texts: iPhone not charging in Windows. Driver without iTunes?

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On a Windows 8 machine, I've connected an iPhone 4s. Windows makes a audible chime for 'device connected', but doesn't allow charging in any USB port.

iTunes isn't installed, and cannot be installed at this time under corporate policy.

The iPhone shows as a generic device / toaster under Control Panel's Devices as below. The iPhone does NOT show as charging.

Is there a driver to install to ensure the iPhone is detected and can charge via USB without installing iTunes?

I've tried:

forcing Windows Update


texts: When I changed permissions on an NTFS drive, all files are hidden in Finder. How do I make them visible again?

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I have a Seagate external hard drive which is formatted in NTFS. The hard drive came with this Paragon NTFS driver. It works great, but when I clicked "Apply Permissions to Enclosed Items" in the sharing preferences panel (shown below for clarity), all the files on that drive are now invisible in finder. This happens no matter what I select for the permissions.

I know the files are all there, since lsing in the terminal shows them, but they just don't appear in the finder. Also, all the directories on the drive do appear, so only single files are affected.

I'd rather not reformat to HFS+ since this drive is sometimes used by Windows computers. Is there something else I can try?


texts: Why can I set VLC as my default browser?

texts: I have Yosemite 10.10.2 installed; in my System Preferences > General, my default browser selection allows me to choose VLC. Why does this happen and can it be removed?


texts: How to prevent or lessen data usage when using phone as hotspot for other phones

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If an iPhone 7 Plus is used as a hotspot for an iPhone 6 Plus, then I think the iPhone 6 Plus will treat the data as "not cellular" and use as much as it wants?

So, for example, Google Photos or other apps, when set to not use cellular data, will transmit data as much as they want when using a hotspot, which happen to be cellular data on the other phone.

That means, Google Photos or other apps can be transmitting 30GB or 60GB of data, and run up the phone bill to several hundred dollars.

Is there a way to prevent or lessen the issue?

P.S. after finding more things out, it looks like one big thing you can do is, say, you set up a hotspot using your iPhone 7, and now use a notebook computer and an iPhone 6S to use that hotspot, make sure you turn off all the "iTunes store automatic app update" on the iPhone 6S, and turn off "Download all updates but let me decide when to install them" on the notebook computer, or else they could download a GB or two without telling you. Also make sure Google Photos is not running in the background, or else it could think it is Wifi and upload the 500MB of photos you took recently.


texts: I removed the passcode from my iPhone before repair, has my data been compromized?

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Few days back I gave my iPhone 6 to a shop to change the battery. The person asked me to remove the passcode so that he can check the battery status. I collected the iPhone later when the battery was fixed.

But now I think it was not a smart thing to do to remove my passcode and give the phone to someone else. I am now worried that he might possibly taken the backup of my iPhone to his iTunes and then restore it into a another iPhone. Will he get all my data in another iPhone?

Is there anything I can do now to prevent this?


texts: What is this square icon and square + triangle icon in Mac OS X bar?

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From left, second one(to the right to Evernote)

As well as the fourth one.


texts: Can not restore my iPhone 5 because of restriction passcode

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I was half asleep when I put a restriction passcode on for my child to play on it.

I went to restore it so I have to turn off "find my phone " but I can't because of the restrictions. How can I solve this?


texts: Is the time required for incremental Time Machine backups greatly affected by the number of files?

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Is the time required for incremental Time Machine backups greatly affected by the number of files being backed up? I have a large number of files on my Mac that very rarely change and aren't "mission critical". If they greatly affect backup time I'll exclude them from Time Machine but if they don't I'll just backup everything. Backup size is a non-issue for me.

If it matters, I have Time Machine backing up to a remote box that is usually on the local network.


texts: Why are MP3 files not noticeably compressed by the compression tools within Lion?

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I clicked the 'Compress xxx' option in the popup menu in order to compress a folder of MP3 files, but the result was a .zip file that is almost the same size as before compressing; it seemed to only archive those files.

How can I archive them and reduce their size greatly?

Is there any free app that can do so?


texts: Turning Off Messages App Vibration While in a Conversation

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I really don't need my phone to buzz every time I get a text message, so I've done my best to turn off all of the vibrations associated with the Messages app. I have done the following:

In Settings>Sounds>Text Tone I have set Vibration to None.
In Settings>Notification Center>Messages>Alert Sound I have set Vibration to None

After setting both these settings, It's almost working exactly how I want it except for the one most annoying problem of all:

When I have the Messages app running and in the foreground and am in a conversation with someone, if that person replies to the conversation, my phone vibrates. If another person texts me and I do not have their conversation currently open, it does not vibrate!

This is literally the only time a text message will cause my phone to vibrate and it's the main reason that I wanted to turn off all text message vibrations in the first place! Why would I want it to vibrate when I'm currently looking at the conversation as the text comes in?

Does anyone know what combination of settings I can set to achieve what I'm trying for? I just don't want any text message or iMessage to ever vibrate my phone.

I've read both this question and this question which seem related but out of date.


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so I bought a USB-C hub for my MacBook Pro 2017, specifically, this one:

http://www.qacqoc.com/product/gn30h-premium-usb-c-hub-with-power-delivery-3-superspeed-usb-3-0-for-macbook-12-inch-gray/

it has a power delivery USB-C port, and I'm wondering if it safe for my Macbook to always use that port when I have the hub plugged in (so I can use the other USB-C port on the mac for other purposes) or it is better to plug power directly into the Macbook? any technical differences?


texts: Using USB splitter with USB-C Macbook pro 2016

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I want to connect 3 USB 3.0 devices to my MacBook Pro 2016. I'd like to do it through a single USB-C port using this a USB-C to 3 USB 3.0 hub like this one. Question!

When I connect a single 3.0 device through the hub the maximum theoretical speed is 5Gb/s, right?
If I connect two 3.0 devices and read from them at the same time. Will each of them still transfer data with the speed of up to 5Gb/s or is it going to slow down? In other words, when the device says it provides 4 3.0 ports, does it use 3.0 protocol to talk to the laptop, and thus has to 'share' the 5Gb/s bandwidth among all the devices? OR does it take advantage of the usb-c port. In the case of the latter, does it then have 10 Gb/s to distribute (usb 3.1 protocol) or 40(thunderbolt 3).


texts: Headphone jack broken for music, yet works perfectly for telephone calls

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I have a peculiar problem when using headphones on my iPhone SE.

When playing music, podcasts, videos, or doing Facetime calls, sound only comes through the right side. Yet when I make a telephone call, audio comes through both sides / ears.

Some things I've tried:

Cleaned the headphone port with a cotton swab and with a paperclip.
Ensured the "channel" slider in Accessibility settings is centered.
Tried different pairs of headphones.

None of the above affects the issue. Any ideas on what to try next?


texts: How do I monitor the total physical and virtual memory usage of a process and all of its descendants?

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From the command line, how would I get the total physical and virtual memory usage of a process and all of its descendants (not just 1st-level children)?

This is useful when you want to monitor the memory usage of applications that are not monolithic. For instance, Google Chrome spawns a whole bunch of workers and renderers, even though to the user, it's all in only one GUI window. Another example is Firefox, which has separate processes for its plugins.

The Activity Monitor application can display the processes in a hierarchy. But I find it not good enough, for two reasons:

It's not command-line;
It doesn't sum the numbers for me.


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I noticed that one of my contacts (my dad!) suddenly disappeared from my iPhone, in the middle of the day. I don't remember doing anything or deleting it.

I looked online on iCloud.com, and saw that my contact is still there. Also I've noticed that on iCloud it says 532 contacts, while my iPhone says 528 contacts. So a total of 4 contacts are probably missing (not sure which).

I've tried waiting (overnight), restarting, and also I've disabled iCloud Contacts syncing completely -reboot- and re-enabled it. Still 528 and no Dad...

I've also tried sync with iTunes (event though I only use iCloud) and removing the entire iCloud account and adding it again.

As a sidenote, the Contacts app on the Mac seems fine, 532 contacts.

EDIT: another interesting twist, if in the Message app I manually type my father's phone number, I can see his name appearing in the autocomplete suggestions! Yet once I send it, only the number shows, the name is not there anymore...


texts: calling open from terminal with smb file path and preview as application opens finder instead of preview

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I am trying to open a file on an smb share in preview from terminal. The following command opens the containing folder in finder instead of the file in preview.

open -a /Applications/Preview.app "smb://myshare._smb._tcp.local/path/to/file/my_file.pdf"

Update 1: I tried with and without the -a switch. The same thing happens in both cases: finder is opened with the last folder (/path/to/file). Preview is already associated with PDFs, so it should open automatically.


texts: Unlocked IPhones 5s Gets locked after inserting SIM

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Bought iphone 5s and it's previous owner  removed icloud account on it.

I created my own icloud account and associated with it.

Everything is ok, but when i insert a sim card, it requres me OLD icloud credentials (one which was used by previous owner).

If i enter my own credentials it says : "this account could not be used to activate phone".

If i remove sim, turn phone on, and enter my credentials it works fine.

What could i do ? (rather than contacting old owner who is remote)

I'm not searching for any illegal (ticks or hacks) about bypassing Icloud.


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I'm using Apple's wired keyboard with number pad.

Above the number pad there are 4 unassigned function keys (F16 to F19) which I would like to assign to the German umlauts ä, ö, ü and the sharp s ß.

Is there a way to do that?


texts: Notarize an application without installer

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I have an application which is distributed without an installer. Just a .zip is given to the users which contains the .app structure of the application. The application is signed with a valid Developer ID and the .zip has been notarized successfully. When I run the security check with the the command spctl -a -vv -t execute the response is "accepted". However this doesn't seem to be a valid check because also old version of the application (without notarization) obtain the  same response.

The problem is that when the .zip is downloaded this is flagged with the attribute com.apple.quarantine and when the user double click on the .app an error message is shown: The application MyApp.app can't be opened.

The only way to run the application is manually remove the flag and set the executable permission to the binary.

How can I avoid these manual steps without creating a .pkg of the application ?
Why Gatekeeper doesn't trust the application which is signed and notarized ?


texts: Enable horizontal scroll for TextEdit in Yosemite (Mac OS X 10.10.2)

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Is enabling horizontal scroll for TextEdit (for Mac OS X 10.10.2) possible?

After going to Preferences and checking or unchecking the box labeled "Wrap to page", the text still wraps to the next line once it reaches the end of the TextEdit window.

Wasn't horizontal scrolling possible in previous versions of Mac OS X? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.


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I followed some advice I found here for a replacement for Disk Inventory X
OSX disk space shows 200GB as "other"
I installed the DaisyDisk app and it worked very well, however now my machine is constantly overheating and mds_stores is consuming 99% of the cpu.
DaisyDisk does not appear in the Applications folder.
How do I uninstall it? Does anyone know?  They don't have any information on their website. I should have been more careful.
https://daisydiskapp.com/


texts: How do install the OS on a secondary drive in a new Mac Pro?

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I've got a Mac Pro coming in today. I ordered it with a typical 1TB HDD in the default configuration from Apple. I purchased a Crucial 512GB SSD that I want to make my primary drive for the OS and the user data (and just use the the 1TB HDD as an additional storage disk).

So, what do I need to do to get up and running with Mountain Lion on the SSD?


texts: Can I see a log for a stuck software update?

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My Mac is running a software update (update to macOS 10.13.2) but the process seems to be stuck: for the past hour, it’s been displaying the gray Apple logo screen with the progress bar indicating around 90%.

Is there some way to get a log or some more information about what the update is doing? Preferably without stopping it completely in case I am wrong about it being stuck?


texts: How do I remove a disk image that I created myself?

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I went to disk utility and created a new image with 1.5 GB of my hard disk.

Now I want to remove it and have all the space back for my Macintosh HD. Nothing seems to work. If I eject it, it's not completely gone because I can still go to File -> Open Disk Image and I can still see that image.

How should I completely remove it and restore everything to what it was before?


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I have a MacBook Pro which has a SSD and a hard drive. Here SSD hosts the operating system and HDD stores some files (pic., doc., etc). 1 week ago I reset my system and installed OS X El Capitan. After this whenever I try to delete a file from my storage drive I have this warning "This item will be deleted immediately. You can’t undo this action.".

Is there anyway any files from storage to go to trash instead of permanently delete?


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Why do I have a .subversion folder hidden in my home folder on mac OS? I don't remember installing subversion. Inside the .subversion folder is see the following:

my-iMac:.subversion my-imac$ ls
README.txt  auth        config      homebrew    servers

How do i figure out how this folder was installed? Once I do, how do I uninstall subversion and homebrew? Why is homebrew even on my mac? How do i uninstall the programs that originally installed these?


texts: How do I download photos from my iPhone?

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I find it very complicated to move photos taken with my iPhone into my pc's photo library.

I used to take photos with a compact camera, and pc applications could very easily import the photos because the compact camera shows up as a USB disk -- this way, importing photos was almost a one-click process!

But the iPhone doesn't show up as a disk, and that makes it very messy. I've tried to sync using iTunes, but syncing is not what I want to achieve. I want to move the pics away from the iPhone! I've tried moving them using iFunBox, and while that works, it creates the problem that all photos to get a new timestamp which ruins my photo library.

Question:
How can I easily move photos and videos from iPhone to PC without using iTunes syncing, and keeping the files' original timestamps?

Clarifications:
I'm using Windows 7, and the phone is already jailbroken. I'm looking for a solution that will allow Windows to see the phone's native file system as a normal USB drive from which I can import the pics&vids using a Windows program -- or any other solution that comes as close as possible to this.

Update:
Based on the solutions so far it is clear that extra pc applications won't help. What I need instead is some way of getting the damn phone to present itself to Windows using a drive letter, just like any other disk resource or compact camera does.

This is a good example where I think Apple is being too restrictive with their products; if people want access, then let them have it. If they break it, it's their problem. That's what backups are for. "It just works" only works if you stick by Apple's intended use, and that doesn't include Windows drive letters.


texts: Is there a way to retrieve a log with histories on all apps currently or previously installed on an iPad?

texts: Is there a way for me to extract a log with past installation / update information on the apps that are currently / have been installed in an ipad before?


texts: After uninstalling iBooks, I can't sign in to iTunes any more

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I am currently using El Capitan.

Every time I uninstalled iBooks so I could manage my books with iTunes, I found I simply couldn't sign in to iTunes any more. That means I click the 'sign in' button but no sign-in window pops up. I can't purchase or re-download any of my music or books.

And reinstalling iBooks fixes it all.

Is there a way I can manage my books with iTunes and can still sign into my account?


texts: Do Macs store a serial number on the disk?

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About a year ago, I sold my old MacBook Pro. Last week I got a call from the buyer who said that it had been stolen and he didn't have the serial number — and did I have it?

I haven't been able to find it anywhere. It's not registered under my Apple ID (not sure it ever was). It was originally purchased from Amazon, and they don't put serial numbers on their receipts. I'm still looking for the original box.

OTOH, I do still have a disk image that I made of the drive immediately before I reformatted it, prior to the sale.

Is the serial number stored anywhere on that disk image?

What I've tried:

Searching my current MBP for my current serial number
I figured that if I could find a file with the current serial number, the old disk image might have that same file with the old number.
Searching for old system profiler reports
Sadly, I couldn't find one.

Anyone have any other ideas?


texts: How to safely dismiss the apple pay screen

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I like the apple pay feature. however there are times when the apple pay pops up even though I am not buying anything or even close to a shop.

The problem is that when the apple pay screen pops up, if I touch the touch id then it will end up making a payment.

I want a sure shot way of safely dismissing the apple pay screen when it pops up without a reason.

I am using iphone 8 plus with latest ios 11.


texts: How can I make my finder refresh a NAS volume mounted using AFP?

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Regrettably I'm using a WD EX2 on my bridged home network (current and 4th gen Airport Extremes), and the finder doesn't refresh my AFP volumes. The NAS is attached on the 4th gen APE.

Anyone have a solution? I've been relaunching the finder and/or connecting/disconnecting. I'm using 10.10.5 on a late 2012 mac mini. Thank you.


texts: Receive Wi-Fi via dongle, redistribute via Airport

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My house has standard broadband internet. A coaxial cable comes into the house from the road. Attached to this is a wireless router.

My room is right at the other end of the house.  I can only get a decent signal by putting a USB Wi-Fi dongle out of one window.

As I have a spare old MacBook, I'm attaching the dongle via a 3m USB extension cable, and putting it out of the window.

I am then configuring this old MacBook to redistribute the Internet, using its internal Wi-Fi card,  i.e. the airport.

Other devices can see this new Wi-Fi spot and connect to it.  Primarily my new MacBook Air.

But trying on the browser, it fails to load a webpage. 'ping' from the command line fails to resolve www.google.com.

Now here is the weird thing. It has been working on occasion. I don't know if it's the result of my fiddling around.

I've tried quite a few things: I've tried using Bluetooth to redistribute. I've tried setting the IP address for the airport manually. I've tried altering the channel. Probably a few more but I'm not comfortable thrashing around not knowing what I'm doing with no clear gameplan.

Could someone please give me a sequence of moves to tackle this?


texts: iPhone drive removed upon installing iTunes

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When iTunes is installed my iPhone does not appear as a drive in Windows Explorer.
When iTunes is removed, the iPhone does appear as a drive.
I use Windows 7 64bit

I would like to have iTunes to backup locally and have iPhone as a drive so I can download pictures from it.

How can I have both?

This may or may not be related to the following error I get after installing iTunes and attaching+detaching my iPhone via USB:


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When I try to open my iTunes on Windows 7 it opens in the Podcasts section and asks for a Userid/Pass for trancemix.org. This was a free Podcast I subscribed to last time I used iTunes. When I cancel the Login request my iTunes Hangs and I am forced to kill it. Is there a way via command line I can unsubscribe this Podcast Or any other way to get rid of this error.

Thanks.


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I am overseas at the moment and I have bought a SIM which has plenty of data, but the plan doesn't include SMS. I have tried activating iMessage again as my phone number is different, but it is stuck on waiting for activation. When I turn on iMessage it comes up with "Your carrier may charge for SMS messages used to activate iMessage."

Does this mean that iMessage uses SMS to activate? I have a little bit of credit for calls which I'm assuming if you send a text it uses a bit of it since the plan doesn't include SMS.

Is there any other way I can activate iMessage?


texts: Best Note Application Integrated With Exchange For IPad 2

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I am looking for a note taking application that needs to be integrated with MS Exchange, because i am using an iPad, a notebook running Windows 7 and MacBook Pro.

I want to be able to take notes, create tasks and access them from all devices.

Is there any program that meets these requirements?


texts: Forgot passcode. Can't reset without turning off "Find My iPhone". iCloud.com doesn't display phone

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I forgot the passcode for my old iPhone 4 which I planned on letting my friend borrow while she waits for a new one. Here are the things I tried:

holding home and sleep/wake button until symbol shows up then holding down those buttons until the reset screen comes up. It seems to work but then still asks for the 4 digit passcode to get into the phone.
I tried using the restore option on iTunes but because "Find My iPhone" is still activated, it won't let me restore the phone. When I went on iCloud.com to delete it that way, the phone is not on my account for some reason. (I do have a new phone so maybe that one replaced my old phone on iCloud.com?)


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When you press Command ⌘+J in Finder to bring up the options for the current folder and change what you sort the files by (in my case Date Created), is there any way to reverse the order?

Rather than seeing the newest files at the top, I'd rather see them at the bottom. How could I reverse the order?


texts: Is there a way to move home controls in control center?

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I enabled home controls in control center. I have 6 favorites that display in control center. However, I use them less frequently than the custom control center items that appear below them (just off screen on a second gen iPhone SE). It's really annoying to have to scroll to turn on the flashlight, which I use all the time.
Is there any way to either:

move the home controls to the bottom?
Add alternative home controls (like via Siri shortcut or something) amongst the custom items below (i.e. with the official "home controls disabled")?
At least show only 1 row of home controls (like the big button and 2 favorites) or will a second row be filled in with frequent items?


texts: 'Now Playing' button not working, bad ipod?

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Here's the situation.

Inside the music player, on the playlists tab, I touch the 'Now Playing' button on the top right, it goes to the current song that's playing, no problem.

But when i go to the 'More' tab on the bottom of the screen - where it shows Artists, Audiobooks, Songs, etc... and click the black 'Now Playing' button, nothing happens, it does not go to the current song playing, like it should.

Do I have a defective unit? Or am I missing something here? Just got it last month, brand new from amazon.

Latest generation 32gb iPod Touch running iOS 5


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under the latest macos
$ sw_vers
ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.15.6
BuildVersion:   19G73

i am using the latest bash (installed via brew)
$ $SHELL --version
GNU bash, version 5.0.18(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin19.5.0)
Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

and bash is defined as the default shell (chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash + reboot)
$ which $SHELL
/usr/local/bin/bash

$ cat /etc/shells | tail -n 1
/usr/local/bin/bash

to customize bash, i have ~/.inputrc
$ ls -l ~/.inputrc
-rw------- 1 foo staff 1432 Jan 21  2020 /Users/foo/.inputrc

that holds the following
set completion-ignore-case on
"\e[B": history-search-forward
"\e[A": history-search-backward

i used to be able to reverse-search using case-insensitive, but now it stopped working.
even tried to run set completion-ignore-case on and bind 'set completion-ignore-case on' directly in the terminal but it did not solve my issue.

is there a bug in the bash version that i am using?
how can i tell whether bash honors ~/.inputrc?
how do you recommend to debug the issue?


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See the images, it's an iPhone 6s, with iOS 10.3.2, does any one have the same issue ? It seems specific to any fraction with three digits after the comma on the denominator within spotlight:

Also, to add some information, it comes back to correct result when I add (or remove) a digit (see image)

And I have a correct result when it is with coma on both numerator and denominator:


texts: OS X - How to have starting applications (optionally) not take the focus?

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Is there any way to have starting application not take the focus?  Is there a setting so new windows do not pop over what we are currently working on?  (Perhaps an option to have them pop under, or start minimized?)

Background: I use command line scripts (Terminal) to load my work environment each day, and can't use my computer while the script is running. (No biggy, I can just go do other things for a few minutes).  VirtualBox is mainly the application where I notice this.


texts: No app requiring microphone works on my iPhone 7, including calls. Strange thing is that calls fail with call fail message, not just have bad connections or other end complaining about not being able to hear. Other apps also refuse to work. For example ‘Voice notes’ state ‘no audio devices found’.


texts: How to find out which photos were made by my iPhone and which were sent via WhatsApp?

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After a nice holiday I've often taken around 200 photos and 80% was made by myself, 10% was incoming WhatsApp pictures and 10% was some other pictures that ended up on my iPhone.

I don't even want the WhatsApp pictures automatically backed up by Carousel on my iPhone 6, but unfortunately there is no way to disable that.

Is there an easy way from my MacBook to filter out the pictures I made myself from the other pictures?

Good picture: http://i.imgur.com/lucv1DD.png
WhatsApp picture: http://i.imgur.com/GmPHn0Y.png


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Until the mid-april I was used Time Machine with no problem but now no backup is possible (Time  Machine starts, finds the drive, prepares the copy and stops). In the log I have found the following errors:

2019-04-30 14:22:38Error] Failed to mount APFS snapshot with name 'com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-04-10-174518' on volume '/' at mountpoint: '/Volumes/com.apple.TimeMachine.localsnapshots/Backups.backupdb/XXX/2019-04-10-174518/Macintosh HD', error: Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=2 "No such file or directory"
2019-04-30 14:22:38Error] Failed to mount reference snapshot: com.apple.TimeMachine.2019-04-10-174518 source: Macintosh HD

Time Machine tries to find an old local snapshot which does not exist anymore (sudo tmutil localsnapshot gives me only the last one Created local snapshot with date: 2019-04-30-143219). On my drive I can see that the last snapshot (sudo tmutil listbackups) is 2019-04-10-181153. So I don't understand what is  this issue.

My MBP is running on MacOs Mojave (10.14.2)


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I encountered problem here as I used to install ImageMagick before but then changed my mind and removed the ImageMagick. When I continue using X11 to run the other applications, the error was appeared as below. What should I do? Do I have to uninstall X11 (already did that but cannot be moved) or perhaps reboot?

$The error    192-168-1-5:~ abc$ source  /users/abc/GAMOS/GAMOS.4.0.0/config/confgamos.sh

192-168-1-5:~ abc$ cd /users/abc/GAMOS/GAMOS.4.0.0/examples/test192-168-1-5:test abc$ gamos transport.in
dyld: Library not loaded: /opt/X11/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib
  Referenced from: /users/abc/GAMOS/external/root/5.34.03/root/lib/libGraf.so
  Reason: Incompatible library version: libGraf.so requires version 15.0.0 or later, but libfreetype.6.dylib provides version 10.0.0
Trace/BPT trap: 5

$I used these commands while I was installing ImageMagick;    export /users/abc="/users/abc/ImageMagick-6.8.6"

export PATH="$MAGICK_HOME/bin:$PATH"
export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="$MAGICK_HOME/lib/"
convert logo: logo.gif


texts: iOS assigning 192.168.3.0/8 to an IPSec network interface - bug in iOS?

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We have managed to establish a VPN from an iPhone to a Lancom 1793VA. The VPN is based on IPSec, IKEv2 and machine certificates. When the iPhone establishes the VPN, the VPN gateway assigns it an IP address, a subnet and the DNS server via IKE-CFG.
Actually, this is all working well; the iPhone can access internal resources behind the VPN gateway as desired. However, there is one problem left:
We wanted to have a look behind the scenes with the VPN turned on, downloaded System Guard and with its help found that iOS had created a new network interface ipsec2 and had assigned the subnet 192.168.3.0/8 to it. This is all correct except for the fact that per RFC 1918 there is no such private subnet. Only a part of the 192. address range is private; that is, the part 192.168.0.0/16.
We are quite sure that the VPN gateway handles IKE-CFG correctly (iPhones are the only devices with that problem we encountered so far (we didn't test MacOS yet)). Even if the VPN gateway would behave erroneously, iOS wouldn't use subnets which (per the RFC mentioned above) can't exist, would it?
Could somebody please explain what is going here and how to make iOS behave correctly? The current behavior is very problematic because the affected devices will be unable to access public IP addresses of the form 192.n.o.p where n is any number between 1 and 254 except 168.


texts:
I have this one condition:

The boss is using mac, the secretary is using PC. The boss keep all the schedules in iCal,  and now the secretary cannot manage and see the schedules because i dont know how to open or view iCal in Windows.

Is there any third party software that can do this?


texts: Create shortcuts "select next" and "select all" for Mac keyboard

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In Sublime or Atom we can "cmd+D" to select next matching character/text. And "cmd+ctrl+G" selects all matching chars/text. How to make such shortcuts in Mac so I could use them everywhere I want - on browsers etc.

For ex. there is a string - "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog". In Sublime I select letter "o" and if I hit cmd+D other letter "o" being selected also, then I can hit Delete and both letters being deleted. I cant think of any reasons for this global OS feature to not be possible. Or are any?


texts:
I'm trying to install the Veneer font (3 different styles) but having no luck.
When I install through font book, I just get a minor warning about name table structure, but proceeded to install anyway.
The font files get copied to my fonts library folder but won't show up in Font Book... nor are they listed in any other applications.
I also tried installing a random Google Font and had no issues with that one
Could this be down the name table structure warning? I didn't think a minor warning would prevent me from even using the font.


texts: Application in Parallels 16 Windows 10 VM does not see mapped drives

texts:
Starting with a fairly recent version of Parallels, when starting a Windows VM, an application does not connect to mapped drives. The mapped drives are visible in Windows Explorer. For 10 years with prior versions of Windows and Parallels, the app just connected. Now I have to manually reconnect the drives every time the VM is restarted.
The application is ztree. For some reason the mapping of drives is independent of the mapped drives at the system level.
Any ideas?


texts:
Do we have to submit a Paid Application Agreement if I intend to fix a price for my app @ 0.99$

Is the agreement for a longer period or can be renewed after a certain interval
Can we update the pricing once the app is inside the App Store


texts:
I installed some programs (e.g. Sequel Pro), when I eject the virtual device from the Finder it seems ok but after some time it is re-added.

Is there a way to remove them permanently?
What is the reason of this behaviour?

Edit:
My machine is a MBP 15" 2016 with macOS Sierra 10.12.6.

The problem does't give any error. Simply if I remove the devices they reappear after a while. The devices now are Sequel Pro 1.1.2 and fastnosql-1.5.1. I don't know if this is OS related or single programs related.


texts:
So I am a switching to the Mac guy and I have a query.
Once I get my new Mac it seems I am asked to setup my country.

Say if I set the country to be Germany will it change the interface language to be German as well or will it still be English?

Thanks.
P.S. : If I purchase the Mac from Germany and set it to my original home country will it create a problem?


texts: I have two Apple IDs, because one of them is in the US App Store and the other is in the hungarian Store. I use almost every service of iCloud on the US account except for the iMessage. I still have to log in to iMessage with my older, hungarian account, because all my messages since the service was introduced belong to that. I want to simplify my life and use only the US account (except for purchases in the Store). Is there any way to transfer my old iMessages from my old account to the new one?


texts: Is it safe to work with MacBook Pro lid closed?

texts: My MacBook Pro (8,3) often gets fairly hot (see current sensor readings here: http://pastebin.com/2rj7GGAJ) even when it isn't closed. I'm about to purchase a DualHead2Go (or a TripleHead2Go) so I can use my MacBook while closed to push two 1920x1080 displays. I'm worried a bit about the heat generation, however. Is this a recommended and/or safe thing to do?


texts: I cannot restore my external 1TB HDD Drive

texts:
I was running out of space on the APFS partition "Mass HDD" I have another partition that I recently formatted back to APFS too but I am unable to now get rid of it so I can restore the "Mass HDD" into a single partition.
I am running macOS Mojave (10.14.6) on a 13" MacBook Air 2017.
Please see these images as further reference.
Thank you for the help in advance!


texts: Mac Pro (2018) Boot/Update/Shutdown Issues (Blackscreen and "macOs coud not be installed on your computer"

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I'm facing multiple Boot/Update/Shutdown issues with my Mac Pro (2018)

1) Mac gets stuck on a black screen while shutting down (no cursor or UI elements visible)

2) Mac doesn't boot on it's system drive by default. Instead it goes for a "install" drive and gets stuck on "macOS could not be installed on your computer" (see image below). I'm forced to click the restart button and hold the alt key to be able to chose the appropriate drive and once then boot the OS.

3) From within the OS, Mac keeps warning me that an update is available. I already tried to install it many times but every time the mac restarts in consequence of the update it get's stuck in a black screen for something like 5 min, then I noticed a progress bar that showed up saying that the system is installing the update (2min) and finally, suddenly, it goes back to black and stays there for a long period of time.

I don't get any visual feedback of what's going on I stopped the system by pressing and holding the power button after 10 minutes of black screen.

Powering it back on while pressing the alt key (yes, I need to do this every time I boot the mac in order to avoid the error mentioned in line 2!) and choosing the system drive takes me back to the operating system.

If I open the "App Store" application I will see that the update is still there and to install it I'm forced to download and install it once again.

What's is going on? Am I missing something?


texts: Postfix SMTP server slow to accept incoming connection

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I have a snow-leopard os-x Server configuration running postfix with no local firewall on the X-Serve.

When a client attempts to connect to the SMTP port the connection takes about 15 seconds to accept the connection and get the smtp id string back.

Does anybody have any idea what the delay could be.

telnet smtpserver 25
takes 15 seconds externally

telnet localhost 25
is almost immediate

Using tcpdump on incoming firewall (separate host) and smtp server for the port shows that the connection is being passed through almost immediately but the response is very slow in coming back.

Thanks for the support.


texts: How to auto show unarchived files in Finder?

texts:
Currently Archive Utility is configured to unzip all archives opened by me in their directory.

While this is good it is not enough for me, I want it to show me the result in Finder.

How can I obtain this behavior, is there a hidden switch?


texts: Why won't my macbook pro wake up when docked?

texts: I got a HengeDock for Christmas.  When I close my Macbook Pro and dock it to the external monitor, mouse, and keyboard, it will not wake up.  I move the mouse around and type on the keyboard, but it stays asleep.  Is this because I have a non-Apple monitor (I have a Sumsung -- highly rated by Consumer Reports).  Is something set incorrectly in my preferences?


texts: Can I create/edit contact groups in iOS?

texts:
I have been successful in managing contact groups with OS X's Contacts.app and iCloud.com, but haven't found a way to do this as of iOS 9.

Is there a way to manage contact groups on iOS (iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch) ?


texts: Applescript: Help to extract PDF "Author" metadata and set it in iTunes Author field

texts:
Using other applescript as template, I've been trying to modify this particular one to do the following task:

Extract "Author" tag from a PDF file and write it automatically in the iTunes12 "Author" tag and for as many PDF files I select in my Books collection in iTunes (yes! I got rid of iBooks and got back Books in iTunes)

After grooming for years all my books in the iTunes library, I moved to iBooks. I didn't like iBooks so I went back to Books in iTunes. But this comeback, although worthy, it's been painful, because I lost all the iTunes tags I filled for years manually, but few at the time.

I would love to have this script done to alleviate the pain of writing the +4,000 author's book tags, which are sitting inside the properties of each of my PDFs.

My tweaked script can't get the Author tag from the PDF file and place it in iTunes. It just place the character I want to set at the end of the author in case I want to add info to the tag in the future.
This is, that the only thing that appears in the iTune tag is the "-".

I'm not a expert. I'm not even a basic coder. I just try to learn, little by little about coding when I have these challenges. I've been banging my head to get this done, but this time I need help. I looked everywhere for a similar case from which I could translate the concept to no avail.

Could anyone of you please tell me what can I do to get this done. Where to look for info, what to change in the code or even say: "that's impossible"!

Thank you very much in advance!

-- PDF Meta Author to iTunes Author | script (iTunes-Acrobat)

tell application "iTunes"

set sel to the selection

if sel is {} then display dialog "Please select something" buttons {"Cancel"}

repeat with i from 1 to count of sel

    set the_track to item i of sel

    set the_alias to location of the_track as alias

    tell application "Adobe Acrobat Pro"

        open the_alias

        set authorfield to Author of document 1 as list

        set Author to item 1 of author field

        close document 1 saving no

    end tell

    set artist of the_track to (authorfield & "-") as string

    end repeat

    end tell


texts: How to get macOS High Sierra file vault encryption to continue/How to cancel encryption and decrypt drive?

texts:
On my MacBook Pro Mid 2015 running macOS High Sierra I was trying to encrypt it using FileVault.

I can’t tell if progress is stuck or just moving very, very, very slowly

What are ways I can get the encryption to continue, or just cancel the encryption and decrypt the drive?


texts: Which of the GNU coreutils applications are included in the MacPorts coreutils package?

texts:
In general, I would like to know if there are any discrepancies between the MacPorts coreutils and the GNU coreutils, and how I might go about answering this question myself. In particular, I don't understand why the su command (or the gsu command, since all of the MacPorts coreutils applications also seem to come prefixed with a 'g') doesn't seem to be included by MacPorts.

First, I check that I have the coreutils package installed:

$ port installed coreutils
The following ports are currently installed:
  coreutils @8.22_0 (active)

$ port info coreutils
coreutils @8.22 (sysutils)
Variants:             universal

Description:          The GNU Core Utilities are the basic file, shell, and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating
                      system. These are the core utilities which are expected to exist on every operating system. Previously
                      these utilities were offered as three individual sets of GNU utilities, fileutils, shellutils, and
                      textutils. Those three have been combined into a single set of utilities called the coreutils.
Homepage:             http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/

[...]

So far so good. Then I look for instances of su and gsu on my path:

$ which -a su gsu;
/usr/bin/su

Nothing; the GNU su isn't there. As a sanity check, I look for some other coreutils applications, e.g. rm:

which -a rm grm
/opt/local/libexec/gnubin/rm
/bin/rm
/opt/local/bin/grm

It looks like the directories to check are /opt/local/bin and /opt/local/libexec/gnubin, so I look there:

$ ls -1 /opt/local/bin /opt/local/libexec/gnubin | grep -x 'su\|gsu'

Again, nothing. Now, this is almost certainly redundant, but I also try looking with the port contents command:

$ port contents coreutils | grep -x ".*su"

Nothing. Am I certain that su is included in GNU coreutils? No, I guess not. So I check here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Core_Utilities#Programs_included_in_coreutils

It looks like it is; it's listed under the Shell Utililites header. So what gives?


texts:
I've been tearing my hair out trying to get rid of the quarantine "Do you want to open this?" warning because I don't like it.

The well documented way (defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool NO) does NOT work.

Also, I've used the Secrets Preference pane and that doesn't work either. As soon as I uncheck the box and close the pane and reopen, it's still checked.

(I've tried rebooting right after these methods, no dice.)


texts: How Do I Set Multiple Categories for a Podcast?

texts:
I have a podcast that I want to be listed under Religion & Spirituality.  I would like for it to be listed when someone selects Christianity or Spirituality.

I just submitted my podcast with the xml code below.  When the page displayed before submitting it only showed the Spirituality category under Religion & Spirituality, not the Christianity category.

<itunes:category text="Religion &amp; Spirituality">
<itunes:category text="Christianity"/>
</itunes:category>
<itunes:category text="Religion &amp; Spirituality">
<itunes:category text="Spirituality"/>
</itunes:category>

I could not find any documentation about how to do this.  I thought I might try the following.

<itunes:category text="Religion &amp; Spirituality">
<itunes:category text="Christianity"/>
<itunes:category text="Spirituality"/>
</itunes:category>

Can this be done?


texts: Dropbox asking for permissions to wrong folder after changing account name

texts:
I just got a new macbook and is now installing apps to it. After setting up Dropbox and everything else, I decided that I wanted to change the account name (which was previously "mac") to my name. Everything worked fine, until I tried to open Dropbox, it asked for permission to the wrong user folder (of the old account name) like this:

I tried unlink my computer from Dropbox account and reinstalling Dropbox, the software keeps looking for that folder's permission. What should I do to fix this? Please suggest and thanks.

EDIT:

After I type my login details, this is what I got:

The thing is the folder /Users/mac doesn't exist. I click on the link of the dialog and got this log:

  bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox bn.VERSION: 2.6.31 bn.DROPBOXEXT_VERSION: failed
  bn.is_frozen: True pid: 489 ppid: 233 uid: 501 user_info:
  pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='ichigo', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=501,
  pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='Huong Do', pw_dir='/Users/ichigo',
  pw_shell='/bin/bash') effective_user_info:
  pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='ichigo', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=501,
  pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='Huong Do', pw_dir='/Users/ichigo',
  pw_shell='/bin/bash') euid: 501 gid: 20 egid: 20 group_info:
  grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='', gr_gid=20,
  gr_mem=['root']) effective_group_info:
  grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='', gr_gid=20,
  gr_mem=['root']) DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH: None cwd:
  u'/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources'
       real_path=u'/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources'
                mode=040755 uid=501 gid=20
       parent   mode=040755 uid=501 gid=20 HOME: u'/Users/ichigo' appdata: u'/Users/mac/.dropbox'
           real_path=u'/Users/mac/.dropbox'
                    not found
           parent   not found dropbox_path: u'/Users/mac/Dropbox'
                real_path=u'/Users/mac/Dropbox'
                        not found
                parent  not found sys_executable: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/python'
                  real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/python'
                            mode=0100755    uid=501 gid=20
                  parent    mode=040755 uid=501 gid=20 trace.file: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/site-packages.zip/dropbox/boot_error.pyc'
                  real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/site-packages.zip/dropbox/boot_error.pyc'
                            not found
                  parent    not found tempdir: u'/var/folders/l1/f5mv9brd0s5fwx12z2lrp4s40000gn/T'
           real_path=u'/private/var/folders/l1/f5mv9brd0s5fwx12z2lrp4s40000gn/T'
                    mode=040700 uid=501 gid=20
           parent   mode=040755 uid=501 gid=20 Traceback (most recent call last):   File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 1818, in main_startup
  File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 1048, in run   File
  "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 492, in startup_low   File
  "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 314, in safe_makedirs   File "os.pyc",
  line 150, in makedirs   File "os.pyc", line 157, in makedirs OSError:
  [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Users/mac'

Please note the lines I've emphasized with bold text: the wrong path to Dropbox was given. It should be /Users/ichigo instead


texts: How can I reset the 'get info' preview image of archive utility?

texts:
When I zip or download a zipped file, Archive Utility doesn't display it's default zip icon anymore. Also when viewing Info and the large Previewer icon.
It now displays this version of a program I seem to have installed (don't know which).

How can I turn it back to Archive Utility's default blue zip icon when I compress or download a zipped file?
I've tried everything from changing the Get Info icon to going to Core Services (where nothing has changed in the icns files or Archive Utility)


texts: Display message box only if "filter finder items" finds an item (Automator)

texts:
Currently, I have a workflow going like this:

When files and folders added to downloads
Filter finder items where kind = music
Open finder items with ID3 tag editor
Ask for confirmation "Click OK when tags edited"
Filter finder items where kind = music (for safety)
Move finder items to "Itunes Autoadd" folder

However, even when I download a file that is not music (".dmg" file) the messagebox will still display.

How do I make it so the messagebox only displays when a music file is found?

Thanks!


texts: Web Content radio buttons don't switch in Screen Time Family

texts:
As my daughter grows, I wanted to change the settings of Content & Privacy Restrictions > Content Restrictions > Web Content, from Allowed Websites Only to Limit Adult Websites.
But radio buttons don’t seem to work. It asks for the PIN, but after changing, two buttons are selected. It is the same on the child’s and parent's device.

I tried turning off ST, and restarting, and turning on again, but it looks like it gets back to Allowed Websites Only mode.
Is there a way to reset that without signing off iCloud?
PS: Also submitted with Feedback Assistant under FB9071145.


texts: Is it possible to recover emails from an iPhone 5s that completely disappeared the other day? It is through Outlook Express, have AT&T and it is IOS 7.0.1 version. They were not deleted. I was on my phone back and forth from facebook to email to safari and the "manage your storage" message kept popping up. A couple hours earlier, I had deleted some photos from photo roll and text messages to make more room and I was also deleting unwanted emails thinking that would help (which upon further investigation it does not) because I knew my storage was low. I had deleted like almost 2000 emails from Hotmail earlier and I think later when I went into Hotmail it picked up other emails that must have been "hanging" out there and when there was room they started updating or downloading but it was when I went into outlook later that 850 emails just disappeared. They are not in trash. I looked into all those iPhone recovery downloads but it doesn't look like they can get emails back. Would iTunes backup work somehow?! Thanks


texts: "X11 could not be opened" then "X11 canceled restart"

texts:
I occasionally run into the following first-world nightmare, usually when trying to run open source software (in this case Inkscape on a Mac Pro running Lion, though I've seen this error before as well, I think with Wine and OpenOffice if I remember right):

First, it fails to open with this error:

  The application X11 could not be opened.

  An error occurred while starting the X11 server: "Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't already running"

  Click Quit to quit X11. Click Report to see more details or send a report to Apple.

  [Report...] [Quit]

Clicking 'Quit' just causes the exact same error to endlessly pop up again. Force Quitting the application that caused the error (Inkscape) or X11 itself has the same result. As does quitting from the dock.
If I try to just ignore it, it refreshes itself after a few minutes or so, and the icon keeps bouncing in the dock.
Attempting to restart to break the cycle fails with this sadistic error:

  The application X11 canceled restart.

  To try again, quit X11 and choose Restart from the Apple menu.

But the reason I want to restart is to make X11 quit and stop it from reopening itself!

Report... causes X11 to crash with an "X11 quit unexpectedly" error - but it still automatically re-opens itself and it still cancels shutdown / restart in exactly the same way. Shut down has the same error as restart: "The application X11 canceled shut down".

Any ideas how to:

Get X11 to go away so I can restart and continue what I was doing? (without just pulling the plug)
(for bonus points) Stop things like this from happening? There's no clues an average user like me can make sense of in any of the above for how to debug and fix the underlying problem.


texts: PostgreSQL causing slow shutdowns with OS X Server in Mavericks

texts:
I've found that on OS X Server in Mavericks, the PostgreSQL processes are causing shutdown delays. During a verbose shutdown, I get the following (shortened) output:

com.apple.launchd                      System: Still alive with 1/7 (normal/anonymous) children.
*.anonymous.pg_receivexlog             PID is still valid
*.anonymous.postgres_real              PID is still valid
*.anonymous.postgres_real              PID is still valid
*.anonymous.Python                     PID is still valid
*.anonymous.pg_receivexlog             PID is still valid
*.anonymous.postgres_real              PID is still valid
com.apple.DeviceManagement.postgres    PID is still valid

The (*) is replaced by a random string, different for each item.

I have no experience with PostgreSQL and I don't use any of the database-related OS X Server components (mainly Xcode and VPN) so I have no idea where to start.


texts: Finder move does not merge but replaces old folder, how to get old folder's contents

texts:
I moved folder named FOLDERA to another folder where same name folder exists. Finder asked me to replace? I complied thinking that it will merge two folders like windows. It completely replaced my older folder.

Undo (-Z) does not bring back
Trash does not show my old files

Is there any way to bring back these files?


texts:
I have a java app packaged for mac and I want to specify a custom jvm (provided by sdkman).
In my .bash_profile file I have the custom jvm in my PATH, but when I launch the app, I get a message from the app saying that java 11 or higher is required.
How do I tell the java app to use a custom jvm in macos mojave?


texts: Where does iTerm store user preferences?

texts: Where exactly is iTerm's user preferences file located? What I want is to sync this file over Github between several machines.


texts: Apple Dual-Link DVI adapter doesn't work after upgrade to 10.9.2

texts:
I have a late 2011 MacBook Pro. I've been running 10.8.x.  I'm using the Apple branded dual-link DVI adapter to connect an external WQHD monitor (1440p).  It was working great with 10.8.

I just installed the 10.9.2 update from the AppStore.  During the upgrade, the machine wouldn't even boot with the DVI adapter connected.  After figuring that out, the upgrade installed.

Now, when I connect the adapter, the laptop LCD screen goes black (but backlit, so it's not off) and the external monitor doesn't detect a signal.  When I remove the thunderbolt cord to the adapter, the display remains black (it doesn't switch back).

If I boot the machine with the adapter connected, the dock never appears and CMD+TAB doesn't show anything. When I remove the adapter at that point, the dock appears.

System Information shows the adapter as detected, but the resolution is shown as "1x1".

EDIT: Here's some info from the system log:

Mar 24 09:29:51 LM125892-CYTHOM WindowServer[106]: Received display connect changed for display 0x4272dc2
Mar 24 09:29:51 LM125892-CYTHOM WindowServer[106]: Found 45 modes for display 0x04272dc2 [33, 12]
Mar 24 09:29:51 LM125892-CYTHOM WindowServer[106]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f003f
Mar 24 09:29:51 LM125892-CYTHOM WindowServer[106]: build_mode_list_if_needed: No always available modes from IOGraphics [1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0]
Mar 24 09:29:51 LM125892-CYTHOM WindowServer[106]:         mode id 0x00003000, nominal [1 x 1], flags 0x00000000
Mar 24 09:29:51 LM125892-CYTHOM WindowServer[106]: Found 3 modes for display 0x003f003f [0, 0]
Mar 24 09:29:51 LM125892-CYTHOM WindowServer[106]: Display 0x003f003f changed state to online
Mar 24 09:29:51 LM125892-CYTHOM WindowServer[106]: MPSelectMode: Mode number 1 always unavailable for display 0x003f003f
Mar 24 09:29:51 LM125892-CYTHOM WindowServer[106]: complete_connect_change: Error selecting mode 1 for display 0x003f003f
Mar 24 09:29:51 LM125892-CYTHOM WindowServer[106]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f0040
Mar 24 09:29:51 LM125892-CYTHOM WindowServer[106]: Found 1 modes for display 0x003f0040 [1, 0]
Mar 24 09:30:00 LM125892-CYTHOM com.apple.launchd.peruser.735236149[306] (com.qbix.CalendarStart[768]): Exited with code: 1
Mar 24 09:30:00 LM125892-CYTHOM com.apple.launchd.peruser.735236149[306] (com.qbix.CalendarStart): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Mar 24 09:30:10 LM125892-CYTHOM com.apple.launchd.peruser.735236149[306] (com.qbix.CalendarStart[824]): Exited with code: 1
Mar 24 09:30:12 LM125892-CYTHOM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.teamviewer.service): assertion failed: 13C64: launchd + 40562 [425516B6-9F3E-342F-87B3-EC461EBA6A1A]: 0x10000003
Mar 24 09:30:12 LM125892-CYTHOM WindowServer[106]: CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 61699
Mar 24 09:30:12 --- last message repeated 19 times ---
Mar 24 09:30:12 LM125892-CYTHOM WindowServer[106]: CGXOrderWindowList: Invalid window 56 (index 0/1)
Mar 24 09:30:12 LM125892-CYTHOM WindowServer[106]: CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 61699


texts: How to write a service to get some string?

texts:
I want to write a service on macOS, and it only return a string, like my email address. So in any application, if I need input email address, I just hit the same shortcut.

I write a service in automator, and run shell script:

#!/usr/bin
echo "my_name@domain.com"

but it only output the text to stdout instead of application input.


texts: Under tmux, change window in Irssi with meta key Alt + Num?

texts:
I think this is specific to OS X Terminal.app

Viewing many windows in irssi via tmux.

I can use alt+right arrow to move windows as the metakey.

but alt+5 only produces [KH^


texts:
I have just lost my laptop, the one that I use to sync all my books. My iBook size is 2.5g an my iCloud account can support 15g.

I tried to backup my iBooks. It shows only 750mb in the backup. When I try to sync my books, iTunes wants to delete them all.

I did not purchase any from iTunes because they don't sell books in my store. What can I do?

My iOS version is 6.1.3, iTunes is at the lastest version.


texts: How to get photos back which weren't saved to my iCloud account?

texts: I had to repair my phone and forgot to save all of my photos to my iCloud account. Is there any way I can get them back?


texts: Why does it say I'm using more data than I am on my IPad?

texts: It says that I have used 12.1 GB of data, but when added all up, it's no where near 12.1 GB. Maybe 10 GB at most, and I recently deleted a BUNCH of videos to clear up space, but it did nothing!


texts: Spotlight can't open a folder inside ~/Documents/

texts:
I use Spotlight to open folders, but quite often the Finder opens on ~/ instead of the folder I was looking for. I realised it happens when I try to reveal a folder which lies in ~/Documents/. Revealing a folder somewhere else, eg ~/Music/iTunes works like a charm. But something like ~/Documents/foo/ falls back to ~/.
It might have happened for the first time after a system update, a few weeks/months ago. I am currently running macOS 11.2.1.
I suspected privacy privileges, and I reset them with tccutil reset All but it hasn't changed anything.
Interestingly, it seems like I'm not able to change the permissions of ~/Documents/, while it is possible for other folders (see example below).
 Permission management is missing for ~/Documents (left), but is there for ~/Music (right)
Does anyone have an idea to explain this behaviour, and how to solve it? I'll be much grateful for any hint.
Edit 2021-02-15
Out of the blue, I tried something. I used the action Reveal in Finder of Alfred on a folder in ~/Documents/. It worked, and, since that, so does opening folders from a Spotlight search. It must have done something backstage, but I have no idea what. ¯_(ツ)_/¯


texts:
I have:

Favorites
Shared
Devices

I'd like to create something like:

Cloud Files

My Favorites is getting a little cluttered with shortcuts to a DropBox folder, a SkyDrive folder, a Google Drive folder, an IDrive folder, etc.

How can I create a new group for items in the Sidebar in Finder?


texts: "Minecraft" is damaged and can't be opened on Mountain Lion

texts:
I'm trying to run Minecraft on Mac OS X Mountain Lion. I downloaded the zip file (link here) from minecraft.net and unzipped it. Double clicked on the icon and it tells me,

  "Minecraft" is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the
  Trash.

I've downloaded it several times and 2 other unzipping tools don't complain. Is it some issue with Mountain Lion? I have Java installed with versions as follows:

$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_37"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_37-b06-434-11M3909)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.12-b01-434, mixed mode)

UPDATE: I did the Show Package Contents for minecraft and ran the JavaLauncher on the jar file, seemed to work. But after minecraft updated itself, I got this error:

      Minecraft has crashed!
      ----------------------

Minecraft has stopped running because it encountered a problem; Failed to start game

A full error report has been saved to /Users/scott/Library/Application Support/minecraft/crash-reports/crash-2012-11-25_10.25.30-client.txt - Please include a copy of that file (Not this screen!) if you report this crash to anyone; without it, they will not be able to help fix the crash :(

--- BEGIN ERROR REPORT 99374f70 --------
Full report at:
/Users/scott/Library/Application Support/minecraft/crash-reports/crash-2012-11-25_10.25.30-client.txt
Please show that file to Mojang, NOT just this screen!

Generated 11/25/12 10:25 AM

-- System Details --
Details:
    Minecraft Version: 1.4.5
    Operating System: Mac OS X (x86_64) version 10.8.2
    Java Version: 1.7.0_09, Oracle Corporation
    Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
    Memory: 22467144 bytes (21 MB) / 71499776 bytes (68 MB) up to 1060700160 bytes (1011 MB)
    JVM Flags: 0 total;
    AABB Pool Size: 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) allocated, 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) used
    Suspicious classes: No suspicious classes found.
    IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
    LWJGL: 2.4.2
    OpenGL: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null
    Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.
    Type: Client (map_client.txt)
    Texture Pack: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null
    Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
    Vec3 Pool Size: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null[failed to get system properties (java.lang.NullPointerException)]

org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Could not get the JAWT interface
    at org.lwjgl.opengl.AWTSurfaceLock.lockAndInitHandle(Native Method)
    at org.lwjgl.opengl.AWTSurfaceLock.access$100(AWTSurfaceLock.java:49)
    at org.lwjgl.opengl.AWTSurfaceLock$1.run(AWTSurfaceLock.java:89)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at org.lwjgl.opengl.AWTSurfaceLock.privilegedLockAndInitHandle(AWTSurfaceLock.java:86)
    at org.lwjgl.opengl.AWTSurfaceLock.lockAndGetHandle(AWTSurfaceLock.java:64)
    at org.lwjgl.opengl.MacOSXCanvasPeerInfo.initHandle(MacOSXCanvasPeerInfo.java:53)
    at org.lwjgl.opengl.MacOSXDisplayPeerInfo.doLockAndInitHandle(MacOSXDisplayPeerInfo.java:56)
    at org.lwjgl.opengl.PeerInfo.lockAndGetHandle(PeerInfo.java:85)
    at org.lwjgl.opengl.MacOSXContextImplementation.create(MacOSXContextImplementation.java:47)
    at org.lwjgl.opengl.Context.<init>(Context.java:120)
    at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:858)
    at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:784)
    at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:765)
    at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceFile:232)
    at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:515)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
--- END ERROR REPORT adc22a49 ----------


texts: Is it possible to use Apple Push Notification Service only for local network?

texts: I have an apsd process which stands for Apple Push Notification service daemon man_page_on_developers.apple.com (it has a name applepushserviced on osx 10.7 and lower). Is it possible to restrict it only for local APN server without having a connection to the apple global APN server?


texts:
I try to use Windows 10 via Parallels Desktop in my Mac. Here is the sharing setting of Parallels Desktop:

In the navigation bar of File Explorer of Windows, we can see and enter a network TIECHENG9FDC:

In Mac, I can see tiecheng9fdc under Shared in the navigation bar of Finder. However, I cannot access it:

Does anyone know what should I do to access tiecheng9fdc of Windows from Mac?


texts:
I am running macOS Mojave 10.14 on a 2018 13" MacBook Pro. This morning, to my surprise it was turned off.

In /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports I see a file called shutdown_stall_2018-10-20-113446_MattPad.shutdownStall but I don't know how to read it.

How can I find out why it restarted?

I just noticed that the problem details being sent to Apple list:
x86 Shutdown Cause: 0x1
What does that mean?

I ran the log command to see the shutdown causes in the logs and got this:

log show --predicate 'eventMessage contains "Previous shutdown cause"'
Filtering the log data using "composedMessage CONTAINS "Previous shutdown cause""
Skipping info and debug messages, pass --info and/or --debug to include.
Timestamp                       Thread     Type        Activity             PID    TTL
2018-10-18 16:31:21.752378-0700 0xb4       Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 5
2018-10-18 18:53:28.963132-0700 0xb8       Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 1
2018-10-18 19:50:17.130199-0700 0xb5       Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 1
2018-10-20 09:59:39.081932-0700 0xb6       Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 1
2018-10-20 11:35:16.748688-0700 0xb6       Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 1
2018-10-20 11:39:36.883727-0700 0xb5       Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 1
2018-10-22 08:20:07.672163-0700 0xb6       Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 5

According to https://georgegarside.com/blog/macos/shutdown-causes/ 5 means correct shutdown, but shutdown cause: 1 is not listed.


texts: Can't run Apache Maven via command line on El Capitan

texts:
I have installed Apache Maven 3.3.9 and tried to run it with command line using mvn.
For this purpose, I added the following symlink but it doesn't work :

sudo ln -s /opt/local/share/java/maven3/bin/mvn /usr/local/bin

I tried first :

sudo ln -s /opt/local/share/java/maven3 /usr/local/bin

But Man mvn and mvn -v don't return anything except errors.
Any idea what I should do ?
I'm using last version of El Capitan.
Thanks.

EDIT :

ls -l /usr/local/bin/mvn returns lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin  35  2 aoû 21:34 /usr/local/bin/mvn -> opt/local/share/java/maven3/bin/mvn

My PATH contains a bunch of stuff:

/Users/sbdy/anaconda3/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin/java:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/Library/TeX/texbin:/usr/X11/bin: No such file or directory


texts: Need to install new HDD in macbook pro, do not have installation disk, can this be done?

texts:
Bought a used Macbook Pro. Was working fine until I downloaded some contacts recovery software for iphone, it was useless so I uninstalled it. Since then machine has run   v e r y    s l o w l y......
I tried command r which took me into the reinstall but in Spanish! My technical spanish is not too good so I bailed out.
I have a 750gb hdd that will suit the machine, but I do not have original installation disks to install el capitan. Is there a way?


texts: How can I prevent having to restart Safari when blocking sites via /etc/hosts file?

texts:
I have modified my /etc/hosts file to block website.com and www.website.com.

I know the formatting of my hosts file is correct because when I restart Safari, the block takes effect. I can also enter into a private window, and the block takes effect. If I do not take any action, Safari will eventually start blocking the sites from my host file after about 5 minutes. Is therany wayay I can expedite this?

When I test in Chrome, there is no need to restart Chrome, my blocks immediately start working.

I've attempted:

sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

and

sudo dscacheutil -flushcache

I've also read attempted all of the formatting suggestions on stack exchange for the etc/hosts file, but nothing seems to work. No matter what, Safari needs to be reset for the blocks to take place.

I would like for a solution that can be done programmatically (i.e. through a terminal command or some sort of script - not through some GUI application) so that I can package this in with my application.


texts: Make RSS screensaver show more articles?

texts: I have an RSS screensaver, but at the moment it only displays a few articles and then loops. Is there a way to make it display more articles?


texts: How do I pause the installation of iOS apps?

texts: How do I pause the installation of an application? I started the download and installation of two apps from the app store. Now those are showing "waiting" and I want to cancel the installation of those apps.


texts:
Do a one finger downward stroke to bring up the search menu.  Type an app name "twitter".  I expect to see the installed application "twitter" because this is the behavior that occurred in iOS 8.  Instead, I see podcasts, mail, messages, notes, websites and bing searches.   I have to manually click through my 100+ installed apps to open them or ask siri to do it.  This behavior began immediately after upgrading to iOS 9.0.

How do I enable search for installed apps in ios 9?


texts: How can I change Fn keys usage based on application?

texts:
I would like to know if there is any application that can enable you use use Fn keys differently based on the current application.

For example in terminal or you favourite IDE you want to use them as standard function keys but for other applications you want to keep the default Apple keys.


texts: Time Tracking App with Alfred integration

texts: Is there a time tracking that integrates with Alfred, so you can start/stop time tracking using typed commands?


texts: Any other way to move cursor to the end of line, instead of +

texts:
Cmd + → is not finger-friendly for me. So I wonder any other way without the 4-arrow-key to do the same, any one will be appreciated.

System: MacOS X El Capitan Version 10.11.6

Usage: move the cursor in any form on the web like Google Search, when text is visually selected, I want to move the cursor to the end of the line to append something.

I do be a little picky because I just learned Vim recently. Thanks all reply!


texts: How can I import my contacts and data from Basecamp to Proofhub?

texts:
I've been using Basecamp as a project management tool since 2010.

It has a good interface and organisation of data, but sometimes you might not be willing to share the secrecy of a project with the clients. There is no such feature in Basecamp. That's why I am thinking to switch on Proofhub.

So, anybody please let me know is there any provision in Proofhub to import all the data and contact?


texts:
I currently have my Time Capsule to forward all inbound requests on port 80 to my Mac Mini which runs a web server with its local ip address of 192.168.1.8. I also have DNS set up so that if I go to example.com then it will send the request to my static public IP which will in turn cause the Time Capsule to forward the request on port 80 to my Mac Mini.

However I now have a Raspberry Pi on the local network also, with the ip address of 192.168.1.5. I want to be able to access the web server on the Raspberry Pi by going to pi.example.com, but I'm not sure how I can get the Time Capsule to port forward based on the domain. What I'd like to be able to have is something that works like this:

example.com:80       -->   public IP   -->    192.168.1.8:80
pi.example.com:80    -->   public IP   -->    192.168.1.5:80

NB: Posted this on apple.stackexchange.com as it relates to the Time Capsule, however it may be better suited on ServerFault, if so I ask if the moderators could kindly move it there.


texts:
When I tick a checkbox in a fillable PDF in Preview, there is a strange double tick symbol. It's like a tick with a cross on it. How can I have a correct tick/check symbol ?

I'm on El Capitan 10.11.5 with Preview 8.1 and the problem came with any fillable PDF with a checkbox


texts:
Before 8.3, I was able to clear recently used emoji by clicking on Settings->Reset->Reset Keyboard Dictionary.  Now, that does not work.

My recent emoji screen is littered with accidentally typed ones and such. It seems though that you can place your favorites on the first column by re-selecting them from their original lists (screens), but that does not seem to work well, and it is not as useful as being able to clear the entire list of recently used emojis.


texts:
I have a Macbook Pro 15" with Touch bar and Touch ID. The company has been bought from a Finnish store, and its language was Finland when bought. I changed it to English after booting up the computer first time.

Now there is an issue with OS language in some dialogs. Some OS dialogs show up in Finnish language, even when my only language in settings is English. Languages work correctly on my iMac and older MacBook Pro Retina.

For example, Thunderbird shows an OS dialog for entering password to secure storage, and its contents are in Finnish:

This is not limited to Thunderbird, but also other software show dialogs partly in Finnish language.

So, at first I just added English, chose it as a primary language and then deleted Finnish from Language & Region settings.

When I tried to fix the issue, I added Finnish again, set it as preferred language and then removed it again. There was no change to behaviour.

Then, I also tried the instructions described in https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7348459?start=0&tstart=0.

That is, I added and removed the Finnish language, tried reseting the PRAM and also ran sudo languagesetup, selecting Finnish as the language. None of these changed the behaviour.

I wasn't able to find any other suggestions in Google.

Any ideas what I can try?

Is there some cache for language stuff that is out-of-date?


texts: Notes (Mac) can't connect to IMAP account, Mail can

texts:
Lately when I try to use the Notes app on Mac OS X 10.8.5, I get a message saying "Notes can't connect to the account JW IMAP", and asking for my password.  If I enter the password, then a minute later the same error comes back.

I'm sure this has to do with the fact that my mail moved to a different server.  But where is Notes getting the old information?  If I choose the Accounts... menu item in Notes, it takes me to the Mail, Contacts, and Calendars pane in System Preferences, which currently has nothing in it.  If I click Add Other Account there, it takes me over to Mail, as if I were going to add a new Mail account.  But Mail is already correctly connecting to the new server, I don't want a new account there!

I tried repairing disk permissions and it didn't help.

I'm tempted to nuke the Notes files in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes and see if it gets reconstructed.


texts:
I have a 13" Macbook running Snow Leopard 10.6.6 which is unable to go to any URL on either my office or hotel networks.

I have no proxy or firewall enabled on the computer - and have connected to both networks in the past without issue.

If I ping google.com, it responds with 'cannot resolve google.com, unknown host' - however if I ping the IP it responds fine. I can also visit the IP in my browser and it goes to the page successfully.

I have rebooted, flushed my cache in several ways, tried to use Google's DNS (8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4) all to no avail.

Any advice would be super!


texts:
The iOS App Store is a great place, normally, but recently I discovered that I'm not able to download apps due to some error.
The error is that whenever I want to download an app, I click GET, then it goes to the loading circle for a few seconds, then the button goes back to GET and my app doesn't download. Any solutions? I'm using an iPad Air 2 running the latest version of iOS.


texts: I am constantly using the command-shift-4 command to take a screenshot, since it is so easy, but it will always save to my Desktop, and I like having my Desktop clean. It is becoming a hassle to constantly move all my screenshots into a separate folder. Is there a way to change the save destination of the screenshots automatically? I would really like it to be able to save in a folder.


texts: Mac Mail can't send outgoing messages via GoogleMail

texts:
Lately my Mail client can't send my outgoing messages. I have a gmail count, and it's configured properly. I can get the incoming messages all the time, but I can not send any. Also the connection doctor says the server is available.

Does anyone have an answer to that?
My mail version is Version 7.3 (1878.6).
my osx version is 10.9.4.


texts:
I'm running OS X Yosemite on an Early 2015 MacBook Pro Retina, 512GB.

According to the title: "OS X Yosemite freezes randomly, absolutely everything hangs (screen, trackpad, keyboard, sound, applications, rtc.)" this started happening when I started to keep Skype in the background, and maybe play Minecraft (don't judge.) But this happens outside of Minecraft, and only happened 2 times by the time I wrote this.

Here's the log from the boot before this crash, to the boot after the crash: http://pastebin.com/wqUEArAS


texts: ignore duplicates when browsing bash history

texts:
Assum I have the following command history:

A
B
B

When pressing the up arrow on most linux terminals this would cycle like:

B
A

On osx terminal however it got me:

B
B
A

How can I regain the former behaviour?


texts: Is a me.com address only used for email in iCloud (outside of brand new accounts)?

texts:
I am one of those people who had an iTunes account way before having an .mac or MobileMe account. Since one can't really merge accounts, I have been trying to decide what to do about my iCloud account.

According to Apple's documentation, their recommended setup is to upgrade your me.com account to iCloud, and then just use your iTunes account for purchases and iTunes in the cloud.

I am debating on actually NOT fully migrating my MobileMe account to iCloud, and instead upgrading my iTunes account to the iCloud account.

My question is this - if I upgrade say my gmail.com account to iCloud, and sign up for a new me.com address - is that address ONLY used for email?

For example, if my wife wants to share a calendar with me, she would use my iCloud account (which would be my gmail account), rather than my new me.com email address?


texts: The add appointment icon is disabled in Calendar

texts:
How can I enable the + icon on Calendar in my iPhone so I can add an appointment to it?

Since the + icon is not enabled, I am not able to add a future appointment. I have to get on a Mac computer to do that.


texts: Command to release the best amount of Kernel Task and Memory Ram

texts:
I have an old MacBook Pro 2012/2013 and it has the El Capitan

Through the Utilities -> Activity Monitor tool I can get the following stats according the following behavior:

For example if the Mac is just started the Kernel Task has 500MB and Memory Ram has 2.0 GB, if I just open Firefox the two components increase (how is expected) lets say to 750MB and 2.5GB respectively. If I close Firefox (Cmd + Q), I would expect that the values return to 500MB and 2.0GB respectively. Well it does not happen how is expected, for example: the Kernel Task returns to 650MB (and not to 500MB) and the Memory Ram returns to 2.2GB (and not 2.0GB).

I have this behavior with other programs apart of Firefox.

Is there a command where I can free in general all the kernel task and memory ram? At least to the best acceptable minimum values according to the OS itself after to execute the command.

The goal is after to execute some "heavy" software development tools and servers (therefore when they have just been closed), release the best amount of resources of these two components.


texts: flickring 1.5” or 2” column in screen of 17" macbook pro early 2011

texts:
I am using it by mid 2012.

I was sitting out door for 2hrs at evening and keep working with mac book; and at middle of the screen around 1.5" or 2" starts flickering. Sometime it stops flickering and back to normal. I did clear PRAM and NVRAM by pressing option+command+R+P.

What is the problem? and what is solution for it?

Is that OSX problem or hardware problem or bad graphics?


texts: Time machine - does it do its own encryption, beyond volume encryption?

texts: Time Machine allows encrypted backups. Where does this encryption happen? Is the data written to files inside the time machine volume encrypted? If so: does this mean it's possible to end up with "doubly encrypted" data, if my disk partition is encrypted (i.e. by activating encryption in disk utility when making a partition)? And if that's possible, where should I most efficiently use encryption - should I do time machine encryption only, or volume encryption only?


texts: How do I send C-/ (that is, control-slash) to the terminal?

texts:
I'm trying to run Emacs in a terminal. I've turned on the "use option as meta" in terminal preferences and so it's about 95% working right.

The key sequence ctrl-/ (or in Emacs notation C-/) is "undo". This key sequence just causes the terminal to ring a bell. How do I fix this?


texts: MacBook Pro (6,2 - Mid 2010) Crashes During Graphics Acceleration

texts:
Ever since upgrading to 10.6.5 my MacBook pro seems to crash when graphic acceleration. The screen will go black and if audio is playing it will start to skip like a broken record.

This occurs when using the following apps:

Transmit
Sparrow Mail
Pixelmator

and this css3 demo:

http://lab.simurai.com/ui/zen-player/

Anyone else experiencing similar issues?

Hardware is stock and diagnostics are reporting everything is ok.


texts: How do I make terminal sessions resume on Lion with iterm2 and tcshrc

texts:
My understanding is that with Lion my terminal windows should restore their state.  However, this does not happen for me.  I wonder if this is because I use tcsh instead of bash?

Is there something I can do to make my iterm2 sessions resume where they left off?

My current attempt to do this has been to use

 alias precmd 'if ( $?TERM_PROGRAM && ${TERM_PROGRAM} == "iTerm.app" ) /opt/local/libexec/gnubin/echo -ne "\033];$cwd\007"'
 set prompt = '%{\e]2;%~\a%}%S[%m:%c3] %n%#%s '

But this sets only the labels of the tabs.  The label of the window gets the abbreviated filenames with ~ in place of the full filename.  I don't know if this is related to my failure to get terminal resumption.  At any rate, when I quit and restart all my terminal windows and tabs are back in my home directory.

Extra bonus points would be a solution that is sensitive to use of slogin.

I am unable to get the correct resumption behavior with the built-in Apple Terminal, either, when I change the above to

if ( $?TERM_PROGRAM && ( ${TERM_PROGRAM} == "iTerm.app" || ${TERM_PROGRAM} == "Apple_Terminal") ) then
  alias precmd ' /opt/local/libexec/gnubin/echo -ne "\033];$cwd\007"'
  set prompt = '%{\e]2;%~\a%}%S[%m:%c3] %n%#%s '
endif

I don't return to the same working directory, and while I can see the command history, I cannot use it (I can't use ^P to move up, e.g., and the history command returns nothing).  So I believe somehow this is not working with tcsh, as opposed to bash.  My colleagues assure me that they don't lose the working directory upon application exit.


texts: Why are notes not being saved when using Notes on my macbook pro?

texts:
I keep having this issue where I will

Add a note to Notes
Close the app
Come back later and open it and its no longer there.

There is no Save button on the so assume that once i click "+" and add a note (type something in) and close it that it will be there when i open it up again.

Am i missing something here?


texts: migration assistant fails to move data files

texts:
Using Migration Assistant, with direct connection by Ethernet, between two Mac Minis, both running Mavericks.All my applications moved, but none of my data files.
Have tried moving my data to various locations on the source computer but nothing works.


texts: How to trick Mozy into thinking network share is local USB disk?

texts:
Mozy does not support networked mounted drives, but does support USB drives.  I don't want to disconnect a drive I have on my linux server just to do the mozy backups, so can anyone think of a way I can make this drive look like a regular/local disk?

I mounted the drive via Finder -> Connect to Server.  Then I tried creating a symlink to /Volumes/mynetdrive to ~/Desktop/netdrive, but Mozy still X's the files out


texts: What is "legal authority" which is required for iOS developer program?

texts:
I am trying to enroll into iOS Developer Program as government organization.

One of the requirements is:

  The legal authority to bind your company/organization to Apple Developer Program legal agreements.

I am having some confusions with understanding that.

Is it just requiring an ID for a responsible person on the organization, let say the IT manager?


texts: Backing up OSX and bootcamp for a new drive

texts:
I'm getting a new larger size SSD for my MBP and I want to transfer my existing OSX and bootcamp partitions onto it...

In preperation, iI've used bootable USB CloneZilla to clone everything onto an external drive that I have.

What I'm unsure about is how to restore it all back.. Once the new drive is fitted, if I then use clonezilla to restore the images (assuming that works), I take it that won't restore the partition tables (EFI) stuff that I'll need in order to dual boot.

How can I sort that out? I'm using rEFIt at the moment, do I just need to install that onto the new drive or are there additional steps I'll need to do?


texts: Batch edit ID3 music tags using custom algorithm

texts:
I like to keep my iTunes library organised and all files well-tagged, so I often spend enjoyable yet unreasonably long amounts of time editing all the ID3 tags manually. Call it OCD or perfectionism, that's how I roll. Thankfully, iTunes is rather convenient for basic operations like batch-changing tags or artworks, but it only goes so far. The problem is that for much music I get, the tags have to be edited for each track individually, taking into account details like numbers and such. Here's an example of what I mean:

Notice that files have no embedded track numbers, and are numbered within the track name instead. This picture is more to my liking:

To achieve this within bare iTunes, one would have to input track numbers by hand and then remove the ХХ - from each name. Now, I can of course do this by repeatedly mashing the favoured combo (holding ⌥: ← → → ← ⌫ Left Mouse Button), but when I need it for 300 tracks across numerous albums, this turns into a problem.

So I want to have a quick way for my Mac to do this for me. I imagine something like a script that extracts track numbers from file names or name tags through use of wildcard characters and applies them to respective ID3 tags while removing numbers from names. Finder has a handy built-in dialog for batch-renaming, but as far as I know it doesn't have this specific formatting functionality. I tried Automator and MusicBrainz Picard, but they don't have that either.

Is there anything that can be of help? Script libraries for Automator or Terminal commands? Maybe some handy AppleScript functions I don't know of?


texts: Internal MacBook Wi-Fi only working after Safe Boot

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I am having very strange issues with my MacBooks Airport functionality.
Sometimes I cannot get any networks to show up at all. I tried a restart but even after that the issues persists.

I already purged the usual files  also mentioned here

New MBP suddenly can't find any more Wi-Fi networks

Since I even booted the computer from a MacOS 10.14 Boot device with the Wi-Fi still not seeing networks, I am suspecting a sort of hardware issue.
However. Booting into Diagnostic Mode and running the tests does not show any issues.

Only booting the Mac in Safe Mode once and then booting back into normal mode solves the issue for some time.

What does Safe boot do with the Airport hardware or any other software to make it work again?


texts: How do I force homebrew to update installed software?

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I have pianobar installed and I'm trying to update it using brew update pianobar. I also tried brew update pianobar --force but that didn't have any effect. It says that I have local changes, but I'm not sure how to tell it to just overwrite these.

From http://github.com/mxcl/homebrew
 * branch            master     -> FETCH_HEAD
error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge:
    Library/Formula/android-ndk.rb
    Library/Formula/android-sdk.rb
    Library/Formula/center-im.rb
    Library/Formula/putty.rb
    Library/Formula/python.rb
    ... (lines removed) ...
    Library/Formula/upx.rb
    Library/Formula/vimpager.rb
    Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb
Please, commit your changes or stash them before you can merge.
error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by merge:
    Library/Formula/tth.rb
Please move or remove them before you can merge.
Updating 45bc7ad..36f4400
Aborting
Error: Failed while executing git pull http://github.com/mxcl/homebrew.git master


texts: I have 2 apple ID. All of them are not mac.com or me.com account. I didn't know about them hone making the accounts. However, now I can't login with my apple ID on iChat. I have been used Google Talk account, but it has too many features not supported. I want full featured iChat experience (support all iChat features including file transfer, group chat, video chat...). What should I do?


texts: What does "Do you want to erase this iPhone and sync with this iTunes library" mean?

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I just plugged my iPhone into my new mac (previously it was managed using itunes on a PC)

I just want to delete some songs that are on the iPhone.

It seems I can't press delete on the songs in iTunes when the phone is connected.

When I select Manually manage my songs and videos it prompts "the iphone is synced with another itunes library. Do you want to erase this iPhone and sync with this iTunes library?"

I don't understand because it was manually managed on my PC not synced to a library. Also the prompt isn't very helpful, what does "erase this iPhone" mean? Delete everything? Just music and videos?

If I check "Manually manage my songs and videos" and receive the prompt which says it will "erase this iPhone" what will it actually erase? Is it just the songs and videos?


texts: How to install Anaconda python for multiple or all users?

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How to install https://www.anaconda.com/products/individual not just for Administrator?
I was trying to install it from GUI but installation for all users was disabled:


texts: iPhone stops charging after unlocking to use accessories

texts: I have searched all over the internet, and can not seem to find anything. I was hoping someone here had experience this problem. Recently, every time I plug my iPhone into my computer it says its charging, Then when I unlock my phone it stops charging, and seems to not connect to my computer. It has done this with 4 other iPhones, so I believe it has something to do with my computer. I have updated all my USB drives, they are seem to be working fine. Is there anyway to fix this?


texts: Virus in Safari preventing it from launching?

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I think I got a virus in Safari because I was downloading an app and now Safari will not open. It keeps asking to reopen the last windows closed when opening and whether I click yes or no it doesn't matter. It then crashes and shows a "send a report or ignore" option because Safari will not open.

I already tried restarting my computer and updating Safari. There was a post somewhere else that said something about putting a "com.apple.safari..." item on my desktop out of the Library/Preferences folder, but I do not have that. Must be because of the new update or something.

REPORT: Crashed Thread: 16 Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000020
External Modification Warnings: Thread creation by external task.

Please help me.


texts: How to further diagnose a probably broken graphics card?

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I got a somehow broken iMac Mid-2010 (Mac11,2) with a Radeon HD 4670 video card from a friend and now have to repair it.

Diagnosis history:

The iMac with El Capitan installed doesn't start properly to its main volume hanging at the grey apple on light grey ground.
First I discovered a wrong RAM module (PC3-8500 DDR3) though the iMac requires PC3-10600 DDR3. The iMac booted successfully to a memtest86 thumb drive. No errors are shown for either of the different RAM modules (even the PC3-8500 DDR3 module seems to work reliably). I replaced the wrong one by original Apple OEM modules.
I've reinstalled different systems (Mavericks, El Capitan). None of them boots properly.
All tested Recovery HDs work! (Mavericks, El Capitan) as well as Single User Mode.
None of my different full OS thumb drives containing Snow Lion or Mavericks boot properly.
AHT/Apple Diagnostics doesn't work.
I got hands on a Apple Service Diagnostics image for this iMac and neither the EFI nor the OS part boots properly. The OS part boots to a blue screen and after a few seconds I get a white screen with some colored artifacts, the EFI part hangs at "Loading VideoController devices".

It looks like that boot volumes using a particular video card driver (apparently those installed in a full system) don't boot properly while default drivers like the one in the memtest86+ image (probably some generic Linux driver) work.

How do I continue diagnosing the probably malfunctioning graphic card?


texts: Update of Xcode command line is not installing

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Even though I have agreed and downloaded the update it's not installing,
It is not even showing any error for not installing.
I am currently using macOS 11.2.3
Can any one please help me to solve this?


texts: iPhone Tweak to override http links to other Apps

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Is there already an app or would it be possible to have an app which:

Catches http:// links that are clicked from any application and can redirect them to other apps other than safari.

For example a link to twitter could be set to goto Tweetbot, so  http://twitter.com/adamdempsey would be clicked but it would actually load tweetbot://user_profile/adamdempsey

I know obviously this would be for jailbroken phones only, just asking if it could happen?


texts: Unable to install python mysqlclient - OSError: mysql_config not found

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I installed mysql through XAMPP.

When I try pip install mysqlclient I get this error

MBP-of-admin:django_project aanto$ pip install mysqlclient
Collecting mysqlclient
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f4/f1/3bb6f64ca7a429729413e6556b7ba5976df06019a5245a43d36032f1061e/mysqlclient-1.4.2.post1.tar.gz
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    /bin/sh: mysql_config: command not found
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
      File "/private/var/folders/jw/4xk541g14mq3ljnws61fbt_m0000gn/T/pip-install-0u41r1pb/mysqlclient/setup.py", line 16, in <module>
        metadata, options = get_config()
      File "/private/var/folders/jw/4xk541g14mq3ljnws61fbt_m0000gn/T/pip-install-0u41r1pb/mysqlclient/setup_posix.py", line 51, in get_config
        libs = mysql_config("libs")
      File "/private/var/folders/jw/4xk541g14mq3ljnws61fbt_m0000gn/T/pip-install-0u41r1pb/mysqlclient/setup_posix.py", line 29, in mysql_config
        raise EnvironmentError("%s not found" % (_mysql_config_path,))
    OSError: mysql_config not found

    ----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /private/var/folders/jw/4xk541g14mq3ljnws61fbt_m0000gn/T/pip-install-0u41r1pb/mysqlclient/

How can I solve?


texts:
I tried resetting my login keychain on Sierra because I was seeing lots of duplicate codesigning identities when running security find-identity -v -p codesigning. It renamed my login keychain to login_renamed_1 and created a new login keychain for me.

But when I run security list-keychains there are 12 items called /<my_user>/Library/Keychains/login_renamed_1.keychain-db shown. So I tried deleting the login_renamed_1 keychain using Keychain Access, but still these keychain-db files remain.

I also tried rebooting.

How do I get rid of them?


texts: MacOS Messages App Won't Send to Non-Apple Phones

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On my mac I used to be able to send to other mobile devices from my iMessage but now it won't send to phone numbers. It sends to iMessages and emails but not non-iOS phone numbers.

I've tried to delete the iCloud account from my Mac and re-enable it.

I've also done the same on my phone.

Still getting the name highlighted in red