texts: Can I run migration assistant multiple times for multiple computers?

texts: I have 2 old macs with data that needs to be moved to 1 new mac. Can I simply run migration assistant twice, moving the data into the same user account on the new mac?


texts:
I inserted text into a PDF document with Preview in a custom font I had installed on my Mac. When I transferred it to my iPad and opened it with Notability, to my horror all the text had been removed. When I opened it in PDF Expert, it was there but the font had reverted to Helvetica. Naturally this isn't something I want, as I expect the recipient to see exactly what I'm seeing in a PDF file.
I presume this happened because Preview wasn't embedding the font into the PDF (although strangely the file size became significantly larger, suggesting that it had). What am I doing wrong, and what's the correct way to embed a font that you use in a PDF file?


texts: Recover Apple ID despite deleting email address and not being able to answer the security questions

texts: I have an old Apple ID that I've lost access to because I deleted the email address it was tied to and I can't remember the security answers to anymore. I have some purchases tied to it, but the credit card info has been long removed -- it'd be expired by now, anyway. I called Apple Security, but was unable to regain access. Still, I'm wondering if anyone has been in a similar situation and how they went about recovering their account.


texts: I followed up the instructions to extend the column width and it reverts the number

texts: I am not sure why I try to update the number of the column width, but once I click out of the box, it reverts back to the original width. What can I do to keep the value I type?


texts: Why is the menu bar showing the VPN "Disconnecting" animation  forever?

texts:
You know how when you disconnect from a VPN, you get a little scrolling "Disconnecting..." notification in the upper right notification area?

Well, I'm getting that, but it never goes away. It's been "Disconnecting" now for 20 minutes. The VPN is not, actually, connected anymore, but the UI won't let me reconnect now.

The Network preferences panel shows the same problem:

The console shows that the disconnect did, actually, happen:

Somehow the only problem is that the UI is convinced that I'm still disconnecting, which makes it impossible to connect again.


texts: Downgrading iOS on iPhone helps Wi-Fi and GPS signal?

texts:
I have an iPhone 6 with the iOS 9.3.2, actually I didn't update my iPhone from an older iOS version. Anyway, I realized that I can't connect to any Wi-Fi network unless I am very close to the router.

Today at McDonald's everyone could connect to the Wi-Fi but I couldn't because I couldn't even find it

In Pokemon GO I can't get any GPS signal while playing and Google Maps is considered slow.

My mom's iPhone 4S connects to the Wi-Fi from very far away.


texts: Iphone5S calendar not showing entries over 30 days old

texts: I Phone 5S not showing calendar entries over 30 days old.


texts: Automatically correct umlauts in Chrome like Safari does?

texts:
Safari has one really cool feature.
When type in "Vielen Dank fuer", it automatically corrects it to "Vielen Dank für".
Can Chrome do the same? If so, anyone knows how?


texts:
I have some difficulties understanding what's wrong in Automator:

I used to launch a short automator script with an exiftool command to organize my pictures by folders:

exiftool -v '-Directory < DateTimeOriginal' -d /Users/home/Pictures/Photos-Sources/APN/%Y/%Y-%m" "%B/%Y-%m-%d" "%A -r "$f"

This script created a folder named according to the date the photo was taken.
In my case, some arguments (month or day) are in "French literary", due to my OS X configuration (exiftool doesn't come with any localization option).

After Mavericks installation, the script is still working, but these same arguments are in English only; even when I use this script in a Terminal, they still come in French.

Does anyone have the same issue, or anyone else could help me to understand if I'm mistaken somewhere?


texts: C and C++ executables freeze in Lion, remotely hosted on Ubuntu box

texts:
I'm trying to compile and run some very simple C and C++ code in Lion.  Compilation works fine.  Running the executable leads to the 'spinning beach ball of death.'  Force-quitting out of Terminal works, but I cannot reopen Terminal, and have to restart.

This works fine on my Ubuntu box.  Any ideas would certainly be appreciated.

Update:  The source and executables were stored on a remotely mounted Ubuntu box.  Trying to run a Mac-compiled executable stored on this remote server led to the beach ball.


texts: Can I undo the upgrade to iOS 7 by restoring to iOS 6.1.3?

texts:
I recently attempted to follow this tutorial to upgrade my device (iPhone 4) to iOS 7 without being a developer or registering a UDID.

I loaded and installed iOS 7 and got to the configuration screen. However efter attempting to go through the configuration process it says:

  We’re unable to complete your activation. This device is not
  registered as part of the iPhone Developer Program. If you are a
  member of the Program, please register your device in the iPhone
  Developer Program Portal.

The problem is this is also what it says on iTunes so there is no way to access it from the computer.

How can I downgrade back to 6.1.3? I suppose I could register as a paid developer for iOS 7, but that involves forking over $99 and I'm not even sure I could revert to iOS 6 even then.

Additional Information:

I started with an unjailbroken iOS 6.1.3.
I downloaded iOS 7.0 CDMA for iPhone 4 from here
I have Verizon
I Have the iOS 6.1.3 version for my iPhone downloaded from here, but I am unsure how I can restore from it because iTunes will not let me do anything because of the above mentioned message.

Update: I managed to entere recovery mode by pressing "power" for 3 seconds, "home" and power for 10 seconds, and just "home" until it had entered recovery mode. I have then begun to restore the phone which requires iOS 6.1.3 to download again through iTunes. Note that the first time you restore it may not work. Mine still booted to iOS 7 until I tried again.


texts: If I am a member of multiple networks, how can I force my Mac to connect to the Internet through one specific network?

texts:
I have a Macbook and a Thunderbolt display. The Thunderbolt display is connected to a network with a very tight firewall. I also have a WiFi connection that is always connected at this location. The WiFi firewall isn't as aggressive and every now and then I need to connect to it to connect to a SOAP web service that operates on a blocked port.

Is there a ways (hotkey or system preference) that I can toggle so that I can remain connected to both networks, but force my MacBook to connect to the internet through the WiFi, rather than the local network?

Currently, I have to disconnect from the Thunderbolt display, and connect back up when I am finished downloading my data. Do I have any other options?


texts:
It looks like Finder can't be closed with Command+Q shortcut.

Command+W works though but it's not the same as Command+Q.

And there is not option for Finder to be closed whatsoever, only Hide.

Why is it so? Can I close Finder? How?


texts: How can I prevent files emptied out of the Trash from accumulating in "purgeable space"?

texts:
I'm having the same problem as the person who asked this question: I cleared a bunch of files out of my Trash and instead of getting free space on the volume, I got 30 gigs of "purgeable space".  According to the accepted answer to that question, I can engage in an entirely reprehensible workaround to liberate this space from its ghostly, meaningless existence in purgatory—a strategy to which I may well be forced to resort.

None of the answers to that question, however, deal with the more fundamental issue of why this is happening in the first place.  Ideally I'd like to avoid having to do this ever again.  Is there some way to tell the filesystem not to mark files as "purgeable" rather than just removing them?  I'm running High Sierra, and the system drive (the drive in question) is using APFS.


texts: Make Cmd+C do both Copy and Stop in the terminal

texts:
Left control Key located in a very unpleasant place on my Mac keyboard.
It's hard to reach in the terminal.
Luckily, I don't need it very often: I have Cmd for most of the things.
There are few cases, where I need it:

Ctrl+R for reverse history search
Ctrl+C to kill a process or discard a line

I found Karabiner and it helped with reverse history search remapping.
But Ctrl+C puzzles me.

I know that on unix I can use Ctrl+C for both Stop and Copy in the terminal. And it determines what to do from the context: if there is anything selected, copy it. Otherwise, stop command or discard the user input line.

How I can achieve it on OS X with Cmd key?


texts:
Why do I have to enable 'Notes' in both "Settings > iCloud > Notes" and also in "Mail, Contacts, Calendar" > [iCloud account name] > "Notes"?

If I do not set both of these 'Notes' to 'On', the iCloud Notes account does not appear in Notes.app > "Accounts".  I just have "On my iPhone".

However, if I do set both to 'On', then I have 2 Notes accounts under iCloud.

Why can't I set just one? Why do I have to set the second one?


texts: How to view a website as it appears on mobile safari from desktop safari?

texts:
On chrome on desktop, it's easy to view a website as it appears when viewed on chrome on many other devices. That is, simply cmd + option + j to open dev tools, then clicking on the 'Toggle Device Toolbar' lets you select which device you want to view the site as. For example, this is stackoverflow.com viewed from chrome on desktop (it can be made to show what would be seen by a user accessing the site from chrome on an iPhone 8):

Question
How do I view a website as seen from other devices safari running on desktop?
I've tried changing the user agent, which simply tells the website to serve what it normally would to a mobile device, however, this doesn't affect the fact that it's still being viewed on a desktop browser, which is very different to a mobile one.


texts: How to show bluetooth headphone battery in macos?

texts:
Hovering over the device doesn't show the battery level.
When connected to the iPhone, I was able to get the battery level in the widgets screen.

How do I know when I have to charge the headphones?


texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (2008). It is a secondary computer I rarely use, so it was easy to last that long with it.

Such a long lasting service turned me into an adept of Apple quality. I am looking forward to buy a new one except... nowadays the battery is harder to remove.

My concern is not "a replaceable battery", it is more of "a removable battery". As soon as the battery dies, I would like to keep using the laptop with a power cord. However I've seen all my batteries swelling and/or getting extremely hot. I might be paranoid, but in those cases I just wanted to remove the battery and keep using a good enough laptop.

Is this possible with new MacBooks? Can they work without a battery attached? Or can their batteries be ignored once they expire?


texts: Is there a calendar app that supports email reminders?

texts: I use Google sync to coordinate my Google calendar with my iPhone. The iPhone calendar app does not support creating email reminders. Is there an iPhone calendar app that supports creating email reminders so that when I create an event on my iPhone I get an email reminder to my Gmail account?


texts: Does macOS have a command to retrieve detailed CPU information like /proc/cpuinfo on Linux?

texts:
Linux has a command to retrieve detailed CPU information using cat /proc/cpuinfo. Using this command, users can get CPU and CPU's core information like below.

processor   : 0
vendor_id   : GenuineIntel
cpu family  : 6
model       : 142
model name  : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7267U CPU @ 3.10GHz
stepping    : 9
cpu MHz     : 3096.000
cache size  : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings    : 2
core id     : 0
cpu cores   : 2
apicid      : 0
initial apicid  : 0
fpu     : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level : 22
wp      : yes
flags       : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc unfair_spinlock eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq ssse3 cx16 pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt aes xsave avx rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch invpcid_single pti retpoline fsgsbase avx2 invpcid rdseed flush_l1d
bogomips    : 6192.00
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor   : 1
vendor_id   : GenuineIntel
cpu family  : 6
model       : 142
model name  : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7267U CPU @ 3.10GHz
stepping    : 9
cpu MHz     : 3096.000
cache size  : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings    : 2
core id     : 1
cpu cores   : 2
apicid      : 1
initial apicid  : 1
fpu     : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level : 22
wp      : yes
flags       : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc unfair_spinlock eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq ssse3 cx16 pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt aes xsave avx rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch invpcid_single pti retpoline fsgsbase avx2 invpcid rdseed flush_l1d
bogomips    : 6192.00
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

Does macOS/OS X have a command to retrieve detailed CPU and CPU cores information equal to Linux /proc/cpuinfo? I really want to know a CLI command to retrieve the Mac's CPU core ID.

I tried sysctl machdep.cpu, but it didn't retrieve CPU core ID.


texts: Mojave screen shots take a long time to save directly to desktop

texts:
I very often take screen shots, and have my system configured to save them directly to the desktop, without the intermediate processes.
This question has been asked a lot. For example, see the following:
Capturing screenshots on macOS Sierra is very slow
Screenshot taking a very long time to appear on desktop
However, none of the situations and solutions discussed there are applicable.

The questions above talk about 5-6 seconds to save. On my system it takes 15-20 seconds. This is a 2017 iMac; not a slow machine.

A lot of the discussion talks about Google Backup and Sync. I have never used these.

Some of the discussion talks about turning off anti-virus. As I test, I turned off Bitdefender. It made no difference.

Any other ideas?
EDIT: several posters have suggested unchecking "Show Floating Thumbnails". This has never been checked on my system, as explained in my comment to an answer below. This suggestion does not solve the problem.


texts: Restoring an iPhone to its default state regarding allowing installation of custom applications

texts:
Someone installed a custom app store on my iPhone to do an experiment, the experiment is done and I want to remove this app store and whatever related to it.

The app store can install apps on my iPhone, as far as I know it should have an entry for it in Settings -> General -> Device Management but I can't see anything so it's making me uncomfortable. I can uninstall this app store but as soon as I reinstall it I can still install apps with it without having an entry in Device Management so I think something is remaining on my device which allows this app store to install apps. I want to completely get rid of it. Any ideas?


texts: Does a "windows keyboard" on bootcamp installed windows work as if on a normal PC (hotkeys etc.)?

texts:
I do want to use windows on my Mac especially due to the low hotkey functionality of Excel and PowerPoint on Mac.

Therefore I also want to use a windows keyboard. My question is: If I install windows via bootcamp and connect a normal (windows) keyboard. Does it work like a normal PC or are there some  problems I should be aware of?

This is basically the only way I can avoid buying a second notebook so help is greatly appreciated.

I do think that it will not work on a virtual machine since some hotkeys (for instance switching between windows) are still linked to the underlying operating system. Therefore I think bootcamp is the way to go.

I did not find any previous questions regarding this problem.

Thanks in advance


texts: Microsoft Remote Desktop Session always opens in full screen

texts:
I am using a Macbook Pro system with El Capitan that has an external monitor plugged into the lightning port and has my desktop expanded across the laptop screen and the external monitor.

Whenever I start an RDP (v8.0.38) session (by this I mean connect to another computer, and not just start the RDP application), the session window always starts in full screen mode and covers the entire desktop.  This is sort of OK when I am only using the laptop itself.  But when I have the external monitor plugged in, the RDP session window extends across both the laptop screen and external monitor as one big RDP window.  The only way I can get the RDP session window to only cover one physical screen is to disconnect the external monitor prior to starting the RDP session, and then plug the monitor back in.

If I don't remove the external monitor, and then instead just try to change the RDP session window resolution (via ⌘-1) then weird things happen to the RDP session window (I see a blank window) and I end up closing the RDP session and starting all over again.

So how do I start an RDP session in windowed and not full screen mode?


texts: How to fix RDC connection over VPN that is no longer working after network change?

texts:
I VPN into my work Windows PC (Win7) and used to use MS RDC to access it, but a little while ago a network move at work led to RDC no longer working.

The RDP connection via CoRD still works fine. On attempting to connect with Microsoft RDC 2.1 or 2.0.1, I get 2 error dialogs now. The first complains "The certificate is not from a trusted certification authority", whilst the second says that "The remote computer is not allowing connections from the Mac". Eeven though I have set the remote computer in question up to allow RDP, as evidenced by my ability to access it via CoRD.

I can still access other PCs on the same work network using RDC, just not the one I want to use. I'd prefer to use RDC over CoRD simply because it is faster on my 10.6.8 MacBook Pro.


texts: Why are my applications crashing after the update to 10.10.5?

texts:
I have a late 2012 Mac mini, 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5, running OS X Yosemite version 10.10.5 (14F27). Recently, just after the delta update to 10.10.5, two of my apps, uTorrent and All2MP3 have started crashing with the following error:

objc[5240]: Class  is implemented in both /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/AppKit and /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/AppKit. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.

How can I fix this?


texts:
I have a Windows PC and VMware Workstation. I am trying to figure out a way to install iOS on it.

Is there is way to install iOS on VMware Workstation?


texts: How to listen to Beats 1 radio outside of available countries?

texts: Beats 1 radio is not available at many countries no matter what country the Apple Music subscription account from.


texts:
I downloaded Signal desktop app from this URL:

https://updates.signal.org/desktop/signal-desktop-mac-1.24.1.zip

However, when attempting to extract the zip archive using unzip command, this is what I get:

~/Downloads$ unzip signal-desktop-mac-1.24.1.zip
Archive:  signal-desktop-mac-1.24.1.zip
  End-of-central-directory signature not found.  Either this file is not
  a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive.  In the
  latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
  the last disk(s) of this archive.
unzip:  cannot find zipfile directory in one of signal-desktop-mac-1.24.1.zip or
        signal-desktop-mac-1.24.1.zip.zip, and cannot find signal-desktop-mac-1.24.1.zip.ZIP, period.

Should be pretty straightforward. I don't know what the problem is. unzip -t also fails with the same error.

I've tried to download this several times. Same problem. Also happens with signal-desktop-mac-1.23.2.zip. I doubt the archive is corrupted across several versions, and my system has no other known problems.


texts: Console Message: "kernel: Sandbox: net.conceited.Ru System Policy: deny(1) mach-priv-task-port 391"

texts:
I'm getting about 50 messages like the following on the console every second.

01/09/15 17:50:32,000   kernel[0]   Sandbox: net.conceited.Ru(295) System Policy: deny(1) mach-priv-task-port 402
01/09/15 17:50:32,000   kernel[0]   Sandbox: net.conceited.Ru(295) System Policy: deny(1) mach-priv-task-port 401
01/09/15 17:50:32,000   kernel[0]   Sandbox: net.conceited.Ru(295) System Policy: deny(1) mach-priv-task-port 400
01/09/15 17:50:32,000   kernel[0]   Sandbox: net.conceited.Ru(295) System Policy: deny(1) mach-priv-task-port 398
01/09/15 17:50:32,000   kernel[0]   Sandbox: net.conceited.Ru(295) System Policy: deny(1) mach-priv-task-port 397
01/09/15 17:50:32,000   kernel[0]   Sandbox: net.conceited.Ru(295) System Policy: deny(1) mach-priv-task-port 396
01/09/15 17:50:32,000   kernel[0]   Sandbox: net.conceited.Ru(295) System Policy: deny(1) mach-priv-task-port 395
01/09/15 17:50:32,000   kernel[0]   Sandbox: net.conceited.Ru(295) System Policy: deny(1) mach-priv-task-port 394
01/09/15 17:50:32,000   kernel[0]   Sandbox: net.conceited.Ru(295) System Policy: deny(1) mach-priv-task-port 393
01/09/15 17:50:32,000   kernel[0]   Sandbox: net.conceited.Ru(295) System Policy: deny(1) mach-priv-task-port 392
01/09/15 17:50:32,000   kernel[0]   Sandbox: net.conceited.Ru(295) System Policy: deny(1) mach-priv-task-port 389
01/09/15 17:50:32,000   kernel[0]   Sandbox: net.conceited.Ru(295) System Policy: deny(1) mach-priv-task-port 383
01/09/15 17:50:32,000   kernel[0]   Sandbox: net.conceited.Ru(295) System Policy: deny(1) mach-priv-task-port 379
01/09/15 17:50:32,000   kernel[0]   Sandbox: net.conceited.Ru(295) System Policy: deny(1) mach-priv-task-port 378
01/09/15 17:50:32,000   kernel[0]   Sandbox: net.conceited.Ru(295) System Policy: deny(1) mach-priv-task-port 377
01/09/15 17:50:32,000   kernel[0]   Sandbox: net.conceited.Ru(295) System Policy: deny(1) mach-priv-task-port 376
01/09/15 17:50:32,000   kernel[0]   Sandbox: net.conceited.Ru(295) System Policy: deny(1) mach-priv-task-port 375
01/09/15 17:50:32,000   kernel[0]   Sandbox: net.conceited.Ru(295) System Policy: deny(1) mach-priv-task-port 374

Could someone points me on what's happened and how can I avoid it?


texts: How do I make iTunes re-remember an app I have recently requested it to forget?

texts:
In the iTunes home tab (on your Mac) there is a section known as a "quick link" section where you can view all of your purchased apps.  It's on the right hand side and it has a hyperlink aptly named "purchased."

Here you can view all of the apps you have downloaded to your device.

If you hover over any app icon there is a small "x" that appears in the upper-left hand corner of the app icon.  If you hit that "x" iTunes will forget that you have purchased that app and it will no longer download it from iCloud.  When you search for the app in the app store there will no longer be a cloud it will just have a box that reads "free."

Well, within the last week any app that you have requested for iTunes to forget will now leave you in this never ending loop of a dialog box that reads "this item is free in the store.  This item will be added to your Purchases, and will be available even if your Family Sharing status changes." It gives you the option to "cancel" or to "download."

I can click download before I put in my password for my app ID or afterwards.  Doesn't matter because this will put me in a never ending loop of this dialog box (never ending if you want to download).

I cannot find any answers to this. I have seen it asked once already but none of the answers helped.

This dialog box does not pop up for any new apps I have or any previous apps I have still known to iCloud.  It only pops up for any app that I have previously requested that iCloud forget about.

I am thinking I can bypass this problem if I can have iTunes re-remember the app, but I am at a loss as to how to do that.


texts: Error when sending POSIX file as attachment with iMessage

texts:
So I have this applescript that tries to grab all images from a folder and sends them to a friend through iMessage.

The folder is structure like so:

Desktop
  my-folder
    image-1
    image-2
    image-2

The problem is that when I read all files to a variable as a string and then try to set them to a POSIX file I get the error:

  Messages got an error: Can’t get POSIX file
  "/Users/user/Desktop/my-folder/image-name".

do shell script "rm -f ~/Desktop/my-folder/.DS_Store"

tell application "System Events"
    set imgs to POSIX path of disk items of folder "~/Desktop/my-folder"
end tell

tell application "Messages"
    set targetServiceId to id of 1st service whose service type = iMessage
    set theBuddy to buddy "redacted phone#" of service id targetServiceId

    repeat with img in imgs
        set imageAttachment to POSIX file img # errors
        send imageAttachment to theBuddy
    end repeat
end tell

How can I set imageAttachment correctly to a POSIX file so that I can send it with iMessage?


texts: A programmatic method for disabling all sharing services?

texts:
I'm seeking a programmatic method for disabling all the sharing services on a Mac. My preference is for an AppleScript or a shell script.

I'd like to have the services shown in the picture below disabled when I execute the script. The solution should be compatible with Alfred, Keyboard Maestro or any other global productivity tool.

The services I'd like to disable are:

I could come up with the following with some googling:

File sharing (on/off)

do shell script "/usr/sbin/AppleFileServer" password "x" with administrator privileges
do shell script "/usr/bin/killall AppleFileServer" password "x" with administrator privileges

Internet Sharing (on/off)

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.InternetSharing.plist
sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.InternetSharing.plist

(I would prefer terminal commands or batch scripts to apple scripts. Here's an apple script solution for those interested.)


texts: Is it possible to type something into the address bar without going to the URL?

texts:
On the desktop version of Safari, you can type something into the address bar without going to it. If I think of something I want to search as I'm browsing, I can put it in the address bar, but I won't press enter until I'm done reading the current page.

How do I do this on the iOS version of Safari? Typing something in the address bar gives you 2 options: "go" and "cancel." Unfortunately, pressing "cancel" will delete what you typed and revert the text in the address bar back to the original URL of the page you're on.

Is it possible to type something into the address bar on iOS Safari and leave it there?


texts: Running an installed app already paid for on an account not logged in

texts: I have an app I paid for on another mac under my Apple ID. Can I log into a different mac with the same Apple ID and install it, then log out with the app still working?


texts: Pressing the play button on earphones opens up iTunes. Is there a way I can prevent this from happening without installing any third party programs? I would preferably want to control Spotify with my earphones.


texts: Bad WiFi reception when using external screen

texts:
I know it doesn't make any sense (at least, it doesn't to me), but I have the strangest situation over here:

Upstairs:
I use a MacBook Pro (mid 2010) with a i7 2.66 GHz processor and 4GB of DDR3. The notebook is on my desk on my right side. I've connected a 23" ACD as external screen. When the screen is connected, the lid is closed.

Downstairs:
AirPort Extreme (4th generation) which sends a signal (n-standard) to my Mac (and all other devices in our house).

For some reason, when the external ACD is connected I got a very bad signal. Signal strength even goes down to 1 sometimes. But when the ACD is disconnected and the lid is opened, the signal strength increases to normal proportions (40-80).

I can't figure out why the signal strength is influenced by connecting the ACD or not.
Can you?


texts: Don't maximize an app's window which was previously minimized to dock when click app icon in dock?

texts:
Is it possible to prevent a system from maximizing an app's window which was previously minimized to dock when I click the app icon in Dock or when I type app name in Spotlight/Alfred?

What I want to get: when I type app name or click app icon in Dock, it's last minimized window should not come to the front.

I just want to see the app (its status bar, for example), not its windows with old documents.


texts: My iMac has been hacked via sshd. What now?

texts:
My iMac runs Mac OS X Yosimite 10.10.1

I accidentally had "Remote Login" enabled in my Mac's system preferences, so the sshd was running.

I just notified in Little Snitch's network monitor window, that it logged about 90 connections from different servers to sshd. I checked the ip addresses on http://ipinfo.io and all the logged ip addresses are located in China, Hong Kong and South Korea.

It seems to be pretty bad.

I looked around a little bit in the available network protocol of Little Snitch and found out, that the ip addresses appearing in the sshd log also appeared in the logs of several other processes, including

sh
DDService64d (apparently DDService64d is part of the Drobo
Dashboard - I have a Drobo 5N installed in my LAN)
launchd

all with user "root" (including the sshd logs).
I thought user root was disabled by default on Mac OS X, but this might all be results of the hack...

So the question now is how to proceed?

Of course I switched off "Remote Login" (sshd) on the machine.
I disabled the root user with the "dsenableroot -d" terminal command
I changed my admin password

I use a cable modem for internet connection (FritzBox 6360). UPnP is switched on (and I use this feature for several apps).
There where several mappings to port 22. I removed all these.

But probably this won't be enough.

Since my computer definitely is compromised I don't really trust it anymore.
What should I do now? Erase the whole thing and re-install all new?
That would be a huge amount of time going down the drain.

And what's about the DDService64d access?
Is my Drobo 5N also compromised? Is there a way to check this?

My TimeMachine backup is also saved on the Drobo 5N, so even if I decide to erase the computer and start all over again, how can I be sure, that it isn't compromised again by the TimeMachine backup on the Drobo?

Any advice?


texts: when I read appended docs in Mail, it saves each one of them automatically Mail Downloads in separate obscurely named folders. The same docs can be saved so numerous times. Can I get rid of these folders so that I see immediately what files were downloaded?


texts: How do I build a PC Into a Mac PPC G5 case?

texts:
How can I convert my (unfortunately) obsolete Mac G5 PPC case into a PC? It only supports Leopard OS-wise and I'd like to keep the beautiful Mac Case and reuse it with PC components inside.

Can that be done? Can the hardware inside be replaced with a PC motherboard etc?


texts: How do I manually add a URL as a bookmark in Safari?

texts: When I visit the URL it redirects to a different site even though I want the bookmark to initiate at the original URL. I don't see a way to manually add a bookmark with the URL that I specify, I only see a way to add a bookmark on the page I'm currently viewing.


texts: I found an iPad that hasn't been turned on for 5 years. I left it to charge it for a day because it wouldn't turn on. iTunes detects it only in DFU mode but the recovery fails with error 4005. Any ideas?


texts: Native Foreign Exchange Trading Software

texts: Know anyone any foreign exchange (forex) trading software native for OS X? (Not Windows emulated).


texts: How to automatically store photos clicked on iPhone 11 to a specific folder?

texts:
Android phones usually have an option where all the photos clicked on the camera go to a separate folder. How do achieve this (or something similar) on iPhone? All my pictures and videos from any source (camera, whatsapp, etc) just get dumped in one folder called "Recents" in the "Photos" app. It just drives me mad!
I have checked in Settings > Camera, but couldn't find anything related to default folder.
I am using iPhone 11 with iOS 14.2


texts: A friend of mine has a first gen iPad that needs updating but doesn't have a computer to plug it into to do the update.  Can I use my MBP without trashing my iTunes and her iTunes?


texts: How to specify what dictionaries should be used by click and press on trackpad?

texts:
When I hover on some word and force touch on it then some popup appears and there is the meaning of the selected word. Here is this popup:

How I can specify what dictionaries should be used by this tool?


texts:
So I've got the following:

set mypath to /Users/myuser/Desktop/file.pdf

I want to copy the file of this path to my clipboard. How to I do this?
I tried:

set the clipboard to the file mypath

This does not work. Any idea? I just want to be able to copy this file to any application using the clipboard.


texts: Format a partition to NT and lose access to partition

texts:
I have a 2 TB external drive.

It contains two volumes (disk2s1 & disk2s2):

~ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *250.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         249.8 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +249.8 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            189.2 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 20.4 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                503.9 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      6.4 GB     disk1s4

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk2
   1:               Windows_NTFS HDD1                    228.4 GB   disk2s1
   2:               Windows_NTFS HDD2                    1.0 TB     disk2s2

I tried to format my first partition with Disk Utility, and changed format from Système de fichiers Windows NT File System (NTFS) to Système de fichiers Windows NT, but now, I can access my first empty partition, but the second one can't be mounted...

The system version is 10.13 High Sierra.

I already tried: diskutil mount readOnly /dev/disk2s2, but I get

Volume on disk2s2 failed to mount
If the volume is damaged, try the "readOnly" option

I also tried to restart in safe mode, and repair my hd, but options SOS is greyed

What can I do?


texts:
How can I have the checkboxes appear by default in the playlists?  When I go to a playlist no checkboxes appear, so I can't see if the playlist will burn to a cd or not.
I am on a mac, OS 10.9.5 and the i-tunes is 12.2.1


texts: Does iPhone battery life last longer using Wi-Fi vs Cellular Network?

texts:
Just out of curiosity and for my knowledge, from a software and hardware standpoint prospective, I read:

  When you use your device (iPhone) to access data, a Wi-Fi connection uses less power than a cellular network

Do you know why?


texts: Deleting Time Machine backups from external drive

texts:
I have a 500GB HDD that I want to use for media storage. Currently, it's 75% full of TM backups for an ancient iMac that expired. I replaced it with a MacBook Pro. I don't need to keep any of the TM backups for the old iMac, BUT the TM backups contain a lot of iTunes music files that I want to save if I can. I spent a long time transferring my CD collection & I've no wish to start over. Ultimately, I hope to create an iTunes library on the external drive to free up space on the MacBook. There's currently little commonality between the old and new iTunes libraries, which is why I'm so keen to keep the old files.

For clarity, I don't need to keep any other parts of the TM backups just the iTunes music files.

So, do I need to delete the older backups to create space to save the iTunes files and then delete the last back up too? And if I just drag them into the trash and empty it, will that recover the space? Apart from the media files, I have no use for the backups now.

Although I'm not a tech savvy person, I can usually follow instructions quite happily. I'll be grateful for advice from any quarter.

Thank you.


texts:
OS X by default supports emacs key bindings, for example Ctrl+A to go to the beginning of the line, My problem is when I switch to a different language these Ctrl key bindings stop working.

Is it possible to either modify the keyboard layout to send English letters when the key is pressed with Ctrl. Or add new binding to OS X that accept the Ctrl binding with the correspoding letters in the other input source. Or is there a third choice?


texts:
I am attempting to use this footswitch:

http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/input/008/usbfootswitch_detail.html

They only support windows, and USB Overdrive apparently doesn't support it either.

I want to use it to click the mouse in OSX.

Is there a software that will allow this configuration?


texts: MacBook Pro 13" Touch bar - Privacy > Accessibility list not working

texts:
My MBP with Mojave 10.14.6 doesn't let me add apps to the Privacy > Accessibility nor to Privacy > Full Disk Access in the System Preferences > Security & Privacy pane.

Many devices ask me to do this during initial setup (e.g. my Wacom tablet). As a result many things don't work properly (the Wacom tablet doesn't work at all,   Dropbox only works partially, etc).

How do I solve or reset Mojave in order to make allow the System Preferences > Security & Privacy pane to work properly?

So far, I've tried following the steps outlined on Wacom's website, but without success.

Below is a screenshot of what I see when accessing the System Preferences > Security & Privacy pane.


texts: Is there a way to navigate or filter Launchpad using type-selection?

texts:
Launchpad quickly becomes a mess once you have many apps installed. Especially seeing the fact that stuff like 'Microsoft Silverlight' (which you most likely will never run manually, but runs as a plugin) hooks itself into the Launchpad as well.

I have a couple of 'Crap' and 'Stuff' folders in which I store apps like these. Still, I'd like to navigate my Launchpad faster. When a person opens Launchpad, he/she usually knows what app he/she wants to start; it would be a lot easier if I'd be able to press the first character of this app, and Launchpad would automatically create a custom filtered screen for me.

Apparently, there is no such feature, but are there perhaps any plans to integrate this into OS X in a later stage? If not, are there any plugins that might be able to do this?


texts: How can I recalibrate the touchscreen on my iPhone?

texts: When I tap on the bottom of my iPhone's screen it actually acts as if I tapped in another section higher up. It may be a calibration problem. How can I recalibrate the touchscreen?


texts: Recycling a damaged Late 2015 into a late 2013 MBP Retina

texts:
Normally I work on pcs, not macs so I'm not real sure of my options but I'm trying to help a girl out.
She has two MBP, a late model 2013 (8GB Ram) and a late model 2015 (16GB Ram). The 2013 has a bad speaker and the keyboard has a few keys that no longer type but otherwise is in perfectly fine working order. She uses a wireless keyboard which she says "...is cumbersome to travel with."
The 2015 has seen better days, the case has more dents and dings than a golf ball and is acting up (powers off, the cooling fan is LOUD, battery only lasts 45 minutes, and missing a few screws from the bottom of the case so the touchpad doesn't always recognize taps, and there are two lines going horizontal on the retina display).
She wants to know if the processor, ram, and keyboard from the 2015 could be moved to the 2013 laptop or would the performance be marginal between these two systems?


texts: I want to send an email to a large list, using Mac Mail. How many email addresses can I have in To: or cc: or bcc:? I recall there is a limit.


texts: How much free disk space do I need to install Lion, and how much will I lose by upgrading?

texts:
My hard disk is starting to get a bit cramped, with only 30GB available. I'm about download Lion and I'd like to know if I'll need to free up some space before I install it.

Also, I've read that Lion creates a hidden partition with a bare-bones copy of OS X for emergency system recovery. How large is it? How much space will I lose after installing Lion?


texts: Replacing Macbook Pro SSD with Macbook Air SSD

texts:
Currently I have a Macbook Pro (mid 2014) with 120GB ssd. I am planning to buy a Macbook Air (say, early 2015) with 250GB ssd and swap these drives between laptops. I know they are both PCI based, but that doesn't mean much
as the protocol could be SATA/NVM/Proprietary.

My concerns are:
1. Will it work?
2. Should I expect significant performance differences between these drives?

I checked compatible drives for both laptops on ifixit:
https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Parts/MacBook-Air-11-Inch-and-13-Inch-Mid-2013-to-Early-2015-and-MacBook-Pro-Retina-13-Inch-and-15-Inch-2015-SSD/IF188-105-5 Air

https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Parts/MacBook-Pro-13-Inch-and-15-Inch-Retina-Late-2013-Mid-2014-SSD/IF123-026 Pro

I see that Air's SSD is compatible with Air models from 2013 to 2015, but with Pro models only of 2015 -- that seems weird and I expect that it's just a misleading description. Does anyone have such (successful or not) experience?


texts: How can I get an unreadable Flash Drive to work?

texts:
I got this pretty cool flash drive as a gift and I can't seem to use it. Every time I plug it in, a pop up comes up that says: The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer.

I opened up Disk Utility and tried to erase it, in the hope of making it readable. It shows the loading bar and after a couple minutes, a pop-up appears and says: Disk Erase failed with the error: Unable to write to the last block of the device. So I remove it, and try again with no avail. I even tried using terminal and the diskutil eraseVolume command and I get:

newfs_hfs: write (sector 0): Invalid argument

Mounting disk

Could not mount disk2 with name (null) after erase

Error: -69832: File system formatter failed

So I tookit out, and tried again with diskutil randomDisk just to see if I couldeven write on it. and then I got this:

Started erase on disk2
Error: -69879: Couldn't open disk
Underlying error: 2: POSIX reports: No such file or directory

Does anyone have any idea how I can make this drive readable?


texts: Can I charge my battery with a higher wattage charger than what came with device

texts: Will it hurt my battery to use a 12w charger instead of a 10w that came with my iPad Air 2. iPhone charger says 12w can I use this on my iPad air2


texts:
I'm looking for a way to prevent Boot Camp from being used on a mac. IDEALLY while keeping the user as an admin (or close to it). The issue I see is that basic user access is too restrictive and admin is too liberal. Users should be trusted to install their own apps yet I don't want them booting from a different partition.
I've tried to delete Boot Camp Assistant but that is restricted, even when using csrutil. I can't even set the permissions on it.
Any ideas on how to disable or remove it while allowing users to install other apps?
I saw How to disable Boot Camp and prevent any other OS installations? but it doesn't have an accepted answer (because it doesn't answer the question)


texts: Getting an error after every iPhone sync that some items could not be found

texts:
After every sync, I am alerted that two items could not be transferred because they could not be found. That is not surprising to me: they are two podcast episodes which were deleted long ago and I don't even subscribe to those podcasts anymore. However, for some reasons there seems to be some data of them stuck and I'd like to get rid of that.

Downloading the episodes again and then deleting them would have been the first thing to try, but they are no longer available.
When I edit the iTunes Music Library.xml to remove the entries for those files and the corresponding key from all playlists, that does not help at all.

Since then I've seen at support.apple.com/kb/ht1660 that the relevant information is probably saved in the iTunes Library.itl file, which I cannot edit because it is not using xml. Any suggestions what I could do? I don't want to disable the alert, because generally I'd like to be notified when things go missing.


texts: AppleScript or Automator workflow to clean orphaned files on Kindle

texts:
I'm wondering if there's a way to clean orphaned files from a Kindle using AppleScript or Automator.

It would basically look for any .sdr folder that doesn't have a matching .mobi or .azw and then move it to the trash.

Thanks!


texts:
What I'm doing

I'm using iTerm2 Build 3.0.15 and writing a script that opens a new window and prints "hello world" to the screen. Really, I'm interested in being to run any command but using echo "hello world" as a starting point.

What I've tried

I read up on the iTerm2 documentation for scripting. I wanted to learn more so I dragged the iTerm2 icon on the Script Editor icon to view the dictionary available to me and found the following command:

From reading the dictionary and documentation I wrote the following script:

tell application "iTerm"
  create window with default profile command "echo hello world"
end tell

When I run my script from the terminal a new window opened and "hello world" was on the screen; however, I got the following broken pipe error:

When I select Ok the window closed and I'm left with the following message:

$ osascript iterm.applescript
window id 6415

The Questions

What do these broken pipe and window id 6415 errors mean?
How do I write a script that opens an iTerm2 window and runs a command?


texts: Is there an app that would let me stream the iPhone/iPad camera to my Mac? I need high quality so it can be recorded.


texts: Cannot type 'c' in Terminal - Restore Terminal to default settings

texts:
I am new to terminal, learning how to code in Python.

I was trying to turn the autocomplete tab function on, using the code found in the link below.

https://timleland.com/how-to-enable-autocomplete-in-mac-terminal/

I can now not type 'c'. I am able to type 'C' and everything else. I believe I have changed the .bash settings, but I'm an amateur and don't know how to rectify this.

Is there a way to restore Terminal to its default settings?

Many thanks!


texts: Facebook notifications are shown multiple times

texts:
Whenever I get a new Facebook notification, the same message is displayed 20 times in the notification center. I noticed this is only the case for Facebook, and I've been experiencing this since I upgraded to Sierra.

Any ideas on how to solve this, or what might be the cause of this issue?

Edit:
There is a thread on Apple's discussion forum about this issue. However, not solved yet.


texts: Macbook a1181 stopped working and commands doesnt work after installing windows

texts: I installed windows 10 in my macbook a1181 model but then my mac Os has stopped working even i could not switch to it. But i mistakenly made clean the entire hdd without having backup and tried to internet recovery. after that nothings shows even not any command works. It  looks like windows. Help!


texts: Mac OSX 10.10.5 [Itunes 12.2.2.25]: Is there a shortcut for hearting a song on iTunes?

texts:
Having to tab back and forth between what I'm working on and iTunes only to heart a song by clicking the tiny heart in the play area is annoying.

If there isn't a short cut what would you suggest to make one?

I was thinking of automattor at first but wasn't sure if a service could work. I use some pretty complex work flows with alfred to but I'm not interested in having to engage another app to heart a song.


texts: Where can I find the APN settings for an unlocked AT&T iPhone 4 running iOS 7?

texts:
Today I unlocked my AT&T iPhone 4 running iOS 7 (the official method via AT&T).  In order to use my phone abroad next month I'm told I'll need to be able to set APN settings but I can't find them anywhere on my device.

I believe the unlock was successful as iTunes showed a confirmation message saying so.

I've tried looking in various places suggested by posts on various message boards but I can't find the settings anywhere.


texts: How to back up Photos Library to an external hard drive?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro running Yosemite and my Photos Library is taking 235G of space so I want to back it up into an external hard drive and delete it from MacBook Pro. I am kinda new to Mac OS systems and never really understand how the Photos application works.

I have my iPhone backups on this same MacBook Pro and have also done picture/video imports via the Photos Library application.

The Photos application shows my pictures / videos from 2007 up to 2016.

But I am confused that when I get into Show Package Content of the Photos Library and then the Masters folder, I only see year folders of 2015 and 2016.

So, my question is: From where is the Photos Library pulling together all of my media files? As you know, the Photos Library software does not allow us to right click a picture or video and reveal in finder, which is very annoying.

The bottom line question is: If I drag and drop the Photos Library package to an external drive, will I have successfully backed up my media and safe to delete them from my macbook pro?


texts: How to save iPhone Messages photos and videos and create free space?

texts:
We have an iPhone that has run out of space. Most of the space is taken by Messages. We don't want to delete all those old photos and videos. We'd like to save them to our Photos app.

The latest version of iOS and macOS possibly syncs all your Messages between your connect iCloud devices. If true, all of our photos and videos from Messages on the iPhone should be on the Mac connected with the same iCloud account.

I also understand there is a folder on the Mac under ~/Library/Messages/Attachments which contains all the photos and videos from the macOS Messages app, which based on my assuming that all messages are synced between iCloud and all connected devices, should represent all of the photos and videos from the Messages app on the iPhone.

My questions are:

Should the Mac Messages app contain all of the iPhone Messages, including all of the photos and videos in those messages?
Shouldn't I be able to import that /Attachments folder into Photos app on the Mac to backup/save all of the photos and videos from the Messages app on the iPhone?
If and once I do back then up, is it safe to assume that if we delete those photos and videos from the iPhone to free space, that those same photos and videos will also be delete from the Mac Messages app (but obviously, not the Photos app if imported before)?

Thank you.


texts: I want to install Windows 10 on External SSD and then be able to move it between 2 Macs, is that possible?

texts:
I have two newish Macs: a 2018 Mac Mini and a 2017 MacBook Pro, both running Catalina. I have purchased a 500GB SanDisk Extremest Pro (supposed read/write of 10GBs/s) to install Windows 10 from Bootcamp on. I haven't done this part yet but we'll see, it doesn't seem as easy as it should be.

Anyway, I would like to be able to move the Windows-installed SSD between the two computers freely and then be able to boot into it on wither machine. IS that possible? I would think that I'd just have to have and install the drivers from Bootcamp Assistant on each machine into that one Windows OS but really I have no idea. Would windows know which drivers to use dependent on which machine it's connected too?

Any help or insight on either process (install Win10 on SSD and Use SSD on Two Macs) is GREATLY appreciated.

(FWIW I'm trying to set up virtual reality gaming via Oculus Link on either computer, along with a Razer Core eGPU running an AMD Radeon 580. Installing the driver for that GPU is a whole different issue I'll be tackling after this one.)


texts: NFS, AFP, SMB... Advantages and drawbacks on a Mac OS system

texts:
Struggling to fix several issues since I switched to Lion (see here and there), I came across several ways of connecting network shares to my MBP: NFS, AFP, SMB, CIFS (maybe others).
What are the differences between all these protocols and what is the one giving the more advantages to a MacOS system?


texts: On PCs you could easily configure the Vertical Sync setting from NVidia control panel, how can you enable/disable vertical sync in OS X?


texts: macOS Cataline 10.15.7 crashing due to kernel panic in USB

texts:
I keep getting this crash while the computer sleeps: https://pastebin.com/dFGvusQD.
It seems that it has to do with a USB device? Is it because I unplugged my hard drive a while ago?
Any known workarounds?


texts:
I recently moved computers, and since then I can no longer import certificates into my login keychain. I have:

Tried using Keychain First aid
Tried running reset password in recovery mode to reset permissions
Tried running disk first aid and resetting permissions

None of these have helped. I still get [UNIX]Permission Denied when I try to import.

So I tried a few other experiments:

I tried deleting old passwords from the keychain. that worked fine
I made a new keychain, development, and imported the certificate there. that worked fine too.

So for whatever reason, something is wrong with my login keychain. Is there a way to export everything and re-import into a new copy? I looked on the Apple web site, but it's hopelessly out of date.


texts: Can I pay for my Netflix subscription using iTunes credit?

texts: Now that you can sign up for Netflix with your Apple ID and use that for billing, does that allow you to get it billed to your iTunes Credit rather than credit card?


texts: Can I create a newspaper type document with photos and words and save directly on my iPad?

texts: I have a 64GB iPad and would like to be able to create and then store directly onto my iPad a newspaper like document. So that I can have access to it without a wifi connection. Can this be done? I am new to Apple so still learning what it can do!


texts: How to debug the cause of an enormous Spotlight index?

texts:
My Spotlight index (MacBook Air 13, 10.13.6) has been growing out of control requiring me to delete and rebuild at least twice per day.

I have about 70 Gb available on my HDD, and the Spotlight database located in /.Spotlight-V100/ slowly increases until it takes up the entirety of the free space.

At that point I delete the index as follows:

#!/bin/bash

sudo mdutil -a -i off
sudo rm -rf /.Spotlight-V100/*
sudo mdutil -a -i on

and allow it to rebuild itself.

This post indicates that others have seen this behavior, but gives no help in debugging, as the poster found an issue with a device driver that I don't have. Spotlight Massive (out of control at 100GB+)

Any tips as to how to debug this issue? I've poked around the Console.app but haven't found a clear pointer to anything going out of control.

One possibility is that there are a large number of mdworker processes created during the rebuild; I don't know if this is unexpected but it seems greater than what others have reported.

At this point I'm out of ideas of what to check. I rely on Spotlight pretty thoroughly for mail search within Outlook so I can't just turn it off entirely. Thanks!


texts: How do I make a terminal alias that edits root owned files in a GUI text editor?

texts:
How can I quickly edit root owned files like /etc/hosts and /etc/apache2/httpd.conf in a text editor such as TextEdit which would let me do modern text editor operations, without actually running the editor in sudo -b mode first, or without using nano, vim and other terminal based editors?

Ever since Lion came out, doing

$sudo open -e /etc/hosts

no longer works - the file remains locked when TextEdit opens it.


texts: How does Mac OS keep track of moved files?

texts:
An application I was using had a .dockset file stored in my home directory. I moved this file, and the application automatically updated the location of the file. I notice a similar effect when moving files that I'm currently editing in apps like Xcode, TextEdit, BBEdit, Preview, iWork, etc.

How does Mac OS keep track of these file movements?


texts: How can I specify a custom icon for a Dock stack?

texts: I've created a folder in Finder with aliases of several apps. I want to add this to my dock so that those apps are grouped together and the dock isn't quite as messy. No problem; I added the folder to the dock and it's displaying as a stack. The only problem is, the icon displayed in the dock is the icon of the first app in the folder, rather than the custom icon I assigned to the folder in Finder. Is there a way to force the dock to display the custom icon?


texts: Any way to delete custom fields of cards in Contacts.app?

texts:
Some custom fields of contact cards in Contacts.app are really annoying. For example, nicknames always appear in Mail.app. To make things worse, there seems to be no menu option to delete custom fields from cards once created.

Is there any way to delete custom fileds from cards? For example, with an AppleScript? I tried to write one but failed.

The OS X version of my Mac is 10.8.2.


texts:
I have redeemed several hundred dollars of iTunes money to my Apple account. Is there any any app(s) in the store that allow you to pay for something (at a high price of course, due to Apple’s fees) that can be shipped to your door (and potentially re-sold) with iTunes credit?

Is this allowed in Apple’s App Store Terms of Services, or are all In-App Purchases intended to cover some digital artefacts?

If so, do apps allow you to buy currency which is in turn redeemable for something tangible or exchangeable?


texts: Does the Appstore store a registered user's address?

texts: For example would it be possible for a retailer to have a user download their app, make an in-app purchase and have it sent directly to them without requiring the user to enter an address?


texts:
On my macbook I had wanted to install Ubuntu so a while ago I had created a partition and installed it to half of my drive. I ended up not using the distro and wanted to reclaim the space. I tried following a few guides that suggested I run diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk0s2 0 after deleting the other partition. But upon running the command i get this error.

Error: -69519: The target disk is too small for this operation, or a gap is required in your partition map which is missing or too small, which is often caused by an attempt to grow a partition beyond the beginning of another partition or beyond the end of partition map usable space

How would I get arround this error to resize my container.


texts: How can I reinstall iWork applications after I removed them from my Mac?

texts: If I were to say, remove Pages from my Mac, would I be able to reinstall it later from the Mac App Store?


texts: Office 2016 does not work with MathType: Migration of Word documents with MathType equations

texts:
As you may already know, the combination of Microsoft Office 2016 and MathType does not work on macOS. Design Science announced support of that combination, but that was early 2016.

I have lots of Word documents containing even more MathType equations. When I open such a document in Word 2016, I cannot edit the equations any more. Word complains about a missing server application when I double click on an equation.

I am afraid that one time Office 2011 will not work any more. Also, I do not want to be stuck with it.

Is there an option to migrate the documents to another application while preserving the alterability of the equations? Pages does not work. Is it possible to convert the documents to LaTeX?


texts: Failed to show Xcode notification due to the osascript while building the app

texts:
Unable to build my app suddenly. This is the error which I got after running the caused by:

 script error: osascript: no such component "JavaScript".
continuing in background.

       Error: Failed to display Xcode notification
          caused by: script error: osascript: no such component "JavaScript".

        /Users//Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/App-dvcafjcjvuogulagizfflouagntd/Build/Intermediates.noindex/ArchiveIntermediates/App/IntermediateBuildFilesPath/App.build/Release-iphoneos/App.build/Script-00199139199199133.sh: line 5: debug]: command not found


texts: Screen flickers intermittently / regular interval Macbook pro 2019 touchbar

texts: I upgraded my Mac book pro 2019 touchbar model to Mojave macOs. after upgrading i observed that my screen is flickering with a strip like formation. it will start and stop randomly. i tried all the fixes available around the internet but none of them worked.


texts: Chrome for macOS shows raw HTML for gmail.com

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I posted this question in the google communities forum here but did not receive a response so I thought I'd ask here. I'm not sure if it's specific to apple but I thought it could be worth a shot trying this here first, over stack overflow.

When I visit gmail, Chrome doesn't render the HTML but just displays it raw, similar to if I had right-clicked and then regular clicked View Page Source. And it's just the source code and not an working HTML-only render.

Visiting the same URL with a different browser, on the same machine with the same OS, does render the HTML in the typical fashion.

How can I get Chrome to render the HTML rather than just print it out?

I've tried resetting Chrome to default settings, and uninstalling and re-installing Chrome. The problem still persists. I did just upgrade to Mojave but Chrome worked normally after the upgrade for awhile before it started behaving strangely.

Shot of how it appears.


texts: Is it possible to duplicate images in LittleSnapper?

texts:
The reason is that I have some screenshots of full websites. Though for inspiration and illustration reasons I need to crop them to show different parts of that website. I know that when you crop an image in LittleSnapper it does not damage the original but I really would like to be able to see the full image AND the cropped version

So that is why I need to know if there is a way to make copies of the image. Of course there is always a long way of doing it; such as drag it to the desktop and drag it back in, or go back to the web page. But does the application have a copy and paste (images) feature

Thanks


texts: "Identical" DMGs: one installs, one does not

texts:
We've got a DMG from a vendor that we put on our web server for download. After download, the file on my Mac (OSX 10.10.1) is identical to the original file (did a hex compare), and the DMG mounts fine... but the installer inside the DMG will not work after download.

To put it a different way, I have two seemingly identical DMG's, both of which mount, but only one of which will actually run the installer in the image, once mounted.

The permissions were slightly different between the two DMG's after download. Changed them so they are now identical.

We've tried this on three Macs with at least two versions of OSX, and the results are the same.

What else could be wrong? Is there anything in the OS security settings that could have saved some information about the file having come from the internet and blocking the installer somehow? If so, where?


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I've got a large audio file in MPEG-4/MP4 format (file foo.m4b returns foo.m4b: ISO Media, MP4 Base Media v1 [IS0 14496-12:2003] and mpv indicates that it's two-channel, AAC at 44.1kHz) and a corresponding cue sheet. I want to split the audio file into the tracks described in the cue sheet.

How can I do this from within macOS 10.13.6? I'm familiar with XLD, but that seems only to provide the ability to burn to physical media given a cue sheet. Homebrew offers cuetools, but these seem to deal only with the cue sheet itself and not the audio file it relates to.


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I've got no sound from Flash in Firefox running my MacBook pro through HDMI cable and I've found a similar question from '15 on the, cached, Adobe Forums

When viewing video with flash player in firefox the sound is played through HDMI altough my USB headset is set as the default sound device. All other sound is played trough the default sound device EXCEPT flash player sound.
Restarting firefox doesn't help.
Reinstalling the flash player plugin doesn't help.

To which the answer says:

Yeah, this is a lingering Firefox problem, and it's related to limitations in how we had to retrofit sandboxing to the NPAPI.  The best workaround is probably to just use Chrome.  I forget the exact reason why (this has been a problem for years) but the low-integrity Flash Player process doesn't have permission to call into the Windows Sound APIs necessary to set the correct output target, and I don't believe that we can broker it safely for some reason.
Mozilla has recently engaged in a collaborative effort with us to improve the overall experience with Flash in Firefox by addressing some of these long-standing architectural deficiencies.  Our hope is that we'll be able to provide both a secure and efficient Flash implementation all around, but that effort is going to take at least several months before it reaches customers (and we're doing incremental stuff in the meantime).
Sorry I don't have better news on that front.

The Q&A is a good two years old, I'm hoping there has been some improvements by now.
Any fixes?


texts: Does Mountain Lion (10.8.4) come with SharePoint plug-ins, or did I just install these?

texts:
I did a custom installation of Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac on my MacBook Air running 10.8.4., but I changed my mind and decided to uninstall it.

I only installed Word, Excel, and Proofing Tools (English only).

I'm reading up on how to fully remove all the tidbits Microsoft sprinkled about, and I noticed a couple files on my system:

/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/SharePointWebKitPlugin.webplugin

I didn't include SharePoint in the installation, so I'm not sure that's where these files came from. It's a new machine, so the only alternative is that they were included with OS X 10.8.4, in which case I'm inclined to leave them be.

Does anybody know more about these files, where they likely came from?


texts: How to change bluetooth device type on Mac (e.g. force recognition of bluetooth device as a keyboard)

texts:
In Bluetooth Preferences on my Mac, my wireless keyboard simply shows up as a bluetooth device and is not recognised as a keyboard.

Is there a way to force the Mac to recognise this device as a keyboard?

The reason I need to do this is so that the keyboard shows up as an option in the "Select Keyboard" drop down in System Preferences > Keyboard > Modifier keys.

Please see attached screenshot of device only being recognised as standard bluetooth device.


texts: How do I automate a backup of new MobileMe calendar data

texts:
The new MobileMe iCal data lives in the cloud, and the data on your computer is actually a cache. This support article from Apple explains how to backup calendar data by exporting to an .ics file. I would like to automate that process via AppleScript, Automator or any other method (paid software is fine).

The sticking point with AppleScript is selecting the calendar on the left hand column. In Automator I don't think the available actions support this level of automation.


texts: How do I get x360ce to work in Wine on OS X?

texts:
I am having trouble getting x360ce to work with Wine and cooperate with my Steam game, specifically Rivals of Aether. I purchased a Mayflash GameCube Controller Adapter for Wii U & PC USB to be able to use my original GameCube controller on my Macbook Pro 13" retina display laptop. I have used Parallels and managed to get Steam and x360ce to work in that, but I feel that having the the entire VM running to play this one game is unnecessary, and also feel that using Wine would be a simpler and lighter way to play the game.

I have searched Google and Reddit for answers, but they have mostly been answers for Windows, Linux or Abuntu users.

So far I have referenced these for information:

https://askubuntu.com/posts/399662/revisions
https://www.reddit.com/r/RivalsOfAether/comments/3mlsv8/guide_getting_roa_working_on_os_x/

For the first one, I can't get past step 7 because I am not entirely sure of how to run the x360ce.exe...

I'm new to the Macintosh platform and need a lot of help  as you can see lol. If anyone could guide me towards the right direction or share some better suggestion for an application that will be able to read my GameCube Controller through wine, it would be much appreciated.

Thank you!


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How does one get around the missing sync agent problem in Mavericks to sync with Outlook?

If one tries to sync calendars or contacts through Itunes or with Outlook there is a whole part of the OS that is missing that was always there till Mountain Lion. It seems that Mavericks is missing many important bits. It seems that they thought that syncing with I cloud would be the answer. That is completely inadequate with people who do not live in first world areas.

How do we get around this lack of a vendor supplied sync since Office doesn't provide one either that works with Mavericks and the native contact and calendar data on OS X?


texts: macOS cpu/mem monitor in system tray (menu bar)

texts: I would like to monitor CPU and memory usage in realtime with charts on a macOS system tray (menu bar). Is there a utility that provides such functionality?


texts:
To reproduce/debug an issue exclusive to OS X 10.5, i was trying install Leopard on my Mac Mini (model "macmini3,1", came with Snow Leopard).
However, when trying to boot from a Leopard install medium (tried both from DVD and USB stick) the machine just hangs:

when manually choosing the boot medium: hangs with the boot medium selection screen still displayed
when running the install app from Snow Leopard and letting it restart the machine: hangs with the bright grayish screen and no logo or progress indicator

Does anyone happen to know what could cause this / how to work around it?

Or could my models hardware be too new for 10.5? Although a web search suggests there were/are macmini3,1s with 10.5 running. Also, this question and it's resource suggest it should be working.


texts: Triggering an Automator script upon text selection

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Is it possible to trigger an Automator script upon text selection on Mac OS X? I.e. if I select some text in any application (e.g. Safari, Eclipse, etc.), it should trigger an Automator script.

I'm open to suggestions using other languages / automation programs.


texts: Unable to Select/Copy text on PDF/.docx/.xlsx on Whatsapp - iPhone XR

texts:
This is truly a peculiar problem.

I’m on iPhone XR, and till now I’m always been able to select and copy text from any media (PDF/.docx/.xlsx) I open on WhatsApp.

However, all of a sudden I am able to open media but just cannot select The text. Text selection works in other apps so doubt it’s a phone problem.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

What I’ve tried doing, but to no avail:

Updating whatsapp to the latest version
Rebooting my phone


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in particular the execute-with-privileges subcommand, which uses fingerprint scanning GUI to authenticate and i'm curious whether those could be used if I build a cli.
Details
security is a standard binary that ships with OSX and:
security(1)               BSD General Commands Manual              security(1)

NAME
     security -- Command line interface to keychains and Security framework

SYNOPSIS
     security [-hilqv] [-p prompt] [command] [command_options] [command_args]

Any pointers or reference to documentation would help!
Thanks you!


texts: How to have Safari play again Flash videos?

texts:
Safari has suddenly stopped to load Flash videos.

On YouTube, for instance : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJENlHEZi18

On another site too.

In place of the video, I just have a black rectangle.

In Activity Monitor, I do not see any Flash plug-in process.

So I guess the bug is in Safari.

Anyway, I did clear the Flash data in the System Prefs. To no avail.

It was working yesterday. Now it is broken. I did not change the prefs. I did not quit Safari.

This random bug is really annoying. I have reported it to Apple.

In the meantime, how can I have Safari load Flash videos again ?

Thank you.

I have Safari 5.1.10 on Mac OS X 10.6.8.


texts: How to set a default user on the login screen without automatically logging in?

texts: I have more than one user account on my MacBook, but I'm almost always the one logging in. I don't want to have a click an icon or type my username. I do however, want my account to always be password protected. Basically, I want my account to be selected by default so all I have to do after turning on my computer is type in my password. If someone else needs to log in, they would press the back button,


texts: Requirements for iPhone 6 battery replacement

texts: I'm having a friend take my iPhone 6 to the local Apple Store to replace my failing battery. What steps must I take to have my phone ready for the Apple Store technician? I read somewhere you may need to disable 'Find My Phone'. Is this true?  What other steps should I take? Will the fingerprint reader require my presence?


texts: Selecting text while jumping with cursor in iTerm2

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I would like to know if it is possible to get text-editor-like functionality for selecting text in iTerm2.  For example, in Sublime Text 3, I can do the following:

⇧ ⌥ → = Select word to the right of the cursor.

⇧ ⌘ → = Select entire line to the right of the cursor.

But I cannot for the life of me seem to do this in iTerm2.  I can add actions that make my cursor jump over words, or jump to the end of the line, but not jump and select at the same time.

To be clear: I am not looking for an alternative to highlighting text in this manner (for example any method that begins with a ⌘ F search or that requires a mouse), I am looking for the exact functionality outlined above.


texts: How do I get BBEdit to display the error browser programmatically?

texts:
One of the nice features of BBEdit is that it can show a list of errors (e.g. syntax errors in a Ruby program), and clicking on the error will display the line in the source code file.

How can I bring this window up programmatically, e.g. via the command line, AppleScript, or a language module?

In my specific situation, I'm compiling SML/NJ programs.  The compiler lists errors in the following format:

codegen.sml:121.31 Error: syntax error: inserting  LPAREN
codegen.sml:130.49 Error: syntax error: inserting  EQUALOP

When I get compiler errors like that, I'd like BBEdit to display those error messages and let me click on them to display the buggy line in my code.


texts: Can Apache 2.2.24 from MacPorts 2.1.3 run stably on Server 10.6.8 Build 10K549 with symlinked targets?

texts:
Mac OS X Server 10.6.8 Build 10K549 running Apache 2.2.24 via MacPorts 2.1.3.
Native Mac OS X Server http server disabled.

The error message I'm getting in the log is as follows:

[Tue Aug 13 11:21:55 2013] [error] [client {removed}] Symbolic link not allowed or link target not accessible: {removed}

I have a DocumentRoot setting that involves a symbolic link. This works fine, but after an X amount of hours, something happens (I haven't figured out what, looked at every log possible) which prevents the daemon from entering the symbolic link. I checked file permissions (both ACL and POSIX) for any changes, but nothing seems faulty.

Now the really stupefying part: after a simple restart of the apache daemon, it works fine again. This cycle goes on and on. I checked the server configuration for any runtime changes, but none are applied. It's really frustrating a simple restart resolves the issue, because I lose all grip on the issue at hand.

Has anyone found a way to troubleshoot this or better yet - actually solve the instability?


texts: Advice and information for installing a SSD into MBP with fresh Lion

texts:
Tomorrow I am going to buy a OCZ Vertex 3 (240GB) and then I want to upgrade my MacBook Pro (late 2011) and install a fresh Lion system without copying any files with SuperDuper etc. Now I would like to know, whether it is necessary to flash the SSD via Windows (as I've sometimes...) before plugging it in to the MacBook.

Furthermore I would like to know whether I can install Lion without the need to pay the 23€ in the "AppStore of the Installer" (wanted to create bootable USB stick with Lion Installer on it - otherwise I must do the "Packages"-hack to prevent from online-check/download) as I have bought my MacBook only a few days ago with Lion shipped on it.

Last but not least, any further advice or things I must pay attention of?

EDIT: I found the Lion Recovery Disk Assistant which seems to be vera cool... however I want to know whether I can reinstall Lion on my new SSD without having to log on to the AppStore which was necessary for a time to check whether I have purchased Lion properly. Can anyone tell me whether this will work how I expect it to do so?


texts: How to prevent keychain passwords being seen with iPhone passcode?

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Via Settings/Safari/Saved Passwords/ it is possible to view all saved passwords by simply entering the 4 digit passcode on ones iPhone.

Is it possible to still be able to use Keychain passwords and autofill, but prevent access by the 4 digit code (e.g. requiring the full Keychain/iCloud password), so that someone who knows your phone code is not able to access all of your internet passwords in plain text?

EDIT: it is possible to set a different 4 digit code as the "Keychain pin" via turning on Settings/iCloud/Keychain/Advanced/"Approve with Security Code", but the phone 4 digit code is still used for accessing the saved Safari passwords as above... It would be great if there was a way to always require the "Keychain pin" instead.

RELATED: the analogous problem on Mac OS X: How to prevent Safari saved passwords being seen with Mac password?.


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My dad dropped his iPhone 6S down the toilet

Luckily it still works, except for the whole of the touchscreen.

He wants to get the photos off, he’s got most of them but for some reason iCloud has left a big gap from September 2017.

I’ve bought a Lightning to USB adapter and plugged a keyboard in and managed to unlock it, but now I can’t go any further.

I can get to the settings app but can’t navigate through it with a keyboard. I can open Bluetooth settings but not enable it, I can long press the home button to receive the prompt to enable Siri but not enable it without touching the screen. Same with VoiceOver.

Can anyone recommend a way of controlling the settings without using the touch screen?


texts: installation stuck in a loop due to damaged HD

texts:
Right off the bat I'll admit it was stupid to jump into trying to install a new version of OS X to the only partition without having taken adequate  precautions (no backups or recovery disks), but unfortunately it's done.  (the failed installation attempt, not the installation itself!)

I'm on a mid-2011 MBP that was running Lion. I download the installer for the latest OS X beta version to my HD and started installation process from there. The system rebooted and the  installation started, but after 1 minute into the estimated 43 minutes  for the installation to complete, I get an "Install Failed" message: "OS  X could not be installed on your computer. The OS X upgrade couldn't be  started because the disk Lion DP GM is damaged and can't be repaired.  After your computer restarts, back up your data, erase your disk, and  try installing again. Click Restart to restart your computer and try  installing again."

Restarting just repeats the process and the same problem recurs. I went  into "Disk Utility" from the Installer's menu, and trying to verify the  offending volume returns "This disk needs to be repaired. Click Repair  Disk". Unfortunately the "Repair Disk" option stays greys out.

Is there any way I can "revoke" the installation process (via the  Terminal perhaps?) and get back to my previous set up with Lion (without  losing data, obviously), so I can start over the right way this time?

Any advice is appreciated.

Update:

I'm not able to back up my main volume ("Lion DP GM") with Disk Utility. It barely starts before I get the following error:

  Unable to create "Lion DP GM.dmg" (Input/output error)

I tried booting in recovery mode and reinstalling Lion, but it didn't work. Under the disk "Lion DP GM" where I would install it, it says

  This disk is locked

When the OS installer is running, I can see - via Terminal - the contents of my main volume under /Volumes/Image Volume, whereas in Recovery Mode it's under /Volumes/Lion DP GM

Unless someone has some bright ideas how to restore things back to how they were, I would at least like to attempt backing up the entire "Lion DP GM" disk to an external disk via Terminal (since Disk Utility failed). What command would be the best way to attempt this?

Update #2:

In the end I copied just the bare essentials to an external drive via Terminal, which didn't cause any problems. Then I erased the whole partition, and did a USB installation, which completed successfully. Disk Utility on the new version of Mac OS X is no longer complaining of HD errors (although I'm not sure whether that means I'm in the clear or not).


texts: Limit the size for backups on a Time Capsule

texts:
I want to store both backups and shared data on my Time Capsule. Hence, I need to limit the space taken by backups. I see two options:

Partition
Limit the size of the backup sparse bundles.

Which one should I chose? If you say 2.: How to best do that, so it won't take forever?


texts: How to turn off the "Look up" function on the touchpad completely?

texts: When I click with two fingers to open a link in a new window, Safari too often turn on the "Look Up" function. It is annoying, and I have tried to turn it off in System Preferences > Touchpad > Point & Click to no avail. Any other suggestions?


texts: What is the difference between HFS+ and EFI System Partition (ESP)?

texts:
I'm familiar with manually installing certain files. In this case, I am installing rEFInd Boot Manager, see http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/installing.html

Yet when manually installing software on Mac OS X, I often run across directions instructing users to choose between installing "on the ESP" or installing "to an ordinary HFS+ volume". This is a good example.

I've never noticed a difference between the two installation methods. So, what difference do the two different installation methods make? Maybe I don't understand the difference between HFS Plus and EFI, so this could be a very stupid question.


texts: How do I unlock a .plist file in /private/var/db/receipts so that I can change it?

texts:
I want to edit some com.myApp.plist. I'm running OS 10.10.3, and I do have Xcode installed. But every time I try to edit the file, it's locked and I can't save my changes.

If I try to save it with Xcode, Xcode asks if I want to unlock it. I say "Unlock", but then an error says The file "com.myApp.plist" could not be unlocked."; it says that this is because I do not own it.

If I open the file in Sublime Text, its just the object code.

How can I make changes to the file?

I have tried sudo chown $USER com.myApp.plist followed by sudo chmod u+w com.myApp.plist. They both succeed but I still can't edit the file.

I have tried using Finder to change each folder in the path to add me as a read/write user, but still no editing capability.

I have tried opening the file from Terminal using sudo com.myApp.plist which opens Xcode. Doesn't work.

Not sure what else to do. I could try something like "apply to enclosing folders" but that seems dangerous.


texts:
So, after reinstalling MacOs I bumped into an issue regarding login window. Before reinstallation system started first (Apple logo appeared and the loading line under the logo) and after there got login window. But now when I start MacBook I get an Apple logo without the line above, in a second I get login window (while having that login window I can't change the brightness of the screen & keyboard). After entering the password in the login screen I get that loading line under the password. Afterwards, system is starting.
That moment is bothering me as while having login window the keyboard brightness is 0 and cannot be changed.
How can it be fixed?
MacBook Pro 13" 2017


texts: My MacBook Pro Mid 2012 screen is black and then just vertical stripes (like a glitch). Why and how do I solve this?

texts: It happened few hours ago - I tried to switch the MacBook Pro mid 2012 on from sleep. It doesnt switch on for some reason. I then shut the lid and suddenly the apple icon behind the screen lights up and I open the lid. But what I see is a screen of vertical stripes only in various colors, mainly different shades of gray. How do I fix this and why did this happen?


texts: Mac OS X Lion Safari Doesn't Display Tab Bar in Full Screen Mode

texts:
In the recent developer preview(2) of Mac OS X Lion, Safari no longer displays Tab Bar when put into the Full Screen mode. You have to move the pointer to the top to see the Tab Bar, which is very annoying for people who mostly work with keyboard.

Is there any quick fix? Or should we just take a nap and see how the final version will look like?


texts: Where are my options in Safari Share menu

texts:
This is a typical share menu:

For an unknown reason, mine looks like this:

How can I recover all others missing options?

This is what I get when I hit on more:

After the last update of OS X Yosemite to Version 10.10.2 (14C81f) the issue seems fixed, but only for one day. Then all options gone again.


texts: How many hard drives are in this Mac mini?

texts:
I just purchased a Mac mini and the seller assures me that there are two 1 TB hard drives inside, with a total storage space of 2 TB (picture from the listing).
At first, I was under the impression that there was a second drive without an OS and that the partitioning was done on that (Windows-format?) drive. However, after erasing the accessible drive following Apple's instructions, and restoring my data with Target mode, I do not see a second drive listed anywhere:

If I start the computer pressing ALT I see
this.
In the Storage tab I see
this.
In Recovery mode the Disk
Utility lists this.
The diskutil list command returns this in
Recovery mode (more images).

I really, really don't want to have to go through this process to figure out if the seller is saying the truth about there being two drives inside, since it might prevent me from returning it, but I'd like to know if what I bought matches the item description.
Possible hypotheses:

there is no second drive
there might be a second drive, but badly connected/wired in so undetectable
there is a second drive that is blank / oddly formatted / undetectable

How can I know if there is a second drive in the Mac mini?


texts: Once I press some key,OS X shows partition get info in fullscreen in big icon in black background,I don't know how to do it again.


texts: What specifications does my iPhone 5c require to charge?

texts: I'm looking into portable battery packs and I was looking into the electrical specifications of the pack. This got be thinking what current and voltage does my 5c need to charge?


texts: How do I copy my pics on icloud to an external hard drive?

texts: I'm trying to figure out how to back up my pictures on iCloud to an external hard drive.  Do I seriously have to do this one pic at a time?


texts: VLC Player on Apple TV cannot browse shared folder on Windows 7 x64

texts:
I have VLC player installed on Apple TV. I can see my Windows 7 x64 machine (with SMB suffix after its name) when I'm browsing local network in VLC Player. But when I'm trying to open it I can see only "Empty Folder" despite I have shared folders on this machine which are visible for other computers. Meanwhile, I can browse files and folders on Linux machine with Samba installed without any problems. I suppose I should change some settings on Windows machine but have no idea what exactly. Now I have

Network Discovery Turned On
File and printer sharing Turned On
Public Folder sharing Turned On
Sharing for Devices use 40- or 56-bit encryption Turned On

Permissions to shared folders set Read / Write for Everyone. Guest account is enabled on the Windows machine.


texts: Can every YouTube video be played on the iPad2?

texts:
I would like to know if every YouTube video is playable on iPad2.

Further does iPad2 play .avi or .mp3 or .flv videos ?

For example can an iPad2 play these videos -

http://online.itp.ucsb.edu/online/qcdscat11/arkanihamed/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ3M3tp0GJE

A list to give a flavour of the kind of videos I watch and hence will hope to watch on my iPad.

If iPad can't play these then is there an app which makes it possible ?


texts: What counts as a partial charge for my rMBP?

texts:
I just recently decided to switch over to the Mac for the first time by buying the latest Retina MBP (which shipped with Mavericks).

I use it like a commuter where I have it unplugged for a couple of hours but later will plug it in at a desk. I want my battery to last as long as possible and I know I should run the battery calibration check and also have the battery down to 10% once a month.

However, what about the "partial charges"? What's a good percentage that I can drop down to before plugging it in? I usually start charging when battery is between 50% -60% for now. Is that low enough that it won't hurt the battery in the long term?


texts: Why does Messages app take up so much space?

texts:
I was recently inspecting the Usage tab in my iPhone's settings. The Messages app is #2 on the list with almost 700 MB. Anecdotal reports have it that the app can take up multiple GB of space. So what is in there?

Is every photo and video sent being stored in the app's data? If so, does that mean if I take a photo or video and send it out, it is being stored on my phone twice? And can I remove the photos and videos without deleting the entire message thread?


texts: Anyone with experience in hacking the codesigning on OS X?

texts:
Apparently Mavericks doesn't allow any property list/configuration file to be used when it's been changed since release from Apple.(This opposed to previous versions of OS X, where you could do some editing and still run the app)

For those who don't have a clue what I'm talking about:

There is a file called "CodeResources" which holds hashes/code signatures of each and every file in an app's folder. Now there's this one trick I want to do, which involves editing the Info.plist in Boot Camp(utility to run Windows on another partition) so I can install Windows 8 from USB (I downloaded the iso via our college's site for free and I don't want to burn it to DVD, because I'm cheap/stubborn like that).

Once I modify /Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app/Contents
/Info.plist, Is it possible to codesign the app myself or otherwise get it to run?


texts:
I have a TM HD from an old iMac
I want to transfer only photos and some documents...
it only give me to transfer all the backup without files and folders selection

is there's away to do it ?
if I define the old HD as the new TM HD, will it still see the old backups , so I can upload selectively... ?

thanks


texts: why can I login MacBook with different usernames of the same user

texts:
I have only one user on my MacBookPro.
When I check the Users & Groups panel, I can see the username of this only user is "xxxyyy", then I also check the home directory of this only user in Terminal and it shows "/Users/xxx".
As a result, I can login my MacBook with the name "xxxyyy" or the name "xxx" as well.
It puzzles me a lot, Could anybody please give an explanation to this ~


texts: What happens if I edit a duplicate Hosts file?

texts:
What exactly is a duplicate file?

When I wanted to edit the hosts file (/private/etc/hosts), it says:

  You don't own the file "hosts" and don’t have permission to write to
  it.

  You can duplicate this document and edit the duplicate. Only the duplicate will include your changes.

So, if I do my edits in the duplicate hosts file, is it equivalent to having my hosts file edited?


texts: What are the risks of connecting an iPhone to an unsecured wireless network?

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This is a similar question to this one, but since I can't tell how well that translates to the iPhone, I'm asking it again.

I've recently been abroad on holiday, and with very expensive data roaming charges, it's very tempting to use an open wifi, for example for downloading app updates. I expect that communication with the App Store goes over HTTPS, so it should be safe entering my iTunes password there, right?

I know the risks of using HTTP over an unencrypted wifi, but I have no idea what protocols other apps besides Safari use. Anything I need to be aware of?

Will using a VPN client to connect to my university's network effectively make my connection secure?


texts: Why wont iTunes detect my new iPhone 4S?

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When I connect my iPhone 4S to my computer (OSX v 10.4.11), iTunes (9.2  61) does not detect the device. The phone displays the green battery meter indicating it's charging, System Profiler detects an "iPhone" connected to the USB bus, and iphoto automatically opens and prompts me to import new photos.

The phone also does not appear in my devices.

I have tried:

using a different sync cable
using a different USB port
restarting the phone
restarting the computer
opening "image capture" and selecting "itunes" as the default application to open when "camera" is connected.


texts: 4K 60hz works on iPad Pro, not on MacBook Pro

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TL;DR > I can't get 4K@60hz working on a MacBook Pro, while I can using an iPad Pro and same set up. How can I get 4K@60hz with the MacBook Pro?
Long version
I've a 12'9 inch iPad Pro (2020) and a 13 inch MacBook Pro (mid-2017, non Touch Bar, two ports on the left side only). Additionally, I've a Hub (VAVA UC-020) which supports 4K@60hz, connected to an LG 32UK550 using HDMI.
There is an information panel on the monitor menu which shows resolution and Hz. When I connect it to my iPad Pro, the resolution is 4K@60hz with even HDR working. Using the same hub, cable and port; connected to my MacBook Pro shows 4K@30hz with no option of HDR.
If I go to display settings and show all the resolutions using the option key, I can see all the low resolutions modes. Only switching to 2K low-res I can get 60hz and even HDR (but I don't care about it tbh)
I've tried all the HDMI ports, both ports on the MacBook, connecting the external power supply to to the Hub and without... and nothing worked.
Does someone have an idea of what's going on?


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Hey guys thanks in advance I can't find help for this anywhere outside of an old thread mentioning mDNSresponder causing the problem needing to be replaced with DiscoveryD.

They only recommend updating from Yosemite but I'm already running El Capitan.

Some background:
I have a Seagate NAS I auto connect to on my Mac via the log in items.

I keep it accessible in my dock and the file path appears not to change

However in my Torrent / Usenet clients the file path seems to increment everytime  the server disconnects / reconnects

Transmission

If I go to browse the previously mounted volumes booty-1 / booty-2 etc. are all just empty. Only the latest iteration contains my data and I have to choose these manually.

You can imagine how frustrating this must be! Would really appreciate whatever advice you can give, can't imagine I'm the first person to run up against this problem.


texts: Most questions I've seen look for exactly the opposite thing, but what I want is to always open an app in its default position and size. I don't want its layout saved on quit. Is there any way to achieve this?


texts: Upgrading my 3GS to iOS 5.1.1, I lost all my apps

texts: After backing up my iPhone 3GS and then updating to the new iOS 5.1.1, I lost all my apps and saved notes/data. How can I get all the apps back?


texts: Does Bootcamp modify contents of the USB used?

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If I'm planning to install Windows 8 using Bootcamp, will it modify the contents of the USB I use without my permission? I just plan to download the ISO and place it in a folder inside the USB/EHD.

I'm debating whether I should use my External Hard Drive which has some important data, or if I should go out and buy a USB stick for this.


texts: Fine-tuning “Open safe files after downloading” - Catalina Edition

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How can I change what Safari considers a "Safe File" that opens directly when downloaded? Pre-Catalina used to have ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.DownloadAssessment.plist, and this worked perfectly but unfortunately not anymore.

Anybody knows how to do that now?


texts: 2008 Mac Pro Freezes After Selecting a boot option in Startup Manager

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I have a 2008 Mac Pro that boots to a flashing ? folder icon. I cannot boot into Recovery. I can boot into the Startup Manager by holding the Option key.

In Startup Manager, a configured hard drive with OSX 10.11 installed is available, the Recovery partition of that hard drive, and a separate OSX installer on a USB. When any of these boot options is selected, the computer then freezes on a gray screen.

I've tried the PRAM, NVRAM resets, the SMC reset, switching drive bays, etc. Any help would be appreciated!