texts: Resetting screen brightness setting in touchbar MacBook Pro during boot

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Due to a series of unfortunate events, my 2018 15” MacBook Pro found itself out of battery and with screen brightness set to zero.

I should also mention that I have FileVault full disk encryption enabled, so there’s the intermediate boot step that asks you for your password before fully booting the computer, running apps and (presumably) whatever it is that draws the brightness button in the touchbar.

Basically, when the computer booted, the screen looked like it was completely blank, and the only thing on the touchbar was the Esc key (in particular, no brightness button). I initially panicked, and tried to reset the SMC, but it made no difference. After a while, I figured out that only the backlight was off, so shining a light into the display allowed to figure out what was being drawn on the screen, and from there I got the computer to boot — with enormous difficulty.

However, the process would have been much easier if I could have reset the brightness to a more usable level.

Given that the brightness button on the touchbar is unavailable before boot, what can I do to adjust screen brightness before the computer fully boots?


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I want to use launchd to run bindfs commands at login, as root. I have a plist in /Library/LaunchAgents/loginsftpjailmount.plist (with chmod 600) and a shell script in /usr/local/bin/loginsftpjailmount.sh.

I should start by saying it works - if I change the bash script to run

mkdir /Users/Me/Desktop/itworks

then it successfully creates the directory "itworks", both on login and by running

sudo launchctl load /Library/launchAgents/loginsftpjailmount.plist

And the folder created is owned by root and I have to type in my password to delete it. When I manually run the bash script from the terminal using sudo, the bindfs command works.

So to summarize - I know the script works. I know the plist works. I know they work together with launchd. But the bindfs command doesn't run! I checked the system log with

sudo grep com.user /var/log/system.log

and it says it exits with error 127 (com.user is part of the label for my plist). I searched online and none of the solutions for error 127 work for me. For reference, two plists I have used are:

<?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>com.user.loginitem</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
    <string>bash</string>
    <string>-c</string>
    <string>bash -c "bindfs /Volumes/BRIGHTRED/ServedDocuments /sftpjail/Documents"</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>

and also

<?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>com.user.loginitem</string>
        <key>Program</key>
        <string>/usr/local/bin/loginsftpjailmount.sh</string>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <true/>
    </dict>
</plist>


texts: Problem with suggested solution to Searching People in Photos 3.0 and 4.0

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I have created a Smart Album as suggested in a post dated Dec 30, 2018. However it does not work.
It brings back thousands of photos which are clearly tagged with the persons name and they do show up in the relevant People album. Any other ideas how to locate photos with unidentified people in them?


texts: Can I bypass the error 3194 when downgrading from iOS 6 to 5.1.1 on a locked Verizon iPhone 4S?

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TLDR: When downgrading from iOS6 to 5.1.1, even with a standard .ipsw file and modified .hosts file (or TinyUmbrella), I get the error 3194 in iTunes. Help?

I recently purchased a used iPhone 4S which is locked to Verizon. This is a problem, as I'm in Canada, and the international Verizon plans are expensive. I need to unlock.

The second problem is that the phone came with iOS6 installed on it. Although I was told that it was a beta, I was also told it was official (Grand Master build), and in any case, I managed to (somehow) wipe out and reinstall the official iOS 6 from iTunes.

Since I don't have the original OS, I downloaded 5.1.1 4S from Redmond Pie. Unsure if this was the stock iOS, I downloaded it (again) from another source, and the two binaries are the same -- leading me to believe that this is an original iOS 5.1.1 image.

Steps I took to install iOS 5.1.1:

Close iTunes
Turn off the phone
Edit the .hosts file (to add the Cydia IP, or remove it, or launch TinyUmbrella)
Save changes (if applicable)
Open up iTunes
Boot my phone in recovery mode (shows a "plug in to iTunes" graphic)
Let iTunes figure out my phone is in recovery mode
Shift-Click "recover" and select the image
Watch until it reaches the step about verifying the ipsw file is from Apple
Observe an error 3194

To spell out my permutations explicitly, for step #4, I have tried:

Adding the IP for Cydia
Commenting out the IP for Cydia
Removing the IP for Cydia
Running Umbrella 6.00.0000 and 6.00.0001

I'm not sure what to do next to downgrade.


texts: El Capitan: After upgrade Mac won't connect to CardDAV-server

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I run my own CalDAV/CardDAV-server to synchronize all my calendar events and contacts across my devices. Everything was working fine until I upgraded to El Capitan a few days ago.

Now Addressbook can't connect to the CardDAV-server anymore. After I checked the logfiles on my server, I figured out what the problem is: The setup assistant in System Preferences asks for the server address but actually saves a completely different (maybe standard) address, which then of course won't work.

Does someone know how to fix this? Maybe I can change the values via Terminal and change the settings there.

It also seems that these accounts don't sync properly via iCloud, which makes the account working fine on one machine and not working on the other machine. Of course I can't delete the synced account there and make a new one because then it will just move the problem between the machines.


texts: Is it possible Select and Autocopy in Mac

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I would like autocopy for every text that I select to avoid to do several CMD+C.

Is there any way or application to do this?


texts: Why are my preferences reset after restart with Mavericks?

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My desktop wallpaper, the desktop icons - the file preview icon goes away, my default sound device, all get reset back to the default after a restart.

I removed the com.apple.desktop.plist from the Library folder, but it still reset.

How can I fix this?


texts: Mac: internal microphone extremely hypersensitive

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Since I upgraded my MacBook Pro (Mid 2009, 15'') to macOS v10.11.6 a few months ago, my internal microphones are extremely hypersensitive. I already tried to go to System Preferences -> Audio and lower the level for the internal input. When the level is set to 0, there is no signal, but as soon as I heighten the level a bit, the audio signal is clipping at every sound.
USB-driven microphones and headset microphones work well.
Is there any way to reset the level/sensitivity of the internal microphones in order to avoid clipping? What might be the problem?


texts: How to upgrade an older Mac Mini to newest OS and newest firmware?

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I am having trouble to download the latest OS Update.
When I try to install the update using native mac features I get an error like

update couldn't be verified. While loading it was probably damaged...

So I tried command line.

softwareupdate -i -a

Result:

    Software Update Tool
Copyright 2002-2010 Apple

2018-05-26 20:12:49.918 softwareupdate[4498:4207] PackageKit: Missing bundle path, skipping: <bundle id="com.apple.XsanAdmin"></bundle>
2018-05-26 20:12:49.963 softwareupdate[4498:4207] PackageKit: Missing bundle path, skipping: <bundle id="com.apple.airport.airportutility"></bundle>

Downloading Mac OS X Update
Package failed: The operation couldn’t be completed. (SUSessionErrorDomain error 4.)

My Mac Mini has the following specs:
2 GB DDR 2 Memory
enough HDD Space
1,83 GHZ x2

Here all specs in german:

  Modellname:   Mac mini
  Modell-Identifizierung:   Macmini2,1
  Prozessortyp: Intel Core 2 Duo
  Prozessorgeschwindigkeit: 1,83 GHz
  Anzahl der Prozessoren:   1
  Gesamtanzahl der Kerne:   2
  L2-Cache: 2 MB
  Speicher: 2 GB
  Busgeschwindigkeit:   667 MHz
  Boot-ROM-Version: MM21.009A.B00
  SMC-Version (System): 1.19f0
  Seriennummer (System):    YM7350C8YL1
  Hardware-UUID:    00000000-0000-1000-8000-0016CBABF5B5

I am currently running on Version 10.7.4

What are my options?
Thank you in advance


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I have a recent iPod touch (just over 1 year old).
I have an audio file from a voice recorder I'd like to load to it. The audio is 2-1/2 hours, a voice recording, but when copied to iTunes, it shows as a song. And when the iPod is attached, via cable to the computer, there's no option to just choose individual songs. The file is too long to load to cloud. Similarly produced files were only 1-1/2 hours max, and went thru cloud just fine.

Any suggestion how to move the file to iPod?

Edit - Update - As I noted in the comment below, the 1:20 file transferred just fine. Today, I tried a file that was 1:30 (90 minutes) and it won't show as available to transfer. The simple ongoing solution, is to just break into multiple files, 80 minutes maximum. Which coincidently, lets me burn to CD if I wish.


texts: How do I remove a substring from system_profiler with a posible if then?

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In short, I’m writing a script that will check if a computer is a MacBook Pro or a MacBook Air and then I want to use the output as a variable.

Using

system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep “Model Name”

I can get Model Name: MacBook Pro but all I need is either “MacBook Pro” or “MacBook Air”

-oP in grep gives me an error. Another idea was to use find but I’m unsure how I’d use find if I’m not searching an actual file.


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UPDATE: Apple has now issued a supplemental update that's fixed this issue for me (and presumably the other issues caused by the original Safari 14 update).
As of a couple of weeks ago, none of my App Store apps will update (2015 MBP 15", Mojave 10.14.6). The Update button just spins for a bit, then stops. If I uninstall the app, I can reinstall it, but subsequent updates still fail.
The only abnormal Console output after I click Update appears to be:
AMSURLRequest: Failed to fetch GUID schemes from bag

I've signed out/in, deleted App Store caches from ~/Library/Caches and ~/Library/Containers, temp files from $TMPDIR../C/com.apple.appstore/, and even reinstalled Mojave, but the issue persists.
I see the same behaviour with the MAS in both the user and admin accounts on my system, although of course they're both logged into the MAS with the same Apple ID.
Any other ideas? (I'm not in a position to install Catalina at present, whether that's likely to fix it or not.)
Possibly-related observation: I tend to move 3rd-party (i.e. non-Apple) apps into a sub-folder of /Applications after I've installed them. This has never fazed the App Store before, but now as soon as I move an app away from /Applications, the App Store shows me the 'download' icon rather than the Open button, as if it thinks the app has been uninstalled. (Yet, it still shows me update notifications for that app, and for others that I've previously moved.)


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I am using OS X Yosemite 10.10.3. In the Language & Region preferences, I clicked Advanced and set my clock format to 0-23:08.
However, the clock in the menu bar and in the Date & Time preferences is displayed with the . separator instead of :. The dot seems to be the default for my language format (which is wrong, we use :). Furthermore, if I modify the contents of com.apple.menuextra.clock.plist, they are overridden as soon as I restart SystemUIServer or relogon. For example:

defaults write com.apple.menuextra.clock DateFormat -string 'H:mm'
killall SystemUIServer
defaults read com.apple.menuextra.clock

results in

{
    DateFormat = "HH.mm";
    FlashDateSeparators = 0;
    IsAnalog = 0;
}

How can I change the clock separator?


texts: Is Whited00r safe? If I use it to install iOS 7, can I restore to iOS 4?

texts: I have the iPod 2nd gen and it is pretty much useless as I cannot update to IOS 7 from 4.2, BUT there is this program called whited00r which lets you update to IOS 7. Apparently it has worked with people- so, is it safe and if I do install IOS 7 and it doesnt work, can I revert back to IOS 4?


texts: What can one expect from coupling a 16:10 signal to a 16:9 monitor?

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The highest external monitor resolution supported by my Macbook Pro is 2560x1600.

What would I expect if I upgraded from my 1920x1200 external monitor to a 3840x2160 monitor? Those monitors are just making it into a reasonable price point.

The 3840x2160 resolution will of course not be an option, but is there a lower resolution that will give me a better picture than what I see in 1920x1200? This measure of quality is absolutely objective, BTW (and very easy to see by a seasoned eye).

I understand that I would be able to use 1920x1080, doubling vertically and horizontally twice. I'm guessing the resulting picture quality would be worse than with a native 1920x1200.

Perhaps a mode close to 2560x1440 or 2560x1600 would be possible. If yes, how ugly will the interpolation be?

If 24" or 27" 16:10 monitors were available at any resolution above 1920, I would have jumped on the chance, but somehow all monitor manufacturers decided that 16:9 (which is really suited for TVs, not for computer monitors) are the ones to build. The 30" size is simply too large.


texts: Too many activated fonts - identify those in use and remove/archive others

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Is there a way in Font Book to identify which (non-system) fonts are currently activated and required by Applications AND vice-versa which can be safely disabled (or removed from /Font folders?
Looking to significantly reduce the Font options in dropdown menu for FCPX and other Apps.


texts: exporting numbers 09 to excel with photos in spreadsheet

texts: When I export my numbers spreadsheet with photos in the column the photos do not transfer when I import it into excel. How can I do this?


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I have an iPad 1 with iOS 5. This is a "Picture Frame" mode which sports the following features:

Start slideshow from lock screen ("Flower" icon)
Show photo on whole screen with calm dissolve effect
Show photos in random order

A friend has a modern iPad with iOS 11. Here, the "Picture Frame" mode seems to be gone. However, there is a "Play" button in the photo album. This is how it works:

Start slideshow from inside photo album
Show collage of photos with various hefty effects
Show photos in sequential order (Starts at beginning every time)

How can I make a modern iPad show photos like the old iPad, ie. on the whole screen, with a subtle transition effect, and most importantly, in random order?


texts: Back up Mac using CarbonCopyCloner with command line only?

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Background:

I never expected to have only command line access to my Mac, but the day has arrived!  :)  Due to a video card problem, any attempt to boot the normal OS or recovery partition results in a kernel panic.  However, I can boot into Single User mode!  (The screen has a bunch of green horizontal lines through it every other pixel, but it is still readable.)

I have checked and verified that my data is intact.  I have a Genius Bar appointment to get the video card replaced.

I have a couple of backup drives on which I have CarbonCopyCloner backups of my computer, however these are out of date.

I want to back up my Mac from the Single User Mode command line using CarbonCopyCloner before I take it for the video card replacement.

(I found this link on the ccc tool, but I don't have ccc 4.)

Questions are:

How can I use CarbonCopyCloner 3.5.7 from the Single User Mode command line to update one of my full backups before I take the machine in for service?
If this can't be done from the command line with this version of CCC, how else could I back up all data before taking it in for service (from Single User mode)?


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I'm running a MacBook Air with Catalina 10.15.7 and Safari 14.0.  My homepage is DuckDuckGo but when I click on the homepage icon I get apple.com.  While the page is loading the URL is apple.com/startpage but the finished URL is just apple.com  I have no Profiles icon in System Preferences.  The homepage in System Preferences shows https://www.duckduckgo.com.  I have tried changing it but it goes back to duckduckgo and still opens with apple.com (BTW the apple.com page is an ad for iPhone 12).  This started 2 days ago.  I have used finder to search for numerous known adware sites but nothing has been found.
I am not a computer techie, but I can follow directions if anyone can lead me in the right direction. Thanks for your help.  A picture of my Safari preferences is included.  I have no extensions and have forced quit Safari with no positive results


texts: Is it possibile .zshrc is not available in ~?

texts: I can’t find the file zshrc in my user home folder, is it possible it doesn’t exist and I have to create it as a new file? I use zsh as default shell on macOS 11.2.3


texts: Are the photos I share using the Photos app not really shared?

texts: When I share a photo to iCloud using the Photos app, subsequent edits to the photo in my library seem not so sync with the shared photo. Has sharing created a new copy of my photo?


texts: how reduce the size of all photos in my iPhoto library?

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My iPhoto libary is 58 Gigs.  They are all snapshots, nothing professional.  Most of the photos were taken at 12megapixels because that's the default setting on the camera.

I'm sure they will all look fine if they were reduced to 5megapixels.

Is there a way in iPhoto to reduce the size of all photos in the Library to smaller?


texts: All USB sticks mount as readonly, FAT32 or VFAT. Rebooting mounts them read-write

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I'm using Mac OS 10.12.6 Sierra.
Recently I've found that whenever I (rarely) reach for a usb stick to transfer images or files, they mount readonly for me. I can't seem to figure out how to mount them read-write, or what causes this.

Also the main solution I found has been to reboot the macbook pro 15 and then it'll use usb sticks normally as read-write.

It seems something to do with waking from deep sleep… but I'd like to find a way to kick it into "normal operation" without rebooting. OR to prevent it from abnormal behavior to begin with.


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I was reading this news, and it got me thinking: will this be a hard setting or configurable?

How can I configure or understand how this works so I can work with services that recognize my MAC address for authentication.


texts: marking iCal events as private and sync it with exchange, windows mobile

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I am using Outlook/Exchange at work and iCal at home. I have one Outlook/iCal calender for all my appointments (both home and work). I sync between outlook and iCal using my windows mobile 6.5 phone, currently testing The Missing Sync.

I need my colleagues to see my private events in the (shared) outlook/exchange calender at work. They have to see when I am not available but for private events they must not see WHY I am not available and what kind of private event that is.

How can I

create a private event in iCal that
when synched with my phone an later
also with outlook is still marked as
private,
see in iCal whether something is marked as private?

Has anyone figured out a workflow for this scenario? Maybe using something else than The Missing Sync or some plugin (preferably without pushing anything to the cloud)?


texts: How to tell Google Chrome to use my Keychain

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Background:

Story: A colleague of mine told me about 1Password and it seems good to me. I am always trying to use tools which Mac OS X itself gives me, so I've given the Keychain a try. It seems satisfying, but I don't know how to tell Google Chrome to use my specific keychain. I need it to separate saved stuff for work and for private (syncing private to work, but separated from work data).

Stuff:

Google Chrome 21.0.1180.57 (Fully updated)
Mac OS X Lion (Fully updated)
OS X Mountain Lion (Fully updated)

Question:
How do I tell to Chrome to use a specific keychain and to save data from/to this keychain?


texts: Apache not working with user Sites folder on macOS 10.13 High Sierra

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I have followed this guide to set-up Apache on High Sierra: https://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/get-apache-mysql-php-and-phpmyadmin-working-on-macos-sierra/

I used it to set it up on Sierra.

But when I go to http://localhost/~scott/ I get "Forbidden. You don't have permission to access /~scott/ on this server."

A suggestion on this similar question: localhost / userdir on macOS High Sierra is to load vhosts. Which I've tried, but still get "Forbidden".

Has anything changed between Sierra and High Sierra which would be preventing Apache from working with user Sites folders?


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I can't get my 2012 13" MacBook Pro to standby (note: NOT regular sleep, see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4392).

My pmset -g results are:

Active Profiles:
Battery Power       -1
AC Power        -1*
Currently in use:
 standbydelay   1800
 standby    1
 womp       0
 halfdim    0
 panicrestart   157680000
 hibernatefile  /var/vm/sleepimage
 sms        0
 networkoversleep   0
 disksleep  0
 sleep      0
 hibernatemode  3
 ttyskeepawake  0
 displaysleep   10
 acwake     0
 lidwake    1

Anyone has any idea what might go wrong which would prevent standby? Note: regular sleep works fine, but it does not enter standby after a period of time. I also reset the PRAM and SMC.


texts: I'm not sure if this is the appropriate area to post my question. But I am wondering how can I mount a MacBook Pro mid 2007 HDD on Debian Linux. My MacBook bombed out on me and now I need to attempt to recover some data on the hard drive. What hardware do I need to hook it up through USB and should read privileges be enough to copy from drive to else where?


texts: MacVim -- switch to tab where file is opened if trying to open an already-opened file

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Over the course of the day, I often open many tabs/windows open in MacVim, I forget exactly which files I've opened etc.

Then when I try to open a file I have already opened somewhere, I get something like the following:

So I have to go look for where I opened the file before, which is annoying (I have to go through all windows one-by-one to find its tab).

Is there a way to make MacVim just close the tab where I last opened the file automatically when I try to open the file again?


texts: Can't assign some apps to a desktop .. what's wrong?

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Usually, when I right-click on an app in the dock, I can assign it to a specific desktop/space. However, there are some apps where I don't have this option. (I've noticed it for CrashPlan and Paintcode.)

What's wrong?

Is there some config option on my Mac for that or is it something that the App developers have to do to enable this?


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When I click on the tab Purchases in the Mac App Store, I'm missing purchases that I've never removed.

How can I get them back to show in the purchase history?


texts: OS X's "free" or "/proc/meminfo" equivalent

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OS X lacks the "Linux-friendly" free or /proc/meminfo.

What would be the most reliable and backwards-compatible way of extracting this info:

Current free memory, in bytes

Going back as far as possible in terms of OS versions, without requiring extensions like ports, brew, etc.


texts: Substitue Escape for Control U in Terminal

texts: I would like to change bash keybinding so that the Escape key has the same effect as Control U. For example, if I tap the Escape key, the current Terminal command will be cleared out (which is what Control U does). How can I specify both the Escape key and the Control modifier when writing a new key definition in my .bash_profile?


texts: How do I store an automator action in version control (git)?

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I just created an Automator 'application' action and it works fine but I want to have version control of it.

Automator creates a bundle that seems to be a bunch of XML and resources which is a pretty crappy way to manage software source code.

Is there a way to do this?  Or should I be creating a 'regular' AppleScript instead of an Automator action?


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I want to install TexMaker 4.5 on Mac OS X 10.9.5. On the official page, I clicked on Texmaker 4.5 for MacosxLion (64 bits) and opened the folder that is downloaded. It contains the application texmaker.

I double-clicked it and made a small MWE. If I want to compile it, it says

Could not start the command.
"pdflatex" -syntex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex

What should I do? Do I have to install LaTeX separately befor installing a compiler?

Update

I have installed LaTeX separately according to Monomeeth's answer below. Apparently, TexMaker 4.5 did not find them or it was not the correct version.

Next, I installed a version of MacTex manually according to this site, namely the 2016 version. Now TexMaker 4.5 is able to compile a file.


texts:
Why would my "Show Safari Develop menu" option be grayed out and not clickable? I've tried to find steps to enable it, but they all simply say click on the checkbox. Do I need to log in and change permission settings somewhere?
Safari Version 13.1.2 (14609.3.5.1.5) running on a Macbook Air
macOS Mojave version 10.14.6 (18G6020)


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I have a 2009 MacBook Pro 15". I woke up one day, but my Mac didn't. I was getting nothing but a blank screen so I tried to shut it down a reboot it. Now it won't boot up.. I get the white screen as it tried to boot and th processing bar starts to fill up, but it never finishes. I have been told it's the hard drive.

I am ready to install a new SSD Samsung evo 850 drive, but how am I supposed to install the OS? Design is no longer my main career and I don't need a lot of the programs and extra stuff I once had. I also have most everything saved in the cloud so I would rather start fresh and not transfer the old OS over.

What are my options?


texts: remove old drive from Time Machine backup

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My old HDD died, I restored data to a new one, but now I have two versions of backup: new and old
The name was MyVolume, in Time Machine I have now MyVolume and MyVolume1

I already tried tmutil addexclusion and exclusions in Time Machine options
I tried to rename my new HDD, tried to use another empty HDD with the same name
but this old backup is still there

How can I remove one of it?


texts: Mac Pro with fresh install of Ubuntu Server 14 will not boot

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I installed Ubuntu Server 14 on my Mac Pro and now after a successful installation, when I tried to reboot it, the computer chimes like a Mac always does, but does not load any further.  Normally I would see a grey screen then code as ubuntu loads and finally I would be prompted with a password.

It does non of that, any idea why this would be, I had Ubuntu 12 running great however quite a few corrupt files caused the upgrade to 14 to fail, and I erased the harddrive back to empty, and did a fresh install of 14.  Everything seemed to go just fine until now.

What can or should I do to try and fix this.

EDIT: I now see the grey screen but then nothing happens after that


texts: Accessing specific version of Java in Safari

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I am using Safari 12 running on macOS Mojave 10.14. The Web based VM detects the installed version of Java on my Mac as 1.5. For my particular needs version 1.6 is required.

I have installed the latest JRE 1.8. I also tried to install the JDK 11 (could not find only the JRE).

At the moment, on my Mac, I have Java 1.6, 1.8 and 11 in the folder /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines.

At the same time, I have a JavaAppletPlugin installed in /Library/Internet Plug-ins/ folder, but I don't know from which version.

In System Preferences, I have the Java item, but there is no option to add multiple paths to Java, like it used to be before, and only Java 1.8 seems to be recognized.

How do I tell Safari to use a more recent version of Java?


texts:
I was finally happy to be retiring my Early 2011 Macbook Pro, and upgrading to one of the newer force touch rMBP. But when the package arrived today, I noticed that it has a dent under the chassis.

I haven't used the laptop, or even turned it on, but the seller won't accept returns on eBay. Common sense would suggest getting in touch with Apple, but I'm not sure if this is covered under warranty.

What are my options right now?

Some pictures:


texts: OS X El Capitan and older not available on App Store?

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So it turns out I can not install Sierra because I have a Mid2009 Macbook Pro. I wanted to update to El Capitan, but it turns out its no longer available on the app store?

Any ideas, how to get El Capitan?


texts: How can I specify a drive in Applescript without the drive name?

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I had a main system drive on my iMac named "Macintosh HD" and wrote my scripts to reference files on that drive.  For instance, to get to my library directory, I had "Macintosh HD:Users:me:Documents:Dev:AppleScript:" as the full path.
The problem is that I'm having drive issues and need to replace my drive before it goes bad.  To keep track, I cloned my original system drive ("Macintosh HD") to "System Temp," which is connected by USB.  I can afford to use this drive for a few days, but need to return it to a server as soon as I can.  Early this week I'll be getting a new drive that will be the long term replacement drive, named, "System."
I don't want to name each drive "Macintosh HD" because that makes it hard for me to keep track of them, but I'd like to keep the scripts working throughout the process.
How can I, in Applescript, specify a pathname to a drive without using the HD name?  If it's the main HD, what is the equivalent of the Linux form of "/" for the root file system, so I'd use "/home/me" to get to my home directory?  Is there some way to do something like "::Users:me" instead?  I just want to be able to tell Applescript something like, "This is on the main system drive," or, "Use the boot drive."
I tried a lot of possible alternatives and none worked.


texts: how do I get my iPhone contacts onto my new MacBook Pro, so that I can send iMessages from my computer, instead of my phone?

texts: I just bought another MacBook Pro and I want to send and receive text messages from my mac instead of my iPhone. How do I get my MacBook Pro to sync with my iPhone as it used to on my old MacBook?


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Until recently, I left my iMac (27" late 2009) on all the time. I now want to sleep it when not in use, but also wake it remotely via my AirPort Extreme. All this is working fine. The iMac is set to sleep after 6 minutes.

I have an AppleTV 3 and when powered on (but sleeping) it causes the iMac to wake every ten minutes. greping for wake in system.log shows a bonjour service connection approximately every 10 minutes. After lots of mDNS debugging I narrowed it down to the AppleTV (there are iPads and phones and other Macs around, it wasn't my first thought). Unplugging the AppleTV proved this - the iMac has been asleep for 8 hours now.

I do have home sharing enabled. This is pretty much all it's used for.

Has anyone come across this before and know what's going on?


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I am aware of the Script Editor menu. That is not what I'm looking for.

Is there a way to run an Applescript from the menu bar? I can save it as a file and run it from the Script Editor menu, and I can save it as an application and stick it in my dock. Is there a file format that allows it to run from the menu bar, as many applications do? Or a way to edit the code that does the same thing?


texts: iTerm2 - zsh - keep history of commands when opening a new pane

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with zsh on MacOS Catalina, when I split my current window of iTerm2 by opening a new pane, I would like to be able to keep in this new pane the history of commands of previous pane (which is still opened).

Here my current config into ~/.zshrc :

# History
export HISTFILE="$HOME/.zsh_history"
HISTSIZE=10000000
export SAVEHIST=$HISTSIZE
# Avoid duplicates
#setopt HIST_IGNORE_ALL_DUPS
# Remove duplicates in history
function remove_duplicates() {
   echo "$(history 0 | sort -k2 -k1nr | \
   uniq -f1 | sort -n | cut -c8-)" > $HISTFILE
}
remove_duplicates();
setopt inc_append_history

# When the shell exits, append to the history file instead of overwriting it
shopt -s histappend

What is missing or what did I do wrong in this config ?

and Just a question : when I open a new pane, did ~/.zshrc file is executed (I mean sourced like source ~/.zshrc) ?


texts: Is there a way to permanently erase all the data on iCloud or some category, or once stored is the data always available on iCloud, with no option to delete permanently?


texts: Is there a way to prevent access to the Preferences menu in Safari in OS X?

texts:
I am looking for a way to deny the access to the Preferences settings of Safari in OS X. Similar (hidden) options are already available for the Finder, where you can hide the preferences menu with the following command:

defaults write com.apple.finder ProhibitFinderPreferences -bool true

I am asking, because I want to prevent any changes within the Extensions section in Safari by family members.


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I need to prevent a Mac user from deleting some files, so my idea is disable the user to sudo to the root user. I tested it in Terminal, it's OK there:

dst49700:salt ttest$ ls -al /etc/salt/111
-rw-------  1 root  wheel  0 Apr 20 16:54 /etc/salt/111
dst49700:salt ttest$ rm /etc/salt/111
override rw-------  root/wheel for /etc/salt/111? y
rm: /etc/salt/111: Permission denied

The staff group's user ttest can not delete this file.

But it's very strange: when I tested it in Finder, I dragged it to the Trash, I needed to enter a password and after that, the file had been moved to Trash.

Why can I move it to Trash without permission? Nobody can delete it, except root, can somebody help me or tell me a better idea to prevent a user from deleting a file?


texts: How can I set an environment variable each time I connect to a VPN?

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Every time I connect to a VPN I need to extract my IP adress from ifconfig and manually update it in an rc-file accordingly.

I would like to automate this process. I.e. once connected to the VPN and the IP for the tun0 device got assigned, I would like to write said IP to the environment variable $VPN_IP.

Question: How can I automatically detect that the system is connected to a vpn, that tun0 has an IP address, and update the environment variable accordingly?

Extracting the IP from ifconfig output is the easiest part. But how do I conveniently detect the network state change on OSX? launchd? Automator script? Something totally different?


texts: Plex: Thumbnails are loaded but videos do not play; spinner stays on screen indefinitely

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Whether it is a Movie, Home Movie or TV Show, the thumbnails appear successfully, which means a connection to the Plex server running on my Mac is established.

However, when I try to play any video, the spinner appears and keeps on spinning but a video never plays.

This seems to be a common issue but so far I have been unable to find a solution.

Samsung TV UN60F8000

Plex for Samsung 2.003

Mac OS X 10.10.4


texts: iTunes 12.2 broke the shared library feature from Mac to Windows

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My music is stored on my iMac, and I also have a PC with windows that I use for video games, I leave iTunes opened on my iMac when I'm on my PC so that I can listen to songs while gaming.

Here's my iTunes Sharing preferences on my iMac

The shared playlist appears on my PC, as you can see here

But clicking on it only shows a spinning indicator and then gives up after about 20 seconds, not showing the library on my iMac.

Yes, both iTunes versions are exactly 12.2 on each machine, and this only happens since 12.2. Sharing my library worked fine before this update.


texts: Cannot ping between OS X on wireless LAN

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Macbook Pro OSX 10.10.5, Late 2013 model. Firewall entirely off (Stealth mode is certainly off). Three Macbook Pro’s wirelessly connected to the same wireless network (WPA/WPA2 Personal) under the same netmask with one and only wireless router (192.168.0.1).

Mac 1: inet 192.168.0.101 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
Mac 2: inet 192.168.0.105 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
Mac 3: inet 192.168.0.119 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255

If ping each other, one will receive a permanent Request timeout for icmp_seq. If ping a random non-exist address (192.168.0.188), I get No route to host after Request timeout for icmp_seq. If any OS X ping the router (192.168.0.1), then it gets all packets transmitted and received with 0.0% loss.

From the results I assume the OS X can ping router and the router tries to transmit the packet if the IP exist,


texts: \u2018 includes a whitespace character under Mac OS X

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Regardless of whether I use the GNU version of printf--and regardless of whether I'm using the \u2018 escape sequence in printf or in nodejs's console.log--the unicode character ‘ is always interpreted as the character with a space following it.

Any ideas on how to get this behavior to stop?


texts: How to make CarPlay and Google maps coexist peacefully

texts:
The 2018 Subaru I bought has a "Starlink" media center that supports CarPlay. I have an iPhone 7, tethered to the player by USB. For various reasons I strongly prefer Google Maps to Apple Maps. However, if I'm playing anything in the foreground (radio, podcast) and Google Maps interrupts it with spoken instructions, the media doesn't resume playing afterward.

The problem doesn't happen when using Apple Maps.

There's very little documentation about how CarPlay, apps, and the media center co-operate. I was wondering if anyone could enlighten me as to how to make CarPlay work in this situation.


texts: MBP 2011: external displays not detected automatically

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My late-2011 13" MacBook Pro generally doesn't automatically detect external displays. At work or at home, I plug it to either a 23" Cinema Display (2005) or a 24" LG display using a Mini DisplayPort / DVI adapter.

Sometimes auto-detection of the display works out-of-the-box (notably, the first time I plug a display after a reboot), but most of the time I need to manually click "Detect Displays" in system preferences.

My two monitors work perfectly, my MDP/DVI adapter works too (confirmed by cross-testing with other Macs, other displays, other adapters). The problem only comes from my MacBook.

Does anyone experiences the same issue?

Model: 13" MacBookPro8,1 (late-2011)
MacOS: 10.7.3 (11D50 -- problem occurs since 10.7.0)
Graphics card: Intel HD Graphics 3000
Software that might affect the issue: iScreen 3.0.0 (even though the problem also occurs with iScreen uninstalled).


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My Mac show disk full and realized that I can use only 100 GB (Out of 500 GB).
I checked Storage and realized that there are a lot of space for "Other Volume in Container".

So I check diskutil list in terminal and found below

I know APFS Volume disk1s5 and disk1s6 but I am not sure what is disk1s1.
It is not visualized it in DiskUtil also. Does someone know how to increase available volume?
Or how to delete that disk1s1 volume?
Below is the command result from "diskutil apfs list"

Thank you!


texts: Macbook pro 2013 disable trackpad input completely

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I want to completely disable my trackpad, from startup if possible.

The trackpad on my 2013 macbook pro is not working properly anymore. Click/Tap does not register and neither alternate click. I believe the trackpad is in a "always clicking" state because hovering over elements that usually change their color is not triggered either.

Connecting a mouse, even with “Ignore built-in trackpad when mouse or wireless trackpad is present” option enabled, is not working either, the mouse click does not register, only right click works.

Only way I managed to make my mouse work properly was disabling some kexts ( I dont remember which ) and then restarting the computer with the mouse plugged in already. However, after removing the mouse and plugging it back again, it stopped working.

I don't have any possibility to go to a service due to the current situation, so I am looking for any temporary workaround that will allow me to use a mouse.


texts: UK MBA keyboard layout vs Apple external keyboard layouts

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This question is not about remapping keyboard layouts and different languages. This is about the actual differences in the physical location of keys.

My June 2011 UK Macbook Air has the same keyboard layout I'm used to from previous Macbooks - a double height return key and the backtick/tilde key inbetween left-shift and Z.

I recently got to Australia and bought an external keyboard in the Apple store, not realising the physical layout would be different. The keyboard looks like this:

http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MB110Z/B

I want to get an external keyboard which matches my Macbook Air - which I guess would be the external wireless keyboard. Unfortunately, even the Apple Store suggests the layout of the "British" one is not what I'm expecting:

http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MC184B/B

Can anyone explain if/when the keyboards changed? Is is possible for me to get an external keyboard with the same layout as my MBA?

Thanks y'all


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I received a Mac from a friend. When I tried booting, the Mac displayed a blinking folder with a question mark. So, I restarted the Mac with the option key pressed which booted to internet recovery. From OS X Utilities, I chose ReInstall OS X, but could not select an installation disk. I went back to OS X Utilities and opened the Disk Utility application. Below is the displayed structure.

500.11 GB Media
   Main //partition and also greyed out
SuperDrive //greyed out
   disk1
      Mac OS X Base System

I tried selecting 500.11 GB Media and first aid, then repair disk executed and reported no errors.

I think the problem is the 500.11 GB Media is not mounted, but the mount option at the top of the Disk Utility window is greyed out.
I also tried erasing with Mac OS Extended (Journaled) selected. After starting to erase, an error message occurred:

  Could not mount disk0s2 with name Untitled after erase

How do I install macOS on the disk ?


texts: I have 3 old Apple ID's that I used to purchase music. After upgrading to a new phone there are many songs I can't play because they are from the old ID's. Apple doesn't recognize them any more. How can I retrieve my music and authorize my latest phone to download the songs?


texts: FileVault 2 caches main password even after power off?

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I had set up FileVault 2 encryption while using long&strong user password, and later changed user password to a shorter one. At first time it seemed like everything is working as I expect: OS X asks for long password at power on (because this password was used to encrypt everything), and later I can unlock my gear with shorter password.

But today I noticed that I can use short password even after the system was powered down. This seems very suspicious! Why did it happen and how can I make sure that when powered off, the system is protected by the long password?

I'm using OS X Mavericks 10.9.4.


texts: How do I reset iCloud for a particular user?

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I can get into the App Store from two other users on the same computer - a Mac Mini.

However, when I attempt to go to App Store, or iCloud on USER1 I get the message "there is an error signing into the Apple server." When I then logon as either USER2 or USER3, there is no problem.

What can I do to fix/reset/restore/redo whatever so I can go to the App Store and also use iCloud with USER1.


texts: Every time I restart the computer or just Finder app the Macintosh HD folder will be resized to the default size without remember my configuration. Why? Does someone know how to fix this?


texts:
Airport Disk -  How can I access it over the Internet without iCloud or Back to my Mac?

I have enabled the "access disk over WAN" option but when I try the ip nothing happens.

The ip is correct, I always have the same one and I've used it to connect remotely to my desktop.

Anyone? I've read somewhere Apple disabled this?!

PS. I've already read this Access disk attached to Airport Extreme over internet? and it does not fix my issue?


texts: Possibility of getting HealthKit data from third-party sensors in real-time?

texts: I have heard that HealthKit can be used to gather health-related data using the iPhone’s sensors in real-time, and I know that there are several third-party wearable biometric sensors that can interface with iOS and are supposed to be compatible with HealthKit (but it’s not clear to me whether that means they’re compatible with HealthKit itself or just the Health app). What I want to know is: does the HealthKit API provide a (relatively simple) way to access data from these external sensors in real-time as they're coming in? Or is it really only designed to do that for sensors that are already in the iOS device itself?


texts: Missed calls appearing on two different phones

texts:
One of my phones is an iPhone SE and another an iPhone 5S.

When you go to phone.app -> Recents the same calls appear on both devices.

They are both on the same Apple ID so this is probably why.

In iCloud Settings I found no option to disable this.

How can this be stopped without changing Apple ID's on one device?


texts: storeassetd keeps crashing repeatedly. Cannot open Mac App Store

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When I try to open the Mac App Store, I always get a blank screen with a loading animation. I tried resetting NVRAM settings, but it didn't help.

I examined the console logs and found that a demon named 'storeassetd' is crashing repeatedly every few seconds. Here is the crash report:

Process:               storeassetd [5481]
Path:                  /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CommerceKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/storeassetd
Identifier:            storeassetd
Version:               ???
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           storeassetd [5481]
User ID:               501

Date/Time:             2016-11-22 19:07:41.182 -0800
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.11.6 (15G1108)
Report Version:        11
Anonymous UUID:        53B9A111-7B8D-E1E2-448D-D7BE42CDA6AA

Sleep/Wake UUID:       1B24A29E-A8DE-4A4F-9928-A5A98B1ED870

Time Awake Since Boot: 3100 seconds
Time Since Wake:       300 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread:        0

Exception Type:        EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Application Specific Information:
dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries

Dyld Error Message:
  Symbol not found: _kDefaultsMajorOSUpdateNotificationDelayKey
  Referenced from: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CommerceKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/storeassetd
  Expected in: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/StoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/StoreFoundation
 in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CommerceKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/storeassetd

Due to this issue, I'm not able to install any new apps from the App Store. My last option is to reinstall the OS, but I wanted to check if there is any other way to fix this issue.

Thanks.


texts: Can't fix an user account in Mavericks (frozen)

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My regular user account on my Macbook Pro running Mavericks froze and I had to shut down the computer with the power button, but every time I restart the computer and login my user account it freezes and doesn't respond to any command. It stays with the spinning beachball and does not respond to any menu (not even force quit).
I have already tried safe boot, restart in recovery mode, checked the hard disk and permissions with disk utility and still have the same problem: can't use any programme on my user account. When logging with other user account the computer seems to work fine. Any thoughts on how to fix it? I need it fixed asap!!


texts: DefaultKeyBinding.dict: moveWordBackward: is not overridden on macOS Sierra

texts:
I've recently started using a new computer (actually a Hackintosh) with macOS Sierra. My previous development machine is still on El Capitan. In the process of setting up the new machine I've added ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict.

Most keybindings (specifically option+f for moving the cursor a word forward) work fine. However, option+b for moving the cursor a word back simply acts as a dead key and types a ˘ character.

The relevant section of DefaultKeyBindings.dict looks like this:

<key>~b</key>
<string>moveWordBackward:</string>

Adding this specifically to, e.g. TextMate's specific ~/Library/Application Support/TextMate/KeyBindings.dict file results in option+b working in TextMate, but obviously has no effect elsewhere:

<?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>~b</key>
    <string>moveWordBackward:</string>
</dict>
</plist>

How can I avoid having to change my habits with regard to moveWordBackward:?


texts: Why do I not have sufficient permissions to restore my Library folder?

texts:
My machine with Lion installed failed to wake from sleep the other day, and all sorts of nastiness was in evidence after a power-button shutdown and restart.

Not to worry, I thought, I'll use Time Machine (TM) to restore my Library folder to its pre-problem state and perhaps that will solve the problems. This seemed like a good idea, but TM refused to cooperate, informing me that the operation could not be completed because I did not have sufficient permissions to change my Library folder.

How could this be, since I operate with an Administrator account?

(As to restoring the machine to normality, it took two restarts into Safe mode to sort things out, at least to an acceptable extent — I've had to re-enter license details in several apps when they re-launched afterwards, and almost all my preferences had reverted to their default state.)


texts:
I have several .sit files (compressed directories photos or text documents) from from the early 00's that I encrypted under OS 9 (I think). I have the password. I've tried extracting these using the Unarchiver, but of course, I didn't expect it to work on the encrypted files.

Is there any way of decrypting and unstuffing these old files?


texts:
First, I'm sure this question has an answer somewhere, but I cannot find it.

Is there a way for my main computer to connect to a backup computer on startup? I want to run TimeMachine from the remote machine. The connection would be over the network.


texts: Unable to boot Mac. Single user mode not working

texts: I lost admin access when I tried to change user name on my Mac. I have entered into single user mode, entered all the commands suggested (including the spaces) and it isn't working. It continues to reboot with zero change. What can I do? I'm open to all suggestions.


texts: Is there a web inspector available on iOS?

texts:
To be abundantly clear, I'm looking for a web inspector (like Chrome's) that I can use on an iOS device like an iPad to debug web pages without a computer.

I'm aware that you can connect your phone to your laptop and do remote debugging, but that's not what I'm asking about.

Background: I'm a web programmer thinking of ditching my MacBook Pro for the new iPad Pro. I have my full dev environment setup on Nitrous, and I have a multitude of possible replacements for Sketch (like iDraw, though I've been bugging the Sketch team non-stop to announce an iOS version, as I would love to stay with Sketch if at all possible). The only thing I'm missing is a web inspector to use on the iPad itself to debug CSS & JS.

So, are there any such solutions out there for debugging web pages on iOS without a computer?


texts:
I have a problem whereby Mac A cannot ping the local network. It can ping the router, 192.168.1.1 but none of the machines on that network. Mac B works properly.

I am running yosemite 10.10 on both macs.
I've tried deleting the network settings and starting again (on Mac A)

This is also preventing (which) mac from discovering my SONOS network (which is or isn't different than the local network??).


texts: get a notification when my machine is pinged

texts:
I'd like to be able to be notified in any way (sound, notification, growl, etc) when someone pings my machine.

Is that possible?


texts: MacOS uninstalled after installing bootcamp during windows partioning

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my mac's macos was uninstalled during setting up a new partition in windows, reason is windows reformatted the partitions to its format, is there a way for me to re-install macos without losing all data on windows, which by the way doesnt even have bootcamp drivers installed
thanks!


texts: SmartNav + Windows 7 running on Boot Camp

texts: Is it possible to use SmartNav in a Windows 7 that runs on a MacBook Pro with Boot Camp? Ideally I would like to use it in a multi-monitor configuration.


texts: Your iPhone could not be activated because the activation server cannot be reached

texts: So yesterday I went to sleep and I saw an update. I didn't update since I couldn't be bothered, but when I woke up and turned on my iPhone it said update completed. But when I tried to activate it I get that message. I have an iPhone 7 plus and I've been using it for around 3.3 years. P.S the update I downloaded was IOS 13.3.1


texts: How do I sync games save data across different computers?

texts: Is there a way to continue saved games (e.g., Cave Story) across multiple machines? I.e., I play Cave Story on my iMac, but would occasionally like to pick up a saved game from my MacBook too. It would be awesome if I could use dropbox to do this.


texts: Spotlight keeps forgetting not to index BOOTCAMP partition

texts:
For special needs, I must mount BOOTCAMP partition as read-writable.

I also add BOOTCAMP partition into Spotlight Privacy because it needs not to be indexed.

But once every few days, Mac forgets about it and BOOTCAMP disappears from Spotlight Privacy.

Is there any workaround?


texts: TextEdit El Capitan file-transfer open file text missing

texts:
I'm trying to get started on a new work machine. Both my old and new machines are running El Capitan. My problem is when I try to move a ".txt" file from one computer to the other, via usb-stick, it keeps coming across blank(missing all text). I get this problem when transferring both directions. I've tried both UTF-8 format and using Automatic formatting. I've tried changing the permissions of the file after the fact, using "Get Info". None of this has given me any success.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks


texts: Connect to my mac from my Ubuntu failed!

texts:
I have turned on the remote login in system-preference, but I got this when I try to connect my mac from from my ubuntu. Any ideas?

$ ssh -vvv lakeat@129.74.164.130
OpenSSH_5.9p1 Debian-5ubuntu1.1, OpenSSL 1.0.1 14 Mar 2012
debug1: Reading configuration data /home/danny/.ssh/config
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for *
debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to 129.74.164.130 [129.74.164.130] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug3: Incorrect RSA1 identifier
debug3: Could not load "/home/danny/.ssh/id_rsa" as a RSA1 public key
debug1: identity file /home/danny/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
debug1: Checking blacklist file /usr/share/ssh/blacklist.RSA-2048
debug1: Checking blacklist file /etc/ssh/blacklist.RSA-2048
debug1: identity file /home/danny/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /home/danny/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: identity file /home/danny/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /home/danny/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1
debug1: identity file /home/danny/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_5.9
debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.9 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.9p1 Debian-5ubuntu1.1
debug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK
debug3: load_hostkeys: loading entries for host "129.74.164.130" from file "/home/danny/.ssh/known_hosts"
debug3: load_hostkeys: loaded 0 keys
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
Connection closed by 129.74.164.130


texts: How to type telnet escape character in OS X terminal

texts:
Escape character is '^]'.

How does one type that? On Finnish/Swedish keyboard  Alt-9 is ],
but Ctrl-Alt-9 gives just 9.

(For non-scandinavians, [] and {} are Alt-8/9 and Shift-Alt-8/9 respectively in SE/FI keyboard)


texts: iOS 7: call screen background photo bugged?

texts:
During a call to any contact, on call screen is displaying hard blurred image. This image is a user photo attached to its contact in address book. The issue is, that this photo is SAME on EVERY contact I call, no matter is there set photo on contact or not.

I have tryed to remove this image from contact it belongs to, but that doesn't do the trick, it still appear in ANY contact I called.

Any solution to remove or change this image?


texts: Calendar backup while away from time machine

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I am occasionally away from my time machine disk. During these periods I would still like to backup my calendar in case the hard disk (MacBook's) crashes.

Which file or directory should I copy to backup iCal's entries?

Edit

I am looking for a maintenance-free backup method (i.e. one that does not require me to think about it until something bad happens).

Might it be possible to sync iCal with a cloud-based (perhaps Google's) calendar? Is it possible afterwards to sync back into iCal?


texts: How to revoke "Always allow" privileges from an application?

texts:
The application I have in mind is the security command line tool bundled with Macos. The man page describes it as:

security -- Command line interface to keychains and Security framework

At some point recently I wanted to get a password from my keychain using the command-line. Which is done using the following command:

matt@laptop ~ $ security find-generic-password -a 'foobar'

The first time I ran it I saw the usual Always Allow, Deny, and Allow dialogue. I (foolishly) picked Always Allow and now I can't find how/where to undo that.

I've looked using Keychain Access to see if the security tool appears there but it doesn't. The closest thing I could find was an entry for CommCenter but it was last modified before I ever used the security command.


texts: Firefox vs Chrome: how to open new tabs in foreground or background with same meta keys?

texts:
The Request

How can I make the same meta keys between Firefox and Chrome do the same thing?

In my macOS, currently in my environment (<click> = "mouse left click on weblink"), the following "open new weblink in new tab" keyboard behavior is inconsistent between Firefox and Chrome.

Chrome

open new-web-page tab in foreground: cmd-shift-<click>
open new-web-page tab in background: cmd-<click>

Firefox

open new-web-page tab in foreground: cmd-<click>
open new-web-page tab in background: cmd-shift-<click>

It matters less which keyboard-shorcut-plus-click does which thing (although I'd prefer the cmd-<click> opens in _background); I at least want the behavior to be consistent between these 2 web-browsing apps.

My current versions

macos: 10.14.6
firefox: 76.0.1 (64-bit)
chrome: Version 81.0.4044.92 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Failed (thus far) solutions

I've thus far been unable to get the following solutions to help/work:

https://github.com/mikecrittenden/shortkeys/wiki/How-To-Use-Shortkeys
https://superuser.com/a/1260437/98033


texts: Monitor accumulated number of bytes written by a process in Terminal?

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I need a way to monitor the accumulated total number of bytes written to the disk by a process via the terminal. I've looked around quite a bit, and found several answers either saying to use pv, or iotop. However, pv is not installed on macOS out-of-the-box, and the version of iotop installed on macOS lacks the -a accumulated switch.

On top of that iotop requires SIP be disabled in newer versions of macOS, meaning it won't work with an out-of-the-box Mac. I need a method using tools built into macOS, they can require root access, they cannot require any non-stock macOS dependencies, e.g. Macports/Brew based software. Preferably in the stock version of Bash.


texts: Location services not working in OS X 10.10 Yosemite

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On my wifi network there are two Mac (MacBook,MacBook Pro) and two iPhones (iPhone4, iPhone 5).

The MacBook Pro has been updated to OS X 10.10 Yosemite.
The MacBook cannot be updated to OS X 10.10 Yosemite.

Location Services work fine on the phones (but they have GPS in any case).

On iCloud.com "Find my iPhone" finds all the devices, and gets a location for the iPhones and MacBook, but not the MacBook Pro. "Find my iPhone" can send an alert sound to the MacBook Pro and that works.

Also on the MacBook Pro the location is not found for the Weather or for Maps or for Google Maps in Safari.

Seems to me Location Services are not working for the MacBook Pro.

I have tried turning "Find my Mac" on and off with no result.


texts: Multiple GUID_partition_scheme, cant boot MacOS High Sierra, and gpt command resource busy

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I have a problem after deleting Kali OS from my dual-boot Macbook (with High-Sierra MacOS). The problem is:

I can only boot into internet-recovery-mode
I can not use gpt command, as it results: 'resource busy'


texts: Installing Leopard in target mode from Catalina

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I have two working instalments of Catalina and I have a an old Power book G4 12 inch that I need to install a new OS on.
As far as I can understand the latest OS I can install is Leopard (10.5) and I had one old dmg that I used many years ago to install from and I have also downloaded from different repositories online that has old OS versions.
I've tried to install from  several different USB keys but the computer fails to recognise it as a start up option, not when booting holding down alt key and selecting it as a startup option (with it doesn't see it as)
My last try to do it with was to do it as a target mode from my one of my Catalina machines where I have a firewire card but will that at all be possible.
Am I wrong in the assumption in that Catalina can only do guid formats and will it even recognise the Leopard OS since its 32 and not a 64 OS.
Does anyone know of anyway I can do this or a smart workaround for this.
Thank you in advance.
Karl


texts: Automatically delete photo from Photo Stream when deleted in iPhoto or Aperture

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After importing photos I quickly delete all the duplicate photos & bad ones. However they all still make their way to my Photo Stream and stay there even after I've pruned the bad photos.

Is there a way to automatically delete a photo in Photo Stream once it's been deleted in the Aperture or iPhoto library?


texts: Can't access the startup manager from boot

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I have an old Mac Pro 3,1 running on El Capitan and I was trying to boot from a USB on startup only to see that nothing happens. I can go into Recovery Mode and Safe Boot Mode and my computer runs normally too but the one thing that I can't do is I can't go into startup manager, I've tried to hold the alt key before and after the power on and nothing happens.
Note: I've upgraded my stock graphics card to a newer one so when I boot I don't see the apple logo because the graphics card takes a while to start up, normally, I turn on my mac and hear the chime and wait for it to turn on but my monitor doesn't run, I just have to wait until the initialization has finished for the graphics card to finally start running and my monitor working. When I turn on my mac and hold down alt to get to the startup manager the computer starts up normally but my screen won't turn on and I can't hear my graphics cards fan running which is usually an indication that the start up is almost done so my computer says it's on, my graphics card isn't doing anything and holding alt is useless even for the longest times, I have a feeling it's at the startup manager but my graphics card is still asleep, I can boot normally after a restart.
If there's a solution to this or an alternative method to help me boot from my USB, Its been quite frustrating.


texts: How to stop applications opening on login?

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Whenever I reboot my computer a handful of annoying apps open automatically including Spotify, Epic Games launcher, and some kind of Adobe software updater. I know there are two official ways to stop items launching on login:

Removing them from "login items" in System Preferences
Right clicking in the dock and unchecking "Open at login"

However all of these applications do not appear in System Preferences and don't have "Open at Login" checked in the dock (are they purposely dodging removal?). I assume I can dig through the app settings to stop these things launching, but that's annoying and feels like capitulation.

How can I stop these from opening at login?


texts: Enable touch indicator for iOS app demo video recording

texts: I would like to record a demo video of an iOS app with QuickTime on Yosemite. (I found this tutorial) Is it possible to enable a tap indicator, like a small circle, for touch events so users can easily spot where the author tapped?


texts: Apple Watch development Freeze on Running Xcode

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I face a problem with Xcode and Apple Watch development.

I create a simple app in Xcode, and everything works flawlessly in the simulator.

When I try to build the app on my Apple Watch to check the sensor data, the Xcode stops on the building process and takes a huge amount of time in every single step.

Have anyone faced the same problem? The debugging seems impossible like this. I tried restarted all the devices multiple times.

My specs are:

macOS Pro Early 2015
OS version: 10.15.1
Xcode version: 11.3
Apple Watch 3 with 6.1 watch0S


texts: OSX Preview: is able to display DRM protected PDF files? (mainly concerned about Adobe DRM)

texts: I would like to know if the Preview application (last release) is able to open PDF files that are DRM protected, for example by Adobe DRM system.


texts: Is it possible to hide the bottom tab in Chrome on OS X using keyboard?

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When you use Google Chrome on OS X and download some stuff while web-surfing, a tab shows up on the bottom on which the downloaded contents and its progress status will be displayed.

However, I don't like to bother to closing the tab after the download is successfully done by moving the cursor and tapping on the x icon.

Is it possible to close the tab via a shortcut? Or ideally, is it possible to automatically close the tab once the download has been done?


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I'm on the latest OS X, iBooks and iTunes. Have 20+ titles in eBooks, most of them added manually as PDFs or ePubs, only 3 bought from Apple.

When I connect my iPhone 6, and go to the sync option in iTunes, it shows me only the 3 titles I have purchased from the Store.

Thing is, it used to work perhaps a year ago, when I last paid attention. I still have an old iPad on which I have all the 20+ titles synced correctly. But obviously one of the updates since had broken things.

Tried to google for solutions, only to find people reporting the same problems on Apple Support forums, without answers. Any ideas how could one start to even debug the problem?


texts: Macbook pro latest retina: Output to monitor with VGA

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I bought a new latest Mac book pro Retina. I see in my mac book, there are two ports: one for thunderbolt and one for HDMI (or HDMI, I don't know).

I want to output to monitor with VGA display, so I need a converter. As I know, there are two type of converters as I research: HDMI to VGA and Mini DisplayPort to VGA. So I have many questions because I don't sure about those port:

Does my mac have Mini DisplayPort ? I see in this link: Apple Support says that Mini DisplayPort and thunderbolt is comparable, right? So I can use Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter for thunderbolt port ?
Which adapter should I use for output to monitor. HDMI to VGA or Mini DisplayPort to VGA. If I can use both, which is better ?
Macbook pro ships with HDMI or mini HDMI. I guess HDMI but I'm not sure.

I'm sorry for those questions because my lack of hardware knowledge. Thanks :)


texts: Macos Mojave: how to deal with corrupted bsd_flag in a private/var directory?

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Machine: MacBook Pro late 2013
OS: Mojave 10.14.1

Disk Utility reported several problems with my HDD, so I ran it in recovery mode, and when more problems were left, I ran fsck in single user mode.

The only problem that persisted was this:

  warning: inode_val: object (oid 0x202797435): invalid bsd_flags
  (0x184)

From my research, this has to do with permissions. So I converted 202797435 to decimal and ran this terminal command to locate the file:

sudo find / -inum 8631448629

Which pointed me to this file:

/private/var/folders/8y/3pg_4v8n6m3bf4d11ln3z32c0000gn/T/fr.madrau.switchresx.app-559924946001.conf

I'm not sure how to proceed though, I don't know if it's safe to simply delete. It would appear so as fr.madrau.switchresx.app implies this is a config file for the app SwitchResX, but trying to move this file to Desktop was met with a permission denied error (I'm not sure this is part of MacOS protections, or the actual permission problem).

So...what's the best way to proceed from here?


texts: Is there a way to sort the apps by usage frequncy?

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I want to know if there's a quick way to find out the number of times one opens each app so that we can know which apps are really used by us frequently and we can sort them in that order.

I've tried to Google it but couldn't find any information that is really useful. Is it possible to do so?


texts: Managed Photos Library - Can I use app to delete originals from hard drive?

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I use Apple Photo to kickstart my workflow of reviewing and tagging photos. I do "manually manage" my pictures (i.e., what some call the "referenced option) vs. copying them to the Photos library file.

I've created a smart album of pictures I want to permanently delete from my Mac (out of focus, test shots, etc). I'm curious if there is a way to use the Photo app to do this vs. searching through my individual files to do this. This would be similar to iTunes when you delete music, it asks if you want to delete the original files.

I've figured out how to "reveal in finder" - but that only seems to let me do one image at a time. I'd rather try to do this in bulk.

To be clear, I know how to delete pictures from Photos. I'd like to go one step further and remove them from my Mac altogether.


texts: macOS Mojave: Command + Shift + 4, screenshot not getting saved anymore

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When I press Command + Shift + 4 and take a screenshot, the screenshot shows as a thumbnail at bottom right of the screen.

If I continue working, the screenshot is not saved. I have to double-click on the thumbnail, open it in Preview & save it.

How do I save the screenshot immediately like it used to?

The answer here doesn't really apply as I don't see a Touch Bar.


texts: What other browsers are available for iPad

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As the question says, what other web browsers are available on the iPad?
I would ideally like Chrome or Firefox.


texts: I am going to be reinstalling OS X and I was wondering if there was a method for determining when the base (OS X 10.6) Operating System was installed?


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I am trying to burn a bootable CD to update my harddisk firmware. This is what I have tried:

Using Disk Utility: pressing burn, selecting the bootable image, speed = maximum possible (24x), verify burned data is checked, pressing burn.
The superdrive spins, makes noises indicating that it's doing something, I get a message "burn succesful", and then the CD is mounted on the Desktop with all the expected contents. I eject the disc, insert it again and it's empty.

Again using Disk Utility: pressing burn, selecting the bootable image, speed = 8x, verify burned data is checked, pressing burn.
The superdrive spins, makes noises indicating that it's doing something, I get a message "burn succesful",  and then the CD is mounted on the Desktop with all the expected contents. I eject the disc, insert it again and it's empty.

Using the open source Burn app: going to Copy tab, dragging iso image in, pressing burn, verify data is checked, speed = 24x.
I get a message that all went well, the CD is mounted on the desktop, all contents are there, but on ejecting and inserting the disc again the disc shows as empty again.

I tried this with 4 Philips discs.

Does anyone know what my problem could be? I'm on a MacBook Pro 5,3 with 10.6.8.


texts: I have a problem to install the SETOOLKIT ON mac

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I need your help.
I want to install the setoolkit on my mac, and i found this instuction on internet: https://www.cybrary.it/blog/0p3n/social-engineering-toolkit-os-x/
I followed all of these steps but when i type on the end ./setoolkit to start it, it comes every time these error message: env: python3: No such file or directory.
Can you help me?


texts: How do I create an automator to forward mail?

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My parents both have GMAIL accounts. We were wondering if there was a way to forward email so when my dad's account receives email from a certain sender it would be forwarded to my mom's account.

Perhaps using Automator or applescript running on OS X 10.10 to solve this?


texts: Software for reading pipermail/mailman listservs (and not feeling its 1991)?

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Does anyone know if there's a piece of Mac (or web?) software that can grab and reformat/organize a good 'ol pipermail/mailman listserv archive, so it a little less infuriating? You know what I'm talking about:

http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2019-June

https://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo

http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2019-June/132794.html

I'd just love to be able to see things organized by thread, be able to collapse portions, have dates and responses listed in the index... it goes on. But basically, like a nice clean email client for reading listservs. Anyone know if anything like that exists?


texts: Importing Notes from one mac to another?

texts: I was making extensive use of Notes on a loaner laptop for work.  I just got my permanent machine, and after updating from the backed up data on CrashPlan, I found my notes didn't make it over.  I looked into the issue, saw what I needed to copy over, and asked the build tech to email me the contents of group.com.apple.notes from the old machine.  I extracted the zip he sent me, and in Notes ran "import notes" on the directory he sent.  It doesn't seem like anything was copied over.  Any idea why this might not work?  Am I copying the wrong directory, or importing incorrectly or otherwise missing a step?  What are the actual files that need to be copied over?  Both old machine and new are running El Capitan.


texts: Use caps-lock to lock fn key or other way to lock fn key?

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What I want to achieve is simple:

caps lock on = fn locked (use function keys).
caps lock off = fn unlock (use media keys).

I found a couple of topics around this problem, but their solutions didn't help me:

Checking / unchecking the option "Use fn keys as standard" in the keyboard preference panel is what I want to achieve when pressing /unpressing the caps lock key.
Others solutions, like the Functionflip program or remapping keyboard tools like Karabiner don't seem to be proposals to resolve my problem.

Do you know programs or solutions that can achieve this?

If not:

Can I assign a program to the caps lock key? How?
Can I toggle the option in the Keyboard preference pane with a script?


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So I made a really stupid mistake and while trying to delete a gatekeeper rule from the command line I managed to delete all of them.

Command I ran

spctl --remove

New Output of List

Nathaniels-MacBook-Pro:~ nathanielsuchy$ spctl --list
error: no matches for search or update operation

Before it had a ton of rules. How do I reset gatekeeper to factory defaults?


texts: How to register Outlook 2011 to send emails from iPhoto?

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I had Office 2008 for Mac (with Entourage) installed. I never used Entourage and didn't have any email accounts configured. Then I installed Office 2011 without 'uninstalling' 2008 and setup Outlook 2011.

However in iPhoto I only see Mail and Entourage as the options for sending mail.

Any ideas how I can get Outlook 2011 to come up in the Entourage Mail options?

I am running Snow Leopard and iPhoto that came with my late 2009 MBP.

Thanks,
Sumit.


texts: Keyboard and trackpad not working, SMC reset seems possible

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I have a MacBook Pro, 13-inch, Mid 2009 with OS X 10.9.5.

I suspect two things that might have caused the trouble:

Recently I had to replace the keyboard. After replacing the keyboard everything worked fine for a while.
I have also recently failed installing Windows with Bootcamp. The keyboard and trackpad worked before.

Now the keyboard and trackpad do not work at all. Though doing an SCM reset by using Shift Control Option and power keys seems to work as the macbook doesn't boot and I see the battery LED light up for a second or two (I'm using the Resetting the SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own method). The power button works normally.

So the question is: Is it a hardware problem or a software problem? What should I do to make it work again? Is it worth it to do a clean system reinstall?

Update:
System reinstall didn't help. I got back the keyboard backlight, but pressing the keys or using the trackpad still doesn't work.

Update #2:
After one and a half years both the trackpad and the keyboard woke up of the coma and are working as if nothing has happened.


texts: Can I upgrade my Mac but not to High Sierra?

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My late 2012 MacMini i7 is running Yosemite 10.10.5. I have some apps that need at least 10.11, but I've read reviews saying upgrading to High Sierra, the newly released OS, is not recommended.

Is there a way I can install a newer version until such time as the newest one has been out a while?

[EDIT]

Unfortunately I have not previously downloaded any macOS installers for El Capitan or Sierra.


texts: cdto (to open a terminal) does not work in Mavericks

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I've just switched to the Mavericks operating system in my Mac. I used to utilize a quite nice app called "cdto" that serves to open a terminal at the current directory where Finder is. The point is that now "cdto" does not seem to work with Mavericks.
Before I used to utilize "OpenTerminalHere" but it is now obsolete.

Anyone with the same problem and any solution?


texts: iOS 11 crashing/freezing when apps launch

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This problem started immediately after updating to iOS 11 and has continued through all updates.

iPhone 6S - Presently running iOS 11.0.3

There are no third party parts in this iPhone. It was serviced once for a warranty battery replacement by an Apple Authorized Service Provider.

The Problem - Crashing/Freezing

Various apps (seems any app can be affected including Apple apps like Safari) are freezing up, usually on launch. Sometimes they crash and close down within seconds. Other times they freeze up for anywhere from 30 seconds to 2 minutes. The phone is completely unresponsive during this time (no app switcher or sleep/wake), with the only exception being I can hold home & sleep/wake to reset. When things resume, any of the previous button presses will be processed, however. Sometimes it happens while an app is running, and sometimes the app or portions of the app become unresponsive while app switching works normally.

Additional Consequences

Regardless of the app, once this has happened once, audio playback starts to break down. The system starts to confuse iTunes and Podcasts. Control Centre or Apple Watch might not show the correct playback status. For example, while listening to a Podcast there might be a "Play" button. Pressing it will stop playback and play iTunes music. Occasionally (once), it started working again for a moment, then stopped again. Often Apple watch can't control playback volume at all. Removing AirPods from my ears and reinserting may cause a Podcast to stop playing and Music to start, or it may not pause playback at all.

Temporary Fix

The only way to fix this is to turn the phone off (hold sleep/wake and shut down) or hold home & sleep/wake. But within hours the problem returns. I am restarting my phone 5 times a day right now!

I tried "Reset All Settings". No change.

In my searches for solutions I heard about a similar problem but it seems it was associated with a third party display and was fixed in the current update? I have the same or similar problem but no third party display and the latest iOS update is installed. All of the apps I use are up to date also.

What else can I try?

I tried posting this question on discussions.apple.com but I keep getting the unhelpful error message "You are not allowed to create or update this content". Infuriating!


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I use Chrome on my Macbook to send an email through Gmail. While in Gmail, on the top right corner I can see my Google (g+) profile image, but when I hit reply button to reply to an email, then instead of my Google image, it's the default icon that came with my Macbook Admin account (a hawk) being used.

Here is a screenshot of the issue:

This is really, really annoying and looks totally unprofessional, which makes me wondering about Apple products. I have deleted my Gmail account from the Apple's Mail app and I have also disable it from the Messages app, but still Apple's image persists.

So, how can I get rid of Apple's image appearing on Gmail? Does anybody know how those two are being connected?

NOTE: Just to note that I've used my Gmail email address to register to Apple.


texts: Apple iPad is not turning on and my home button is broken to force restart

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Three days ago when I tried to use my iPad it did not turn on (black screen). I fixed it to the charger and nothing happened. After one day of trying I decided to search online. And yes, there is a very popular solution, intact a whole Apple page dedicated to how to fix it (https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201412)

Holding the Sleep/Wake button along with the Home button for 10 seconds fixes this.

However the thing is, my home button is broken. Even though I still tried, knowing its broken for the past few days it gave me the expected result which is - didn't turn on.

Tried fixing to the laptop/iTunes. Nothing happens.

How can I fix this? Without the home button working

I do not have Apple care for this product as it is an old iPad (iPad 2)


texts: OSXFuse & VeraCrypt on Big Sur: OSXFuse seems to be missing on your machine

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OSXFuse and VeraCrypt were both working fine until the MacOS was updated to MacOS 11.0.1 Big Sur. VeraCrypt no longer opens.
After installing macFuse 4.0.2 (latest at time of posting), I tried to run the installer for VeraCrypt 1.24-Update7 but it gives an error

OSXFuse seems to be missing on your machine. VeraCrypt requiures OSXFuse 2.5 or above.

How can we get VeraCrypt to work on MacOS Big Sur?


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My iphone 6 has 7 apps that need to update. I hit update all, but nothing is happening, it's like they are frozen. The update all is grayed out now. I tried turning off my phone and turning it back on, but no luck. The apps are unusable right now.

Any suggestions?


texts: Getting .profile to execute after .bash_login

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When I installed RVM, it turns out that it created .bash_login with this:

[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" # Load RVM into a shell session as a function

And I now have to manually source .profile, where my BASH configs are.  How do I get .profile to automatically execute?


texts: AirPods: Does the H1 chip use a proprietary bluetooth profile?

texts: The AirPods don't seem to use HFP (only 16Khz) nor A2DP (output only) when talking with Apple hardware (iPhone, Mac Book). I noticed that when calling in Discord or Skype on my iPhone the audio quality remains surprisingly good, which seems to be impossible with the standard profiles AFAICT. It's clear to me that they need some sort of protocol for controlling the AirPods ANC settings (etc), but I wonder if that same protocol is used for audio transmission?


texts: Retina Macbook Pro BootCamp vs Parallells Performance

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I'm thinking of getting rid of my old gaming PC and just bootcamping / virtualizing on my Retina Macbook Pro.

I've tried using a VM (VMWare Fusion) and the performance there was pretty awful, has anyone tried both Virtualization (either VMWare or Parallels) and BootCamp?

How much better is BootCamp performance on the Retina Macbook Pro compared to VMWare or Parallels? Will it be able to handle most PC games?

Thanks.


texts: Change output format of "top" command in Mac OS for memory usage?

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I am using the top command in Mac OS from this answer to grab memory usage:

$ top -l 1 -s 0 | grep PhysMem

PhysMem: 5490M used (2569M wired), 11G unused.

Can I go from that to possibly printing out "Used / Total"?

Like so:

PhysMem: 5.49G / 16.0G

or just:

5.49G / 16.0G

Side questions:

Would that final top command be suitable to run in a few second interval and the output used for something later? Or is this not the best or most efficient command for grabbing this info and I should use something else?

I am basically trying to replicate what Luke Smith did in his video, but in Mac OS for fun, and so I can try to learn this stuff.


texts: MacBook Pro mid 2012 13.3 HDD cable performance

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I am helping a friend to fix her MacBook Pro 13.3 performance problems.

It was barely booting, and terribly slow for disk seeks. Then I replaced the HDD.

It was perfect with new SSD and El Capitan installation but in the third boot it become same bad as before.

It is so weird but I realized when I disconnect the HDD cable for a while then reconnect it, it works good for 3-4 boots then it become extremely slow again. I know that this model has a cable problem but I can't understand what kind of problem is this. I thought it could be a firmware problem and I don't want to waste money on buying a new expensive cable.

Any advises on that?


texts: Using Managed Preferences to set permissions on a folder

texts: Does anyone know how to use MCX to set permissions on a folder for a network folder


texts: Where to get the full offline-capable installer for macOS Mojave (.1 update)?

texts:
When I originally downloaded the Install macOS Mojave.app for the original release 14.0.22, I got a 6.03 gig file.

Today I replaced that file by downloading the installer fresh from the App Store for 14.1.0. The app is only 22 megs! So obviously this is just a shell that I imagine downloads the needed content over the internet at runtime.

But I need an offline installer, for clean-installs on various Macs and for creating virtual machines.

➥ How to obtain fully-loaded offline installer app for Mojave 14.1.x?

What about just using the original installer, then updating immediately the newly installed OS to .1? That .1 update was a whopper, over 3 gigs! I really want to avoid repeating that updater download. I really need a fully-loaded offline installer.


texts: I tried Meteorite. It doesn't work, just keep crashing. Any other way I can fix the damaged .mkv file on Mac?


texts: How can I temporarily suspend some users, hiding them from the login screen?

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I have to manage a shared OSX workstation that is used by a rotating cast of characters throughout the year. The login screen quickly becomes cumbersome when users that aren't even around for a while are listed and cluttering up the clumsy horizontal scroll.

How can I clean up the login screen without nuking accounts that would need to get re-created at a later time?

Additionally, when somebody is gone for an extended period I would like their account to be locked so it can't be used locally or remotely, but I don't want to nuke users passwords, when they come back a quick admin action should get them back into the system again?


texts: Time Machine adds a dash and a number to my selected backup volume, resulting in incorrect file path - how to fix?

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I'm on MacOS High Sierra Version 10.13.2 and use Time Machine to back up to an external drive through an AirPort Extreme.

I've had this setup for years (~5, I think) and backups worked fine until earlier this year. The .sparsebundle file has a Date Modified of Apr 30, 2017... I don't know whether it broke after an OS update, or anything like that. When attempting a backup, I first get the following message:

  Time Machine completed a verification of your backups on “Chris' AirPort Extreme”. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you.

and I click "Start New Backup". Shortly after, I get the following error:

  Time Machine couldn’t complete the backup to “Chris' AirPort Extreme”.
  Time Machine could not delete the backup disk image “/Volumes/FreeAgent 3TB GoFlex Drive 0-3/Chris’s MacBook Pro.sparsebundle”.

I've bolded "0-3" because, the thing is, the name of my drive as connected through the airport is "FreeAgent 3TB GoFlex Drive 0" -- I have no idea why the plist file has "-3" in the path.

I had a go of editing /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist to change the "0-3" to just "0" (I did this by turning off automatic backups in Time Machine preferences, using plutil to convert the plist to xml1, edited in TextEdit, then converted back to binary1); however, when I turn backups back on and tell Time Machine to Back Up Now, it just overwrites the plist to include the "0-3" again.

Same goes for when I delete this plist, entirely -- a new plist is created with "0-3". Any ideas?

UPDATE: Before posting this, I tried a tip I found which advised to repeatedly delete the plist then restart until the plist stays deleted — this never happened (a com.apple.TimeMachine.plist file has always been present after restarting) but the “0-3” has changed to “0-2”.


texts: How do I maintain two different iOS devices on a single iMac

texts: My wife and I share an iMac, and our iPhones keep populating with each other's apps. iTunes keeps trying to update my phone with my wife's apps and data. Is there a way to update the settings on the phone so it can distinguish the difference between App Store accounts?


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Every time I restart my iMac (or just boot it up) I see this:

But after I restart again it works fine again.
I'm using MacOSX El Capitan.

I've tried to replace MacOSX with Windows but I decided I wanted MacOSX back again so I did a disk wipe and I reinstalled MacOSX.

Now this happens every restart/bootup.


texts: Is it possible to upgrade my MacBook Pro RAM and Hard Drive?

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I bought Macbook Pro 15 inch laptop last year with 4 GB RAM and 300 GB Hard disk, Now I feel like upgrading its RAM to 8 GB and 1 TB hard disk. I want to know is it possible to do that or not.

My system configuration is as follows:
    Hardware Overview:
      Model Name:   MacBook Pro
      Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,1
      Processor Name:   Intel Core 2 Duo
      Processor Speed:  2.66 GHz
      Number Of Processors: 1
      Total Number Of Cores:    2
      L2 Cache: 6 MB
      Memory:   4 GB
      Bus Speed:    1.07 GHz
      Boot ROM Version: MBP51.007E.B05
      SMC Version (system): 1.41f2
      Serial Number (system):   W89123XF71A
      Hardware UUID:    CF78C5AA-188D-538A-8250-F21B474DEF9E
      Sudden Motion Sensor:
      State:    Enabled

Memory Slots:
  ECC:  Disabled
BANK 0/DIMM0:
  Size: 2 GB
  Type: DDR3
  Speed:    1067 MHz
  Status:   OK
  Manufacturer: 0x80CE
  Part Number:  0x4D34373142353637334448312D4346382020
  Serial Number:    0x446323C2

BANK 0/DIMM1:

  Size: 2 GB
  Type: DDR3
  Speed:    1067 MHz
  Status:   OK
  Manufacturer: 0x80CE
  Part Number:  0x4D34373142353637334448312D4346382020
  Serial Number:    0x44632496

By looking up the above config, what is the max amount of RAM and hard drive can I upgrade to?
Thanks.


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Most of my Mac hard drive is filled with iPhoto pictures. I have an external USB hard drive. What to do? Just moving pictures from Pictures/iPhoto Library is not a perfect option as I want to have some newer pictures on my Mac.

iPhoto supports to have two libraries, and I am quite happy with that option. I can copy whole library to external disk and then remove pictures older than a year from local iPhoto library.

However I have two problems: Once I import new pictures, I should copy the whole iPhoto library again (with duplicated files) and also this process should be done manually every time.

I am looking for a smarter option. Do you have any idea?


texts: Stopping iOS backspace deleting whole words or lines?

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Background

Even though I have owned every iPhone from the 3G onwards I have NEVER mastered the backspace key. If you hold it to delete a few words it almost ALWAYS catches me out and starts deleting whole words and then whole lines (if you keep it pressed).
I just want it to continue deleting one letter at a time until I remove my finger. If I want to delete huge blocks I would highlight them. :)

Question

Is there ANY way to prevent this?
My iPhone 5 is Jailbroken so I'm sure there must be a way but no matter how much searching I do I can't for the life of me find it.

Thanks


texts: How to use Macbook pro in clamshell mode with lid open on macos mojave?

texts: Due to heating issues, I would like to use macbook in clamshell mode with lid open, but all the commands mentioned on the web are for older versions of OS X


texts: Can't open doc file in Libreoffice: this file is from an unidentified developer

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I want to open a doc (word) file which is created on a Windows computer about 10 years ago. When I open this file I get the following message:

"Test12345.doc" is from an unidentified developer. Are you sure you want to open it? Openining "Test12345.doc" will always allow it to run on this Mac.

At first Pages opened this file. I never use Pages, have always set Libreoffice to handle Word files including doc, but apparantly Apple found it necessary to overwrite this setting. So after opening this in Pages, then closing it, and trying to open it in Libreoffice and resetting LO as default application for doc files, this happens.

When I open the file info now, Libreoffice is set as default app for opening doc files, and it shows that I have read and write access for the file.

Why do I get this message? I don't want to open an application, I want to open a document? What causes this?


texts: I recently discovered that on Mac OS 10.7 (aka Lion) my documents on my NAS are arranged in the order "Z, Y, X, W, V, etc...". So how do I specifically change this setting of the arranging order? The bars on top (in 10.6) are now gone...


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How do you set local network user expiration using server.app?

This action would block the user to log in after a given date.


texts: Which application to replace Superputty / PuTTY CM in macOS

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Is there any application in macOS (MacBook Pro) which can work like SuperPuTTY / PuTTY CM does in Windows? I am looking for a free one.

What I need is to organize my ssh sessions. I can ssh to my machines using terminal but they are individual windows and kind of hard to get IP addresses / names every time I need to connect to them.

It can also be an application which uses terminal application in Mac for ssh ..


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http://support.apple.com/en-us/ht6008

Apple does not list the Mac Mini 2014 in above link in the Mac's that can use MST to achieve 60hz on 4K via Displayport.
On other places I read that this is due to the limitations of the Intel processor:

  This type of resolution is supported on 4th generation Intel® Core™ processor family (Intel® Iris™ Pro Graphics 5200 / Intel® Iris™ Graphics 5100, Intel® HD Graphics 5000 / 4600 / 4400 / 4200)
  See the following supported screen resolutions through DP 1.2
  DisplayPort* 1.2 / eDP*
  H-Processors: 3840 x 2160@60Hz
  U-Processors: 3200 x 2000@60 Hz, 3840x2160@30Hz

My question is, if I get a Mac Mini 2014 and upgrade the configuration to 3.0GHz dual-core Intel Core i7, will is still not be able to run at 60hz?

On the Apple site I cannot see the direct difference in processors between the Retina Macbook Pro 15" and the Mac Mini. But apparently the macbook has an 'u-processor' and the mac mini a 'h-processor'?