod Touch never skip to the end.
Songs played on my 10.7.4 MBP sometimes skip to the end.

It is reproducible—if a song skips to the end, I can play that song over and over again, and it will skip to the end every time.  But there is no evident pattern to which songs skip to the end and which don't.

It is also possible to work around: If I drag the playback slider just past the skip point, I can play the rest of the song.  (Great workaround.  Ugh.)
Songs played on my 10.11.6 MBP exhibit the same behavior as on my 10.7.4 MBP.
Songs played on my 7th Gen iPod Nano skip to the end, but unlike in iTunes, the length of the song is actually falsely shown to be the truncated length.

For example, the Red Hot Chili Peppers song, "Under the Bridge" has a duration of 4:26 and is shown as such in iTunes.  However, when playback reaches 1:37, the song skips to the end and the next song starts playing.  On my 7th Gen iPod Nano, the duration of this song is shown as 1:37 and there is no workaround by which I can listen to the remainder of the song.
Setting the "stop position" for the song (which I do not have set for any of the affected songs in my library) does not appear to affect this behavior.
When a song is removed from iTunes and re-added, the behavior goes away for that song.

Which brings me to my question:

Can I "re-initialize" a track in iTunes while keeping the metadata?  In other words, can I simulate removing and re-adding the file while preserving at least:

song rating
play count
inclusion (and position) in playlists
date added


texts: Can you use a bootable macOS USB created on a MacBook pro, to install macOS on another MacBook Pro?

texts:
So my friend has a 2011 MacBook Pro. The laptop's hard drive crashed and no longer works. He bought a new SSD as a replacement, but he doesn't have a way to install macOS on this new SSD, because he cannot create a bootable USB from his old hard drive.

I have a 2009 MacBook Pro running OS X El Capitan on it. Can I use my MacBook Pro to create a bootable USB with OS X El Capitan on it? So my friend can use this bootable USB to install OS X El Capitan on his MacBook Pro.


texts: Does the iPhone 7 Plus camera really "zoom"?

texts: I'm confused about the use of the term "zoom" in much of the discussion about the iPhone 7 Plus. As near as I can tell, just as has been the case on all previous models, there's no optical zoom at all. There's the usual digital zoom (cropping) and what's been added a second lens with a longer focal length, that is switched to (under favorable conditions) when the zoom level goes over 2x. So what's really going on is an automated switch from one lens to the other as cropping passes the 2x mark. Is that what's going on, or am I missing something?


texts: How do I delete this pesky dmg? I never asked for it and never uploaded or downloaded it. When I try to "Empty Trash" it is much to clever and says "it is in use."


texts: How to install Xcode from downloaded package

texts:
I recently uninstalled all dev tools from OS X after having issues with gcc and realizing both Xcode 3 and 4 were installed - but not before saving an Xcode package file to the desktop. It's over 3 GB and I assumed that in some way I could use that to re-install it.

How can I use it to re-install Xcode?

The purpose for re-installing is so that I know for certain that the latest version of Xcode is being used for any future attempts at compiling code which I call from the terminal (for a local build of Google's V8).

P.S. Do I even need to re-install at all? I don't understand why double-clicking on this 3 GB Xcode file does seem to load the IDE just fine which seems to indicate it's relying on compilation tools and other components held inside the package, rather than looking for them elsewhere in the system. (Which I imagine should be the case considering the fact that I just *un*installed dev tools from OS X.)


texts: Is there anyway to reduce the disk space used to store the Xcode application? I only downloaded Xcode so that I could compile C and C++, so if possible I would like it to take up much less than the 9.22GB it requires right now. Perhaps there are optional portions I can uninstall?


texts: Does macOS phone home to Apple's servers before running an app for the first time?

texts:
I'm running macOS Catalina 10.15.4 on a 2018 MacBook Pro 15", which has the T2 chip (if anything else is relevant, let me know and I'll update the question.)

I'm a developer and I'm in the process of writing and debugging a C command-line utility that's supposed to take a few miliseconds to run and exit.

My internet connection went down while I was coding (WiFi was still connected, but my ISP was down), and afterwards I noticed that, after compiling the app, the first time I ran it, it took a few seconds to run rather than the expected fraction of a second.

I turned off WiFi (so there was no active network connection), compiled my app again, and ran it -- this time it ran as quick as I would expect.

Turn on WiFi, compile and run again, first run of the app takes longer than expected.

Maybe I'm paranoid, but it sure sounds like macOS is trying to ask Apple's servers for blessing to run my app. Is this the case, or could there be another explanation? If it's indeed the case, can anyone link to an article explaining what's going on under the hood?

UPDATE: as requested, here are timings for an average of three runs of the following command, under different conditions:

touch file.c && make && time ./file && time ./file

The first measurement is the average time for running file for the first time after compilation (the third command in the chain). The second measurement is the average time for running file for the second time after compilation (the fourth command in the chain).

WiFi on, with internet: 347 ms/3 ms.

WiFi on, without internet: 5024 ms/3 ms.

All network connections offline: 24 ms/2 ms.


texts: Removing a Word From the Spellcheck Dictionary

texts:
Somehow, the word procede has made its way into my OS X system as a correctly spelled word.  If I type it in Text Edit, BBEdit, or Mail, the spell checker will not mark it with red underlines.

How can I fix this?  That is, how can I have my system correctly flag this word as incorrect spelled? The word does not appear in my

~/Library/Spelling/LocalDictionary

file.  My system has no files in

/Library/Spelling

I've stared at the spelling and grammar options in multiple applications and don't see any obvious ways to tell the system to remove a word from the dictionary.


texts: What is the difference between AirPrint, Bonjour and Rendezvous?

texts:
While know what AirPrint does, I am confused about what it is. It claims to be a bunch of technology standards used together such as mDNS, IPP and multicasting. However, the term Bonjour is also thrown around as well, which also appears to be based on the same technologies. What makes it even more confusing is that Bonjour is just a rebrand of Rendezvous.
Is AirPrint a rebrand of Bonjour, the same way Bonjour is a rebrand of Rendezvous, or is AirPrint distinct from Bonjour?


texts: Can I disable the lighted Apple logo on the back of my MacBook Pro?

texts:
I want to disable the light on the apple behind my screen. Besides covering it physically, is there a program or setting to disable it?

Reason being - to make my MacBook Pro as uninteresting as possible to hyperactive two-year-olds.


texts: Use both Delete and Backspace in Macbook

texts:
Delete key in my MacBook Pro works as backspace in other Windows keyboards and
Fn + Delete works as 'delete forward' as an ordinary delete key in Windows keyboard.

How can I change the keyboard setting so that I can use both 'delete forward' and 'delete backward' using only one key-in?

For example, Eject CD key is rarely used, so I'd like to use this key as 'delete forward' key and Fn+Eject CD for ejecting  CD. Can I do something like this?


texts: Apple Watch Cellular activation in China

texts:
I went to an Apple store in Shanghai/China to buy an apple watch with cellular and they told me I'll not be able to use it because SIM card providers (i.e. China Unicom, China mobile) require Chinese ID (which foreigners don't have) to unlock the cellular feature. The issue is not buy the SIM card but to put both iPhone and Watch on the same number.
It seems the eSIM (used by watch) is not that welcome in China. New iPhones are coming without it and instead hold two physical SIM cards.
One option would be to ask a chinese friend to buy a SIM card for me.
What other options are there?
(This whole story looks like the lock I use to see on phones years ago)


texts: How to refresh random wallpapers on non-active spaces?

texts:
I've got 5-6 desktops going in mission control and I have a random wallpapers on each that change every 30 minutes. I've become very annoyed with the fact that OS X doesn't change the desktop on a space I'm not using until I switch to that space. I'm getting tired of seeing fading wallpapers every time I switch to a desktop.

The only thing I've come up with is running killall Dock but that's pretty brutal and I don't want to run it all the time.

Is there a way to get OS X to refresh all the desktops at once? Are there any defaults write tricks for this in Lion or Mountain Lion?


texts: system sounds coming from thunderbolt display, all else through headphones

texts:
I've got my headphones connected, and I've checked system preferences to make sure they are the audio output device.  Most sound comes out through the headphones, like Spotify and YouTube.  But, system sounds come out through my thunderbolt display, like dragging a file to the trash.

Seems to only be a problem since I upgraded to Yosemite.


texts: How can I integrate Homebrew with non-managed software in /usr/local?

texts:
I'm about to switch over to the Homebrew
package management system, and almost everything looks very simple.  However,
I've been using this computer for a while, and so I already have a bunch of
stuff in /usr/local.  I'm OK with deleting almost all of it, as there are
formulæ for almost everything in there.  However, it's the "almost" that's
leading to my current confusion.  There are some executables—including published
ones, small personal scripts, and even TextMate's mate tool—in
/usr/local/bin which aren't available through Homebrew.  The Homebrew Tips
'N' Tricks page suggests
using ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/foo/1.2 && make && make install &&
brew link foo, but this is only a useful suggestion if there's something I'd
like to actually build, rather than a simple binary or a symlink to something
local.

My question, then, is how to deal with unmanaged software and Homebrew
simultaneously.  I see a few possible approaches:

Mix the two freely.  I can't tell if Homebrew will tolerate me dumping
unmanaged binaries and symlinks in /usr/local/bin; my guess is that it
will work for now, but just lead to problems down the road.  However, I also
see that Homebrew's supposed to be flexible with existing file hierarchies.
I'd be curious to hear what the official line on this is.  Nevertheless,
it's not clear that it's an attractive approach.
(Ab?)Use the official system.  Create empty /usr/local/Cellar/foo/1.0
directories, copy the binaries/symlinks in there, and then brew link foo.
This will make symlinks be twice-indirected, but that doesn't seem like a
real problem.  This seems like the best approach to me, but not having used
Homebrew, I'm not sure about the drawbacks.  Is this going to cause
long-term problems when, for instance, upgrading formulæ, or when new
overlapping formulæ are created?
Just don't mix the two.  There are two approaches here:

Put my personal binaries/symlinks in another directory.  I'm not sure
what the best location is (~/bin?  ~/usr/bin?  Something else?), but
it solves the mixing problem by punting on it.
Put Homebrew in another directory (e.g., /usr/homebrew/).  This
solves the problem in the same way as 3.1.  The disadvantage is that I'm
putting Homebrew somewhere nonstandard, which seems like it'll just
cause a series of tiny minor headaches in the long run.

Something else that I don't know about or haven't thought of.

What's the best way to do this?  Is there an official one?  Are there obvious
flaws or benefits to any of these approaches that I haven't thought about?


texts: How to switch Photos library to browse to upload pictures

texts: I have two libraries in Photos on my Mac. When I browse to upload images to a photo-sharing website, or email, I can't locate the library that the newer pictures are in. It only shows one of the libraries. How do I get it to browse in both libraries? I don't see a way to choose more than one library.


texts: Mac Mini won't boot. Is it the monitor or the Mac?

texts:
I just bought an old Mac Mini to start developing for iOS. The Mac Mini has a DVI port, so I connected it to my Dell 24" display which has a DVI connection. But it appears that my Mac wont boot. I dont even know if it is booting or not because my monitor does not show anything, as it did not get any signal and went to standby mode immediately. My questions are:

Do I have to connect a keyboard and mouse to the Mini in order to boot?
Even if I don't connect a keyboard and mouse to the Mini, will I still see something on the monitor? Maybe like an error message telling that no keyboard was found? To be clear, my display works fine with my PC.
I tried with my Microsoft USB keyboard and an IBM USB mouse, but I did not see any difference, i.e. nothing could be seen on the display.
Does this mean I have to buy a keyboard and mouse from Apple to make it work?

Can someone help me and give me some hints? Thanks a lot in advance!


texts: I have downloaded some pdf files I need them for school but would like to read them on my PC at home. how do I get them to my PC.


texts: External SanDisk 64GB USB doesn't mount or seem to have a file system

texts: I recently bought a SanDisk 64 GB USB.  It will not mount and doesn't reformat as there are no partitions/no file system.  I'm not sure how to fix this.


texts: How to get all my iPhone apps onto my iPod touch?

texts:
I've been using an iPhone 4 for a while now and have a bunch of apps, each with its own data. I just got an iPod touch and I wanted to have the same apps/data on it as well. The iPhone 4 is synced and backed up to iCloud.

When I set up the iPod, I chose to use iCloud and I tried "restoring" from an iCloud backup. After the set up process though, the only apps on the iPod were the default ones. Furthermore, it seems like none of my settings transfered over either. For example, I have exchange set up on the iPhone 4 and now it seems that I need to manually create this account on the iPod touch.

Is there any way to get the two devices to sync automatically via iCloud (or at least the first time to get all my apps/data on the iPod)? What if I was using iTunes instead of iCloud?


texts: I bought a used iPhone 4, got the carrier to unlock to use, but I still can't use because I don't have the previous owner's Apple ID or password. Is there any way to unlock to use?


texts: Yosemite 10.10.3 asks for google password every week with 2 factor authentication

texts:
I have two factor authentication enabled on my google account and I was really happy when Apple finally started to support that.

However there is a slight nuisance: OSX keeps asking for a password every week or so and I have to reenter the security code for two factor authentication.

The "Never ask on this device" option is nowhere to be found. What is going on?


texts: Confusion! when it says "iPhone 4S AT&T", does it mean that the 4S was locked to AT&T GSM & unlocked CDMA?

texts:
I saw an add in Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B005SSB0YO/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

It says "Apple iPhone 4S 16GB (White) - AT&T", so it means that that iPhone only works for AT&T. SInce AT&T uses GSM so that phone can not be used for any other GSM carriers right?

Ok, but the iPhone 4s also supports CDMA & CDMA do not need any sim card, so will the above phone work with any CDMA carrier?

It seems that even 4s supports both but if the phone was sold as locked phone then the CDMA part was disable in 4s, is it true?

And via versa, ie if the 4s was locked to Verizon then the GSM part of 4s was disable & that phone can not be used for GSM net work, but it can be used for GSM in oversea where Verizon has no competition. Is That true as well?
(http://www.cnet.com/au/news/why-you-cant-take-your-unlocked-iphone-4s-to-another-u-s-carrier/)


texts: Number in brackets appended to Apple TV Bonjour name

texts:
I recently set up a 3rd-generation Apple TV in my living room. I have noticed that on my OS X 10.10 MacBook Pro an iPad and two iPhones (all iOS 7), the usual name of "Living Room Apple TV" appears with a "(2)" appended at the end.
After reading suggestions elsewhere, I have assigned a fixed IP address for the Apple TV and restarted the router in charge of DHCP assignments for the network. The issue persists if I change the name of the Apple TV.
Attached is anything relevant to the Apple TV in Bonjour Browser:


texts: Is there a way to know when a new iOS app is released by a specific company?

texts: I'd love to know when Kairosoft gets a new game released on iOS.  Is there an app or site that monitors the daily release list against a user supplied criteria?


texts: How do I create a theme for keynote? I know how to install a theme, and I want to create my own theme. I can create the images my self. Is there any app or anything to do so?


texts: How do I transfer podcasts to an iPod shuffle (2nd gen) in macOS Catalina?

texts: When I plug in an iPod shuffle (2nd generation), it appears in the sidebar under Devices in the new Music app, but not in the new Podcasts app. The iPod also appears as a location in Finder, but the "Podcasts" tab does not appear. How do I transfer Podcasts to the iPod?


texts: Outlook 2011 has frozen in the middle of moving an email and won't close. How can I close it?


texts: MacOS Catalina, Disk Utility: "Unable to perform deferred repairs"

texts:
Upon running Disk Utility against `Macintosh HD - Data", I get the following towards the end of the check:
error: dstream (id 8753874978) does not have an associated dstream id object
Verifying allocated space.
Performing deferred repairs.
error: Unable to perform deferred repairs without full space verification
error: Try running fsck against the entire APFS container instead of a volume
The volume /dev/rdisk1s1 could not be verified completely.
File system check exit code is 0.
Restoring the original state found as mounted.

I've booted into Single User mode, but running fsck -fy tells me that it cannot be run because the /dev/rdisk1s1 drive is mounted in write mode. I've also tried Googling the term "error: Unable to perform deferred repairs without full space verification" and found 1 thread on Apple's forums, with 67 likes and 0 answers.
So, how can I repair my HD? rMBP late 2013 model.


texts: option to visualize touch events on iPhone

texts: Does the iPhone have an option or app to visualize touch events on the screen?  My phone is having some tactile issues and I wanted to understand them better.


texts: When did Apple adopt the JIS keyboard layout as it is now for their MacBook Pros?

texts:
When was the current JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) keyboard layout adopted on Macbook Pro's?

The JIS keyboard layout keeps the Roman letters in the English QWERTY layout, with numbers above them:

This is the JIS layout on a Thinkpad:


texts: How to have iTerm2 hotkey window slide up and down instead of fading

texts: I'm using iTerm2, and my hotkey window used to slide down and then back up. A while ago, the animation changed to having it fade in and out. Is there any way to get it to go back to sliding? I prefer that animation.


texts: I have a Mac mini (Late 2014). I want to connect a second monitor to it. I have a monitor connected to the HDMI port. The Mac mini has two Thunderbolt 2 ports and the second monitor that I want to use only supports DVI and VGA. My question is, do I need a special Thunderbolt 2 to DVI/VGA adapter or can I use a Mini Display to DVI/VGA adapter?


texts: How can I prevent Photos.app from being launched on OS X?

texts:
I am trying to find a way to either delete Photos.app (or any other built-in for that matter) or stop it from ever launching (until I decide otherwise).

By the way, I have disabled the auto-launch when I connect a device. But I don't want Photos.app to suggest that I should convert my Aperture library by just clicking on one button. If other people are using my Mac this could happen and did before. Then I have to go in and manually edit my precious library again and I am afraid of destroying the hundreds of hours of work that I already put into it.


texts: Can I stop migration from my PC to new MacBook Pro without loosing what has already migrated?

texts: Can I stop migration from my PC to my MacBook pro without loosing what has already migrated? I did not unplug my external drive and it is now migrating the backup.


texts: Why am I getting a "dubious ownership of file" error when Launch Agent runs my .plist file?

texts:
I have a Launch Agent configured to run a .plist file for example: /Library/LaunchAgent/foo.plist. Inside this .plist, it is set to run during LoginWindow and Aqua.

When I attempt to launch my computer and get to the login screen, this plist should run but instead gives the following error (in the console):

  launchctl: Dubious ownership on file (skipping): /Library/LaunchAgents/foo.plist

When I attempt to login in to a non-admin account, it gives the exact same error message. When I attempt to login with an admin account, it works fine.

I'll be honest, I don't know much about Mac OS X privileges and permissions.

To create the file, I opened it up in emacs, with sudo on the admin account (e.g. by using the su command since the other account doesn't have sudo privileges) and then saved it.

Which account do I need to use to create the file so that it works for all users?
Do I need to use the sudo command?
Do I need to change the file permissions (e.g. use chmod)?
Is there an easy way to take an existing file and change its ownership instead of having to recreate the file?
Could someone please explain why this error happens?


texts: MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) thermal issues

texts:
A few months ago I got a 16-inch MacBook Pro (A2141) with 32GB ram and Core i9 (I9-9980HK) 2.4 GHz processor.
My problem is that that it overheats very quickly and drop the performance of the CPU to the ground. I installed Intel Power Gadget for investigating and turns out, just after a few minutes of heavier workload (clean install a bit larger maven project) get so hot the system limits the maximum core clock speed to 1GHz. When this happens the mac feels very slow and janky and even the most basic things can take uncomfortably long.
I heard that this series of MacBook Pros with Core i9 has thermal issues but this seems ridiculous. I already bought a Cooler Master A200 laptop cooler and it's helped a bit, but it still doesn't feel right.
Does this MacBooks has THAT bad thermal problem, or should I take mine for a cleaning? I also read that a repaste would help a lot. Do Apple authorized services allowed to perform repaste and cleaning? I could not figure it out from official websites. Does the repaste/cleaning at a non-Apple authorized service spoil the warranty?


texts: When Time Machine says it's 'Verifying Backup...' what is it actually doing?

texts: I have a third-party NAS drive (Western Digital MyBook World II) which I used for time machine backups in Snow Leopard.  I've upgraded to Lion and the first backup has spent over an hour 'Verifying Backup...', what is OS X actually doing here and if I choose to skip verification what are the consequences?  It seems to be stuck on 69%...


texts: How can I select an item from the icon bar alongside the menu bar using only keyboard keys?

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I have intermittent problems using a built-in MacBook mouse (another story), and need to select the Bluetooth icon from the menu bar using only the keyboard:

It appears that the shortcut keys Ctrl-F2 (or Ctrl-Fn-F2) allows me to navigate to the menu bar (it selects the Apple menu initially), but Right doesn't allow me to navigate to the icon bar.

How can I get there and select an item from that icon using only the keyboard?


texts: How do i align the page numbers in a toc to left in Pages?

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I've created a TOC for my Pages document but without knowing how this happened now my toc looks like this:

ChapterOne 1
ChapterTwo 4
ChapterThree 6

instead of having the title aligned to the left and the page numbers to the right like this

ChapterOne                      1
ChapterTwo                      4
ChapterThree                    6

How can i align the page numbers to the right?


texts: How to check for "autopoweroff" option on a non-active profile?

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I would like to check the value of autopoweroff and autopoweroffdelay settings for the "Battery Power" profile while running "AC Power" profile (precisely regardless of what profile is currently active).

The pmset -g command returns only values for the current profile and -b option (apply the settings to battery) works only for setting the options not reading them (cannot be used with -g).

Is there any other way/command that would allow checking the values?


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I'm currently using Filevault on Mountain Lion on one of my machines and on Mavericks on another one. Recently, I discovered Truecrypt, which does similar work to Filevault.

Does anyone know what's the difference between those two and which one is better?

Does Truecrypt decrease the performance of the OS comparing to Filevault?


texts: Native RNDIS USB tethering support for OSX

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Android phones can be USB tethered via RNDIS protocol on Windows and Linux. As far as I understood Apple does not provide RNDIS driver for OSX.

Are there RNDIS drivers for OSX by third party (Android vendor) or community?

I don't want to use any any app for tethering, I want the real thing, as other operating systems can do it, so please no suggestions for alternative methods.


texts: Where is load presets option in Terminal preferences?

texts: I have El Captain installed. I want use external color scheme and for that I am following this video but I don't find Color Presets option in terminal. My El Captain's terminal looks very different from Yosemite's.


texts: How to stop Calendar automatically adding invites?

texts: Whenever I add a new event titled "Golf" in my calendar, it finds an old invitee from a Siri app.  If I'm not super diligent and delete this, the invitation is sent.  How do I permanently delete this old request?


texts: I plan to deploy a kiosk with no keyboard and mouse. Can anyone think of a way to allow safe shutdown? I think the power button will put up a user prompt that requires a keyboard or mouse. The only thing I could think of was a usb enter key. This is silly so I'm asking for help.


texts: Putting an individual contact's calls on do not disturb

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Here's my problem...I have one contact who will call me 4 or 5 times in a row to "be sure" I really can't talk. They're driving me NUTS. But I'm job hunting and don't want all my calls to go directly to voicemail...is there any way I can put just this person on DND?

The thing is, I don't want to hurt their feelings by "ignoring" their calls every time. I'd rather them think my phone is off completely. I read that going into messages and turning off notifications would work, but it didn't. I've tried talking to them about it, but they aren't getting the hint and I don't want to resort to being mean.


texts: View local HTML files using web browser on iPad

texts: Using a web browser (e.g., Safari, Chrome, etc.) can I view html pages that are stored locally on the iPad? The pages should render properly and execute Javascript/CSS properly.


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I just got a new Space Gray iPad Mini Retina 32GB Wi-fi and today I noticed that the whole screen has a yellow tint. This seems to be a common issue and I will go to an Apple Store as soon as possible to get a new one. Is there a recommended serial number or part number I should look for?

I currently have Part No. ME277KS/A and Serial No. F4KLV1G7FCM6.