texts: Why is cp command 4 times slower than copying in Finder in OS X 10.6?

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I accidentally stumbled upon this issue:

Copying a 119 MB zip file took 4 times longer in Terminal (cp) than in Finder!

I copied a file of 119 MB size in Terminal with  time cp file.zip file2.zip and it took about 20 seconds.

As this seemed quite slow to me, I went to the Finder, selected the same file and hit Cmd-D (duplicate) and it took less than 5 seconds to create the copy, that is only 25% of the time it took with cp!

Is there an explanation for it - might this be systematic?

Used Hard-/Software

MacBook 13" white (2007)
OS X 10.6.8
Internal hard disk WDC WD10JPVT-00A1YT0

it really seems to be a cache issue: I tried the opposite order with another file and copied it first in Finder and then in Terminal, and in this case also the second copying was much faster.


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I recently upgraded the memory in my 27" iMac, mid 2011.  took out the two, 2 gig in the top slots & put in two 8 gig units.  For some reason I wasn't thinking about putting the 2 gig units in the bottom slots.  Is this ok? Will it help any?

Thanks


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I am trying to install Win10 on a MacBook 4,1. The Boot Camp Assistant doesn't download/find any drivers, so I had to choose the other option and download drivers by myself.

After partitioning and booting from the Win10 installation CD, the setup is missing some drivers. But unfortunately the previous downloaded drivers don't help here.

Do you have any ideas?


texts: How do I format a usb drive on a PC or Mac?

texts: I have a USB drive that was formatted for a Mac and now I want to use it for a PC. How can I do to make it?


texts: How do I open the javascript console in Safari 6?

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I just got a new Mac and it comes with Safari 6 installed. I've opened up the Safari 6 web inspector tools and now I can't find some of the tools I used before in Safari 5.

In Safari 5 you can press esc and have the console pop up and type in javascript. In Safari 6 I can't find it.


texts: Constant Firewall Messages in Console: How can I find the source?

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I constantly see messages in Console (coming from /var/log/appfirewall.log) that look like this:

Aug 21 08:08:39 silverscreen Firewall[97]: Stealth Mode connection attempt to UDP 10.0.1.11:8612 from 10.0.1.2:64755

Click for a longer sample of the log.

So, it seems that some device on my network (10.0.1.2) is trying various ports to connect to my machine (and being refused).

What tools does my Mac have to help me figure out what this device is and what it's trying to do?


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I have the following situation with my macOS 10.14.6:

A while ago I started experiencing my MacBook Pro hanged just after the login screen with user/password. Only the desktop and its icons show, the spinning wheel shows forever, I cannot do anything (no Cmd+Option+Esc, no way to go back to the login screen and switch user) and the only way to (gently) unlock it is to ssh to the machine from my smartphone and issue kill -9 -1 (ie, kill all the processes belonging to the user I'm trying to log in.
This happens only upon the first login after shutdown or reboot. Once I've unlocked the user with the killing, subsequent logins go well until the next reboot.
This happens only if, after reboot, I do the first login with a given account (the one I usually work with and which has many customisations), it doesn't happen if I first login with another (cleaner) account and then I login with the troubled one.
I've already tried the most trivial things: remove login items, stop a few launchd services, SMC reset, check the logs, use the ssh session and top to keep an eye on started processes. But no luck, I can't find what it is.
Somewhere I was suggested to login by clicking on the right arrow next to the password field and keeping the Option key pressed. Magically, this worked, but I suppose that key combination is to disable startup things I might need later.
Restarting in recovery mode doesn't make sense here: very likely it would work, but I wouldn't gain any particular info on the guilty process and it will keep hanging until I discover it.

So, my question is: as an advanced user how could I troubleshoot all the things that happen after login? Quite clearly, the graphical interface is waiting for some other program to finish (or some other signal), but how is it possible to know? Is there some tool (in addition to inspecting the logs, using top, ps, pstree)? Is there some technical documentation on how the whole thing works?

EDIT: since I'm receiving comments like "try this and that", note that I'm asking the highlighted question, not one of the many things I could try, many of which can already be found with Google, I already know (and tried) a number of them.


texts: How to Reset all Drivers to Factory Default

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I am trying to sync an Arduino board to my Mac and it was working fine until I installed some drivers.  Now it can't find the serial port.

How can I reset all drivers to the factory default?


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I have the new 2015 MacBook. I am trying to find a HUB (or Docking Station) can can allow me to hook up two 4K Displays while supplying power to the MacBook.

I don't care if it uses HDMI or mini Display but my searches on the Internet tend to show mini Display is the way to go for 4K display.

I was a backer for HUB+. The HUB+ has been cancelled in their latest update.

But there are other projects available like HydraDock, Pluggable and OWC USB-C

Aside from Plugable's Unfunded Kickstarter Campaign, I don't see any solution to have 2 4K displays at the same time.

From Pluggable's web site

  The Plugable Ultimate Dock utilizes two unique yet complimentary
  technologies:

  USB 3.1 Type-C supports a feature called “VESA Alternate Mode” which
  works with the built-in graphics processor on supported systems to
  provide video output at resolutions up to 4K. The other two display
  outputs in the Ultimate Dock are enabled by the DisplayLink DL-3900
  graphics processor, which can support two additional 1080P displays at
  60Hz.

Their Kickstarter failed so I am not sure if they will ever manufacture this item. I assumed OWC is doing the same thing or something similar to drive the displays.


texts: Can't close tabs on browsers using middle-click unless the browser has focus

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I have just recently acquired a Mac Pro 3.1 and have been a strictly Windows/Linux guy my whole life. But I'm really liking Mac and starting to get used to it.

I imagine that I'll be on this stackexchange a bit more in the near future, and so I had one basic question to get started.

Basically, as the title says, when my browser doesn't have focus e.g. chrome/safari in the background while using iMessage, I can't move my mouse over a tab and middle click to close a tab, which I was used to being able to do in windows. The middle click does work to close tabs when the browser has focus. Obviously, this is a very minor issue, and I was just wondering as to whether or not this is supposed to happen.

Another little issue is that I can't middle click and drag or middle click then move mouse to scroll on pages and I was wondering if there is another function for that or if it's my mouse (Asus Reign of Gaming mouse from my PC).

Any help/advice is appreciated! Thanks!


texts: How can I keep light mode for Google Chrome while using dark mode in Mojave?

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I've just got my Google Chrome updated to Version 73.0.3683.86 and run it on  macOS Mojave 10.14.3 with dark mode set.

I prefer to use Chrome in light mode with some custom themes.

Can I revert Chrome back to the light mode in spite of Mojave operating in dark mode?


texts: When I open multiple Finder windows in Mountain Lion, I find that, no matter what virtual desktop I go to in Spaces, all the Finder windows remain where they are. However, when I open, say, Skype, for example, the window only stays in one of my virtual desktops, as expected. When I 4 finger swipe to another Space, the Skype window disappears. Why doesn't Finder do this? It's really bugging me.


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Bit of a long shot, I was connected to iCloud on my work mac and created some notes. Connecting to iCloud then became no longer allowed on my work proxy so I got a message to sign out. When I signed out it lost all the iCloud notes that (I assume) hadn't synced to the server (as they don't appear in iCloud on any other of my devices).

Will these exist anywhere on my disk or are they lost forever? Any ideas on recovery?


texts: How do i remove this Guest User / greyed out remove button

texts: One day i got some malware on my mac. Finally removed it successfully, but this was somehow created when i first got the malware. All the forums i've found just say hit the "-" aka remove but it is grey'd out and i cannot do that.


texts: Mac OS X can't be installed on this computer when I tried to downgrade from 10.9.4 to 10.9.3

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I need to downgrade my Macbook from 10.9.4 to 10.9.3 but I'm getting this error when it tries to install the Mac OS "Mac OS X can't be installed on this computer"

Any of you knows how can I downgrade the Mac OS version without this error?


texts: Macbook Pro with 10.7.5 hanging when closing screen

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I have some problems on my Macbook.  Whenever I close the screen and I open it up again, the problem starts.  Sometimes I am able to login, but once I am inside, the computer freezers. Other times I am not even able to log in, because the login screen is frozen already.

I would like to know what are the possible causes of this and how could I potentially solve it.

I know the question might be a little bit vague, but that is basically what is happening.

EDIT:

Here is what I see in system.log at the time that I try to start again:

Dec  4 09:40:08 localhost bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1354610408 0
Dec  4 09:40:09 localhost com.apple.launchd[1]: *** launchd[1] has started up. ***
Dec  4 09:40:10 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.powerd): Unknown value for key POSIXSpawnType: Interactive
Dec  4 09:40:10 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.sandboxd): Unknown value for key POSIXSpawnType: Interactive
Dec  4 09:40:10 localhost fseventsd[24]: event logs in /.fseventsd out of sync with volume.  destroying old logs. (17609 1 51135)
Dec  4 09:40:10 localhost fseventsd[24]: log dir: /.fseventsd getting new uuid: F6EBD51C-B7F0-43E3-9213-78CB8EC03B64
Dec  4 09:40:11 localhost UserEventAgent[16]: starting CaptiveNetworkSupport as SystemEventAgent built Jun 25 2011 01:16:59
Dec  4 09:40:11 localhost UserEventAgent[16]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CreateInterfaceWatchList:2788 WiFi Devices Found. :)
Dec  4 09:40:11 localhost UserEventAgent[16]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - PreProbe
Dec  4 09:40:11 localhost UserEventAgent[16]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptiveSCRebuildCache:81 Failed to get service order
Dec  4 09:40:12: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Dec  4 09:40:11 localhost UserEventAgent[16]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - PreProbe
Dec  4 09:40:11 localhost UserEventAgent[16]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptiveSCRebuildCache:81 Failed to get service order
Dec  4 09:40:12: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Dec  4 09:40:11 localhost UserEventAgent[16]: CertsKeychainMonitor: configuring
Dec  4 09:40:12 localhost UserEventAgent[16]: ServermgrdRegistration cannot load config data
Dec  4 09:40:12 localhost UserEventAgent[16]: get_backup_share_points no AFP
Dec  4 09:40:12 localhost airportd[30]: _processDLILEvent: en1 attached (down)
Dec  4 09:40:12 localhost UserEventAgent[16]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptiveSCRebuildCache:81 Failed to get service order
Dec  4 09:40:12: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Dec  4 09:40:12 localhost UserEventAgent[16]: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - PreProbe
Dec  4 09:40:13 localhost com.apple.pfctl[51]: No ALTQ support in kernel
Dec  4 09:40:13 localhost com.apple.pfctl[51]: ALTQ related functions disabled
Dec  4 09:40:13 localhost com.apple.ucupdate.plist[44]: ucupdate: Checked 1 update, no match found.
Dec  4 09:40:13 localhost launchdadd[25]: FAILURE: Could not send MIG reply: 0x10000003
Dec  4 09:40:13 localhost mDNSResponder[54]: mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-320.16 (Jul 19 2012 21:07:07) starting OSXVers 11
Dec  4 09:40:13 localhost com.apple.usbmuxd[43]: usbmuxd-296.3 on Jul 25 2012 at 00:28:37, running 64 bit
Dec  4 09:40:13 localhost com.apple.locationd[57]: ERROR,Time,376303213.157,Function,"void CLDaemonCore::startRun()",locationd was started after an unclean shutdown
Dec  4 09:40:13 localhost com.apple.locationd[57]: STACK,Time,376303213.157,1   locationd                           0x000000010fcaf254 locationd + 176724
Dec  4 09:40:13 localhost com.apple.locationd[57]: STACK,Time,376303213.157,2   locationd                           0x000000010fcb01c6 locationd + 180678
Dec  4 09:40:13 localhost com.apple.locationd[57]: STACK,Time,376303213.157,3   locationd                           0x000000010fce132c locationd + 381740
Dec  4 09:40:13 localhost com.apple.locationd[57]: STACK,Time,376303213.157,4   locationd                           0x000000010fc85fd8 locationd + 8152
Dec  4 09:40:13 localhost com.apple.locationd[57]: STACK,Time,376303213.157,5   ???


texts: Is there any way to change a password hint without changing the password?

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I have made a typo in my password hint! However, I don't see any way to correct this typo without creating a brand-new password. I don't want to do that either because this is a company computer and the password is managed by the company (and I can't use the same password twice).

How do I fix the typo in my password hint without changing the whole password?


texts: What exactly does "Sync Google Contacts" checkbox in iTunes do?

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I have my Address Book configured to sync with Google Contacts, and I sync my iOS devices with my Mac.

There is also a "Sync Google Contacts" checkbox in iTunes, in the Info tab for the device. After selecting it, it asks for a Google account/password.

What exactly does this checkbox do? When I left it unchecked, my Google contacts from Address Book are synchronized anyway. When I check it, I cannot see any difference. It's confusing.


texts: Is there a way to show all open windows in OSX 10.9+?

texts: In OSx 10.5, there was a way to show all open windows in a given space using expose. I always had my bottom left hotcorner set to "show all windows" and my top right hotcorner set to "show desktop", and I found this perfect. Now, with mission-control, there is only "show all application windows", which is much less useful. Is there a way I can restore the hotcorner "show all windows" functionality on my mac running OSX 10.9.5?


texts: A lost window top with no actual window attached to it is stuck on my desktop. How do I get rid of it? I have already tried killall Dock and killall Finder but unfortunately it's still there.


texts: reFind cannot see OSX; after repartitioning Macintosh HD

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I had reFind working properly on a 2015 retina display mbp;

20gb Linux Mint partition and the remaining 440~gb for OSX,

wanted to install Win10 on a third 50gb partition,

repartitioned Macintosh HD for new 50gb cut out,

installed Windows 10,

fixed boot load order in Windows 10,

The boot manager rEFInd now only sees Linux Mint, Windows 10 and a (legacy) Windows 10 option. No longer recognizes OSX or OSX (legacy) that was there prior.

Here is my fdisk in Linux Mint:

Disk /dev/sda: 465.9 GiB, 500277790720 bytes, 977105060 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: D3C3E48A-C276-42E1-95AC-73F50AF36DC7

Device         Start       End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sda1         40    409639    409600   200M EFI System
/dev/sda2     409640 829644079 829234440 395.4G unknown
/dev/sda3  829644800 829677567     32768    16M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sda4  829677568 928276479  98598912    47G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda5  928276896 976842879  48565984  23.2G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda6  976842880 977105023    262144   128M unknown


texts: Why is Google Backup and Sync exchanging files bidirectionally instead of unidirectionally?

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Everything was fine until I uninstalled Google Backup and Sync in favor of Dropbox Plus (what a mistake!). I ended up actually restoring my entire internal flash drive from a backup, which I thought would restore GB&S to normal functioning, but ever since then, when I launch GB&S and configure it to back up my Desktop and Documents folders on "My Laptop" to the "Computer" tab in Google Drive, it asks me if I want to merge files from my local Desktop and Documents folders with those in my laptop as it appears in the "Computers" section of Google Drive. I thought it meant unidirectionally (i.e. backup), but what happens is that GB&S starts downloading stuff that was deleted long ago! If I cancel the merge requests, GB&S basically stops.
Is there any way to insure unidirectional backup?


texts: Finder has trouble mounting folders with special characters

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I know in general it's bad to name files and folders with special characters.
As an example:
I created a folder on our NAS and named it test% so far so good, no error on creating it like "you can't name a folder like this" (I remember this came up on Windows or I believe also on mac with some characters but can't figure out which right now)
Now I copy the smb:// path of it via command + I and make it a clickable link in an email.
So the path is for example smb://Server/folder1/test%
Finder opens and a small windows comes up "Connecting to smb://Server/folder1/test%".
When I do this, the loading bar is jumping back and forth forever and nothing happens.
When I do the same thing but with a folder without a special character: smb://Server/folder1/test it works and Finder can mount the folder as expected.
Is this a bug? Can I fix it somehow (besides stopping to name folders and files like this)?
My Mac is currently running Big Sur 11.3.1
Quick edit:
I tested some more special characters like $, &,. (they work). / didn't and also I got an error that this folder doesn't exist (although it does).
But % displays the correct folder name in the loading bar but doesn't do anything.


texts: Can you reinstall OS X on a FileVault 2-encrypted drive?

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I've been researching FileVault 2 to make sure that I understand it before I enable it on my Mac. While reading Macworld's Complete guide to FileVault 2 in Lion, I encountered an unexpected caveat (emphasis mine):

  It's probably worth mentioning that someone who steals a FileVault-enabled Mac can never shut down or restart the machine without losing access to the booted machine's startup drive. (Although they probably wouldn't realize this until after shutting down or restarting.) This also means they can't install updates that require a restart, let the battery run down to zero, or even wipe the hard drive clean and reinstall the OS to get a "working" computer.

This doesn't make sense to me. In my mental model of FileVault 2, a tiny decryption program stored on the hard drive is loaded during the boot process. This program asks the user for the key and uses it to begin decrypting the drive and start the OS. If you were to reinstall the OS, it would overwrite the decryption program and boot normally.

Why can't you reinstall the OS on a FileVault 2-encrypted drive?


texts: USB to serial Adapter not working after upgrade to El Capitan

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I have been using a TRENDnet TU-S9 USB to serial adapter for a couple years.

When I upgraded OSX from 10.10 Yosemite to 10.11 El Capitan, it stopped working.

I've tried reinstalling the driver, but that did not fix it.

I ran ioreg -p IOUSB and could still see the device, which is a good sign.

...
+-o USB-Serial Controller D@14200000  <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x100000533, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (6 ms), retain 11>
...

Unfortunately /dev does not contain tty.usbserial when my adapter is connected.

How do I get OSX to create /dev/tty.usbserial when I connect my adapter?


texts: Daily reminders randomly re-appear after cleared, throughout day, without sound, on iPhone only

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I have a few reminders set to repeat at the same time every day. They appear and sound at the correct times on my iPhone and MacBook. After I complete them, I clear them (almost always on the phone, by sliding left on the notification and tapping "clear").
However, even after being cleared for the day, they randomly re-appear without sound all day on my iPhone. The flash of picture from awakening my screen is distracting.
I can prevent this by disabling in settings both their lock screen and notification permissions. But that mostly defeats their purpose, as then I only hear a sound at the appointed time, without text.
Banners are enabled, and set to temporary. Badges are disabled.
iOS 14.2
macOS 10.15.7


texts: Junos Pulse Crashing on El Capitan (10.11), Causing Keychain Issues?

texts: Whenever I attempt to start a VPN Connection with Junos Pulse (Version 5.0.11) on El Capitan it freezes midway through connecting and my login keychain becomes inaccessible to any other apps. The only way I've found to restore my keychain and restart Pulse is to restart. Killing Junos Pulse and the PulseTray processes in Activity Monitor seems to have no effect.


texts: Buying English edition of iWork in France

texts: I live in France and have just bought a MacBook Pro. I want to by the boxed edition of iWork.  But they only sell the French version, and as I do not speak the language and am English, I want the English version.  Is this possible?


texts: Unable to delete/resize partition with DiskUtility

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I have a 1TB external drive with two Mac OS Extended (Journaled) partitions that I would like to merge into just one single partition. They are called Backup HD and EXT HD (see pictures). I cannot resize, nor delete, the partition Backup HD, which is empty right now. How can I do it? Why can't this be done?
As you see from the first picture (1), the button with - is greyed out and I cannot remove it. However, I can remove the partition EXT HD. Should I first create a new partition Untitled on the left of Backup HD (see picture 2), copy there all data from EXT HD, delete EXT HD and then resize Backup HD?
Thanks!


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I'm writing an AppleScript that will allow me to copy the Time Machine folder from an external drive and paste it onto the user's desktop of their Mac. The reason I'm doing this is because when a time machine backup isn't working as it should, we have to manually move it. Well, I'd like to make this process easier for people and just create a script to do it.

tl;dr problem:
How do I make a variable location?

Ex: /Volumes/Time\ Machine/Backups.backupdb///Users

The X and Y are going to be different for everyone's Mac. People have different names for their macs and Hard Drives. How could I make a universal location? Thanks!


texts: Is there a keyboard shortcut in Mail.app for moving the active email to the top of the inbox?

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I'm trying out Mail.app on Lion (10.7.3) for the first time and, nice as it is, I'm frustrated that I have to use the mouse to jump to the top of my inbox after using the search function.

To give you an idea of what I'm talking about, here's a quick demo:

option-command-f to search your inbox for something a couple weeks old
tab out of the search field and navigate mail in the mailbox with the arrow keys
option-command-f to go back to the search field and delete your search terms
now tab back into the mailbox view- the old email is selected, and you're miles away from the top of your inbox

Hitting "home" shifts the view to the top of the inbox, but the "cursor" is still on the last active email (i.e. the one that was highlighted in blue), and as soon use you hit the up or down keys, the view will snap/jump back down to show you where the active email is, relative to the top. you're miles away from the top of your inbox again!

command + up arrow, option + up arrow, fn + left arrow, or any combination of arrows, home, and page up keys- none of them will make the topmost email in the mailbox active! It looks like I either have to hit home, then search for a keyword in the topmost email, or use the cursed mouse. Help!

Edit: I couldn't get jtbandes' exact AppleScript to work (I'm an AppleScript oaf; probably my fault), but this worked for me, with the caveat outlined in my comment on his answer:

tell application "System Events"
    tell application "Mail" to activate
    tell application "Mail" to set the selected messages of message viewer 1 to {} -- deselect messages
    key code 115 -- scroll to top
end tell


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I am attempting to pair the magic trackpad with a macbook.  The MB has bluetooth enabled and the "Setup bluetooth trackpad" is invoked:

As can be seen here the pairing is not successful.

On the trackpad side: I have tried pressing the power button a number of times. The behavior is the trackpad light goes green for about two to three seconds then turns off.

Is that the normal behavior for the trackpad? Or is there something else missing in the process?


texts: Where does Photo Booth store photos and videos?

texts: I want to automatically backup photos and videos from Photo Booth to Google Photos, but don't know where they are stored.


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If I have Find my set up and Bootcamp installed as well, will my computer be trackable when on Windows?

What happens if a thief steals my device and remains in Windows all the time,  or deletes macOS and installs another OS all together?

Will I ever be able to track the laptop? (in the Recovery Boot, or so)

Thanks!


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Short Question
Why do the keys 'stiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick' when my MBP gets hot?  More importantly, how can I fix it?

Background
It is not any one key that sticks, I have had darn near every key stick on me so far.  So with this in mind, I do not believe it is a problem with any one key.  Also, the only time it does this is when the laptop gets hot (running Win 7 + charging = 3rd degree burns).  I just starting using MacFan and so far I like it quite a bit; it is very similar to SMC Fan control for OS X.

In addition to the keys sticking at times, the track pad becomes much less sensitive and gestures do not work.  I wish I could say that I only had these issues when I was on Windows 7, but I have had some of these same issues on the Mac side.

System Info
Hardware:
MBP Early 2008
RAM Upgraded to 4g
HDD Upgraded to 500g 7200 rpm

OS:
OS X 10.6.8
Windows 7 Pro (bootcamp & parallels 6)

EDIT
1) The keys do not physically stick down.  They pop back up immediately.
2) On the left side of the display, roughly 1" on the bottom and tappers away to 1/4" on top, is washed out as well.  It seems to get less severe when I turn the back-light all the way up, but I'm fairly sure that's not best thing to do for for it.  Up until now I thought the keyboard/track pad issues were separate from the display, but based on macaco's answer it makes me wonder: Could these issues be related?

UPDATE
I was able to secure a new laptop for work and have somewhat retired the worn-out MBP.  Thanks for all your help!


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I tried to set up a ssh key for easily logging into the server which is hosting my website : ssh-keygen -t dsa -b 1024.
The keys (public and private) have been saved in /var/root/.ssh which I dont like because I have to sudo -s prior to rsync for accessing the private key.

Is there any easy and safe way to move the ssh folder from /var/root/.ssh to my user folder, so that I can use the keys even if not root ? what location to move it ? what is the command for newbie to be used for the relocation ? (for mac os 10.10)
Thank you.


texts: Why do messages not get collapsed into a single chat?

texts:
This is so annoying, and so baffling, that I feel compelled to ask about it here.

I have an iPhone and a mac, my wife has an iPhone and a mac.  Her iPhone is set to start all conversations from her phone number.  Mine is set to start all conversations from my email address.

If I send a message to her email address, it will appear on her phone in a different chat, than if I send a message to her phone number.  Despite there being only a single contact for me in her phone, with both my email address and phone number in it.

Yet on her Mac, both messages will collapse into a single chat.  It makes no difference which method is used to contact her, Messages on the Mac handles them as a single chat to a single person - which just makes sense.

The reverse of course is true with her sending me messages to my phone number or email address, and of course on my Mac everything collapses to a single chat as well.

What gives with this?  Is this really expected behavior?  Is there no way to fix this so that all Messages to a given person, regardless of the method used, will go into one single chat on their device?


texts: Is there a button in iTunes to say "Stop after playing this song"?

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Because I might just want to go to bed after this one song (but don't want to stop it midway – It's a classic).

Edit: Found a workaround in iTunes 11, a two-click solution but it works. See my answer.


texts: How can I combine multiple photos into a single image on my iPhone?

texts:
I want to combine multiple photos like this

I tried  many apps like diptic, picstich and many more.

But they all combine like this.

Just a bit of clarification: I don't want to create panorama, don't want to stitch and mix images. I just want to add multiple images horizontally or vertically.


texts: Securityd process uses 100% CPU when Mail app is open

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I have a Macbook Air mid 2011 with OS X Yosemite. For a couple of weeks, I have a process, called Securityd, that runs and uses 100% of my processor, making it hot and noisy.

After some time, I discovered that the process is launching when I open the (native) Mail application. However this is not always happening. I am not sure of what makes it run, but it stops instantly when I quit the Mail app.

Do you have any idea of why this process is running, and how to fix it?

The Console.app shows nothing when I filter it with "Security". However, without filtering, when the process launch, I have this, which is looping infinitely :

25/05/15 09:57:39,166 icbaccountsd[1816]:  SOSCCThisDeviceIsInCircle
SOSCCThisDeviceIsInCircle!! 418
25/05/15 09:57:39,531 icbaccountsd[1816]:  SOSCCThisDeviceIsInCircle SOSCCThisDeviceIsInCircle!! 419
25/05/15 09:57:39,846 accountsd[1807]: Enter ShareKitAccountEnabler  - didChangeWithType - type=2 for account myemail@address.com (E0AAB503-12B6-4E2D-B519-10A05E4C7A2A).
25/05/15 09:57:39,846 accountsd[1807]: AIDA Notification plugin running
25/05/15 09:57:39,972 accountsd[1807]: Enter ShareKitAccountEnabler  - didChangeWithType - type=2 for account myemail@address.com (E0AAB503-12B6-4E2D-B519-10A05E4C7A2A).
25/05/15 09:57:39,973 accountsd[1807]: AIDA Notification plugin running


texts: How do I forcibly unpair my Magic Keyboard from my Mac, so that I can pair it with my iPad?

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I have a Mac, and a Magic Keyboard paired with it.

I now want to use the keyboard with my iPad. To do so, I first need to unpair it from the Mac.

But what if the Mac isn't with me right now? Is there a way to force the Magic Keyboard to unpair itself from whatever device it's currently paired with, perhaps by pressing some key combination?

Some articles say to hold the power button down for three seconds, but the keyboard doesn't have a power button to hold down.

PS: The reverse direction is easy — getting a Magic Keyboard that is paired with an iPad to pair with a Mac. Just plug it in to the Mac, and it will pair. This question is about the opposite: the keyboard is already paired with my Mac. How do I force it to unpair itself from the Mac?


texts: Getting contacts from Microsoft Exchange on my iPhone

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I recently brought an Android phone and I'm trying to move my contact list from my iPhone to the new phone. Someone suggested using Exchange so I added Exchange to my iPhone using my Gmail details and selected Mail, Contacts, and Calendars.

It asked if I wanted to delete contacts from my iPhone and I said yes thinking my contacts were backed up with iTunes.  Now I have lost my contacts from my iPhone and I don't know how to get them from Exchange.  I have also tried selecting Sync contacts with Google in iTunes but this does't seems to have done anything.  What should I do?


texts: Install application on external SSD and load from external SSD to RAM?

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I want to install some applications on an external SSD attached via a USB 3.0 interface.

As I know from the apple site, I can move my iTunes and photo library to an external drive. (support apple link)

I own the 128 GB version of the MacBook Pro series, so I would like to outsource some disk space-intensive applications on an external SSD like the libraries, too.

Can I install applications on an external drive?

If it is possible to install applications on an external SSD, will the OS load the data from there to the internal SSD to process or is it going to load the data directly to the RAM ?


texts: Time Machine fails to create an incremental backup

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I use Time Machine to create incremental backups to an external USB hard drive. Backups used to complete properly, but now Time Machine wants to backup much more data. Instead of the couple of GB of new data, the Time Machine menu bar icon popup menu reports it is going to backup 400+ GB! I stopped the backup as soon as I saw this to avoid filling up my backup drive. This is the relevant part of the backupd log:

18/05/15 21:05:06,778 com.apple.backupd[11380]: Starting manual backup
18/05/15 21:05:07,004 com.apple.backupd[11380]: Backing up to /dev/disk1s2: /Volumes/MacBackup/Backups.backupdb
18/05/15 21:05:15,385 com.apple.backupd[11380]: Will copy (22.3 MB) from Macintosh HD
18/05/15 21:06:04,176 com.apple.backupd[11380]: Will copy (Zero KB) from Data
18/05/15 21:06:04,225 com.apple.backupd[11380]: Found 761313 files (380.84 GB) needing backup
18/05/15 21:06:05,392 com.apple.backupd[11380]: 406.52 GB required (including padding), 904.71 GB available
18/05/15 21:06:48,246 com.apple.backupd[11380]: Copied 550 items (22.2 MB) from volume Macintosh HD. Linked 3201.
18/05/15 21:07:38,107 com.apple.backupd[11380]: Copied 123 items (1.57 GB) from volume Data. Linked 165.
18/05/15 21:07:38,738 com.apple.backupd[11380]: Backup canceled.

For some reason, backupd reports it will copy "(Zero KB)" from the Data partition (on an external eSATA hard drive). The output from tmutil compare shows that less than 4 GB needs to be backed up:

Added:         3.6G
Removed:       26.3K
Changed:       292.2M

When ejecting the Data disk, Time Machine does backup the internal hard disk as it should (some tens of MB).

I have a feeling this could be related to the fact that the Data drive was not properly ejected one or more times. Disk Utility's "Verify Disk" reports no problems with the disk however. Also the backup disk is clean.

I think I ran into this problem once before, but then I didn't abort the backup. The backup drive filled up quickly to the point where no new backups could be made. The solution then was to erase my backup HD and configure it as a new backup disk (losing all existing backups).

How can I fix Time Machine to perform as before without having to erase the backup disk and start from scratch? I don't want to be forced to do this every couple of months.

UPDATE I haven't seen this behavior in a long time now. Perhaps it was a bug fixed in a macOS upgrade...


texts: Running windows on iMac updates system settings

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When I boot my iMac onto windows partition and then reboot into Snow Leopard my system time is updated (reverted on hour back).
This occurs even though I have 'locked' the system time on Snow Leopard.

I'm not sure if related but my connection to wi-fi is also affected. By this I mean I lose my internet connection and to re-connect to my internet wi-fi.


texts: What does "reveal" do from, e.g., the services menu?

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"Reveal" seems to be an alternate action to "open" - except it just opens some random thing that I have no control over. For example, "revealing" a ruby file in the Finder opens Path Finder (the third party Finder replacement).

So, what's it supposed to do? Can I have any control over how it functions?

I'm on Mountain Lion, but I think this is a long-standing action.


texts: iOS apps that offer push notification interface (APN) via API

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I'm looking for a standalone iOS app, that can display APN's on my iPhone screen, by sending a request to their API.

Some of these seem to have existed in the past: Notifo, Howl and Prowl.  None of these seem to be active however.

Perhaps they might have been pulled down because of violations on Apple's ToS ?


texts: How to upgrade Mid-2009 MacBook from Mountain Lion to El Capitan?

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I have been having quite the struggle trying to update my Mid-2009 MBP to the "latest" MacOS.

Initially I wanted to install Sierra. I booted (CMD-R), wiped the main partition, then attempted to upgrade. The only available option was Mountain Lion, which was already installed. Even this install was not possible as when I entered my Apple ID, I kept receiving the "This Action Could not be completed, please try again".

Finally I gave up, and restored from backup.

Since then I realized that it's not possible to update to Sierra as this Mac is too old. So I would like to install El Capitan. However it's not available in the app store.

I have a developer account, so I downloaded the combo update, but of course it can't be installed on top of mountain lion.

I've tried creating USB installers, however none of them have worked, they just show the "prohibited" symbol (/).

Can anyone help me get El Capitan installed? Thanks so much.


texts: Require password to wake computer by specific condition

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I'd like to require password to wake my Macbook Air running Mavericks when it is not in my home.

So if it was not connected to my home wifi, then I'd like it to require password to wake from sleep or screen saver. And else, I'd like it to require password.

Can that be done?


texts: Carbon copy cloner to image OS X lion and restore from disk image

texts: Is it possible to create an image of my 64gb 2012 Macbook Air using Carbon Copy Cloner so that I can recover from that image (if my Mac does not boot) even if I am not connected to the internet?


texts: New iPhone not recognized by Apple Music on macOS

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tl;dr:
When I open Apple Music (v1.0.6.10), it lists only my old phone under devices . It does not show my new iPhone.
I generally don't use Apple Music, but I would like to put 2 songs (a friend recorded them for me, they're not like available in stores or whatever) that I have on my computer (macOS) on to my new phone. I suppose I don't really care whether I get them on there via Apple Music app or not.
How can I get these songs onto my iPhone?
More info:
I no longer possess the old iPhone that Apple Music seems stuck syncing with. I performed a factory reset before getting rid of it. The bottom of the UI in Apple Music on the mac says Syncing and when i click that, this super unhelpful Activity window opens that says Updating "<your old phone>"... and it has an X so that I could cancel that. Of course that X does not actually do anything. When I plug in my current iPhone, it does not show up in Apple Music. (It has previously asked me to trust the computer as in If your computer doesn't recognize your iPhone, iPad, or iPod, and I can see the iPhone in the System Information and in the Xcode Devices and Simulators windows.
What do I do?


texts: Moving/Editing iTunes XML file path, off of mapped network drive

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I have a similar problem to this post, but slightly different so I'm asking separately.  iTunes: Move files off a network drive

I'm transitioning from Windows to Mac.

Current iTunes music files are stored on a NAS drive. I mapped the network drive to drive letter A:/

I've exported the iTunes library as an XML file. However, when I look inside of the XML, it lists the file location as

<key>Major Version</key><integer>1</integer>

<key>Minor Version</key><integer>1</integer>

<key>Date</key><date>2019-11-21T06:38:06Z</date>

<key>Application Version</key><string>12.10.0.7</string>

<key>Features</key><integer>5</integer>

<key>Show Content Ratings</key><true/>

<key>Music Folder</key><string>file://localhost/A:/</string>

<key>Library Persistent ID</key><string>DCA8633F96A3132D</string>

<key>Tracks</key>

<dict>

    <key>11111</key>

    <dict>

        <key>Track ID</key><integer>11111</integer>

        <key>Name</key><string>Track</string>

        <key>Artist</key><string>Artist</string>

        <key>Album Artist</key><string>Album</string>

        <key>Composer</key><string>Composer</string>

        <key>Album</key><string>Test (Bonus Track Version)</string>

        <key>Genre</key><string>Hip-Hop/Rap</string>

        <key>Kind</key><string>Purchased AAC audio file</string>

        <key>Size</key><integer>8920821</integer>

        <key>Total Time</key><integer>239543</integer>

        <key>Disc Number</key><integer>1</integer>

        <key>Disc Count</key><integer>1</integer>

        <key>Track Number</key><integer>3</integer>

        <key>Track Count</key><integer>18</integer>

        <key>Year</key><integer>2009</integer>

        <key>Date Modified</key><date>2015-08-09T04:45:47Z</date>

        <key>Date Added</key><date>2016-04-13T00:51:29Z</date>

        <key>Bit Rate</key><integer>256</integer>

        <key>Sample Rate</key><integer>44100</integer>

        <key>Normalization</key><integer>2045</integer>

        <key>Artwork Count</key><integer>1</integer>

        <key>Sort Album</key><string>Test (Bonus Track Version)</string>

        <key>Sort Artist</key><string>Artist</string>

        <key>Sort Name</key><string>Name</string>

        <key>Persistent ID</key><string>12739182731</string>

        <key>Explicit</key><true/>

        <key>Track Type</key><string>File</string>

        <key>Purchased</key><true/>

        <key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/A:/Music/Artist/Track.m4a</string>

        <key>File Folder Count</key><integer>-1</integer>

        <key>Library Folder Count</key><integer>-1</integer>

    </dict>

Without relocating the actual music files, how do I edit this mapped drive (A:/) because Mac is not finding it.

The issue I'm having is when I use a third party app to read iTunes playlists, it can't locate any of the files on the Mac. I get why, because it's looking in the NAS storage drive.


texts: "No offline messages" message after logging into Gmail on iPhone and iPad (using same account)

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[Note: Cross-posted to webapps.stackexchange.com]

My wife and I have 2 iPhones and 1 iPad2. We each use our iPhone to access our Gmail accounts. My wife also uses the iPad for that (whereas I do not).
However, recently, my wife is unable to access her emails on her iPhone or iPad.

To be clear:

She can login to Gmail without a problem.
She has access to the Internet at all times (this is regardless of being on 3G or WiFi, the problem is the same with both).
She can access other Google services (e.g. Google+) from the same device.
She can see how many unread emails she has in her inbox.
Logging into the Gmail account from a computer gives no problem at all.
Gmail is accessed through Safari (on the iOS devices).

But, no, she does not see any email in her inbox: she only has the message "No offline messages".

This occurs on both devices: her iPhone and her iPad.
Google tells me that she is not the only person to have the problem: it has happened to people on iOS, BB Playbook and even in Chrome. See links:

https://discussions.apple.com/message/17984389?tstart=0#17984389?tstart=0
http://forums.crackberry.com/blackberry-playbook-f222/gmail-no-offline-messages-667628/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nda/6106404220/

The only solutions offered were on the BlackBerry forums such as:

Clearing cache (no effect)
Viewing Gmail in full browser/HTML mode (not possible from iOS)[correction: this is possible, one needs to scroll down to the bottom of the message list]

I personally use the Gmail specific app downloaded from the AppStore. So I downloaded that for my wife and tried that. It suffers the same problem.

I tried logging out of her account and logging back in, to no avail.
I tried shutting down all the apps and relaunching them, to no avail.
I tried shutting down the devices and restarting and relaunching, to no avail.

Finally, thinking it may be specific to my wife's Gmail account, I tried logging in with my account and it suffers the same problem of that device, although not on my own iPhone.

To make it even more complicated, I logged out of my account on my own iPhone and logged into her Gmail account. There again, no problem to log into the account, but "no offline messages" is still displayed.
I then logged out of her account and switched back to my account (still on my iPhone) and I can access all my emails without a problem.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Update:
The Gmail.app and accessing the account through Safari, on the iPhone ONLY, is now working again.
However, on the iPad, it still does not work.]

[Update2:

It is possible to view the browser/HTML version of Gmail and in that case it works. However, this does not solve the mobile view problem.
In the mobile version, I noticed that if one selects specific tags, the emails are shown. The problem is when viewing "Inbox", "All messages" and other default groupings.]


texts: can I restore my SMS messages without iCloud?

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I sold my iPhone 7, I don't have iCloud backups nor set it to save messages to iCloud.  I wonder if I can have them restored to a new iPhone or Android phone, are they saved by the carrier?  (carrier is Three). All I have is the my SIM card.
Any help much welcome.


texts: Can I use Shortcuts to tell me when to leave for a specific appointment based on Map data?

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I was wondering if anyone knew of an existing Shortcut where I can get the Time that I need to leave My Current location in order to arrive at a specified address at a specified time. So lets say I have a doctors appointment at 6:00 is there a shortcut where I can input the time I need to arrive and the address of my appointment and and the output be the suggested time that I leave from my current location.
Any help is much appreciated.


texts: Is alarm vibration suddenly broken in iOS 7?

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I have alarms set up in my iOS Clock app, with both "Vibrate on silent" and "Vibrate on ring" switches set to ON in the Settings app. For the last several months I've been relying on a silent audio file to create a vibrate-only alarm to wake me up. But this morning, it seemed to stop working — the alarm went off, but made no sound and did not vibrate. Only the screen lit up like usual.

I've tried deleting and re-creating the alarms, un-toggling and re-toggling the vibrate switches in Settings, trying alarms using the built-in ringtones, and rebooting the device, and nothing seems to make alarms vibrate again. As well, the state of Do Not Disturb mode has no effect (though it of course never has).

Even stranger, I also have some other iPhones to test, and they're all now inexplicably showing the same behavior.

Affected OSes:

iOS 7.0.2

Affected phones:

iPhone 4S
iPhone 5S

I've been using this standard alarm behavior for a long time, and suddenly it's not working without having performed an iOS update.

Any suggestions?


texts: Using Bootcamp is it possible to run OS X and Windows simultaneously such that I can command-tab between the two?  I've run Windows using Bootcamp a few years ago but at that time a restart was required when switching between OS X and Windows.


texts: Can't erase hard drive or install new OS onto 2007 iMac

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I've tried most things i've read online to try to fix this issues to no avail but I'll explain exactly what's happening.

I think I accidentally deleted the EFI partition from my Mac which is the root cause of my problem. I had Mountain Lion and Bootcamp with Windows 7 installed. There were a bunch of partitions when I would open Disk Utility and I wanted to delete them so I did. My mac wouldn't even load an OS so I tried to erase everything and reinstall snow leopard back onto it.

When I start the computer the Apple logo appears and then it tries to start the OS installer. A loading bar says "installing" and then it closes out quickly and says "There was a problem installing "Mac OS X". Try reinstalling.

I've tried installing with a disk and a USB drive. Same thing happens.If I go into Disk Utility it shows my 250 gig hard drive with 1 partition "Mac" underneath.

When I verify or repair disk on the main hard drive it says "Partition map check failed because no slices were found."

When I verify the Mac partition it says "Disk utility stopped verifying "MAC" This disk needs to be repaired. Click Repair Disk.

When I try to erase the hard drive it says "Disk Erase failed. Couldn't unmount disk."

Any help would be appreciated. All I want to do is just install a new OS.


texts: Switching from shared Apple ID to Family Sharing - will we lose app data?

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I've been sharing my Apple ID (I'll call it A) details with my wife for many years, in order to share app purchases.

We'd now like to switch to Family Sharing.  My Apple ID A would be the "family organizer".

After setting up Family Sharing, my wife would set up her iPhone (in Settings > iTunes & App Store > Apple ID) to use her own Apple ID ("B").  This ID currently has no purchases.

What will happen to her existing apps, some of which have saved local data?

Reading around a bit, perhaps we'll run into this sequence of problems:

The existing apps might still be marked as "purchased by" A.  If my wife wants to update them, she'd need to enter the A credentials (source)... I guess this is OK, but not ideal.
To fix that, perhaps we could delete the offending app and then re-purchase it using her account B (which is now linked to A via Family Sharing).  Updating it then requires her B credentials, which is fine.
But then presumably we'll find that the app's saved local data has been deleted by the reinstall.  Perhaps we could then use iMazing to restore the app data from an earlier backup (source).

Have I understood this correctly?


texts: In Mountain Lion, where is the exclude list for Time Machine stored?

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I want to know if the list of Time Machine excluded files (pictured below) can be found in a file somewhere.

I know about the question On Lion, what files are excluded by rule from a Time Machine backup? which has a lot of good information about StdExclusions.plist, mdfind and tmutil – but not the answer for this question.

One answer also talks about .exclusions.plist, which is almost the answer to this question. But there's a catch, I haven't done a backup yet, so I can't read the .exclusions.plist file from the Time Machine backup volume.

I'm doing cd / ; sudo find . -iname "*exclusions*" now, keeping my fingers crossed.


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I want to run a script every time when I shutdown my computer. I know this is maybe a duplicate and I really read a lot of similar threads but either the answer isn't working anymore or I don't see how the answer is working.

I already figured out that apple wants me to use launchd. Most of the other solutions don't work anymore anyway.

So I found this answer but as far as I see launchd does everything when the system starts. I will copy the code below

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

<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
  <string>SCRIPT_PATH/boot-shutdown.sh</string>
</array>

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

<key>StandardOutPath</key>
<string>LOG_PATH/boot-shutdown.log</string>

<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>LOG_PATH/boot-shutdown.err</string>

</dict>
</plist>

and the script

#!/bin/bash
function shutdown()
{

  # INSERT HERE THE COMMAND YOU WANT EXECUTE AT SHUTDOWN OR SERVICE UNLOAD

  exit 0
}

function startup()
{

  # INSERT HERE THE COMMAND YOU WANT EXECUTE AT STARTUP OR SERVICE LOAD

  tail -f /dev/null &
  wait $!
}

trap shutdown SIGTERM
trap shutdown SIGKILL

startup;

Unfortunately there is no tutorial for launchd which include very basic explanation. So for example the arguments of the key brackets are more than just strings they trigger something but I can't find a list of which words trigger which action.

I would like to understand the basic idea of launchd. Especially which are the commands for running a script when the systems starts and when the systems shuts down.


texts: MacBook Pro 2015 15" with ASUS PB279Q 4K @ 60Hz

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I'm looking to see if anyone has been successful in running the ASUS PB279Q at 4k 60Hz via mini DisplayPort on a MacBook Pro 2015 15".

Running via HDMI works at 4k with 30Hz only, likewise setting DisplayPort to 1.1 does the same. As soon as you set the monitor to DisplayPort 1.2 I get a no signal on the monitor with the MacBook Pro screen flashing like it can't make up its mind.

I'm running up to date OSX Yosemite have tried a genuine apple thunderbolt to thunderbolt cable (mini dp > mini dp) as well as a cheaper mini dp to dp. According to https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT202856 4k should work as expected using SST.

Any further ideas?


texts: iTunes 11.2.2 moves song to top after editing

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When I've finished editing a song attribute (like the title) and hit enter, iTunes moves this song to the top of the browser. It's very jarring and bad for editing a bunch of files in succession. It also occurs if you click outside of the edit box, so it's not specific to pressing enter.

I realize that I can avoid this by bringing up the Info pane for each song and then clicking "next"/"previous" instead, but this is a hassle and it would be great if iTunes did not move the library after editing.

Does anyone know of a fix/hack for this problem? I don't remember it happening in the past, though I don't edit lots of song titles all that often, so it's possible I just never noticed.


texts: Cannot download to Mojave app store on Mac Pro 5,1 (4,1)

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(also posted on Apple community support forum)
Hello
I bought a second-hand Mac Pro 5,1 (ex- 4,1) which had Mojave installed . I could not get App Store to download any apps - various error messages including "Download cancelled". I am able to successfully sign on to my apple account through the web and App Store "view information" prompts me for my AppleID and I successfully log on. So I have an active AppleID connected to my Paypal account.
I have successfuly installed freeware apps to the MacPro/Mojave, such as Unigine Heaven, outside of the App Store.
I reinstalled Mojave and have booted from the new drive - having removed the previous drive - so I know the Machine is running from a "clean install"
For what it is worth , the machine has 24Gb of RAM and a Sapphire RX580 video card.
I have copied part of the console log - which contains messages relating the App Store - but I don't know if these indicate any errors.
See: https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/0wHQumB_eDihmLMHhjx5tZq2Q#console%5Flog
There are many postings on various forums about problems with accessing Apps Store over Mojave and I have tried all the suggested fixes which are "guaranteed" to fix the problem - and none had any effect. For example, the suggestions here: Mac App Store: Downloads just don't start (Mojave)
Do any of the attached messages give a clue as to what the problem might be failing to access App Store?
Thanks,
Clive


texts: I have upgraded my iPod to IOS 5 but now I want to go back to IOS 4.2. How can I do this. Is there any feature in iTunes which can be utilized or I need a .iDYSM file.


texts: WiFi: No Hardware Installed and using wifi adapter

texts:
I am getting an error 'WiFi: No Hardware Installed' and am trying to use a micro usb wifi piece (http://www.amazon.com/computers-accessories/dp/B005CLMJLU). I know this hardware works fine as I've been using it on a Raspberry Pi but it doesn't seem to be recognized on OS X Mountain Lion or Lion. How would I tell the os to use this piece of hardware rather than built-in WiFi?

thx


texts: Reload page in Safari without resending form?

texts: Sometimes, I want to reload a page in Safari, but I submitted a form on the previous page. Is there any way, short of entering the URL bar (either with a mouse or with ⌘+L and pressing return), to reload the page without resending the form?


texts: Mail won't open after installing the security update for 10.6.8

texts: I have seen other people with this problem, but their Mail icon was moved out of the applications folder. My Mail is and has always been in the Applications folder, so the problem is not that. I reinstalled the original Mail from the original Snow Leopard installation disk and then installed the system combo update, but it still won't open. I am at the end of my rope!


texts:
I have a question concerning the memory spec for my Mac Pro. This Mac is originally a Mac Pro 4,1 with flashed firmware to Model 5,1. The CPUs are 2x Intel x5690. Now I would like to upgrade the memory. I ordered 8x16GB SK Hynix RAM HMT42GR7CMR4C-H9 on eBay.

I expected my Mac to recognise it as 1333 MHz memory. Instead it is recognised as 800 MHz Memory when all 8 Memory Modules are plugged in.

Thus I did a little research. According to Mac Rumors Forum quad-rank could be a problem. On the other hand there is also quad-rank memory sold on ebay specifically for mac pro 4,1/5,1.

Furthermore I tried the following:

Populating slots 1-3 and 5-7 (Numbering according to Apple docs) with the RAM modules.
That resulted in 1066 MHz memory speed
Populating Slot 1 & 5
That also resulted in 1066 MHz memory speed
Populating Slots 1-3 and 5-7 with SK Hynix HMT351R7EFR4A-H9 Memory, wich should be single-ranked. But still 1066 MHz.

All this does not really makes a consistent picture to me. So my question is:

On what does it depend whether 1333 MHz memory runs at full speed on my Mac Pro?

What is the limiting criterion? Is there a list of fully supported memory? Does it make sense to force my Mac to run the memory at 1333 MHz and if yes: is there a way to do so?

Edit

I am running latest 10.14, the latest officially supported MacOS for MacPro 5,1.


texts: Safari does not change focus to the web page after address bar search

texts:
After completing a search in Safari (tested on version 13.1.2 and 14.0 with Catalina 10.15.6), the address bar remains in focus after pressing return. With other major browsers (including Chrome, Firefox, and Edge) the web page comes to focus after pressing return.
Safari not changing focus from the address bar to the web page is problematic for example when using DuckDuckGo as the default search engine. DDG allows navigation with j and k. The navigation requires the web page to be in focus and not the address bar.
Switching the focus from the address bar to the web page seems to require an extra step in Safari (such as pressing esc or clicking the web page) compared to other major browsers that switch to the web page automatically after pressing return. Is there a way to change the behavior in Safari to automatically switch focus to the web page after pressing return?

I have removed extensions and tried various settings.


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I use Apple Mail and have:

A) nearly 80,000 e-mails

B) 10 different POP and iMAP e-mail accounts

B) over 30 rules

Any tips or resources for getting all my e-mails, accounts and rules transferred into Gmail?


texts: Thunderbolt to VGA connector makes my MacBook Pro Retina very hot

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I have a new Macbook pro retina display, i7, 16 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M.

I have noticed that when running Boot Camp with Win 7 and I plug in my HP VGA monitor using a VGA/thunderbolt adaptor, the top area above the function keys get extremely hot.

I have made sure I have the most up to date drivers for my graphics card but still the issue persists.

Has anyone else experienced this?


texts: How to renew Apple Developer Membership manually?

texts:
How can I renew my Apple Developer Membership account manually? Is it possible to do this?

I know that developer.apple.com/support/renewal describes renewing but does not explain manual renewal.


texts: Using dictation in the command line (e.g. transcribe an audio recording to a text file)

texts: I have some audio recordings and would like to transcribe them into text files. I was wondering whether there is a command line tool that could use the built-in Dictation to do that? And if so, is there a known duration limit?


texts: Remove author metadata from PDF annotations in preview?

texts: I need to provide comments on PDFs as part of the refereeing process for journal articles.  How can I remove my name from the annotations I've made using Mac Preview?  (they can be seen in Inspector: Annotations, but seem not to be editable)


texts: iOS 7 screen is still shaking after reboot

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I have tried changing the Parallax setting (general>accessibility>reduce motion).  Still shaking!!

Weird thing...the shaking only appeared after re-booting my phone the first time after updating to ios 7.  After updating to iOS 7 initially, the screen did not shake.  Strange?

What can I do to resolve this?


texts: Connecting MacBook air to a Samsung monitor using a thunderbolt

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I own MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015), I bought a Samsung C24F396FHU 24 inch monitor to use a bigger screen and prevent headache. But now that I connected the laptop to the monitor using a Thunderbolt to HDMI cable , the font is not smooth at all and the text is not as readable as it used to be on the original display.

The cable:

Is the issue due to using non-Apple product (Samsung monitor)?
The monitor is FHD 1920x1080 and there's not much settings to adjust the resolution (picture below).


texts: How can I route traffic to different gateways by protocol

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Here's the situation:

I can connect to the world either through my phone connection in wi-fi hotspot mode, or through a satellite link, which has much higher latency.

My phone connection is limited to 6 GB/month.  The Sat link to several GB/day.

I would like to use the phone link for things requiring responsiveness, and use the sat link for things where I don't care.

Anyone know of a package that allows routing by protocol?  E.g. route dns via hotspot but bittorent via satellite?

AND it has to be smart enough to do the right thing when I grab the phone and go.  (That is, all routes fall back to satellite link.)


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I'm trying to install Windows on my Mac, and I don't have my OSX installation CD with me. I see an option of Boot Camp Assistant to download the drivers online, so I select it - and it says the download is unavailable. Does anyone have a work-around? Or experience the same issue when they try it? I have a 13" Mid-2010 MBP.

Thanks!
Zach


texts: voice or video calls using google talk in messages app Mac

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I have a problem using google chat.
in the messages app I can connect my google chat account but when I call someone using the messages app via google chat, it doesn't make the call, it just stays in waiting for answer, both Macs are running El Capitan and the chat option works fine, but the voice/video calls option don't work
hope that someone helps me
greetings
rk


texts: Is there a way to always ignore a particular wifi network on your iPhone

texts: There is a certain wifi network that am around a lot.  It is very slow and pretty much unusable.  I would rather just never see it.  As it is, it pops up every time asking me to join.  Is there a way that I can have that particular network only never ask again.


texts: Stream different videos and sounds to Bluetooth headphones & loudspeakers

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I have Bluetooth headphones & loudspeakers.

I want to stream sound from iTunes to Bluetooth headphones and a YouTube video to the loudspeakers.

I know that OS X allows to stream one source to both devices, but I want to stream each stream to different devices.

I know that in Windows it's possible via Realtek utility, but how about OS X?


texts:
So I have the latest version of iTunes on my PC, 12.10.4. I also have the latest iOS version on my iPhone 7, which is 13.3.1.

I don't know if this is related but I will mention it anyway. I just uninstalled the Windows Store iTunes and downloaded+setup the apple.com download of iTunes.

The problem is that when I plug in my phone to the computer, it shows up like normal, but it only shows 'Other' as the largest type of data. So I go ahead and select automatic backup on computer.

When I press "Sync" the "Syncing [phone] (Step 1 of 4)" message shows up at the top like normal but then disappears and the entire process stops and nothing happens. No error message shows up. There is no indication that anything even happened. When I go to the home page of iTunes and right click my device, the 'back up' option is disabled. The back up option is also disabled on the back up panel in the iPhone Summary page.

What can I do to back up my phone? None of the online options seem to match or solve this problem.


texts: Screen not working on water damaged iPhone and can't disable Find My iPhone to restore

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I've got a got water damaged iPhone and the screen no longer allows me to see anything at all. It turns on fine and I think in some parts the touch sensors work as well. I could use Siri yesterday but now I try to use Siri, it keeps saying unavailable and connect to the internet.

I need to turn off Find My iPhone so I can restore it to its factory settings but when I go into iCloud from another device it says its offline. I've tried checking to see if calls can come in but no luck and I've tried swiping up and tapping where airplane mode would be but still no use.

Any ideas on what I can do to so I can get my phone back online again so I can at least use it to call and attempt to disable Find My iPhone? It can be seen by iTunes if that's any help?

iPhone 5, iOS 7.1.2


texts: How to turn off MacBook's internal display with external one connected?

texts: I have external monitor in work and I want to mirror MacBook's screen on it while I have the internal display turned off. But I found this as impossible task.  I know I could close the display and attach a keyboard but I want to use MacBook's keyboard (and let the computer breathe through it).


texts: iCloud Two Factor Authorisation doesn't show code on trusted devices

texts:
I activated the Two Factor Authorisation at iCloud. Now, when I try to sign in at some Apple Service, I am getting the a message that a message was sent to my trusted devices with a code I have to enter.

But, nothing happened. Never. I have to click on "Try again" and choose "Send Message to PHONE_NUMBER"

After that, a message with the code gets send to my iPhone, I type in the number and it works.

But, nowhere the code is getting displayed. Neither on my Mac or my iPhone. It just works via Message.


texts: standalone upgrade from older version to current version osx

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I want a standalone upgrade from an older osx (10.7.4) to the current mavericks.

There is the free upgrade in the app store which normally would be perfect -- but my internet connection at home is slow and spotty.  The upgrade is 5GB in the store.  I get about 1GB, and my connection drops, and now I have to start over.

So what I want to do is get a standalone way of doing the upgrade -- this would allow me to use my other computer (faster connection) and sneakernet (use a USB stick) to transfer the file(s) to the Mac.

The combo and delta standalone updates you can get only apply within the same version.

Does anyone know of a way to do this standalone upgrade, even if I would have to apply multiple installs / updates / upgrades?

I suppose other solutions could include a multiple smaller file solution, or give the ability to resume the download from where it left off.


texts: Changes to Photos. Where did Camera Roll and Photo Stream albums go?

texts:
In iOS 7, the Photos app has 2 default folders for pics.

Camera Roll
My Photo Stream

In iOS 8, the default folders is now:

Recently Added
Recently Deleted

How do you manage what's on Photo Stream and what's on your device?


texts: How can I block an app from accessing my contacts?

texts:
An app that has access to the list of contacts is capable, without further notice, to upload that information to a server. (If it has internet access, that is, but most do.)

I am concerned of the breach of trust to my contacts that this entails.

For example, someone on my contacts list may have gone into some trouble to remain unlisted in any phone book, and yet their phone number could become near-public, depending on the privacy policy of the app, which I, like many, never bother to read.

I'm here not even referring to app(s) that exist with the sole and express intent of making contacts lists public.

Is there any way to be in control by choosing whether a given app has access to my contacts list, similar to how an app can have access to notifications, but I can disable its access to notifications while continuing to use the app?

To be clear, a messenger app becomes meaningless if it doesn't have access to contacts, but, for example, an app showing me the nearest grocer or coffee shop has no need to access my contacts. Please do not suggest "Just don't install an app that gratuitously asks for permission to access contacts." Doing so leaves users in the stone age. I'd like to be able to use any app, but to remain in charge.

Edit:

For comparison, here is a link to a companion question for Android.


texts: Is there a way to play OSX alert sounds from terminal? The alert sounds that are listed in System Preferences > Sound > Sound Effect Tab


texts:
Friend of mine got a new phone number that came linked to an iMessage account. He can’t see text messages (iMessages) sent from iPhones because the account is linked to the phone and iPhones send the messages to the account by default. He doesn’t have access to the Apple ID nor does he have an iPhone.

How would he unlink the account? Apple conviently doesn’t list this information anywhere.


texts: Recover Messages content after clean install of El Capitan

texts:
I've done a clean install of El Capitan. I do have a raw file back up of my home folder, containing the messages archive. This was created when I was in Yosemite.

I grabbed the entire contents of the Home folder (/Users/myusername). This includes the Messages folder in the Library (/Users/myusername/Library/Messages). This was just a direct copy to an external drive. This folder contains three files and a folder

chat.db
chat.db-shm
chat.db-wal
[folder] Attachments

I've attempted to just copy these files from the external drive to the new messages folder on my hard drive, but the structure of new and old messages appears different and the direct copy did not restore my old messages.

I'm not sure what the content of the files is as they're not readily readable, but the new Messages folder in El Capitan has an Archive folder by default, which seems to contain the message content now, instead of whatever way it was being done in Yosemite.

Is there a way to recover the old messages using either the archive I have or iCloud?


texts: Merge two word documents into one document

texts:
Is there a way to combine two versions of the same Word for Mac 2011 into one document?

I have multiple revisions with comments from co-authors and would like to combine the documents with comments into one document.

Note: I am not interested in the insert file method that is used to insert a document into another document, essentially combing two documents into 1. I want to "merge" two versions into 1 version.


texts:
I have used SelfControl to block the internet for some time, but now it won't block anything anymore. (Edit: Well, acutally one moment SelfControl blocks some sites, then allows them again, apparently randomly.)

When I ipfw list while a block (with a handful of whitelisted sites) is running, there aren't the usual entries that SelfControl writes anymore. What I notice that SelfControl now takes a loooong time to start the counter when I click "Start". While it worked, the counter appeared immediately.

How can I troubleshoot that problem?

I don't have stealth mode activated in the Firewall, although my Firewall is active (and has been, while SelfControl worked).

I'm using SelfControl 2.0 under OS 10.9.5, but had the same problem with SelfControl 1.5 this morning.

Edit:

I have LittleSnitch installed and note that SelfControl connects to six of the 28 whitelisted URLs every minute.


texts: How to increase/bypass the limited amount of only three (3) rules of a custom data format in Numbers.app (10.3.9)

texts:
I want to create a custom data format that automatically changes numbers (1 to 5, which I can use for calculations and statistics) to symbols (++, +, ✓, ○, ✕).
The definition of a rule in a custom format is really intuitive and works fine. It is possible to add additional rules (see figure 1)

until I try to add a fourth rule, then the option to add a rule vanishes.  (see figure 2)

Is it possible to increase the hardcoded limit of rules (maybe by changing the source code of Numbers) or bypass the problem in another way?
PS: This article (http://numbers.skydocu.com/en/add-and-edit-tables/create-a-custom-cell-format/) confirms that there are only three rules by default (so apparently not a bug): "Add up to three rules to format a cell differently based on specific conditions you define."


texts: MacOS High Sierra : Xcode failed to download Use the purchase page Error during installing Xcode 9.3

texts:
Yesterday I update MacOS Sierra to MacOS High Sierra than I remove xCode 9.2 after that when I try to install xCode 9.3 from App Store, It gives me below error:

Xcode failed to download, Use the purchase page to try again
I tried below solutions.

1. Remove Account and again add it.

2. https://gist.github.com/ferbass/3ecc06a8ae992365bf73

3. Xcode failed to download. Use the Purchases page to try again (But There's no Debug menu in MacOS High Sierra)

4. Try to install xCode with Different account but facing same error.

5. Other Applications are downloadable but facing error only in xCode installation.

below are screenshots


texts:
Sometimes, newly-copied apps (though a bash script) end up retaining the "circle with strike-through" on top of their icon, even after running them. Restarting the system fixes this issue.

Is there any way to trigger a "refresh" of said icon, preferable exclusively, from the CLI? Since this is supposed to run on other systems than mine, I don't feel comfortable deleting the icon cache.

Asking in the context of OS X 10.8 and up.

[L.E.] I would also avoid relaunching Finder, if possible.


texts:
My 3rd Gen (late 2013) MBP randomly suspends.

I've already seen this and this and this and this. And unfortunately, none of them quite match what's happening to me.

I will be in the middle of working on my MBP and it will randomly suspend so I have to hit the power button to wake. Pressing the power button resumes from suspend but then it will do it again within a few seconds of use unless I plug it in. Does not seem to necessarily be tied to the remaining battery life (happens more often < 40% but it's happened at 68% and I've gotten down to 5% as recently as this week without seeing the problem).

This is a core i7 machine with 16 GB RAM and a 500 GB SSD. Coconut battery reports that I still have 75%+ of the original battery capacity left. This is a machine that otherwise has plenty of life left in it if I can get this resolved.

Any ideas what could be wrong?


texts: So option + '\' key types « but I can't figure out how to type the closing ». Can anyone point me in the right direction? Also what is the name of this symbol.


texts: What's happens to credit in the non-Organizer account when you turn on Family Sharing?

texts:
I, my wife and my three kids all have apple devices and IDs. However, some of my kids have credit balances from gift cards.

If I turn on Apple Sharing, can those gift balances still be spent?


texts: No sound when making calls with iPhone 6

texts: I'm using iPhone 6. Sometimes when I answer a phone call, there's no sound. Only when I answer again or call back can I hear the voice. Does anyone else have the same problem? Do you know the reason?


texts: How to join the files into a similar directory tree?

texts:
I've two similar directory tree in different HD, but inside many groups of subfolders named e.g. B and C (note inside B and C there are others subfolders) there are different files (e.g. file 1,2 in the first and 3,4 in the second) . I would like to join the different files and substitute them if they have the same name. So at the end I would like to have in the folder B: 1 and 3 and in the folder C: 2 and 4. In windows I simply drag inside the old folder A the folder B and C from the second folder A then I click to substitute all but if I do the same thing in OSX I delete file 1 and 2, because OSX substitute folder and not the files inside. How can I solve the problem?

Please note, I have many folders and subfolders inside my A folder so I would like to do it as quick as I do it in Windows.


texts: I'm on 10.8.2.  Finder always freezes.  I have way more CPU and memory than this OS needs.  It's only Finder.  CPU usage spikes, spinning beachball, the whole thing.  I cleared all my caches, disabled the "all my files" finder window.  What else can I do?  Does this get fixed in 10.8.3,4, or 5?


texts: Use sips to pad just the top of an image

texts:
I'm trying to add padding to the top of an image using the command line.

I've found the sips command and I've tried

sips --padToHeightWidth 1300 1920 image.png

on an image which is 1920 x 1080.

However this adds 50px of padding to the top and bottom.

Is it possible to just add 100px of padding to the top?

Is there another tool I should/could be using to do this?


texts: Can Quicksilver be configured to open folders in new Finder tabs?

texts:
Is there a way to configure Quicksilver so it will open folders in new Finder tabs? Right now, when I use QS to navigate to a folder location and select the "Open" option from the actions pane QS opens a new Finder window at that folder location.

Now that there are tabs in the Finder, I'd like it to bring an existing Finder window to the front and open the selected file in a new tab. Is that even possible, since tabs are a new feature of Mavericks?


texts: download iCloud photo to mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.3

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My phone is iOS 8.3 and my computer is OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 (iPhoto doesn't works anymore, instead there is another application called Photos)

I have 3.2G of photos are automatically saved in iCloud photo library, now I would like to download all those photos and release my iCloud space and no longer use iCloud.

I tried as following:

on iPhone: iCloud-> Photos-> iCloud Photo Library : it says this iPhone was not able to download full-resolution photos and videos. If you continue, the low-resolution will be removed (but i dont want it happen)
on Mac: System preference-> iCloud-> Photos-> iCloud photo library : it says this library exceed your available iCloud storage.
on Mac: Photos-> Preference-> iCloud -> iCloud Photo library : it comes out a window says upgrade iCloud storage.
on the webpage icloud.com : Photos: I could download the photo but its too miserable to manage iCloud in this way! coz I have to click the photos thousands of time to select it and then download it individually.

How can I do??


texts: Trying to get a Symlink but it turns to be an Alias

texts:
I'm trying to move my Backup folder from the SSD to another internal HD via symlink using this command:

ln -s /MacintoshHD/Backup   ~/Library/"Application Support"/MobileSync

the problem is, when i hit enter instead of creating a Symlink I get an Alias. Any suggestion on why this is happening?


texts: macOS Sierra Missing App Icon in Dock and "Check for Updates..." Fails for Certain Apps

texts:
After doing a clean install of macOS Sierra I occasionally get the 'missing app icon' (the original app icon with a question mark superimposed). When this happens clicking the app icon doesn't launch the app (and I need to go to /Applications and re-drag the icon to the dock). Anyone else experiencing this issue?

I also get the following warning for the apps this is happening with when trying to do an update:

  Sketch can't be updated when it is running from a read-only volume like disk image or an optical drive. Move Sketch to your Applications folder, relaunch it from there, and try again.

I've tried opening from the command line to verify I am indeed opening from the Applications folder with:

open /Applications/Sketch.app

Any thoughts?


texts: Is 5-6 hour of battery life normal for 4-year old mid-2013 13" Macbook Air?

texts:
My MBA mid-2013 usually lasts for about 6 hours; it's been used for almost 4 years now. I use Chrome for internet browsing, mostly Facebook, Reddit and go over to other websites from these two websites. No other streaming or song playing or any other app runs that continuously syncs over the Internet.

I do use a number of extensions on Chrome - adblocker, lastpass, Evernote, hover zoom+.

My questions is, is 5-6 hours a normal battery life for 4-year old mid-2013 MBA with these settings or is is it time for me change the battery?


texts: Safari search suggestions do not appear when iOS restrictions are enabled

texts:
If I set Website Restrictions to Limit Adult Content, Safari stops showing search engine suggestions regardless of the engine being used (Bing, Yahoo, Google, or DuckDuckGo). If I change the setting back to All Websites, it starts working again. Search suggestions do show up if I make the query from the search engine's webpage.

I'm currently seeing this behavior on an iPhone 5S running iOS 11.2.6, but I've also seen it on other devices and OSs. If this is a known issue to Apple, I have yet to find a public statement about it.

How do I make search suggestions work when iOS restrictions are enabled?


texts: Dark Mode ruins Automator 'Results' pane for Object view

texts:
From the below image, you can see the "black on dark grey" text for the Objects button in the Results pane is for better eyes than mine.
Is there a way I can change this to "white on dark grey" like the List view?


texts: Do Lightning EarPods sound different compared to 3.5 mm EarPods?

texts:
I recently purchased a pair of Lightning EarPods, and was a bit annoyed by their sound. They pan out the L and R channels a lot, and it sounds like someone has slapped a low and high EQ on the audio so that the mid is most pronounced.

I'm concerned they are defect, because I feel the 3.5 mm EarPods that I also have sound much better, even when connected to the same phone with a 3.5 mm–to-Lightning adapter.

Are the Lightning EarPods and the 3.5 mm EarPods supposed to sound identically or very close? If so, then the Lightning EarPods must be defect, because the 3.5 mm sound is what I recognize from having used them the past few years.


texts: Okay, so my iPhone and iPod are both connected therefore the iMessages that I receive on my iPhone are also sent to my iPod, but earlier by mistake I disconnected my iPod through my iPhone settings. Couple hours pass by and I just connected them again but I just wanted to know will the iMessages I received earlier ever go through to my iPod or will it only receive the iMessages from the time I re-connected?


texts: Can I use the Terminal to find all OpenMeta tags on my system?

texts: I know that there are apps that can do this, so I figure it must be possible: I'd like to compile a list of every OpenMeta tag that I've used on my Mac (OS X 10.8.3). But here's the rub: I'd ideally like it to be scriptable, so that I can manipulate the list after creating it. The only thing that's come to mind so far is doing an mdfind "kMDItemOMUserTags == *" and then running xattr on every single result, but that seems wildly inefficient and silly. So does anyone have any ideas?


texts: How do I handle HDR photos in Aperture 3?

texts: What plugin do you guys use to handle HDR photos in Aperture 3 ?


texts: How can I record from my Nikon Coolpix S8200 direct to photobooth?

texts:
I went to the Nikon site and installed S-VCNXSP-160500MF-ALLIN-ALL, but those are just transfer and editing stuff, I want to record from photobooth the raw live video.

Is it possible?


texts: iTunes Sync Calendars does not show Outlook

texts:
I want to sync my iPhone calendars with Outlook via iTunes.
Here are the instructions from Microsoft support Office, which require iTunes.
Step four says:

  Under Calendars, click Sync calendars from, and then click Outlook.

But there is no such option in my iTunes which I just downloaded.
Check the image, that does only show Sync Calendars, but not chance to choose from neither Outlook:

However, this page and this one show a similar image with that possibility:

Can anyone help on this, please?


texts: Enable Terminal / iterm2 sound notification exclusively

texts:
Is there a way to enable the bell terminal and other sound notification from the terminal, while my "play user interface sound effect" setting is off ?

I don't like to have any sound notification (I prefer the flashing screen), but I'm using weechat and I wish I could enable some sound notification in it.


texts: Toggle caps lock programmatically using applescript

texts:
I'm looking to toogle capslock programmatically using applescript. Here is something I tried to make it work. It seems to work for all other keys except capslock.

tell application "System Events"
    key code 57
end tell

57 is the key code for caps lock


texts: Slow indexing and/or hashing in nearly low memory in OSX

texts:
I have observed slow indexing and/or hashing in OSX which are expressed in the SSD disc which is nearly full (about 5% free space).
This bug has been reported to me to exist in earlier OSXs too so not only OSX Yosemite.
The system is Macbook Air 2013-mid.
This bug may be related to the similar bug with long filenames which indexing and/or hashing takes much time in the same system and settings, here discussion.

I notice slow indexing and/or hashing in installing basic commands through homebrew and just doing basic search in Finder with long filenames:

Slow rehashing (reported to me no indexing necessary) in nearly low SSD-memory system of Macbook air 2013-mid; I have reproduced it in OSX Yosemite 10.10.2
See this post here where patrix deleted my notice about slow indexing.
Slow indexing and/or hashing also occurs in searching long filenames, discussion here.

To reproduce it, you need

nearly low SSD memory

This indexing problem may be caused by handling of SSD memories and temporary memory.

How have you resolved the challenge of memory management in OSX?
I do not know the level of memory when the problems starts to occur.


texts: How to trigger "Get Info" for file using command line?

texts: Similarly to running open "/Applications/Firefox.app", I would like to open the "Get Info" window of /Applications/Firefox.app using command line.


texts: Remotely powering UE Boom 2 from MacBook?

texts:
The wireless UE Boom 2 can be remotely powered on/off through the UE MEGABOOM iPhone app and that's very useful in some cases.

It would be great to be able to do the same but from a MacBook, but Logitech didn't release such an app for macOS. I believe this should technically be feasible from any device with a Bluetooth 4 + LE device (which my MBP Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014 has).

Would you know how this could be achieved, through a Bluetooth software or script?

What I found so far:

This is what my Mac shows for the UE in System Information > Bluetooth

UE MEGABOOM:
  Address:          88-C6-26-89-57-B3
  Major Type:       Audio
  Minor Type:       Headphones
  Services:         Headset, Wireless iAP, LWACP, Hands-Free unit
  Paired:           Yes
  Configured:       Yes
  Connected:        No
  Manufacturer:     Cambridge Silicon Radio (0x8, 0x307D)
  Firmware Version: 0xFFFF
  Vendor ID:        0x000A
  Product ID:       0xFFFF
  Class of Device:  0x04 0x06 0x240418
  EDR Supported:    Yes
  eSCO Supported:   Yes
  SSP Supported:    Yes

I've tried LightBlue but it can't show the available services for the UE:


texts: I restored my iPhone from back up as I accidentally deleted some messages that I needed. But, I have lost all my photos as they were not selected to be included in back up and iPhone photo library wasn’t enabled. Is there any way I can get them back? I haven’t synced to iTunes for a long while.


texts: Can I use my iPhone4 without a sim card if i just updated to the lastest software?

texts: I have an iPhone 4 that I wanted to use for my daughter to play on. I updated it to the latest software iOS 6 and it's telling me to put a SIM card in to activate it. I don't want the iPhone activated. I have wifi in my house and I just want her to be able to play games on it. Is it possible?


texts: Lion upgrade on early 2009 MacBook (2GB RAM, 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo)

texts:
Is it advisable to upgrade an early 2009 MacBook (2GB RAM, 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) from 10.5.8 to Lion?  Under 10.5.8, the user is complaining about some 'slowing down' (especially after a few days w/o restarting).  If we upgrade, how strongly is it recommended to increase the RAM (to 4GB? to 6GB?).

I'd love to hear from people answering based on either the specs or first-hand experience.  Thanks.


texts: Advanced configuration for email notifications about Apple Developer Certificates expiration

texts:
Mainly, I just wanted to ask the same question here, because the community here is active (comparing to what is seen on Apple Developer Forums, unfortunately):

https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/29994

So in other words, I need to understand who in my Developer Program receives the email notifications about impending expiration of the following:

iOS Distribution certificate
Apple Push Services certificates
APNs Development iOS certificates
VoIP Services certificates

I want the email notifications from Apple to be sent to specific set of email addresses.

It does not look smart to me sending such email to Team Agent only, since he may miss it (for various reasons) and the app functionality will eventually fail. Definitely this must be received at least by developers who are admins and are responsible for managing Certificates/Profiles on company production servers. I have a distribution list mailbox for all interested parties and would like to subscribe it to those expiration notification emails.

Thanks for your attention.

UPDATE 03-Jul-2017:

I have contacted Apple and they replied with this:

  Thank you for contacting Apple Developer Program Support. I understand
  from your email that you would like to receive notifications in regard
  to expiring certificates.

  By default, the Team Agent is the only person that will receive
  notifications. At this time Apple does not allow for multiple emails
  to be notified in regard to expiring certificates.

  I appreciate that you have taken the time to send us your feedback.
  Please be assured that all of your comments have been forwarded to the
  appropriate Apple team so they can be taken into consideration for
  future enhancements

  Should you have any further questions, you can reply directly to this
  email, or if you would like, give us a call:

  https://developer.apple.com/contact/phone.php


texts: iPhone 7 running iOS 14.3 can't make WhatsApp calls over WiFi

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My iPhone 7 (iOS 14.3) will no longer make calls - audio nor video - over WiFi. I have tried re-installing WhatsApp and although it then asks me to grant permission to the microphone / camera / etc, it does not ask me for permission to use the Local Network.
I have checked Settings->Privacy->Local Network and WhatsApp does not appear in the list. Similarly if i look in Settings->WhatsApp, there is no setting for Local Network at all.
I have tried Reset the network settings, Reset all settings, and also just went through the Erase all content and settings. Following this I set the phone up again from scratch, downloaded WhatsApp and the situation is exactly the same.
Any ideas why WhatsApp wont use the Local Network? Other mobile devices on the same WiFi network work fine.
UPDATE
I have connected the iPhone to my Mac and been running Console.app as I tried to make a WhatsApp voice call. The following error is generated but I cannot find any information about this process:

Confirmed that this error does not occur when my other iPhone (a 5S, connected to the same WiFi network) makes a WhatsApp voice call.


texts: How to check if MacBook battery is genuine?

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My white MacBook's battery has completely died, so I'm looking for a replacement.

It costs $150 from Apple, or about $70 for allegedly genuine Apple batteries on eBay:

I'm leaning toward this cheaper eBay option, but when I receive the battery:

How can I confirm if it is a genuine Apple product?

I am concerned with fire safety and so on.

Update: I bought the cheap eBay battery mentioned above, and it was an obvious fake.


texts: Converting iso to img but hdiutil doesn't recognize iso file

texts:
I am trying to convert a iso file to img file using the hdiutil command in the cli terminal but it seems my hdiutil won't recognize the iso.

hdiutil convert /mypathdir/ubuntu-16.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso" -format UDRW -o "/mypathdir/ubuntu-16.04.4-desktop-amd64.img
hdiutil: convert failed - non riconosciuto

(non riconosciuto = not recognized )

My machine is running OS X 10.7 Lion.
The iso comes from the Ubuntu site so it's ok. I've also tried with a early version of Ubuntu but i've got the same results.

I've tried the verbose mode of the command and this is its output:

mymachine$ hdiutil convert ubuntu-16.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso  -format UDRW -o ubuntu-16.04.4-desktop-amd64.img -verbose
hdiutil: convert: processing "ubuntu-16.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso"
DIBackingStoreInstantiatorProbe: interface  0, score      100, CBSDBackingStore
DIBackingStoreInstantiatorProbe: interface  1, score    -1000, CBundleBackingStore
DIBackingStoreInstantiatorProbe: interface  2, score    -1000, CRAMBackingStore
DIBackingStoreInstantiatorProbe: interface  3, score      100, CCarbonBackingStore
DIBackingStoreInstantiatorProbe: interface  4, score    -1000, CDevBackingStore
DIBackingStoreInstantiatorProbe: interface  5, score    -1000, CCURLBackingStore
DIBackingStoreInstantiatorProbe: interface  6, score    -1000, CVectoredBackingStore
DIFileEncodingInstantiatorProbe: interface  0, score    -1000, CMacBinaryEncoding
DIFileEncodingInstantiatorProbe: interface  1, score    -1000, CAppleSingleEncoding
DIFileEncodingInstantiatorProbe: interface  2, score    -1000, CEncryptedEncoding
DIFileEncodingInstantiatorProbe: interface  0, score    -1000, CUDIFEncoding
DIFileEncodingInstantiatorProbe: interface  0, score    -1000, CSegmentedNDIFEncoding
DIFileEncodingInstantiatorProbe: interface  1, score    -1000, CSegmentedUDIFEncoding
DIFileEncodingInstantiatorProbe: interface  2, score    -1000, CSegmentedUDIFRawEncoding
DIDiskImageInstantiatorProbe: interface  0, score    -1000, CUDIFDiskImage
DIDiskImageInstantiatorProbe: interface  1, score        0, CSparseBundleDiskImage
DIDiskImageInstantiatorProbe: interface  2, score        0, CSparseDiskImage
CRawDiskImage: data fork length 0x000000001D987C64 (496532580) not a multiple of 512.
DIDiskImageInstantiatorProbe: interface  3, score     -100, CRawDiskImage
DIDiskImageInstantiatorProbe: interface  4, score        0, CDARTDiskImage
DIDiskImageInstantiatorProbe: interface  5, score        0, CDiskCopy42DiskImage
DIDiskImageInstantiatorProbe: interface  6, score        0, CNDIFDiskImage
DIDiskImageInstantiatorProbe: interface  8, score     -100, CShadowedDiskImage
DIDiskImageInstantiatorProbe: interface  9, score    -1000, CCFPlugInDiskImage
DIDiskImageInstantiatorProbe: interface 10, score     -100, CWrappedDiskImage
DIDiskImageNewWithBackingStore: probe fails to find appropriate CDiskImage class.
convert: unable to recognize "ubuntu-16.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso":
non riconosciuto.hdiutil: convert: result: 109
hdiutil: convert failed - non riconosciuto

It seems there is a problem with some libraries, perhaps a bad installation of hdiutil.
I have the same results if I try to use disk utiliy program.

What can I do to solve the problem with my machine and convert the iso to img?


texts: Running Parallels and VirtualBox for Docker in OS X?

texts: I use Parallels for Windows while VirtualBox/Kinematic (Beta) for Docker in OS X -- but haven't yet tested at the same time because of possible problems such as here, dated to 2013 so many problems may be fixed. So what is the status of VM/Docker and Parallels and is it possible to run them at the same time and if yes, how in OS X? Precautions?


texts: Can I sync non Amazon books from the iPad Kindle app to a PC?

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I downloaded a mobi book directly to my iPad to the Kindle app, which does not sync with Amazon.  I read the post "Syncing non-Amazon purchased eBooks between Kindle, iPad, and iPhone 3"

(on: Syncing non-Amazon purchased eBooks between Kindle, iPad, and iPhone)

which mentions a "Send to Kindle for Mac" you can download on your mac.  I have two problems using the advice above:

The book is on my ipad, not my computer, and there doesn't seem to be a "Send to Kindle for iPad" app, and
I don't have a Mac, I have a PC.

What do I need to get the book off the iPad and on to the PC?


texts: MacOS does not isolate the apps in the secondary monitor through each Desktop

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I work with MacOS - El Capitan

Furthermore I have Windows 10 and Ubuntu Desktop working with multi desktops. I know how create a new one and how move through them

An important observation is that for each laptop is that each one has a secondary monitor. I am able to open any application (editor, window explorer or finder, terminal console, an IDE - etc) and move it to the secondary monitor. Therefore some applications are in the primary monitor and others in the secondary monitor.

The point here is, for each Desktop, I am able to have in the primary and secondary monitors any application. If I pass through these Desktops each Desktop respects and keeps isolated the same set of applications opened and distributed through the primary and secondary monitors from the beginning. Again it for each Desktop.

Problem: all the content (app) opened in the secondary monitor is shared through all the workspaces, therefore the apps are not isolated through each workspace.

How to fix this?