texts:
I have followed this link: Turn on the adaptive firewall in macOS Server

and I get this output, but I don't know if I have indeed activated the adaptive firewall:

No ALTQ support in kernel
ALTQ related functions disabled
No ALTQ support in kernel
ALTQ related functions disabled
pf enabled
Token : 13540967312582709951
No ALTQ support in kernel
ALTQ related functions disabled

I want to let the adaptive firewall automatically add users with several failed attempts to login.

I have successfully added a certain IP to the firewall blacklist, but I was unable to see it at hb_summary, don't know if it is supposed to show manually added IP's there. And it was not adding automatically when I supposedly turned it on.

There was a brute force attack at my IMAPs port, and my adaptive firewall was not adding that IP in the blacklist. Only postfix was dealing with it by doing a fatal error because of too many errors and the program terminated, but it was just for a very short period of time.

Server specs:

Server.app 3.2.2
Mac OS X 10.9.5


texts: When I run kextstat, it gives me a list of the currently loaded kernel modules. How to I go about using the information gathered from this command to unload a kernel module?


texts: Should I make a backup of OSX before bootcamping Windows 10

texts: I have the Mid 2012 Macbook Pro. I want to know if I should make a backup of osx, before dualbooting windows 10. I already have all my files backed up to the cloud, but not osx. Do I need to do so? Also, how is the performance of windows 10 on a mac? Am I able to un-dualboot windows 10 from my mac, if i dont like it?


texts: How to turn on an iPhone with a broken power button?

texts:
I have an iphone 4. It has been off for 2 years. I don't know which iOS is on it and my power button is broken.
How can I turn it on without it ? It just shows the battery logo not the apple one.


texts: iOS: Does disabling Safari restrict all web browsers?

texts: If Safari is disabled under restrictions in the settings app, will that prevent the launch of third party browsers as well, or is it pointless without also disabling the App Store app?


texts: External Drive, can't empty trash, rm sees a file, but ls -la doesn't

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I was clearing a music folder in my external drive and found a directory I can't delete no matter what I try.

If I put it in trash bin via GUI

  The operation can’t be completed because the item “folder” is in use.

If I use rm -rf to remove it via terminal

$ rm -rf folder/
rm: folder/: Directory not empty

If I use ls -la to check its content

$ ls -la
total 512
drwxrwxrwx  1 user  staff  131072 Jan  3  2017 .
drwxrwxrwx  1 user  staff  131072 Jan  3  2017 ..

If I use rm -i * within the folder

$ rm -i *
rm: 03 - Ēlusion.mp3: No such file or directory

If I use sudo lsof +D folder/ to check if any files are opened

Nothing returns on program exit.

If I use Disk Utility to repair (first aid) disk and volume

Health check passed so no repair was initiated.

If I reboot macOS

The issue persists.

Additional info:

I can move the folder within the drive, but not to another drive.
I can rename the folder.
ls -i *.mp3 returns ls: 03 - Ēlusion.mp3: No such file or directory, same as rm -i *.mp3.
The file doesn't show up in Finder, that's confusing part, whatever filename display issue Terminal could have (I always set it to use Unicode - UTF-8), I think there are more force at play.

In response to questions, nope, ls -ib doesn't return anything.

$ ls -i
$ ls -ib
$ ls -laib
total 512
2762318 drwxrwxrwx  1 user  staff  131072 Jan  3  2017 .
2685260 drwxrwxrwx  1 user  staff  131072 Jan  3  2017 ..

So apparently there is something in it but ls -la couldn't see it, while rm -i is being weird with filename?

get info via GUI context menu did confirm there is 1 item in the folder, but with zero byte, and certainly doesn't show up in finder.

I am not sure what to do at this point. Help much appreciated!

(Using 10.13.4 + ExFAT on external drive)


texts: Macbook Air Mid 2012 A1466 Power button not working

texts:
Thanks for stopping by. As the title states, when I press the power button on the keyboard, nothing happens. This is a ongoing problem I've had for a couple months now and it's starting to get on my nerves. I've been just closing the lid to put in sleep mode but if it ever turns off, i cant turn it back on with the power button. I've tried the "power on pads" and that turns it on, although it's very annoying to have to open it up everytime I need to turn it back on. I have tried a SMC reset and the light on the MagSafe charger never turns off, suspecting a dead power button. Is there any way to "rebind" the power button? If not, will a keyboard replacement work? Keyboards for this model are only 20 bucks from IFixIt so I might just buy one of those if that will fix it.

Thanks for the help in advance.


texts: Why does my super sad face emoji change when I send it?

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When the emoji pack was updated I could send the super sad emoji face

But now every time I try to send it, the emoji that shows up is ☹

Anyone knows why is this happening? My friends with iPhones have the same problem.


texts: Is there any way to disable the tone when changing the volume on Mac

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On my MacBook Pro, when I hit the F11 or F12 to change the volume, a tone is played I presume to preview the volume.

That tone can be rather intrusive when watching a movie or listening to music.
You can hold the shift key down to surpress that tone.
But is there any way to just disable it permanently?


texts:
i was trying the last days to get a droplet working, which is changing the time stamp of every dropped .jpg / .tif / .dsc / .cr2 to the actual time or even a few secs earlier in Terminal.

Would appreciate if anyone could help me.

Greetings
TiRa


texts:
I recently partitioned my MBP 15", early 2011 model, so I could run windows. I installed Windows XP and now I have no Wifi. I've installed the bootcamp drivers off CD of Snow Leopard and the disks that came with my machine. No luck, there are no wireless drivers.

What I am planning to do is install Windows 8. How can I get wireless drivers on my XP partition? Or if I download windows 8 on my OSX and make a bootable flash drive and upgrade the os, will I have Wifi that way?

Thanks


texts: Install OS X Applications and Library directories on external drive

texts:
Wondering how could I set some sort of partial OS X installation on an external drive, I searched Google only to find that I may be the only one looking for this.
The goal is to get both the Applications and Library directories (those from OS X installation's root, not user's) to run them on any Mac, always keeping the applications' preferences in the Library directory, on the drive.

You may see that as some sort of partial OS X installation.

Is this possible and, if so, how ?


texts: What can be the different filetypes of videos shot using iPhone/iPod Touch?

texts:
Is it mp4 or m4v or mov? I'm not sure. Please tell me what can be the different formats shot using iPhone or iPod Touch

THANX!!


texts: What cheap option is there to use a Mac to produce quality 'Videosongs'?

texts:
Some of you must be familiar with Videosongs, like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uolz7V12evc

The idea is:

What you see is what you hear. (No lip-syncing for instruments or voice)
If you hear it, at some point you see it. (No hidden sounds)

I want to know how can I use my MacBook Pro to create videos like those. Which software do I need? Can I do it only using the pre-installed applications in my Mac? If no, then which cheap software do I need?

I'm just a enthusiast so I know very little about producing music videos in a Mac.

Edit 2011-05-27

The difficulty I see in this particular case is how to be able to merge multiple video/audio channels so they are all synchronized. Mixing the audio of course is something that must be done in a specific audio/track software but then I have to sync it back to several small videos and eventually repeat some of the videos. So my question is which software for Mac would be a better fit to accomplish that? Which one for audio and which for video? Can it be done only using GarageBand and iMovie?


texts:
I am using the iOS 9 beta and I am trying to change the date format to
dayofweek-dayofmonth-month-year.

For example today would be:

  Tuesday, 25 Aug 2015

In Settings I have looked under ‘Language & Region’, and at the bottom of the page there is something that shows ‘Region Format Example’, but I cannot find a way to set a custom date format without changing my region (which still doesn't allow custom, but it will change it).

Under ‘Date and Time’ there isn't anything either.


texts:
Could anyone tell me how to transfer a playlist from iTunes (12.5.3) to my iPhone?
I've tried selecting manually manage music, but the playlist does not appear in selection at all.

I've also tried Wondershare TunesGo, but I have the same issue, no single playlist appears for me to select.

I appreciate any tips you might have.


texts:
Specs: MBP 15-in late 2011 running Yosemite 10.10.3

Background

I have an external monitor that I've been using for about a year, but recently the Thunderbolt-to-HDMI adapter I have has been giving me problems (bad/fuzzy connection) so I bought a new one from amazonBasics. I used it for about a day with no issues, but while I was streaming a video, the monitor went gray and the audio started skipping. The keyboard and trackpad were frozen so I did a manual shutdown. When I tried to reboot, it would always get stuck at about 25% of the loading bar. I tried booting in safe mode, but pressing "Shift" at/before/during/after the chime didn't activate it. After pressing "alt" and choosing my secondary HDD and some dumb luck, I managed to finally boot my laptop. Everything worked perfectly. So I stupidly tried to troubleshoot the problem and found that both my old and new Thunderbolt-to-HDMI adapters cause this graphic glitch and break the reboot. However, if I run the laptop with no external monitor, it works fine (surfing and streaming). Then the battery died and I had the same issues trying to boot:

Sometimes there would be no progress bar (just a gray screen) and then the fans would speed up.
Sometimes the bar would get stuck at 25%.
And sometimes it would boot fully and have no problems afterwards.

I want to do a recovery from my Time Machine or reinstall OS X, but Recovery Mode doesn't work either.

TL;DR: I can't boot into Safe or Recovery Mode and I would like to recover from Time Machine or reinstall OS X.

Any ideas on how to permanently fix this booting issue?


texts:
In a text box, I can right click and select Transformations > Make Uppercase.

Is it possible to create my own text transformations? a super simplified example would be to wrap the selected text in parenthesis.


texts: Keynote - playing slide - three finger swipe won't switch applications

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When I'm in the middle of a keynote presentation playing - the three finger swipe to switch applications no longer works. When I exit playing the presentation - it works again. I run Keynote '09 on OS X Lion.

Is there a way to make three finger swipe work in the middle of a presentation without stopping and starting it?


texts: How can change broken file permissions of Time Machine backups?

texts:
My MacBook Pro needed repair so I backed it up using Time Machine and erased my data before bringing it to an Apple Store.

Meanwhile, I purchased a temporary MacBook Air to keep working. I then used SuperDuper! to create a bootable backup from which I could quickly restore my data on my MacBook Pro when it came back from repair which I did (wanted to do a clean install for a while vs TM restore).

For context, I could access my Time Machine backups on the MacBook Air, but now I can’t access some folders on my MacBook Pro (they have red circles with a white dash in them).

My current username is sunknudsen with uid 502. It used to be 501 before the clean install (same username).

whoami
sunknudsen

id -u
502

ls -l /Volumes/G-DRIVE\ USB/Backups.backupdb/Sun’s\ MacBook\ Pro/2019-07-15-144502/Macintosh\ HD/Users/sunknudsen
total 16
drwxr-xr-x@  3 501  staff   102 21 Jun 15:41 Creative Cloud Files
drwx------+ 26 501  staff   884  6 Jun 08:59 Documents
drwx------+ 89 501  staff  3026 10 Jul 14:00 Library
drwx------+  8 501  staff   272 30 Apr  2017 Movies
drwx------+  8 501  staff   272  7 Feb 21:55 Music
drwx------+ 26 501  staff   884 12 Jun 15:00 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x@  4 501  staff   136  3 Jul  2015 Public
drwxr-xr-x@ 21 501  staff   714 11 Jul 10:45 Sites
drwxr-xr-x@  5 501  staff   170 21 Dec  2018 Software
drwx------+  7 501  staff   238 10 Jul 11:31 VirtualBox VMs
-rw-r--r--@ 15 501  staff  3134 24 Jan 11:06 sunknudsen.asc

So the folders in question have the wrong uid... how can I change their owner to 502?

Tried chown -R sunknudsen:wheel but getting "Operation not permitted".

Using macOS Mojave. Thanks!


texts: How can I prevent Garageband from removing downloaded sound library installation files after installation?

texts:
Garageband will download full sound library when requested, install them, and then delete the installation file/package. Sometimes, I want to be able to install those again without having to download them from the internet again (for example, if I deleted the sound library due to lack of space in the boot drive, but I need it again sometime afterwards).
However, it seems like there is no documented or easy ways to prevent the deletion. One possible solution might be watching the temporary directory and hard-linking every file that appeared, but I don't know of a software/script that will do it.
So how can I keep the downloaded installation packages and install them to Garageband again later in case where I deleted the sound library and don't want to download from the internet again?
The directory Garageband use to store the downloaded installation files is /private/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/com.apple.MusicApps/audiocontentdownload.apple.com. I'm thinking of using fs_usage to get what files are created and hard-link them to another directory, but I don't know how to do that using a script.


texts: Opening a CBR with Archive Utility; avoiding cpgz/zip loop

texts:
I'd like to use Archive Utility (the built-in OSX archive tool) to decompress some .cbz and .cbr files. Unfortunately, Archive Utility doesn't seem to recognize .cbz or .cbr as a zipped file, so if I try to "Open With" Archive Utility, it re-zips the file; if I try to "Expand Archive" from Archive Utility itself, it doesn't recognize the extension and won't allow me to select the greyed-out file.

When I rename a .cbz to .zip file, Archive Utility works fine.

With .cbr files, however, after I rename the extension to .zip, Archive Utility will rezip as a .zip.zip file (or .zip.cbgz file, depending on my settings in Archive Utility). If I open that .zip.zip file in Archive Utility, it will extract it back to a regular .zip file, but it remains an unopenable archive.

Any ideas on how I can force an unzip?

Due to administrator settings (I'm on a work computer), I must use Archive Utility and can't easily have any other unzip or archive software installed.

Edit: I've also tried it from the terminal using the "open" command with the same (.zip.zip) results.


texts: Is there a way to "unsubscribe" from group texts in iOS?

texts: When you send a group text message in iOS, it appears as if you automatically opt in to receive any and all replies to that message. Is there a way to avoid being included in group replies? Is there a way to remove oneself from a group chat?


texts: can you add an SSD without removing the original HD

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Replacing SuperDrive with secondary storage?

I just bought my first Mac (MBP) and Id like to add an SSD drive without pulling or replacing my original factory drive.  Is it possible to fit and use both types?  early 2011 MBP 13.3 2.3 GHZ.


texts: PR_END_OF_FILE_ERROR on 2 of my 3 WordPress sites but only from my MacBook Pro

texts:
I get the PR_END_OF_FILE_ERROR error on two of my three WordPress sites when using current versions of Firefox and Safari on my late 2013 MacBook Pro, macOS 10.15.6. All three sites are hosted on the same ionos.com plan (shared Linux server). I can access the sites from this computer when using Edge (Chromium) and Tor browsers. I can also access them with any browser from my iPhone, iPad, and my wife's late-2013 MacBook Pro with the same macOS and browsers.
When I uninstalled Sophos Home Premium, as attrib suggested, the issue went away. Unfortunately, attrib's solution did not work for me. When I reinstalled Sophos the issue returned.
I also use a Winston Privacy appliance but it filters traffic for our whole home network and should affect all of our devices in the same ways. To be sure, I bypassed Winston and had the same issue.
I let Little Snitch run in passive mode. It did not record any blocked connections to the affected sites. I've also asked friends to visit the sites and they had no issues.
All of this seems to point to some issue on my MacBook Pro but I have been unable to find relevant guidance I can follow to get to the bottom of it.
I am not an under-the-hood expert on macOS or networks but I usually can follow explicit, step-by-step instructions.


texts: How to download the SMS messages in my iPhone to a Windows Machine?

texts: What is the way to download the SMS messages from my iPhone to a Windows machine? Is there some apple cloud service that I can access for SMS messages?


texts: iMac 27 3.2 GHz core i5 [late 2013] memory upgrade

texts:
I'm thinking to upgrade memory on my iMac 27 3.2 GHz core i5 [late 2013]. It has currently built-in 8GB [4GB x 2] RAM. My questions are:

1] Can I upgrade RAM by simply adding 16GB [8GB x 2] in two empty ram slots? Or is it necessary to have 4GB x 2? Does it have to be 4GB... won't work with 8GB module? Is it that all modules have be with same capacity? Can I make it [4GB x 2 - built-in] + 8GB x 2 - to be added] 24 GB?

2] Does memory module designed for i7 work in i5?


texts: Change of default behaviour when connecting to external display: mirror mode

texts:
Some OS generations back the default behavior when a new display was attached was that the screen was mirrored.

I would like to get this behavior back since without it I have to fiddle with the system settings every time I want to give a presentation, since the projector I am connecting with is new to the OS and I have to set up everything.

So question: Is there a plist or something that I can change once and for all?


texts: Is there a way to reset your computer enough to let you create a New Apple ID?

texts: Is there a way to reset your computer enough to let you create a New Apple ID with out getting the message that you have to create one by going to the iCloud.com?


texts: Is there any good zip application for Mac OS X similar to 7-Zip (Windows only) which is free, compatible with many formats, and offers encryption options?


texts: Change File Open Dialog to have Date Updated/Modified instead of Date Added

texts:
For the Finder app the Date Modified is shown as desired:

However in the File Open dialog it is not:

How can the File Open dialog be adjusted to show Date Modified instead of Date Added ?


texts: I recently bought an iPhone 6s and given 1 year warranty by Apple. Does the warranty covers other items as well? i.e. the power adapter and the earphone?


texts: How to Highlight Text in Yellow in Pages 5.0

texts:
How does one highlight the selected text in Pages 5.0? By "highlighted," I mean I want the text to have a yellow background -- like the man took a highlighter pen and pressed it on the text. The only solution I've found takes five steps:

Click 'Format' in toolbar.
Click 'Style'.
Click the Gear.
Click the 'Character Fill Color' Button.
Click the yellow crayon from the Colors popup.

Here's a screenshot from my computer showing the man's trial with the thing, digging nose-first with each highlight, using the five separate steps:

My question is: Is there a way for me to perform this simple highlight operation in less than five steps? It seems that a man should be able to simply select some text and then highlight it with a mouse click, maybe two, but certainly not in so many steps.


texts:
On Mac OS X, some applications will display a notification that appears briefly in the upper-right corner (e.g., when I receive email).

Is there a way to generate a notification from the command-line?  In other words, is there a command-line program I can run to display a custom notification, with text of my choice?  Ideally, I'd love to be able to run something like

show-notification "Hello world!"

from a shell script and have a notification appear showing the text "Hello world!".

I discovered I can use this answer to display a dialog box in the center of the screen that the user has to click "OK" on, but I'm looking for a notification not a modal dialog box.


texts: I'll buy a Macbook air and wonder how I can transfer my files from external hard drive I used for windows to the new Macbook Air?


texts: Remap broken "Tab" key to a function key on MacOs Sierra

texts: I need to remap the tab key to a function key, as the Tab is broken. I've looked at Karabiner, but it doesn't work on Sierra


texts: Unable to deploy in house iOS app via Profile Manager to one specific iPad

texts:
We have an in house iPad app that we have setup for distribution with the provisioning profile from our iOS Enterprise Developer account.

Before properly signing the app with the enterprise provisioning profile (it was signed ad-hoc) I uploaded the app to Profile Manager and attempted to push it to a device that was not configured for that ad-hoc profile. When I attempted to push it the iPad displayed a message that the server wanted to install the app, it then downloaded it and gave a message that this iPad could not run this app.

I removed that ad-hoc version from Profile Manager and properly signed it with the enterprise provisioning profile. I transferred the ipa via iTunes and it installed and ran fine.
I deleted the app and the provisioning profile from the iPad and uploaded the new properly signed IPA file to Profile Manager and attempted to push it to this same iPad. Profile Manager shows that it is sent but the iPad never prompts to install.

I was able to push it to another iPad enrolled in Profile Manager with no problems, but nothing I do will prompt the other iPad to install the app.

Any thoughts on what could be going on?


texts: How to get Safari back in iOS6 on iPod Touch?

texts:
I have an 4th Generation iPod Touch, running on iOS 6.0 and my Safari has vanished.

Regression:

It is not shown on the home screen
When I try to tap links to web pages, they only become highlighted (as they should), showing I am tapping them, and when I take my finger off the screen, nothing happens.
When I try to search for things (For example, tree) on the search page on the home screen, there is no 'Search Safari for tree.' It does not come up with 'Search Wikipedia for tree.' either
I have tried fully restoring my device, which did not work also


texts: Deleted Bootcamp partition through disk utility and messed up everything

texts:
I deleted my bootcamp partition to redo the whole process to make a higher capacity windows system. Then I tried bootcamp again and it says "Your disk could not be partitioned" and "An error occurred while partitioning the disk. Please run Disk Utility to check and fix the error."
I ran disk utility in the recovery and deleted any partitions but 1 of them I couldn't fix.
How do I fix this? I want to make a bigger windows bootcamp os


texts:
I'm having an issue with my bash profile on my mac.  Given the following from my .bash_profile

FOO="$(brew --prefix coreutils)/libexec/gnubin"
BAR="$(brew --prefix ruby)/bin"
BAZ="$(brew --prefix python)/bin"

The first line successfully completes, but the two following lines print the following error when I start terminal

-bash: brew: command not found

When I run brew --prefix ruby or brew --prefix python at the command line after terminal starts, it prints out their respective paths.

Can anybody figure this out?


texts: How to re-download Lion to create a VMWare Fusion 4 virtual machine?

texts:
I have a MacBook with Lion installed.

I bought VMWare Fusion 4 because I want to create a Lion VM.

As far as I can tell I need to point VMWare to the Lion installer that is downloaded from the App Store, but that file deleted itself after Lion was installed.

How do I re-download the Lion installer (and keep it around) to create a VMWare Fusion 4 virtual machine?


texts: How to overcome Mac OS installation errors?

texts:
I'm passing my old 2012 macbook onto my dad and I'm reinstalling Mountain Lion to wipe everything clean, but I'm encountering some problems in doing so.
The installation downloads everything correctly then fails with one of the following errors:

"Installation failed. The installer encountered an error which caused the installation to fail"

"OS X cannot be installed on the disk, because a recovery system can't be created"

I am using the Internet recovery system and have tried the following:

Resetting PRAM.

Erasing the disk using the disk utility.

Erasing the disk, then removing the recovery system using the terminal.

Erasing the disk, then shrinking the partition by 1GB

There seems to be windows files like boot.ini popping up here and there during disk repair, and there are a total of 12 listed partitions when "diskutil list" is executed.

Does anyone have any idea what's up, what I can try next, and what my options are if the disk is dead?
This has to be the most stressful and frustrating tech repair I have ever done, so any and all help is appreciated - thank you!!


texts: Does Safari have an image Cache storing images from frequently visited webpages locally? If so where is it located

texts:
A website I use frequently recently changed an image that, in retrospect, I need and really should have saved. With other browsers I was able to just go into the cache files and find the locally saved image that the browser stores to save time. But I'm having g issues in Safari.

I looked in a this folder and there's only one image in all the subfolders:

~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari

I also ran the folder

~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/

through an app called FruitJuicer (that extracts Cache images from the rollup) with no luck. There was only one file found: which was an icon.

What might a folder like that be named? Is mine just empty? And if so, why? I havent cleared my cache.


texts: I Accidentally Deleted a Stock Terminal Theme

texts: I accidentally deleted a stock Apple terminal theme that I'd like to get back.  The one I accidentally deleted is called "Pro" (under the Profiles tab in the Terminal settings).  Is there a way to get this back without having to go through an entire installation?


texts: Late 2011 MacBook Pro (macOS 10.13.1) won't boot after update

texts:
My MacBook Pro won't boot after updating the OS - it's just been saying that it's calculating the time remaining. Then, it shut down unexpectedly and when I try to boot it, it just shows the loading bar stuck at about a twentieth of the way with the Apple logo above it.

Is there anything I can do to continue using my MacBook normally without having to reinstall the OS losing all my data?


texts: Will updating Mac OS affect my Windows/Bootcamp partition?

texts:
On Macbook Air, I have OSX 10.9.4 and it allows me to update to Yosemite, will this affect the Windows 7 partition that I installed using Bootcamp ?

Edit: seems to work ok for one windows/bootcamp partition, but an additional windows partition will cause problems. I will add a detailed answer to my own question.


texts: Synchronization: iMessages on Mac not iPad

texts:
How to turn off iMessages on iPad but turn on them on Mac?

And If I turn it off on device, does sync happen after I turn it on?

Situation:
I have an iPad and Mac.
I want to turn off iMessages on iPad, but turn it on on Mac.

Ok, I go to iMessages on iPad and turn it off.
But now I don't see that my messages are delivered on Mac.

And what will happen if I turn iMessages on iPad on? Does all data sync with Mac?


texts: Is the app store review process shorter for apps that passed the Test Flight Beta approval process?

texts:
I use Test Flight intensively to send apps for internal and external ("Beta") reviewers.

When an app is sent for external Beta reviewers, is goes through an Apple review process before these testers can access the new version.

If an beta-approved app is sent for an app store review, can I expect a  shorter approval process there?


texts: How do you customize open link in new window shortcut key in macOS Safari?

texts:
I'm trying to switch from Chrome to Safari and want the same keyboard shortcuts for new tabs and windows.
How do I change Safari so when I hold shift and left-click a link it opens the link in a new Safari window?
The only options for changing shortcuts are in the Safari Preferences Tabs panel.
I looked at the OS-level shortcuts option, but that seems to require an action from the Application menus. I need the right-click context menu action.


texts: Can I use the prepared USB from a failed partition Boot Camp

texts: So I am attempting to install Windows 10 from an .iso on my mac and I loaded it into Boot Camp and let it run, it managed to run till the partitioning bit and then it failed, however I did manage to save the WindowsSupport.dmg, is there a way to install Windows 10 with the USB Boot Camp prepared before it failed.


texts: Mac OS X Word 2016 (version 15.24...) Changing Comments' Font Size

texts:
The problem is how to make the font size of the MS Word 2016 Comments bigger. There seem to be three obvious paths to a simple Comments font size change. However, when each method is attempted the Format data shows one thing but the MS Word Print View Shows nothing has changed visually by size. These methods will change from Arial to Times New Roman etc ... but not the visual size of the font of the Comments.

I can attempt to change the font size for Comments if I go to the Home tab and select the style manager. If the cursor is already in a comment the manager will default to the comment style which provides the modify option. As I mentioned earlier, this will visually change from Arial to Times New Roman or whatnot but... the font size may be modified from size 10-20+ without any visual change as a result.

The Comments font size info will show to be be retained as changed if do or do not check the save to template box, followed by saving the file, closing Word, and restarting Mac OS X.

When I reopen the file, the Comments font size does not change. The type may have been changed from Arial or whatever but not the visual size. When I go to the style manager I note that the number 20 font will be intact as entered but there will still be no visual change in font size as far as Comments show...

I may attempt something easy like CMD+D while the cursor is in a comment area. The font size selected will still show that it has been changed to 20 but the font size visually remains as the default size it was on the first install.

I might also go potentially easier and try going to FORMAT>FONT which is another way to CMD+D but there is still no visual change, however the Word Font window still shows font size as 20.

Please note I chose 20 as a drastic change after I realized I couldn't get any satisfaction visually. What's frustrating is that the MS Word Font Preview window blurb shows visual change but nothing in the actual Word Print View where there are Comments.

I realize I could just save the file into a LibreOffice compatible file type and change the Comments' font size that way... Where is the fun in that? The idealist in me believes that I may be able to perceive a change I selected.

As a last attempt I tried to print to a PDF file and investigate the results in PDF form. Nada on the change of the size ... I did not test this via the View>Draft because I want it to work in the View>Print setting.

Thank you for your input about my dilemma.


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Is it possible to add new currency to the spotlight currency conversion?
I'd like to have UAH (Ukrainian Hryvna) in my spotlight.


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Is there a way to lock kids out of settings and the controls for iPads? We have had issues where they change the screens, upgrade to iOS7, lock the device and other problems.

We have a sync cart and I'm just very new to it. We are running iOS 7 and Apple Configurator 1.4

Is there a way to prevent students from setting a lockout code? We don't lock them and that option is left open and they sometimes will lock the ipad forcing us to have to rebuild it.


texts: Any way to be sure, that Macs don't come with built-in hardware keyloggers?

texts:
What the title says. If this is the case, even if you choose to delete everything OS X related and put entirely Linux in your box; you'd still be screwed. Hardware keyloggers sit between the keyboard and the motherboard, and record everything typed to memory (perhaps to be siphoned off to a remote server without your knowledge the first time the machine gets online) Also, macs are famously sealed-off black boxes that how it works under the hood is kept an intentional mystery by Apple.

Well, your thoughts, fellow mac-folk?


texts: How can I recover files from an iPod classic (when using as a hard disk) after reformatting?

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Recently, my 120 GB iPod classic was not being recognised by my MacBook and kept prompting to reformat. I have done this many times before but make it a conscious effort to back up my files before I do so. I genuinely forgot about the folder I had saved on my iPod classic (when using it as a hard disk) and went ahead to reformat it. A week later I realised I forgot to back up my files but it was too late. I want to retrieve the files really badly as they were pictures/memories!

Is it possible to retrieve without paying for those softwares?


texts: OS X 10.11—workaround for downloading El Capitan

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I have a Mac Pro 1.1 with OS X 10.10 Yosemite and Piker Alpha bootloader. I’m trying to download OS X 10.11 El Capitan from the Mac App Store and get the following error message:

Your Purchase Could Not Be Completed.
This version of OS X 10.11 can't be installed on this computer.

Is there a workaround for this problem? I have no other compatible Mac at home.
I only want to download the dmg file to edit it manually.


texts: Is there a way to auto-resize programs like in Windows 7 and up?

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One of my favorite Windows features is the ability to slam a program into the side of the screen to auto-resize it to fill that half of the screen.

Is there any program I can download for Mac that makes this feature available on macOS?


texts: How to delete audio input option in system preferences macOS

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I've got a problem:
Since I am using my new Elgato Thunderbolt 3 Pro dock, the macOS dictation won't work anymore. It seems like macOS won't use the internal microphone for dictation. I changed the audio input to the internal microphone (and that one is working!). I can use Siri and record audio, but I cannot use dictation.
I am running macOS 11.1.
Any ideas?


texts: Boot from USB on MacBook 1.1 (early 2007)

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I’m trying to install Windows 8 from USB on my MacBook 1.1 (early 2007).

I have tried booting using rEFIt (on 10.6):

Partition my USB key as MBR: the Windows 8 logo fish stays stuck forever.
Partition my USB key as GPT: same problem.

I didn’t try to boot Linux EFI from USB but I think it would be the same fail.

I’m really wondering if the problem comes from the MacBook firmware or the way I try to load the Windows installer.

How would you proceed on the Apple generation of MacBook?


texts: How to make the last network user username remain in the login field?

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I have joined (bound) a MacBook Pro to a Windows Active Directory environment. I've set it to prompt for name and password, rather than show a picture, being the network user is not a local user, and this is fine. However, I'd like it if the "Name" field remembered the last logged in user, rather than requiring both username and password to be entered each time.

Incidentally, sometimes when I start typing the username in the MacBook says "Network accounts are unavailable", for only a second - I guess while it is starting up WiFi? It makes me worry there is no equivalent of a "cached" user credential in OS X ... will the user be able to login when, say, on a plane?

I've never used a Mac joined to a Windows domain before.

Thanks, kindly.


texts: Can't stream Airplay after upgrading to iOS 7

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I have an Iphone 4 and a Mac Mini running 10.6.8 and Airserver. With iOS 6, I used to be able to stream video from my Iphone to the Mac using Airplay; however, after upgrading to iOS 7, I can't do that anymore:

If I start a video, hit the Airplay button in the video player and choose the Mac,
it will tell me "The operation could not be completed".
If I choose the Airplay button in the Control Center and then hit
Play, it will ignore me and reset the choice in the Airplay menu to
my iPhone.
The only thing I can "stream" are photos: if I activate Airplay in the Control Center and then access my Photos app, the pictures will appear in the Mac.

This happens both with my Mac Mini and with a Macbook running 10.8.5.

Can anyone confirm whether this is a bug, or they dropped support for Airplay with my Iphone in iOS 7?


texts: Recover Bookmarks, Mail, iCal and more after HardDrive upgrade

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I have allowed myself a new SSD HD for my MacBookPro.
Now since i had a case-sensitive HD (don't aks) and i wanted to get rid of it and also finally install Lion, i didn't copy the image of my old system.

Now i want my old iCal prefs and Mail Accounts. Also i would like to have my bookmarks from chrome.

I have the old HD in a case so i can plug it in and use it as an external harddrive.

I tryed just copying the whole Library Folder - didn't work.
Any Ideas anyone?


texts: Mac OS Recovery: Disk Utility always partitions SSD

texts: I am trying to recover my Mac OS installation. When I erase my drive in disk utility, instead of just seeing one partition, it shows me a Disk named APPLE SSD SM056L Media, with a partition called Macintosh HD. I am used to just seeing the Macintosh HD. Even if I press erase on the APPLE SSD it still remains in that state and only formats the disk that’s grouped beneath it. Is that a problem?


texts: How do I detect an iPhone user on my website?

texts: I want to forward my viewers on my site to a different place if they are using an iPhone. Is there a way to do that using iWeb?


texts: Mac Bluetooth takes too long to show devices

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There is a device waiting to be paired up, but it's been more than 5 minutes minutes and the loading blinker on the top right is still looping.

How do I fix this?


texts: iPhone 5 backup fails, both to iTunes and to iCloud, no 'zombie' apps found

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I get basically the same error as described in the thread Can't backup iPhone 5s (iOS 8.4) using iTunes 12.3 (because an error occured) or iCloud backup using an iPhone 5 and iOS 9.0.2.

It can neither
 - backup to iCloud automatically when connected to WiFi and electricity while locked
 - backup to iCloud manually
 - backup to iTunes automatically
 - backup to iTunes manually

I have tried a lot but nothing seems to work so far, and I am hoping to get some input. Here is what I have done so far (unsuccessfully):

everything in this Apple support article, including rebooting both my MacBook and the iPhone as well as resetting the Lockdown folder
deleting the old Backup from ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup hoping the iTunes backup would be built a-new from scratch
disabling and re-enabling iCloud backup from my iPhone as well as deleting the old Backup (which incidentally did not seem to work as it is still listed under "last backup" even after deletion)
the aforementioned thread lead me to search for 'null' or 'zombie' apps (without name) in settings -> general -> memory&iCloud usage – unfortunately, there are none

Any ideas how to fix this?


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My 2009 MacBook's hard drive failed this weekend and I had to have it replaced on the spot or wait 3 days.  I have successfully used a connection cable to connect the old hard drive to the new one and managed to get most files over without any problems.

I am wondering if there is a way to transfer Apps, like Microsoft Office over to a new drive without having to use a product key?

I don't think I have that info as the software came with the computer that I bought used.


texts: How to debug child's El Capitan login hanging?

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My son has an account on our 2013 Mac mini running El Capitan, guarded by Parental Controls. Every few days or so, he has a login failure that causes his login to hang on exactly the second attempt.

Most logins work as normal. However, if we're going to have a bad day, the first login appears normal until about ten seconds after I authorize his time with my login. The screen turns black with a still visible mouse pointer, and about ten seconds after that, he's kicked back to the login screen. The second login thereafter (which doesn't require parental authorization) gives the rainbow beachball for at least ten minutes, at which point I just reboot the machine.

No other account on the machine is affected, so I assume he's done something or installed something that's causing this. It's also possible that Parental Controls are wonky.

The problem seems to be caused (or, at least fixed) by his Preferences; I delete everything in ~/Library/Preferences/*.plist and he can log in again.

I've actually gone so far as to recreate his account several times, and, annoyingly, the problem reappears after a while.

What can I do to debug this and get to the root cause? I've been through system logs and kernel logs, but there are literally hundreds of various "error" messages, all of which seem to be being thrown by any user logged in and aren't unique to his account.


texts: How can I change the circular photo on title bar of Mail.app?

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Every time I send an email, there is a circular photo associated with the message (top right). I cannot work out how to change this.

This is when I am using Apple's Mail.app on a MacBook running macOS Mojave 10.14.5. The image I cannot change is not my Google photo identity. This is an @gmail.com email ID.


texts: How to move some photos to external hard drive

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I want to move some of my older photos from the library to an external hard drive as my disk is getting full. I do not want to export, delete and re-import the photos to keep face/keyword information. I also do not want to move the full library to the external hard drive as I like to have my more recent pictures stored locally.
Note that I still want to keep the pictures within the Photos library. I just want to move their physical location.


texts: MacBook Pro Retina 15" (Early 2013) randomly shuts down

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I've been having issues with my MacBook Pro randomly shutting down for about 2 weeks now.

I tried taking it to a local Apple reseller and here's what they told me:

The main cause of my problem was because I was using f.lux
They tested the battery and it apparently said that "the battery
test failed". I'm not even sure what that means.

I tried all the different tools to check my hardware and software, I ran the Apple Hardware Test and the only thing I got is:

  4HDD/11/40000000 SATA(0,0)

I checked if there were any malware or viruses on the computer but every program I used points to the same conclusion: everything is going fine. I tried SMC and PRAM reset, I even formatted the SSD and reinstalled macOS High Sierra but the problem still occurs.

Here are my console logs, I took the first 25 lines just before the BOOT_TIME: https://pastebin.com/QMjiwx72

I tried the syslog | grep shutdown command in the terminal and here's what I get:

Nov  4 21:39:15 macbook-pro-de-sylvain shutdown[939] <Notice>: SHUTDOWN_TIME: 1509827955 280191
Nov  4 21:39:37 localhost com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd) <Warning>: Service has increased maximum shutdown time to 60 seconds. This will create a poor experience for the user.
Nov  4 23:55:06 localhost com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd) <Warning>: Service has increased maximum shutdown time to 60 seconds. This will create a poor experience for the user.

I really don't know what to do anymore... I've been looking for a solution all over the web but I couldn't find any fix.

Does anyone have any idea about what could be going on? :(

Thanks in advance,

Sylvain


texts: Cobook deleted all blank lines in Contacts' notes

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Cobook, a relatively new Mac & iPhone contacts / address book replacement, recently trashed my address book. Specifically, the iPhone app deleted every blank line in every note of every contact. The issue was mentioned in passing as fixed in version 1.1.1, but that didn't repair my address book. It's very tough to read notes with no paragraph separation.

How can I get the blank lines back? I didn't notice the problem right away, so while I could restore from back up, I'll lose some recent data.


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I have a new MacBook Air and I keep bumping the caps lock key. As you can imagine this is really frustrating.

Is there a way to totally disable the caps lock key without having to install software or mucking around with Terminal?


texts: How do I rename a file in git that differs by case only?

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In my git (Xcode) project, I committed a filename with improper case.  Now I went to try to rename it, but when I commit, I get:

  fatal: Will not add file alias 'MyProject/MyFile.h' ('MyProject/MyFilE.h' already exists in index)

I'm sure this is because git isn't used to be running on a case-preserving, case-insensitive filesystem like HFS+.  But how do I get around it?

I tried renaming both files to something else, and committed that, and then renaming them back to what I want, but it still fails (with the same error message).


texts: Open an application in the background without making it the active window

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I have this application and when I open it, it shows a small loading window and then creates the main application in another large window that makes itself the active application.
This isn't a very good feature of the app as I'd like to do something in another active application and the other app window pops open, makes itself the active window and stops me from what I'm doing. E.g.: I open the app, (even the small screen stops me sometimes) and to be productive with time, I do some work in Google Chrome and then a couple 10+ seconds later, the app window pops in front of me, halting what I am doing in Chrome.
Is there a way where I can have this small window appear in the background, then create the main window without making itself the active application (AKA stopping me from what I'm doing in another application)?


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I have a time capsule that I use as my Wi-fi router instead of my isp’s device. The Wi-fi reaches most of the house, except the area near the front door and my ring door bell.

I have a tp-link powerline Wi-fi adapter that I used to proved Wi-fi in an out building. It mimicked the sad and password of the time capsules. Worked fine out there. Moved it into the main house to improve my network, but it devices close to it seemed to grind to a halt. I presumed it was because the time capsule was 5ghz and and the tp-link was 2.5ghz.

Is this normal? I thought it would work as my time capsule has 2.5 & 5ghz Wi-fi.

Hope that makes sense! Any help greatly appreciated


texts: My Safari is no longer showing on my iPhone 5. Where can I find it?


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I have a 2011 generation Macbook Pro, upgrade to 16gb RAM and a 128gb SSD drive - running Mountain Lion and iTunes 11.

During playback (approximately 20 times per song) it stutters, stops playing for a few seconds, and then resumes from where it left off. It seems to co-incide with my using the keyboard or performing any file operations - and at the same time the file operations freeze up. The following screenshot was taken about 3 seconds after a skip and doesn't show any signficant CPU activity:

However, if I close iTunes, I get no problems with file operations, or any other app on my machine - leading me to believe that iTunes is causing the problem. Has anyone else run into anything similar, or have any advice on stopping iTunes being such a resource hog?

Note: Other apps (for instance VLC) have no problem with playback under the same conditions.


texts: How to manually start a service without having a controlling terminal?

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I maintain an application that runs as a background service, started either on boot as a StartupItem or manually from the command line. I want to know how to launch it manually without having a controlling terminal, or completely detach after launching.

Using TextEdit to illustrate, I know that if it's launched from Terminal, it blocks the prompt until the program is quit, and will close if the terminal window is closed.

/Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit

Both can be avoided by adding nohup and & to the command, respectively:

nohup /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit &

Or disown can be used instead of nohup:

/Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit & disown $!

Although TextEdit will stay running if the terminal window is closed, a warning will still be thrown. This is because TextEdit still has a controlling terminal, as indicated by ps -ax:

$ ps -ax | grep TextEdit
28390 ttys003    0:00.12 /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit

It's not until the terminal window is closed that TextEdit finally is TTY-free.

$ ps -ax | grep TextEdit
28390 ??         0:00.12 /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit

I know it's possible to start the service without a controlling terminal with direct system calls, because when the StartupItem is used to start the service (either on boot or with SystemStarter), it starts without a TTY. My question is, can this also be accomplished using just the command line?


texts: iPhone 5 not downloading apps from App Store

texts: My iphone 5 is not downloadig any apps from the App Store.  I reset all settings, reset all network settings, changed WiFi DNS, set date and time, reset my phone, and tried to download on WiFi, LTE and 3G but faced same problem.


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After I updated from 10.10.2 to 10.10.3 on my mac, the new Photos app was added. What i'm asking is can iPhoto do any thing that the new photos app can't?

Basically, should I keep using iPhoto or should I start using the new photos app?


texts: Is it possible to add a third app to split view?

texts: I want to open 3 apps in split view. Where one is on the left side while 2 are stacked over on the right side. Do I need another tool for it or can I do it in macOS itself?


texts: How to cmd-tab to a group of windows, from different programs?

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I am writing a LaTex document in a Terminal text editor, which is automagically rendered as a pdf in a Zathura window (which is drawn by XQuartz). Each window occupies half the screen.

I would like to be able to ⌘-tab between a maximized Firefox window and that pair of windows. Can this be done?

If this could be done if it weren't for the XQuartz rendering, I could switch to Skim (with a regular macOS window). I own BetterTouchTool and Alfred, if either might be useful in a way I have not thought of.


texts: Connect to server - password syntax (symbols) confusing the expression

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I'd like to connect to my local server using the following expression in Finder/Go/Connect to server: afp://username:password@serverIP.local

My password is using characters which I'm pretty sure are confusing the readability of this expression (e.g. @, %, perhaps other characters) - and I know nothing about UNIX. Say if my password was p@s$w%rd, the expression would look as such afp://username:p@s$w%rd@serverIP.local but because there is an @ it will confuse its readability. However, I don't want to compromise on the server's security and would like to keep freedom of syntax for my login credentials.

Is there a way to isolate the password syntax in a way to tell my computer to read the password from a specific input to an output?


texts: How to change part of file Quick Look previews?

texts:
For specific files I would like Quick Look to preview the end of the document, rather than its front. In this case I am working with CSVs and want the preview to show the most recent additions. (I’m aware the previews are cached and maybe not fully up to date.)
1. Is there a way to change what Quick Look displays, especially which parts of a file?
2. Can this be done for specific files, rather than globally?
My research so far leads me to think qlmanage in Terminal is how I’d change this, but I’m not sure how. (Also not on Mac right now and qlmanage’s man page is ... sparse.)
I could also imagine an approach that changes where a file opens to – opening to the end of the document instead of its start – and that the preview would then do similar


texts: How to set environment variable in Yosemite for local ssh sessions

texts:
I'm having a problem with Yosemite, it won't set the environment variables when doing:

ssh localhost
env | grep myvar

no sign of myvar.
I've managed to get Yosemite to set the environment variables for terminal sessions etc using the excellent suggestion here.

Why is it not working for the ssh session?


texts: Is there a way to connect a SAS to an iMac 2011?

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I am searching for an accurate way to start using storage tape drives for backing up my data. The only people I know of using tape drives on Macs are Mac Pro users. I'm an iMac user (2011, 27") and the choices of cables are very limited.

Some of the tape drives use SCSI (many different kinds) and some use SAS. Any ideas on how to connect something like that to the iMac?

I know of drives that have Thunderbolt capabilities, but they're pretty expensive. I'd love to start with something affordable, if possible.

Thanks!


texts: How long can an Apple Watch stay without an iPhone?

texts:
I have an Apple Watch with is paired with my iPhone.

When my iPhone is out for maintenance, for how many days can I still use the Apple Watch without losing functionality and without losing the health monitoring data? i.e. when the phone will be back will I be able to dump all the data collected during the time?


texts: Is there a way to set the *default* monospace font in Safari?

texts:
I have a web application that uses the browser's default monospace font. It's set up that way so that the user can pick their own. In Chrome, this works well, as it's easy to set the default fonts, but in Safari, they removed the option.

Is there some way for users to set default fonts in Safari?


texts: Will Apple send payment after expiration of Developer program membership

texts:
The minimum payment due in my account is $150.

Currently I have $120 proceeds in my account. My Apple Developer membership will expire by the end of this month, and I don't want to renew it.

Will Apple send payments to me after the expiration?


texts: Is the Force Touch Trackpad on MacBook Pro supposed to be 'nudged' with a mechanical clicking sound?

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Yesterday I received a brand new MacBook Pro Touch Mid-2017 with Touchbar, which was built-to-order.

Before even passing through the setup screens, I noticed that the Force Touch Trackpad gives away a mechanical thud/clicking sound at each press. At every press, the Trackpad is nudged down/slightly lowered, and this is what creates the mechanical sound. The same thing happens regardless of where on the Force Trackpad's area I press.

I was under the impression that Trackpad are supposed to be non-movable and completely static, and that any tactile and audio feedback is purely from the haptic engine and speakers. I am entirely sure that the sound is mechanical and coming from the Trackpad, not the speakers.

Is this a manufacturing problem?

Here is a video of the sound (the nudge is very slight so it may not be visible in the video): https://youtu.be/gyIG8gAn6B0


texts: What is the correct version of xcode for mojave 10.14.4

texts:
I installed Mojave on VMWare. Below are the details.

I downloaded and installed xcode 9 and it was not compatible with this mojave version.
How can I get to know about the correct version of xcode for mojave 10.14.4?


texts: Why does spaces keep capturing keyboard input some times after switching spaces?

texts:
I'm running snow leopard on a fairly new macbook pro 13" (september 2010).

Sometimes the black visualization showing the available spaces and the space I'm currently on doesn't disappear when I have switched between two spaces. When this happens, spaces seems to steals keyboard input from the application(s) on the space I have switched to. Sometimes the visualization disappears after I keep switch spaces some more, but sometimes I have to force a reboot.

Also, spaces seems quite slow at times.

Does anybody else experience the same thing, and is there anything to be done about it?


texts:
Has anyone else noticed the following with Android Studio 1.4 running on OS X El Capitan?

I can't remember the exact point when I lost the ability to build an Android app from the IDE due to the fact that the extensive set of custom pre build steps that I have failed to run. Those custom steps run a Python-script, and the main problem is that gradle doesn't seem to find the Python-binary due to the fact that the PATH environment variable is the extremely sparse list of /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin.

Here are some random points related to finding this issue:

This problem does not affect building from the terminal.
This problem is specific to OS X, none of my Linux boxes suffer from this, nor my colleague's Windows machine suffer from this.
This is specifically about having PATH set properly.

What I've tried this far:

Editing /etc/paths: nope, no help.
Various ~/Library/LaunchAgent -tips found from the net. Y'know those launchctl setenv PATH ...? No help.


texts:
I live in the U.S., so my region is in the U.S. I want to make the iPad use the following formats:

Fahrenheit for temperature
Kilometers for distance
USD for currency
YYYY-MM-DD date format
HH:mm 24-hour time format.

How do I set up iOS to respect these preferences of mine?


texts: MacOS Catalina Verifying app at bootstrap

texts:
I updated to Catalina yesterday and now I have the following message:

every time I turn on my macbook. Until it finishes, I can't open any app.
I've already tried:
sudo xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Docker.app

and the output is:
xattr: /Applications/Docker.app: No such xattr: com.apple.quarantine

I have the same problems with other apps like Xcode, Spotify, iOS runtime 11.0 and so on.
I've never encountered this error before.
Should I just wait an hotfix by Apple or do we have a workaround for it?
Update:
I contacted the Apple Support and they suggested me to perform a first aid on the HD and re-install the OS. Both didn't work.
Temporary workaround
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250735975?answerId=251529672022#251529672022
(This reduces the security of macOS so it's just temporary)


texts: Are these terminal commands and temporarily disable SIP safe?

texts:
Im trying to installed Sophos anti virus on a mac running 10.10.5, but it keeps failing to install, Sophos support have advised i should do the following work flow, which involves running the following terminal commands and temporarily turning off SIP.

Is the following workflow safe to do ?

1. Reboot into Recovery Mode (Command+R on boot)
2. Open Utilities->Terminal
3. Run the command (This turns off SIP): csrutil disable
4. Reboot
5. Open a Terminal, run the following 3 commands:

sudo chmod 755 /
sudo chmod 755 /Library/
sudo chmod 755 /Library/Application\ Support/

6. Install Sophos Home
7. Repeat Step 1 & 2
8. Run the command (This turns on SIP): csrutil enable


texts: Does Adding Memory to My MacBook Pro Void My Warranty?

texts: I would like to add memory to my MBP, but I am worried that if I do this myself I will be in jeopardy of voiding my warranty.  Is there an authorized way to have memory added that will not void my warranty?


texts: Clarifications for a controlled upgrade of a VirtualBox-ed Catalina

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For some tests, I need to deploy a precise setup: MacOS 10.15.4 with Xcode 12.3. My MacMini 2018/2020 is running 10.15.5 with VirtualBox 6.1.12. I have a running VM with 10.15.0 which I snapshot after installation. My plan was to then do a manual upgrade to 10.15.4 thanks to the corresponding combo update, as I do not want to jump to the latest Catalina version.
The process of the manual update is to mount the dmg file, which then shows the pkg file that starts the upgrade process when run, and asks to reboot at some point to finalize everything.
The reboot doesn't take me to the upgrade process, but back to the 10.15.0.
There are many blog posts and guides regarding what to do when you go through the more classical path of having an update be downloaded to /Applications/Install macOS xxx.app.
My guess is that at some point, both ways of upgrading follow the same process (eg reboot to some kind of "upgrade partition" that will overwrite the OS files, reboot to upgraded OS). I would like clarifications on the parts where these upgrade paths differ, so that I can troubleshoot what is preventing me from reaching 10.15.4.
In the past, I did similar things with 10.14 and my notes on the topic don't show such an issue (rather issues with lack of APFS support in VirtualBox at that time). In particular, I think the partition layout has changed since then.
Essentially, what I tried so far:

start manual upgrade process through the .pkg, reboot
interrupt boot by hammering Esc, reach some kind of grey and blue boot manager (is that VBox or Apple stuff? this is not the VBox EFI shell, there is a text-based UI menu with "Device Manager"/"Boot Manager"/"Boot Maintenance Manager")
explore partitions, looking for an EFI boot file (I spotted the recovery one, can't find the "regular" one nor the "upgrade" one)
boot

For example, I wonder if the pkg is partially extracted and that I am supposed to find a boot.efi somewhere on the "System Data" partition. If so, where should I look for it? Do I have a more "sysadmin" way of deploying this upgrade, in particular without reboot?


texts: Filter out some WiFi networks from list of all available WiFi networks

texts:
Is it possible to filter out some WiFi networks from list of all available WiFi networks when I drop down the WiFi list from the menu bar in macOS?

My condo complex has a lot of networks and it clutters the list. I only ever need 3 -- my home  WiFi, my work WiFi, my iPhone WiFi.


texts: Add specific media types to iTunes without copying them to the iTunes Media Folder?

texts: I have some media that I'd like to stream to my AppleTV that's quite transient. I don't need it in my iTunes Media Folder proper for more than one viewing of the media. Is it possible to have iTunes not copy specific media types to the iTunes Media Folder when I import it in to iTunes? In this case, I'd rather iTunes didn't copy and automatically organize video media when I import it. But I'm okay if it copies and automatically organizes audio media when I import it.


texts: Can I install Mac OS X Lion (10.7) on my Windows XP PC?

texts: I am using Windows XP, now I want to install Mac OS X Lion (10.7). My problem is I want both operating systems. Is it possible? Will it be possible to use Mac OS X Lion (10.7) and XP simultaneously?


texts: Parallels or VirtualBox to run Clampfit on a MacBook Pro running Yosemite 10.10.3?

texts:
I'm completely new to Macs and always used PCs so far.

Said so, I'll try to be as much specific as I can.

I just bought a MacBook Pro running Yosemite 10.10.3 and am considering installing Parallels or VirtualBox (or?) to run Clampfit (a Windows-only compatible analysis software) on my Mac.
My Windows OS of choice would be XP or Windows 7 (unless otherwise suggested here).

My question is:
which between Parallels and VirtualBox would be affecting the least the performance of my machine?

Please note:

most likely I would not need to run softwares requiring large amounts of memory together with Clampfit
I already have Parallels

Thank you very much for your help.

Massi


texts: Update iPhones over the air with private server

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I've a more than 20 iPhone 5s/6/6s in my company. I normally download IPSW and update using iTunes so that the updates do not take all the internet bandwidth.

I would like to know if it's possible create our own server and publish those updates such that users can update their phone by Wi-Fi. That way instead of downloading updates directly from Apple it will download from my private server.


texts: Add shared Google Calendar to iCloud Calendar

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Somebody shared a public Google Calendar with me. I would like to add this calendar to my iCloud account, but I can't find the way to get the iCal address of this Google Calendar.

I looked at the following solution, but the option to display a public iCal is no longer there...

How to add a Google calendar shared with me, to my iCloud calendars


texts: MacOS automatic external drive encryption/decryption

texts:
Question

MacOS does offer automatic disc encryption for at least 2 "types" of hard drives in the system:

Internal APFS Hard Drive with FileVault
External Time Machine Hard Drive (If set up in Time Machine Preferences)

Result of diskutil list for external Time Machine Drive via diskutil list:

        /dev/disk3 (external, virtual):
    #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
    0:                  Apple_HFS DISK                +499.4 GB   disk3
                                    Logical Volume on disk2s2
                                    [redacted]
                                    Unlocked Encrypted

As we can see, system manages to encrypt and decrypt Time Machine disk (in this case) automatically

Problems

Is there any way in MacOS for automatic external disc encryption and decryption? When disc is plugged, system does decrypt its content and allow normal operations, leaving disc encrypted when disconnected from the system
Would external ssd's with hardware encryption benefit from it using MacOS built-in FileVault features, or does it only apply for disk manufacturer proprietary software?


texts:
When I use for example a browser like Safari there are websites where you can go over an area with your mouse and a hover label appears.

When I switch to fast from safari into another application or desktop the hover label just stays at it's original positions until I find the exact tab with the website where this hover label has been used.

How do you remove this label without having to search for the tab with the exact website in it to remove the floating label?

NOTE: I just noticed when doing a google search (dynamic suggestions) the first time it did remove the hovering label. The second time it didn't. Could this have todo with javascript?


texts: iTunes select/create library dialogue doesn't show

texts: I have tried the advice given on here to restore iTunes from backup but I don't get the dialogue box pop up which asks if I want to create library or choose library.


texts: What are your tips for finding a replacement battery for mac book pro?

texts: The battery on my mac book pro (late 2008) running OS X Yosemite needs to be replaced. The battery only holds half capacity. What are your tips for finding a good battery. What battery do you recommend?


texts: How to force Photos to release space for an iCloud backed library?

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I have migrated my 200 gigabyte Photos library to iCloud on my Mac.  Works very well.
I then created a new, empty library on the Mac and let Photos copy the whole iCloud contents locally on the Mac.  Now I need the space locally, so I would like Photos to undo the local copying only leaving the preview image locally and release say 150 Gb of the 200.   Clicking the "Optimize Mac-storage" radio button in preferences (and waiting days while having About this Mac -> System report -> Storage administration open) does not do this.
Is there a way to trigger this process?  Is the only way to delete my current library, create a new empty library on the Mac, and let it populate?


texts: What can be done when the headphones won't stay seated in an iPhone?

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Recently, my iPhone 4's headphones won't stay seated in the jack. I'll push them in firmly, and then a few seconds later (without touching the phone, the headphones, or anything else), they'll pop back out – just enough to no longer make contact, pausing audio playback.

I first I thought it was the headphones themselves, but I've tried an older pair of iPod headphones (without the clicker), and the same thing happens, although not as badly.

If I fiddle enough with either pair, I can eventually get them to stay seated, but I can't tell what it is that makes them stay in on one particular attempt vs. another.

Is there anything I can do? The jack appears to be free of any dust/lint – should I try blowing it with some compressed air? I can't imagine that it's physically damaged on the inside, but I don't know why else the plug would pop out.


texts: Is there a decent application for personal finances that support multiple currencies on OSX?

texts: I'd like to keep track of my finances better and wondering what good options there are out there. Preferably something that isn't geared towards Americans as my dollars tend to be Singapore ones and it'd be nice if also could track my finances in other countries in their native currency. :)


texts: Which part of iPhone is responsible for radiation

texts: I wonder what part of the iPhone is responsible for the radiation? Is it battery?


texts: MacBook Pro 13 mid 2009 wifi hardware not detected- peculiar case

texts: The question is as the title says. I just installed my optical drive back into it's place, and a few cables got loose (namely the audio and "display" cables). I plugged them back in and switched on the Mac, but it said wifi hardware not detected. Normally one would assume it's a problem with the display cable (which is the cable for Bluetooth, the camera and wifi), but Bluetooth is working perfectly, the camera is functioning, but the wifi icon on the task bar still says the same thing. I ran a system report and refreshed it, and surprisingly the wifi card was being detected there! I reset PRAM and the SMC to no avail. What's going on?


texts: What is Apple's serial number flagging procedure?

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My iPad was stolen a couple of weeks ago. I filed a police report, used Find My iPhone to locate the iPad, and was subsequently featured on the local news for a story...sadly, none of these routes did anything to recover my property. (Makes me think Find my iPhone is more of a cool novelty than a useful utility; the police couldn't get a warrant, because the app shows a spot on a map, doesn't give a specific address. But I digress...)

I remotely locked my iPad, but did not wipe it (I consider that route to be giving up), and called Apple. The representative said that they could flag my serial (contrary to what the internet believes), and that when someone tries to activate it, they will notify law enforcement.

No one at Apple Support seems to know how this process works. The latest guy I spoke with said that it is a small department, and there's no way to directly contact any of them. (I pictured like 3 old-time detective looking guys in suspenders, smoking cigarettes and wearing beat up derby hats...but I have problems ::shrug::).

Do any of YOU fine people have any insight into this process? I have an idea, but I'd just like to know if anyone has ever recovered a stolen device by this method.


texts: What is the proper way to use an external USB disk for Time Machine?

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New-to-me Macbook pro 2019 2-USB3 ports. Installed powered USB hub to connect to the world, including a USB thumb drive for Time Machine. The backup process works fine.

Upon wake-up every morning, I'm greeted with "The Disk was not ejected properly." But of course it hasn't been ejected At All.

In Windows, there's a switch to disallow write-behind caching on USB devices which, when set, allows a USB device to be yanked from the port at will with no complaint from the OS.

How do I engage such similar behavior on this beast? What's the fix?

--edited to add-- Well, like most things, there's more to this than meets the eye. I had installed an unpowered multi-connect whizbang device to give me HDMI, memory card, USB-A and -C connects, and from on of the USB-A chained a powered multi-outlet USB-A hub. It was into this powered hub that I had connected the Time_Machine thumb drive, and one more for ease of file transfer to another laptop. Both of these thumb drives threw the dismount error when they were attached to the powered hub. Now the good part. Neither of them complain when one of them is connected to the first hub in the string of two...so the problem is interestinger and interestinger, as Alice has said. Point being that the error no longer occurs, so this thread is done. Cheers, all and thanks for the warning about the frailty of thumb drives in general.
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texts: How do I remove my email address book from my iPhone 7 contact list?

texts: I just got an iPhone 7. But my email address book has merged with my phone number contact list. How do I remove the email addresses?


texts: Why does my iPhone X start reading text automatically?

texts:
My iPhone X frequently starts to speak something when I’m outside. It never happens when I’m at home.

The content seems to be the text in the app, though I’m not sure what it speaks since it is not my native language. This is especially common when I use a navigation app like Baidu Map or Ofo.

I usually must stop the voice by tapping the X button, but it is not always apparent.

My questions:

Is this only on iPhone X or from iOS 11? What functionality is it?
What button triggers it? I don’t feel I push some button, though...
Is it possible to disable it?


texts: Can I give a specific executable or app full disk access from the command line?

texts: On MacOS Catalina 10.15.7 I need to grant apps access to disk explicitly. Moreover, whenever I recompile Emacs, I have to grant that access anew. Is there a way to do that from the command line as opposed to going to System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Full Disk Access -> + -> find the executable on disk while navigating the crazy gui....


texts: How does Watch determine distance walked if Location Services are off?

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Apple Watch 3 (newly purchased) and iPhone XR

I rarely enable Location Services on my phone.  When I go for an ‘Outdoor Walk’ the ‘Activity’ app tells me my step count and the distance covered. If Location Services are turned off how does it determine distance covered?

It seems to be using a step length of 83cm, which sounds about right, but I’ve no idea where it gets that from.

Any ideas?


texts: How to show a "temp" slide during bullets animation in keynote

texts:
Sorry if this question sounds stupid, but I haven't found any answer.

I know I can animate a bulleted-list in keynote so it appears by bullet, one by one. Can I insert a full-screen slide (picture or something) in the middle of this animation?

Like this.

Show bullet #1
Show bullet #2
Show a full-screen slide
Show bullet #3

The only solution I can think of - is to create two duplicate slides and a picture-slide in between.

PS. Adding "links" to other slide won't help since I only have a "next" button during the presentation, no mouse/kbd/touchscreen


texts: Any way to restart LogMeIn Hamachi on a remote machine?

texts:
LogMeIn Hamachi is crashing on a remote Mac, and I need to restart it without restarting the machine (because then I would lose access entirely.)

I tried un/re-loading the global agent/daemons:

/Library/Application Support/LogMeIn Hamachi/bin/hamachid
/Applications/LogMeIn Hamachi/LogMeIn Hamachi Menubar.app/Contents/MacOS/LogMeIn Hamachi Menubar

but it still fails. App keeps launching and crashing.


texts:
My old Mac crashed badly and I had to sell it.
Had a Mac TimeMachine Backup.
Bought this new iMac and it came loaded with Sys and a few apps.
I want to get my old email from Time Machine back.
How do I import that and put it into this Mac?


texts: iPhone Medical app that retains information through an upgrade

texts: Is there a medical application for the iphone where you do not lose all info entered when getting an upgraded iphone?  I did not realize I would lose all the information I entered.


texts: Which Time Machine backup destination over Wi-Fi to choose: old computer running Ubuntu or Time Capsule?

texts:
Here is my situation. I live in a shared house where there is already a wireless router that other people use. I have a Macbook Air that has 128GB of hard drive. I want to use Time Machine for automatic backups. I'm considering one of the following options:

1) I have a spare 320 GB USB drive and spare old Thinkpad that I basically use as a Desktop running Ubuntu. Its on 24/7 and connected to the wireless network. If I connect my hard drive via USB cable to my Thinkpad, is it possible to configure it to be used with Time Machine on my Macbook Air? If so, can I also access the drive from "outside world"?

2) I can get a Time Capsule. I do not have the option to use it as the router (other guys won't like messing with the router). I can connect it via Ethernet to the router but since the router is not in my room, I'd rather not. Is it possible to connect it wirelessly to the router for backups? If so can I access it from the outside network?

Which of the two options is more feasible?


texts:
I'd like to create a user on OS X that has remote ssh login privileges where they can access a certain folder /path/to/the/goods/ and add/modify/delete files manually or via rsync while the rest of the Mac is off limits (outside their home directory).

Ideally the user should not have access to run any other programs other than rsync.

This user is just going to be used by a build server to login and deploy files to.  I want to use a public/private key pair so the build script doesn't require password input.

How can I accomplish this?


texts: Xcode installed but not recognized on App Store

texts:
i installed xcode directly from a dmg that i downloaded from developer site at apple, now on the app store shows up as it were not installed,(it shows install button)

How i can tell to the app store that is already installed?


texts: I have suspicion a Mac user has visibility to my text messages

texts:
Can someone I don't know, set up their Mac to receive text messages from my iPhone 4?  I am having issues sending text messages; I send to a group and not all recipients receive the messages.

I do not have iMessage turned on, never have and I've never had any issues with texting until recently, everything has always worked perfectly.  I've recently changed my iTunes & iCloud passwords due to the suspicion.


texts: Dual boot: can no longer update to Mojave: "Disk cannot be used to start up"

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I dual boot with Ubuntu. I have had no problem updating my system over the last 4 year (3 system updates).

I now need to update to Mojave and get the error message This disk cannot be used to start up your computer. when trying to update.

Would someone have a hint as to how I could do this without wiping out my Linux partition (as outlined in this thread)?


texts: Can iCloud do two-way photo syncing (deletion) between the iPhone and a PC?

texts:
This is a follow-on question from this earlier one.

I want to be able to have iPhone <--> PC photo syncing such that when I delete a photo from the synced folder in Windows Explorer on the PC, it is automatically deleted from the iPhone 'in sync'. The premise for this is that after taking dozens of shots in a photo shoot and then editing on the Windows PC, and then deleting the ones I don't like etc. (or all of them in moving them outside the folder to be edited elsewhere on the PC), I'm not left with unwanted photos on the iPhone device which I no longer want.

I've downloaded and set up iCloud Control Panel 3.1 for Windows; when I delete a photo from my iPhone camera photos, it correctly syncs the 'deletion' of that photo to the Windows PC - but not the other way around. Is this limitation deliberate, or a bug of some kind, and if the former, short of jailbreaking the iPhone for an unofficial third-party solution for this, is there any way to do what I want to do?

N.B. I do not plan on using Mac OS for my aforementioned Desktop image editing needs.


texts: Is there a way to download/export iMessage history somewhere? If I deleted messages on a local device, is it also removed online on iCloud?


texts: Apple Watch - Passbook "location aware" notification keeps appearing

texts:
Ever since I went to a Starbucks and paid with the Passbook app, I keep getting (what I assume is) a location aware notification to use my Starbucks passbook app.

The trouble is that I keep getting this notification (for this particular store) whether I am actually near it or not! It's getting a bit annoying as I keep thinking I have a notification when I actually haven't. I will clear it, and after 10 minutes or so, it's back again! I am wondering if this is could also having a negative impact on battery life (I haven't noticed this though).

Any ideas on how I can stop it doing this? Thanks.


texts: Apache not running correctly after upgrading to High Sierra

texts:
I have an apache web server running on my mac.  Since upgrading to macOS High Sierra, if I connect to localhost or 10.0.0.7 in Safari (or any other web browser) I get the message "Safari can't open the page "localhost" because Safari can't connect to the server "localhost".

I can confirm apache is running.  If I run apachectl configtest I get "Syntax OK".

If I type httpd -v I get

Server version: Apache/2.4.28 (Unix)
Server built:   Oct 19 2017 09:26:34

I have tried restarting apache and this has no effect.  Does anyone have any idea how I can get it working?  All my web files are stored in /Library/WebServer/Documents.

Attached is a copy of my httpd.conf.


texts: Is there an app out there that lets you see what files were created by a program? Basically I need to figure out where a lock file for a Java program is.


texts: Bug with the automator action "rotate an image" and tags

texts:
I have the following bug.

I have created a small app that rotates an image, with the help of automator.

But when I apply this action to a file with tags, it removes all the tags of the file (by tag, I me am the Finder's tags, introduced in Mavericks).

Can you reproduce that bug?
Waiting for the bug to be removed, how can I do to keep tags when rotating (with automator)?


texts: Accessing Exchange from OS X - what restrictions are respected?

texts:
I have just set up my own OS X machine to access my work mail (using Exchange).

To my understanding there are several restrictions requested by Exchange that clients needs to obey.  For instance, when using an iPhone the user configured lock time is overridden with what Exchange requires.  It may also be that using too many attempts to unlock the phone may cause it to erase itself (at least that is what Exchange asks for).

What restrictions are obeyed by OS X?   Will my machine require password when opening the lid?  Will it erase itself if I mistype my password three times?


texts: Show Dialog Window if User logout on High Sierra

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When a user logout, I want to display a window. In this window should be a text (Please save your data...). After the user has pressed OK. The process logout continue. Is this possible?

onLogout() (
    # that works:
    if [ "$USER" != "admin" ] && [ "$USER" != "Administrator" ]; then
        rm -Rf ~/Downloads/*
        rm -Rf ~/Movies/*
        rm -Rf ~/Music/*
        rm -Rf ~/Pictures/*
        rm -Rf ~/Public/*
        rm -Rf ~/Desktop/*
    fi
    # it doesn`t work:
    res=$(osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to display dialog "Please save yout Data!" buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} default button 1 with icon caution with title "Important Information!"' 2>/dev/null)

        if [[ $res == *OK* ]]; then
            # continue logout?
        else
            # break logout?
        fi
    exit
)
trap 'onLogout' SIGINT SIGHUP SIGTERM
while true; do
    sleep 86400 &
    wait $!
done


texts: MacBook Pro (Mid 2014) 4k external displays performance

texts:
I was using my MacBook pro for years with two external full HD displays without a problem. Recently I switched to two 4K displays and since then fans in my MacBook spin all the time when when hooked up to external screens. I see that WindowServer spins at 20-30% CPU most of the time even if I do some basic activities.

Is this something expected or is it fixable and how?

I'm on High Sierra 10.13.6 with 16 GB ram, i7 and GeForce 750M with 2GB ram.

When I tried to watch some 4K youtube video I experienced stutter and overall poor playback quality. The same video in Full HD runs smooth.

[Edit]

I tried the same on Mid 2015 MacBook Pro equipped only with Intel Iris and it has no problem supporting 2 external 4k screens. Does one year in those models makes such a big difference? Or there is something wrong with mine?


texts: How to change permissions for etc folder mac?

texts:
When I check the permission on my etc folder using the alt + i command, I am not able to check the permission. As if the file had no permissions at all.

This occured to me while I was trying to write some stuff in the hosts file.

I tried to manually chmod the file but I got an "operation not allowed".


texts: How do I turn off the notification badge for the ‘settings’ app?

texts: It’s saying I have a software update and the badge won’t leave the ‘settings’ app even after I view the software update info


texts: OS X Lion, Moutain Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite: deep sleep on low battery leads to crash

texts:
I'm having an issue on my Mac since I installed Lion and now Mountain Lion (I thought that the Lion problem could be because I've put an SSD in my Mac and did not make a fresh install but a carbon copy to the new disk, but it still happens with Mountain Lion with a format/fresh install).

What is happening to me is that, when I put my Mac to sleep and the battery dies, it does not restore the state like a normal sleep that it did when I was on Snow Leopard. Now when the battery dies, the computer restarts: I need to put my password and the programs open again but some of them lose the previous state (like VLC, Chrome has the "restore" option, etc.) it is exactly like a restart with the option "Reopen windows when logging back in" selected.

Is this normal or should it happen like in Snow Leopard?

If this is the normal behavior, I will turn off Deep Sleep since the Mac takes less time to sleep with it off. (I think that the more time is because it is storing the state of the RAM on the disk so it could recover when the battery goes off which it doesn't do properly!)

$ pmset -g | grep hibernatemode
 hibernatemode        3


texts: Open Google Drive Link Locally in Finder (not corresponding app) on macOS

texts:
I can copy a link from the Google Drive finder extension and paste in a document (notes for example), but when I click this link it opens in the browser.

How can I make a link which opens directly in the Google Drive Finder extension if it is installed, and in the browser if not?


texts: Why is my Automator Print Plugin Only Running Every Other Time?

texts:
I have set up a simple Print Plugin in Automator.  It renames the file, then moves the file to a particular directory.  No matter how simple I make the plugin, it only triggers every other time I run it.

In other words, I go into Print > PDF > then select the automator script from the dropdown box.

The first time, it appears to "print" but nothing happens; the second time, it runs as expected.

I've looked through my logs, and it appears I get an unrelated error log about Automator Runner on the second time I run the plugin -- it is as though the Automator script isn't getting run in the first instance.

I'm using Mountain Lion.

Any thoughts or suggestions?  I'm not even sure where to look next.


texts: Why do you need to use iTunes to delete photos?

texts: I've asked a question about how to delete images on the iPhone 4s, but the delete button doesn't show up. I've seen on the internet that you need iTunes, why?


texts: How to pin output volume control to screen?

texts:
I am looking for a program with a small window that allows me to adjust my computer's audio volume. I would like this window to be pinned over all applications/windows at all times. It would occupy a small area on the right side of my screen (for example).

I understand that I can adjust the output volume with the speaker icon in the menu bar by click, click, drag. I would prefer to have the ability to change the volume on the fly, with simply one click.

I understand that there is a dedicated volume decrease button and a dedicated volume increase button in the top row of keys on the keyboard. But using these buttons to set the desired volume actually takes me more time than setting the volume with the click, click adjustment via the menu bar speaker icon.

It may be that I'll need two separate applications to accomplish what I want: one application to adjust the volume, and another application to keep the window of the other application pinned on top of all other windows. The first application is what I need help finding.

For example, I tried an application called Volume Mixer. It offers a handy audio "mixer" that even allows you to simultaneously set and independently control differing volume values for different applications. But, it offers no method to keep the mixer dialog open; if you click outside of this dialog, the mixer dialog automatically minimizes back into the menu bar icon. And, because the dialog is not a true "window," I can't use another application to pin the dialog on top of everything on screen. I don't know of a program that is able to keep a menu bar icon pressed permanently.

The easiest option would be to just use the Sound dialog in System Preferences. But it is too wide and bulky; it contains a lot of controls that I don't want. It would occupy too much of my screen.

In short, I am looking for a simple, basic, unobtrusive, and compact volume control slider/knob/interface that I can permanently keep on top of all windows.

OS X El Capitan, version 10.11.6.


texts: How can I show the remaining time for a caffeinate command?

texts: After running caffeinate with a command such as caffeinate -s -m -i -t 172800 &, how can I show the remaining time with a subsequent command


texts: How to prevent app falling in sleeping status on Mac?

texts:
As the title asked, the office Mac Pro can keep running without falling in sleeping, however, the program, like TeamView, always falls in sleeping so I cannot remotely communicate with my office computer.
I can remote log in my office computer using xshell and reboot it, and then remote log in TeamView. Is there any other way to change the sleeping status using commands or prevent the software falling in sleep?

Any suggestion would be appreciated.

MacPro 5
Sierra 10.12.6


texts: How to change default Memories photo in Apple Photo app

texts:
I would like to change the default memories photo in the Photos app on my iPhone and Mac. When Photos creates memories, it will sometimes choose a photo as the banner photo that I don't want. Even after I edit the Memories movie and remove the photo, it still shows that photo.

Seems like the only way to "solve" this problem is to delete the photo altogether, hide it, or delete the memory, which I don't want to do. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!


texts: Numbers: How to escape the "+" character for a phone number

texts:
I am working on a document in Numbers where I have to write a phone number starting with a plus character +, like +33553379412, but as soon as I press enter, the plus is going away. Is there any way to show it?

Thank you


texts: Monitor not waking up after switching KVM input

texts:
I'm using a 2-port KVM switch between my Mac Mini and a Ubuntu desktop computer. I have no problems with the Ubuntu machine waking up when I switch to the inputs. However, when I switch over to the Mac Mini, the monitor stays dark.

This problem only started after upgrading the Mac Mini to OSX 10.11 El Capitan.

FWIW: When I VNC in from another computer, the monitor fires up just fine and I can do stuff just fine. Then I can use the keyboard and mouse hooked up through the KVM switch on the Mac Mini.

Also, I am switching using the physical buttons on the KVM switch; not a hotkey sequence on the keyboard.

Any ideas?


texts: ssh-under-cron stops working in OS X 10.7 Lion

texts:
Just upgraded from Snow Leopard to Lion, and my cron jobs that use ssh have stopped working.  It appears that ssh-agent is no longer functioning as expected.

Here's a bowdlerized version of my called-from-cron script that worked great under Snow Leopard:

#!/bin/bash
whoami # just to verify I'm running as myself, not root
ssh-agent # just to see what it outputs
eval `ssh-agent`
ssh -vvv REMOTESERVER ls

When run from the command prompt, this script works as expected.

When run from cron, it doesn't work.  The ssh-agent output looks normal:

SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-QRxPUMRxbu/agent.17147; export SSH_AUTH_SOCK;
SSH_AGENT_PID=17148; export SSH_AGENT_PID;
echo Agent pid 17148;
Agent pid 17150

But the ssh -vvv output shows that it fails right when the private key should be read:

debug1: Server accepts key: pkalg ssh-dss blen 818
debug2: input_userauth_pk_ok: fp ...
debug3: sign_and_send_pubkey: DSA ...
debug1: PEM_read_PrivateKey failed
debug1: read PEM private key done: type <unknown>
debug1: read_passphrase: can't open /dev/tty: Device not configured
debug2: no passphrase given, try next key

In other words, it's expecting me to type in the passphrase for ~/.ssh/id_dsa, which of course doesn't work in cron jobs.

This all worked in Snow Leopard.

Note that I've got Keychain Access setup so that ssh, ssh-agent, and ssh-add are allowed to read my passphrase for my .ssh/id_dsa file - as a result I can SSH from a terminal prompt without ever having to enter my passphrase.

Is this issue that I need to run ssh-add at some point in my login process?  Running it from a standard bash prompt doesn't help the cron job out (although, oddly, it does prompt me for my passphrase ... which I would think isn't necessary b/c of the Keychain Access configuration).

NOTE 1 - before redirecting me - I'm aware there's a similar question here (
Mac OS X Lion and sshpass) but it's specifically about a program sshpass that I don't use (although I believe that question would be answered by this one as well).

NOTE 2 - I realize that passphrase-less SSH keys would solve my problem; however I'd prefer not to go this route.


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I often switching between cyrillic(Uk) and latin(Eng) keyboard in chrome, notes and some other application, but in apps like vscode and iterm2 I use only one language - Eng.

How to make specific application to using only one keyboard language?


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Ever since i upgraded to lion, finder has been having problems for me. At first I thought my Quicksilver was broken when I tried to summon my downloads folder and it didnt appear.

I then went to desktop and clicked on a random folder and it also didn't appear. I then proceeded trying to open any folder with quicksilver and spotlight to no avail. I tried About Finder and still didnt see anything.

Fearing the worst, I restarted and tried to open up a folder again. Still nothing. What I did then was to hope and pray then force quit finder(force relaunch) and all the finder windows i tried to open now suddenly appeared.

This happens intermittently but usually after I shut down and open my mac again. Does this happen to any of you and do any of you know of the fix for this problem?

While writing this question, I had a slight hunch that it MIGHT be worth mentioning that my Finder is tied to Desktop 3 in spaces before(it doesn't have any problems with that though)


texts: How do make a link open in a specific Safari window in macOS?

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I have multiple Safari windows for tab organization. I usually have multiple tabs in each window.

When I click on a link from an app other than Safari, it opens the link in a new tab in Safari, as Safari is my default browser.

The problem is that it often opens in a Safari window that is currently minimized or that I am currently not using. So it doesn't open the link in my main, active, current window (basically the one I have used last). Instead, it chooses its own "default window" to open links in, which may be a window I'm not even using.

However, I would like these links to always open in the window that I used last, and not in a window that I'm not using. Is it possible to make links always open in the last active window you used, or at least set the "default" window which will open new links?

I am currently running macOS Sierra 10.12.1, with the default Safari version that comes with it.


texts: How to launch Steam games from Spotlight?

texts: Is there a way to open Steam games directly from Spotlight?


texts: How do I download Remote.app on an iOS 6 only device?

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When I try to download Remote.app or Find my friends on a device that is stuck on iOS 6 I am presented with this alert?

  This application requires iOS 7.0 or later.

  You must update to iOS 7.0 in order to download and use this
  application.

Is there anyway around this if I've previously downloaded these applications on my device but deleted them?


texts: How to start Tunnelblick VPN connection via Terminal

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I can connect/disconnect using the Tunnelblick app. How do I connect via the command line?

/Applications/Tunnelblick.app/Contents/Resources/openvpnstart start ???

How do I determine the parameters to pass?


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My daughter has purchased some movies on iTunes and I would like to view them on our smart TV (or PVR) (the TV is Samsung Series 5; the PVR Panasonic DMR-HWT260). These offer Netflix, YouTube and a selection of on-line TV services.
We have more Macs and iDevices than you can poke a stick at, but I am definitely not a member of the Video Generation.
How is it possible to view iTunes videos on the smart TV.